Blood Type: Dragon

The King controlled the Envoy and the rest of the Shadow minions scattered around the globe.

They were all part of his powers after all. Thus it is also a given that he has access to their individual perspective and he has the final say to who lives or who dies.

Digging deeper, Elric found out more about the King"s background. He saw the world of the Dark Realm and its inhabitants. He knew about the different conflicts he faced and so on.

However, Elric could not found another clue about his grandma except the scene revealing the envoy of the Emperor.

"I must find that mysterious envoy..." Elric muttered to himself. Now that he saw it with his own eyes and had a good idea of who to find and what"s waiting for him at the Realm of Darkness, he was more determined than ever.

Just when Elric was about to pull his consciousness out of Katimo"s memory, Elric saw a scene that immediately pulled his attention.

There he was, fighting like a madman, his glowing third-eye left behind beautiful light trails, his muscular arms brandis.h.i.+ng his huge cutla.s.s effortlessly and while his feet were flexibly dancing between the destructive slam of the giants, it was Elric"s great ancestor - Lapu-Lapu.

Beside him is a beautiful woman that looked extremely familiar to Elric, it was Kahayag, wielding her bow and unleas.h.i.+ng light arrows after one another. Obviously, both of their faces seem to carry a slight resemblance to Elric"s. 

Both of them were engaged in a deadly battle against a ma.s.s of weird-looking giant humans called Anaks, working together with numerous evil forest creatures like Manananggal, Kapre, and even the elusive, terrifying little Tianaks which looked like tiny baby demons.

Except of Kahayag, the rest of Lapu-Lapu"s company has fallen under the relentless attacks of the devils and supernatural creatures. Based on the state of the surroundings, one could tell that the fight had been going on for quite some time.

And despite the numerous wounds that Lapu-Lapu has accrued, the latter seems to just keep getting stronger and faster. His blade would skillfully cut, defend and finish his enemies like it was just an exercise to him

But one thing that Elric realized is that the battle was tilting to the enemy"s side. They are getting pushed to the edge of the cliff and the enemy just keeps coming one after another. 

Then a small fireball spirit popped out of nowhere which caused Lapu-Lapu instinctively looked at it.

"Don"t look! Use the third eye!" Kahayag tried to warn him but it was too late. That single second that Lapu-Lapu turned his gaze to the small fireball, it suddenly released an intense blast of light throughout the surroundings!

It was so bright that it even brings an unimaginable heat. Lapu-Lapu felt like his eyes were being pierced by a burning knife- blinding the human warrior on the spot!

Kahayag, on the other side, was immune to the blinding light; and knowing the possible follow up against Lapu-Lapu, she immediately cast a defensive spell for him when the ruthless attack of the monsters unexpectedly started to rain down on her! 

WHAM!

WHAM!~BOOM!~

BAAAM!~

Kahayag"s figure was quickly hammered down to the ground. If not for the spiritual barrier she cast to protect herself, she would have ended up as a meat paste from the giant arms of her enemy!

It seems they have planned it from the start.

Instead of taking advantage of Lapu-Lapu"s momentary weakness, they have antic.i.p.ated Kahayag"s next move, and that is to focus on defending the human warrior. Thus, they s.h.i.+fted their attack to finish her in one go while her guard is down and the partner is temporarily disabled.

Then as if getting his signal to move, the Katimo hurriedly moved through the shadows cast behind by the human warrior.

Katimo"s pitch black figure popped out from Lapu-Lapu"s own shadow, its dark arms stretch toward"s Lapu-Lapu"s head almost like a black ink reaching out to the top of latter"s head!

GRAB!~

It was a spiritual ambus.h.!.+

"You wis.h.!.+" Lapu-Lapu immediately realized the unexpected attacks coming from different directions.

The Shadow creature was overwhelmingly powerful. The forceful spiritual thug to the spiritual realm was too powerful that he could barely stand a chance against it.

Katimo tried to hurriedly drag out Lapu-Lapu"s soul but for some reason, the latter was fighting back!

"You are a tough one huh." Katimo smiled wickedly as his Shadow body expanded and hundreds of shadow hands quickly flashed out of its dark body and pulled Lapu-Lapus" soul with all its strength!

"You b.a.s.t.a.r.d!" Lapu-Lapu was just about to s.h.i.+ft his focus to the spiritual realm to deal with the powerful Shadow spiritual when he noticed the helpless state his partner is currently in.

"Kahayag!" Lapu-Lapu beckoned as he hurriedly s.h.i.+fted his focus, not minding the hurrying dark creature pulling his soul behind. He stood up to defend Kahayag from the overwhelming combined attacks of the Anaks and forest monsters.

"No! Watch out!" Kahayag warned him but Lapu-Lapu ignored her.

