Legacy of the Betelgeuse

I'm walking with Avriel into the forest where Krestan goes there to meditate ever since Avriel is observing him. At first, my plan was to enter the portal on my own, but Avriel said to me that the portal disappeared as soon as Krestan entered the portal. So right now we are waiting for Krestan to enter the forest and hope that I can join him there.

I look at Avriel and she's tilting her head towards the back of the tree.

"Over there is where he always opened the portal. I wonder why he needs to go over there to open a portal."

I take a peek to see the spot. I'm humming and then look around.

"I think you should hide for now. I don't want him to know that someone has been watching him. I'll handle everything from now on."

Avriel nods and then walks away. She disappears when I look away for a second.

I honestly have no idea what kind of place that is because I only know about it from Becker's story since we both killed him before Becker told me about it. But all I know is that place is like a sanctuary for him. How he found that place or why the reason he needs to go here to open the portal there is still unknown.

I hear footsteps are coming from the distance. I look where the sound is coming from and it's Krestan with his staff and book in his hands. He stops when he sees me and stares at me with disbelief. I just stare into his eyes and do nothing. Krestan grits his teeth and slowly walks toward me.

Krestan is gripping his staff so tightly and ready to cast a spell on me, but he's hesitating. Before he can even let out a word, I interrupt him.

"I know what you have been doing here, and I want in."

Krestan is glaring at me without saying a single word. I look at his hands and face back and forth.

"You don't want to do that. You know what I'm capable of, and you know that I know what you're capable of. You're still not as strong as you were back then. You know exactly how different I am compared to the people you have seen. So just let me in and I won't do anything to you."

Krestan raises his eyebrow.

"You have been spying on me this whole time?"

I raise my eyebrows.

"Is there a reason for me not to? You're one of the dangerous people in Orion. I gave you back your power, and I don't think that I would just let you free so easily. You must have known that I'm taking part in Jariel's plan, and I believe you know something that we don't."

Krestan scoffs.

"Even if I do, I will not tell you about anything that I know."

I stare at him and grabs my scythe.

"Is that so? One day, everything that you know will be revealed in some way or another. I guess letting you live is no longer necessary then."

Krestan is surprised to see Azrael on my side which appears when I grab my scythe.

"Wait!"

I raise my eyebrow.

"What?"

Krestan is pointing at Azrael.

"What is that?"

I look at Azrael that is looking up at me cutely. I look at Krestan while pointing at Azrael.

"This? This is Amruchi."

Krestan shakes his head.

"That is not what I meant! I know that is Amruchi, but which one is that?"

I blankly stare at him and ready my stance.

"Like you said. I will not tell you about anything that I know."

Krestan is lifting both of his hands while panicking.

"Let's make a deal! I will let you in, but in exchange, I want you to tell me what Amruchi is that?"

I raise my eyebrows and smile.

"You let me in, you teach me about spell and magic, you tell me everything you know about [Alucard's Heart]. In exchange, I will allow you to make an observation of my Amruchi and do some research about him."

Azrael is looking at me and tilts his head.

*Mep?*

[Azrael does not understand what you said.]

I smile and grab Azrael and put him on my shoulder, then I look at Krestan.

"So?"

Krestan nods with a big smile on his face.

"Deal!"

This is actually gained me a lot of favor. Not only that I can enter the dimension where Krestan sharpens his skills and teach me about spells and magic, but also I can get some information related to this Specter Amruchi that I have zero knowledge from Krestan. So this is perfect for me.

Krestan walks past me and then he opens a portal. He walks in and then I walk into the portal. As soon as I get out of the portal, I can hear the sounds of waterfalls all around me. I look around and we are surrounded by waterfalls and water and nothing else. We are standing in a small land with a huge apple tree in the middle. For some reason, Azrael has been talking actively since we enter this place, but I have no idea why.

I look at Krestan.

"What is this place?"

Krestan looks at the waterfalls.

