Will of chaos

I was talking to the new White Elf Queen before I left, she hadn’t been turned into an Ancient Elf yet, but that was by her own choice, she says she wants to train to control the power the World Tree shares with her before to ascend into an Ancient Elf if that is her wish I respect your wish.

Anyway, there are others on the Floating Isle who have already become Old Elves and can take care of her transformation on their own, what matters is that the Elves’ problems are no longer my concern.

Each of the 3 World Trees on that continent already have several individuals who have become Ancient Elves, things can now walk on their own without Freya’s interference or mine preferably.

When I say goodbye to the White Elf village, I return to the port city that has a lake of clouds instead of real water.

I said goodbye to those I knew in the city, it seems that there is still time to rebuild the city since the attack that the Church of Luz made some time ago, but they have people for that.

I left the others doing the preparations with the ship that was already looking different once again, now with some metal plates in some areas and it seems that they decided to repaint the ship in a dark blue like the night sky together with stars, the sails of the Ships seem to emit space element energy instead of the wind magic from before, they also painted an Eclipse on the ship’s sails, meanwhile on the wooden deck and inside the ship ornaments of Dragons were everywhere.

It was now pretty easy to identify whose ship it was for anyone I ever encountered, but I have to say that drawing attention now isn’t something I mind too much, after everything I’ve been through I’m more inclined to let things take their course while it’s not a nuisance, there’s no use trying to avoid drawing attention to my case, so I’d rather put it aside for the sake of my heart’s health when everything inevitably goes wrong.

Nira seems to have managed to help people in the port city with building materials, while I’ve been away taking care of other things, she’s always very responsible, I’d like to give her a vacation, but if I bring that up I’ll get another punch in the face like first time I suggested.

With everything ready, we were leaving when a Fairy of Light that we already knew appeared flying at high speed towards us, it was someone that we already knew before and was accompanied, it was Lux, a friend of Luminus and a Fairy Queen of Light.

In the past I couldn’t even measure the distance between our forces, the same could be said about Luminus, but after climbing so much in strength our difference is not that big anymore, I still wasn’t on their level, that’s for sure, but the distance it was something he could see clearly.

I was thinking about these things as I managed to follow Lux’s movements with my eyes as I allowed her to board the ship, as soon as she landed people looked at her and her companion for only a second before they went back to their tasks.

I walk over and say hello to the two before asking them to come in, being polite to a visitor at your home is the basic thing a person should do, I took Lux and her partner to a room where the table was already being set by Freya.

On the way I looked at Dragonewt who came beside Lux, her strength was far below me, but it wasn’t the difference in strength that caught my attention, it wasn’t the beauty of this woman either, but her white scales, element of Light Pure in his Aura and the mark of the Church of Light on his chest.

But even so, it was strange that she didn’t have hostility towards me in her Aura even though I have a heretic title for her religion which makes all of them feel natural hostility towards me.

“Don’t worry about her, actually she’s the reason I’m here.” (Lux)

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Pov Magnus:

I was trying to meditate for a few hours now, it was one of the first things that my mother taught me, in terms of meditation she was better than my father, that’s because her powers were more about affecting the mind and Soul, which needed great control emotional and mental to use efficiently.

As I started early with this I prided myself on being my greatest strength, but now I can’t get into a meditative state even after hours of trying.

Sigh

“My senses are much more powerful than before, the amount of information my mind collects is much greater, I can also feel the flow of natural energy around me, there are many new sensations that distract my mind…” (I)

My senses were the main reason, but they were far from the only reasons, every time I move I can feel the power coursing through my body, the strength of my muscles, the density of my skin, the feel of those new scales, not to mention the shape of my body is not the same.

There are so many differences and I haven’t even begun to explore how far this body can go, I can’t concentrate and empty my mind.

“Maybe practice a little.” (I)

I get up and start with a walk, starting at the beginning and progressing little by little will help me adapt to the changes I’ve been through.

I walked and I could feel the muscles in my leg, every step I took created craters in the ground due to my strength, every time I lifted my leg it was at a different speed and even balancing myself was something I had to relearn.

It only took a few minutes of walking to get my balance easily, part of that being because I’ve already been in a Humanoid body when I transformed into my Human form back in the day, it’s not the same as it is now, but it’s close enough for me to adapt the who knew.

That part had been the easiest, the hard part was being able to walk without destroying the ground below me, if this continued when I was starting to run every step would create canyons and if I started flying and I had to go through something like that it would be a storm wherever I fly.

