Chapter 19 - Syzygia [1]

Exactly two years ago...

On a world ten times the size of Earth. Despite its vastness, the world only had four giant continents and millions of islands spread across its vast sea.

Each continent was ruled by a different race. The dragon continent was ruled by the Crimson Flame Dragons, the human continent was ruled by the Geneia royal family, the elven continent was ruled by Queen Aetheria, and the Demon continent was ruled by three Demon Kings.

But now that we are on the dragon continent, at the Crimson Flame Palace, inside a room twice as large as a normal one, a girl lies on a bed.

The girl was sleeping peacefully, but there was something unique about her. She had two horns growing out of her head, crimson-red hair long enough to reach her back, a chubby body that's not fat but also not fit, and a cute chubby face. And a few minutes later, her eyelids quivered and opened, and she awoke, revealing her crimson-red eyes that matched her hair.

Her eyes looked around the room with a nostalgic look as her mouth formed a smile. She was very happy looking at the familiar room around her, but a few moments later her expression turned serious as she called out something in her head.

'System'

[Alina Crimson]

Crimson Flame Dragon

Female - Age 19

Level 31 - [None]

Title(s): [None]

Physique: [Chaos Dragon Physique]

Exp: 13,021 / 32,000

Rank: 3rd Class

Affinities: Fire, Chaos

Mana: 5th Class - Low Level

STR: 385

AGI: 165

DEF: 392

INT: 240

DEX: 143

Skills: [Chaos Magic Level 1], [Flame Magic Level 3], [High Level Regeneration Max], [Mana Control Level 2], [Dragon Eyes Level 1]

Seeing the system, she smiled, and a long sigh of relief came out of her mouth. She then touched her body and pinched her chubby waist.

"It's chubby again..." She reminisced as she thought back to the past and a memory of a man who loved to pinch her waist.

"Haha~ I'm sure that guy would love to see my body back to being chubby again." She mused, and a moment later she remembered something.

"Come to think of it, there are still two years before he arrives in this world, so I'll do my best to get stronger before he arrives."

"So I guess it's time to... what did he call it again? Oh right, I remember he called it "the transformation of the chubby lazy dragon." She smiled at the name he came up with when she decided to change herself in the past.

She removed her blanket after finishing her reminiscing about the past, got out of bed, and walked towards the door.

Before she opened the door, she spoke in a determined voice.

"I've been given a second chance, so this time I'll be much stronger than I was before, because I won't let it end like that again."

...

Meanwhile, on Earth, 2 years later, Lax was watching two people sparring. They were both second class, a man and a woman.

The man moved closer to the girl and punched her with his mana-covered fist, but she easily avoided his punch. The girl then shifted her weight downward and kicked the man's abdomen, sending him flying away as he grunted.

He regained his posture and cast a quick glance at the location of the girl, but when he looked again, she was gone, and his eyes narrowed.

He turned around instinctively, feeling something behind him, and there he saw the girl in mid-air kicking her leg; however, the girl repositioned her body while in the air, allowing her to kick her feet downwards.

"ARGH!" The man screamed as his face landed on the solid ground, causing a small crack to form.

He tried to get up and move away, but the girl forced him down on the ground, and he ended up not being able to move. So, considering his escape impossible, he surrendered.

"I lost." He spoke in a low voice.

The girl let go of his hand, moved her feet away from his back, and subtly bowed her head to the man.

"Thank you for sparring with me."

She left after saying those words, and the man was left behind alone. 'She's so formal," he thought, and he got up from the ground after resting for a little while and wiped the dust off his butt.

His face still hurt from the kick, but it wasn't that bad as he was able to protect it with mana.

"Right?" A man behind him asked as if he had read his thoughts before. He was startled as he didn't sense anyone coming behind him, but after knowing who it was, he relaxed as he turned around.

"Senior Lax, what brings you here?" He greeted Lax with respect and addressed him as a senior. He admired the man in front of him not because he was an apostle but because this man was stronger than him, and that was enough to earn his respect and admiration.

"I came here to see how you guys were doing, but seeing that you guys are already fighting so early in the morning, you guys are really training maniacs, huh." Lax answered, and then he added. "Also, I came here to inform you guys that the Syzygia will happen in a few days, so prepare yourselves for it."

"Oh yeah, Julian, can you tell this to Eira for me?"

"Sure, senior Lax." The man replied.

'This feels like I'm in a sect or something," Lax thought, then left after hearing the man's reply.

...

Three days passed by in an instant, and currently Lax just arrived in front of Nia's room. He already had all of his things prepared, so he was just waiting for Nia to finish on her side.

He knocked on the door and opened it. As he walked in, he saw Nia putting her stuff in her spatial ring, like her lightning orb and a life-saving device given to her by the goddess.

They went out of the room and headed to the front of the temple as Nia finished. The whole area was vacant except for four people and some 3rd and 4th grade angels.

The reason is because the whole island was already evacuated by General Yuri after Julian told them to clear the whole island because something big would happen.

It took a lot of convincing to make them believe, but in the end they consented, and now, above the island, were news helicopters and military helicopters flying around.

And in one of those helicopters sat General Yuri, overseeing the situation and readying herself to request back up to headquarters if something bad happened.

This was not only happening on this island. The places where other temples appeared were also evacuated.

Right now, the temples are the focus of the whole world, and the people watching the news are either watching in anticipation, worry, or curiosity. One of those watching in worry was Lax and Nia's parents, who haven't seen their kids for a long time.

An hour passed with nothing happening, but then, just as the one-hour mark approached, the entire world began to tremble.

As the air became like broken glass in front of the temple, a crack appeared, and a few moments later, the crack burst open, revealing something resembling a gate to the void.

Something then emerged from the crack, and when that 'something' specifically someone, emerged from the crack, the whole world went into uproar.

A man in golden armor emerged from the crack and stood on the air, followed by a swarm of others wearing silver armor.

"Kahahahaha! Squad 1, remember to show no mercy even if it's a lower world, and bring me someone to warm my bed tonight!"

"Hmmm... Would you look at that? There's that someone. Everyone from squad 1, bring me that girl over there," the man in golden armor said, pointing to Nia and licking his lips with lust.

Nia became enraged after hearing his terrible laugh and command, but Lax remained silent. Looking at him, Nia was startled. Lax was currently releasing killing intent strong enough for it to be visible to the naked eye.

However, for some reason, she wasn't affected in the slightest. Then she noticed him gritting his teeth and his eyes glowed red with rage.

When Lax noticed Nia's worried expression, he calmed down. He took another look at the man in golden armor before taking a step forward and...

Disappeared.