Odyssey of the Blind God

Nial was not sure if it was only because Celine looked like the three women that had appeared in his mind, but he felt oddly protective of her.

He didn't really want anything to happen to her and clenched his fists tightly.

If he wanted to help her, he would have to act soon, otherwise, her family would be killed, and Celine would be sad.

That was not something Nial wanted to see, which was why he retrieved a blue crystal from his pockets. It was a messenger crystal that allowed him to message the captain of the hidden agents around him with the use of mana.

However, upon channeling mana into the messenger crystal, Nial noticed that something was odd.

'The messenger crystal doesn't work? No, it's working, but it cannot find the receptor. Did the messenger crystal of the agent captain break?'

Nial began to frown, and a heavy sigh escaped his lips.

'Are they dead?'

The worst possible theory appeared in his mind. The hidden agents might have been killed to give Celine a chance to kill him. Of course, this would attract much more attention since it would be even weirder if all hidden agents and Nial were to die. Was it really necessary to ask a child to kill him, if they killed the hidden agents as well?

Nial was not too sure about that, but it was also not too important right now. He hoped that the agents were fine and that there was a different reason for the inability to communicate with the agent captain.

"If you tell me where your parents are held captive, I might be able to help you," Nial told Celine while rummaging through his pockets.

He was searching for something and hoped that he would find it soon.

Celine was still crying, looking at him somewhat helplessly. Her brain seemed to be short-circuiting, and she was unable to say anything for a while.

Before she could say anything, a commotion spread through the surrounding area. Loud voices could be heard everywhere around the kindergarten with children exclaiming in joy, and adults voicing out their shock and astonishment.

The reason for their shock and exclamations was none other than a huge red dragon flying high up in the sky. The huge wings of the Blaze Dragon looked small from the large distance between the sky and the earth, but even then, everyone was able to see it.

It was Red, the Blaze Dragon, whose size seemed to be expanding as he descended towards the ground.

The Blaze Dragon's wings beat fiercely, creating a gust of wind that nearly sent kids flying. His eyes were fixed on the rooftop of the kindergarten, where Nial and Celine could be seen.

Seeing Nial, who was safe and sound, Rex's unstable Mana seemed to stabilize in an instant. Nonetheless, the Blaze Dragon continued to descend. The teachers pulled the kindergarten children away before Rex landed with a thud, his enormous body casting a huge shadow over the entire kindergarten.

The children looked up in awe, while the adults were frozen in fear as they realized the potential danger they were in.

A shadow that had been standing on Rex's back burst through the air, landing on the rooftop, where a beautiful woman replaced the darkness that had been cast over the shadow.

The beautiful woman was none other than Nial's mother, the Empress of the Lacardian Empyrean Void. Her expression was filled with worry, and she only eased up upon seeing Nial patting the head of a little girl.

Three black needles were still stuck in his chest, but Nial didn't seem injured. His mana was stable and there was not a single trace of blood around the black needles.

Nial saw the stiff expression on his mother's face upon seeing the black needles. Thus, he quickly showed her the golden scales that had grown beneath his clothes and above his skin.

"I am fine, mom. Don't worry," He said with a small smile on his face.

Nial had yet to remove Goldy's scales, but that was not something he was in a hurry with. Celine was in a bad mental state, and she might desperately attempt to attack him if she were to hear news of her parents' death. Though Nial was not too sure whether her parents were dead or not, the chances were slim.

"We lost signal to the agents, and I couldn't reach you with the messenger crystal either so I came by to take a look. But…it looks like something happened," The Empress explained the reason for her sudden emergence.

Her voice grew colder the more she said, and it was not long before her head flicked to the little girl. Celine was a cute little girl, who was crying bitterly. Seeing the little girl caused the Empress to feel as if someone was pulling her heartstring. This was something only Nial ought to be able, but somehow the little girl could do the same just by crying.

However, rather than approaching the little girl, the Empress' eyes narrowed.

"She is already a Summoner? Why is she crying…did she attack you?" The Empress was pretty sure that the black needles that were still stuck in Nial's chest weren't something powerful.

It was likely that they had been used by a weak Familiar, a weak Summoner, or younglings. The Empress didn't quite understand the situation yet, but there were no powerful opponents around her. There were only Nial and the little girl, whose head was patted by the Crown Prince.

He seemed to be trying to calm her, which was not something Nial did often. He really didn't approach other people easily.

Something must have happened, and by connecting the dots, the Empress was able to create the most likely scenario.

"The Kingdoms? Traitors? These bastards!"

The Empress' Mana surged out of her body. The ground around her began to crackle and the entire building began to shake.

"Mom?"

Nial's voice pulled the Empress out of her rage. She looked straight at Nial's serious face and calmed down rapidly.

"What is it, my little prince?"