Reincarnated Ruler: Awakening in a Broken Reality

Caldra bled from her eye, one wing torn.

But she didn't fall. Her phoenix form was near to vanished.

Draenya loomed above, held aloft by rings of molten magic. Her skin had cracked. Her arms burned. She laughed even as her left side melted.

"You burn so brightly," Draenya whispered. "Like a funeral flame. But that flame not that powerful. Let me show you actual flames."

Caldra raised her staff, shaking.

"Ohh! I don't need to win," she said. "I just need to make sure you never leave. Rest of things will over when he will awake."

She plunged her weapon into the ground.

The mountain groaned.

Then exploded.

The firestorm consumed them both.

"Ohh! Really? You think that boy can save you all." Draenya laughed.

And the battle between them continued.

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Borun's fight had stopped being a clash of might. It was now a matter of time.

The crystal-armored Vestige pressed down with every swing, thunder booming in his wake.

Borun's chains glowed, wrapping around the Vestige's limbs.

He was bound him. Then Vestige roared.

Borun bellowed once, and his flesh cracked.

The earth split.

And from beneath him rose titanic skeletons bound in iron, the remnants of forgotten giants he had chained beneath the land for this moment.

"I buried kings of giants beneath this world," Vestige said.

"Let me introduce him. You stupid insects not know about history of Qiyun."

The Vestige roared, but even he was dwarfed.

"What history? Before us in Qiyun other species also lived in past." Borun asked that Vestige.

"Yes, before humans there was 5 continents exists in this planet. Humans are the weakest civilization of this planet. You think only you discovered mana but in actual mana exists since time of the creation. And we already used that. In 5 continents 5 species rules. The giant in Westinia northern continent. Elves in southern continent Roveria. Both's king's were killed by me."

Then that Vestige laughed.

Borun was shocked after hearing his words about past of Qiyun. But before he could understood the King of Giant's titanic skeleton attacked towards the Borun.

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Leith stood still. Captured in the gray world. A illusion world created by Mouren.

In that Mouren had turned into thousands of voices now, each whispering a different lie tried to break Leith's mind through this illusions.

But Leith didn't flinch.

He walked through them. A path that appeared in that gray world. A endless path. Infront of that path huge gray black castle seen in the dark night with moonlight.

He held out a small ribbon.

It was once Eram's. The token. A gray black token released the red mana.

"Do you remember this?" he asked.

The voices paused.

For a moment, Mouren flickered. The shape of that world stuttered.

But it was already too late.

Leith tapped its forehead.

And the world collapsed.

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Kaelin was bleeding heavily. Her mirror-self had returned in full force, now wielding blades she had never trained with. Every move she made was countered. Every thought was anticipated.

But then she stopped moving.

She lowered her weapon.

And smiled.

"You forgot something. I know you copy my moves but the true strength not come with only moves or with different techniques. True strength come with hard work, consistent and most important from sharp mind that process everything.," she said.

The mirror lunged.

Only to stumble as Kaelin suddenly moved in a pattern even she had never known.

She had let go of control. She enjoyed her dance with attacks.

Let instinct reign.

She caught her own blade mid-air, reversed it, and drove it into the heart of her reflection.

It shattered like glass. And then her opponent Ghallon's body cracked into pieces. At the final moments of him he just smiled like he was cursed by someone. His human body appeared. Black brown hair, middle aged person with muscular body. 6 feet height and brown eyes with brown beard. In his right eyes to cheek a battle scar seen.

He just lastly said with calm human smile...

"Thank you so much. Now I am free from this endless suffering. Immortality is a curse. Now I am free from that curse."

All stopped their battle and listened his words carefully. Vestige's felt angered and sorrows too. The battle now moved towards more aggression. And after Ghallon's body disappeared into the dust Kaelin too closed her eyes and fell down towards the surface bcz she stabbed her heart too. Frein wanted to go and caught her but he had task to protect Ren in any cost.

At the last moment of her she only said few words...

"Master don't angry on me. I shattered my soul to protect someone. To protect this world. This time I am doing that stupid things."

And after said that her body slowly slowly fell down towards the ground. Between this in the air she took her last breath and her body started to vaporize. Near the surface only her bodies small golden particles fell. All humans wants to save her but Vestige's cruel aggression and their deadly attacks stopped them.

Now from both sides battle was became so aggressive and deadly. Ghallon and Kaelin's death leads battle into that. In everyone's eyes we saw that.

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Vea and Svea stood back to back, the entire ridge now a wasteland.

The scripture-cloaked Vestige had begun speaking the names of old dead powerful Vestige's, and each name summoned a new disaster. He was necromancer.

But Vea had lost her hearing.

Svea had lost her sight.

They both affected by dead's voices or their screams.

But they controlled themselves by floating mana in their ears to stop hearing this voices and they held hands.

And together, they cast a spell. A dome appeared. The Vestige trapped on it's middle.

The scripture Vestige cast a new spell. He summoned the souls and ordered them to changed their shape into sharp objects and attacked on the walls of dome.

But nothing happened.

A dome slowly slowly shrunken and he finally vanished beneath a dome of silence and light.

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Layra attacked towards the swarm.

The field bloomed even brighter. The branches of trees rose and attacked towards the swarm.

The swarm counterattack too. After attacks-counterattacks branches captured him into the cocoon. He tried hard to free herself from this cocoon but couldn't. Then he finally decided to sacrifice his self to bring down the forest and injured her bcz this branches connected with her body too. Like it was not just her body fighting. The very world fought beside her. But her senses had awakened fully. She sensed something.

Then the she moved her one finger and flowers rose from the branches that sealed swarm to explode. Then as her pink glowing eyes shine the explosion occurred. The explosion sent waves of radiant dust across the battlefield.

The she also collapsed but the swarm never reached her bcz he was died.

The plants branches captured her body in the air when she started fell down like they knew that in which condition she was. They moved her body towards the Frein. Frein and everyone just paused for a moment. Saw everything what happened. All shocked too. Frein also but he started to heal her without wasted time.

Then battle continued again...

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High above all, the Mage King raised his sword.

Virion raised his wings too.

Time stopped.

For a moment, all battles halted.

Everyone looked up but couldn't did anything. Not moved, not spoke too.

And then...

The like stars shattered midair, freezing in place. Mage King's strike of sword was launched towards the Virion.

Virion flew through them like knives, cutting space itself. He dodged the all attacks. The Mage King roared and unleashed his sword's mark carved at the middle part of the sword. Red black circular devilish mask like symbol. The across the sky thousands of swords rain started. Some of Vestiges slowly slowly collapsed. But that sword of rain couldn't affected the humans like Mage King had proper controlled on that.

Virion's hand plunged through it. He covered his body through his wings. Not a single sword pierced his wings.

And finally, rain was over. Virion uncovered his body and looked towards the Mage King.

"You will never harm me," Virion whispered. "You were only allowed to accept your death."

The Mage King screamed in anger and frustration.

And the sky broke in half.

The land had forgotten silence.

Only war breathed.

But within the eye of every clash, the past bled through fractured, painful, sharp.

Elara watched everything. Through her inner mind one voice flickered whispered something....

"Soon he will awaken but this time he will not like previous one. I know you don't believe it but he don't remember her past like you."

"As you say, If we were connected with each other in the past then it means destiny will try to meet us again. But you can't tell me truth about my past."... Elara whispered in his mind. Her face was shown like lost in deep thoughts.