Will of chaos

After we leave this village's World Tree Temple, I take a walk to find a suitable place to open the Dungeon.

I take the opportunity to go into the Dungeon library and get some books to read, no magic books or anything like that, I didn't want to do research, I just got storybooks for entertainment.

I go to my mansion inside the Dungeon, a place where I spend very little time lately, even though it's my home.

I pick up the only children's book I can find in the library, at least it's the only one that looks like a children's book being so colorful and full of drawings depicting the events of the book's story.

I sit on my bedroom porch to read that book first.

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The 7 Sacrifices

A long, long time ago there was a Prince who was born in a certain Kingdom.

The Principle was wise, loving, kind, and just.

Everyone in the Kingdom admired and loved the Prince as he grew up, he always tried his best for everyone, always trying to do everything to live up to everyone's expectations of him.

As time passed, the Prince grew to become the next King, having already accumulated many achievements that brought prosperity to all of the Kingdom.

The young King married a noblewoman from another Kingdom and together they had a beautiful couple of children, the King loved his wife and children very much.

The Young King displayed magnificent talent in leading his people, his leadership becoming a legend that reached across the world.

But no one knew that the young King was born with a unique skill, a skill called [ Will ] that overcame all obstacles using only his willpower.

One day an injured Dragon came to his doorstep falling near his capital, the King went to the Dragon to save him and as a reward, the Dragon told the King of a powerful enemy approaching.

When the King heard about the enemy, he took a sword and led his army to face the enemy forces, through the Dragon, he knew that this enemy was causing death and destruction wherever he went.

As the years passed, the young man had become an experienced King who not only led his army but who unified the entire continent as a single army to fight the powerful enemy, an endless army of beings who sought only destruction.

King who was once kind was gripped by fear, he was afraid because the army of creatures seemed to have no end while his own army grew in strength but decreased in numbers after each battle.

One day a Spirit of the Moon told the King a terrible truth to the King, that truth scared the King even more, but also gave the motivation for him to win.

In that battle, the enemies had taken control over many innocent people using some Evil method while the innocent people gradually turned into hideous monsters.

On that day the King made his first sacrifice, he abandoned his pure heart as he took the lead in a massacre against the people being controlled, during the battle the King wept, but his power increased far beyond what it had ever been.

After that battle, the King realized, his skill [ Will ] had absorbed his feelings of suffering and pain with his strong will that sacrificed his pure heart to protect the people of the continent where he reigned.

After such a battle the King entered a state of fear that consumed him as he imagined his precious kingdom being destroyed from the inside out by his people and his family turning into monsters like those he killed.

Soon a devastating attack fell on his continent, and the King rushed to the front of the battle, but the fear of what would happen to his family in his absence distracted the King during the battle and he was seriously injured.

Days later the King wakes up to find that in his sleep what he feared most had happened, his capital was under attack and he himself was too wounded to fight.

It was then that his unique Skill once again surpassed the limits of the possible using his unrivaled will to save his family to awaken the will lingering in the blood of hundreds of millions of fallen warriors in the battle where he was wounded.

Instinctively the King knew what he had to do and the consequences of such an act, but even so he used this resonance of wills to beg power from the fallen warriors to save his family.

The will to fight of hundreds of millions of warriors of many races responded to the King's unending desire to fight, this will of a great army awakened the power contained in the remains of the dead and in the blood spilled on the battlefield.

All that power, blood, and will of hundreds of millions was absorbed by the King who lost his humanity in exchange for the power to continue fighting, so the King rushes to his capital to save his family.

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"Master, why are you crying..." (Ibuki)

"..." (I)

Tears

Suddenly I'm hugged by Ibuki and I realize that I'm on the floor of my room's balcony with that children's book still in my hands.

Tears

I realized that I was so focused on the book's story that I lost track of surroundings and time, I hadn't even noticed Ibuki until the moment I was hugged.

"..." (I)

Tears

I put my hand on my face finally noticing the tears, but I was confused by a lot of things I didn't understand, so I decided to stop thinking about it.

"This story is too macabre to be a children's book." (I)

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Days later.

"I still don't know if I should be at this meeting." (I)

"You know you should, so go at once." (Érica)

I was kicked out of the hole we've been calling home for the last few days, literally a hole as the Dark Elves build their homes underground in this village.

I was being joined again by Freya, Diana, and Vanessa.

We were accused of the arrival of Luminus in the village less than 2 hours ago, Xannyr that emergency a Fairy came to guide us again to the World Tree, it seems that the Dark Elf King Heston really meant what he said when he wanted my presence at the meeting.

As I really wanted to know what had happened I decided to go with it, I was very curious to know about Shiro.

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Village of Dark Elves.

World Tree Temple.

I was sitting one more time at the wooden table I met the Dark Elf King Heston, as this would be a meeting between two rulers at much higher power levels than me, I decided to go well dressed.

But to my surprise the Elf King Heston was wearing the same baggy shorts and no shirt, he is completely at ease.

I, on the other hand, am in formal wear, a black suit with a red trench coat with purple accents and doctorates, and my hair was also tied back in a ponytail.

I was wearing the prettiest, most formal outfit I had thinking the situation called for such a thing, but seeing Elf King Heston makes me realize my errors in judgment.

As if it wasn't enough that the ruler of this place was already like this, soon another person with the head of a Dragon appears, he was being followed by a beautiful woman.

"I haven't been punched yet, so I guess we can talk, right?" (Luminus)

"I'm not in the mood for jokes." (King Heston)

"I think his concerns are very real and plausible." (Hest)

"..." (I)

"I said no need to worry, let's sit down."

"If I may..." (Luminus)

Luminus was wearing light combat clothes, he had white scales and piercing golden eyes, the woman next to him was beautiful, white skin and golden hair the same as her eyes.

The two sit at the table like me, Luminus looks at me with relief, I'm surprised that I can understand the expressions of a Dragon.

"I think we can start the meeting..." (King Heston)

"Before starting the meeting, let's start with the introductions." (Hest)

"I'm Hest and the one next to me is Heston, I think everyone in the world knows who we are." (Hest)

"I am Vanessa, High Priestess of the Temple of Blood." (Vanessa)

"I am Diana, Champion of the Fenrir Wolf God." (Diana)

"I am Freya, servant of lord Zenos." (Freya)

"I am..." (Layla)

"You do not say anything." (I)

"These are my Familiars starting with Layla, Nix, Sakura, Orion, Ragnar, and Hinata." (I)

"I am Zenos." (I)

"I am Luminus, Emperor of the true Dragons of Light of the neutral faction." (Luminus)

"I am Lux, a Fairy Queen of Light and Lux's old friend." (Lux)

"Now that we've all started talking, can we try to reach an agreement to keep this meeting restricted to words only, without the need for fights if possible?" (Lux)

"I agree, we don't need bloody fighting in this place, but better watch out what is said here." (Hest)

It seems that this meeting began in a seemingly good mood with everyone calm and speaking normally, but the tension was almost palpable with the will to fight burning in Dark Elf King Heston's eyes.

"(I hope this meeting goes well.)" (I)