It looks like the adjustment period is going to be more intense than I imagine.

I needed 30 minutes to control the strength of my arms while training with light punches in the air, of course, it didn’t work out at first as I knocked down several trees with each punch trying to understand my strength.

After 2 hours of practice, I had at least a basic understanding of my body and my senses, it was far from precise control, but at least I got a sense of my changes, so I tried Meditating once more.

“You’ve been a mess since morning, but with a body that size it should be something to expect.” (Zenos)

“…” (I)

I open my eyes already turning my head in the direction of the voice surprised that Zenos has returned so quickly, I didn’t expect to see him again today, but the one who surprised me the most was the one next to him, I would never confuse the silhouette of that person even using that hood to hide the face.

“I apologize for the disaster, I find it difficult to control my body at the moment.” (I)

“This is a Dungeon, by tomorrow everything will be in place, so destroy as much as necessary.” (Zenos)

“I also brought someone with me, so go to him…” (Zenos) 𝙚𝙙𝙣𝒐𝙫𝙚𝙡.𝙤𝙧𝒈

The person who came with him walks several steps ahead of Zenos until he is close to me, a pair of wings full of white scales are revealed on his back as he floats to a point just below my head and within a line of most comfortable view for me.

She lowered her hood revealing her serene face and golden eyes gleaming in combination with her long golden hair tied in a long side braid, her silky white skin and scales as immaculate as a newly formed snowflake.

“Mabel…” (I)

“You honor me by knowing my name, sir…” (Mabel)

“Magnus, that’s my name now.” (I)

“My best wishes on your release and new name, Mister Magnus.” (Mabel)

“How you recognized me… I understand, to be here accompanied by my Father, you must have heard about me.” (I)

“A Fairy Queen named Lux brought her…” (Zenos)

“I didn’t need others to tell me, I’ve spent my whole life looking into her eyes, I recognize you no matter how much you change.” (Mabel)

“No need to be formal with me, you were the only one to come back more than once or try to communicate with me, in my view there is no need for formalities between us.” (I)

“You were there at one of the most horrible points in my life and you were there by my side for that you have my eternal gratitude.” (I)

“You are wrong, my being there was my eternal gratitude for existing, my lord.” (Mabel)

“My mother was persecuted by our people and took refuge with the Dragons of Light beside the Church of Light.” (Mabel)

“I was taught from an early age about the history of the Dragons and the Church of Light, but in my mind, I always thought there was something wrong, the reasons for many great battles were so simple and superficial.” (Mabel)

“I didn’t agree with anything I was taught, but I couldn’t speak or show how I thought, I saw others being punished for what I myself wanted to do by expressing my doubts.” (Mabel)

“Everyone was always pushing me, but I could see that I wasn’t the only one having doubts when I was younger, but gradually the anger at being rejected by those of their own race made those like my mother count other races instead of reflecting on yourself.” (Mabel)

“At a young age, I found myself isolated with people around me insisting on everything I didn’t agree with, I couldn’t sleep and before long my growing fear of those around me made me see them differently, illusions caused by the fears of a child and there was no one who could understand about me, there was no refuge for me even in my house with the mother who had changed to someone who I could no longer recognize being there…” (Mabel)

“That’s when I was taken to the Hall of Penance as it was called, an abandoned place in ruins and dust, the only thing there being a giant Crystal containing a Dragon I had never seen before.” (Mabel)

I saw tears in her eyes as she closed her eyes before continuing her story, I still remembered the child I saw that day, how can I forget the only child, the only person who in thousands of years asked if I was okay.

“As soon as I saw that Dragon my eyes filled with tears, my mother thought it was about the fear of such Penance, but the truth was otherwise, I saw in those eyes staring at me a boundless sadness.” (Mabel)

“The story my mother told me that day was criticizing the fact that you went against the Lord… I mean, the former Dragon King Rhaegal.” (Mabel)

“My mother spoke criticizing his attempts to go against his Father and his entire Tribe, but in my ears, I heard the story of a hero who, despite being surrounded by people with contrary thoughts that he knew would end in a terrible mistake, fought alone without to be gripped by the same fear that I felt consuming me every day.” (Mabel)

“You saved me that day just by existing, finally I wasn’t alone, finally I had a safe place to go back to…” (Mabel)

I couldn’t feel her Aura due to my inability to control my own Aura, but it wasn’t necessary, I had heard her say that before, but this time I can respond to her words.

“I think we both helped each other then, for your presence was the only comfort in my heart for thousands of years.” (I)