Coronation

Cross was being pushed around to capital, taking Sora to all the places and stroking her hair and quietly changing her talent to something better than his. Naturally, all Elves were extremely talented. It just so happens that Cross was more talented than the rest.

They came to a shall shop, Saya pushed Cross inside and he came to a counter with an old Forest Elf. The Old Elf grunted and woke up from his nap, he opened his eyes to see Cross, Sora, and Saya. He grumbled "Three rare Elves in one place... Is it Christmas?"

Cross smiled and said "You sell Trees, old man?" the old man corrected "Trade trees, boy. Don't get it confused." Cross rolled his eye and said "Yeah, yeah, Trade Trees. What do you have?" the old man didn't move but said "Everything."

Cross really felt like beating the shit out of this old man, he took a deep breath and said "Give me the rarest seeds you have." the old man was about to speak, when he shut his mouth as Cross took out 2 seeds, they were of course the Sunfire and Moonfire trees.

The old man jumped and said "Holy fuck, boy! Where did you get these!?" Cross grinned and said "You, the old man, doesn't need to worry about it. Do we have a deal?" The old man said "A deal!? Are you joking? I'll give you one of everything!"

Cross was stunned and said "Relax, old man. You're going to get a heart attack like this." he put 2 more seeds down and said "You take these too, then I'll take all your seeds." the old man almost hugged Cross and called him grandpa, these two were the Pseudo Tree of Life and the Jianmu Divine Wood Tree!

One must know, the Pseudo Tree of Life trees were taboo here. Very rare and only available on the black market. This old man had been hounding his buddy, who ran the black market for these seeds for years. Cross threw him a pillow when he was sleepy!

The old man took out a wooden box with a crystal in the top, Cross took the box and said "What the fuck is this?" the old man said "The seeds! Now scram!" as he caressed the seeds from Cross like they were precious treasures.

Cross said "Saya, check inside please." Saya checked and said "237 Different species of trees, most of them are quite rare! You made a big profit this time, Big brother!" Cross put the box into a crack and said "Torus, plant all the seeds in the periphery, then throw some Purple Crystals into the Black soil." Torus took the box and nodded before disappearing.

The crack also disappeared and Cross said to the old man "Oh right. The moronic Heavenly Laws won't allow over 3000 Moonfire or Sunfire Trees. See ya." before being pushed out of the store.

The old man froze and looked at the door before cursing "Fuck! That brat schemed against me! He had 3000 of each and he only gave me 1?! What a stingy guy!"

Cross smiled and Sora asked "Papa, why did you go buy Trees?" Cross said "Because in the future, Sora is going to live in the forest." Sora covered her mouth and giggled "Silly papa, Sora is going to stay with papa!" Cross smiled and stroked her hair saying "I hope so."

They roamed around the city before going back to the Inn. At the entrance to the inn, Valrun was standing there with a frown. Cross smiled and said "I thought I told you to gather your groups together." Valrun said coldly "Not without knowing your goal. What does Regicide have to do with you."

Cross lost his expression and said flatly "You're losing favor with me, Valrun. Don't make the mistake of thinking I'm asking you. I'm telling you to gather your group, you gather your group. No questions asked, you will find out in the future. You make the choice now, are you going to do it, yes or no."

Valrun grit his teeth and said "You ju-" Cross roared "YES OR NO!" Valrun was forced to his knees and the glass shattered in all the buildings around. Valrun's eyes widened and he looked at Cross incredibly before saying in the end "Yes." Cross smiled and said "Good. You have 3 days left." Valrun left and Cross went to his room.

He took off his Kimono and sat by the window, his left arm touched his right shoulder. He pulled the flesh off, revealing a nasty black layer of flesh. Cross grunted and scooped the flesh out, throwing it in a bucket.

He did the same on his leg, grunting louder this time and grinding his teeth. His eyes burned with hatred and a strong will to slaughter. Saya came in and jumped in shock, shouting "What are you doing?!" Cross roared "Fall back!" Saya stopped and Cross tore out a chunk of black flesh, throwing it in the bucket.

He was sweating buckets and finally fainted. Saya rushed over and stripped him before washing him clean, even half his torso was the same! This guy, how much pain did he just go through?! She cleaned the wounds and bandaged him up before bringing him to bed.

3 days later

Cross was dressed as usual and his wounds were healed. The Heavens didn't help him heal at all, it was all his own strength. Usually, when you're injured, the power of Heaven will help you heal from your injuries. The only people it doesn't do this for is Long Chen and Cross, then again, it may do it for Long Chen now.

Regardless, Cross was not being helped whatsoever. He didn't need it and wouldn't want it anyway.

He sent Sora to play inside the Inner World, while Saya pushed him outside. Valrun, was standing there with around a million Elves from different Races. Cross looked at the group and said "Not too bad, Valrun."

Goren scoffed and Dain shouted "I got most of them!" Cross rolled his eye and snapped his fingers, a crack opened and Dark Elves marched out. Valrun's group were stunned, these Elves were killers, hardened warriors!

