Legends of a Fallen King: Zara [Chapter 5: The Blue Sea]
It's heavy. The whole place is heavy. A realm of cerulean blue where I ride the currents that surround me.
"Going through here never took this long."
"Well this is a special occassion," he answered in reply. I couldn't see the blue man, but I could tell he was somewhere ahead of me.
"Where the heck are you?"
Ryze popped his head out of the edge of my gargantuan weapon. "I'm over here." As he hangs off the edge of my sword, he asks, "What are you all worked up about?"
"Nothing really," I replied, "I was just wondering what you meant about 'special occasion.'"
"Well, let's just say you are my first pupil so to speak." Ryze declares as he swims towards me. "Somehow I think you may know a bit more than me on some topics. However, I doubt you know about this place at all."
"What is this place anyways?" I ask in response. I feel like I've been through here before, but it was for less than a second.
Ryze stops to spreads his arms and asks, "Well what do you think this place is?"
"It's blue that's for sure," I answer almost immediately. "However, it's not exactly wet nor is it difficult to breathe."
"You still breathe?"
"HAH! I don't even know to be quite honest." I take a second to relish this whimsical feeling and lively energy of this empty blue space. Then it hit me.
"Mana."
"That's right," Ryze replied almost immediately. Looking upward at the faint vortex in the distance, he continues, "This is a whole expanse filled with nothing but mana."
"So, it's an ocean of mana?"
"Not quite. I'm sure you know that mana is very dense for a fluid, right?"
"Of course, dense enough that almost anything would float straight to the surface."
"Indeed, but tell me, where are we going?"
"We're going up, wait no down. Now, lef- I mean right..." Now that I think about it, we are moving fairly erratically for being in a calm part of this expanse.
"What?"
"Figured you would say that. Essentially, there is no surface here to float to."
I can feel that blank stare even though I can't see it. I might have blown his mind just-
"WHAT?"
"The traditional expectations of the world simply don't apply here. There is no falling down to the ground, because there is no ground. Also there is no rising up to the surface as there is no surface."
"So what the heck is this place then?"
Ryze looks at the growing vortex and responds, "I guess I would call this the dumping grounds for mana."
"Where does all this mana even come from then?"
"I'm not quite sure." Ryze looks at me and continues, "but if I had to guess, I would say it comes from the World Runes."
I gaze into the vast plasma of this ocean of mana, brought about by World Runes...
"What?"
"Here is the thing," Ryze starts as he is glaring at the raging vortex we are approaching. "I collect World Runes to keep them from harm's way."
"Yep, noble cause if I do say so myself."
"Thanks, so I need to put these World Runes in a safe spot."
"Fair enough."
"However, someplace where I can't entirely understand myself. So I don't have the urge to go out and use that abuse power myself."
"Wait, what place could possibly be out of your reach if you can get- Oh wait."
"This place."
I think I understand- wait a second.
"You dumped all the World Runes-"
"Yep."
"In this place."
"Yep."
Hah, so this is the culmination of all of your efforts. An entire dimension filled with mana and crazy vortexes like the one right next to us...
"Wha-ooOAAAHAHHHHHH!!!!"
Thanks for reading. This is the fifth chapter for Zara, The Cryptic King, a custom champion I made to represent my vision of The Ruined King. This is a short chapter. There is no particular reason for it to be this short, so if anyone has a serious issue with this, I can certainly make changes here.
As you might notice, this is getting into some exposition. After all the chaotic things that has happened in the previous chapter, this exposition is definitely in order. This chapter is merely meant to be a brief introduction into the most important place that Zara will encounter. The reason why it is important is something that will be explained later on.
Let me know if you have any ideas on how to improve this portion in the comments below. I didn't elaborate as much in even though this chapter as it is a mysterious domain. If you think I should elaborate more, then I'll take your ideas into consideration to make this a bit more interesting.
I'll keep it as short as this chapter. Be wary of spoiling. Do not mention any content beyond this current chapter.
Once again, thank you for reading. It'll be a bit more exposition later, but you'll get to see what made these guys grow cold in the next chapter: Pain and Pride [zombie-nunu-bummed]
Arc 1: Our King Returns
- A Distant Memory
- Conquering the Abyss
- Runic Affinity
- Yearn to Learn
- Forged from Sand and Runes
- The Blue Sea
- Pain and Pride
- Lost Homelands
Arc 2: Method to the Madness 9. Dawn upon Zaun 10. Good Morning Ghost 11. Knight of the Full Noon 12. Madness of Man