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Chapter 3 - Realization and acceptance.

In the imperial empire galaxy a king sits on his throne and just watches the labor of slaves working punishment being delivered and the occasional planet destruction.

"Its been 500 long years and yet no one is a match for me is there truly no one fit for my blade?" The king who looks like a wolf sighs out and requests a seer to come to him.

After a few minutes an old looking cat walks in with a crystal ball.

"Seer you know why I called for you so do your job." The king barks out.

"Of course King Lucius I saw this meeting and have looked and I can say soon there will be an opponent who is a good candidate to test your skills and powers without dying early. My guess in the next few weeks a nice young fellow would be here ready to fight." The old cat says and the king grins.

"Finally the challenge is here even if its a few weeks away I can't wait to feel the bliss of fighting with full force." The king shouts gripping his sword.

"Alright men anyone who comes looking for a battle let them through but remain on full alert. Do not assist me at all if you do consider it treason against me understood." The king says as he leaves the room the guards all tensing up.

Meanwhile back on the ice planet Frost, Glacier enters a room that the mansion ai suggested.

"So what's this room its black like space." Glacier says before the room lights up revealing small dots and bubbles.

"This is the creation detection room. A room designed to help sense those in need of help and dangers that are currently at play. Would you like to try a test run?"

"Yes."

"Understood commencing scan... Scan complete one threat detected nearby displaying information." A holographic screen appears as information is displayed at the information in question was about the imperial empire.

"That's not good torturing slaves abusing the precious lives of others. Just like those scum who raided my home. No more." Glacier has a flashback to the day he was born.

"No more." Glacier runs outside and flies directly in the direction of the imperial empire.

One and half weeks go by as the emperor Lucius was made aware of the opponent and since Glacier's departure.

"Reporting sir numerous outposts were under attack and we have since lost contact with then." A soldier says bursting into the throne room.

"Our outposts but don't each of them have one of my generals and an army of 10,000 at each and you're telling me they were defeated?" Lucius asks rising.

"Yes my lord its the truth I swear on my life we've since lost contact with 20 of them the last one just on our neighbor planet Vego." The soldier says kneeling and sweating.

"Very well do nothing let out attacker come to me." Lucius says as the soldier leaves to give out the order.

As he leaves and shuts the throne room doors it bursts open as Glacier walks in with the soldier speared on his sword.

"No more." Glacier swings the soldier off his sword and shaking it clean of blood.

Lucius seeing Glacier draws his sword.

"I am emperor Lucius of the lycanthrope race and the 9th head of my clan now my daring intruder who might you be?" Lucius asks but Glacier only scoffs.

"Me? It doesn't matter who I am. My name my identity my title it doesn't matter to scum like you. Just know I am the cause of your death!" Glacier rushes in and thrusts his sword. Lucius narrowly dodged with some strands of his hair being cut.

"Such speed and accuracy it might be on par with me. No its far superior but that thrust showed immaturity which means he doesn't have much battle experience which evens the playing field better be careful here." Lucius thinks as he swings his sword at Glacier who blocks it with his left sword.

"He's good he must have realized I don't have much experience in real combat but it seems he's not as fast as me. I'll end this quickly." Glacier grabs his other sword and delivers a thrust into Lucius' chest.

Glacier managed to pierce Lucius but its only a few inches as Lucius chuckles before delivering deep cuts into Glacier's arms and chest.

"Sorry pal but my chest is extra hard a trait among lycanthropes is the ability of changing body parts to our animal forms mine if you're curious is a metal wolf I can harden any body part or area I like to be stronger than any metal."

"You may have speed however your strength isn't there with your speed I estimate you're on a similar level of strength as me." Lucius says as he kicks Glacier away.

"So you think your strength is enough to stop me don't make me laugh!" Glacier grips his sword as it glows blue and the blade freezes up.

"Ice magic you're a cryomancer such a rarity you will be a good trophy for me." Lucius ignites his sword as its enveloped in fire.

The two clash head on the shockwave blowing the castle walls apart as they keep clashing back and forth trading blows eventually reaching outside.

"Still equal in power this is all you have to offer after yapping earlier?" Lucius taunts as the air drops a few degrees.

