Blackout Ascension: Return of Primordial Heir-Chapter 1: Blackout Signal

A cold breeze flows through the towers of the Royal Dominion Academy, with the scent of wine, roasted meat and joy of graduated students. A bunch of college students and nobles gathered inside the courtyards of Zephyros state’s capital, cheering till their throats became hoarse.

Kairos Vedaryan stood on a grey marble balcony watching peacefully over students, resting his forearms on the railing. To this accursed world, he was a peasant boy who had luck and manifested with high-tier wind magic.

However, only Kairos knew the reality. He closed his eyes, the calmness of the wind touching his face. In his vast mind of thoughts, remnants of the academic days flashed in his thoughts and remnants of the Void Era flashed before the five Monarchs who dominated the known world. He remembered an entity that sat above all of them.

Bloody crowns and plenty of years, Kairos thought, suppressing a suspicious look inside his eyes. Trapped on this mortal vessel, bound by the nasty, cursed chains.

Every time he attempted to dive deep into his soul to take out the primordial power that belonged to him, a series of chains began to bind his heart with sheer pressure.

"Traumatised on commencement day? That’s a brand new low, even for you." A heavy hand patted Kairos’s shoulder.

He turned to see Raksha. Raksha became a beast of a child, built like a stone, possessing a few elemental magic and a bodily air of mystery. "Just enjoying the view before we’re all thrown out of the academy, Raksha," Kairos responded with a faint smile.

"Talk for yourself," a smooth voice chimed from the entrance. Luna Zephyros stepped onto the balcony, his royal silver uniform waving away. As the Crown Prince, Luna mastered a powerful wind affinity. A wine glass floating in the air beside him, balanced with his mana. "Some of us are born to command, Kairos."

"Some of us are born to talk so much," Velanor Banner spoke back, stepping out behind the prince. Velanor, son of the Kingdom’s loyal minister, manifested with earth magic. The faint traces of earth magic leaked out from Velanor with his every step. Velanor gave a dry look at Luna. "In case you try commanding with that tone, it’ll in no way be a command, Luna."

Luna raised his hand, taking the floating glass into his hand. "Velanor, your lack of imagination is a tragedy."

Kairos watched them, the memories of his beyond lifestyles make him mysterious, but he surely cared for those four. They had been loud, boastful, and foolish, but they had been with him every day.

The wind shifted, bringing a scent of rain and clean lotus. Seyana Solaris walked onto the balcony. The noise of the courtyard became dull in her presence. She was the Princess of the neighboring Solaris nation; her silver hair and smooth eyes had been fascinating on the balcony. Droplets of water floated around her wrists with faint magic.

She walked immediately to Kairos, ignoring Luna, Velanor and Raksha. "You slipped away..." she stated softly.

"Crowds deliver me a headache," Kairos said. It turned into a half-fact.

Seyana smiled with a calm look in her eyes. "It’s over, Kairos. We survived."

They spent the next few hours with joy in a temporary area of peace. They drank, shared tales of academy days, and mocked Professor Thorne’s ridiculous fight drills. However, the sun began to hide under the mountains, casting long shadows throughout the academy, and the fact of the day after tomorrow hit them.

They need to part ways. Luna and Velanor to the Zephyros palace. Raksha to her faraway village. Seyana to the Solaris Palace.

As they walked down the stone pathway towards the Zephyros main city, the evening air grew heavy. Seyana walked near Kairos.

"Are you going again to the border villages?" Seyana asked, her voice low.

"No," Kairos stated, with a nod, "I want to educate." He couldn’t tell her the reality.

Seyana saw Kairos, beginning her mouth to argue. Then, the world stopped.

The mild wind simply ceased to exist. The rustling of the leaves was gone. The voices of Raksha and Luna have been slowly reduced to absolute silence.

Kairos stopped. The colours of the street, the orange sunset, the stone walls, everything inverted, becoming a blackout.

A domain? Kairos’s thoughts flashed with thoughts. No. No mana signs and symptoms. This isn’t always outside, this is inside me.

A suffocating pressure came from within his own chest. It felt as though a blade was dragging his soul out. He fell to his knees. His breathing stopped. The curse, the chains were violently shaking.

In the center of his blackened vision, phrases were written in darkish crimson blood.

[SEAL IS BROKEN.]

[LETHAL THREAT INCOMING.]

[ASCEND AS PRIMORDIAL HEIR? YES / NO]

Kairos stared at the words, blood dripping from his nose. Seal broken? Impossible. I haven’t gathered enough authority. The stress extended greater. The ’danger’ it warned wasn’t ordinary. His instincts were screaming that something incorrect was nearing this world.

Earlier than he could answer the words Yes or No, his mind hit a restriction. The blackout shattered.

Kairos jerked backward violently, and a harsh breath was wiped out from his lungs. The world snapped back into full color and sound. He collapsed onto the pathway.

"Kairos!" Seyana fell on her knees instantly, her arms sparkling with blue water magic to heal him.

"Form up!" Raksha shouted. She stepped in front of Kairos.

Velanor stomped his boot. The thick ground of earth broke, growing a barricade around them. "Luna! Check the area!"

