Chapter 21 Forgotten shore

In one of the room, the blind girl, Cassia was helplessly trying to orient herself in the unfamiliar space. Tears were streaming down on her beautiful doll-like face. 

In other room, the proud legacy caster was staring listlessly at the Floor, his lips were moving, repeating one strange phrase over and over again.

He was trembling.

Somewhere else, changing star Nephis, the last daughter of the immortal Flame clan, was looking down at her hands. Underneath her skin, soft white radiance was slowly growing brighter and brighter. Her face was contorted in a grimace of harrowing pain.

In the snowy park Raizel, Prince of Darkness was sitting in a bench staring at the small strange note that he has received from an unknown source, his eyes were crimson in red as he stare at the note, while his face was devoted of any emotion.

Suddenly the note was lit in a dark fire, as it slowly turned into white ashes.

'Whoever it is, they can't just order me around.' though Raizel about the contents of the note, he then stood up and look around the snowy park for the last time.

And finally, there was a room where Shadow Slave Sunless, Lost from Light, turned away from the sleeping pod and glanced down at his shadow.

"Well? Are you ready?" 

The shadow shrugged and didn't answer. 

Sunny sighed. 

"Yeah, me too." 

With that, he stepped forward and climbed into the pod. 

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In the vast endless darkness, Raizel heard a voice

{Welcome to the dream realm, Raizel Dark Solomon]

Raizel opened his eyes, he looked at sky which was pinched black, he looked around and saw that he was standing on a tall cliff, which was surrounded by dark sea water. 

'So, i did ended up in Forgotten Shore.'

Raizel wasn't sure that he would ended up in forgotten shore, after all he is fateless, so for him to be summoned in a place which is the beginning of everything would happen in 0.00001% chances.

SWOOSH!!

A cold air flew by is skin making him a bit shiver, he then looked at himself and saw that he was completely Naked.

Raizel then quickly summoned his memory Dark suit.. 

Thin black threads immediately appeared around his body and wrapped it into a set of clothes that would act as a armor. He then summoned his other memory which was Null.

After equipping himself with the armor and the ring, he let out a soft sigh.

"sigh"

He then walked towards the edge of the cliff, he looked at the dark sea.

'Well it is better to just wait till the morning' 

Just as he was about to turned around, he saw a glimpse a small orange light that was only 1 kilometers at a distance.

'Hmm?... wasn't it the light that Sunny saw in his second night at statue!' Thought Raizel as he remember the orange light Sunny saw in his second night at the knight statue, in book it was later revealed by Cassie that the fire was started by Nephis.

'It seem i got here two days late, huh.' thought Raizel, he doesn't why he was transported to this specific place of a dream realm and that too late.

'Well then let's meet this old friend.' thought Raizel, as he then starting flying towards the orange light using his telekinesis, in his way he also saw the head of the knight statue which was not that far away from him.

But he ignore that place since that place was currently occupied by a Shadow Slave, after flying for a few minutes he reached in his direction, their he saw.

A small island with tall cliffs, in the small island two figures, one was fighting the monsters, while the other one was hiding behind the figure trembling in fear.

Looking in their direction, Raizel was able to immediately identify the identities of the two figures.

'Nephis and Cassie.'

Looking in their direction he saw both girls surrounded by 4 big crab like monsters.

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The monsters has four pairs of long, segments legs that ended in scylic-like protrusions, at front, a human like torso was protruding from the carapace, also clad in thick black armor, its head was situated directly on the top of the torso, with no neck in between and Instead of hands, It had two enormous pincers. 

'Carapace scavenger, and there are four of them' thoughts Raizel as he looked at the hungry scavengers.

Nephis was doing her best to protect the blind girl, like taking the attention of all the scavengers on her.

'Should i help them, I mean even if i didn't help them they would still survive.'

Raizel thought, he knows that they are some important peoples for fate, as it would never let them such a pathetic death.

'I should wait for a while, once the situation will become out of their control i will help them.'

He thought as he formulate a plan on his mind, after all it will also make them indebt to him, so with these thoughts he decided wait for a bit, so that the situation would become exactly how he wanted to become.

He saw Nephis sword covered in white flame, her face pale as white sheet, she bite her lip letting drops of blood out.

