Elden: Ring of Calamity

Chapter 548 A Thousand Years
In an instant, the heavens were divided into two regions, and the earth into two lands.

A semi-circular, pitch-black crack cut through the entire underground barrier with unstoppable force along the edge of the two monarch-level domains. The two distinct forces of law clashed and collided continuously, and every wisp of divine power that escaped was enough to annihilate the most solid black steel and celestial stone in the world into dust.

Even among the myriad laws of time and space, the spacetime under the rule of the former Dragon King Platonsanx and the divine power under the rule of the Dragon God Horaris are considered to be the masters of all laws. The former is mysterious and unpredictable. Legend has it that those who reach the pinnacle of this path can use it to distort or even rewrite everything that exists in the past, present, and future, all of which depend on time and space. The Dragon King's use of supreme power to erase the concept of the rebellious dragon Baylor, and the ever-present spacetime storm at the center of Fam Azra, which is completely inaccessible to ordinary people, are the best proof of the vast power of the laws of time and space.

The latter, however, can command all things in the world, issuing decrees from the material realm to all realities as if it were a supreme ruler, with everything obeying its commands. As early as a year ago, it displayed its power on Lucia in the form of dragon language magic, crushing the fallen god Yog with a few uttered commands. Later, it became the new Dragon King's most famous technique with its Star-Slaying Sword that devoured the energy of thousands of miles.

However, Lucia's understanding of the laws of divine control has long surpassed the level of simply manipulating natural energy to overwhelm opponents in terms of power.

Since that memory battlefield that supported his rise from humble beginnings was the most outstanding creation of the Divine Law, why couldn't he use it as a basis to rewrite that starry sky into reality?
In the battlefield of memories, he possessed almost inexhaustible spiritual power. He could reach the stars and the moon above, and contact the Star Moon Clan regardless of distance with his divine sense. He could also transform mountains and rivers, and create the infinitely wondrous "Void Place" for the Forbidden Research Society. If we take him in the battlefield of memories as a model, Lucia's abilities would undoubtedly far surpass most of the gods that have appeared in the borderlands, and he could even be compared with the supreme beings who are listed as taboo!
Of course, just as Katpela's current understanding of the laws of spacetime is far from comparable to her father's, Lucia's mastery of the laws of divine control is also not comparable to her mother's. In order to completely overwrite the battlefield of memories into reality, in addition to divine control, a deeper understanding of a series of laws such as spacetime, purification, darkness, chaos, mystery, and death is also needed.

Those who reached the level of the Dragon King, Dragon God, and the three Moon Gods who created the Memory Battlefield would no longer need the concept of "domain." With every thought and action of theirs, every place they went could be regarded as a divine kingdom. Their exercise and utilization of the laws could completely transcend the boundaries of time and place. Even the laws of other gods of the same level would have difficulty influencing them, so they would not need to care about the dominance within this mere domain.

In other words, regardless of the size or strength of a domain, its significance lies in embodying a deity at that particular time and place.

Even now, for Lucia, even if he cannot replicate the true battlefield of memories, this power alone is more than enough to break through the spacetime domain of Katerpella.

Amidst the surging and turbulent collision of laws, the spacetime power emanating from the Queen continuously bombarded the boundaries of the Divine Throne. At times, it converged into a powerful and furious invisible hand, and at other times, it dispersed into countless fine needles, desperately trying to shake the ancient and boundless invisible wall, to suppress Lucia's range of activity again, and ideally, to throw him out of this spatial barrier in one fell swoop!
However, no matter how the wind and rain raged outside the domain, Lucia, who was in the very center, remained unmoved, simply walking step by step at a constant speed toward Katpela in the center of the altar.

Beneath his feet, the distance of hundreds of miles seemed to recede rapidly, and in the blink of an eye, the two were so close that they could see the expressions on each other's faces.

Suddenly, an almost invisible spiral of spacetime power, after several twists and turns, finally pierced through the outer divine protection power, traversing a distance of a hundred meters, and stabbed into a dragon scale on Lucia's left arm.

This mere wisp of spacetime power is barely enough to suppress a low-level hero, let alone Lucia, who is like a demon in his half-dragon form.

As the two forces of law clashed, the edge of that small dragon scale was suddenly eroded by the power of time and space, leaving a small pit, just as it had been worn away by thousands of years, turning into a few dull and lifeless particles that slid to the ground.

Lucia: (_)
Katpera: (⊙ω⊙)！！

The spacetime power that was desperately stabbing towards the throne of the gods suddenly stopped. It seemed that Katpela had never expected that she could break through the barrier and had unintentionally injured Lucia. The speed at which she was outputting divine power subconsciously relaxed, and the surging and boiling spacetime domain also became much calmer and smoother.

In that moment of distraction, Lucia strode forward without hesitation, closing in to within ten steps in an instant.

At the same time, the so-called "injuries" on the edges of the dragon scales were instantly healed under the effect of the Life Magic, the surface of the scales shining like a newly polished mirror. Upon seeing this, the Queen was furious—that was her Life Magic!
In a fit of anger, she stomped on several pieces of ley line crystals, then raised her hand to guide the swirling runes into the spacetime realm, transforming them into hundreds of sharp needles that furiously pierced the shameless fellow.

This time, facing only one percent of the spacetime power remaining after breaking through the outer domain, Lucia's lips twitched slightly as he reached for the black and white interwoven sword hilt at his waist.

The spiral blade of the Hunting God Greatsword suddenly lit up, generating a layer of black flame shield. The enraged spacetime needles collided head-on with the shield and were instantly melted into pure divine power, vanishing without even a chance to struggle.

The queen's eyes widened, her chest puffed out in anger—that was my black flame, my sword!
And he clearly didn't need to touch the sword to unleash the black flames, so why did he have to pretend to touch it a couple of times just to annoy me?

How could a person—I mean, a dragon—be so shameless?!
Seeing that the spacetime domain could no longer stop the Divine Throne, and that Lucia had already approached, with the two domains almost completely overlapping, the Queen suddenly felt a sour feeling rise from the tip of her nose to her brow as she tried to hold onto the domain.

She gritted her teeth, waved her hand to dispel the laws of space and time, angrily turned her back and plopped down on the ground, wrapped her arms around her knees, buried her face in her legs, and muttered, "I'm not fighting anymore!"

Hearing the footsteps still closing in on her, she clenched her fists tightly and roared, "I said I'm not fighting anymore! Can't you hear me?!"

He wanted to roar, but the last syllable came out of his throat with a strong sob.

In the instant of silence, the Queen herself was stunned, and buried her face, which she dared not guess was somewhat disheveled, even deeper. Her delicate shoulders trembled uncontrollably, and she began to sob softly.

Suddenly, a series of crisp sounds came from the ground beside her. Someone brushed aside the crystals and gently sat down next to her.

Then he opened his arms and gently, yet firmly, pulled her into his embrace.

When did he release the dragon transformation from his chest? Even through the soft fabric, one could still hear the faint, rapid beating of his heart within his chest.

As if possessed, she released her hands and suddenly hugged the body that gave her such comfort, bursting into tears with all her might.

It's as if the injustice of this moment, this thousand years, will no longer be injustice.

(End of this chapter)