6 Deep in the Abyss

Before reading I want to give a warning there are strong scenes so if you are very sensitive prepare yourself

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POV Julian Kingscrown

When the sea's outburst sucked me with more force towards the bottom, I was scared, I didn't have the strength to resist, my heart threatened to explode at any moment, I didn't know what would happen when I reached the bottom, the tension I suffered was too much, my mind was very confused and cloudy

When I finally managed to come back to myself and be aware of the environment, I was in a very dark place, where I couldn't distinguish anything

I decided to try to move, since I could feel that I was on land but at the same time under water in an abyssal zone

When I walked for what seemed like days, I found a ray of light, I decided to run to reach it and find some clue that would help me get out of where I was

Since during all this time I had not found a single sign of something that could get me out of here and I didn't want to miss the only thing that could help me

When I approached the light, suddenly everything around me fluctuated

And then I saw something like a scene from a horror movie, inside a cave hundreds of bodies impaled on black spikes, in the center of all that were the mutilated and tortured bodies of Alea Triscan and Mica Earthborn

I felt something grab me by the guts, my vision became blurry and I felt like throwing up

When I knelt on the ground scared, the landscape changed; now I was in the middle of a square, I couldn't recognize specifically where, but when I looked at the crowd gathered around something

I started walking after recovering from the initial shock and noticed that the people around me had a very pale skin color and some had horns

When I got to the front of the crowd, I glimpsed three people, cruelly tortured, the first was a man with black hair, with two horns on his head, he had marks of having been burned and cut on multiple occasions, then there were two women, one with black hair and one with white hair, both had horns, both had suffered much more than the man, apart from the previous torture marks, they had no nails and their eyes were not in their sockets, it was terrifying to think what those two women had to go through to be like that, although they were cruelly beaten I recognized them Caera Denoir and Seris Vritra

I took a few steps forward to get closer to them, in my heart I felt a deep sadness despite never having met them

It was exactly the same with Alea and Mica, when I tried to run to the center of the square the world changed again

I was in what looked like an academy, and what I saw made my guts churn, hundreds of dismembered students, I could see the bodies of Kathyln, Curtís, Claire, Doradrea, Lilia, Theodore, Feyrith, Emily and some others that I recognized, but didn't remember the name; they were all cruelly dismembered by beasts and with their mana cores pierced

I didn't know why I was seeing that, but I was going crazy, I felt that at any moment my mind would break, but as if the world didn't pity me the scene changed again

This time it was several hallways that once were elegant, but now were damaged as if a storm of flames had enveloped them

I didn't want to move forward to see what was ahead, I was very upset, but my body didn't listen to me, along the way I could see several bodies, I even recognized people like Helen, Angela, Reynolds, Durden and at the end of the hallway in an open space were, the kings and queens of Sapin and Elenoir: Alduin and Merial had expressions of having suffered a terrible pain and they lacked some of the limbs

On the other hand, Blaine and Priscilla reflected the clear fear they felt before dying, even though they were without their eyes, you could clearly feel the clear desperation they were subjected to

My eyes watered again and this time I started crying, what the hell is this? Why are they showing me this?

But they did not allow me to continue questioning my situation, as the landscape again began to change

This time I was in a place underground, it looked like a grotto where people lived, but when I looked around I again found bodies, this time not tortured, but cruelly massacred, this was Taci's work, my fist clenched with fury, when I saw the bodies of Aya Grephin, Varay Aurae, Bairon Wykes, as well as Jasmine, Virion, Alice, Ellie and at the end of all of them was Grandma Rinia

I let out a shrill scream from the depths of my soul, when I fell to my knees hitting my fists against the ground, and crying for everything I had seen and how they had destroyed everything I tried to protect, Anger, pain, sadness, despair and guilt towards myself for not being able to fulfill the vow I had made

Then I began to think about the nasty bastards of Kezess and Agrona, the only ones guilty of this whole damn situation they must not be allowed to live, I felt a strong rage surging deep within me; but I knew I did not have the power to face them not in my current state

At that precise moment the world changed again, it was a dry wasteland devoid of all life and there were four people crucified in a cut-out silhouette that looked as if they were not from the same world or moment; the first was Elijah, the next was Tessia or rather Cecilia in Tessia's body, since I saw what was left of the green runes on her body both cruelly mistreated with their mana cores shattered and without some limbs

