Creators

World Crossroads

After returning from the fight, the king of Glorius kingdom summoned adventurers who had helped find the princess to be rewarded directly. The king also summoned Kouta and Meiga personally for their merits which had kept Glorius from being destroyed.

“By the way Kouta, why are you suddenly here?”

“The noble king sent me back when he received a request for help from Glorius. Then I was sent directly to this place by the magic of the members of the protective hall.”

“Heh.., I never thought Meeden would accept that request so easily.” Meiga said astonished.

“Then, you yourself why can there be a place like this?”

“Eh, me? If I were traveling north. By the way Kouta, about the attack on Meeden kingdom that happened not long ago, did you hear about it?”

“Ah, I heard the news after everything was settled. I really did not expect there would be fools who would dare to do such a thing.”

“How do you think their reasons are behind all that?”

“I have no interest in all that, besides I have also sworn to devote myself to the kingdom, whatever feels will harm the kingdom then I will eliminate it!”

That was not the answer Meiga expected, but knowing that the words were spoken by Kouta himself, Meiga felt that there would be a complicated relationship between them someday.

“We're here!”

It was seen that some royal servants welcomed the arrival of the two of them and delivered them to the king's room.

“Yes, Mr. Kouta and Miss Meiga have arrived!”

Oi, how could they still think of me as a girl?

“Please them to enter!” Tell the king to his servant.

Krieet...

The waiter opened the door for the two of them.

“You called us your highness?” Kouta said with great respect.

“Ah, no need to be too formal like that. Since you guys have done a great service for this kingdom, I as the king just want to give you a gift in gratitude!”

“If we want something special, will you give it?” Meiga asked directly to the king.

“As long as I can give it then I will work on it. What does Miss Meiga need right now?” The king asked Meiga.

Kouta chuckled as he heard the miss's words over and over again, seeing that reaction made Meiga quite irritated towards him.

“Right now I desperately need information about the northern world, then after searching for that information I heard only the kingdom has it. Can you help in this?”

“Ah, for that information, I guess I want it too.” Interested Kouta also asked the king.

“No problem, it is not a secret knowledge. But only the people who never want to know. By the way Miss Meiga, why do you seem so interested in the northern world?”

“There is a business that I must immediately settle there, therefore I must as soon as possible get information about places in the northern world!”

“No problem, I will tell you everything I have.”

After that, the king began to tell him everything he knew, starting from the geographical and geological of the northern world. But what he said was about the northern world in the previous time, while now there is news about the emergence of a strange gate there, which makes some unknown creatures began to appear there.

“Weird gate, do you know what the gate looks like?” ask Meiga to make sure.

But the king did not know this for sure, he only knew that people called the gate a crossroads of the World that allowed creatures from other realms to gather there.

“Yes, have you heard of the main start and ore page?”

“Ah, isn't it a fairy tale that tells of human glory?”

“Tongs, the glory of mankind, what does that mean?” Kouta is increasingly interested and wants to find out more.

“Ah, I will tell you this.”

Once upon a time, when the king was still a child a royal servant always told a fairy tale whenever he was about to sleep. In the story, it is told about a crime that wants to seize all the good in the world. He began to take all the good in every way so that the evil began to be regarded as a good. Back then, there was a human being who realized the true intentions of the crime and tried to stop it.

But some other people think it is a good, so they defend the evil. Until one day humans split as two groups, they were both good and evil. The good people are those who embrace the evil while the bad people are those who oppose the intention of the evil. They began to fight each other even to involve all the races in this world.

But because of the prolonged war, the good classes began to lose the strong on their side because of the strong determination of the evil classes. But they managed to ask for help from the evil one so as to gain immense power. They also managed to corner the evil classes, even so they could not come out of hiding. At that time, humans were said to be at the peak of power in this world.

Even so, the evil factions did not really lose back then. They only retreat to take greater steps to stop the evil intent. There is even another version that says that they even prepared their strength until now just for the sake of it.

“Then what happened after?”

“Why can it be?”

“Because they made their descendants have two phases of life, so their strength would far surpass that of the Saints upon entering the second phase of their lives!”

“It's impossible right, who are they really until they can become that strong?” kouta asked in great surprise.

“They called his clan Naifola, so the world knew them as Naifola the cursed clan. Even so, it is just a fairy tale, so will the authenticity of the story no one knows.”

“Although it is only a fairy tale, the origin of the story should not be ignored just like that right? In addition, the story should not be accepted easily by people like us.”

“Why do you think like that?” The king asked Kouta.

“If humans are divided into two groups, does it not seem to say that we are the good people who support the evil, right?” Kouta expressed his opinion.

“You are absolutely right, as human beings who can move freely, of course we are not a class of humans who hide from the world like the Naifola clan. I used to think that way too, even so I could not find out at all the truth of this story.”

Amidst the king's and Kouta's very serious conversation, Meiga's face immediately turned very pale hearing the story.

He also began to realize why he never knew about his family and the reason Iris hid his family when entering the kingdom of Meeden.

If that's true, then my reason for going to the north is getting stronger. But, if that was indeed the truth, it might be difficult for me to come face to face with Luna someday.

“Yang noble..,”

“What's Miss Meiga?”

“Regarding my second request, can you provide me with supplies for my trip north?”

“Is there anything else that the lady wants?”

“I think supplies are enough!”

“Are you sure?”

Meiga nodded to answer the king's question. At that time he also got all the necessary supplies, while Kouta was given a magic jewel as a gift for his services.

“Meiga, from now on what will you do?”

“Ah, I will continue my journey north. What about you, Kouta?”

“I'll be back in the kingdom. I just got a message about the invasion of the evil spirit monsters that are getting harder to deal with. The kingdom asked me to take part in the security of the western region.”

“So yeah, then I'll go first!”

“Meiga take care of yourself, I'll look forward to our next fight!”

“I hope that day will be.” Leaving those words behind, Meiga immediately continued his journey north.

**

After months of traveling, Meiga finally made it to the slaughter ground. It was a very barren place and was filled with an evil aura. Knowing that he had gone that far, he felt that the sooner he moved, the sooner he realized his expectations. He continued his journey in the land of slaughter right then and there, but when he stepped his feet further, suddenly a sandstorm so great came to him.

“This.., how can? Though just now there was no sign of a sandstorm this big!”

In the midst of the sandstorm, Meiga's body slowly began to be sucked into the desert. Without being able to fight, he was completely absorbed by the desert. But what he found there was not a death, but a realm completely different from what he had seen before.

“This, don't-don't!” Recalling what the king said, Meigapun used a mask prepared in his provisions to disguise the aura of his native race. He immediately went down the place and began to ask the creatures that were there. And it turns out that's true, they also call that place the crossroads of the World. There, the aliens have their own purpose. They take part in the fight to be the winner and get whatever he wants.

“Any thing, is there no limit in the request of the winner?” meiga asked one of the aliens watching the fight.

“Of course! Because under the ground of slaughter there is also a source of all the treasures in this world. Therefore, humans used to fight with each other on that land. Then we who heard the news also began to create a way here by all means, and finally it was the god of slaughter who made a way for us. Then make the rules by creating this fight.”

“So the god of carnage who will grant our request when becoming a winner in the fight?”

“It's true, but there are various requirements for it.”

“Terms, what is it?”

“You will know if you join this fight.”

If I continue to engage in a fight, then my body will be destroyed faster. But if here I can get the main ore, I think it's a worth it bet. Even though I would still have to go to the first courtyard to search for the lake of immortality in the end, I guess I would be able to avoid the fight on that journey.

With that in mind, Meigapun decided to take part in the fight.