Chapter 21: Arrival of a God

A vast darkness spread ahead of my vision.

'Ugh, I was just about to sleep for our off day. What is this?'

I couldn't speak with my mouth because it was covered by something. Something like black mist.

"Perfect."

A gentleman's voice rang in my ear. I turned around and the surroundings instantly changed.

'What the…'

Carnage, destruction and chaos were spread within my vision.

"Hopeless humans. If only you stayed obedient and served as my slaves. I do believe that losing valuable resources is a waste. I could've used you as my guinea pigs."

Amidst the blood and gore was a dark silhouette. The person was near me but all I could see was a black static with a human form. His hair was ash black and his eyes glimmered in a red light.

A cacophony of cries rang out from around me. It seemed the person or whatever that thing is couldn't see me.

"Pitiful creatures. Humans are so easy to manipulate. And just look what happened to my lover for siding with them."

The dark silhouette picked up a severed head by the hair.

It was a 'once' beautiful woman but with her eyes gauged out.

I fell to the ground as the dark figure seemed to move his head towards me.

'D-Does it see me?'

My whole body trembled. This man, or thing's presence is far more terrifying than Isabelle's brother.

Can a being like this really inhabit a mortal world?

"And you..."

The man's voice was somehow filled with anger.

He walked towards me.

----!

I could only cower before such a powerful being. I covered my head with my arms but when I thought he would grab me, nothing happened.

'…Huh?'

He walked through me. So I had an astral body, huh…

The pressure on my body weakened but soon my head blanked when I saw where It stopped.

'No way.'

It was a rather handsome young man with pale brown hair. His entire face was filled with blood.

'C-Could it be…?'

There's no mistaking that it's me. The unique beauty mark below my chin and those bright green eyes. What's more…

'The staff…'

He was also gripping 'Redheart'.

"You, those six and that angel were the most troublesome of them all." The man's hand morphed into a long black blade, "Die."

The man choked out a few words before his head was severed.

"You cowered. That power isn't yours–"

TCWACK

'My' head went flying and then the surroundings changed again.

"Don't give up! Damn it! Why aren't you holding your weapons!!"

What I saw before my eyes was a vast army. Although the figures were also blurred.

The flag that the army held was of the Colchis Kingdom.

'Huh?'

The one shouting was a beautiful woman with angel wings extending out of her back. She was holding a lance in one hand and a sword in the other. Both weapons were shining golden.

"We must save '----'!"

I couldn't hear the name because it sounded like a tape recorder being rewound. The woman's words were left unanswered. The army was still standing still while a type of dust fell from the sky.

Just then, the woman took off her tiara and, in frustration flew into the air.

"I'll kill you '---'! And take back '---' !"

…

..

"CLYDE!!"

"…!"

I suddenly woke up.

Before my eyes I saw Nate holding my shoulders.

"What–"

Then I saw that my arm was glowing white. But the weird thing was that the white spread to my upper chest .

.

"So that's what happened, huh?"

Nate told me that I suddenly started convulsing while a strong force was coming from my body. The light coming from my arm woke him up and he tried waking me up for ten minutes.

The walls were also cracked as well as the ground.

"Man, every day it's something weird with you." Nate looked at me strangely as I scratched my head, "What was that anyway?"

I couldn't just say it's my spirit magic malfunctioning.

"Err, bad puberty. I suppose?"

"….forget it then." He threw a pillow into my face. "Now go to sleep. History exams are tomorrow."

I tried falling asleep but my consciousness refused to cooperate with my will.

**

I barely got four hours of sleep before I was woken up by a large eagle. The eagle is called Sun. He's a mana beast contracted to Nate and his specialty is fire as well.

"Ugh… get off." My face was full of his feathers.

–Is that dunch awake yet? I told him to meet me in the cafeteria!

I heard voices coming from the front door. With a groan, I got up.

–Ah!? Lady Arielle!? You mean Clyde?

–Who else lives here then?

–H-He might be awake…

I heard footsteps enter our dorm room as I got up.

The person who entered through the door was Arielle. She was wearing a beautiful casual dress and a large sun hat.

"Why are you up so late!?" Arielle screamed in my ear.

"Ugh, give me a break. I didn't get much sleep last night."

'That dream kept me up all early morning and had me thinking.'

"Here. A uniform for you to wear. It's weird seeing you wear the same robe every day to class and for casual wear."

"Hm?"

Arielle threw a package towards me.

