The Ancients World

~~~(Location: Outside Elenahiers Dungeon, Elven Kingdom)~~~

~~~(Time: 7:12 AM)~~~

My concerns for Hailey aren\'t as serious as before. Mostly due to her not looking like hell anymore. Jasmine must\'ve convinced her to relax. That\'s impressive... It\'s hard to get through the head of anyone with Adamo blood. "Is everyone ready?" Helda looks around the small campsite we\'ve made, and everyone is standing outside a tent.

Sally and I are standing together, and Helda\'s eyes stop on Hailey. "Do you think you can handle this? I\'m debating if I should let you come with us or not. You could end up a liability." Hailey doesn\'t react in a negative way. She hardly reacts at all. "Good, if you had said anything, I\'d have requested you say out here. Since you agree, it means your head is clear now." Clever method.

Helda starts walking to the entrance of the dungeon, and it\'s truly an immaculate design. Massive silver gates block our way into the massive stone brick path. "Once we\'re inside, always call out where monsters are coming from within your view. Communication will make this far easier for us." Helda and Melimora walk to the silver gate together and place their hands on it.

We follow behind them, and we stand in a circle around them, and the gate to the dungeon slowly opens. The stone path lights up from the magical lanterns on the walls, and we cross the barrier separating the dungeon and Gaia. "The monsters we\'re facing are called the children of Saeramar. He was the mad son of Elenahier." The lore junky in me is going crazy.

Learning new things about The Ancients World, aka Gaia, is one of the few things that I\'d say I enjoy greatly. It was once first, but it\'s been replaced by being with Sally. "Many elven people have perished in this dungeon, and while it\'s not as long as others in the Elven Kingdom, it\'s one of the most dangerous." Melimora takes over the explanation for Helda.

They slowly draw their swords after a few more steps, and everyone in the group also follows suit. "Saeramar took over his mother\'s work and practices, but he was far too unstable mentally to have the support of the Elven royal family. There is no knowledge of what happened to Saeramar." Saeramar isn\'t a name I\'m familiar with in the slightest anywhere.

My blade hasn\'t been used in a bit, and I\'m excited that I actually get to fight again. Despite the fact that I have to protect almost everyone, it\'s still an opportunity to cut loose. The only one I don\'t have to protect actively is Hailey. She\'s got a Legendary class and knows how to use it. Sally and Jasmine have powerful classes, but they\'re lacking levels.

Emerald... She\'s waiting outside the dungeon and guarding the camp. Hailey has given her strict orders to run if anything too powerful shows up. I open my player interface, and I toggle my wings on. As they sprout from my back, I hear multiple gasps from behind me. "Ohh... That\'s right... We didn\'t tell you guys..." Helda stops and starts to talk.

The shocked expressions of Leila, Freskra, and Ashburn almost make me laugh. "Cera is actually Slayer Zern, The Son of Arch-Angel Michael. He\'s the reason I\'m even trying this crazy idea, but I figured if there is anyone that can dethrone the royal family, it\'d be him." Helda\'s calm and relaxed explanation falls on deaf ears.

In the next second, all three of them are bowing to me. The slight glow from my golden wings is lighting up the hallway a bit. "Please, don\'t bow... Despite what everyone says, I\'m still half-human." They raise their heads in hesitation. I\'m not someone that likes the idea of being bowed to. The whole idea of that life seems inconvenient.

The first to stand is Ashburn, and he looks beyond nervous. He\'s trying his best to put on a normal face, but it\'s coming out contorted from the stress. "Get on your feet, you idiots!! We don\'t have time to play through this crap!" Hailey is adamant about making sure this doesn\'t take too long. Leila and Freskra both stand up, and that ends that.

Faster introductions are far more effective. In my opinion, it doesn\'t give people time to pucker their lips and try to kiss my ass. My wings are slightly folded due to the cramped tunnel. I can\'t fully let them spread out. If I did, they\'d tear a long path through the walls as I move. "The first encounter with monsters should be about 35 feet ahead." In this tiny tunnel? Great...

~~~(POV: Leila)~~~

