Chapter 146 - Heliohapt Gathering

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In the sea,

Meanwhile, a group of three could be found riding a magic carpet flying above the vast sea. These three people were none other than Lev, Morgiana, and Toto who already left Reim Empire after they had bidden their farewell to Shambal.

"Lev, where are we going? Do we have to head back to Artemyra?" Morgiana asked thinking that they must be heading back seeing that they were already done in visiting the great Reim Empire.

"Mmmm. But before that, we still have a place to stop first." Lev replied as he smiled while thinking about a particular person and place.

"Are you really a King of Artemyra, Lev? I thought that country was led by nothing but women." Toto curiously asked as she was still surprised even now knowing that he was really a King of Artemyra.

"Well, it's not known to the outside as it just happened not too long ago." Lev answered thinking about those times when he first visited Artemyra together with the still young Yamraiha.

"If not Artemyra, then where are we heading to?" Morgiana asked again wanting to know about the place they were headed.

"Well. I have been there before with Yamhaira. It's a place called Heliohapt, a kingdom near your home Morgiana." Lev replied while looking at Morgiana as this might be her first time to see the place her race had lived but sadly it's all in the past now.

Morgiana looked at Lev with surprise upon hearing his words before immediately calming down as she knew from him that there was no such place to be found anymore but even with that, she was still excited to see what her hometown was.

"I heard about that place too." Toto butted in as she heard about it from his master Shambal but she only knew a few as she herself didn't go there herself.

"We'll just stay like this and wait until we arrive. So, we should make the best of the days if you know what I mean." Lev said before he embraced them both and lay on the magic carpet.

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Reim Empire,

While Lev was heading towards Heliohapt, Sinbad and his two companions were in a room with serious expressions on their faces.

"Sin, what do we do now?" Jafar asked as the purpose of their coming here was no other than Lev.

"We should really need to talk to him." Sinbad replied as he wanted answers on why he was doing things like stealing others' Djinn.

"Sin, do you think Lev was part of that organization?" Jafar asked again as he couldn't take such an idea away from his mind as Lev was really a complete mystery.

"Most likely not but--" Sinbad also had such an idea even in the past, but he wasn't sure as he saw Lev fight and nearly killed Judal back in Balbadd.

"Lev might still be in the hotel he was staying at. How about heading there for now." Masrur suggested guessing where Lev might be at this moment.

Hearing him, Sinbad and Jafar looked at each other before they stood up and headed towards the place where he was staying after being told by Lady Scheherazade.

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In the hotel,

Contrary to Sinbad and the other's expectations, the receptionist of the hotel had told them that the person named Lev had already left the hotel just a while back.

"Sin, looks like he thinks one step ahead of us." Jafar said seeing that they lost a chance to meet and talk to Lev.

On the other hand, Sinbad remained silent as he was also disappointed knowing Lev had already left.

"Should we head to Artemyra?" Jafar asked as Lev might probably heading back to his country.

"Hmmmm." Sinbad pondered for a while as he thought that it was possible that he was now heading back. He was about to do something when suddenly a deep voice within him sounded in his mind.

'Heliohapt'

'Heliohapt'.

Hearing the words, Sinbad then widened his eyes before immediately getting serious as he looked at Jafar and Masrur.

"Let's head to Heliohapt." Sinbad said before leaving the place immediately as he suddenly felt something bad.

Seeing Sinbad rushing, Jafar and Masrur thought that something must be up after looking at him suddenly became serious.

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Reim Royal Palace,

At this moment, four particular people were gathering inside while having different expressions on their faces.

"Lady Scheherazade, let's settle the country of Artemyra first." One of them said furiously wanting to persuade Lady Scheherazade to attack.

"Prince Nerva, will all due respect, just like I told you, Artemyra couldn't be attacked easily." Alexius immediately said wanting to warn them that they were invulnerable unless they left the place.

"Hmmp, don't make me the same with a failure as you, even though I couldn't use Djinn Equip, I'm still confident to command my army better than you." Nerva replied while looking at Muu Alexius with remorse. His attitude towards him even before was already bad but after hearing about his failure and even losing his Metal Vessel, he couldn't help criticizing him even more.

"Enough! This is not the time for us to fight each other. What should we do now, Lady Scheherazade?" Ignatius immediately butted in and asked what Lady Scheherazade's plans but deep inside him, he also wanted to reclaim his humiliation.

"I know how you all feel as I also feel frustrated, but this wouldn't help us at all. It was now clear to us that Artemyra would likely have interest in Reim but just like what Muu said, we just need them to come here." Lady Scheherazade said as she knew that even though the country of Aetemyra was strong, that only applied to their country and would lose effect when they were on the surface, but she was still not feeling good especially towards Lev as this was the first time she felt helpless aside from talking Sinbad.

"Aside from that, I think we should talk about Magnostadt for now." Lady Scheherazade said that they still had some important matters to talk about, weighing more important than Artemyra and Sinbad.

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---Three days later---

Cathargo,

After three days of traveling, Lev, Morgiana, and Toto finally arrived at a place on the border of Reim where everything that would happen within the area would become lawless and crimes were a very common thing.

"Lev, is this the place?" Toto asked with an indescribable expression as all she could see was an endless desert.

"No. We still have to travel more." Lev said before he summoned one of his new shadow soldiers he named Lari, a tiger variant creature, and started heading towards Heliohapt while sitting on Lari's back.

"Is there really a Kingdom here, Lev?" Morgiana also asked as she could not see any sign of any infrastructure in the surroundings.

"Hahaha. There's no need to rush as we can see it after a while." Lev laughed seeing the two of them getting excited before ordering Lari to move faster which it then dashed immediately forward.

