We walked towards the end but our curiosity was never hated more than this time. We walked through the end to find ourselves in a luxurious mansion. The mansion had guards and servants, waiting to be ordered.
No. No. No. This can't be happening. No.
"Welcome back Master Levantes."
I looked to the stairs and saw a man. The man had long white hair, blue eyes and was about a few inches taller than me. He also looked to be about in his mid 30s but he was beyond the age his appearance told.
"It's been some time, Cassius."
"It should be more like Master Cassius or Teacher."
"Well you did teach me a lot."
"Hello there Arthur Pendragon and Pandora Alpharius Silva. Your father, Lumiere, how is he?"
"He is fine."
"Ah, Lumiere Alpharius, wonderful man."
"Alpharius?"
"Yes Arthur, my father's surname is Alpharius."
"I didn't know that."
"That's not rare."
"Shut up Laertes."
"You dare speak to my student."
Cassius was centimetres away from Arthur's face as cold sweat dropped from Arthur's petrified face.
"The Vasilias wants to see you Levantes."
Cassius lead us up the stairs and into a room. Calling the room titanic would be an understatement. The room also showed the Volomir families' wealth as gold, emeralds, rubies, diamonds and even Vesterium was on the walls as if they were worth nothing. We walked for a minute then found ourselves Infront of a throne. the throne was large with jewels on either side of it and a man sat there looking at us, my father.
"What do you want father?"
"I'm fine thank you for asking."
"I have a tight schedule, do this quick."
"I know you're just going to go home and destroy people in multiple different games at once without trying. I've known you since you were a child, don't forget that."
Well he doesn't know everything.
"What do you want then?"
"Do your so called friends know what you have done in the past?"
"Some."
"Really. What about the Half-Elf who's actually a genius? Who knows about that?"
Arthur then looked at me as Pandora looked at me as well.
I guess you could say the cat was out of the bag then.
"Speaking to the human by blinking in Morse Code and using your breathing patterns to talk to that human-elf girlfriend of yours."
"Is it true Laertes?"
"Yeah. It's true. I've been communicating with both of you in Morse Code but in two different ways. Pandora's actual IQ is 2,386,927."
"Holy shit! That's so much."
"Thanks Arthur!"
"You're welcome Pandora."
"Your so called friend lied to both of you, how does that make you feel?"
"The moment we became his friends it was literally making a deal with the Devil."
"So you two know the secret of his army."
"His army consists of the souls he gives favours to."
"He is the reason for us being friends in the first place."
"You have loyal pawns beside you, Levantes. Make your father proud."
"Don't act like a father now, there's no f*cking point. What you did is unforgivable and you expect me to leave that all behind me?"
"IF IT WASN'T FOR ME DO YOU THINK YOU WOULD BE STANDING HERE?"
"I'D RATHER DIE THAN GO THROUGH THAT SHIT AGAIN!"
"DON'T TEST MY PATIENCE LEVANTES!"
"Don't test my power then. Remember who killed your beloved Demon Lords."
"Don't push your luck Levantes. Last time I had all 26,000 limiters on. Now they're all gone so I either torture you or you leave silently."
"Really? Don't act like you're a million times stronger than me, you're still a Low Complex Archon rank."
"Are you lying about your rank as well, just like you did with everything about you?"
"I'm going then."
I created a portal then went through it with Arthur and Pandora following behind.
"Well, now you two know, I can finally go full out."
"What are you plotting?"
"You shouldn't worry about that."
We walked towards the exit of the portal, this time we were definitely 100% the destination was home. We left the portal only to find everyone sitting in the living room.
"What happened?"
Lilith looked up towards me. Her eyes looked like they were crying. I then looked around to see the same emotions, sadness, uselessness.
"What happened Lilith?"
"Laer- Levantes, she's gone."
"Who?"
"Cynthia."
The name stuck us like a billion lightning bolts. I looked at Arthur's face. Pure anger and pure devastation was written on his face.
"Sh-sh-she's gone? WHAT THE F*CK DO YOU MEAN SHE'S GONE?! WHO TOOK HER?!"
Not a single word was spoken.
"TELL ME LILITH, WHO TOOK HER?!"
"We...we don't know."
"WHAT?!"
"She was taken in her room. I went to call her for dinner but she wasn't there. We searched for at least an hour but couldn't find her."
"SHIT! SHIT! F*CK! F*CK! WHY?! WHY?!"
"Arthur calm down. We need to at least find some clues-"
"SHUT THE F*CK UP APOPHIS! WHERE IS SHE?! I KNOW YOU KNOW! YOU F*CKING BETRAYED US SINCE THE BEGINNING! DON'T ACT LIKE YOU DON'T KNOW!"
He was right. I suspected Apophis about when I first saw her.
"I-I-I-I don't know."
"Arthur, for once, shut up. Calm down. I get that your girlfriend is gone so you're feeling mixed emotions but we can't do shit if we're stuck here without any clues."
Arthur instantly listened as he sat down on an armchair behind him as if gesturing he is "Open to Ideas".
"So Laertes, what do you propose?"
"First we should rule out suspects and find the prime suspects." Pandora said.
I also sat down on an armchair and also listened.
"So, Apophis, is it true that you have betrayed? Answer because you should know I just came back from my father and Cynthia's missing, so, cooperate or you'll end up erased from existence-"
"Hello there kids, hello Levantes!"
