Chapter 1 : Fragment of Memories
(CHIIING... BANG....BOOM)
The sound of destructions are everywhere, swords, spear, and different weapons are clashing with powers that gave the world a scene of nearing destructions...
Standing in the middle of a war, a young man in his 20s was looking at the young girl with a celestial face and cold bearing aura. With his eyes, he looked at the girl in the world where all of the races are in the midst of chaos, a war that will lead both sides to the path of emptiness and fighting that bears pain and suffering. The young man stared into the eyes of the girl, her eye's pupils are painted with the color of ruby with tears falling on her cheek...
Facing each other, the young man suddenly vomits a mouthful of blood that scatters in the air. in his chest, a legendary sword pierced right in his heart.. trembling by the sudden pain he tightly holds the spear in his hand and throws it in the middle of bright red light where the young man's race source of power is located...
(BOOM...THUG.)
A blasting noise can be heard in all the corners of the said world. Afterward, the power that the race in white armors had vanished and silence filled the entire place, and all of the races stopped fighting within a certain time, puzzle by the sudden event...
The girl clad in black suit armor realized what was happening.. tears flowing down from her eyes looking at the young man's devastating condition.. her hand was trembling to hold the legendary sword that pierced in the young man's chest.
"Haa... I never thought this is very painful." said the young man gasping from the pain in his chest
"You... Wh. Why?" asked the girl.
"Live on... You should not carry all the burdens... let me share it with you" said the man while caressing the face of the girl wiping her tears...
"Thank you" are the only words that the girl can think in response
"do you regret meeting me in this life?" asked the girl suddenly.
"No... I.. I.. only regret that my love was insufficient to help you.. that I can't change your choice... that... that I can't make you happy in this lifetime.. by knowing it I guess I only have one option .."
"I see.." struggled by her emotions the girl uttered a weak response..
Seeing the man in front of her slowly turning to dust
she hugged the man tightly embracing him filled with care. She once again looks at him and saw a smiling face as if he accomplished a certain mission completely. Tears continued flowing in her eyes..
"Haa... if were given another chance..... do you still want to cross our path and meet me again?" asked the young man in a weak voice.
"Yes... if we have it I still want to meet you" the girl replied.
"Well, I guess that if that ever happens you will become my woman... if that ever happens I will make sure you don't have a choice but to become mine.. hehe.. " weak laugh from the young man.
"Sure.." sobbing voice of the girl. " I promise to become your woman who will support you in whatever path and choice you make"
"Remember... your.. oath.." the young man gently kiss the girl then completely turn to dust and vanished...
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Darkness... complete darkness covered the whole consciousness and with a flash of bright light memories filled the entire area. Luis Grimaldi opened his eyes and with a sudden burst of memories his head ached for about 15 minutes.. slowly integrating them (memories) dream he becomes aware of his surrounding, he looked at his surroundings and saw that he was lying in a poor bed made of wood and was placed in the poor house. Base on the walls in his surrounding, the house seems to be old base on the marks and cracks within the wall.
Sitting upon his bed he realizes his face was wet due to tears in his eyes, he suddenly remembers the scene back then but he did not know whether it was a dream or a memory. Base on his understanding it was probably a dream because he knew that he lives as Luis for 15 years, he even remembers the accident yesterday that gave him a fatal wound in his chest. Yesterday with his cousins they venture to the forest and hunt for the materials needed in making a star energy pill to be given as a betrothal gift to his fiancee. But he never knew that they will encounter a demonic black wolf in their way, they tried to fight it but it was strong, leaving no choice his cousins left him and ran away, as a result of him he receiving the max blow of demonic black wolf that gave him the fatal wound.
Remembering the scene he suddenly looked at his chest and check but to his surprise, he saw that not only there was no wound but he also saw a black rune mark on his chest. The rune mark looked like insignia of something. He did not know what it was so he shifted his attention and disregarded it.
"What luck.. never would I imagine that they leave me there.. that fucking Leon..." Leon Grimaldi is one of his cousin's sons of his third uncle Thomas Grimaldi... He knew that this Leon would plot to him but he never imagines that he did it at that time...
Luis was the son of Alban Grimaldi's second son Grimaldi noble family clan. In the Country of Greenvalley, there are 4 cities namely Woodman city, Red jade city, Knightingale city, and Ancient Bow city. The Grimaldi clan was one of 3 reigning families in Red Jade city located at the northwest of it. The Grimaldi Clan, Wettins Clan, and Garcia Clan represent authority and protection for the city. These three clans, in the eyes of commoners, were close and friends to each other but the three clans knew themselves the power struggle, competition, and plot with each other.
Luis walks out of the room and headed to the garden, in that place he saw a woman in her late 20s standing alone and watching the fish swimming in the pond in the garden.
"You have awaked," said the woman named Fatum without looking at him. Fatum came into his life when he was 8 years old, he did not know where this woman came from all he knew was that this woman suddenly appears in his life. The first time he saw her was when he was in the Fork river on the east side of the city. He saw her on the side of the river unconscious so he took her and she became sort of a guardian. He knew that Fatum was strong and possibly at the pick of the cultivation world.
The world where Luis was living was composed of 3 great continents namely, The Great East Continent, the Black Mound Continent, and the Top South Sea Continent. The country of Green Valley was one of the twenty-seven countries in the Black Mount Continent. In this world, all of the continents, countries, and cities were reigned by the path of cultivation. In the cultivation realm, cultivators were divided by nine realms such as Material Cadet realm, the Martial Officer realm, Material General realm, the Martial Commander realm, Martial King realm, Martial Soul realm, Martial Earth realm, Martial Sky realm, God realm. These realms were further divided into nine stages.
Luis knew the world he lives in as a son within the noble family he understands the role of the Monarchy. Kings conquer and continue to expand their territories giving birth to unending war. Cultivators fill the battlefield resulting in fast and destructive war.