Chroma and Achromos

Chapter 19: Aram's Victory

Vhor opened his eyes and immediately got up. He immediately grimaced as soon as he felt pain in his stomach.

Right, I was defeated by Achromos. His inner.

Vhor looked at his stomach which was now in bandages and then combed around him. It's at Chraz's palace.

You're too naive, Achromos.

Mysha opened the door just like that and gasped to see Vhor was already conscious. He immediately approached Vhor in a hurry.

"Tu-Master, are you okay?!" Ask panicked.

"Yes. My wounds heal fast." Answer Vhor.

"But you better take a break!" Mysha Exclamation.

"Where's Achromos?" Ask Vhor.

"Your Majesty.. Your Grace.." Mysha seemed so hesitant to continue her words.

"Tu-Master, forgive my sassness, but.. can you fight?"

"Hm? A fight? Otherwise I wouldn't have challenged Achromos." Answer Vhor. "Even if I lose in the end."

Suddenly Mysha clasped Vhor's hand tightly. He looked at Vhor with a glare.

"Sir, please Your Majesty!" Said.

"Help?" Vhor raised his eyebrows.

"L-yes! I know this is very absurd because Sir is injured. B-but at this time, His Majesty went to save Prince Cain. He went alone! What's more he just finished fighting and hasn't rested at all.. I'm afraid something happened to Your Majesty!" Mysha Exclamation.

"Save Cain? Where to?"

"Sa-I don't know.. Im sorry. B-but it seems to have something to do with Scha.. Schatten."

Vhor squinted his eyes at Schatten. He felt foolish to have been deceived by them. He also feels great regret for not being able to save Jane.

"I understand." Vhor.

"Eh? You want to help His Majesty?" Mysha asked with an expanding smile on her face.

"Don't misunderstand me. I just want to crush Schatten to ashes." Reply Vhor cold.

"Thank you! Thank you, Sir! I will also be with you!" Mysha is happy.

"Huh? Whatchu mean?" Vhor furrowed his brows.

"Ah? I've been a nurse since childhood. I-I feel very worried about his situation, therefore I beg you to let me come!!" Answer Mysha.

Vhor did not respond and immediately got up from his seat.

"Then let's go." His word.

"Eh? Where to go, sir? We don't know where His Majesty went." Ask Mysha in surprise.

"Not to worry." Vhor. "I know exactly where he's going."

•••

Achromos darted through the forest that borders Chraz with his black horse that runs at high speed. It's been almost a day since he's been racing non-stop. Inevitably he had to stop for a moment and let his horse rest for a while longer.

Achromos clucked so pity to see his horse exhausted. He had to stop his horse at the edge of a small river to let him drink. He went down and tied his horse to a tree and sat on the ground. He opened the bottle he was carrying and gulped down the contents quickly.

I have to hurry.. His mind clenched his hands tightly.

The sunlight was getting dark and faint. It was already late at night and Achromos had not even reached the end of the Chraz Kingdom. He cursed with annoyance. Though every second was precious, but he could not force his horse to keep going. He could only hope that Chroma and Cain were fine until he came.

Achromos wiped away his dripping sweat. Come to think of it, what he was doing was tantamount to suicide. He went towards the enemy base which had strength beyond the capabilities of ordinary humans alone. He doesn't know how many of them there are. But it barely made him tremble. He would do anything to save Chroma and Cain.

Achromos got up and got back on his horse. He decided to continue his journey until the sun completely set.

•••

"Aram, are you sure about all this?" Shienna—the only female member of Schatten—grasped Aram's hand tightly. Aram immediately brushed off Shienna's hand and approached Chroma who was still asleep.

"It's been this far, and then you want me to stop?" Aram asked as he glanced at Shienna—who instantly cringed— sharply.

"Not only Shienna, I also want to ask you the same thing, Aram." Sambar Fen's.

Aram only let out a long sigh seeing his members feeling doubtful about what he was going to do. But they have done all kinds of things to achieve this, and now they are not sure?

"I don't intend to stop, Shienna, Fen." Reply Aram firmly.

Shienna and Fen could only shut up hearing Aram's steadiness. If Aram had been very sure of all this, they would have obeyed his orders. After all, Aram is not just a leader. For all of them, Aram is everything. They would do anything for Aram, even die once.

"Claist tou rhienn, Xerra." Whisper Aram while rubbing Chroma's hair.

