Destroying My Own World

Aurea groaned weakly as she slowly opened her eyes, but she couldn't move her arms. When she looked down on her body, she realized her whole body had been turned to crisp. She lost her left arm, half of her right arm, and both of her legs from the explosion. Continue your saga on My Virtual Library Empire

She never thought she could survive from that and she was glad that her body could withstand it. But suddenly she heard a sword slashing in the distance and a faint conversation between a man's voice and Luciel's voice. When she looked to her left, she was shocked when she saw Luciel killing Lillith by stabbing her sword right into Lillith's chest.

She groaned and mumbled in anger and disbelief at the same time when she saw Luciel alive and unharmed. She wanted to fight her and stop her from killing others because she cared about some of them who had accepted her for who she was.

While she struggled to move her body, she noticed that both Luciel and Mykel were staring at her from the distance. She was petrified when they both decided to approach her, especially with the sword in Luciel's hand and Lillith's body that she dragged on the other hand.

"As expected of my sister..." Luciel said as she looked down at Aurea who tried to crawl. "She survived that even though she was the closest to the explosion," she was amazed by Aurea's body because she almost lost her life even though she was far away from the explosion.

"Are you going to let her live?" Mykel asked and stared down at Aurea who was furious and wanted to kill both of them by the way she glared at him and Luciel.

"Not a chance..." Luciel tossed Lillith's body on top of Aurea's body. "She will meet with her sisters and I hope she will pay for what she did," she swung her sword and stabbed both Aurea and Lillith in the head and skewered them with her sword.

Mykel looked at Aurea's expression before she died, and then grabbed both Lillith's and Aurea's life essences after Luciel took their power. Those two were the last ones excluding Jeanne and Edith who were still alive.

Luciel turned around and looked at Jeanne in the far distance, as small as a dot from her perspective. She then blinked in and appeared right in front of her with the sword in her hand ready to behead her.

"Any last word?" Luciel rested the tip of the blade on Jeanne's left shoulder.

"Did you know that the Mother died?" Jeanne asked as she used her sword to support her weak body.

"So? I do respect her, but I don't have any sympathy toward her if something happened to her," Luciel put the tip of the blade on Jeanne's throat. "Your time is about to end and yet you still think of others. How noble, for someone who brought down the one that you should respect as the ruler," she continued.

Jeanne had nothing to say because she had nobody else to give her a reason to live. She accepted her defeat by raising her head, showing her neck to Luciel, and surrendering to herself.

Luciel flicked her sword and Jeanne's head fell to the ground and rolled to her feet. Edith who was standing next to Jeanne was waiting for her turn since she had no power to fight Luciel.

"Don't worry, you won't feel a thing," Luciel looked at Edith and then swung her sword at Edith's neck.

Luciel took both Jeanne's and Edith's powers, and she finally managed to get all the powers of the Erves. It was unfortunate that she couldn't get Lyneth's power since it would be the most reliable power of them all. But she didn't complain because she already had a handful of power that she barely scraped the surface within her.

"You got what you wanted," Mykel appeared in front of Luciel and stared her in the eyes. "Tell me when you're ready. I will be waiting in that beautiful world of theirs," he opened a portal behind him.

"You're not going to go back down there? That place is empty since I killed the people that lived there. Aren't you going to be lonely?" Luciel asked.

"I was living in solitude for eternity before you even set your foot in this world. A few years would fly by in the blink of an eye," Mykel answered and entered the portal.

Mykel walked in the middle of the city with marbles floating in front of him. A total of forty-three marbles represented each of the people that had been following him. He couldn't wait to bring them all back once he finished his task from Aevia, but before his mind could think of that moment, Aevia appeared right in front of him.

"That's such a wholesome thought you have there," Aevia said and stared Mykel in the eye. "But you need to remember that I'm the one who decides whether I'm going to let them live or not. I did say you can get them all back, but I didn't say that they need to be alive," she pointed out.

"Is this how you're going to play the game? Forcing me to use my wish to let them live instead of using it on something else?" Mykel asked with his eyebrows raised.