~~~(Location: Inside Elenahiers Dungeon, Elven Kingdom)~~~

~~~(Time: 7:28 AM)~~~

No wonder Helda and Melimora were convinced to go along with this crazy plan! Slayer fucking Zern is helping them!! Talk about a curveball! I knew Cera was powerful from the way he looked and held himself... That\'s why I couldn\'t sense a distinct power from him!! He\'s a divine being, and as a mortal, I wouldn\'t be able to sense it!!

My eyes fall on my husband Freskra, and he\'s looking sick to his stomach. He\'s a devoted follower of the Gods of Light, and this is a big deal for him... "You doing alright, honey..." There are pops as his stiff neck turns towards me and his smile is forced and funny looking. "Remember... He wants to be treated normally... You can tell, right?" My whisper causes him to flinch.

Cera has to deal with this all the time, and heading to the populated areas must be hard... I feel for the kid. I really do... Having the responsibility that he has must weigh heavily on his shoulders. Sally has lucked out, from what Melimora has told me. She sleeps with Cera often, and not the type of sleep where you close your eyes and dream. She\'s his girlfriend, and that\'s awesome.

He can see past the obvious stigma that Sally carries, and it\'s easy to see that Jasmine and Sally are ex-slaves... He loves her and treats her like she\'s a woman to be loved and cherished, despite knowing about her past. Both men and women would cast Sally aside as a friend, lover, or acquaintance learning the truth... It\'s a sad reality...

The sounds of monsters and snarls are heard just ahead of us, and everyone\'s body tenses up. I watch Cera\'s wings, and the Legend of an angel\'s wings are burned into my mind. He\'s got golden wings, not white ones... Golden wings are what Arch-Angels have... Nothing short of a legendary weapon can harm the wings, and they can be used as weapons too...

~~~(POV: Violet Adamo)~~~

~~~(Location: Remote Forest, Elven Kingdom)~~~

~~~(Time: 7:40 AM)~~~

Losing the people chasing after us has taken far longer than I hoped. We\'re two and half days away from Cera and Hailey\'s current position. "Don\'t you dare say anything to me right now, Chris!!" My anger is misdirected at him, but I want to be alone right now. He sighs, and despite my threat, he stands next to me and hugs me.

My anger goes away, and my arms wrap around him too. "Get a room!!" Marcus\'s childlike voice interrupts us, and it causes both of us to laugh as we pull apart. I walk over to Marcus, and I pick him up. While he\'s light now that I\'m strong, he\'s just too big to carry in my arms anymore. "Mom! C\'mon, I\'m not a little kid anymore!" He struggles free and lands on the ground.

He runs ahead of us, and I die a little inside hearing that. My youngest child is growing up way too fast. My husband places his hand on my back and leans me on his body. "We\'ll reach them... I promise..." Yeah... I just hate how long it\'s taking us. My kids are so close... Yet so far away... "He\'s really growing up... He\'ll probably be as tall as Cera..." My memories flash...

The first moment Cera passed me in height plays in my head... It didn\'t take him long... He\'s 6\'3 now, but that day sucked...

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A/N: Below this line, I\'ll be keeping Cera\'s player information. That way, I won\'t have to place it into the story above anymore. It takes about 180 words up.

[Slayer (Zern) Lvl.193]

[Exp: 3/100%]

[Title: The Son of Arch-Angel Michael (Hidden)]

[Stats] [Strength - 7095][Endurance - 7045][Dexterity - 7215][Speed - 8240][Focus - 19,660]

[Mana aura control: 6/100%]

[Health: 76,560,000,000/76,560,000,000] [Mana: 216,600,000,000/216,600,000,000]

[Stat Points: 30] [Armor rating: 500]

[Inventory] [Dice of Wayland (Divine)] [Hardened Tree sap Armor (Very Rare)] [The Witness (Legendary Sword)] [Fenrir\'s Whistle (Divine)] [Sally\'s Dresses 5x] [Camping gear] [Food Rations 4x] [Dried meat 4x] [Fishing poles 2x] [Fish 8x] [Festival Garbs 2x]

[Passive Perks]

[Inheritor of the Sword] [Son of Heaven] [Slayer of Evil] [Holy Willow Trees Savior] [Finder of Legends] [The Divine who has Legend] [Destined for Greatness] [Dungeon Diver] [An Overachiever]

[Active Skills]

[Heavens light Lvl.59 325/5900] [Protected by Heaven Lvl.59 225/5900] [Slash Lvl..77 4600/130000] [Parry Lvl.53 80/5300] [Double Strike N/A] [Kingslayer N/A] [Raging Machine N/A] [Winged Glory] [Angelic Flight] [Divine Pressure Exertion] [Divinity Pulse] [Controled Fun]