Rise Ethereal Essence - Chapter 10
Eight days went by in a sweep bringing the start of a new week.
The days in this world had changed. There was no longer night and day after the birth of the Azure elves. The sky was a combination of Silver, Alabaster, Crimson, Verdant, Amber, Rose, Apricot, Obsidian, Amethyst, and Azure hues. The beautiful sky that appeared like an aurora was constantly lit.
The time was still recorded the same as before the change.
Before the change, a normal day would last fifty hours, from dawn to dusk. A night would last another fifty hours, from evening to dawn.
Weeks and months were also different. At the end of every ten days and nights, a fruit of energy meant for the elves would spawn in crystal trees throughout the world. These Arcane Pomes offered nutrition for the elves bodies.
Every ten days was a week. At the end of four weeks, the fifth week was special. The first day of the fifth week brought a different type of Arcane Pome, this fruit was an Essence Pome. It’s purpose, strengthening the essence of the sun elves and their vital aura. After the fifth week, would be the start of a new month.
Ten months was a year. The end of the ten months would be the production of a Pome of Knowledge. This pome of knowledge consumed every year brought with it wisdom and knowledge. The last pome was the most important. It was the link between the elves purpose and the grand scheme as a species.
The names of the months were as such, from the first month to last. Silver, Alabaster, Crimson, Verdant, Amber, Rose, Apricot, Obsidian, Amethyst, and Azure.
In a simple explanation, this was the cycle of time for The Crystal Tree’s world.
Ten days = Week, Arcane Pome/Nutrition
Five weeks = Month, Essence Pome/Essence and Vital Aura
Ten Months = Year, Pome of Knowing/Wisdom and Intelligence
Ition arrived at the clan on the second day of the week. Now, eight days later the Dark Essence was observing the first tribe of the elves to be born.
The Silver Elves
These elves were now alive for a thousand years. The first tribe born from the crystal tree. They paved the way for the other tribes. They followed the way of The Crystal Tree’s sun elf essence. The Silver Elves contained the purest essence of Sun Elves, teaching the others the way of life and meaning.
Within the crystal structure of the Silver center were one hundred Silver Elves. When they reached a thousand years of life, their mortal bodies were shed. They transformed into the first Elf Ancestors.
The birth of the Azure Elves was the end of the first millennium and the beginning of the transformation for the Silver Elves.
Arnce and Eiren, the High and Dark Silver Elf heads were presenting a speech to the other Silver Elves. Their voices encompassed the entire center echoing out. “Today on the first day of the third month, there is an event of great importance. From the day we were born, we have been paving the way for the other tribes. Everything has led to this very occasion.”
The crowd of elves cheered and screamed in elation and pride.
“On this day we consummate the vow we made to the Messengers of The Crystal Tree. A thousand years of guidance have been fulfilled. Within this new era that will last a duration of a hundred years, the era of beginnings has already commenced. We, the first Elf Ancestors, shall pave the way one last time.”
The elf heads walked out of the crystal structure heading towards The Crystal Tree. A hundred elves followed behind. The only sound was the echo of their marching.
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When they arrived, the nine other tribes were already waiting around The Crystal Tree.
The two shining beings floating above the basin when the Azure Elves were born, appeared. They were the messengers of The Crystal Tree spoken of by the heads.
The Silver Elves kneeled and offered a prayer to their deity, The Crystal Tree. A light descended upon the elves from the tree.
The elves having received approval stood up. They surrounded the hundred meter Silver stone, preparing themselves.
They pulled with their hands. A low growl escaped every single one of their mouths.
Their skin and muscles tightened.
The low growl was uniform but inaudible.
Another growl escaped, this time it was more pronounced but still inaudible.
“RRR! RRA! GUH! UH! UGH!”
The voice of the Silver Elves finally became audible. A deep chant resounding throughout the entire land was heard.
It was a single word. The word of their people. Silver!
In the Elven language, the word Silver meant Lead The Way.
Their chanting, uniform and evident was harmonized.
“Silver. Silver! Silver!! Silver!!! SILVER!”
With their chanting an aura filled with Wisdom circulated with their voices.
The one hundred meter stone was wrenched from the ground.
Their connection and united voice spread through the land forming a great power from which they were able to lift the stone.
The chanting was deafening.
Step by step. The elves proceeded to the north where the Silver center lay.
The nine tribes followed behind. They did not help as this was an event that had to be completed as a united tribe. What they did do, however, was chant along with the Silver Elves. The tribes joining voices made a beautiful chorus of music.
Many days later the elves arrived. As the Silver Elve stepped into the area of their center, the Silver tree widened. The archway of the Silver tree expanded a hundred meters.
The center of the tree revealed a chasm. The silver wood of the tree gave way to the chasm. Glowing lineaments similar to the ones in the stone became visible.
When the elves reached the Archway, the Silver tree extended roots and branches to grasp the hundred meter stone.
The stone was brought over the chasm by the tree and elves. The elves let go of the stone as they dropped to the ground.
Carrying the stone exhausted their minds and bodies, they lay on the ground watching as the stone fell.
Only a fourth of the stone sunk into the chasm.
The tree wrapped around the long stone fusing with it and creating an obelisk type look.
The Ley Lines within the stone fused with the tree and the ground giving off a resplendent silver glow. From within, the large Silver tree matured. The towering tree was now ten times its original size.
The Silver tree grew to a size comparable to half the height of The Crystal Tree. The branches and roots swirled around the tree like a churning fire appearing similar to a paradise.
The Silver Elves bodies also experienced another change. The change was the real deal this time. Their bodies would now be able to develop a core within each of their cavities that were linked to all parts of their bodies.
This core would allow them to absorb the energy that was produced by the crystal tree, filling their bodies with mana.
The change was similar to the one in Ition but totally incomparable. The interference from the Dark Essence had literally created a monster when compared to the transformed Elf Ancestors.
With their purpose consummated, their essence, power, and wisdom grew exponentially.
A strong link between the Silver Center and The Crystal Tree came about. The cause, the natural Ley Lines within the stone.
The light from the sky, the silver, was pulled towards the now massive tree. The silver light completely disappeared from the sky leaving it with only nine colors.
The Crystal Tree released a bright glow towards the surrounding tribes. The nine tribes received a strange blessing. Or better yet, a boost. The elves had to bring their stones back to their centers within the next hundred years. The world would not wait any longer for a new age was soon the come.
The tribe born after the Silver Elves, the Alabaster Elves had nine hundred years of existence. With the blessing, they now had a millennium of understanding and power. Once they ate a Pome of Knowing, their bodies would advance into that of the Elf Ancestors.
They would then be able to bring their stone back just as the Silver Elves had. It was the same for the other eight tribes. Now the Crimson Elves had gained a boost of one hundred years same as the Alabaster Elves. The Crimson Elves currently had nine hundred years of understanding and power. When the Alabaster Elves brought their stone back the Crimson Elves would receive a millennium of understanding and power advancing their bodies, etc.
The Dark Essence observed the new species it had encountered in this world. Years had passed as it learned their unique way of life. “Consummating… meaning? I see. This must be the meaning of the elves. Growing within this world as a knowledgeable species next to their deity. When will I find mine?”
Phew… think I overloaded there.
Imaginating = workination
Does anyone wonder why I use ‘It’ instead of he/she? Yes, I wonder as well…
Hmmmmm…