Final chapter: King vs Emperor
Year 43 of the Human Calendar - The Emperor Island - Closed realm
With the emperor stunned, the helmet of my Anointed Royal Armor opens and I take off my eye patch with my left hand.
[knowing what you are about to do, I wish I could close my eyes]
I nail the index finger, middle finger, and thumb of my right hand into my right eye socket.
"...!" Linjian
And I take off a shining blue sphere stained with my blood.
[Uggh]
For ten years, every time before sleeping, I have been injecting my Remaining MP into my eye that cannot see.
At first, it didn't have any side effects, but something changed after five years of constant treatment.
[??? (HP - 1%)]
That appeared in my status.
Everything in large quantities is poison, and mana was no exception. My body was starting to be hurt by the weapon I was building.
But I kept doing it, I kept Manipulating the mana even when all my body started feeling pain from it.
And Five years after, I reached the limit.
[??? (HP - 2%)]
Maria warned me that if I kept going it might have exploded from the concentrated energy.
[Okay, that is half of the work done]
*Pxshxh*
The Eye of Mana was starting to be unstable, so I used it.
*Glup*
I eat it and use my entire body to boost its power by giving the raw mana a meaning.
[MP + 20000000]
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-Linjian Campbell Lv. ?-
HP 84%
MP ?
Stamina ???/299(+?)
Brawn ?
Awareness ?
Endurance ?
Resistance ?
SKILLS
Book of Appraisal
Earth Manipulation Lv. Max
Animal Whisperer Lv. Max
Life Detection Lv. Max
Mana Handling Lv. Overdrive
OTHER
End Mana Overdrive (?. HP -100% per minute)
Anointed Royal Armor (Brawn, Awareness, Endurance and Resistance + 100)
Mana-electricity (18 minutes left, Awareness + 15, Resistance + 15)
Paladin exoskeleton (Brawn, Awareness, Endurance and Resistance + 25. Level limit +21)
Graphene leg (Stamina + 30, Brawn and Endurance + 15. Level limit +20)
Healthy mind in a healthy body (Endurance and Resistance + 10)
Trained body (Stamina + 10, Brawn and Endurance + 5)
Reincarnation of Maria Campbell (MP 10000%)
Pain Assimilated
72 years old
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"MAANAAA HANDLIIING!!!!" Linjian
With my whole body burning in an intense pain that overcomes the Pain Assimilated status, I create a column of light with me at the center.
"Blasphemous! How dare you hurt this divine body!!" Zhang Wei
Instantly after recovering, he throws his right fist in my direction.
*CRRRRKKK*
*SSSHHHHhhh*
But when the giant hand touches the column of light, it solidifies and turns to ash.
"Impossible!" Zhang Wei
(Feel the true power of the human effort that changes destiny!)
[Feel the true power of the human effort that changes destiny!]
"GENESIS SUPERNOVA!!" Linjian
[GENESIS SUPERNOVA!!]
[??? MP CONSUMED]
The column of light starts growing drastically in height and width.
"IMMORTAL BREATH OF...!!"
He tries to use an ability, but it is too late.
*Quiiiirrrrrrk**Crash!*
The Closed realm breaks apart as a consequence of the expansion of blue light.
...
...
Only the head of the monster remains in the ruins of the mansion at the center of the world.
"...Y...ou..." Zhang Wei
Solidified and ready to turn into ashes.
"T.r.A.S..h..." Zhang Wei
That was the last word of the last emperor of this world.
The column of light kept growing until it engulfed the entire island.
*Grrrrrruuummm*
All the jade in the island has the same end as the demon kind, leaving only a man floating on a blue light in the center of the world.
...
*Splash*
But even the wings of the man give up leaving him in the middle of the ocean, sinking in the cold water.
[...This is the farewell]
(Maria...)
I can feel our connection vanishing.
[I am happy to have been able to help you in your promise]
(And I am happy that I had such a good sister)
[...]
(...)
[Good night... Linjian]
(Good night... Maria)
...
...
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Year 43 of the Human Calendar - The Holy Land of Xue - In front of the statue of the goddesses of life and peace
(Benjamin POV)
A crowd unconsciously arrived in front of the statue, as if the mana within us was calling out to us.
"!!!" Mao
"!!!" Hom
"!!!" Hikari
"!!!" Benjamin
A column of light appeared in the ocean east of here.
"Another king gave it all in the name of the future..." Benjamin
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Year 43 of the Human Calendar - The Kingdom-state of Ziyun - In front of the statue of the goddesses of life and peace
(Usain POV)
A column of light appeared in the ocean north of here.
"!!!" Shaolan
"!!!" Vivi
"!!!" Joanna
"!!!" Usain
And we all could feel it, it was the goodbye of the Anointed King.
"Master..." Usain
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Year 43 of the Human Calendar - Oceanic airspace - Antonov
(Mai POV)
A column of light appeared in the place where we just leave.
"!!!" Honoka
"!!!" Cid
"!!!" Fei
"!!!" Mai
It cant be!
"Master Hero!!!!" Mai
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Year 43 of the Human Calendar - Ocean bottom
(Linjian POV)
Two of the three continents are now for human beings in search of justice, the cultivation society isn't an absolute anymore.
The emperor is gone and empathy exists again in this world. The dynasties are over and with them the history of cultivators.
Ziyun...
Xue...
I...
Did...
It...
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Year 45 of the Human Calendar - The Holy Land of Xue - In front of the statue of the goddesses of life and peace
(Hikari POV)
Two years have passed since the depart of the Anointed King.
The column of light visible from all the world lasted seven whole days, and the importance of these days will always be remembered as the collective holy days named The Holy Week of Mana.
That event marked the end of the dynasties, but it also marked the resurgence of the ancient spiritual creatures of the poles of the world.
Mai and the new generation are doing their best to fight them back, and luckily, they are winning. The liberation of the eastern continent is now near.
*Crowd noises*
Right now I am about to sing the annual requiem of the first day of the Week of Mana.
"Please hear my song and I hope that my feeling reaches the Anointed King wherever he is" Hikari
"Song of Mana - Thousand Words" Hikari
*♪♪♪*
"I know that you are hiding things using gentle words to shelter me♪"
"Your words were like a dream, but dreams could never fool me♪"
"Not that easily♪"
"I acted so distant then, didn't say goodbye before you left♪"
"But I was listening, you will fight your battles far from me...♪"
"Far too easily♪"
"Save your tears `cause I will come back♪"
"I could hear that you whispered as you walked through that door♪"
"But still I swore to hide the pain♪"
"When I turn back the pages♪"
"Shouting might have been the answer...♪"
"What if I cried my eyes out and begged you not to depart?♪"
"But now I am not afraid to say What is in my heart♪"
"`Cause a thousand words, call out through the ages♪"
"They will fly to you, even through I cant see, I know they are reaching you♪"
"Suspended on silver wings♪"
"Oh, a thousand words♪"
"One thousand embraces♪"
"Will cradle you♪"
"Making all of your weary days seem far away♪"
"They will hold you forever♪"
*♪♪♪*
Grandpa...
-???-
(??? POV)
A silver leaf digs trough the earth and reaches the middle place between two graves.
"Welcome back" ?????
"I am back" ???????
"Welcome back, Uehihi" ???