Without another word, the green light flew into the sky and disappeared. The clouds slowly started to disappear and the crater ceased to emit light.
"That was Lucius!?" Hayden said in confusion.
'Lucius was the bad guy right? We had to kill him at one point.'
"That traitor is now out. Great. Karna Masta will be furious." Sarah said as she bit her thumb.
Looking back at Hayden after thinking things through she realized she saw those weapons somewhere before. She pulled on Hayden's arm so that she could whisper closely.
"Where did you get those weapons? Are you working with them?"
Feeling the hostility that Sarah had he had no choice but to tell the truth.
"I-"
"I'm glad you're okay Hayden. People don't usually get out of that mountain alive." Liri interjected as she went closer.
Hearing the whispers of the nearby people caught the attention of Sarah.
"He went in AND came out?"
"Those swords look ominous."
"Was that his fault?"
"The inner mountain is cursed isn't it?"
"We need to get back home." Sarah said in a serious voice.
"Wait for me." Liri said.
They rode on a carriage to their house. Luckily the rumor did spread that much and they were able to get home before being questioned. Looking visibly distressed Sarah turned to Liri.
"Can you try to summon him back?"
"I can try but it didn't work."
Liri opened her book and flipped a couple of pages. Hayden stood there with his weapons looking confused. He had hoped being summoned back was back to earth. The voice of Lucius alone made his feet tremble. As Liri started to chant something she stopped with a look of confusion in her face.
"Sarah, did you get something to evolve Hayden?" Liri said with a soft voice.
"No, why?"
Sarah rushed to her side to look at the book and there Hayden was labeled as Sparkling Light Hayden. Hayden thought about the other light novels he read about traveling to another dimension and thought about his status screen. The screen popped up labeling him with his title and a sphere called Oracle Bangles. The gears connected in Hayden's head.
"It was ARK!"
His random shouting caught the attention of the other two.
"Hayden, wait. Ark?"
"Ark! The Oracle Knight who helped defeat Lucius and Kar-." Realizing that the people of this world worshipped Karna Masta he thought it would be wise to not reveal too much.
"Sarah, wasn't Ark the traitor's disciple?" Liri asked.
"Don't be silly Liri, he can't mean THAT Ark. He was beaten by Karna Masta long ago, along with Lucius."
Seeing how the two of them were shaken up by all the new news he thought about learning more about the world so that he doesn't accidentally make Karna Masta or some other divine god angry.
"Why is Lucius called the traitor?" He asked quietly.
Sarah had a blank expression while Liri's eyes lit up. Liri ran away into one of the rooms in the house and came with a book titled: The War of Karna Masta. She placed the big book on a table and flipped into the middle of the book, flipping back and forth sometimes.
"Over here! The Oracle Knight Ark." Liri pointed out.
Hayden made his way over to read the book. The book had decently drawn illustrations that seemed to be tailored towards kids. Sarah stood where she was since she could now tell that the new blades that Hayden had gotten was indeed the Oracle Knight's two swords.
"I have an errand to run. Liri please catch Hayden up." Sarah left through the front door and headed towards Karna Masta to report her findings.
"Aren't you worried about what she is doing, or why did she pull me out of the city?" Hayden asked.
"If you worry about the little things, you will get wrinkly she told me. Be more positive." She said with a smile.
She told the story of how Lucius was a traitor and the story of the Oracle Knights.
"The story tells of a God who had the power to command gates. Portals which could link places in space. He was one of the most powerful gods and was part of an elite god group called the Divine 10. All was peaceful until Lucius decided that he wanted to be the only god and turned on the other gods. Ark was one of Lucius' disciple and one of the oracle knights. The oracle knights consisted of 8 people. Ark, Ilia, Ruby, Medina, Dion, Balgran, Rinon and Yuura. The true Oracle Knight was called Ark, and was the person who was assigned to defend the Oracle Maiden, Ilia. According to legends, Ilia held powers that can make even high-tiered gods scared. Her power is unknown. Lucius was a cunning god and his plan involved the humans of Grand Gaia to disturb the peace by using Karna Masta's gift. Summoning.
There were 6 icons or 'Heroes' that the humans had. These 6 heroes were slain by Ark through cunning thinking by himself. The humans, being outraged at the loss of the 6 heroes waged war against the divine 10 themselves. It was at this time that Karna Masta and the other gods saw that it was one of Lucius' disciple that caused the war against the gods. Lucius convinced the people the gods were the ones that killed the heroes. Due to this the Humans didn't listen to anything that the other gods tried to warn them about and continued fighting an endless war. The Oracle Knights were then sent to fight Karna Masta himself. Apparently Even with Ilia's powers the knights had a hard time fighting him. Right when Karna Masta was about to deal the final blow and destroy the Oracle Knights Lucius intervened and opened a gate into another world called Is/ri/. The writing is scratched out. Although it seemed like the end for Karna Masta, the divine 10 and a mysterious other person came and destroyed the gate. With the gate destroyed Karna Masta was able to beat the Knights and Lucius. He trapped Lucius to the Grand Gaia Crater, never to be unsealed again. That is why Lucius is called the traitor."
Hayden had to take a second for all of the information to sink in into his mind. Being a huge lore fan of Brave Frontier he could tell that there were some very different events that happened compared to the game. He noted that the other world is called Ishgria which contained the Demons.
"Hmph, Ilia. The power to seal gods."
"Hayden what?"
"OH! Don't mind me. I'm just mumbling."
"I know that's not just mumbling. How do you know Ilia's power."
"Ahh~ well~."
His knowledge of lore was still applicable in this world so he had to try and hide as much information as he can so that he wouldn't get suspicious.
"It's just a hunch? Since she can beat gods?" Hayden said with an uncertain and higher pitched voice.
"Oh, okay." Liri closed the book and headed back into her room.
"It is getting dark, please rest up. Goodnight." She disappeared into one of the rooms with the book.
Hayden looked outside the window to find that it was near pitch black outside. A lot of time had flew by without him noticing. Looking around he found that Sarah was nowhere to be found. Heeding Liri's words he found the room he was assigned the night before and fell asleep.
-In Karna Masta's Chamber-
"Why Are You Here Sarah?"
"I'm here because something went wrong with summoning."
"If Your Summoner Is Incapable Of Summoning Tell Me And I Shall Get You Another"
"Your holiness, it's not that she can't summon. It's that she summoned a stranger, Hayden and the element changing stone broke due to his touch."
"Someone That Broke The Rock By Just His Touch. Are You Sure That This Is Not Just Him Not Wanting To Show His Element And Breaking The Stone?"
"I am positive, he seems to be lost in more ways than one. That and…"
"SPEAK! If There Is Something That Needs To Be Said Then SPEAK!"
"I suspect he released Lucius and obtained the Holy Blades."
"WHAT! I Have Sealed Lucius In The Crater. Are You Saying That This 'Hayden' Is Stronger Than My Seal."
"No your holiness. It's just that he went into mount Bari and came out with swords that matched the Oracle Knight Ark."
"Ark Huh. Does He Have Someone He Worships?"
"No, as of now."
"He Will Be No Problem To Me If He Is One Of My Disciples. Make Sure You Convert Him Into Worshiping Me Then Once Everything Is Done Bring Him To Me. Do So And I Shall Overlook Your Mistake Of Letting Lucius Out Of His Seal."
"Yes your holiness." Sarah Left the room.
As she left the room she walked past a girl with blue and black eyes, black and golden boots, a red shirt and a black coat. She carried a purple sword. No words were exchanged when they walked past each other but Sarah could feel the amount of power that she had. She had a presence of a god