The Imperial palace, in one of the training grounds. Half of the ground had been turned into ice, while the other half was filled with lightning.
''Not bad, you forced my hand by only relying on your Ice element,'' Julius said before sheathing his sword, and the lightning dancing around him like an obedient beast disappeared.
Artemia nodded before returning the ground to normal. She was exhausted.
''I will leave; I have a meeting with other emperors. See you, my daughter. Now, you are strong enough to follow him. You can become stronger by continuing to hone your skills in your travel. You can go; we will take care of everything.''
Julius said before leaving.
Left alone, Artemia sat on the ground and summoned her status.
[Artemia Eretria Von Havens]
Class: Lightning Goddess
Age: 19 ???
Female
Race: High Human
Rank 15 [Demigod]
Level 142
Experience Value: 0/5000200
MP: 2000/9000
Magic: Lightning/Ice Magic
Attack: 2010
Defense: 1720
Agility: 1840
Intelligence: 1550
Luck: 1490
Gift: Noble Fantasm
BP: 50
SP: 60
Skills: [Ice Slash Level 4] [Ice Blast Level 8] [Close Quarters Combat Level 10 Max] [Ice Arrows Level 10] [Sword Art Level 10] [Thousand Ice Steps Level 3] [Ultimate Lightning Level 10] [Flash Level 10]
Special Abilities: [Lightning Goddess Mode] [Ice Domain Level 1] [Nineteen Layered Lightning Chain Level 9]
Titles: [Reincarnator] [Noble Queen] [Human's Goddess [Huntress] [Slayer]
''Wow! As expected, the amount of XP needed starting from the Demigod realm is ridiculous. 500k.'' Artemia said as she fumbled with her status; she wondered whether or not she should spend her skill points but, in the end, shook her head, postponing this for later.
''For now, I should take a bath and prepare to see. He must have finished what he had come to accomplish, and I'm sure she would be happy that girl because I will if I were in her shoes.'' Artemia chuckled, imagining Sera's reaction when she found out what surprise Alex had for him. She must be happy. Artemia didn't know how things progressed between them in just one day, but she was sure that their relationship had progressed, which was a good thing considering how long the two had known each other.
''Lilith, I hope everything is fine,'' Artemia remembered her friend and sighed. However, she hadn't heard much news lately, the princess for Lilith to quickly take over the throne because it would mean one thing to worry about. They shouldn't have demons backstabbing them as they prepare for the incoming calamity.
°°°°°
Blue Haven Villa, in the master's bedroom.
Alex was sitting on the bed, lost in thoughts.
Silveria appeared and sat next to him.
''Master, what you think so hard about? It's because she gave you the key?" Silveria inquired. Since he left Incursio and had been like this, it had been two hours since he got separated from Incursio; the latter had left saying she had something to do, she would come back or contact him if there was a problem.
''Ah? Yes, that is one of the reasons. I was thinking about something else. The Eternal chain is behaving too unusually.''
Finally, Alex returned to his sense and told her what he had been thinking deeply about.
After Incursio handed him one of the keys capable of unlocking one of the seven seals, sealing the black dragon, he hadn't been shocked by Incursio possessing a key, but he was shocked by his second Gift reaction. Just as his skin came into contact with the black key, the tattoo on his right arm started wriggling; the Eternal chain became reckless.
Alex had to leave hurriedly because he didn't know what would happen if he stayed; he didn't want Incursio to learn more about the Eternal chain. The Eternal chain calmed down when Alex stored the black key inside his item box; he didn't dare to take out the key for fear of something unexpected happening; this key was too valuable after all.
Silveria began to ponder about the possible reasons for the Eternal chain to behave like that, but unfortunately, she found none.
Suddenly, there was a flash of light, and Nyx came out.
''Big sis?" Silveria was shocked by her sister's sudden arrival as she had never expected her to take the initiative to come out on her own.
Alex was shocked as well, but unlike Silveria, who wondered why her sister appeared, he knew she had the answer to his question.
''You know why the Eternal chain behaves so weirdly, right?" He asked, and Nyx nodded before creating a chair and sat.
''Ah! I understand now; no wonder you came out. So, tell us why that chain is behaving like that?" Silveria urged her sister to tell them the answer.
''It's because the chain wants to consume the key.''
''Ehh???" Alex and Silveria exclaimed at the unexpected answer.
Nyx had expected this much; she continued by explaining.
''You should know that the seven keys, the core of the sealing formation that traps the dragon contained a small part of its power. To completely recover, the dragon needed the seven keys. So-"
''So, the key I'm holding is like a delicious piece of meat the Eternal chain wished to devour because it contains some sort of dragon power? Is that what you are trying to say?" Alex interrupted Nyx to confirm his guess.
To his joy, Nyx nodded.
''Holy shit. That's awesome. I bet the keys must have gained this ability as time passed because they are like a medium between the sealing formation and the dragon. To weaken the monster, the formation must have sent a small portion of the dragon's power into the keys held by the others.'' Alex speculated, and the siblings were sure that his speculation was mostly on the mark.
''No wonder they were so adamant about acquiring the keys; not only would it help them free the dragon, but it would also help the dragon recover his strength.''
Naturally, he was talking about the chaos organization.
This was an unexpected discovery, something Alex could use to his advantage because he had something not even the all-powerful chaos's servant would have expected.
''It's time to screw a dragon over,'' Alex said. His lips were curled slightly, showing a faint smirk.
Nyx and Silveria exchange a look before sighing.
'Someone is about to suffer.'
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