elder brother
"Take down all these cultists and heretics who blaspheme the sea god!" The man holding a sword aloft in the golden light ordered, then jumped down from the height onto the Hero to lead the capture of the pirates.
Soraya secretly watched Al from behind. This blond, blue-eyed man with fair skin, a high nose, and an air of arrogance in his eyes, tears welled up in her eyes. Soraya found herself becoming increasingly sentimental as she got closer to home.
Kelly sensed someone staring at him. His hawk-like gaze swept fiercely over them, and the moment he saw Al and Arlene, anger flashed across his face. He then roared:
"Aldric Montefort, Serena Beaumont, why are you the only two here?"
Al and Arlene immediately knelt down on one knee. When Soraya sensed Kellis turning his head, she squatted down as well. After Al and Arlene knelt down, Soraya, who was squatting, was exposed to Kellis's view.
Kelly had not seen his sister for over a hundred years. He stared intently at Soraya, fearing that her appearance was merely a hallucination.
Sorea, bewildered by Kelly's gaze, stood up shakily, her face still bearing the traces of tears she had just shed.
Just as Solia was at a loss and didn't know what to do, she caught a glimpse of Lilith carrying Lillian and preparing to escape under the cover of pirates. Pointing at Lilith, she hurriedly shouted, "Second brother, quickly leave that knife behind."
Upon hearing Soleria's words, Kelly immediately looked at Lilith. Lilith had also heard Soleria's voice, cursed, and sped up her escape.
How could Kellis let Lilith get away with this? He immediately ran over, pushed aside the pirates in front of Lilith, and slashed at Lilith's face with his sword. Lilith immediately grabbed her knife to block.
However, Lilith's right hand had already been injured by Al, and under Kellis's attack, the sudden pain caused her knife to fly out of her hand.
Al waited for the moment and immediately picked up the knife.
Kelly's next attack was upon her. Unable to dodge, she used her last strength to push Lillian aside, closing her eyes and awaiting death.
With a hiss, sparks flew everywhere.
A thin old man used his cane to block Kelly's attack and forced Kelly to take three steps back.
"Grandpa!" Lilith exclaimed excitedly, "It's so dangerous here, why did you come?"
Lilith's grandfather, Viking Arthur, replied while fending off Kelice's attacks, "I'm just cleaning up after your sister and your foolish father."
During a break in his battle with Kelley, Viking prayed to the Kraken, but Kelley was not like Soraya who had lost all her divine power. Before Viking could summon the evil god, Kelley used the power of the sea god to cut off one of Viking's arms.
"ah!"
But the Vikings' centuries-old age wasn't for nothing; in their agony, they used their own blood to draw inscriptions and totems to communicate with the evil gods.
Kellis quickly used his tiered inscriptions to summon wind and destroy the impending power of the evil god. Before Kellis could fight the evil god, Viking fled with his granddaughter and son.
"Damn it." Kelly was furious that her personal intervention had allowed the filthy cultists to escape.
Upon seeing their leader abandon them, the pirates scattered in all directions. The knights of the Osenia Royal Guard were not about to let them go and immediately split into small teams to give chase. Due to the vast difference in strength, less than 10% of the pirates managed to escape because the knights were unfamiliar with the terrain.
Kelley's Oath Knight knelt on one knee and reported the casualties to him. He then asked for punishment for letting several pirates escape, but Kelley's eyes were only on his sister, and he casually waved his hand, letting the Oath Knight handle the matter himself.
Seeing the wounded receive treatment and the hostages on the Hero successfully rescued, Sorea could no longer hold back and ran towards Kelly in tears.
Fearing that his armor would harm his precious younger sister, Kelly immediately removed it and embraced the weeping Sorea.
"My star, my treasure, my Solaya, why are you crying so sadly? It's all my fault, I failed to protect you." Hearing Solaya's cries, Kelley felt as if his heart had been ripped out, and he held her and comforted her.
As Soraya recounted her story, broken and choked with sobs, Kelley learned the whole story. His eyes blazed with fury as he held Soraya tightly, wishing he could immediately storm the Emerald Sea and slaughter all the elves who had bullied Soraya, as well as the culprit, Veldrian.
In the distant Emerald Sea, Veldrian seemed to sense something, his lifeless eyes gazing blankly ahead.
Before him was a verdant cradle, inside which slept a tiny baby. As the baby slept, he put his fingers in his mouth. His body was covered with a golden-green divine power, the source of which was Verridern.
When the god of forests and mountains looked at the infant with his lifeless gaze, his eyes cleared, but then he seemed to be in great pain and frantically covered his head, trying to fall to the ground, but was dragged back by the countless dark green vines on his body.