"No way! A robe made in the Hermit Sage collection!? It's perfect for Redheart!"

I hugged Arielle with a big grin.

"Thanks so much!"

The Hermit Sage collection is an extremely sought after franchise for mages like me. They offer anything from staves, magic items, wands etc...

"W-Well, this is thanks for coming with me to the show. B-Be grateful!"

Arielle left so that I could get ready. She told me that she'd be waiting by the fountain this time.

I left the dorm room a few minutes later.

As we saw on that billboard a year ago, demi-humans have received more equal rights in this kingdom. In the past, a war between all the races took place.  Every day a nation or village would fight amongst each other. The reason was that they wanted to slaughter all demi humans so that only humans can reign supreme.

It seemed that no matter which world it is, discrimination is everywhere.

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High above the clouds near the highest point of the troposphere.

"Who are you?"

A handsome man carrying a spear on his back demanded as his body was glowing in white. Signs that his aura has entered the Master realm.

"All of your sensory abilities are truly amazing as I have heard."

The figure that was invisible a few seconds ago revealed itself. What appeared was a young man with charcoal black hair wearing what seems to be clothes of unknown origin as the quality was so high. Even higher than Clark has ever seen royals wear.

'Invisibility magic on this degree? He must at least be a 7-star mage.'

"Patience. I am not here to fight." The man's voice was calm and collected even though he stands before one of the strongest people on this continent. Perhaps the world.

'They are nowhere as strong as my subordinates or my clan…'

The young man thought with disappointment. Even one member of his clan could wipe of this entire kingdom off the face of the planet. His subordinate Albedo would be the perfect example. She's a swordsman who has entered the demigod realm and can hold her own against Bane, their strongest warrior.

The man sensed two other figures floating close by. It seemed they intend to take him in if he tries anything funny.

"I shall introduce myself then." His coat fluttered in the wind, "I am Zero. I am from the race of Immortals–the new gods. And my goal is finding the Star Core."

Instantly a heavy pressure pressed down on 'Zero'. When the members of the Order heard his race, they decided then and there to kill him.

"You do not belong here, evil god."

Iris spoke with a cold voice as her ice magic activated. Her white sword released a cold pressure.

Clark activated his Sonic Burst which would allow him to shoot forward about 100 meters in 0.5 seconds.

Viria prepared her most deadliest spells.

Laura activated the World Tree's will. Four extremely powerful individuals glared at Zero. Two more were on their way. One of them was as powerful or more powerful than Iris.

"I honestly did not come here to fight."

'It is inevitable. I'll risk losing the person if I use lethal magic to fight these children.'

Zero made up his mind. In order to avoid killing the person that has the Star Core. He must avoid direct confrontation with the Order.

Then how about this?

"God rank magic..."

Viria shook greatly when she heard the level of his magic. Having learned her magic from the Great Sage book, she saw countless God rank spells in it. She could not cast any of them since she's reached the limit in her potential.

And only she knows how deadly these degree of spells can be.

"Even I don't know the effect this spell will give out. It is random. Who knows? The person that has the Star Core might be sent to another dimension. Haa... but I can fetch them again anyway. I do not know the name of this spell so I will call it [Ra]."

"We must stop him!"

"Roger!"

Clark shot forth like a kamikaze pilot diving into an enemy plane.

But it was too late.

A crack followed by a strong shockwave resonated.

Crack

A sound similar to the breaking of glass rang out and then…

A shift in the Universal laws occurred.

**

"What is this!?"

A goddess shouted when she suddenly saw a large line form across a certain part of the continent. A huge chunk of land instantly disappeared.

"A-An immortal has appeared!"

The goddess hurriedly called for a meeting with the other gods. Since gods are artificially made by the Primordial through energy, they are His children. Same with gods, immortals were once gods who abandoned their positions to either find the meaning of life or… cause total destruction to all worlds.

Since there are so many planets that are naturally created , it is impossible to predict where they are. They suspected that there still exists four immortal descendants somewhere in the  universe.

Naturally all of them are siblings having the same father.

The goddess bit her nails as she thought of how much trouble she'd be in for not noticing an immortal invading a world she governed.

Utter chaos ensued on the kingdom of Colchis as half of all life and land of the kingdom suddenly disappeared. Only black charred ground was left on the kingdom's east side.

Milith, The North Solar System God awaited her punishment with a panicked expression.

'Big sister Sol will kill me…!'