Moments before Khan"s body exploded into a dead paste..."Yes!~ More essence... more power!" Khan"s body was shaking intensely as his muscles twitched and bulged at an abnormal pace. The veins inside his pale blue skin glowed underneath from the powerful essence rampaging throughout his body.
And his bloodshot eyes, emanating with it was an utter mixture of utmost delight and craving. His aura surged at an abnormal rate, surpa.s.sing the combined power of all Dragon kings, while his soul presence was getting heavier and heavier.
WHIIIIIING~
BZZZZZIIIIIIIIIITTTTT~
WOONNG~WOOONNNG~WOOOOONG~
KRUNG~KRUNG~KRUNG!~
All the advanced-looking machines that responsible for extracting blood, muscle bits, energy, and the essence out of Elric"s body, had been running at full speed to the point that they were in the edges of overheating.
But while Khan is having the time of his life and the machine are at their full bolt, the monitoring staff, on the other side, were panicking at the energy level dropping swiftly like a drain!
With Khan taking over the manual control, several of the s.h.i.+p"s functions have been disabled in order to spare enough power for the essence extracting process.
"My Lord! We are reaching red levels! Please! Let us recover a bit of the system"s energy!"
"Grave news my Lord! Engine one to ten has all stopped due to the power loss! We the s.h.i.+p is now tilting to a cras.h.!.+"
"My Lord! My Lord! The extracting machines are reaching their limit! The outgoing pressure is too much and the system is unable to carry the full brunt of transfer!"
Khan"s telecommunication device had been bringing non-stop warning from his monitoring staff only to be ignored.
"Who cares about your life and these dumb machines!? For me to reach G.o.dhood, is the sole purpose of our clan! You are all just sacrifices, so shut up!" Khan"s crazed mind thought as the overwhelming feeling of pleasure and power made him the ruthless being that before.
But despite the risk of the sudden crash and destruction of the Arkhan mothers.h.i.+p and its people, Khan still, continued without any hesitation! Without an ounce of mercy and pity to his people. All for the accomplishment of his desire!
"Yes more! More! Moooore! Nyahahahaaa!"
Khan was reaching a power level that far surpa.s.ses his imagination.
His mind is at euphoria, an intense surge of bright light a.s.saulted his view. He felt like zooming through the stars!
POP!~
Suddenly, one of his arms started to shaking uncontrollably, and glowing blood and essence burst out of the overly burdened veins. Although his body swiftly tried to fix it by healing, the overflowing pressure from the incoming essence made it impossible for the cells to reconnect.
PLUP~PLUP~PLUP~
A series of small blobs started to come out his body while his mind was suddenly struck by an unexpected sight!
Shaking in fear and struggling hard to maintain his focus, Khan finally realized that he had taken a bite more than he can chew, as Elric"s majestic figure appeared in his mind.
"You..." Khan mumbled in pain. His eyes reflected deep hesitation and unwillingness to give up. However, no matter how strong he thinks he is, his body after all has a limitation.
"I see. So you even thought through this after all. You took all the damage and willingly gave yourself knowing that taking over your essence is only a pipe dream."
In his view, Elric"s figure exploded into a brilliant light, transforming into his Dragon form.
"I see... So this is what he warned me about."
Khan"s memory flashed back to the day that he left the Guardian"s headquarters and declaring his intent to create his own race - a race that will overcome their limitation with the help of the Dragon"s extremely beneficial body and essence. A race that will knock to the realm of G.o.ds!
He remembered very clearly, the parting words shared to him by a certain Guardian elder.
"Your craving for power, will one day devour you. And with it, your entire race shall fall."
Khan turned around laughing at his prophecy; but now, he could only laugh to himself.
Back to his mental vision, Elric"s ma.s.sive and magnificent Dragon figure suddenly charged forth. With its mouth wide open, it devoured Khan"s figure.
"Sh*t"
SHHHKAPOOM!~
***
KRGUUUUGGH~
KABOOOOOOM!~
BOOOM!~
BOOOOOOOM!~
With the man responsible for the overall The ma.s.sive Arkhan mothers.h.i.+p had already started its descend at an increasing speed. As it fell, the vast white clouds in the sky had been sliced through like white cakes together with the unceasing explosions from its insides.