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---Two hours later---

After a full two hours, Lev finally arrived again in Heliohapt Kingdom but this time his companions were Morgiana and Toto who also had the same expression as Yamraiha in the past.

"So this is Heliohapt Kingdom." Toto and Morgiana were amazed by the awe-looking infrastructures of the place seeing how grand and amazing they were.

"But...But...why are they almost naked?!!" Toto shouted that the women of this country were topless as their bare breasts were just hanging outside.

"Because it's their tradition." Lev answered before telling them to follow him not wanting to waste any more time in this place.

After minutes of walking, Lev and the rest found themselves in the grandest building in the kingdom, which was the Royal palace. While looking, several guards surrounded them seeing an unknown person trespassing the area.

"Who are you and state your business?" One of the guards asked while their weapon was already pointing at them.

"I'm an acquaintance of Your Majesty. I'm just taking a visit and wanted to talk to him." Lev replied that they really were acquaintances as they greeted and talked to each other in the past.

Hearing Lev, the guards then suddenly loosened their guards down thinking that they might really be acquaintances seeing their clothes like that of a noble. They looked at each other before making a decision.

"Excuse us then, how about you follow us inside the palace." The guard said before they then started walking towards the palace.

On the other hand, Lev could be found smiling widely upon seeing this before telling Morgiana and Toto to follow him behind.

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In the palace,

Meanwhile, a young man could be found very busy while talking to several people inside discussing the current affairs of the kingdom when suddenly, a guard entered inside before moving closer to her and reporting something.

"Let him in." The young man replied before focusing his attention on what they were discussing without minding who was the person who wanted to meet him as he thought that it must be one of his friends.

Upon hearing this, the guard immediately headed out to let the visitor in, and not long after that, he then came back but this time, three other people were with him before heading back outside again not wanting to disturb them.

"King Armakan. Nice meeting you again." Lev greeted while looking at the young man who couldn't be called young man anymore seeing him already matured especially his presence.

Hearing such a voice, King Armakan, who was very busy, suddenly stopped what he was doing as he looked where the voice came from before seeing the person whom he never wanted to see again.

"Let's end this meeting for today and discuss it again tomorrow." King Armakan immediately said dismissing the people inside which made the others confused but they still heed his orders.

"It's been a while, Lev." King Armakan greeted as he sat on his throne while gripping his weapon tightly with him after seeing Lev.

"Yeah. I think it's been several years already." Lev said while smiling seeing King Arkaman was already on guard of him which already meant that he must have already known about him.

"Then, what's your purpose of visiting this time?" King Armakan then asked as he looked at the person beside him and ordered him something.

"Don't take this conversation longer King Armakan. I think you already knew what my reason for coming here seeing how you were so stiff and completely on guard upon seeing me." Lev amusingly replied before he summoned Infinity upon feeling several soldiers were coming to the palace.

"Just why are you doing this?" King Armakan asked again after seeing that he couldn't make more time seeing Lev was finally ready to fight before he also took his weapon or to be precise his Metal Vessel out.

"Hmmm. For the world and for me of course." Lev replied before dashing forward wanting to make the first move.

Seeing Lev, King Armakan immediately chanted several words before a sudden light engulfed him and right after that, a sudden change then happened.

"Dwell in me, Vassago " King Armakan said before the light disappeared in exchange for him suddenly having the appearance of an angel but something was different as his body was as if cut seeing one side filled in white while the other was filled in black.

Seeing King Armakan who was already in his full Djinn Equip, only made Lev excited wanting to know what's its power as it wasn't portrayed properly in the series but instead of blocking him, King Armakan destroyed the ceiling and flew to the sky which surprised him.

Lev stopped and stayed still as he looked to the sky and thought that he wanted to change the location of their fight or maybe he wanted him to get separated from his companions which he only smiled.

"Morgiana. Toto. You can use all means to defeat them but don't kill unless you really have to." Lev said before several shadow soldiers came out from his shadow in the form of a human before he transformed Infinity.

"Djinn Equip: Paimon." Lev followed which moments later, his body then suddenly changed seeing him now wearing a white armor with some feathers added on it before he flew and followed King Armakan to the sky.

After Lev left, several soldiers then arrived inside the palace surrounding Morgiana and Toto.

"M-Morgiana, do we really need to fight them all?" Toto nervously asked while looking at the fierce soldiers while holding her sword tightly. She knew that a fight would break out as Lev had told them about it, but she didn't expect that it would this scale.

"Let's finish this soon and find Lev." Morgiana answered as she took on the position. The same with the shadow soldiers who were beside and behind them.

Right after that, a fight then immediately broke out inside the palace seeing two women and a number of shadow soldiers being ganged up by an endless number of Heliohapt soldiers.

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Somewhere in Cathargo,

At this moment, three people have just arrived at the place after hurrying, looking at them very tired right now.

"Sin, why were we going to this place again?" Jafar tiredly asked after knowing that they were now on Cathargo not in Artemyra.

Sinbad heard what he said but he didn't reply as he looked at the distance and enhanced his senses.

"Jafar, Masrur, I'll head before you first." Sinbad said before his body suddenly changed into that of a dragon seeing blue scale-like armor covering his body added with a tail on his back. Right after that, he then immediately left the place leaving the two behind as if he was in a hurry.

"Sin!!!!" Jafar shouted as he wanted to ask what was happening seeing him acting weird after leaving Reim.

With that, Jafar and Masrur could only sigh seeing Sinbad really had left them. They could only start walking following him as they knew where in this vast desert he would go.