Journey Of A Legend

*TREMBLE!*

With a small tremor that shook the whole mountain, behind Greg and Joe, the split started to close slowly.

Immediately as the exit has been sealed, darkness fell onto the two, making Greg to activate his Second Flow to create light.

However, just before he could have done it, above his head, Greg noticed as small crystals started to shine, and slowly the whole path got lit up with beautiful colorfulness.

"What are these crystals? They can glow with such strong light, that it's amazing!", said Greg as he touched a crystal on the side gently.

"They are called Dusk Stones. By absorbing the darkness in their proximity and transforming it, they can create light and glow like this. They are indeed amazing."

"Dusk Stones, can I take a few with me?", asked Greg curiously, thinking that maybe they could come in handy once.

Just like in the Earth Temple or in the Time Temple where different powers of his got sealed away, Greg knew he needed a second source of light if somehow his Second Flow gets to sealed away. 

Glancing back at Greg, Joe nodded and said, "You can. Even after breaking them off, Dusk Stones can be used just as perfectly as they were before. Luckily, they won't lose their ability, so they are the perfect material to create light in the darkness."

"Perfect!", said Greg happily and started to collect a few crystals from the side.

Because each crystal was almost as big as his palm and had a different color, Greg decided to take only one from each color.

Breaking down one crystal after another, Greg put each into his shadow, but the moment he did, his expression turned stunned.

The moment the Dusk Stones sink into his shadow, Greg felt as blinding light broke out from each crystal, filling his shadow with a colorful glow in an instant.

Luckily the light did not escape from his shadow the moment he deactivated his Final Flow, so he was okay.

Except for the small weight put on his body because of the crystals, Greg felt perfectly fine.

"Let's go.", said Joe calmly as he saw that Greg finished collecting the crystals.

As a reply, Greg nodded, and without saying anything else he started to follow Joe.

Walking for minutes in silence, the two walked amongst hundreds of crystals, which filled the whole place with colorful light, when suddenly Greg noticed as the path before him and Joe started to expand.

Arriving at the end of the path Greg frowned slightly because of the sudden light difference and looked around.

But the moment he did, his eyes widened while his mouth gaped wide open in utter disbelief.

Right before him, what he could see was simply an outrageous and breathtaking sensation!

Currently, they were standing on top of a huge cliff, giving them a perfect view, while below, above, and before them, an amazing sight could be seen.

Above them, thousands if not millions of Dusk Crystals were gently glowing, while in the middle of it, a huge hole could be noticed with the outside clear blue sky.

Right below their feet, a vast forest with a huge crystal clear lake could be found, while in the distance, several buildings were standing proudly.

Each building was made out of wood and stone, but in a way that not even master creators could replicate it. Each construction was placed, made, and decorated in a way that felt inhumanly perfect.

And what was even more shocking that in the middle of the small lake, a huge tower could discover, which bottom has vanished completely below the lake's surface.

"This... How? Didn't you say your father was not able to find anything?", asked Greg with a stupified expression.

"I did and he truly did not find anything. He only checks the outside of the mountain, while exploring the few caves it had on the outside."

"Then how were you able to find this place?"

With a slight shrug, Joe replied calmly, "By accident."

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Seeing Greg's confused expression, Joe started to describe the situation how he found the entrance to this place.

He told Greg when his father wanted to find the treasures he sent him alongside the exploration team.

They stayed on Skyfall Mountain for weeks and Joe was tasked with a useless job to check the mountain's bottom layer, looking for any entrance that could lead to the interior.

Joe did what he was told and started his task, but he didn't think the task he was given should take such a long time.

Even after half a day of checking and searching he still wasn't able to go around the mountain fully, which quite surprised him.

From the outside, Joe knew that even with an average speed of walking, it would take him utmost a few hours to walk around the mountain.

After walking for another few hours, Joe realized that it wasn't the mountain which was big, but he was simply under a strange power.

Every time he walked a mile toward any direction, he would end up arriving at the very same spot from where he just left.

When he realized this fact, he instantly knew that something was wrong so he started to explore that territory with greater detail.

And that is when he found the entrance.

The moment he opened the entrance and found the interior, the power which sealed him inside of the one-mile area vanished, making Joe leave freely.

"So you decided to keep the whole matter as a secret for this moment. Smart.", said Greg with an approving nod.

"Yeah. Also, I did not have time to explore this Kingdom inside this mountain, but what I noticed except the fact that others have already lived here was that they left this place in the hope others will find it."

"Huh? What do you mean by that?", asked Greg with a frown.

Joe smiled and asked, "If you think about it, it is quite obvious no? A trap that does not kill and only activates when some walk into it. Also, its power vanished instantly the moment I found the place, showing, anyone that created the seal wanted the place to be found."

Listening to this, Greg looked deep in thought and nodded.

"Yeah, if we think about that it is true. But why? I mean, why seal the only entrance from the outside world if they wanted others to find it? Wouldn't have it been much simpler if they leave the path inside open or tell others obviously that this place exists?"

"That would be logical, yes, but I think they had a reason. As of what kind of reason, I don't know."

Staying silent for a small while looking for reasons, Greg just shook his head and said, "Well, it is useless to think about that now, no? Instead, let's go and explore the place. I am curious how it looks from closer."

As Greg said they wanted to move, but the moment he looked around looking for a way down, he looked confused.

"Umm... How do get down? Don't tell me we need to jump down..."

"To be honest, when I found this place I just looked around from here. I didn't have time to build or look for a way down."

When Greg heard this he nodded and smiled, "Then let's make one, shall we?"

Joe looked confused when he heard Greg say that but instantly understood what Greg wanted the moment he moved.

Crouching down and closing his eyes, Greg activated his Third Flow and without hesitation started to manipulate the earth below them.

*TREMBLE!!!*

With a powerful tremor, the cliff under Greg's and Joe's feet started to move and soon it started to form in shape.

Under almost in an instant, from the deep cliff's side several earth pillars broke out and one by one formed a staircase below.

Joe seeing this smiled, and looked at Greg, who was standing up with a satisfied smile while dusting his palms off.

"This should make it right?"

"Yeah. It is perfect. Let's go.", said Joe and started to descend on the staircase that Greg made.

Following Joe from behind, Greg walked through the dense but beautiful-looking forest. Each tree was as wide as 3 humans put together, while their heights' reached above 50 meters.

Walking amongst those colossal trees, Greg suddenly felt like an ant.

As he was about to examine the trees, suddenly Greg noticed something hanging between two trees and stopped.

Squinting his eyes, he noticed that it was a piece of slab made out of wood, while something was carved on its surface with carefulness.

Joe seeing that Greg found something glanced toward the direction where he was looking and it wasn't long before he noticed the slab too.

"What is that?", asked Joe and walked closer to the chunk to see what was written on it.

Grabbing it and cleaning the dust off of it's surface, instantly two words got revealed.

'Eternal Kingdom'