Chapter 85 First and Last, Xue Ren
"Arghhhh!"
Although he himself hasnt died thanks to the throne, the death of Endrun was spreading throughout his whole body. Holding his head, Xue Ren was thras.h.i.+ng inside the red coccon as he was shouting non stop.
Immense coldness descended onto him. With trembling eyes, Xue Ren was feeling both death and life... His voice went through tremendous red coccon surprising both Sho Yue and Edfren.
For Black Tigress, it was happy surprise! The sight of crack in the sky made her tremble with fear, but it all disappeared the moment it went towards Xue Ren. His voice and such strange phenomenon meant one thing!
"He is alive."
Edfren said as he was looking at the strange coccon with narrowed eyes. The enormous amount of vampire aura piqued his greed. After all, if he could absorb it, then his progress would be huge.
But, he didn"t dare to do anything as the crack above them has already filled his heart with fear. Vampire Lord couldn"t even raise his head up to look at this crack, it was this scary. With heart full of terror and fright, he hoped that Xue Ren would already leave this red coccon.
As to what was behind this yellow crack...
A house near the yellow river. House looked quite ordinary and had a young man cleaning the floors. This young man was peeking from time to time at the man who was sitting in the chair close to the river...
"Why would one of the highest guardians be here?"
The young man asked himself... The place here was quite far from the main temple and the river here was small and weak. Still, this place was occupied by one of the oldest and highest guardians. Inside this weak river, the small souls were going to reincarnate.
Souls of flowers, bugs, stones, and so on. Those small lives were here on the path to their new life. Then, in the quiet and calm river a sudden commotion appeared.
The whirlpool appeared! It immediately made a loud noise and the man who was swinging on his chair opened his eyes.
He was bald and had robes similar to monk. His eyes eyes shone with ligh full of experience and wisdom. Calmy looking at the loud river...
"You are finally going to awaken."
He muttered as he was watching. The small souls inside stopped their movement and those little b.a.l.l.s moved down as if kneeling. Then, the yellow river released a red light.
It was Endrun"s vampire aura!
"So the first one is vampire..."
As if answering his voice, the red sign appeared above the whirlpool. Formed by red vampire aura, it had one meaning...
Ruler...
The man"s expression changed to melancholic one the moment he noticed this sign. As if the trigger, the memories from his past appeared...
"How are you doing, Ao?"
Ruler said suddenly to the man who was training as he was sitting down with eyes closed. The young monk turned to the source of the voice as he smiled...
"Ruler, what are you doing here? It"s prohibited place..."
"If those "guardian"s" come here then I will just beat them up."
Ruler sneered as he turned his eyes to the small river. It was exactly the same river! As he looked at this river, he suddenly said...
"I am going to reincarnate."
"Eh?"
The young man stopped his training as he stood up. Looking with bewilderment, he shouted!
"Why? Aren"t you one of the strongest? What"s the point of reincarnation? Do you even know how to reincarnate?"
One cannot simply enter the yellow river. One cannot even decide about ones reincarnation. The young man who was aspiring to become a guardian knew this well. Still, with the strength of his friend, he knew that all of this was meaningless.
"I have seen the other side."
"!!!"
Other side of the universe. It was something that many divinites and other higher existences covet for. They wanted to go higher, to reach the new places. Thus, the guardians of yellow river formed. To protect the lives of universe and its peace.
After all, yellow rivers were one of the pa.s.sages to other side.
"Everything is the same for me. No matter which universe..."
Ruler said this with sad voice. Then, he began to move forward the river. Something that no one can enter... With his clothes, he entered the river and the souls immediately knelt before him. He himself was fine as he went towards the middle of the small river...
"Ruler! Will I ever see you again?"
The difference between them was huge. Such was destiny yet Ruler always thought of him as a brother. With such brother, the young Ao was never bullied and could peacfully train. But also because of this brother of his, he had a lot of greedy b.a.s.t.a.r.ds trying to make ties with him.
"Of course."
Then, the sign of his appeared... Ruler! It was sign that every high existence knows. The water of yellow river moved and enveloped his whole body. Under such water, the process of reincarnation began...
"But why..."
"Because even if I am the strongest, there are things that I cannot get."
The voice of Ruler rang out inside the mind of young guardian. Then, Ruler continued...
"Love, death, betrayal, fear, weakness and so on... There are a lot of things that no matter what I can not feel and get. But what I want the most is... parents..."
"..."
Parental love.
They both were orphans. Without anyone to rely on, as kids they had to survive with their little strengths and destinies. And so, thanks to the destiny of Ruler, Ao could survive in the harsh worlds.
And so, the sign of Ruler shone with bright, violet pink light. Then, the sign entered the water and whole river began to s.h.i.+ne with violet pink light... Such light immediately created a commotion, but the young guardian didn"t care.
"This reincarnation is quite special so it"s going to take a while. Even so, you are my brother, thus, one day we will definitely meet."
The last words of Ruler rang out and the light disappeared... then...
The information about reincarnation appeared inside the young guardian mind. Simple fact that it"s several lives reincarnation stupefied him... But it was also Ruler"s style. He was special himself so how could his reincarnation be not special?
"Thanks for-"
The young monk monk stopped midway. Ever since Ruler strength became so big that he himself couldn"t feel it, the young guardian didn"t call his brother with his name.
They were orphans without names, thus...
"From now on, you are Ao! I heard that only the so called n.o.bles can have surnames, but f.u.c.k them! You are Bai Ao!"
"Bai Ao..."
"Yeah!"
The voice of young Ruler rang out inside his mind, then...
"Give me name too!"
"Ummm... Xue... Ren..."
"Xue Ren? Not bad. From now on, I am Xue Ren!"
The old guardian smiled to himself as he thought...
"Why did I thank him back then?"
With a bright smile. Then, he moved his eyes to the crack that appeared inside the River. The water didn"t go through it, only red vampire aura. From above, he could see the Umanu Continent and red coccon that formed around Xue Ren.
Releasing his awareness... the high guardian was protecting his brother who has only begun his special reincarnation...