Before long, Chroma opened her eyes and found Aram standing next to her while playing Chroma's silver hair. Chroma almost screamed as soon as she saw Aram's face, but her tongue felt so faintly hateful and angry she was at Aram.

"Oh, Chroma. You're finally awake." Said Aram while grinning happily.

Aram brought his face closer to Chroma's face until now only a few inches away. Chroma opened her eyes wide as soon as Aram kissed her forehead. He felt so disgusted that he wanted to vomit. He really hoped there was a knife or any object that he could use to stab Aram right then and there.

"You!!" Chroma finally got angry.

"Chroma, you're so beautiful.." Said Aram while rubbing Chroma's cheek.

Before long, the entire Schatten members entered the room, distracting Chroma. But Chroma was surprised not to play so he saw someone who should not be there, blending in with the five other Schatten members.

"Cain??!!!" The screams don't believe.

What made Chroma amazingly surprised was not only the figure of Cain who was there, but also how Cain looked at the moment. He wore a black robe and silver mandala earrings, like a Schatten member.

"What..what the hell is this??" Chroma's voice was almost choked. "Why are you here, Cain???"

Cain just looked at Chroma with a blank and cold gaze. During this time, even though Cain had a flat expression, Chroma could still feel all sorts of emotions that he had. But right now, Chroma could barely feel anything. It was as if Cain was a soulless puppet.

"Well, my beautiful daughter is crying." Aram said as he rubbed a trace of tears on Chroma's cheek.

"Don't touch me!!!" Chroma screamed while looking at him sharply. Aram just chuckled.

"Not to worry, Chroma. In a moment, your prince will come to pick you up." Aram again showed a grin that made Chroma sick.

"What do you mean?!" Fizz Chroma.

"Hm.. But before that, I'll take Xerra first!" Aram said cheerfully.

"Xerra?? What'sthat??" Chroma.

"I haven't explained it to you yet, have I?" Said Aram as if he was thinking. He looked back at Chroma. "I'll tell you. Xerra is a nickname for people who have the power of light, but Xerra is also arguably the power itself."

"Power? I don't understand!"

"You want to know why I'm after you, Chroma? And kill your Ash and the people in Ellios who always stick to you like flies? Because you are Xerra and I want her power!! Ahhaha!"

Aram laughed thunderously to make Chroma shudder. He barely understood what Aram meant by Xerra, but he did not care about it and focused on the other words he said. He now knows why Aram didn't kill him three years ago, why Aram massacred the entire Ellios Kingdom, and why he kidnapped him here. He now feels more and more that Ash and Leon died because of it.

No. gabe. Ash and Leon died because of it.

"Everything was planned carefully beforehand. How do you think I can catch you like this fox so easily? Everything was part of my plan, Chroma. When you were hysterical after Ash's death, you turned into 'Chroma the silver-furred fox', a hitman who would only accept jobs to kill vile people. It was beyond my expectations, but your decision made my plans easier. Haha." Aram again chattered without caring about Chroma who could barely follow his words.

"Therefore, I decided to give you a new job. I infiltrated the Kingdom of Hecca and made Shevo my pawn for a long time. That's why you got a job in Chraz Kingdom, it's no coincidence. Braz has helped me a lot in this plan, even though he doesn't know my plan and isn't part of Schatten. He had the heart to kill his wife, slaughter the Chraz people, and make his own son get the nickname 'Dark King' just for fun! I am grateful that the person is a connoisseur of the game, because what he did was very helpful to my plan! After all, he took Chier's advice to marry Achromos and Jane easily because he thought it was interesting! He really thought of this as a game! Ahhaha!" Aram was silent for a moment while looking at Chroma's unfriendly face.

"My goal is to get you a job in Chraz for just one, let you off guard and attack you until you're as helpless as you are now. Because if you're disguised as Jane, you're gonna have to pretend to be a graceful princess and weaken your defenses. After that, I'll just use Hecca to attack Chraz to distract Achromos and catch you easily. Clever, right?"

Chroma really does not dwell on hearing the words of Aram. What he had just heard made his feelings stifle. So, all this time they were actually dancing on Aramaic palms? Almost everything he does is what Aram wants? Like a doll played with threads by her from behind the stage?

"Daaaaan, I so wanted Xerra, a power that could obliterate anything into the light." Aram continued. "Anything, Chroma."

Chroma—who was trying to understand everything—l immediately paled as Aram again grinned. A hateful glint was clearly plastered on his blood-red eyeball. He was very sure Aram had foul intentions if he got Xerra.