Then there were two more people, one had wheat-colored hair; which at some point in the past seemed to be soft and immaculate, but now it was covered with blood and dirt it was Arthur they had blown off a leg, an arm, along with his eyes and what looked like some teeth, you could see reflected how hard he tried at the end and finally there was someone else next to them I could not properly distinguish who it was as if something was covering it, my heart sped up again even though I did not know who it was I was almost sure it was me, brutally tortured when I tried to get closer, at that moment the world began to fragment

As it faded I heard for the first time a voice in that world it sounded like it came from hell itself dry and full of rage "look for Silvia" that was the last thing I heard

When I woke up I was still in the forest, full of cold sweat all over my body and with my heart about to come out of my chest I get up gasping for air "aj aj aj aj aj" after a few seconds of reprocessing what I had seen I vomited from the depths of my guts

After finishing still with the taste of vomit in the air, I said "what the hell was that" while tears ran down my face, at that moment I also felt a cold chill in the lower part of my back, but I did not pay attention, I was too shocked and tired by what I had seen

I still could not breathe properly, my head was a mess, plus the desolate cold caused by the fog of the forest seems especially humid today, causing me to feel a sense of abandonment

A few minutes later trying to recover, I felt a rough fur and a wet sensation around my face

When I lifted my face to see better whatever had done that, I saw the forest dog that apparently had helped by my side looking at me nervously

When I checked it again I could see that its mana core was completely repaired as if it had not received any damage from the beginning

After a few seconds of contemplation, I remembered that there was only one person who could repair the damaged cores in the novel and the power he possessed

Like a ray of light I finally understood many things about the abilities I had and why my affinity with mana was so high

I still had to check many things to corroborate that it was true that I had the legacy and if so, why did I have it?, but seeing the situation, the most logical explanation would be that and if it really was in my power, there would be many options

I could try to implement many ideas to save more people, such as raising their core mana levels or breeding beasts to help us in the war as they did

But right now I did not have enough mental strength to think about that, for today I just wanted to eat something, bathe and lie down to overcome everything I had seen today

I was mentally very exhausted, when I got home Grandma Rinia gave me some worried looks, but I gave her my best smile and told her not to worry "I'm fine Grandma, I just had a nightmare and I don't plan to let it scare me"

"that's a good look you have there Julian" she said after smiling at me and letting go of the worry she had on her face

After eating and lying down I went over all the scenes I saw in what seemed to be a dream and I swore to myself that I was not going to let that happen, especially now that I think I have the power of the legacy I could not afford to fail, I will save them all and be with them when this is over

The next day, even though I still did not feel well, I decided to stand up and start training

While doing some basic warm-up stretches, I began to remember all the skills that Cecilia possessed as a legacy and began to list them: the first is that she could use all the elements with their deviants included those of the other races, but I do not know if she can copy the arts of the Vritras like the shadow spikes, the soul fire, or the poison, the second that she is able to extract mana from the atmosphere and the Asura level cores which allowed her to be a mage with an atomic bomb in her hand, the third was to repair and improve mana cores with her own power, the mere fact of having the ability to do that made her an incredible weapon, it was like having a strategic bomb that will destroy everything it has without unnecessary damage, it was understandable why Agrona wanted that power

The fourth was the mana vision, she could see the mana particles in the atmosphere, most likely she could interrupt spells before they formed as Arthur did; but with more effectiveness I wonder if it will be as effective as Realmheart

Finally there were the pure mana constructions, it was not something too amazing, but it would be utilitarian depending on the situation and if I manage to combine it with something else I could make it deadly

If I added to those skills the mana rotation, the mana transfer, the Mirage Walk and the Burst step integrated with my mana control I could be a force to be reckoned with, for Agrona and Kezess.

I must move very carefully, one is desperate to get me to use me as his pawn of war and the other as soon as he knows I exist, he will not hesitate to blow up all Dicathen with the world devourer just to eliminate me

I must keep my skills under control until the opportune moment, fortunately they do not know the skills of the legacy and I can camouflage it as simply a higher affinity with mana, that should keep the facade until we have gathered enough power

As a first step for my aspirations, I must find Silvia, she probably knows something more about the dream I saw, besides I can ask her to teach me the mana rotation and if she knows the techniques of Mirage Walk and Burst Step, but it is not yet time I must go at the right time a year before she meets Arthur

For that there are approximately a year and a half left, I will take advantage of this time to strengthen myself and experiment with my skills, after that I will try to get answers from her

When I finished stretching I noticed the forest dog a few meters away What is that dog doing here?