Chapter 36: Start Of A New Journey

The terrains of the seven realms were as different from one another as day and night. While some realms were only mountainous others were oceanic or both.

After deciding to leave everything in the Amayan Empire behind, Crown Prince Lail immediately left the Imperial City without hesitation. His destination was the Ocean of Blood where he promised to meet with the old oracle. His black Myif blended perfectly into the dark night as it majestically flew above the clouds, the round lucid moon outlining their shadow.

A few days later, Crown Prince Lail disappeared from the Amayan Empire, his whereabouts unknown.

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At this moment in the bottom of the Southern Black Sea of the Iris realm, Princess Qamari who was unaware of the fact that the Crown Prince left his home for her, was cautiously approaching the wary injured mother tiger.

"Will you let me help?" She repeated again in the same gentle and soft voice she had used earlier.

Bending on her knees a few inches from the beast, she felt her lifeforce draining, thinning away with the passage of time. Knowing that she did not have the luxury to play safe, Princess Qamari slowly stretched out her right hand, tenderly laying it on the tiger's wound, she closed her eyes and reached out to the magic laying dormant in the depths of her soul.

Instantly, a cool sensation spread out from the center of her naval, traveling through her body to her arm, before sprouting from the center of her palm to her fingertips. A soft glow radiated from her small, tender hand that spread to the winged tiger's wound, covering the injury in pure white light.

The silvery, snow-white light glittered and flickered as the large gaping wound on the white tiger's belly healed at a speed visible to the naked eye. The baby tiger that had not stirred once throughout Princess Qamari's presence, slightly raised its head and moved closer to the soft glow, as if sensing the purity of the energy.

It remained still under the soothing glow of the white light for a few moments before getting on its paws and energetically circling around its mother. Without a doubt, it had also been injured.

The baby tiger roared and growled at its mother. Failing to receive a response even after many attempts to rouse her awake, it turned to Princess Qamari, its clear gold eyes filled with tears.

Seeing the tiger cub's pitiful expression, Princess Qamari's eyes brightened with laughter. She kept her attention focused on the mother tiger as she continued her treatment. Stretching out her left hand, she affectionately rubbed the baby tiger's head.

"Hold on for a bit more. Your mother was heavily injured and needs to be treated a little longer. She will play with you once she gets better." She consoled the cub, scratching behind its ear as it leaned into her touch.

"Roar!"

The mother tiger, who had been silently receiving treatment, suddenly snapped her ferocious eyes open and roared without warning. Startled, Princess Qamari instinctively drew back, sprawling onto the leaf-covered forest floor. Before she could make any more movement, the mother tiger lunged over her slumped figure, roughly crashing into a shadow that dashed out from the dark trees.

"Princess, hurry and get out of here! There is a beast tide!" Skyler shouted in Princess Qamari's mind as she floated over to her side.

"A beast tide? Do you mean that a horde of beasts are headed here?" Princess Qamari, who was still shocked by the mother tiger's sudden unexpected attack, asked blankly.

The tiger had attacked so suddenly that she was caught off guard. Fortunately, the mother tiger had not been aiming for her, because if she was, she would be a cold corpse right now. Princess Qamari could not help internally rebuking herself for her blunder.

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'How could I be so careless? No matter the situation and circumstances, I must never let my guard down. Such carelessness could cost me my life.' With a cold shudder, she thought to herself.

"Yes, a beast tide. Quickly grab the cub and get out of here!" Skyler repeated in a more urgent tone.

"The cub. Yes, the cub." Making a mental note to herself to never let her guard down in the future, Princess Qamari hurriedly got back on her feet and sprinted to the baby tiger that was looking around confusedly at the scrambling figure of his mother and a black leopard.

Just when she was reaching her hand out towards the cub, another shadow leaped at her. She jumped back and the shadow landed right in front of her, obstructing her path.

The little tiger drew back into the depth of the cave, fearfully looking at the events unfolding with trepidation. It was not able to understand what was going on, but it instinctively felt that it needed to hide.

The newcomer was a gray bear with vicious eyes and murderous aura. Its sharp claws glittered like snow jewels as it harnessed the primitive violence in its blood and roared angrily before oppressively charging at her with a chilling glare.

Princess Qamari braced herself as Skyler fell into her outstretched hand. Gripping the golden sword tightly with both hands, she dashed forward, meeting the violent beast head-on. Claws and sword collided, sending shockwaves and pain shooting through her body from the forceful impact.

As Princess Qamari stepped back, the bear crashed to the ground, the gaping wound spreading from its right shoulder to its chest bleeding profusely. Enraged and in pain, the bear roared ferociously as it got back up and pounced at her.

Without hesitation, Princess Qamari lunged towards the bear again, slashing her golden sword straight at its neck as it ruthlessly swung its left arm at her. The two crashed to the ground together, the head of the beast flying through the air as blood sprayed from its decapitated body.

"Are you okay?" Skyler asked worriedly, sensing the princess's pain.

"Yes, just a small wound. Should heal within a few days." Princess Qamari held her right arm as she walked towards the tiger cub that was cowering in the cave. Its clear eyes filled with fear and apprehension as he watched Princess Qamari approach.

"Let's go, little fellow. It is no longer safe for you here." Princess Qamari stretched her hand to the little beast as she gently cajoled it.

"Princess, hurry! The tide is drawing close!" Skyler impatiently urged as she sensed the closing danger.

"But what about the cub's mother?" Princess Qamari asked worriedly as she looked at the figure of the winged tiger coiled tightly around the leopard.

"The mother tiger will not survive. In fact, if it was not because of you, she would have already passed away. She knows this fact and is hindering the leopard to give you the chance to escape with the cub. At least now, she would be able to die in peace knowing that her cub is safe." Skyler replied sympathetically.

"Besides, the good thing that I told about was the cub. Now to make sure the mother tiger's sacrifice will not be in vain, we have to leave. Now!"

Feeling her urgency, Princess Qamari roughly grabbed the vigilantly approaching cub into her arms, turned, and leaped into the air. Using her magic, she kept her body afloat as she sorrowfully looked at the winged tiger, her eyes sparkling with unshed tears.

Skyler floated into the air and transformed into a golden bird.. Just as Princess Qamari's figure was descending back to the ground, she landed right on Skyler's back and the two flew out of the nest swarming with beasts.

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