"For what?? What are you doing all this for?? Why do you want Xerra?!" Pekik Chroma's.

"Hm.. What do you think for? Haha." Reply Aram. "I think I have enough reasons to wipe out the entire Xan Island."

Chroma looked at Aram with a face full of terror. He could barely process what Aram had just said. Eliminate all of Xan Island? He must be crazy! Xan Island is one of the largest islands in the world on which stand five great kingdoms and several tens of small kingdoms. If Aram obliterates everything, how many hundreds of millions of lives will be lost in his hands.

"Don't.joke.." Chroma said with difficulty because her tongue was almost stuck.

Aram did not rub Chroma and just smirked meaningfully. His hand then touched Chroma's stomach, right on the mandala emblem that was deep red.

"What are you gonna do??" Chroma panicked. His body tried to stretch as much as possible, but he could barely move due to the root of the damn tree.

Quickly and strongly, Aram pressed the emblem with his fingers, making Chroma scream in pain. He immediately made a magic circle over Chroma with his other hand and recited an unknown spell. All the members of Schatten immediately surrounded Chroma and formed a circle with both hands and then recited the mantra repeatedly.

"Ascherin Klau Siacho.."

"Anobis kroin lasch.."

"Schailus protis kenior satus.."

"Trou schalein amnais mori du Xerra.."

"Sollei in artires schatten omne sinnoaris.."

Suddenly, the sound of running footsteps came closer. All Schatten members did not care about it and continued their rituals.

"Groma!!"

Achromos opened the door in front of him violently and found several black-robed figures standing around a silver glow in the middle of the vast room while saying something that sounded like a mantra.

The schatten!! Cain's guess is right!! Achromos.

He immediately pulled out his sword and made a swing ready to attack. As Achromos stepped closer, it suddenly turned into a pillar of silvery light that loomed. Chroma's voice screams echoed, making Achromos finally realize it was Chromos who was in the middle of those people. His tiny body thrashed poignantly on the altar with both hands and feet tied, and a pale white-haired man was touching his belly.

Achromos did not understand what was going on, but he immediately pulled one of the black-robed men violently.

"Stop!!" Excitement tight.

Jona— whose eyes were open because someone pulled his shoulder—lindirectly looked at Achromos with annoyance.

"ah! You're interrupting!" Jona protests while turning her body.

Achromos steps up to approach Chroma, but Jona confronts her with her hand.

"Fight me, stupid king." Jona said with a cold look.

Achromos. Inevitably he had to fight this man if he wanted to save Chroma. No, he had to fight all Schatten members if he wanted to save him. Achromos took a few steps back while looking at Jona alertly.

"Hm.. It looks like it's going to be pretty hard. What if I'm helped with one person?" Said Jona while grinning. His hand then pulled one of the black-robed men reciting a spell and made him turn around and stand next to him.

"Cain??!!" Achromos' eyes barely came out as soon as Cain's figure looked at him expressionlessly. He wore a black robe and silver mandala-shaped earrings. "What does all this mean??!!"

"Haha!!" Jona laughed with satisfaction at the sight of Achromos' face, which looked like she had just seen a ghost.

"Cain, answer me!!!" Jerit Achromos's.

Cain did not answer Achromos and instead took out a sword from his waist. Achromos could hardly believe what he saw. His hand trembled unsteadily, making the sword in his hand nearly fall.

Nah! This is impossible!! Cain is impossible.. The denial in the heart.

The sound of Chroma's screams became deafening as soon as the pillar of light was sucked into Aram's body. Aram grimaced loudly as soon as the light entered his body. Soon, the silvery light vanished without a trace, and Chroma's cry ended unceremoniously. Aram touched his stomach that felt sore not playing and then wiped the blood coming out of his mouth. What he did was a bet, because putting Xerra into his body was almost the same as committing suicide if not careful. Aram even coughed and yelled for a while, but after that he stood up straight and laughed with satisfaction.

"Finally!!! FINALLY!!! HAHAHAHAHA!!!" Excitement in pleasure.

All Schatten— members including Jona and Cain who were facing Achromos— immediately knelt down to face Aram. Achromos was again surprised to see Chlari among them, but his brain was much more filled with questions about what was going on.

"Congratulations, Aram." Speak to all Schatten members at the same time. They all look happy because Aram managed to win this game. Aram was immediately singled out a triumphant grin.

"Finally, I got Xerra!!"

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