SWOOOOSH~
Elric left behind a long streak of burning orange fire across the purple azure. He was flying at an incredible speed causing his surroundings to blur from the sheer burst of his pace alone.
Before him, is three brilliantly glowing planets of different sizes, colors, and textures.
The closest to him at the moment is the yellowish planet of the Earth Elemental realm, peeking behind it is the white planet of the Wind Elemental Realm called Nhagani while the so-called fifth planet of the Lightning Elemental realm is nowhere to be found.
Elric had been from the Fire Elemental realm which is called Kyayu by the local language of the Elementals, the water realm, on the other hand, was called Tugbi and the one Elric is heading to at the moment is the land of the earth elementals.
Elric decided not to bother about the location of the lighting Elemental realm and just focused on the one before him - the yellow planet of earth and Rock called Tayu.
"I got to hurry..."
Elric knew time flows differently in this dimension. Knowing that the more he spent here, meant more changes in the human world, he has to do his best to collect all the Elemental Authority and get back to the human realm as soon as possible and fix the mess he has done there without worrying against the attack of the Dragon clans and the so-called Ancient Humans who have access to mysterious ancient technologies.
Just as Elric was preparing to enter the Earth Elemental realm's space, his senses suddenly warned him of incoming danger from the front.
"Not good."
The hair at the back of his spine stood up from the dangerous feeling as Elric hurriedly released his Sword of Fire to prepare from any sudden attacks.
Swoosh~ Swoosh~
Just as expected, two glowing arrows suddenly bursted towards Elric and the latter quickly responded by brandishing his swords against the incoming attacks.
Slash!~
Slash!~
BOOM!
Unexpectedly, Elric failed to deflect the attacks as the glowing arrows suddenly exploded before him with a forceful blast that sent him flying to a good distance. His flashy body, with the Wings of Fire covering him, flailed around across the purple azure for quite sometime until he finally managed to put himself into a halt.
He quickly rebalanced himself and faced the mysterious force behind that insanely powerful attack.
Quickly, Elric squinted his eyes and revealed his dragonic slit - gaining ultra sight to scan his surroundings.
"That..."
Using his natural dragon eyes, Elric finally saw the culprit of the sudden attack. From a distance of more than five kilometers, a tall and handsome being with brilliant white skin can be seen hovering.
His body is barely covered by semi-transparent white clothes, stretching beyond like an endless line. His eyes glowed with bright light and the bright skin is also decorated with glowing tattoos spanning across his entire body.
Upon clearer details, Elric realized that the being has extremely long ears like that of an elf; together with the bright glowing hair that is flowing gracefully. Lastly, the philtrum or the two vertical lines under the nose and above the mouth is missing - an old tale sign of a being they called in his Visayan dialect as "Dili-Kaipon" which means "Unlike Us".
With a single look, Elric knew that he is facing a divine being of the Elemental realm and from that attack alone, he knew that he is facing a creature far stronger than the lords he had been facing so far.
The divine being was holding a golden bow with magical inscriptions all over it, it was probably the weapon it used to shoot him a while ago. But the real question is, why did it attack him?
Just as Elric was about to move to the other side of the planet to avoid the being, it suddenly moved and stretched its magically inscribed bowstrings, revealing another line of the mysterious light and effortlessly released it, aiming towards Elric's location.
Shooosh~
Elric skillfully flapped his Wings of Fire and dodged the glowing arrow to the right but only to realize that another mysterious being had suddenly appeared on his side - wielding an ax, with the same magical inscriptions of the bow wielder, ready to cleave him without any hesitation.
KSING!
Elric countered the attack with his Sword of Fire but while he did, the mysterious being suddenly multiplied again - this time coming from his back and holding two short daggers - also filled with the same magical inscriptions.
These daggers quickly aimed at Elric's back with flashing speed.
"Is this guy the elemental realms Rikimaru?" With his right hand busy from the axe wielder, Elric invoked his Elemental powers and summoned the Spear of Fire to his left hand and quickly stopped the incoming daggers.
KSING!
KSING!
WOOSH~
And just like that, Elric engaged in an epic fight against three mysterious elementals. With the sword of fire on his right hand and the Spear of Fire on the left, he fought back with deadly precision and speed.
The enemies on the other side fought back at an even pace. No emotions nor struggles can be seen on their pale faces, they just plainly attack and defend against Elric like robots.
Elric faced the three mysterious elemental beings at the same time. Using all the combat experience and the supernatural calmness he had gained from the Soul Cleansing Pearl, Elric managed to keep a steady mind and created a strategy to fight against the three of them.
"Two melees and one range... This is harder than I thought.", Elric maneuvered himself skillfully to avoid the sneaky glowing arrows.
With the beautiful elemental planets on his background, Elric's brilliant silhouette, highlighted by his Wings of Flame, valiantly fought against the three mysterious creatures like a fantasy action star.
He would dodge, guard and slash back at his mysterious opponents at a rate not even our normal eyes could follow.
The fight lasted for more than thirty minutes. Elric finally realized that the enemy seems to be just playing around him with their very monotonous attack. With their intentions not clear to him, Elric decided not to get too serious and finish them off. He got questions that needed answer and he has to be patient.
"Not bad, you have indeed the quality of the finest elemental warrior. However, this is where your journey ends, human."
A cold yet heavenly voice suddenly came from Elric's behind. It was from the arrow wielder.
As if finally done with the show, the mysterious creature smiled and with a bright flash, his image multiplied to another thousand versions of him and surrounded Elric from every angle - all wielding different weapons Elric could only imagine.
"What the..." Upon seeing the multitude versions of his mysterious enemy, Elric could not help but gape in astonishment.
"How am I gonna defeat you at this rate?" Elric turned back at the bow wielder with a complaining gesture. An annoyed look can be seen on his face.
"And by the way, who are you? and why are you attacking me? Do you mind if we can postpone this battle? I am in a hurry you know." Elric added with a helpless stance.
"I am the Elemental God. Ruler and guardian of this realm." The mysterious creature proudly declared with a resounding voice.
Realizing whom he has just fought against, Elric quickly shifted from his annoyed face to a serious one. He scanned the being before him and realized that he could not estimate the power this creature actually holds.
With an emotionless face, The Elemental God added,
"You are a threat that can destroy the balance in the Elemental realm." The mysterious creature pointed at Elric, "As the God of this realm, I am now forbidding you to interfere in the lives of the Elementals and therefore, turn around and go back, else, I have to send you back to your realm by force, or..."
"Or...?" Elric asked with a serious look. He refused to back down from the creature's mission knowing that his future lies to the complete control of the Ancestral Dragon Essence's, he must do whatever it takes to get all the Elemental Authority first - even if it means fighting an Elemental God.
The elemental God looked at Elric with a condescending tone and added,
"suffer your complete annihilation in my realm."
Suddenly, the thousands of the surrounding mysterious creatures raised their weapons. All aiming at Elric at the center.