Luna’s eyes glowed with severe energy. A second later, "Nothing, there’s genuinely no person right here. No killing intent. nothing."

Kairos choked on a mouthful of blood, spitting it onto the stone. His frame felt like it had gone through brutal torture, but the suffocating stress was long gone. The message vanished. But the warning echoed.

"Kairos, take a look at me," Seyana pleaded, her voice trembling. "Your mana is disturbed. What hit you?"

"A backlash," Kairos forced the lie through his mouth, gently pushing her sparkling arms away. He compelled himself to sit down. "I... I drove my wind compression too a long way this morning."

Velanor has become normal, and the barricade has barely. "You collapsed like a corpse, Vedaryan. That wasn’t an easy backlash."

"I’m good," Kairos took a breath. He stood up, his legs shaking. He looked at his pals. They have been gifted. However, they had been totally unaware of the words that his soul had just warned him about.

He saw Seyana worried. Her eyes had been wide with true fear for him. For a moment, the Kairos who had belonged to her took over.

He grabbed her hand. It became cold and moist with her water magic.

"Seyana," Kairos said, his voice soothing her fear. "I have to depart. this night."

"What? Kairos, you’re injured-"

"I’m fine," he interrupted, his eyes searching into hers. "And this is about to get a good deal greater dangerous than the academy taught us. I need to break through my limits. However, I swear to you..." He squeezed her arms. "...I’m able to return. While I have the courage to face whatever, I can come to the Solaris country. I’m able to ask King Raezon for you. Simply watch for me."

Seyana’s breath shook. The concern in her eyes melted. She did not care that their friends were watching. She progressed and hugged him tight.

"You’d better no longer push a difficult and excessive amount of Kairos," she whispered.

Kairos closed his eyes.

****

A few weeks later. The kingdom of Solaris.

Solaris changed into a beautiful kingdom, constructed on substantial lakes and rivers flowing over it. Its architecture was of white marble and waterfalls, making it lovelier than the windy peaks of Zephyros.

Seyana walked alone through the Royal lawn, a sanctuary at the rear of the palace. The air changed into thick and the fragrance of plants. She wore an easy dress, and her mind had been miles away at Kairos.

She didn’t stop training. She felt an invisible pressure pushing her ahead.

"Princess," a voice came out. Commander Vane, a veteran royal defender in silver plate armor, stepped. "The King requests your presence. The mages reported a fluctuation near the southern wall."

"I’ll be right there, Vane," Seyana said, kneeling to look at a water-lily. "Just allow me—"

A low sound came out from the bushes.

Seyana got frozen. It turned into the sound of something massive coming with brute pressure.

"Get in the back of me!" Vane alerted, drawing his sword. From the bushes, a nightmare emerged.

It was a mutant werewolf. It was ten feet tall and had silver fur with an ugly appearance. Thick saliva dropped from its fangs.

A B-grade risk? Seyana’s thoughts went clean. Within the capital? That’s impossible.

Wolf made closer to Seyana. Vane swung his sword, his blade enchanted with mana. He aimed for the beast’s neck.

The werewolf raised a large hand, and the steel sword struck the beast’s forearm and shattered. Earlier than Vane could even alert himself, the werewolf hit him with its claw.

Whooooooshhhh.

Blood sprayed on the white marble floor. Vane dropped to the ground and died even before he completely fell.

Seyana moved backward with shock and disbelief. She jerked her fingers toward the werewolf. "Tidal Wave!"

An excessive flow of water erupted from the ponds nearby, forming a defense in front of her. It turned into her strongest defensive spell. The werewolf stepped over Vane’s corpse. It raised a claw with dark mana flowing around it and slashed downward. The water guard broke, and a backlash hit Seyana, throwing her into the dust.

She sat up. The beast turned into watching over her with an urge to consume her.

I’m going to die, she realized.

Because the beast came ahead to kill her. Seyana closed her eyes in fear. Hummmmmmmmm... A relaxed sound got hummed inside her. Something internal in Seyana’s veins, a mysterious light known as ’Divinity’ from the Void era, all at once came into existence in Seyana.

Seyana’s eyes snapped open. The concern turned into long past. The natural divine light awakened in her and set her heart ablaze.

The werewolf froze because its instincts had been screaming in worry and terror. It tried to drag again.

"Kneel!" Seyana’s voice commanded with absolute authority.

Seyana raised her hand instantly and jerked it down. Then a sword of mild light got here from the sky, pierced into the wolf’s neck, and erased the creature. The B-grade hazard turned into ash in a few seconds.

Footsteps slowly appeared. King Raezon appeared with a squad of elite paladin mages. They all stopped, guns slipping from trembling arms.

Seyana turned into a glowing figure with the shimmering light in her arms, and a large soot of ash formed in front of her.

****

Wastes beyond humanity, beasts and other races inside the vast continent, a darkish room got here into the highlight when the ’Divinity’ awakened and eyes with crimson red glare opened with a foxy smile, searching like a predator watching its prey and smiling at it.

I’m coming for ’Divinity’, the hidden entity thought.