The heads from the representatives from the various forces had gathered together to discuss things.
Silent Dream was the one who went there to represent the Blood Pact League.
Elijah focused more on the center, he observed the ruins.
He was wondering where the Ancient Realm was, the only thing he saw was the remains from buildings. They looked somewhat familiar but Elijah wasn't sure why.
It didn't take long until the forces came to an agreement.
Elijah watched how some Second Realm Experts from different forces started to surround the ruins.
They positioned themselves around the ruins and sat down, starting to make hand seals.
Elijah's eyes widened, runes upon runes were formed by them and they started to gather around the ruins.
It was a magical spectacle that impressed him.
The earth under them began to shake, the air too started to vibrate.
Elijah didn't know how many runes were flying around the ruins but it looked like more than thousands.
They formed a barrier around the ruins that soon transformed into a light pillar that sot into the sky.
The violent might that appeared when the pillar of light shot into the sky flabbergasted Elijah, it wasn't only him, the others observed everything unfold with wide opened eyes and jaws dropping to the ground.
Only the older people stayed calm.
"Everyone get ready to enter the Ancient Realm! You only have one month time before it closes!" Shouted old man Reaper.
The other various forces were also getting ready to enter the pillar of light.
Most people dashed madly towards the pillar as soon stabilized.
Elijah stayed behind, observing how one after another vanished into the pillar of light.
Most people had already entered the light, when Elijah finally made his move.
His falcon flew quickly down, entering with him the light.
"Wasn't that just now a Thunderclaw Falcon?" Asked Reaper Nightsky, who nodded in return.
"It seems like someone gave away some information of his identity, hmm his name is Muerte." Said Nightsky who had taken out a scroll on which all the code names were written.
"He is from the Ranger Guild huh?" Commented Reaper relaxed.
"It doesn't matter, his soul belongs to us..." Spoke Nightsky, smiling like a devil.
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Elijah was shocked when he opened his eyes after he entered the light pillar. He found himself in the middle of a desolate plain.
He observed his surroundings carefully, not finding anything amiss.
Something inside his mind jerked, he sensed the Soul Link between him and his two tamed beast.
"What..?" He became annoyed when he sensed how far away of him both of them had been transported.
He ordered the Thunderclaw Falcon to fly towards him while he started to head in the direction of his Purple Death Cobra.
The mana concentration inside the Ancient Realm was a few times higher than inside the Forbidden Forest. Elijah didn't need to activate his eyes to verify it, he could feel it.
He felt his vitality becoming better despite the the fact that the sun up in the sky was shining down merciless. The air was dry and the land around him was desolate, devoid of life.
Elijah took out his katana from his space ring, placing it on his back.
He traveled for hours without meeting a living thing, his black clothes didn't help him under the heat, his whole body was sweating. But he couldn't change his clothes here, he needed to keep his identity hidden.
The falcon was really fast, he could sense that it was speeding towards his location, Elijah estimated that it would need half a day until it catched up. The cobra had sended him emotions through the Soul Link, it was for some unknown reason very excited.
It made Elijah curious, urging him to pick up his pace.
He could already faintly recognize the outline of a mountain range in the distance after traveling for another 4 hours.
He sensed through the Soul Link that his cobra was transported to that mountain range and that his falcon was steadily getting closer to him.
Elijah's good mood began slowly to vanish with the time.
The reason for that seemed to be the mountain range in the distance...a feeling of uneasiness spread through his body the closer he came to it.
Elijah stopped walking forwards, unsheathing his katana from his back.
He was pretty sure now that something wasn't right, his instincts kicked in, almost screaming that there is danger.
But no matter how much Elijah looked around, he couldn't find anything amiss. The land was still desolate and the temperature was still slowly cooking him under his black cloak.
"Come out I know you are here, you can't sneak attack me anymore!" Shouted Elijah.
Elijah didn't get an answer but he still smiled before jumping quickly away.
A sharp spearhead shot out from the ground the moment he jumped away, it would have pierced his foot if he didn't react in time.
"Kekeke, how did you know?" Said a dirty old man who crawled out from the ground.
Elijah didn't answer, his attention was more on the barrier made of earth that was floating around the old man.
Elijah had suddenly an idea...
He could tell from the Soul Flux that the old man was a Rank-3 Senior Warrior like him, but he hadn't heard of a clan that had a bloodline that controlled earth.
'He must be from the Holyraven Empire or Lionheart Dynasty...' Thought Elijah.
He looked down at his katana like sword and smiled evilly behind his mask.
The old man noticed it and stared at his sword, 'He is using a Bronze Rated Sword that is inferior to my Silver Rated Spear, no wonder he is silent. Kekeke he can't cut through my Earth Barrier with such a cheap weapon!' Thought the old man while snickering.
"Die!" Shouted the old man before dashing at Elijah, his killing intent exploding out.
Elijah was still standing still, ignoring the old man.
The old man sneered, striking out his spear out that produced a sharp sound, "Three Ways To Kill Strike!"
*SPLASH*
Blood splashed through the air.
"ARGH!!!"
An arm that was holding a spear landed on the dry ground, staining it with blood.
"I...I...impossible!" Stuttered the old man through his gritted teeth in horror.
Elijah turned around, facing the old man who was gripping the wound from his missing arm.
The old man couldn't see Elijah's expression behind the black mask but he could feel that Elijah was mocking him.
'I don't know how he did this but I need to flee NOW!' Panicked the old man.
The old man activated his bloodline to the maximum to escape through the underground.
He was confident in his Earth Traversing Technique. He was just about to enter the earth when he noticed his vision suddenly starting to spin.
'Wha..?'
He couldn't comprehend what was happening, Elijah had vanished from his view but he didn't hear or sensed anything.
It was only for a second when he landed on the ground that he realized what happened when he saw his own headless body half sunken inside the ground, with the cloaked Elijah standing behind it.
Elijah looked at the head lying on the ground and laughed, "It is more effective than I thought!"
His katana was shining faintly with a deadly silver light.
He had poured some of his Soul Flux inside the katana before he using both the Silent Sword Art and Ghost Steps Art.
The katana cut through the Earth Barrier from the old man like it was tofu, also cutting the right arm off. The old man didn't see what happened but Elijah could tell from the horrified expression on the old man that he wanted to escape. He used his Ghost Steps to cut off his head before he could flee. That cowardly action from the old man confirmed Elijah's guess that the old man wasn't from the Evergreen Empire. A Warrior from the Evergreen Empire would never try to escape.
Elijah activated his Soul Devouring left eye quickly and sucked out the Soul Form of the old man, it reminded him of Sandslash from the Pokemon Anime just that it was covered by an armor made of earth.
It didn't even try to struggle and the three souls inside his Soul Space devoured it greedily.
Elijah was happy but became shocked when he noticed that his sword inside his hand also got a share from the devoured soul through his own Soul Form, the little black panther.
The silver lines on the surface of the black katana lit up, beginning to wriggle.
Elijah sensed that it became a bit stronger.
"Hahahaha too easy!" Laughed Elijah.
His happy time was interrupted by the sudden tremor that went through the whole area.
"What is happening now!?"