Capítulo 198: Chapter 198: Intent of Pride!
For what felt like hours of the most miserable moments of my life, all I did was release my pent-up emotions and cried to my heart's content; I couldn't see myself, but I knew I was an utter mess, though I didn't care. The death of Elaine was such a dreadful thing for me to accept that I didn't care about anything right now, not myself, not my pride, not Marley, Idonea, Sarah, Illumia, Mandy, Mother, Father, Grandfather, Grandmother; I didn't care about any of that, the only thought in my mind was of Elaine.
I didn't know for exactly how long I cried, but it was most definitely multiple hours, yet even so, I had no intention of stopping as my heart was far from expressing the intense agony it felt from the loss of Elaine. After what felt like another excruciating long time of nothing but constant sobbing, I finally began to quiet down as my mourning eventually came to a halt.
Looking at the ground through my watery eyes, I noticed my tears had created a small puddle within the mountain I was floating above, but I didn't even react to it; shifting my attention toward the monster frozen in place, I knew I should feel nothing but anger at the creature that robbed me of my precious little sister, yet I felt absolutely nothing as I gazed at its monstrous appearance.
I didn't feel any hatred or rage; I felt absolutely nothing, indifference almost, giving me a weird sense of serenity, something I'd never felt before, not even when I'd experienced an epiphany, though I didn't care about that. As I looked at the monster, I could feel my desire to do anything had considerably waned, while almost every other emotion had vanished entirely; I didn't locate any joy, anger, disappointment, or anything else within my heart, not even pain or sadness.
It's almost as if the death of Elaine had turned me numb, and as I observed the realm, I couldn't help but find everything bland; no longer were there various vibrant colors; it all looked gray to me, sparking no emotions out of me whatsoever. Despite my current numb and indifferent state, the only thing I had retained was my pride; I could still clearly feel it growing by the second within myself.
'It seems my work here is done; we'll meet again, Elif August.' Said the Majestic voice softly as her presence receded, causing the realm to unfreeze.
Even though I had heard the voice's words, I didn't pay it any heed; any interest in that voice had disappeared, and now all that remained within myself was an unwavering sense of pride.
"ARGHHHH, I'll kill you fucking Elf!" Yelled the monster without any semblance of intelligence as it madly charged toward the detached Elif, who merely gave it an unimpressed look as if he were looking down at an insect.
Looking at the monster rapidly approaching me, I felt something within me, seemingly urging me to be called upon, and as I took a closer look within myself, I found it to be the powerful and pure mysterious intent that hadn't shown any signs of movement since the day I faced my first heavenly tribulation. While I usually would've been ecstatic at such a change, just like how I felt about everything else, I didn't care, its presence sparking nothing from me, though that didn't mean I didn't call upon it.
Taking control of the mysterious intent and bending it to my will, I looked at the monster dead in the eye; without any emotion, I spoke to it, causing the intent to gush out from within me as it instantly headed the monster and entered into its body, the monsters superior cultivation base proving to not be a hindrance whatsoever.
"Kneel." Stated Elif with an emotionless expression while looking at the monster, and with the mysterious intent heeding his command, it took the monster out of the air and forced it to kneel despite the difference in cultivation.
Seeing the monster crash to the ground onto its knees, other than raising an eyebrow, I hardly reacted, floating down toward the monster, who was struggling with all his might to resist the intent, to no avail; I just looked at him, finding it almost amusing that this monster, who was now helplessly kneeling beneath my might, was the creature that killed Elaine and shattered my heart.
"Despite what you've done to me, I won't kill you; I've lost any desire to do so. However, I'll have you detained in the royal dungeon to be tortured for all of eternity; it's only right, considering you've killed a member of Royalty." Stated Elif with an expressionless and emotionless tone as he stood opposite the kneeling monster, his words drowned out by the creature's loud grunts and roars.
I didn't know if the monster heard my words, nor did I care; I had said those for myself, not for this mindless creature. However, suddenly, I sensed movement from above, causing me to shift my attention elsewhere, only to notice a swirling vortex of dark clouds up above. What I was witnessing was something similar to a heavenly tribulation, but the lighting that danced through the clouds was innately different; I could tell they were much more volatile and dangerous.