Suddenly he started feeling burning sensation in his soul it is as if someone has put his soul in a boiling lava.

'So this is how it feels huh.' thought Raizel as his face become pale as white sheet, he too bite his lip, small drop of blood started flowing out of his lip.

Trying to ignore the pain he look at Nephis who was battling the nightmare creatures, every bit of her swing created a beautiful white ark, the scavenger suddenly losses his footing which didn't got unnoticed by Nephis quickly took the chance and stab the monster in it face. 

The monster struggle for a bit before dying.

But its seems like her luck ended here as her sword got stuck on the scavenger body, she tried her best to pull out her sword.

As she was busy pulling out her sword she forget the another that there were other three scavengers who were just at her at her back, one of the scavenger raised it long pincers aiming right at her. 

Then as if sensing something she quickly looked at her left and saw a pincer on front of her, she hurriedly moved her body to right direction. 

But 

She was a second late as the pincer hit her in right side of her face.

Nephis got thrown like a rag doll, she crashed into a bolder, the skin on left side of her face was barely hanging, Nephis grunted in pain as she tried to ignore the pain that was raising from her face.

Raizel was feeling pain in his face as if Amaris has punched him, then he head a shout of despite girl.

"NEPHISS!!"

Shouted Cassie as she heard a loud noise, because of her shout the other two turned their head in her direction and started charging right at her with a hungry look in their eyes.

Cassie legs suddenly went weak as she kneeled on the ground, her strength has left her body. She doesn't know why but a feeling of dead overcome her, almost as if she was about to die a horrible death.

Looking at the scavengers charging at Nephis and Cassie like some sort of hungry wolfs.

'Well, that my clue'

Raizel first summoned his sword, and throw it at the one of the two scavengers, that were charging at Cassie, he increased the speed of the sword by using his telekinesis.

PUCH!!

The sword pierce the skull of the scavenger making it drop dead on the ground, he then used his telekinesis power to create an invisible blade and cut down the other scavenger in half.

{You have slain an awakened beast, Carapace Scavenger] 

{The darkness inside you grows stronger]

{You have slain an awakened beast, Carapace Scavenger] 

{The darkness inside you grows stronger] 

Raizel ignore the runes floating in front of his eyes as he looked in the direction of scavenger that was about to attack Nephis, he raised his hand and used his telekinesis power to crush the scavenger.

The scavenger who has raised it hand stop in mid air, as it suddenly felt something busting inside it, then suddenly.

BOOM!!

It whole body bust like a water balloon, half of it organs spread in various parts while other half got destroyed in the process.

{You have slain an awakened beast, Carapace Scavenger] 

{The darkness inside you grows stronger]

He was about to check his runes, when he suddenly felt a sharp pain coming from his body.

"Agh!!" a short scream left his mouth as he endure the pain, after the pain substitute, he looked at the Nephis who was staring at the bloody scene in front of her with confusion, and fear in her grey eyes.

Raizel then slowly landed on the cliff, and started walking in her direction.

Nephis hearing footsteps in front of her quickly took a fighting stance, her injuries were already healed thanks to her aspect.

"Easy now Nephis it's me, Raizel..." said Raizel calming down the girl in front of her as he got close to her. 

Nephis hearing Raizel voice, her eyes widden a bit before she let out a sigh in relief.

She look at the dead monster then shifting her gaze to Raizel, who she can see now more clearly, after a while she said.

"........thanks."

Raizel didn't said anything as he just nodded his head.

"AHHHHHHHHHHH!!"

Suddenly they both of them heard the a ear piercing scream, they both turned their head in and looked at the direction of the blind girl and saw a giant tentacle which seems to be a size of a 20 meters was holding Cassie and dragging her into the dark sea.

'Right she was also here.' thought Raizel as seems to have forgotten about her, he then ran towards the tentacle, while summoning his sword back, he then took a huge jump.

Leaving a deep crater in the ground.

He swing his sword towards the tentacle aiming to cut it in half. 

SWISH!!

The tentacle got served in half while the other half of the tentacle started trembling for a while before it got into the sea.

Cassie who was falling from the height was catch by Nephis, who was running in her direction.

Nephis quickly got Cassie who seems to be in a deep state of trauma.

