Chapter 1188: Touring Vita
Chapter 1188: Touring Vita
The Vita City Guard continued to posture in the sky, completely suppressing the entire scene with their auras. Today was an important day for the entire empire, so they were lenient by not directly cutting up the brats without a trial.
Alas, their faces became ugly when they noticed that neither Kuro nor Loki stopped their tumultuous fight for even a second, completely ignoring them. After all, to these kids who had spent most of their lives in the Morningstar World and now the Divine Realm, the Main Plane was nothing more than a shabby place filled with poverty that their dad owned.
From their perspective, they were already nice enough to not slap these foolish weaklings into meatpaste!
"Form the Criminal Suppressing Formation!" The Rank 7 Guard Captain roared as they all launched the linked active skill related to their equipment.
Torrents of Worldly Energy and even smidges of Aetheric Energy suddenly gathered in the area, molded to form a bunch of greenish-blue chains and shackles that were semi-corporeal, lashing downward to bind Loki and Kuro on the spot.
"Oh no! Brother Loki and Brother Kuro are in trouble Sister Rosella! What should we do?" Shiro exclaimed with worry seeing that her two darling elder brothers were caged up by the law enforcement team.
Rosella simply scoffed. "Don't worry, Shiro, those two may be reckless, but even I cannot lightly claim to be able to defeat them at my full power, much less these guards."
To buttress her point, once Loki and Kuro felt the chains fall on them, they finally paused their intense fight, gazing at the interrupters with cold gazes. Feeling these malicious gazes from teenagers, the guards were first chilled then ashamed of their fear.
"Stop your fight and come with us for juvenile detention! After you are suitably punished for your behavior, you will be released and be able to carry on with your lives!" The Guard Captain mustered up his courage to shout out since the populace were watching this scene and the number of onlookers only grew with time.
Kuro and Loki shared a look and laughed. Even Rosella couldn't help but smile and lower her head while Shiro was confused yet still worried.
Seeing that the perpetrators were still not submitting and even dared to laugh, the guards became even more unhappy. The Guard Captain's expression became grim, and the reason he had not yet dived in to the fray to cause trouble was threefold.
Firstly because they were kids. Secondly because it was a special day and thirdly because these kids were unmistakably powerful. Their parents or family background had to be powerful, so he only needed them to back down publicly for the sake of Vita's face and he wouldn't make it too difficult for them.
Seeing them react like this, how could he not know that there was a problem somewhere? However, he was currently riding on the back of a tiger, it was extremely difficult to get down from there.
Just as he was about to make a move, he noticed a beam of light approaching him. He was poised to defend against it when it suddenly slowed down and hovered in front of him, spinning around and dimming to reveal itself as a token.
The Guard Captain frowned and received the token, inspecting it casually. However, as soon as he recognized the intricate design and especially the signal his pulse constricted into needle points, his body trembled as if there was an earthquake going on inside him.
The other guards saw this and though that their captain had been sneak attacked, glaring at Rosella down below who had flung the token over. Fortunately, before they could take action to avenge their captain, he raised a hand to stop them from moving, though he was barely able to calm himself.
Immediately, he beckoned his men to stop their high-minded activity and descended to ground level, coming to stand before Rosella solemnly. Before the spectators could guess what, he was about to do, the captain felt to the ground in a completely obeisant posture.
"The inferior mortal captain of Vita Guards greets the Divine Princess!" he shouted out with all his energy, a hint of fear and joy in his tone.
Whoosh!
Immediately, everyone froze as they sucked in deep breaths. Their eyes that glanced at Rosella were instantly cleared of all complicated and varying emotions, leaving only utter respect and worship.
Divine Princess…
This illustrious and potent title could only be borne by one kind of person… the children of the Supreme God of Vita Divine Empire, True God Draco!
BOOM!
This realization made the area explode into fervency. The mortals were almost driven mad by the sight of a Divine Princess before them and quickly began to kowtow in completely obeisance as well.
"Divine Princess! It's a Divine Princess!"
"On this noble day, the Supreme Gods sent down their noble progeny to guide us!"
"Such a powerful aura! Then those two young men must be…"
"Gasp! Divine Princes???"
The Guard Captain heard their words and felt awful inside. To think he gad actually dared to try and suppress two Divine Princes, he must not know how to write the character 'death'!
Loki and Kuro understood that their battle should be postponed since it was not the time for such things. While Kuro merely manifested Destruction Energy to destroy the bindings, Loki simply absorbed the energy and smacked his lips with satisfaction.
Seeing this, the guards were deeply shaken. Their invincible Criminal Suppressing Chains that could even tie up Rank 7 interlopers had been handled like a trash-tier item by these two teenagers. Immediately, they understood that, Divine Princes or not, these two young lads could have easily dealt with them if they so wished.
"Get up." Rosella commanded casually.
The Guard Captain and the guards rose to their feet, lowering their heads with respect and refusing to look directly at the Divine Princess. It wasn't something mandated by Draco, but it had turned into a common practice in Boundless that mortals could not directly look at True Gods lest they sully them with sin.
