SSS Ranked Reincarnation: Dark Dragon Legacy

With the help of Amber, the issue of Zenit was handled easily because, yeah, the works of the empire princess held more ground than a mayor.

Also, the fact that the mayor vanished after the attack added to it. The search for him immediately started, with elves doing their best to find him.

The magical circle was under reconstruction now, and it would take a full day for it to be fixed, so Silva and the others had to stay in the hotel.

But later that day, Silva sensed a powerful being headed towards their hotel. He got up and left the hotel in a rush, to already see Lily and Drake standing outside.

"You felt it too?" Silva asked.

"How can we not? The pressure is overwhelming. Even without trying, this person is making the whole place tense," Drake said.

Finally, the person that was causing this came into view. She was a woman, extremely beautiful. She was Elaine.

"Elaine? How is she here?" Silva asked. He dropped his fears now that he saw who it was and headed towards her.

"Silva, it's nice to see you again," Elaine said.

"I can't say it's nice to see you as well. After all, you are a demon king. There is no way a demon king would come to meet me for no reason," Silva said.

"Straight to business, I see. Well, Silva, I heard about what happened, the attack, and I came here immediately after I heard that.

I'll be the one taking you to the capital. It's sweet—the amount of people that want you dead is far more than you think.

Also, you and I have to talk. You are the cause of certain things, and you'll have to start taking responsibility for them now," Elaine said.

"The first time I see a demon king, and it's because of this? Sigh, well, going to the capital is what we want, and I guess I can trust you to some extent," Silva said.

"Yes, you can. We can go in an hour's time, but before we go, I'd like to talk to you, Silva, privately," she said while glancing at Drake and Lily.

"You think we will allow Silva to go away with you, alone?" Lily asked.

"Oh, you have no choice, fairy. It's either you let me have the talk with him, or you stand against me, and it turns into a fight.

You might be strong, but standing against a demon king is way out of your league, so think wisely," Elaine said with a smile.

"It doesn't matter if we are incapable of fighting you, we will still go at it with all we have," Lily said, ready to attack.

"Lily, it's fine. Just let me talk to her. Even if she tries anything and I can't win against her, I am certain that I'll be able to escape from her," Silva said to convince the two.

"Fine, but we will be close by," Lily agreed. Then she and Drake left.

"Haha, you said you could escape me—that was funny, Silva," Elaine said while laughing, but as she looked at Silva's face, she realized that Silva was not joking.

"Ohhh, I love the confidence, but you don't have to worry. I'll not be doing anything to you. I just have some private things to discuss," she said and started walking, while Silva followed behind.

"You see, when we arrive at the capital, I won't be able to speak to you privately. I'll have to show all the discussions to the other demon kings.

So I won't be able to dive into personal topics. You see, Silva, you may not know it yet, but what you are is no longer a demon king or a dragon.

What you are is an anomaly, and only a few people know that. They all feel you are a very talented and blessed person, but I know the truth.

The way I know that is by seeing fate lines. Fate lines are the fate of every being or thing. Some people's fate lines are linked to those of other people, meaning that they will affect those people's fate.

Those links are called branches. A single person can have a fate branched to many, many people. Like demon kings, our fate is branched to millions and millions of beings.

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Heroes and demon kings are supposed to have the highest branches, but then you came along.

It's hard to explain how it is, but I can show you," Elaine said. She stopped walking and placed her hand on Silva's shoulder.

"Close your eyes when I count to three, and I'll do the rest. One, two, three."

Immediately she said three, Silva closed his eyes shut, and then he felt a force pull him quickly into a place that he didn't understand.

The place was an empty void filled with glowing threads that stretched out so far that he was not able to see the ends.

"You see these threads? They are called fate lines. You might not be able to tell which one is which, but I can, just by touching it.

I can see who and whose fate it is, but all I can do is see. I can't tell anyone about their fates or even try to help them avoid it.

It's a never-ending stream that I can actually see, but I'm not allowed to tamper with. In the past, I actually toyed with some fates.

I tried to help them and manipulated their fate lines. The results were not funny. Their fate forced its way into existence, but that was not all. This time, it caused harm to more people than it was supposed to.

I'll say this, for example: if you were to die in a house fire and that was your fate, if I stood in the way and tried to stop it, you know what would happen?

You would still burn in the house, and maybe this time with your whole family. Everyone would die.

You see, me tampering with the fate of one person can create unwanted branches that will cause a lot of issues for other people.

So all I can do is watch and watch but never actually help when it gets to it," Elaine said.

"I see, so you are in a trap created by order. You have been given the marvelous ability to see whatever you want.

You can see the fate of even your teammates and even my fate. Yet you'll have to look at me like you can't. You might even know how I die, but you can't tell me.

Isn't order a bitch? Because he is, playing people like this," Silva said.

"Hmm, you said something about me knowing your death, but that was why I brought you here. Thousands of fate lines, yet there is one that shocks me," Elaine said.

She grabbed Silva and turned him around, and what he saw shocked him. There was a massive red fate line.

The red line had so many branches that it was impossible to count them. It was like a massive tree.

"What is with that fate line? It's massive and connecting to more and more lines. What is it?" Silva asked.

"Well, that's your fate line. It appeared fourteen years ago when you were born, and every day since then, an extra branch has come out and has increased in size every day.

It's like it wants to keep going until it connects to all life. A serious anomaly—something that shouldn't exist.

Yet you have branched yourself so much that if you are removed just like that, the entire system of the fates that are connected to you will crumble.

It will be a domino effect, and it will be a very disastrous one at that. You have become an anchor to many lives," Elaine said.

"So you mean this is me? Well, it makes sense now," Silva said.

"What makes sense?" Elaine asked.

"Nothing of much importance. What you just showed me confirmed some thoughts that have been in my head.

It's been a string of thoughts with no real reason or answer, and I have been trying to figure it out. But with what you said now, I understand.

Still, that aside, tell me: are you capable of seeing my own fate? So you should know how I die, right?" Silva asked.

"Actually, that's another issue. I can't see your fate—not one bit. Ever since your fate line came into existence, I have tried and tried to see it, but I have not been able to.

I can see those that you are connected to, but I can never see your own, and that has led me to a conclusion.

Your fate is not fixed, Silva. Your fate is not definite. You can change it. You can make it whatever you want.

So what I'm saying is, you are an anomaly that can break the world or change it—a wild card, something beyond control.

So the demon kings can't let you just exist like that, and so they want to place you under very strict supervision."