642 Commencing The Migration (3)
As Ralias had anticipated, everyone's resolve suddenly strengthened, and they decided to wait longer to see what would happen.
Ralias turned his gaze towards Queen Selene and nodded at her seriously. She responded with a thankful nod.
Meanwhile, the rest of the clans and families wore displeased expressions. Ralais had been fortunate enough to capitalize on the situation and present himself and the Prismaflow clan favourably before the Queen. This significantly increased their chances of gaining the Queen's favour.
Just as Ralais sighed inwardly to regain his composure, the ground beneath him shook. Startled, Ralias snapped his head towards the ground before his attention shifted to the trembling castle.
An earthquake!
The tremors shook Queen Selene, and the entire Prismerian kingdom felt the ground's unsettling movements, prompting everyone to glance around in confusion. This unprecedented event left them bewildered, as they had never encountered such occurrences during their years in the mountain.
Suddenly—
BOOOMM!!
The ground violently ruptured at a distance behind the Queen, and to everyone's surprise, a figure emerged from it. Queen Selene immediately recognized the black-haired young man in strange attire walking out of the collapsed ground, carrying a massive box made of rock and crystal.
It was Orion!
And to everyone's surprise, not only Orion but even the Princess and the Guardians of the Garden followed closely behind him. They proceeded until Orion stepped onto the makeshift stage.
Bang!
Orion delicately placed the box on the stage, causing a momentary tremor. He turned to Queen Selene, saying, "I'm ready; we can leave now."
Queen Selene nodded solemnly, issuing orders to the surrounding guards and warriors, including those from other clans and families, to form a protective line at the edge of the sea of people as they prepared to depart.
They all quickly obeyed the Queen's orders and immediately went to take positions around the one million eight hundred Prismerions.
Queen Selene's eyes soon landed on the Prismerian Healer's Sanctuary healers and their patients, who were all carried on beds by a group of volunteers. Alongside them was the King, who had his own personal attendant. Her gaze shifted to Elara, the Gemheart Clan, and the Luminaris Clan.
She swept her eyes over the rest of the crowd and, with a nod, turned her head back towards Orion.
"We are ready too. We can start leaving," Queen Selene said.
Orion also looked around, noticing Madam Seraphina, Elysia, Crystalia, Maya, Merida, Fifi, and other warriors present. He nodded and bent down to pick up the large box again, placing it on his shoulders. He then looked at the Prismerions before him.
"EVERYONE, FOLLOW ME!" Orion shouted.
Orion descended from the makeshift stage and began walking in a certain direction. The Princess of the Garden and the Guardians of the Garden followed behind him. Meanwhile, the warriors trailed behind, with the Crystalforge clan members beside them. The sea of over one million Prismerions marched in tow, their footsteps echoing around them.
Queen Selene couldn't help but frown when she noticed Orion moving in a different direction. After all, the path they had previously carved to move outside the castle was in another direction.
Nonetheless, from the determined look in Orion's eyes, she understood that he probably knew what he was doing, so she sealed her mouth shut and merely followed behind.
As Orion arrived at a blockade of a mountain wall, the warriors were prepared, expecting Orion to order them to open the mountain walls so they could pass through. However, contrary to their expectations, Orion kept walking with the large box tightly secured on his shoulders, and then unexpectedly—
RUMBLE!!
As though sensing Orion's presence, the wall of the mountain before him crumbled, scattering into varying sizes of rocks that descended deep beneath the earth.
Watching behind Orion, the warriors, Queen Selene, the leaders of the various clans and families, and the Prismerions all stood in amazement at the scene before them, clearly not expecting to witness such a spectacle.
"Hey, how did he do it?"
"Is this the power of the warrior from outside the mountain?"
"Hahaha! I'm excited; this means we are truly getting out of this mountain!"
The Prismerions voiced their thoughts in surprise and happiness at the scene before them.
The crumbling of the mountain walls didn't stop until a gaping hole wide enough for them to pass through was made.
Once it had settled, Orion began to walk forward once more. And without hesitation, everyone else followed, afraid of being left behind.
They soon arrived outside after an hour of quickly climbing up the mountain. As the sun's brilliance shone down within cavern walls, the Prismerions all stepped out one by one for the first time in 7,500 years.
They collapsed on their knees and bowed when their bodies felt the sun's warmth.
"PRAISE NAKA!!"
"PRAISE NAKA!!"
"PRAISE THE WARRIOR FROM OUTSIDE THE MOUNTAINS!!"
Within minutes, a chorus of praises filled the air, each carrying a heavy emotion, some directed at Naka, while others directed at Orion. Nonetheless, the chorus became stronger by the second, as more Prismerions walked outside the mountain and collapsed on their knees. Some even raised their heads, fixing their eyes on the sun, not caring about the stinging sensation as though they wanted to burn its image forever in their eyes.
Orion dropped the large box on the ground and observed this scene.
Fifi approached him, "Do you need any help?" she asked.
Orion looked at Fifi and nodded in response, remembering that he had almost forgotten to summon Aerialia as she wanted to see firsthand whether his plan would work or fail.
He immediately summoned his crimson greatsword and reduced its length to about 1.9 meters (6 ft) long before handing it over to Fifi.
"I was talking about the large box—" Fifi began, but she couldn't complete her sentence as an immense weight entered her hand, interrupting her and causing her to let go of the Crimson greatsword.
The Crimson greatsword immediately fell to the ground.
BOOM!!
The ground below it collapsed instantly, and a wave of dust gathered above it.