"We… we humbly apologize for interfering with the business of Divine Children." The Guard Captain mustered his will and apologized with a shaky tone, expecting a tough verdict for his actions.
"No need to apologize. My Esteemed Father always treasures hardworking men and women who dutifully perform their actions. Aside that, please escort us to the mortal branch of the Divine Umbra Church." Rosella waved her hands and spared the guards.
"We thank the Divine Princess for her leniency!" The guards, who felt they had been granted a new lease on life, were naturally excited and grateful.
The Guard Captain nodded and whistled. Immediately, a Rank 5 Griffin swooped down from the sky, fully armored from head to toe. It squawked at the Guard Captain affectionately, but its body shuddered when it sensed the potent bloodline power and superior lifeforce of the four kids.
Especially Kuro and Shiro who were dragons. It should be praised already for not collapsing on its belly and dying form fear.
"No need for mounts. Lead us through the streets, we would like to tour this city from which our Esteemed Father began his rise." Rosella stated with a shake of her head.
"Understood. Please follow me." The Guard Captain immediately surmised his mount and dutifully led the four through the city.
While doing so, he adeptly explained the origins of Draco and the various landmarks in the city that represented him. They first went to the fabled Stagnant Moss Town which had been renamed to 'Divine Beginning's Estate' since so many paragons of the world had first appeared from here.
"Oh, this is were the old man killed Uncle Ratchet. Tsk, why couldn't he finish the job back then, Uncle Ratchet keeps pestering me to help him sneak into the mortal world again to begin a slaughter." Loki remarked with annoyance, which caused the hearts of the guards guiding them to tremble.
WHAM!
The taller Kuro thrashed Loki on the head again. "Don't insult our family members."
Loki gripped the back of his head with tears in his eyes since Kuro never held back, about to explode again. However, he was glared at by Rosella before he could do anything, thus he merely harrumphed coldly before looking away.
After that, they entered the former Cario City which was now integrated into the entire city. It had become a neighborhood of sorts. It had also been renamed to the Cario Battle Area since at some point, the Evil Trio resurrected the World Boss Tree and left it for core members as well as powerful NPCs to use for training.
The original Rank 7 Mall, Umbra's original Rank 7 Guild Hall and Draco's original Rank 7 castle were also here. These were places that the children had only heard of in stories, and now seeing them, they couldn't help but feel emotional.
The Rank 7 Mall where the First Player auction occurred that shook the world, an event in the history books of the entire Main Plane and which was still talked about even until now.
The Rank 7 Guild Hall where millions of players over the years had attempted various tests to enter the number 1 power in the world, Umbra. They had either succeeded greatly and became legends, or failed miserably, their fate not even worthy enough to appear as one dimensional characters in the annals of history.
The Rank 7 Castle where they were all conceived, as well as where Grandpa Richmond had trained their dad in the ways of magic.
Eventually, they also passed the area where the Nshaw Tribe once fought the Adventurers Association, and where Draco had captured Zaine. Stopping here, Loki was unusually silent, he couldn't help but wonder if he would even exist had his dad not met his mom there.
Zaine always told the story with relish, but Loki was left speechless.
'First the old man ignored you which made you fixated on him, then he captured you as a slave and had his way with you until you eventually succumbed and became crazy for him. How can you tell such a terrifying story in a way that makes that geezer look like an amazing hero?'
Next was the core area of Vita Capital City where the now Grand Divine Palace was located, formerly known as the Aether Palace. When they got there, it was clearly the most bustling place in the entire capital city that spanned the length of the entire continent.
People came and went, with varying levels of power and wealth, all integrated into the atmosphere of the city. Some came from afar while some were residents, most heading towards the same place that the four lads were supposed to.
The teenagers also followed along while being escorted by the guards who made people move aside to give them way. This made many people curious as they moved out of the way, wondering who these four kids were that could warrant the illustrious Vita Guards to actually personally escort them.
Soon, they reached the entrance of the Divine Umbra Church which was choked with a sea of people all cordoned off near the entrance, waiting for their turn in line to go in and pay respects to the three Supreme Gods and make offering as well.
Seeing this, the Guard Captain frowned and led the group to a special entrance reserved for Umbra's members as well as Vita's upper echelon. It was basically a VIP entrance for those who needed to enter the church quickly. It was in a place that was visible, so people saw the kids being led through that entrance and wondered whose second generations these brats were.
Once inside the church, the captain led the children to the office of the church, where the divine passage was located. Naturally they knew about it since even he had once tried to break through it to become a True God, but failed miserably.
If it weren't for the generous welfare of the Rank 7 Hospital that had been built 9 years ago in this capital city, he would have died from his injuries back then.
The Guard Captain gently knocked on the door of the office and heard a slightly juvenile yet strangely mature female voice call out.
"Come in."
With a nod to the four kids, the door was pushed open, revealing the scene inside.