Aisha - Elemental Master

Elsword - Infinity Sword

Rena - Night Watcher

Raven - Veteran Commander

Eve - Code Nemesis

Chung - Deadly Chaser

Many years have passed since Elsword and his friends ended their adventure. Their group disbanded almost completely, but they kept in contact with each other. Eve went to Altera and settled there, trying to restore the Core and revive her race once more. Chung returned to his country, but soon realized he got too used to travel to stay in the same place for long time. He started to travel around the world, looking for new experiences. Aisha, togheter with Rena, bought a tower in the forest near the capital of Verdel, and she surprised everyone who knew her by taking an apprentice. Raven went back to the capital, and there he founded a new mercenary group, which was hired by the king to protect the city, like he did before the loss of his arm. Elsword, instead, got a job as a knight of the army.

Things, however, weren't going as well as it looked. Elsword's behavior was slowly changing. He was getting more and more... aggressive. Sometimes he was seen walking alone in the night, leaving the town, with noone knowing where he was going or what he was doing. Then, suddenly, he disappeared, leaving only a letter in which he said:

"I'll be back. Don't look for me"

Aisha tried to find him for at least a month, without results. Then Chung went to visit her, with the purpose of reassuring her.

"You have an apprentice to take care of. I, instead, do nothing but wander all the time. I think it's better if I look for Elsword for you while you stay at your tower. I'll inform you as soon as I find him"

This helped the magician to calm down. Chung started his journey again, this time with a clear goal. But even this brought no results.

Eve, Raven and Rena, instead, weren't really worried. They knew Elsword's strenght well, and believed him to be able to look after himself. But as time went on, they began to worry as well. It was then, five years after his disappearance, that something happened. Four of them received a letter from him, a letter in which he stated he was going to get marriend, and told them to go to Altera so that he could introduce them to his wife. This left them completely dumbfounded. Chung wondered about how did a letter reached him, since he didn't had a fixed abode, but he didn't bothered himself too much thinking about it.

Eve didn't receive any letter.

She was taking a walk in the forest. She felt like something strange was in the air, like an unpleasant presence staring at her. Then, a voice she hadn't heard in a long time called out to her.

"Eve"

She turned to him.

"... Elsword... ?"

It was him, without a doubt. But there was something strange about him. His sword was gone. Also, he was wearing a black armor, similar to the one he used years ago, but more... aggressive. His hair was almost completely black, and his eyes were dyed with the color of the night. But there was something else about him that impresssed Eve.

"It has been really a long time since we last met. You haven't changed a bit"

"Nasods don't age"

"Yeah, I know. I was just stating the obvious"

"Where have you been for all these years? And why do you look so young?"

He really looked young. Too young. Almost as when they retrieved the Elstone.

"Where, you ask..."

At that moment, a small, dark gate opened in the air right before him. He reached into it with his hand and pulled out... two crowns, very similar to each other. Two chiselled, bone-made crowns which both resembed a diadem.

"I was building my kingdom. I'm pretty much done with that, but i still can't wear one of these. There is one thing I'm still missing"

Elsword bowed towards her, outstretching his left hand and offering her one of the crowns.

"Come with me, Eve. Where the sun never rises and the moon is always dyed with the color of blood"

She realized that the presence she felt before was right in front of her.

Chung, Raven, Rena and Aisha were going to Altera togheterd. Chung was chatting with Rena about his travels. Raven, instead, was talking with Aisha. He was curious about her apprentice, but he never really got a chance to ask her about him - it was a boy - until now.

They had many things they wanted to ask Elsword about, but they were happy that he reappeared after all those years.

That happiness would have been shattered soon.

Author's notes

This is the first fanfiction I write.

Also, it's the first time I write something this long in english (it's not my first language), and it's harder than I expected. If you find some serious error in the grammar, please point them out.

Wait next chapters for explanations about what happened to Elsword (and M-rated stuff as well).