"Watch your tongue youngster. Twin dragon assault." Glacier shifts his stance so he gets below Lucius' sword grabbing it with his paw as two ice dragons form besides him and bite Lucius freezing him.

"Fire is no match for my ice." Glacier says pulling his paw out and takes a few steps back before Lucius breaks free not without severe open wounds.

"You broke out impressive however your body is in no real shape for continuous battle not with my ice dragons freezing your entire body to the brink of hypothermia."

"Fire is no match well then how about this. Greater sand bind." Lucius stomps on the ground as an arm of sand grabs Glacier and lifts him up into the sky.

"Can't do much when you're bound like that eh well then time to die." Lucius laughs but Glacier remains calm looking down at Lucius.

"Pathetic." Glacier closes his eyes as the sand freezes and crumbles away revealing his wings.

"Hailing spears." Glacier casts a large circle in the air as it rains icicles down at Lucius some hitting and some don't.

"Come forth and blow sandstorm obstruct his vision." The area is filled with a gust of wind as sand blows around the two making vision extremely hard to tell and the icicles stop raining down.

"Anyone trapped can't see me not with this amount of sand and illusionary sand but I can see them. Alright in a head on clash we are equal. But if I use hit and run tactics it should weaken him enough for me to win." Lucius takes out numerous knives kunai and darts and begins to throw them at Glacier while moving around constantly shifting after throwing a weapon.

"Amateurs play." Glacier keeps his eyes closed as he spins blocking every one of the projectiles thrown.

"He's blocking forget about that how is he dodging!? How can he tell with his eyes closed!?" Lucius keeps throwing more and more even in blind spots but Glacier continues to block all of it.

"Got you now." Glacier grabs one of the kunai and throws it back at Lucius piercing his neck before following it up with more at his arms legs and chest.

"Did you think because you cut off my sense of sight it was a win? I can see even without my eyes the blizzard on my home planet is far harder to see in than this sand breeze I can see just fine even with my eyes closed." Glacier says as he blows the sandstorm away.

Glacier opens his eyes and aims his sword at Lucius who's pinned to a wall.

"Die in the moment before you pass think upon your actions and the pain you brought upon those who you abused and tortured for the thrill of it." Glacier goes to strike Lucius but before he does he gets speared in the chest.

"Wh-What? Who?" Glacier drops his sword as he turns around to see a child around 4'8.

"Excellent job Leah now finish him. I don't have much time left to I leave the empire in your hands." Lucius says trying to keep his blood flow at a minimum.

"But father the best healer should be able to keep those wounds closed right so why?" Leah asks as she runs to Lucius.

"I may not die from blood loss but the injuries from our clash seem to be taking their toll on me. I doubt he will let me leave alive and I have a bad feeling." Lucius says pointing at Glacier.

"Right father I will kill him now then." Leah creates a new spear as she runs to thrust it into Glacier's head.

"I think that will be enough of that." A voice says as the spear glows black and white before turning into dust.

"What my spear?" Leah gasps as her does disappears before looking up and seeing two cloaked figures by Glacier one in a black cloak and another in a white cloak.

"You two? But why?" Glacier asks trying to maintain consciousness.

"Go play brother I will deal with his injuries." The white cloaked figure says removing his cloak revealing a white dragon wearing a white hanfu with black streaks and the black part of the yin and yang on his forehead breaks the spear in Glacier's chest.

"Very well I've been waiting for a fight." The black cloaked figure removes his cloak and reveals a black dragon wearing a black hanfu with white streaks and the white part of the yin and yang on his forehead.

"Run we are outnumbered." Lucius says but before Leah could react the black dragon as taken out his fan and unleashed a black wind blowing Leah apart.

"Death wind. Impressive right well now its your turn." The black dragon creates a large fire ball before blowing the black wind into the fire ball turning into a black and orange funnel of fire before throwing it at Lucius burning him to a crisp as the white dragon held Glacier but looses consciousness.

"Alright brother lets go he's shown his worth." The black dragon opens a portal as the white dragon lifts Glacier and walks through.

After a few hours Glacier wakes up on a bed.

"About time you woke up. Now then tell us do you realize your destiny? The path you have to walk have you taken the first step?" The white dragon asks passing a cup of tea.

