03 | Will of Life

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"With several starts..."
"...But just one end?"
–TruE, Elysium Everlasting

But just one end?"–TruE, Elysium Everlasting

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Where the midnight sun crashes down...

Whilst the eternal empire burns free...

Did sang the choir with silent sound...

As my hell's chains unbind thee...

×××

| Reynolds Leywin |

Instinct took over me.

Ignoring my eardrums deafening due to the sudden boom burst, I rushed towards Alice, holding our daughter, and shielded from harm. Despite the mana shield being active the pain stung, but I kept holding out, holding my wife and daughter tightly as possible.

Feeling the simmering of smoke arise, I slightly eased up and turned to our house, now in smithereens. Whoever decided to harm my family–

"ART! ARTHUR IS STILL IN THERE!"

...Arthur?

FUCK!

Gritting my teeth, I temporarily casted a new mana shield to protect my wife as I used my remaining mana to withstand the pushing force and increase speed. All to save my son.

Pushing through the debris I took hard steps to the center, only to collapse upon my knees at what I saw...

"You have got to be kidding me..."

I shakily muttered, light steps approaching me. Alice's steps...

"Reynolds! W-what's wrong?!"

I can hear her shout, yet my body only responded to my disbelief alone.

"He's not even three... But, somehow..."

I could hear Alice's gasps as she saw what I could only comprehend now, her grip on my shoulder tightening.

What the fuck is happening...

×××

| Arthur Leywin |

THAT. WAS. GREAT.

This aura, this flow, this freshness, so this is what having a mana core feels like!

Even the trees are rejoicing a King's breakthrough with their greenery! Oh what joyous day–

Wait, trees?

...I wasn't even tall enough to reach that one window?

I took a break from my celebration to take a look at my surroundings, at boy was it a bad sight.

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