The engines had failed, their defense system disabled and their hopes crushed.
The remaining Arkhan people made their final escape through their individual aircraft in hopes of escaping the crash landing when they suddenly felt their fall stopping in the middle of the air.
WOOOOOOOHM~
A net of blue light had been waived below the ma.s.sive s.h.i.+p, catching the whole Arkhan race from its eminent fall. Unfortunately for those who are trying to escape, it was already too late for them.
Hundreds of ma.s.sive Guardian aircraft have already surrounded the entire Arkhan mothers.h.i.+p from all angles. With their weapons charged and ready to fire whenever a slight resistance is spotted.
Some of the ma.s.sive Guardian s.h.i.+ps are responsible for the glowing blue net that is currently securing the entire Arkhan mothers.h.i.+p. Not to mention, it provides an energy field between the gaps that also prevents anyone from the inside to escape.
"It is over... It is over..."
"The hundreds of years of struggle ended, all because of a single Dragon..."
"Perhaps, the Guardians have already calculated this far. No wonder why they never showed their main army until now. The tiger was just waiting for the monkey to fall from the branch from a single slip."
The Arkhan people could only yield in surrender. Their founder is gone, their last resistance died just like that.
Perhaps, being too greedy would always overshadow one"s intelligence.
The Guardians won the age-long battle without lifting a finger.
***
"How did it go?"
A cold yet domineering voice suddenly sounded inside an incredibly wide yet dark room. Surrounding the entire area are ma.s.sive statues of mysterious-looking angels with nine devil wings folded on their backs.
The voice was from a tall looking figure whose body is completely covered in pure darkness and sitting comfortably on a ten feet throne made of human skulls. The aura it terminated brings forth a chilling and cold presence that weighs down on one"s soul.
Only a pair of three red eyes and a red glowing crown atop of its head can be seen in its abyssal presence.
With one look, a normal being would feel the sudden burst and overwhelming feeling of fear, agony, destruction, despair, and darkness. Like a dissolver of hope, leaving one helpless.
A soft and respectful voice responded from below. It was from a Shadow that looked like the same as the last Lord of the Dark Realm that Elric had sealed.
It was a servant holding onto a mirror that connects to a hidden Shadow in the human realm and reveals what its eyes is witnessing in real-time.
"Paying respect to the Emperor! It is as the Great Seer has predicted. Everything went according to the plan."
"Good. Good. And the siblings?" With a satisfied tone, the Emperor replied before adding another question.
"How about the sacrificial blood?"
"Kahayag had secured the last two Eastern Dragons, the rarity of their blood will suffice for the tribunal ceremony." The servant respectfully replied.
"And the Southern Dragon and the Lord of the Lightning Elemental Realm?"
"They never made it."
"I see. It was still according to her prediction huh...poor creatures. Just when they thought they already knew everything. A p.a.w.n thinking he is a king will die like a thrash after all." The Emperor said with a mocking tone in his voice.
"Prepare the army, the time has come for us to finally move." He added with excited gleam in his red eyes.
Slowly, he raised his hand and a small bluish marble appeared in his hand.
Inside this small marble is the soul of Elric"s grandma. Her faint and light bluish figure can be seen from the surface as it reflected to the Emperor"s red glowing eyes.
"For a human to have such a blessed descendant. I must say you are indeed a worthy bait.", the emperor flicked the small marble containing grandma"s soul away behind him.
But just when it was about to land on the dark solid ground, a woman covered in black robe caught it using her barefoot. She picked it up, and simply backed to the darkness as if she did not exist in the first place.
"It is finally time to expand my kingdom. Aren"t you excited Kahilum?" The Emperor"s cold yet excited voice referred to the black-robed woman who caught the marble containing grandma"s soul.
"I am only excited when I got my hand on that knife and finally get the chance to kill you, my Emperor."
An emotionless reply came from the same black-robed woman, revealing her closed eyes filled with deep mystery and hatred.
"Fantastic! I hope you do well in entertaining me." A confident reply came from the Emperor.