The vines grew from His body, absorbing His flesh and blood, and even seemed to be trying to rush towards the baby in front of Him, but were pushed back into His body by the suddenly awakened Verridern, who then controlled the tree roots to hang Him up.
His limbs were suspended by a giant tree, his body was wrapped in layers of vines, and the places on his face where the vines had cut him were not bleeding, but blooming with golden flowers. A silver-white sword inlaid with blue gemstones was stuck in his chest.
This sword was forged from Soraya's blood and is a weapon connected to her life. With the divine power of the sea god and the god of fate on this sword, Verridern is now living a longer and longer period of lucidity.
In his madness, He kept whispering, and if any of His favored believers were present, they could hear Him calling out to Solaya.
He was lucidly insane, consciously experiencing the attacks from the delirium and pollution of the evil gods in his spiritual sea.
At the edge of the Sea of Death, the de facto supreme leader of the Osenia Empire, the Crown Prince of the Empire, the eldest son of the God of the Sea, and the High Priest Dagmore, stood on the sea, gazing ahead.
He was surrounded by many people, and even some of the most loyal followers of the sea god had begun to kneel down and pray to him, hoping to gain the favor of the sea god.
Before more people could gather and cause a stampede, the Royal Knights arrived and escorted the crowd away.
Throughout this time, Dagmore remained silent, his face, which resembled Kelly's, devoid of any expression.
However, the dispersed crowd did not feel ignored at all; they became even more enthusiastic, constantly shouting "Your Highness!" and "High Priest!" and displaying their most fervent side.
In their eyes, the high and mighty God should be like this, and the God who is rarely seen except on major festival days is worthy of their madness.
"Big brother, look! I'm back with our stars!" Kelly, who was on the ship, saw Dagmore from afar, cupped her hands around her mouth like a megaphone, and shouted loudly.
Kellis was completely immersed in the joy of Solya's return home, forgetting that he had an inscribed totem that could amplify his voice, and forgetting that Dagmore was powerful enough to hear him speaking softly.
Upon seeing Soraya, Dagmore was completely uneasy and instantly appeared beside her.
"Xingxing, you've lost weight." He looked at Soraya, wanting to touch her, but afraid that Soraya had become distant from him, so all his words were reduced to just one sentence.
Seeing her brother hesitate, Sorea pulled Dagmore's hand and placed it on her head.
Dagmore wanted to smile at her, but having not smiled since his mother's disappearance, he had forgotten how to smile.
The three siblings looked at each other in silence, until Sorea finally broke the silence and hugged Dagmore.
"Why are you dressed like this? Even if Verdilen treats you badly, he wouldn't let you, let you..." Dagmore thought for a long time but couldn't come up with an adjective.
After all, Soraya, who used to want the most gorgeous accessories and wouldn't wear anything that wasn't made of clouds, now only wore clothes made of linen from head to toe.
Jack, who had been perched on Sorea's shoulder, saw Dagmore and, having finally recovered from his initial surprise, immediately understood what he meant:
"High Priest, eldest son of my Lord, the great Prince Dagmore, greetings. Please allow me to introduce myself, I am Jack Karal."
I want to report to you two of Princess Soraya's sworn knights who were able to return here only by selling all of Princess Soraya's jewelry.
Upon hearing this, Sorea quickly covered Jack's mouth, but it was too late. Al and Arlene, who had been kneeling since Dagmore arrived, felt the deathly gaze that Dagmore was casting upon them.
"Brother, I wouldn't have been able to leave the Emerald Sea alive without their help." Soraya looked at Dagmore, who was radiating coldness, and quickly pleaded for him, then recounted her escape journey.
After hearing this, Dagmore completely forgot about Al and Arlene's actions and, like Kelly, felt only overwhelming rage towards Veldrian.
The royal fleet had arrived at the palace gates, and Dagmore carried Soraya back to her room.
"Brother, I want to ask, where are Yu'an and Louis? I can't see them. They were the two who were most attached to me when we were little."
Dagmore's expression had returned to its usual calm indifference. He said calmly, "They found the Osenia Palace too boring and went to study at the Singri Inscription Academy."
Sorea thought for a moment and couldn't help but ask, "Brother, has Yuan returned to normal?"
“You’ve seen the weird and wonderful things he created, haven’t you found them fascinating?” Kelly’s eyes lit up as she mentioned this.
Seeing that her second brother still liked novel things as much as before, Sorea smiled and nodded.
“He wasn’t mentally challenged before. His soul went to another world. You’ll understand when you look back at him,” Dagmore explained.
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