"That depends. The bet we made is to get Elestria's heart during your task here. Once you killed Luciel, the deal is over and you lose the bet," Aevia answered.

"Is that so?" Mykel chuckled and smirked at Aevia because he found it a fun challenge. "Well then, I'm going to enjoy my stay here," he said and walked past Aevia.

Aevia furrowed her eyebrows as she turned around to look at Mykel and immediately read his thoughts. She realized the challenge had no time limit and the reason why Mykel didn't bother with it was because he could postpone the battle with Luciel as long as he wanted.

"You might be the greatest creator, but when it comes to uncertainty, you have no experience because you always know what's going to happen," Mykel said as he put all the life essences away and kept it safe. "I will use the wish to bring them all back to life. So please grant that wish. That will put you at ease, right?" he waved his hand and then went to check the biggest and tallest building.

Aevia looked at the sky and when she tried to read the future, that was when she noticed the future hadn't been determined. It was a blank empty screen because of the clock needles moving in different directions and stopped moving the moment Mykel decided to do nothing. The needles had stopped moving because of Mykel, he was the one who decided the future and what it would become.

"Uncertainty... that's something I never thought of," Aevia squinted her eyes and then disappeared into thin air.

Mykel opened his eyes and knew that time had passed for five years, and he knew the time had finally come. He saw Luciel coming out of the rift that she had opened and looked for his whereabouts.

Luciel snapped her fingers and she split the city in half by pushing it away to two different sides. She could manipulate the world using Edith's power and found Mykel sitting on the bed where the building was cut open in half.

"Before we go, can you give me a moment? It would be fair since I waited for you for five whole years," Mykel said as soon as Luciel landed right in front of him. "Give me a week. There's some unfinished business I need to do down there," he explained.

"Of course. I can wait that long," Luciel snapped her fingers to show off her new power by putting the city back to how it used to be. "I'll be here," she said.

Mykel nodded his head and then opened a portal.

(In the Queen's palace)

"Your Majesty, I apologize for my rudeness, but please reconsider your situation," A woman in a suit looked at Elestria with a worried expression. "Your Majesty is already past the time to make an heir. The longer Your Majesty stays alone, the less it is for Your Majesty to be able to conceive," she explained.

"So you don't believe in her? Elysande and I have taught her to become a Queen of this kingdom. We both believed that she's capable and worthy to rule this kingdom," Elestria answered as she signed the documents. "Find me someone that you think they're better than her. Once you find it, I will reconsider it," she pointed out.

The woman knew that it was impossible to convince Elestria to find a partner and get married. Everyone had the same concerns and worries about the future of the kingdom where they wouldn't have a right heir for the throne. They didn't dare to say the child was a mere commoner, a girl who was found in a dark alley.

"Take these documents. I'm going to change my dress because Lady Melissa is coming to visit," Elestria said as she stood up.

Elestria went to her chamber and walked to the dressing table and sat on the chair. She looked at herself in the mirror and she noticed wrinkles started to appear around her eyes. She counted every single day for the past five years, waiting for Mykel to come back, but she started losing faith.

"Your Majesty!" A maid knocked on the door.

"What's the matter?" Elestria looked at the door with her eyebrows furrowed.

"Sir Alester is back!" The maid answered.

Elestria jolted from the chair, flipping it down to the ground as she ran out of the chamber. She didn't care about anything else but to go to the hall as soon as she could. On her way to the hall, she saw Elysande running in the hallway because she heard about it as well.

The moment they reached the hall, they saw Mykel staring at the hall that had changed. He was showing his back and didn't realize those two were already in the hall. When he turned around, he looked at them and smiled as he bowed his head to greet them.

"It's been a while, Your Highness, My Lady," Mykel said as he raised his head.

They both didn't say anything and ran toward him and hugged him so tightly. They couldn't believe that it was really him and they thought they were dreaming.

"How dare you make us wait for five years..." Elestria said as her arms trembled in joy on Mykel's chest.

"I kept my promise, Your Highness, so please forgive me," Mykel responded with a gentle smile.