"This is what my master bestowed me and that is all I know."

I actually have no idea of the origin of Krestan's story. Maybe I can dig something good from him later.

"What is beyond this place? Have you checked?"

Krestan nods.

"I did and there's nothing but a vast sea above us."

I'm humming with understanding. Then I grab the [Ulsur Gemstone] and show it to Krestan. Krestan is furrowing his forehead and then looks at me.

"That, where did you get that? That's such a very rare gemstone, but it seems that it's already worn out."

I'm rotating the gemstone and then look at Krestan.

"I found this in your house."

Krestan is speechless and staring at me with disbelief. I smile at him and raise my eyebrows.

"Anyway, do you really know what this thing does?"

Krestan snatches the gemstone from my hand. He glares at me and puts the gemstone in his pocket immediately.

"This is what my master has left it for me."

I raise my eyebrow and open my hand.

"Give it to me and I can show you what that thing really does."

Krestan shakes his head.

"This is not part of the deal."

I shrug and look away.

"Well then, you can never know what kind of Amruchi he is."

Krestan clicks his tongue and then offers the gemstone to me. I grab it and then I grab [Ezira's Sickle]. Krestan is surprised but then I look at him.

"Believe me, you will be surprised."

I remember correctly back when I was playing with Becker, he told me that I need to use a lot of force and anything that can strengthen the force on me to break the [Ulsur Gemstone]. I might need to use everything I have to do this.

I take a deep breath and cut my palm and wrist so my [Bloodlust] stack is increasing. Krestan is looking at me weirdly.

I look at my status and I think this much stack is enough. I grab [Vezolan's Gauntlet] and wear it on my right hand. I hold [Ezira's Sickle] on my right hand and it's immediately imbued by blazing flame.

[Divine Aura activated!]

[Bloodbath activated!]

[Frenzy activated!]

I look at Krestan who's scared when he sees me in this kind of form. I don't know what is he seeing, but he's totally terrified by it.

"I hope this is enough."

I lift the sickle as high as possible, but then a notification appears in front of me.

[Hidden Quest: One that has become many (Part.1)]

[Ulsur Gemstone is believed that it came from Betelgeuse. A gemstone that holds so many pieces of knowledge of creation. Every each one of Ulsur Gemstones holds a different knowledge and it believes whoever manages to gain those knowledge, will become aware of what Betelgeuse is and Betelgeuse's origin.]

[Reward: Exclusive Active Skill [Understanding]

*Pii*

*Meep meep*

*Pii pii!*

I'm furrowing my forehead and look at Azrael with confusion. But something more important is the quest and I'm also confused by it.

This is the first time I'm seeing this kind of quest. Not just that, why is this hidden quest says part 1? How many hidden quests like this exists? But for now, I need to focus on what's in front of me and I can think about that later.

I swing my sickle down as fast and strong as I can. The blade hit exactly the middle of the gemstone and there's a small shockwave from the impact and the dust is blocking our visions. We both are waiting until the dust is gone and we both are surprised to see the gemstone starts to glow.

I immediately back away and the gemstone keeps radiating a blinding light, and then we hear a cracking sound coming from the gemstone. The gemstone then suddenly shatters into tiny pieces like dust. They're floating in front of us and then it suddenly reforming into symbols that we both don't understand.

[Congratulations! Exclusive Active Skill: [Understanding (Lv.Max)] has been learned.]

[Understanding: A skill that allows the user to understand the Knowledge of Creation. All things that originate by Betelgeuse can be deciphered. Can be toggled. Consume 1% stamina every second when activated.]

[Exclusive Title [??? ?????? ???] obtained!]

[???]

Krestan is in awe of the symbols that are created by the dust particle from the gemstone. He's writings those symbols in his book and he's too occupied with them. I look at the mysterious title I got and the symbols in the air. I'm curious if I need to activate the skill first to understand everything.

I look at the skill and look at the symbols.

[Understanding activated!]