Cross said "All of you, in a shadow, now." the Dark Elves drilled into the shadows of the Million different Elves. Cross had Sora in his lap as he shouted "Wyn, you're in the skies. Lyndis, your group is at the rear. Falernas, I want all your Wood Elves in the middle. Dain and Galaeron on both flanks Valrun at the front, Goren in front of Valrun, and Helios at the very front. You three are forming 3 layers with Valrun behind the Sun and Gold Elves, with the Gold Elves in between the Sun and Fire Elves. The Sun Elves will lead the group."

The group was stunned and Cross frowned "What are you waiting for?!" Helios said "What about you?" Cross smiled and said "Naturally, I will lead the group." he motioned to Saya, who pushed to towards the Palace as he said "If you're not in formation in 10 seconds, I will kill you."

The group scrambled and quickly for into formation. Cross watched them sloppily move around. Saya was laughing and Cross said seriously "Don't laugh, watch carefully." Saya looked and soon frowned, Cross smiled and said "You changed the formation?"

Helios said "I thought it would be better to protect the Moon Elves at the Rear." Cross nodded and said "You're right! Let's go." Valrun and the other leaders frowned but still walked forward. The group continued marching forward, Cross was making symbols with his fingers as he told Sora a story.

Saya's eyes flashed and they arrived at the Palace. The streets were dead empty and they arrived at the Royal Plaza.

There were millions of Elves cheering and celebrating with decorations, music, and a joyful atmosphere. On a stage, in front of the Palace, a bunch of Elves stood. Cross looked at them and frowned, Sun Elves, Silver Elves, Grey Elves, High Elves, and Star Elves.

Cross' group came into the Plaza, Cross himself was pushed forward. The music stopped and everyone looked at them, Cross smiled and said "Continue, we mean no harm. I simply got a group of friends to come watch the Coronation." his smile was warm and sunny, as if he was a harmless boy.

The Elves gradually calmed down and continued to celebrate and the music started playing again. Cross kept his smile and enjoyed the fruits and drinks.

A while later

The music quieted down as a man stood on the stage and said with a smile "My brethren, today is a special day!" the Elves all watched with anticipation, the Spirit Races also watched with smiles. The man was a High Elf and he added "As many of you know, a few weeks ago, 'Mother' finally responded to our calls and crowned a King!"

The Elves cheered and the man raised a hand to calm them down, they quieted down and the man continued "As such, we will now announce the new King of our race. After a long trial period and many political competitions, the winner was the Grey Elves Patriarch!"

Another man walked to the front and bowed, Cross was pushed forward and he clapped his hand on God Slayer, making loud buzzing sounds. Everybody stopped and looked at him, he smiled and said "You crowned him? Out of the blue? The Tree has nothing to say?"

The Grey Elf's face turned ugly and the High Elf said coldly "What are you trying to say?" Cross spread out his hand and said "Nothing really, just if the Tree didn't acknowledge him as the King, then when was it your turn to Crown someone? Unless he was, in fact, crowned and can prove it."

The old Sun Elf shouted coldly "You're instigating dissention, killer. As expected, you were a traitor after all." Suddenly, the Sun Elves in Cross' group, pointed swords at the Moon Elves' necks and Helios said coldly "Come quietly, or else!" Valrun and the rest shouted "Helios! You!"

Helios sneered "Fools, I was acting the whole time." Valrun and the others were enraged and Lyndis said coldly "I never would have expected you to turn on your own kind. I guess everything you told me was bullshit." Helios flinched before saying coldly "Shut up. I really will kill you."

Lyndis sighed and Cross started laughing, everybody turned to him, he can still laugh? Cross smiled and said "You're too naïve, how many people have I seen? Your little movements have been seen through since I saw you 6 days ago, Helios. Torus, don't kill him."

Suddenly, all the Sun Elves turned their swords to Helios, and Torus held a dagger to Helios' neck. Helios shouted "What are you all doing?!" The 'Sun' Elves wiped their faces revealing themselves to be Dark Elves!

Helios was beyond shocked and Lyndis elbowed him in the gut before moving away. Torus tied him up and the rest of the Dark Elves took out the tied up Sun Elves. Cross said "Originally, I put you at the front of the formation with the Gold Elves behind you because I knew you wouldn't take the Vanguard. Sure enough, you moved to the most crucial spot in the formation."

Helios shouted "You pitted me!?" Cross smiled "And you jumped right in." he looked up at the Sun Elf old man and sighed "I have a bad temper, that's why I killed the Young Master of the Sun Elf clan. He was very hateful, but I don't kill you. After all, that's what the spies would want."

Everybody was confused and Cross looked at the High Elf and the Silver Elf and said with a sneer "Isn't that right? Brahma dogs." the entire Elf population gasped in shock and looked at the High and Silver Elves in bewilderment. The Silver and High Elves were cold as ice and their expressions were ugly.