The Desolate Mountains (The Divine Elements Book 2) by Daman

disciple.
     
    “Haha, you snuck a peak when his daughter was showering, do you really think he will let you off that easily?”
    Ezkael boisterously laughed out loud while slapping the dark-haired man on the back.
     
    “Tch! How was I supposed to know Master was currently flying above the lake at that moment?”
    The dark-haired man irritatedly replied, but soon joined his friend and burst into a fit of laughter when he realized that he could not hold it in any longer.
     
    “Hahaha, that was definitely not your finest moment, my friend, definitely not.”
     
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    In large empty meadow, two youths chatted with each other as they lazily laid on the grass and gazed at the cloudless sky above.
     
    “Oi… do you think our lives would be different if we both did not have the bloodline of a primordial beast?”
    Ezkael softly whispered as he stared at the blue sky.
     
    Letting out a light sigh, the dark-haired boy answered:
    “I don’t know, Ezkael… but as the next heirs of our two families, we have a duty to protect this realm and its people. There is already unrest between the ascended human immortals and the beasts, and if w-”
     
    “I get it, but why should we let the humans have their say here, when this was our home in the first place!”
    Ezkael heatedly interrupted the dark-haired man, as he banged his fist against the ground.
     
    “That does not matter anymore… some of them are not as weak as the Elders seem to think. I have interacted with a few of them, and their leader’s power is not any weaker than the strength of a primordial beast.”
    The dark-haired man calmly explained to the angry Ezkael.
     
    “You… talk to them?”
    A raging anger began to spread itself across Ezkael’s face.
     
    “This was why I did not tell you… ”
    The dark-haired man quietly stated, as he remained unperturbed before the rising anger of his friend.
     
    “Do you have any idea how the others will react if they find out that you have been cozying up towards the humans?”
    Ezkael fumed in a cold voice as he struggled to keep his anger in check.
     
    “I did it just to see a single glimpse of her… ”
    The dark-haired man said softly with a slight smile on his face.
     
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    “Why?”
    Ezkael sorrowfully asked as streams of tears poured down his face.
     
    Kneeling on the ground and clutching the broken body of his best friend, Ezkael bitterly wept as he realized that there was no more hope for his friend.
     
    Hearing his friend’s voice, the dark-haired man struggled to open his eyes while his hands trembled in an attempt to grasp Ezkael’s wrist.
     
    “It’s a family curse, my friend… we keep falling for a woman who can never love us back… Haha- *cough cough*”
    The dark-haired man lightly replied, as he spluttered out a mouthful of blood towards the end of his sentence.
     
    Even on the verge of his death, the dark-haired man did not lose his sense of humor.
     
    “I will kill those bastards!”
    Ezkael whispered venomously as his violet-amethyst eyes glowed with a sinister energy.
     
    “NO! Don’t Ezkael… Please… ”
    The dark-haired man abruptly exclaimed as he held Ezkael’s wrist with a steely grip.
     
    “Give me one good reason for why I shouldn’t cleanse this realm of their filth!”
    Ezkael frostily inquired, but his voice cracked in the middle when he saw his friend’s eyes slowly closing.
     
    “Because… she bears my child… ”
    The dark-haired man muttered as he took his final breath.
     
    The heavens trembled under the booming sound of thunder as a royal purple lightning crackled within the clouds. Ezkael’s violet eyes burned with vengeance as he turned to face the sky, and he bellowed out his friend’s name to the entire realm.
     
    “RAIZEL!”
     
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    These series of memories flashed through Calron’s mind while the violent bolt of lightning coursed through his