While Alaric was having a flashback, Amira felt anxious about Ju-long and at the same time she was confused as to why Alaric gave her that look a moment ago.
"Grandfather?"
Alaric snapped back to reality.
"That brat-" He quickly cleared his throat, "-ahem, Ju-long is doing fine."
For now, Alaric said the last part to himself before he quickly changed the subject. "Ah, before I leave, I want to grant thou thy late day of a birth gift. (Ah, before I leave I need to give you your late birthday gift.)"
He pulled out an old looking book around an inch thick and handed it to Amira. On the cover of the book quoted: "When red iron seep the key shall be made. There, the bond of two shall unlock the door".
The words were beautifully written. Anyone could tell that a very powerful being wrote it. But when Aura took a closer look, she felt a strong aura leaking out from the book.
Alaric continued to explain, "I found this book in one of the ships. I was young and mischievous at that time. That was also the like day I was enthroned to become the next Heavenly Lord. Wherein I was in that ship, I randomly roamed around to sightsee. I was later attracted by a firm-setting aura coming from this book. I could not figure out what is inside or may I dupp'd it because it is protected by a firm-set, unknown enchantment. Seemeth to be around the era when the first Heavenly Lord was still enthroned. (I found this book in one of the planes. I was young and mischievous at that time. That was also the same day I was enthroned to become the next Heavenly Lord. When I was in that plane I randomly roamed around to sightsee. I was later attracted by a strong aura coming from this book. I could not figure out what is inside or can I opened it because it is protected by a strong unknown enchantment. It seems to be around the era when the first Heavenly Lord was still enthroned.)"
Amira looked at Alaric and furrowed a brow before asking, "First Heavenly Lord? How many Heavenly Lords were there previously before you came along?"
Alaric thought about it for quite a while which seemed like half an hour to her.
Amira shockingly thought to herself, How many Heavenly Lords were there that would need to think this long?
Then Alaric finally answered, "There were 2,367 Heavenly Lords before me."
Amira let out a shocking expression. "Are all of them our ancestors?"
"No, only the strongest among the strongest of the gods can be elected to become the next Heavenly Lord. The life expectancy for the Heavenly Lords depends on how firm-set they are. The First Heavenly Lord was the strongest among all the former lords and lived for more than half a million years till he sacrificed himself to create the underworld and trapped his little brother whom was a fallen god and became the Beelzebub Lord, whom also is the father of Ju-long. 'Tis a long history. (No, only the strongest among the strongest of the gods can be elected to become the next Heavenly Lord. The life expectancy for Heavenly Lords depends on how strong they are. The First Heavenly lord was the strongest among all the previous lords and lived for more than half a million years until he sacrificed himself to create the underworld and trapped his little brother who was a fallen god and became the Devil Lord, who also is the father of Ju-long. It's a long history.)"
"How come I never knew that Ju-long's father is the first Heavenly Lord's younger brother?"
"You were too little to understand." Alaric rubbed Amira's head. "I canst not keep any longer. I want to bid for a search party. (I can't stay any longer. I need to call for a search party.)"
When Amira heard this, she gave Alaric an incredulous look. How come this man never gave her a search party when she fell into the hole?
Alaric sadly sighed and explained, "Would I did so, we won't be the only one searching for thou, yet also the demons from the underworld. Even though I am the Heavenly Lord I to hast a weakness. Thou. My sweet Amira is my weakness. That is why- (If I did, we won't be the only one searching for you, but also the demons from the underworld. Even though I am the Heavenly Lord I to have a weakness. You. My sweet Amira is my weakness. That is why-)"
Alaric hesitated to tell Amira about Ju-long. That man was in the same plane as her after searching for his granddaughter in many planes. The Ju-long from that plane is the same Ju-long from her childhood, and that Ju-long is the baby daddy of his great-grandson!
After debating how to explain this to his precious granddaughter, an idea popped up in his head. He turned to look at Xiao Bao with a gentle smile. Somehow... it seemed to be evil to Xiao Bao, it sent shivers down his spine. Alaric flicked his finger towards Xiao Bao and a white light flew over before fusing itself onto his head. Xiao Bao gaped at the light above him.
"Xiao Bao shall say to thou the rest. Now, I want to hie. Join back home with my great-grandson when thou are done with thy tasks. Bye, my sweet Amira! (Xiao Bao will tell you the rest. Now, I need to go. Come back home with my great-grandson when you are done with your tasks. Bye, my sweet Amira!)"
Suddenly, he went off with Leo. His action was too fast for any of them to react before there was no sign of his insight.
Amira's mouth gaped. She couldn't believe that her grandfather just ditched her after stopping mid-sentence while using Xiao Bao as a scapegoat! And why did it look like he ran away from a murder scene? Why? She wanted him to come back this instant!
Amira could only sneer at the memory of her grandfather dashing away before whipping her head around to face the trembling Xiao Bao, standing next to Asura. Amira walked slowly to him with her penetrating green eyes.
Every time Amira walked closer, he would step away further until his back touched the wall. Strangely, this wall felt soft and furry. Xiao Bao peeked behind him and once he saw Asura, his little body stiffened. He quickly made a plan to escape but Asura used one of his front paws to hold Xiao Bao's tail down on the ground.
Xiao Bao, unable to escape, gave up. His little blue body still trembled whereas his attention diverted to anywhere else but Amira.
The woman felt suspicious and sarcastically said, "Xiao Bao, why are you ignoring me? I feel so hurt."
Xiao Bao looked up at Amira. He was about to properly explain to her about his recent action, though the words got caught in his throat when he saw the striking eyes piercing down at him.
Amira's sarcastic face turned serious, "So, tell me what that old man was going to say?"
Xiao Bao trembled harder. Heavenly Lord, why do you have to make your granddaughter mad? Why am I the one who keeps getting bullied? Wuwuwu~ He inwardly complains.
Xiao Bao inhaled deeply before finally giving his attention to Amira and explained for about half an hour, not even caring if his tone was tired or not. He just wanted to get out of here.
Amira let out a furious shout, "What? That- that little bastard Ju-long?" That Devil was him? She absolutely couldn't believe that the sweet child she grew up with was him! Absolutely not!
As she inwardly cursed, a beautifully handsome man dressed in black fitted armor, sneezed out unceremoniously in a faraway plane.
"Achoo!" He sniffled.
"My Lord, do you need to rest?"
"No need."
Three men rode their horses leisurely on a dirt road surrounded by a forest. One of them was the man who sneezed. The male on his right wore a white robe under his silver armor and a dark red cloth on the side of his shoulder. And a familiar face, an assistant of that man, rode on the other side wearing an indigo robe under his blue fitted armor.
Follow behind them were thousands of marching armies and a black silhouette, jumping from tree to tree soundlessly like a shadow. Their armor made clinking sounds with every step they took. Their eyes showed experienced partaking in many wars and their skins showed colors of tan and bronze from being outside in the sun too long. There were also spots of dried blood stained on their armor.
The front army held flags up, showing two dragons. A silver while the other was gold. The dragons intertwined together as their claws held onto a shiny yellow globe.
The dragons intertwined together as their claws held onto a shiny yellow globe