Chapter 193: How He Met Gaia (Past Chapter)

"That went well." Kai said to himself as he stretched his body and looked up at the sky. It was crystal clear with a flock of birds traveling north.

He was currently on the land of air and had just come from the elemental ruler of air's palace. After his epic failure moment with Levina, he had tried again with the elemental ruler of water and had found her to be quite different than the others.

He had become good friends with her and had decided to check his luck with the ruler of air which had led to him being hung upside down near a cliff and being tossed down with special restraints all over his body.

But those didn't stop him from teleporting away as he currently peered at the beautiful sky of the wind realm.

"Let's try it with the youngest elemental ruler. According to Mariel, her name is Gaia and she is the elemental ruler of earth." Kai muttered as he teleported out of the wind realm and appeared in the blue realm again.

His eyes then scanned the area for a few seconds as he teleported to a particular one and saw a brown portal in front of his eyes.

He entered the portal as his surroundings changed and he was suddenly dropped at the bottom of a hill.

"This place is... dull." Kai commented as he looked around with a bored expression. He was around a village that had stone huts and spiritual beasts pushing around carts.

Spirits roamed around the village in different forms and everyone had a small smile on their face.

The place looked a little too old as Kai disguised himself and rose in the air. His cultivation was now at the 1st stage of the sage core realm thanks to the special pill created for him by Risea.

'Guess that fruit was really worth it since it helped me advance by an entire realm.' Kai thought as he passed marshlands and quicksands.

The spiritual beasts below were lying on the sand as they enjoyed the feeling of the sun on their bodies. If Kai were in their place, he would do the exact same thing.

The realm of earth was much plainer than he had thought it would be and the spirits living here were normal compared to the other realms.

"I wonder how Gaia would be. The other four elemental rulers I have interacted with were all very different from each other. Would she be that different too?" Kai wondered out loud as he finally spotted the palace after a few hours.

It was a good thing that he managed to find the palace without getting lost. It was made from a glowing blue metal as Kai suddenly stopped as his eyes slowly widened.

"Is that Jadetial?" Kai muttered with an open mouth as the blue metal gleamed in the day.

"Yes, it is Jadetial." He suddenly heard as he turned back to look at Gaia staring at him with a small smile.

She had shoulder-length brown hair and was wearing a strapless dress with a cross-shaped earring. She had a necklace with a pink crystal around her neck as she stared at Kai's face with a small smile.

(Check this paragraph comment for her image.)

"Why are you looking at me like that? Did you really think that none of us would figure out who you are? Honestly, just tell me what you want." Gaia said as Kai sighed and removed the illusions around him.

"Honestly, I don't want anything from you guys. Ask Mariel what she wants to do since she was the one who asked me to meet you all." Kai replied as Gaia narrowed her eyes.

"Mariel huh. She is probably taking care of that issue so that is why she asked you to help us. Well whatever, it's not like we need your help." Gaia shrugged as Kai raised his eyebrows.

"You are about to receive six hundred and sixty-nine suitors today." Kai suddenly said as Gaia frowned.

"How do you know that and why should I believe you?" She asked as Kai just shrugged.

"I was getting bored while flying over all these cities towns and whatnot so I decided to read the minds of a few people on my way here. And honestly, courting you is said to be an act of bravery in this place so good luck handling that many spirits." Kai said with a wave as he started flying away when he suddenly froze.

"Who said that you could leave my realm so easily? The other realms might have been different but you can't escape mine." Gaia said with a small smile as she went forward and poked Kai's chest with a finger.

"What do you want?" Kai asked calmly as Gaia thought about it for a second.

"If you help me fend off all the suitors, then I will come with you to meet Mariel and see what she has to say." Gaia answered as Kai's body unfreeze and he could move again.

"That's going to be easy." He said with a sharp grin as he suddenly moved forward and circled his arms around Gaia.

"What are yo-" Gaia began to say but was abruptly stopped as Kai went forward and kissed her.

"Let's see how this affects your realm." He broke off the kiss after a few seconds and whispered in Gaia's ears before stepping back.

"You!" She exclaimed in anger as a blue sword made from Jadetial appeared in her right hand.

"You don't release what's going to happen, do you?" Kai asked as Gaia suddenly stopped and the realization hit her.

"People say us kissing each other and they are going to think that you are someone special." Gaia replied as Kai nodded his head in approval.

"Even though that was an abrupt manner, it might just work." Gaia said as she started moving towards her palace gestured for Kai to follow her.

'That was sweet.' She suddenly thought as she touched her lips before shaking her head and moving forward with Kai.