Others Summon Dragons, I Summon Legendary Knights novel Chapter 367

Chapter 367: An Absolute

’An Absolute?’ Godfrey squinted. He knew of Monarchs, which had effects over their ecosystem and were treated like royalty by other creatures, but Absolutes was a new term, and they sounded primordial.

Beings that existed at the dawn of life? Didn’t that mean when life began, these beings were already there?

"The emergence of mana sped up its growth, and it left the Origin Sun. It might have existed for eons as an embryo, but it was only a few years old, both in body and consciousness, when it descended," Solstice continued. He lifted his head, staring at the great beast at the top of this massive image fit for giants.

Even for his current size, he was still little compared to the image etched into the wall.

"When mana first appeared, there were lots of changes. First, our beasts gained strange runes that gave them different abilities, but the day a beam of fire descended from the sun, I was nearly blinded. It was the Origin Sun reacting to mana, and it turned a great portion of our continent into what we called the Scorched Lands."

Solstice folded his arms.

"It descended a few years later, weakened without the embrace of the sun but arrogant enough to think it could dominate. We, on the other hand, were waiting, sharpening our swords and skills with other dungeon monsters." He grunted softly.

"Eventually, we killed it. The beast that had caused the death of hundreds of millions even before it stepped foot on our world. A great number of my brothers fell, but our blades cut deep until it collapsed."

While listening to Solstice, Godfrey went through the text, which told the same story, though not as clearly.

"I’ve always been confident. I’ve dominated several beasts in their terrain before mana, and we have powerful beasts, but when I saw my comrades burnt to nothing, my eyes blurred. Pain was foreign to me; I was never close to other noble knights. I didn’t want a personal troop because I was all for myself. I had the basic troops given to me to clear dungeons but didn’t manage them as much, but every time I close my eyes, I recall how one of them pushed me off and was burnt in my stead."

Solstice was quiet for a moment.

"And for the first time in my life, my eyes blurred not for myself but for another. A genuine hate and anger because of another."

Solstice pointed at one of the smaller images where one knight stood in a field of corpses; some places were just burnt land. The knights there were burnt to ash.

"My troops, they were gone for a general that never once cared," Solstice spoke, his voice low. He stood there, looking majestic and imposing, but spoke words that could make one see there was more to the one behind that armour.

"What is honour? You’re not selfish; you just haven’t found someone to break your walls. Truly, I wonder what a soul like you could become once he has found honour in being a knight and not just seeking its glory," Solstice recited.

"He told me that."

"Who?" Godfrey asked.

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