Even with his body covered in blood, bleeding eyes closed tightly, and his soul being dragged out by a mysterious Spiritual, Lapu-Lapu stood up using his own will and still managed to move his body.

"This human is a monster!" The Anaks and the rest could not believe their eyes. Lapu-Lapu was just a warrior that seems to have no fear and hesitation.

"HAAAAH!~"

Despite his great disadvantage, he forced himself between the enemy"s attack and swiftly beheaded a couple of giant Anaks and Kapres.

SLAAs.h.!.+~

BAAAM!~

WHAAM!~

SLAAs.h.!.+-SLAAs.h.!.+~

BAAAM!~

But as a human, he still had a limitation, right after finis.h.i.+ng off almost all of the giants and securing Kahayag"s safety, he still managed to look at her and smile proudly before suddenly fainting on the ground.

"Lapu.." Kahayag muttered as she watched the last smile she could see from the human she loved.

Unfortunately, in order to save her, he had to risk himself. In one glimpse, the greatest human warrior had fallen.

His soul had been taken away by Katimo.

"No! Lapu!" Kahayag cried anxiously as she watched everything unfolded before her. All she could do is a bit her lips as she witnessed Lapu-Lapu risking his life and soul because of her weakness. 

As much as she wanted to chase after Lapu-Lapu"s soul, she is afraid she might fail their mission on protecting the treasure entrusted to them.

She remembered clearly Lapu-Lapu"s words to her. 

****

"Whatever it takes, you must secure the holy seed." His eyes were gleaming with resolve.

"Unlike you, I know that sooner or later, I will still face the door of death. Thus, you must make sure to keep it safe. Until the right time and the right one comes. You must keep it safe with you."

***

Elric saw it himself through the eyes of Katimo. Lapu-Lapu"s soul was secured in a small marble looking object. 

Then, Katimo made a u-turn with haste. His mouth stretched with a wicked smile, his eyes locked at the unconscious body of the strongest human warrior.

Like a fish jumping out of dark water, he pulled himself out of the spiritual realm and showed his horrifying physical Bat form.

With huge flapping strides, he dashed towards the fallen warrior"s body, its dark beady eyes gleaming with excitement.

"This vessel is mine!" 

SWOOOOSH~SWOOOSH~SWOSWOSWOSWOSWOSSSs.h.!.+~

About twenty powerfully charged arrows of light suddenly riddled the Shadow King"s body, instantly ripping its body into specks of dark dust!

"AAAGCK!~"

Katimo plummeted back to the spiritual realm, helpless, his physical shadow body instantly dissipated from Kahayag"s furious arrows.

"Give. It. Back!" Kahayag commanded with cold eyes. The mere weight of her stare reflects death upon her target.

"Hahaha! You wan"t it!?" Katimo, not backing down, immediately barked back. 

"Then come and get it!" 

Katimo knew that Kahayag could not leave the physical realm at the moment, or she would risk failing her mission in protecting the hidden treasure of the island which also happens to be in her possession right now.

Katimo is not after the treasure, he knew about it and it was useless for him as a being of Darkness. Not to mention, there were too many conditions to meet in order to activate the treasure thus it was pointless for him to go after it.

What he wanted is a powerful vessel, and Lapu-Lapu"s body is just what he wanted! It was the body of a perfect warrior and if Katimo would get his hands over it, he could use it as an ident.i.ty in the human realm and enjoy the benefits of the physical world can offer.

The physics world was just heaven for a being like them. The five senses of the human offer the gateway to human pleasure not available to the beings of darkness. And the more powerful the human body they occupy, the longer and better it could serve them!

Elric was about to continue to know about the truth of the past and the mystery of Kahayag and the treasure of the island when his outside senses told warned him of something.

"Can you let me go now?" Releived that he was still alive, Katimo was about to flee when he realized that the clutches of the spiritual chain was still in his body.

Elric pretty much knew how the spiritual realm now works with his newfound knowledge from Katimo. Without hesitation pulled a marble looking sphere out of Katimo"s spiritual storage and used it to seal the latter.

"Wait I-" 

And just like that, Elric did to the King what he did to his ancestor. He still has an unfinished movie to watch after all.

****

Elric"s eyes opened.

And behold him, thousands, no, hundred thousands of Dragons from different region is currently surrounding him. Leading them at the front are the King and Queen Dragons from the three regions namely Leah, Arthur, and Fargor.

Lesse and Long were shaking nonstop beside him as they watched the new arrivals bringing forth an overwhelming army of Dragons from all around the world.

Elric smiled confidently.

Seeing his confident smile, the King and Queen Dragons could not help but react with scoff and proud gazes.

They were about to issue a command to attack the two Eastern Dragons when the mysterious human standing in between the two suddenly spoke.

"Kneel."

SLAM!

WHAM!

BOOOOOM!~

THUUD!~

THUD!~

WHAM!

SLSLSLAM!~