Warning; fanaticism and gore
White star still faintly remembers this place, it was the same forest that had belonged to the Green dragon he had hunted decades ago. The same Green Dragon that had died years before its supposed demise and died for the better...
Well, he suppose the Dragon itself wouldn't have thought the same,
But that doesn't matter now,
He hadn't come here to reminisce nor drown himself in regret for hunting that Dragon down, it was for the better cause after all.
"The Power should be over there, my liege" The Lion king directed his liege to the place where they had found the traces of the power at,
The White star was strong,
They climbed up the mountain that led towards the temple that had held the Retrogressive water. Each step they took felt more and more like gravity was put on them; It was, after all, a power they had tirelessly searched for centuries.
but at the same time, He was also weak.
And they had finally found another piece of the puzzle.
After this, it meant that they just needed an earth's ancient power, and their liege will finally be complete. A perfect being that will transcend into Godhood.
And they, as his loyal followers, will also bash along the light under his glory–
.
.
.
It wasn't there,
The aura of the ancient power that was previously residing there was no longer felt. Instead, there was only a dent in the middle of the pond and craters everywhere else.
It was obvious,
Someone else must've beaten him to the chase.
pssssss....
One of the subordinates immediately smelled something burning, and soon, every single one of them also noticed the acrid scent that was starting to fill the area. It didn't take a genius to know who was the source of it though.
"Ugh–"
The person who had informed the White Star about the location of the ancient power muffled out a grunt that reached his throat, but he dared not to scream even though he wanted to.
From the tip of his toes towards his torso, everything had felt slightly hot at first, but then it started to feel as if he was standing barefooted and naked in the northern kingdom. And by the time he had realized why,
His lower half had already melted and began to merge with the ground under him.
The man trembled in fear and pain, but even then, he still couldn't scream nor resented the situation he was in.
He was the one who did the miscalculation after all.
"Aa... aah–"
And besides...
The man slowly raised his head shakily, his vision was blurred from the tears that were forming, but even then, he could clearly see that not even one of the members present there had batted an eye nor did they even flinch at his condition.
It was,
after all,
expected.
But there was something that he didn't expected though,
The burn had only reached his torso and not engulfed him entirely like everyone there had predicted. The burn had only reached his hip and stopped there.
The burn...
The man looked up, but immediately lowered his head back when he could feel a pressure pushing him down further to the ground.
"Fix it,"
Everyone had heard it loud and clearly,
Fix it
They were told to fix their mistake, a chance to repent. A chance to fix their mistake.
. . .
The White star turned his back from the scene. A hand was placed in front of his mouth.
'Dang it...'
He swallowed a mouthful of the iron-like liquid back and began preparing the scroll that will send him back to one of his bases. The White Star was running out of time, and he himself was fully aware of that fact more than anyone else that is alive currently.
The crack in his plate was starting to grow more and more unstable as time passed, and he might as well drop dead at any given second.
Rippppp
He ripped the scroll that Sayeru had prepared for him and let himself get consumed by the light to be transported to the Alchemist bell tower.
.
.
.
"My liege!"
Bernard was surprised when he noticed the light appearing in the middle of his work room, even more so when he saw his liege swaying left and right like a newborn foal just as the teleportation circle dimmed.
White star raised his right hand and stopped Bernard from approaching him, "Dead mana, prepare some now"
The White star ordered,
Bernard received the order and immediately;
Thankfully, his liege had come at the perfect time, there was a new fresh batch of them currently in the storage since he had managed to extract them recently. "I'll prepare them now, should I also prepare the bath?"
"..That would be much appreciated,"
. . .
Bernard poured several bottles that were filled with Dead mana to the bathtub that was always present in his office. It took at least 20 bottles before the tub was filled to the brim.
He himself wasn't affected by the condensed amount of dead mana present there, but if there was any other creature that wasn't in the darkness attribute standing there, they might as well have suffocated to death first before even needing to touch the poisonous substance.
That was how deadly the pool in front of him was.
But to him, most dark creatures especially his liege; this was their life source.
Drip
The last drop from the 20th bottle dropped towards the tub that was darker than the abyss itself. With this, the bath for his liege was prepared.
He better inform The White Star that he had finished with the bath preparation. Or maybe... Should he also prepare some other things too?
No,
His liege doesn't seem to like those fancy things he saw Adin enjoying; It was too... low for someone as great as his liege. Of course, why would his liege like any jewels or gold that was produced by a mortal's hand?
He should just prepare more dead mana so his liege can get better soon.