During a Heavenly tribulation, the lightning bolts don't have any intent whatsoever, but the clouds up above, I could feel it; they wanted me dead, erased from this very fabric of reality.
"To think I'd manage to call in a Heavenly Punishment." Muttered Elif emotionlessly while looking up at the swirling mass of dark clouds imbued with immense Qi.
Such a sight was beyond surprising, though once again, its presence didn't stir anything from within my heart, not even annoyance. Unlike the Heavenly Tribulation, which was more like a rite of passage, a Heavenly Punishment is formed when something or someone goes against the laws of nature itself; that is one of the reasons it is such a rare and deadly occurrence. I don't know the survival rate for one experiencing a Heavenly punishment, but the only person I've read who's managed to survive is Progenitor Lourdes; how she did it, I don't know, nor did I care.
However, while I continued watching the Heavenly punishment manifest, for the first time since I accepted Elaine's death, I felt an emotion within myself besides the eternal pride pulsing through my body; it was disdain. Within the depths of myself, I felt contempt that the very Heavens dared to discern whether what I did was worthy of punishment or not; the only one who got to decide such a thing was me and me alone.
"Who gave you the gall to question what I, Prince Elif, have the right to do? Impudent! I don't care if you're very nature itself; you'll also kneel before me, just like everything else." Declared Elif with a frown as he looked to the sky, and before the Heavenly punishment could begin, he unleashed his mysterious intent toward the sky.
Although the mysterious intent was invisible to the naked eye, I could sense it rapidly heading toward the sky as it immersed itself in the swirling mass of dark clouds filled with lightning, and by my command, without any sudden warning, it caused the Heavenly Punishment to forcefully disperse; revealing a bright sunny, cloud-free sky.
"All will kneel before me." Muttered Elif while looking up towards the sky, though unlike before, where he was expressionless, he adorned a face of pure pride while his mysterious intent radiated off him, causing everything within the vicinity, whether living or not, to kneel.
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Going back in time a little to when Elaine was still alive, just when the monster attacked her after she showed herself to save a greatly wounded Elif, unknown to all, the realm suddenly froze. In fact, not only was the realm frozen, but so was the surrounding void, which included Maria, Marcus, Tyler, Tiana, Maxim, and Illumia.
While the realm was frozen, all of a sudden, a portal appeared, followed by an incredibly beautiful, majestic, dark-skinned Elf emerging from said portal; though upon closer look, she wasn't your average Elf, but a Royal Elf, the golden emblem on her forehead declaring her so. With each step, her lithe figure carried a graceful aura and an authoritative demeanor; her beauty, which even Maria paled in comparison to, was almost otherworldly.
She wore a silk, multi-colored dress that swayed about despite there being no wind; she carried with her a greenish Quạt tay in her right hand while a silver scarf rested atop her arms and hung behind her, which complimented her long silver hair.
"A beautiful little girl, willing to do all for the person she deeply loves; you'd expect such a thing to be normal, considering our Elven heritage, but alas." Said the woman in a majestic voice as she observed Elaine's battered appearance amidst the frozen realm.
With the wave of the woman's hand, a white, sexless doll appeared as it floated beside Elaine; she then placed her finger on Elaine's forehead before slowly retracting it, causing a small, ethereal glass-like shard to emerge from her head. Placing the ethereal fragment inside the floating doll, all of a sudden, the doll began to go through a myriad of changes; its white, sexless body gained a dark shade while its physique turned into that of a child entering the beginning stages of adulthood, then it's facial structure started to change, taking on an appearance of similar, or I should say exact proportions of Elaine, along with the rest of the doll's body doing the same.
Once the doll was finished changing, it now looked like an exact copy of Elaine; even the injuries, clothes, and Qi were copied the exact same. With another wave of the woman's hand, Elaine's body disappeared, while the doll's body took her place with Orcus in hand.
"That's all I can do for you, my descendant; now, awaken, it's about time another one joins our ranks. Though to think there are still four others who have yet to awaken, what a generation." Said the woman with a majestic voice as she glanced at Elif with a slightly eager expression before entering the portal, and the instant she did so, the realm returned to usual, with the doll body taking Elaine's place.
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