Regallas, Unification

"I have never felt a person so young yet can match my strength. This is new" The blond elf said

"Yeah. It is pretty rare to find another person with emperor's potential" Midas chuckled

"Emperor's potential? What is that?" The elf said, clearly confused

"Well, according to my master, it simply increases your potential or talent, giving you the ability to stand above peers like an emperor," Midas replied

"I am very confused but that explains why my cultivation speed has always been out of this world. The only reason why I am still at basic green rank is because I choose blacksmithing over cultivating. Cultivating is so boring, but blacksmithing should be a man's love. The heat from the furnace, smelting of the metal, hammering and shaping" As the elf spoke, he was drooling and his eyes were bulging like they would pop out his eyes.

Midas was a bit creeped out by the fiery look in the elf's eyes. He flipped his hands and a green translucent claymore materialized from thin air. The elf was surprised by such a sight and laughed "Wow, this is going to be a fun fight" He removed a baton from his belt and then it extended into a staff with two long blades at the edge.

He swung and spun the dual-bladed staff with finesse "My name is Regallas Lovecraft, third son of John and Lois Lovecraft."

"Midas, student of Licht" Midas shrugged while he pointed his sword at Regallas.

Meanwhile, at the other side of the room, Licht was already before the bed staring at the woman on the bed. On her head, she wore a golden orb that had been embedded into a crown. The orb was obviously Licht's fragment but he was shocked because he felt no power leakage. The crown around the fragment managed to keep the power leakage at bay. Since it never lost any of the energy, it did not need more from the environment.

The thing that confused Licht was why the woman did not use such a great source of energy to cultivate to her peak. Licht looked at her face and she looked like she was in her eighties but she still had that face that would let you know she was a beauty in her prime.

The old lady felt someone was around her and she awoke. At first, she thought it was Regallas who came to ask her a question again as he was someone who she found promising so she chose to tutor him but he was very annoying. As soon as she saw Licht, she agilely jumped off her bed and knelt before him "The demon king himself, The one who fought his maker, I am honored to be in your presence, my lord".

Regallas who was about to fight Midas fell to the ground as he had never seen his teacher like this. "T-t-t-t-t-teacher, wh-what's going o-o-on?" Regallas stammered as he asked his teacher.

"You stupid brat, come here and kneel before his greatness" The old lady spat at Regallas who hurriedly walked toward Licht and then knelt in front of Licht.

Midas chuckled from behind as Regallas knelt down. Regallas on the other hand was already plotting several ways to end Midas but for now, he chose to stay kneeling. After all, his teacher was one of the great heroes who fought the shadow races. She was the archer elf, Priscilla but now she had aged tremendously.

"How do you know of me? Though you are old, you are still younger than a millennium. " Licht questioned

"It is from your memory fragments, oh great one," She said as she took off the crown

"So my fragment allowed you to glimpse at some of my memories. Interesting. Oh and stop calling me all those titles, I go by Licht now" Licht said to Priscilla

She nodded and then offered Licht the crown "Sir Licht, your fragment"

He took it and started the absorption immediately. His cultivation started increasing drastically till it stopped at Basic red rank. Midas had seen such a scene several times so he was used to it, but for Priscilla and Regallas such a thing was new to them so their faces were hilarious.

Licht was done as he stared around and said "Tell me how you found it"

"Well, it was over seven hundred years ago. After the war ended, I chose to stay with David but his talent had worn off, he could not cultivate above the red rank so he was destined to be in the red rank forever, but at least he had over seven hundred years to live. We stayed together till he took his last breath. That was one of the saddest days of my life, after I saw him die, I chose to return to Belzoheim to be with my people. Maybe if we had children I might have stayed behind in the kingdom of humans but sadly, fate is twisted. I was born without a womb so as to make my ether reserves larger. Back on topic. As I left the kingdom on my way to Belzoheim, I felt a beckoning so I decide to find the source, imagine my surprise when I found this orb in a merchant's caravan that had been destroyed. I picked it up and that was when I was swallowed by your memories, I saw your life as you were alone, your teachings to developing creatures and races, your battle against the god. I felt your yearning for understanding what you were, for compassion and your zeal to surpass your maker, your father." Priscilla looked at Licht as he mulled over what was said and continued "Your battle against the god was your darkest moment but it was also your brightest because it was at that point you found out you weren't alone. There was exactly someone like you, an opposite of some sort. That had the same drive as you and you both felt it."

Licht nodded "Yes, I knew on instinct that she was what I needed all the time."

"Well, after I was baptized by your memories I went in search of her but came up with no reasonable leads but I did find something else." She said as she went to the side of her bed and brought out a slender box that was a bit more than two meter tall from a partition in the wall. As soon as Licht saw the box, his eyes lit up.

Priscilla carried the box to Licht and then opened it, revealing a weapon of about two meters in length. The weapon was a rusted naginata with a dulled-out blade. It looked so unimpressive but the people around could feel a fairly strong aura from it. Licht stretched his hands forward and the naginata flew into his hands and all of a sudden, an indomitable aura blasted out of the Licht and the naginata. The naginata now had a golden color. The aura only lasted for a few seconds then Licht absorbed it back in.

"Union between man and weapon" Regallas spoke in awe as he stared at Licht

"What's that?" Midas asked as he picked Daren up who had been blasted out of his shadow by Licht's aura.

"Union between man and weapon is a stage where a person reaches when he and his weapon are no longer separate. Their weapon is like an extended limb or an organ that they can move and feel. Someone that has a union between himself and his weapon is said to be unstoppable. Have you heard the saying 'With a sword in my hand, I shall cleave mountains and oceans'? If a yellow rank being is unified with his weapon, then he can face peak blue rank beings and come out on top" Regallas explained with his eyes still on Licht

"Now I wonder between someone with emperor's potential and someone who has unified with their weapon, who's bound to win?" Midas thought