Re:Immortal

Gulping down, Omis calmed his nerves before giving another respectful bow in response to the young man before the two slowly flew towards the giant dimensional portal in the air that had split the sky open.

As the duo flew in the air, Alura and Aidan's soul followed respectfully from behind with their gazes lowered.

The army that stood at attention parted creating a long passageway towards the gate while they remained on their knees causing Omis to subconsciously puff his chest as he found himself standing even straighter than before, his hands behind his back looking all the part of an esteemed expert.

The boss shot him a curious glance yet refrained from saying anything, a small easy-going smile was on his face as they walked inside the gate.

Passing through the dimensional gate, Omis found himself feeling a little bit disoriented due to the teleportation yet he quickly regained his bearings and glanced at his surroundings only to be shocked once again!

They had teleported into the ancient capital city of heavens, Omis had heard from Tizzy that it was apparently overrun by the 'Hive' as they used it for their headquarters. Looking at the scene below, it seemed that it was indeed true.

The one golden capital, the center of all the realm, the gathering point of all celestials had lost its former glory, the city that stood atop an entire floating island had its buildings completely ruined and collapsed, their golden color was now replaced by red. The giant gate that stood at the entrance was no more.

The only surviving relic of the past was the heavenly palace, It still stood proudly in the middle, while parts of it were already ruined it was still in better shape than the rest of the city.

"Please, this way." Smiled the Boss before proceeding to fly into the palace in the middle.

Following after him, Omis glanced at the city below in curiosity as he spotted countless people bowing towards them as they flew by.

They were not entirely human he noticed, some had horns others had one eye instead of two, while some looked completely alien. Omis did not know why but he could not help but remember the typical demon race from the novels and games of his past life.

'Weird, they don't look like savages or anything.' He thought as he spotted a mother scolding her little kid because he did not pay attention and fell on the ground.

'Just what is going on?' As the group landed in front of the palace's giant entrance, Omis found himself with even more questions and even fewer answers.

Seeing them arrived, the two guards that stood watch hurriedly stomped on the ground with their right foot two times as they stood even straighter, Omis assumed that was their standard military salute.

The palace doors that were completely golden and holy at one time now had streaks of red of them. They slowly moved open allowing Omis to catch a glimpse of the inside.

Surprisingly, the interior was well kept. A long red carpet was placed in the middle of the floor where the Boss walked following behind him was Omis and finally Alura and Aidan's soul.

Turning around to glance at the two, the boss spoke.

"Alura, be a dear and take Aidan to meet the hermit."

Hearing that Aidan's eyes lit up in happiness as he hurriedly dropped into a bow.

"Thank you my lord!"

Waving him off, the boss continued his way with Omis curiously following behind. As the duo passed by the hallways of the palace, he soon found them to be empty and deserted with only various guards that gave a salute as they passed.

The paintings that adorned the walls were gone, the various sculptures that decorated the hallways were also gone, the only remaining thing was the red carpet in the middle of the floor.

Soon the boss stopped in front of an unremarkable door, Omis had thought that he would take him to the Palace hall yet it appears he was wrong.

The two guards gave their salutes and moved to open the door, giving a small nod of acknowledgment, the boss stepped inside with Omis reluctantly following behind.

The room was shockingly bigger than he had expected, its size alone was enough for an army of a thousand men to fit comfortably. But what surprised Omis the most were the paintings and sculptures and various decorations.

"We moved everything here." Said the boss as he walked towards the center of the room where a single eye-catching orb floated in the air.

"I thought you have destroyed these." Answered Omis as he pointed at the various decorations across the room, his eyes, however, remained on the floating orb.

Smiling the boss retorted.

"We are not barbarians mister?"

"Omis."

"Omis, a pleasure to meet you. I am Krano." He said with an elegant bow, before continuing.

"We also have an eye for art you see." He added as he walked around the floating orb.

"Interesting, and dare I ask why did you break the entire Heavenly realm then?" Asked Omis as he walked closer to the orb.

"Oh, but we haven't." Krano smiled back causing Omis's brows to frown.

"Did you perhaps not see the cracks in the sky, the red fog that now taints the mountains?"

"That is merely the way it was meant to be mister Omis, please do not misunderstand as we are only reverting things to the way they were supposed to be."

Soon both men started to slowly circle around the orb as they observed one another.

"Interesting, the way it was supposed to be you say." Omis smirked.

"Indeed, for we are the primordials, we are simply retaking what was ours."

"What was yours? You mean to tell me that the Heavens was yours." Asked Omis in a mocking tone.

Hearing that question the Krano's steps suddenly came to an abrupt halt, his lips slowly curved upwards into an extremely sinister grin that caused shivers to run down Omis's spine, his eyes seemed to glow for a second before he answered back.

"Why of course it was ours, long before your kind came to be mister Omis, it was ours. All of what you know of 'Heavens' or how you call it is wrong."

Hearing that Omis's frown deepened as he looked at Krano the way one would look at a madman.

"I'm sure you do not believe me right now mister Omis, but how about I show you the truth?" He asked with a smile.