Chapter 735 Chaos

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Nobility is said to be the leaders of the people, they must guide them to prosperity and protect them. Although many nobles abuse their position to do the complete opposite, torturing others, abusing them, and making their lives as miserably as they can. Nobles are supposed to be good people that can help and guide others. Arthurious was taught this by his mother, despite her never having the hope for him to become a leader in the future.

However, even as a Prince, he still had a certain influence over other people, and as he saw the people panic and run away, he had to do something to calm down the masses, as they were hurting one another to run faster.

He quickly mounted Blackie with his mother, running in front of the doors outside and calming the people by making Blackie unleash a loud roar.

"MEEEEE!"

"E-Eh?!"

"Guah!"

"W-What?!"

"It's the young prince…"

Arthurious looked at the people with a serious yet calm expression on his face, as he seemed to be acting as a figure of authority even as a child. The people naturally stopped moving and panicking before his presence.

"People, please calm down and walk outside carefully, if you panic too much, you'll hurt one another and only make things worse… Evacuate in a line!"

The people quickly obeyed him, as they seemed to help one another stand up, some people had ended in the floor due to all the commotion, so it was very convenient that he came to help everybody before they were crushed by the foot of all these people walking over them.

"You did it, Arthurious!" Said his mother, hugging him from behind.

"Y-Yeah, but still, I don't really know what's going on in the arena… Is Uncle Frank alright? W-What about Miriam? Oh gods…" Sighed Arthurious. As he secretly loved Miriam, he couldn't help but grow constantly more and more nervous about what was happening in the arena.

"Don't worry, everything is going to be alright, trust them, they're strong after all." Said his mother. "One of the most important things a ruler must learn is to trust their friends, allies, and family."

"R-Right… Thank you mother." Said Arthurious.

"Meeee!"

"And you too, Blackie." Arthurious smiled, as he suddenly felt the presence of something ominous behind him… It was his brother, the one he had just beaten down as there, standing still. His Wyvern wasn't there either though, he was alone. Most of the people had evacuated by now, but he was there looking at him as if he were a zombie or something.

"That's your brother Hectarious? What's going on with him?" Wondered his mother.

"I-I don't know… Brother? Are you alright?" Asked Arthurious.

"You damn… damn stupid bastard… You rat… vermin!" Roared Hectarious, as he suddenly looked back at Arthurious, his entire body emanated a completely dark aura, and when Arthurious noticed it well, there was something strange over his head, a weird fleshy red-colored six-eyed squid tightly stuck over his head… It was fueling him with strange dark powers.

<br/>"B-Brother? What's… in your head?" Asked Arthurious while swallowing saliva in fear.

"Heheh… This is a gift… from grandpa…" Said Hectarious. "My mind… feels so light now!!!" Hectarious cried, as his hands and feet suddenly began to grossly shapeshift into long and fleshy tentacles!

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Within the throne room, the Old Emperor looked into the crystal ball's projection of what was happening, seeing the Guardian protecting Miriam while fighting his three servants, all while Hectarious fought Arthurious.

"Hm, things are going a bit accelerated, but I don't mind it, the quicker I get what I want, the best." He said with a smile. "It appears to be that the Malice-Sucking Squid is working wonders with Hectarious… The gift from the Outer Gods has proven to be of great help… It appears that my other self back in that world… which seems to be the original world of the Guardian, is already beginning to open the gate to the Outer Realm, good…." The Emperor laughed, as he looked greedily at the imagery shown to him.

"You desire to harvest the body of the youngling quickly, my lord?" Wondered one of his servants, a gorgeous and devilish looking woman.

"Yes, as long as Hectarious can get near him I will transfer my consciousness… It shouldn't take so long." Said the Emperor. "I had already prepared everything, after that, my body will be used as the last material to revive Bahamut, make sure to move it to the altar… The Guardian is strong, I don't know if they can defeat him and his lackeys, but at the very least they can buy us time."

The old man stood up as he walked into a magic circle in front of himself, looking at his old hands, a smile surged on his lips.

"I can't wait to get a new and young body… I will be able to unleash my truest potential in such a way." Laughed the Emperor. "After that… the Fragments… well, I still got a lot already, it is not as if more are necessary, but the more power the better."

"My lord, are you still able to recall the memories?" Wondered the woman.

"The memories of my past before being the ancient human? No…" Sighed the Emperor. "But this connection I have with my other selves, the knowledge I already possess, and this drive which had been guiding me since the beginning… It is without a doubt the indicative that I am meant to do something even greater than this… The events are finally aligning together after all. Whatever was my true identity… I will find out soon anyways."

The Emperor, a mysterious man that has been living for thousands of years by transferring his soul into the bodies of his descendants was a man that knew more than what humans should. Since the beginning of his life as a human that stepped into the world of Gaia that he knew he was meant to do something even greater. Over time, he learned there were many "fragments" or "parts" of him that belonged to other places… and all of them contacted him over time, telling him what he should do.

And finally, amidst the chaos, that time will soon come.

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