"Aether, this is not-"
"I can help you with finding Cynthia."
"How?" Arthur said almost jumping off of his armchair.
"First I'm gonna need you." Aether said as she pointed towards me.
"Wha-"
Aether then leapt unto me faster than I could react. Her lips touched mine as mine touched hers. She then pulled away.
"There, done." Aether said as she wiped something from her mouth.
"What the f*ck was tha-"
I fell onto the ground. I felt excruciating pain which the spread throughout my body.
"Have fun!" Aether said as she teleported away.
"Levantes!" Pandora said as she rushed to my side.
"Laertes are you alright?"
"Arthur use your brain, I'm f*CKING hurting. I'm feeling something after so many years. The pain, it's increasing."
I then shouted in pain and. The pain spread all over me like a plague. As sudden as it started it ended. I then sat up and looked at the others who were desperately trying to heal me.
"Are you alright Laertes?"
"Yeah.
"Check if there's any damage."
What? It's...not...working. What is happening?"
"What's wrong?"
"I can't do it."
"Do what?"
"I can't use magic."
"What? What do you mean?"
"She stole my mana. I can't use magic."
"No. That can't be."
"Believe me Lilith. Cynthia's gone and I don't have any mana."
"You're not entirely useless."
"I'm mortal. I'm mortal. F*CK!"
"You're still Archon rank though."
"I can be killed. I have no magic. I can't withstand space because I need oxygen. F*CK!" I said as I punched the floor. The house then shattered from my punch.
"Laertes!" Arthur said as he teleported me to safety.
"I could've survived from that."
"Laertes you're mortal right now and Cynthia's missing so we can't afford losing you at any cost."
Arthur was right. I'm mortal right now so anything involving mana could kill me with ease if it is faster than my reaction speed.
"Restore."
The house obeyed Arthur and the house returned to its original state. Iwatched as the house was repairing knowing that I could no longer do this until I get my mana back.
"Tomorrow is your match Arthur."
"It's mine as well you know."
"Apophis there's a reason why I said Arthur and not you because I couldn't give a shit of you died."
"You're mortal now so watch your mouth."
"I might be mortal but I am stronger than you in physical strength."
"You want a bet?"
"Fine then, if it keeps you in line."
Apophis quickly conjured a 20th tier spell. I dodged it with ease and watched the nearby otheoses get destroyed from the attack. I then moved behalf nd Apophis then kicked her leg causing her to fall then, quicker than she could react I grabbed her arm and twisted it behind her while her face was stuck in the floor and as I pressed onto her spine she screamed in pain. She then teleported then conjured multiple spells which i dodged. The attack hit the forest Infront of her then went into the cosmic sky as the gravitational force was not strong enought to pull her spell back to the planet.
"How about I do the same again?" I said as I then walked behind her while she was anchored to the ground with my bloodlust. I hit her nape which then made her fall unconscious.
"How the hell did you do that?"
"Easy Cynthia, just put her to sleep."
"She meant how did you beat Apophis without magic."
"Again, just put her to sleep Iris."
"SHE HAS MAGIC THOUGH!"
"It doesn't matter when your reaction speed is at the level of Planck Time."
"I don't even want to know how slow you see things because I don't think I could fathom it on the first place."
"That is true Cynthia."
"Anyways, I'm gonna go train I think you, Laertes, should as well."
"Just because I'm now mortal?"
"No, because I think you can find a way around that."
"I see that you think I have potential."
"Yeah."
"Can't say that you do, you have brought that on yourself."
"WHAT!"
"Arthur there are bigger things than your potential (about infinite) and one of them is that if word goes around that the "King" is now mortal and has no mana there could be a vicious coup d'etat."
"How did you realise that Pandora? I didn't know you were that smart."
"Well I-I-I-I thought that it was obvious."
"Well clearly we have lesser minds compared to you."
"Arthur I'm just trying to state the obvious, I didn't know your analysis skills were so bad that you couldn't even realise something that even I could think of."
"Well, your mind is perfect for things like these, simple minds."
"So simple minds are lesser minds to those with complex minds meaning those with complex minds cannot even realise some things that simple minds can?"
"Basically yeah."
"What do you think Levantes?"
"I realised this while I was working on different scenarios at night because I was bored."
"So you knew about the "King" title?"
"No but it was a possibility that it could happen. Always be prepared Pandora."
"How many scenarios did you think of?" Arthur asked.
"On average I'd say about 16-72 trillion lives."
"WHOLE LIVES! WHAT THE HELL!"
"Didn't any of you guys do that?"
"Obviously not, we're normal."
"Lesser minds to me then."
"How late long did it take you?"
"On average about 2 hours but if I found it fun it would stretch to 4 hours."
"You did all of that in a matter of hours?"
"Yeah."
"Wow. We really are lesser minds to you then."
"I know, I struggle every day because of you guys."
"Exactly what the Devil would say."
"I am the Devil."
"Exactly."
"I just thought of a way to use mana."
"How?"
"I'm not telling you now because I haven't confirmed it yet."
"Okay then, you experiment."
"I don't need your approval Arthur."
I leapt to the house then ran eagerly to the garden to test my theory. A theory which has the potential to revolutionise reality, literally.