Raizel quickly landed at the ground as he walked towards the direction of girls to check Cassie whether to see if she was injured or not, while holding his left arm in pain, after seeing no injuries on her, he looked at the fire pit, he then shifted his gaze at Nephis. 

"Those flames seems to be attracting that huge creature, so we need to put it down." said Raizel as he look at Nephis.

Nodding her head, she put Cassie down and quickly run towards the fire to put it down,

After putting down the fire, the cliff was now it was pitched back, to the point that it was hard to see more then more meter, and their was this deadly silence that seems to surround this place, it would be hard to believe that just a movement ago there was huge fight in this place. 

Raizel looked around, for him it was not that hard to see in darkness, he was looking around to see if their was some creature hiding or not, he then suddenly felt a hand holding him, looking down he saw Cassie pale face covered in dirt. She was tensed up.

'Well the fight must have taken a toll on her.' thought Raizel, his gaze shifted to Nephis who was to looking around, with her sword in her hand, her hands were shaking a lot.

Silence..... no one said anything...

"Well it seems like that creature isn't coming back anymore." said Raizel breaking the deadly silence, his voice sounded almost like a whisper.

But both girls were able to hear it clearly.

Nephis nodded her heads as she looked in the direction of the sea water.

Raizel who was staring at Nephis, couldn't help but say.

"Nephis.....why are you naked." said Raizel as he started at Nephis who was without any clothes and armor on, he knows that she must have some memory on her but here she is roaming around naked.

He could see her nude figure, although covered in a bit blood, he could see her shoulder cuts, her forearms muscles and her six packs abs, that seems to stood out more then her small assets.

'If only i could also get some muscles.' thought Raizel, for him no matter how much he tried he was never able to get some muscles on his lean and slender body.

He come out of his thoughts as he head Nephis voice who seems to be embarrassed.

"Yo-you...can see in da-dark" said Nephis as she slutter in words, Raizel looked at Nephis who has now covered her private parts with both of her hands. Her face turned red in embarrassment, it seems that she was so focused on fight that she has forgotten that she was currently naked.

Cassie also could help but blush, hearing their voice.

"Yes I can, also you don't need to hide it's not like there is anything worth seeing." said Raizel as he looked at the Nephis small assets.

Hearing him say that, her face turned gloomy, even Cassie has covered her mouth, just as Nephis was about to say something, she felt a presence in front of her.

Raizel who was already in front of her, seeing this she was surprised and startled after all she has never been this close to anyone and that to an opposite gender. 

She suddenly felt Raizel hands on her shoulder, and then.

SNAP!!

Nephis eyes widen a bit as she could feel her body surrounded by some thin thread slowly taking a shape of long white tunic. After a while, touching the dress she look at Raizel her mouth opening and closing, not knowing what to say.

"How did you..."

In the end she did manage to say some words, but couldn't complete her sentence as she was too tired from the fight earlier.

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The next day

It was early in the morning, Raizel was sitting at the edge of cliff looking at the dark which seem to be slowly descending, revealing a dark crimson forest.

The trees were colossal in size tall only some were small but that was also the size of a two story house, and some were even attach with each other, the trees seems to be made up of something resembling coral or black charcoal.

Their position was irregular some were entwining and merging together, while some seems to be straight and curved, the labyrinth formed by this strange reef stretched as far as Raizel could see.

Raizel seems to be lost in his own thought while looking at the crimson forest.

'That monster...'

Raizel was thinking about the giant tentacle monster from last night.

'It name wasn't mention in the book as none of them manage to killed it.' Raizel knows he would face it, since it has already made him his target.

Suddenly he heard some light footstep from his back, Raizel didn't turned around as he already knew who these footsteps belong to.

Nephis standing just beside him also looking at the crimson forest direction. Nephis was now wearing a long white tunic, that seems to reach below her knees, if one were to look at her now they would think that she look is an angle descend form heaven.

Raizel glance at her for a movement before shifting his gaze back to the dark sea which has disappeared completely. 

Nephis sat beside him, they sat their in silence which broken by Nephis.

"How did you get here last night."

It was a question which was on her mind for a long time.

Raizel without looking in her direction said.

"The fire that you made last night because of it, i was able to locate you."

Nephis nodded her head, she did not get her answer she wanted but she didn't asked any more, after she knows if it wasn't for Raizel she and Cassie, both of them would have died.