Legacy of the Betelgeuse

Chapter 223 - Episode 223: Prevented The Chaos.

I'm walking around and remembering where the Palace building is, and then I find debris that used to be a wall around the palace. I keep walking and look around because I need to secure the Legendary weapons, armors, and accessories that the Emperor keep them safe in his secret chamber. I don't want some players to accidentally find them and loot them, so I need to take them before they do and I will give them to Diamond and Lothair so they can give them back to the future Emperor.

I'm busy looting the equipment while thinking about what just happened. I now realize that Aspen and Aksevel are working together and Aksevel should be the one who recorded the video when I was fighting with Aspen. I never expect those two to work together, but I guess the enemy of my enemy is Aspen's ally now, and since I'm thinking about that, it's easier for them both to gather the players to go against me.

I'm still searching the equipment and then I stumble onto something and I look at it for quite a while since I'm not sure if that's what I think it is, when I'm approaching it, I'm sure that it's what I think it is, it's stairs that lead to the basement but the path is blocked by debris, and I can't go down because of that.

I look at Azrael and wave at him to come over. Azrael is walking towards me and tilts his head.

"Yes, master?"

I'm pointing at the stairs.

"Can you check what's down there?"

Azrael nods.

"Yes, master! I will be right back!"

Azrael shakes his body and Krestan falls to the ground with his head hitting the ground first, then Azrael transforms to his specter form and he flies down to the basement. While waiting for Azrael, I keep looking for the equipment and maybe there's something else like that stairs around the palace that I didn't know exists.

Azrael comes back and he's flying towards me. I look at him while raising my eyebrows.

"What did you find down there?"

Azrael is floating and rolling his body upside down.

"I found so many rooms down there, and there was a room that looks fancy. I saw a few items down there that looked unfamiliar and I don't know what those are. I think someone might have lived down there, master."

I'm humming with understanding while rubbing my chin, then I walk toward Krestan and look at Krestan while slapping his face over and over until he's finally awake. He's groaning and turns around while trying to stand up on his knees.

Krestan looks around and he's a bit confused, then he looks at me.

"Where are we?"

I cross my arms while staring at him.

"Where do you think we are? Of course, we are still in the Eluna Empire's capital city. You destroyed the whole city with that ultimate spell."

Krestan stands up while holding his head and groaning.

"Oh..."

I look at him and then point my finger at the stairs.

"Anyway, I need you to remove the debris over there. I think I found something."

Krestan is shaking his head and then he looks at the stairs. He walks toward the stairs while I'm following him from behind. He looks at it and tilts his head, then he uses his skill [Telekinesis] to move all the debris that is blocking the path, he's going down while moving the debris while I'm following him and looking around.

We are in the basement, we look around and see so many doors in front of us. I look at Azrael and point at the doors.

"So, which room that you saw that has so many unfamiliar items?"

Azrael walks toward the door in the middle and he's sniffing the ground.

"This door, master."

I look at Krestan and we both nod at each other, then I open the door. As Azrael said earlier, this room has a bed and a chair that looks like a throne chair, and there's a mannequin beside the door and it seems that it's used to put the armor on it. We both are looking around the room and I see so many books and documents scattering around the room. Krestan is looking at a specific book and he's squinting his eyes while reading the contents of the book.

Krestan approaches me and he's showing the book in his hand.

"Look at this."

I tilt my head and read the content of the book. All of them are related to the experiment of the subject after they consumed the [Heart of Alucard], and there's some kind of a formula of a medicine pill? Or something like that written on one of the pages. We both are reading the book and then Krestan is pointing at something.

"Read this."

I'm squinting my eyes and reading it out loud.

"The subject will be infected after they consumed the pill, and those who are strong enough will be able to overcome the infection and they will be mutated into a strong human being that's granted with extraordinary skills and strengths. We are still observing the subject and we only have one subject that reaches the peak of the mutation because he possessed the [Heart of Alucard]. The subject's name is K.W. and he's the descendant of our lord Baltizar Wezeis."

Krestan and I are looking at each other for quite a while and we both can't believe what we just read. I sigh with frustration and then walk toward the chair and sit down while processing the information that I got.

"So, all of this time..."

Krestan keeps reading the book while humming and nodding in agreement.

"That is right. It seems that the document Jariel gave you is not false, but it is just a tiny piece of the whole truth and he missed so much important information there."

I'm rubbing my head and it's all connected now and Aspen is the one who holds the trigger. He can shoot the gun anywhere and start the chaos whenever he wants. It's so dangerous now that he's serving both Baltizar and his descendant K.W. I look around and there are so many documents in here and I believe all of them are important, so I'm planning to take all of them and show them to the Ophiuchus so they can know the whole truth.

Krestan is looking at me and nodding up.

"So, what is your plan now?"

I sigh while raising my eyebrows.

"Well, we prevented the chaos, and I guess we can breathe easier for now. I will inform my allies about this and I think Baltizar's descendant wasn't among those subjects that we fought. He must be somewhere out there planning for a new plan."

Krestan nods and then he continues reading the book.

I open my friendlist and message all of them.

[The emperor is dead, all the subjects are dead, the Eluna Empire's capital city is gone. All the armies of the Eluna Empire won't wage war with the Aarus Empire and the Alliance Kingdoms. I did my part, and now it's up to you to do your part to prevent the civil war. Also, there's something that I would like you to know. Come to the house after you are all done dealing with civil war. I will be waiting.]

The Ophiuchus is reading the message I sent to them and they're all surprised, shocked, laughed, chuckled, and scoffed with disbelief.

(Somewhere in the forest of the Eluna Empire's territory)

Aspen is standing behind Kalitzar and he's bowing down while clenching his fists.

"We failed, my lord. All of your armies are dead."

Kalitzar is humming with understanding.

"I see. Can you tell me, who that person is? He looked quite strong for an individual."

Aspen is nodding.

"His name is Trevor, my lord. He's the strongest person I know, my lord. He was the one who retrieved all the Krestan's limbs back then."

Kalitzar is chuckling quietly while smirking.

"So it was him. It seems that we will have to get rid of this small thorn in our path first."

Aspen lifts his head and looks at him.

"How, my lord? We have no army left and it seems that all of the subjects in the Aarus Empire and the Alliance Kingdoms will be having the same fate as those in the Eluna Empire."

Kalitzar is scoffing.

"That will not be a problem, Aspen. As long as the root is still strong, it will grow again with a better and stronger trunk."

Aspen is tilting his head while furrowing his forehead. Kalitzar turns around and looks at Aspen while pressing his chest.

"As long as I have this in my body, we can start everything from the beginning again, and again until we will rule over the Orion. This is just the beginning and we will make a new path for us and this time, we will make a better plan."

Aspen is looking at his chest and bows.

"Yes, my lord."

Kalitzar walks past him and Aspen is still on his knee. Kalitzar leaves the room and Aspen is smirking while chuckling quietly and mischievously.

"I finally found it."