Chapter 50 - Divine

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"We're finally here," said Jun as he allowed his jade dragon to descend onto the ground slowly in the evening sky.

"We're here?" Julius asked as he began to open his eyes from having been a napping due to him being bored out of his mind.

"Yes, that's what I said, now get yourself ready to mean the final subject," said Jun as his dragon finally landed on the ground. However to both their surprise, instead of the village being a dead wasteland, it was a blooming village with people laughing and enjoying themselves. The aura itself expanded out of the village walls and could be dry by both Julius and Jun.

"Hey, what's the deal with this place?" Julius asked his master.

"I don't even know…" Jun replied before his voice trailed off as he was completely mesmerized by the beauty of the village. It was like no other village that they had gone to, even with greenest grass activated onto them, those villages were nothing compared to this one. The village which Julius was currently facing even looked much bigger than the other villages.

Having no choice but to find out for themselves, Julius and Jun entered the village and began to look for the source of the aura which they felt. The aura was weak, yet it was still existent.

"Good evening to you," said a boy's voice behind Julius and Jun which made the two of them jump back from being startled.

When they looked at the boy who had spoken to them, the two realized that he was the source of the aura. It was a boy which looked to be the same age as the other subjects yet he looked shorter than Julius. The boy himself had red hair and wore a white toga just like his fellow subjects.

"G-good evening, you must be subject 1," Julius said to the red haired boy.

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"So you've finally come after me. I guess I can't live my life in peace any more," the res haired boy replied to Julius.

"Huh? What do you mean by that?" Julius asked.

"Wait you don't look like someone from 200 years ago," the red haired boy said as he began to get confused as to how someone who wasn't involved in the war knew about him.

"First of all, aren't you supposed to be in a coma of some kind?" Julius asked.

"Well… not technically," the red haired boy replied to Julius.

"Go on then, explain. I've already spoken with the other subjects and they're already on my side so I want you to join me as well and be a part of my army to create a continent where people can live in peace and harmony," Julius said which made the red haired boy have an irritated face.

"Oh really? Then name the other subjects with their real names," the red haired boy scoffed at Julius.

"Sure! Their names are, Spike, Rosie, Liam and Steph," Julius replied proudly which made the red haired boy sigh in sadness.

"Okay then, I should just start from the beginning. I along with 4 others were gathered and cast a spell on which would allow us to cultivate in our sleep until the day were we would wake up from that slumber so that we could take revenge out for the 10th kingdom just incase it lost the war. However, the waking up mechanism was a bit odd. The people who cast the spell on us didn't have enough recourses to put a schedule on all of us so instead, they put the schedule just on me and told me to wake the others up after I did so I could accomplish the mission. It only made sense since I was subject number 1," the red haired boy began to speak.

"So why didn't you wake the others up?" Julius asked.

"There's a simple answer to that. There would be no point in us gathering and taking revenge on the other 9 kingdoms. If we did manage to kill all of them by some miracle, they would probably have a back up plan to kill us in the long run just like the 10th kingdom set us up. You see, the more one side fights, the harder the other side fights back. This struggle continues until both sides die out. So when I woke up, I kept quiet in hope that the others may never be awoken from their slumber yet, here you are telling me that you managed to do the task which only I was supposed to be able to accomplish," the red haired boy finished.

"But my goal isn't to fight. I just want to help the people of the dark district," Julius argued.

"It doesn't matter if you don't want to fight, do you think the other 9 kingdoms will allow the cursed 10th kingdom and continent to be reborn? They won't care who you are, they'll eradicate both you and your followers," the red haired replied.

"Then we'll fight back…" Julius said as he cut off mid sentence when he realized what the red haired boy was getting at.

"You see! There's no point in fighting it, just allow things to continue the way they are. The less enemies there are, the less people have to die," the red hair boy replied which just angered Julius.

"That's wrong! That's completely wrong! You act as is dying is worse than having to struggle to eat once a day. Do you genuinely believe that having to watch as a whole group of people which are only on another side of a thin wall eat as much food as they want, have all the cloths they could ever need and have every luxury which you dream of while you starve is better than death?! You're just scared to fight in a battle yourself so you push your own false ideologies onto others. You're just a coward," Julius insulted the red haired boy which looked to be more angry than ever. In the heat the moment, the red haired boy used a secret art.

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