NOVEL NEXT Chapter 1507: The Northern Sea
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"Sure, I'm in," Hyun nodded. "I used to be against these things a lot but... nowadays, I'm into trying out new things."
The three Legendary Summoners teleported to Stronghold City, being greeted by celebrations and people dancing, singing, as a great festival was underway, there, they met with Blake, the real one, as they walked to the tavern with him and Dylan, and enjoyed a few drinks while talking.
Meanwhile, Blake's clone body, made out of Rainbow Star, traveled the skies, recollecting giant chunks of Demonic Land imbued with various Demonic Treasures and thousands of Demonic Beasts, feeding his hungry Divine Spiritual Realm.
And eventually, once the next morning arrived...
"Over here, Blake?"
"Yeah, Elizabeth, thank you for helping out."
"Of course I would help if you asked me, why wouldn't I?"
Elizabeth had flown into the skies with Blake's Rainbow Star Clone, reaching the skies of the Northern Part of the Central Continent.
Their powers combined, the Holy Spirit's Light and the Morning Star from both Blake and the one he had shared with Elizabeth, combining into a gigantic formation of pure ethereal light runes.
"{Heavenly Celestial Formation: Purifying Rain Of Holy Tears}!"
Their combined magic formed a giant formation, as several faces appeared above the dark, demonic skies, resembling a beautiful woman with long blonde hair.
Almost like Elizabeth herself.
Their eyes opened wide, as they started crying gigantic tears of liquified Holy Celestial Light Essence, each tear was the size of over fifty meters, reaching the ground and bombarding it with explosions of purifying light.
Millions of tears fell in a matter of seconds, spreading their purifying light even more, until the entire area was purified completely, and vegetation had suddenly begun sprouting here and there too.
"It's done, phew..." Elizabeth said. "I wonder if we could do the same for the Dark Continent? I don't think you should take pieces out of it, it's too big."
"I agree, I guess we can do that to accelerate our advance," Blake nodded. "Let's go, we should quickly gather with everyone, they must have finished breakfast by now."
"Things are progressing faster than I ever thought, I seriously imagined it would take us months to get this far..." Elizabeth sighed. "I guess we've grown too strong."
"That was the intention from the beginning, and when we've been fighting immensely strong foes from the start, it's to be expected that you would grow exponentially," Blake smiled, caressing her long blonde hair. "Fore now, let's focus on what's in front of us, Elizabeth. Seizing this world's peace is closer than we imagine."
"Indeed, the Holy Spirits are very happy, they're supporting us in every decision," smiled Elizabeth. "I am looking forward to finally freeing this world from them... And then bringing the war to their world. I would like to see how they react..."
"Ah... I see..." Blake was surprised to see that his cute and innocent Elizabeth had a slightly sadistic side when it came to punishing sinful demons.
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Dylan stepped into the now purified land, his eyes watering as he started crying while walking, his steel greaves making loud sounds as he moved, his armor creaking with every step.
"To think I would see the Northern Sea in my lifetime..."
His eyes widened as he saw the azure, blue sea in front of him, he had fought since he was born as a Hero, his entire life tied to this Talent, the hopes of the people weighting over his shoulders for years.
For decades.
To the point it made him go mad, mad enough to betray his own convictions and the very reason he fought for and joined the Demonic Cult.
But now, not only was he confronted and defeated by Blake, but he was also given a second chance to make amends for his mistakes.
To make amends for the path he ended striving away from, and for those he failed...
"And you're about to see the Dark Continent as well... that place will surely be eerie."
"Yep, if the Dark Continent already looked weird, imagine that place!"
"A whole continent taken over by the Demons... I can't imagine how many they killed."
"Millions, perhaps..."
Elfriedden, Chris, Erdrich, and Patricia talked with one another, and to Dylan, as they walked to his side, bringing the lonely hero some company.
"Yes, the more I think about it, the more I feel terrified for the atrocities they've committed against us... But it wasn't just the demons, humanity has also committed horrible things, what happened to the Dark Continent wouldn't have happened to begin with if the Demonic Cult didn't open the Demon Gate in the middle of the Capital of that Continent's now extinct Empire," explained Dylan, he was well versed in history.
"What Empire was it?" Patricia wondered. "Sorry, but that's such an old history that not even the academy taught us about it."
"I know... it's a not so well-known subject," Dylan smiled. "It was called the Atlantean Empire... the Northern Continent is the smallest, surrounded by water and with a tropical environment, it used to be rich in both agriculture and fishing. It was also well known because the people that lived there weren't just humans or the sea faring elves, there were also the Merfolk, blue-skinned people similar to us, but with scales around their hands, legs, and gills. Some even had fish tails."
"Merfolk?" Elfriedden wondered. "Ah, I remember seeing one back home... they're very rare."
"Indeed, their numbers are incredibly few nowadays, but they were once the largest population of the Norther Continent," Dylan sighed. "An entire culture gone... can you imagine how our world would be today if they were still around? If the Atlantean Empire remained...? All those lives lost... all those people, their culture, their unique faith, their food, their history... gone."
"The demons took it all away..." Patricia sighed, as Erdrich looked to the ground, feeling somewhat guilty, even though he had never done anything.
"No, as I said, it wasn't just the demons' fault, humans too did this, the demon cultists sold their souls to them and caused this, it wasn't just demons, it was humanity's cruelty that caused their destruction," Dylan sighed.
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