"I just know I live to carry on the legacy of the guardian race to prevent such a tragedy that befall me and my people from ever happening again to someone." Glacier says as he drinks the tea.

"How narrow minded. True that's what you say however can you. Your people are dead so who but you will care about the guardian legacy if anything they will be lost to the sands of time." The black dragon says.

"Quiet Yin no need to be so rude about the truth. As my brother was saying your desire is all nice but can you keep the name of the guardians alive to the passage of time. After all the empire recently was defeated yet who knows how many years they have been oppressing others and you were oblivious quite the gut punch if you ask me to your race and title." The white dragon says.

"You have to learn to set limits you can't do everything on your own. Even if you can't save them all at least save some and make up for your lack of skill in the future." The white dragon says again.

"He's right you know as expected of Yang you've yet to realize the power and heritage you were born to my friend." Another voice says but it wasn't either of the dragons.

"Who are you what do you mean?" Glacier asks but the two dragons look confused as they suddenly don't understand what Glacier is saying.

"So it seems my voice has finally reached you. Its been a long time since anyone has picked me up and could actually use me without succumbing to madness." The voice says filled with joy.

"Are you my sword? But that I didn't know that you were alive?"

"Indeed I am unique where I have a personality so go on call my name." The voice urges.

"Your name but you haven't told me it?" Glacier tilts his head internally.

"If you can hear my voice then you know my name when the time comes all shall be revealed." The voice sadly says before disappearing.

"Who were you talking to hello?" Yang the white dragon snaps and Glacier returns to reality.

"Sorry it was an internal conversation Yang."

"How do you know my name when I didn't say it?"

"I assumed that from the symbol on your forehead with Yin over there its half of the taoism symbol of the Yin and Yang if he's Yin then its obvious you're Yang." Glacier says as he gives a half true statement.

"I see well in any case its time for you to make a choice. Stand and walk towards a future by yourself shouldering a burden alone or share it with friends and letting the burden not drag you down." Yang asks as Glacier remembers his mother's dying words.

"Don't give into despair those were your words mother I've been such a fool and I've been asleep for far too long." Glacier says getting up despite his still fatigued body.

"So that's your decision very well then its time you became one with creation." Yang sits down and closes his eyes while Yin urged Glacier to follow.

Glacier also sits and closes his eyes as his spirit is brought to a black void filled with light just like the universe room.

"Can you feel it the spark of energy raging and spreading throughout all reality?"

"I can it feels so warm yet so crushing."

"Good sync up with the flow and you can become part of it. Melt into the flow of pure energy and go beyond that limit of one universe to the next and so on." Yang says as a large white dragon big enough to span numerous universes appear.

"It is exceedingly difficult trying to merge and become one take your time but I doubt it will take you very long." Yang says as the dragon flies off.

In the corporeal world Yang gets up and backs up to where his brother is sitting.

"He truly is impressive eh brother his energy is already spiking and feeling more pure than chaotic." Yin says as he looks at Glacier's body.

"Indeed according the the scroll from our birth the last guardian is no ordinary guardian the supposed guardian that would be born stronger than others will bring up new changes and face ordeals that would shatter anyone's hope. And its our job to train and raise them despite being younger then them." Yang says puling out a purple cookie.

Within Glacier's mind he's flying through the vast space of creation spreading his energy and accepting the outside energy merging his own internal with the external to create a new far stronger energy within his body.

"It is time my friend." A voice speaks.

"The soul of my sword. Yes its time I can finally hear it your name." Glacier says as the two swords appear before him.

"Then what are you waiting for call out my name!" The sword says flying towards Glacier.

"You are Winter the absolute force and of course my eternal partner and friend." Glacier reaches out and grabs his sword. When he catches them the blade turns from a silvery white to a brilliant blue.

Glacier opens his eyes as some changes are not noticeable. His energy has multiplied itself by a factor of 100, his blue eyes have become hetechromoia with dark blue as the iris and pupil have become a dark midnight blue with a lighter blue making his eyes looks like a crescent moon.

"Congratulations Glacier now its time to train like hell because now that you have power you need to master and control it otherwise you will just be a brainless brute." Yin says getting up.

The three leave to another room as train with one another for countless years.