Chapter 35: Different realm

The grandmaster led the way into the dark basement underneath his room and Chen and the other followed duly, the little illumination provided by the lamp enabled them to to see a few weird drawings on the wall ad the went along. The grandmaster stopped abruptly and in front ofthem stood two massive pillars with intricate carvings on them, prince walked over to the pillars and used his fingers to trace the lines of the carvings.

"What does this signify" Chen asked

"To proceed further I would have to let you know of certain events that resulted to your being here. A few eons ago, the infinite one tried creating a sapient life form called the Anunaki, but it failed. He gave too much knowledge to them and they eventually deviated from the plan he had for them.The more they grew the more desperate they became for power and knowledge, They eventually managed to exhausted all of the resources given to them by the infinite one and set their sights on the new civilization created by the infinite one"

"That new civilization being us right" Bryan asked "and why can't the infinite one wish them out of existence, the same way he wished them into existence"

"You do not understand, there are rules to creation and extinction, the infinite one created these rules himself and he would break the very same rules he laid down. To save humanity he created a fail safe, and you seem to be that faio safe. Every grandmaster is given the job to help the incarnation of death, whenever he appears and I am only doing my job"

Chen listened attentively but he was still confused as to why he was chosen, he quickly put away the thought. He had already been given a responsibility and he had to deliver results

"There are seven realms in total including our realm, this is the base realm if this realm is conquered the other realms will deteriorate and collapse eventually. Above our realm are the three lower realms, in each realm is a gem that controls the stability of that realm, no one knows where Earth's gem is hidden yet, not even the Anunaki has been able to find it. We believe that if one has obtained the gems of the other six realms they'd be able to pinpoint the location of the seventh gem. We need you to transverse the other realms and absorb these gems to save humanity"

"So where is the first gem and how am I meant to get there" Chen asked

"The first gem is hidden in the kindgom of halethen, which is ruled by haleth, the realm is presently at war so it might be a bit difficult for you to obtain the gem. These pillars are a medium of transportation between realms but I only have enough power to send you to the lower realms"

"Do we leave now" Klaus asked

"I am sorry but I only have enough power for one person, Chen must do this alone,;the rest of you can decide to stay here or you can also decide to head back home, whatever your wishes are I would respect it"

Chen was starting to get frustrated, he was able to bring his team to the island but now he was being told that the grandmaster lacked the power to send them all over to another realm.

"I am sorry but these are soells that the human body is not meant to carry, moving one person would take a large toll on my body. No one as ever managed to move more than person through the realms"

Chen made up his mind and decided to go in search of the gems the grandmaster had asked him to retrieve. "I am ready you can begin the process now" Chen said to the grandmaster with conviction.

Klaus was about to oppose Chen's decision but was held back by Bryan, Bryan shook his head at him. Everyone stood toll and watched the grandmaster step towards the stone pillars, the grandmaster began to draw a complex sigil with a chalk, when he was done he proceeded to attach the gem to a hole in between both pillars. The entire area lit up with blue light and the light could be seen lighting up each rune on both pillars. The grandmaster stood at the center of the sigil he had drawn and his body lit up along with the sigil. The was a rip in the air and one could make out the a few details from the other side of the rip.

"Quickly jump into the rip between the pillar, I can't hold it anymore" the grandmaster shouted to Chen. Chen hesitated for a second before leaping into the rip,.as soon as he crossed over he heard a voice in his head.

[Change of realm detected, augumenting body to match realm reuurments]

This was the last thing he heard before he passed out. Chen woke up a few hours later with a banging headache, he looked around him and discovered that he had awoken in what seemed to look like a farm, he quickly stood up and dusted his robes. He saw a path and began following it and soon began seeing signs of people, but one thing he noticed about them was that they all seemed to have pointed ears and very long hair, he soon got to an area that looked like to be a market place. The noise bad but the stench in the area was much worse he used the inside of his elbow to shield his nose from the stench. He eventually got to the shop of a man who sold mirror and trinkets. As he moved past the mirrors his appearance caught his attention, he retraced his steps back to the shop to get a better view of himself in the mirror and was startled by what he saw.

His hair had grown longer and was beyond shoulder length and he also had pointy ears, his facial features had also become sharper. The shop owner noticed him looking at the mirrors and enquired if he wanted to buy one, Chen noticed that the vendor was not speaking English but he understood him perfectly. He walked away from the stall without replying to the vendor's question and was intercepted by a group of about eight men wearing chain mails.