Rise Ethereal Essence - Chapter 6

The birth lasted a day and night.

The Dark Essence had been observing all the actions of the event. Once the Azure Elves walked out of the basin with their golden bodies, they seemed to carry no intelligence. Instinct was the only thing driving them.

After the Azure Elves drank the remaining sap, they were gifted intelligence and knowledge. That last event completed the birth of the Azure Elves.

Now all ten groups of the Sun Elves were born. In total there were a thousand Sun Elves with each group having a hundred elves.

That was not mentioning the two glowing figures that floated in the air. From what the Dark Essence had learned of those creatures was that they were the first gods of the elves. That was not including The Crystal Tree.

One was the Twilight God Elf

The other was the Light God Elf

Once the birth was over, they had disappeared to who knows where.

The sky was regaining its color, and the next step would be for the Azure Elves to find a home.

Within the massive world, they lived in, finding a home was simple. Most of the other elves tended to live around the proximity of The Crystal Tree.

The first two High and Dark Elves to be born were the leaders of their group or tribe. As the leaders, they had to find a favorable place and set up a center there. That would be the place where the Azure leaders would live.

Upon the emergence of the first rays of the sun, they would leave the area of the basin.

The opening that released the golden sap had already closed, and the large root holding the basin had disappeared with it.

But an unexpected event occurred. As the halved sky of twilight and light progressed, what appeared was not a sunrise but a blank sky. It was like light but at the same time darkness. The next sun was nowhere to be seen, nor were the stars.

In the confusion that ensued, The Crystal Tree all of a sudden shone brightly like a star. The trunk was glowing and illuminating the surrounding trees and the distant horizon.

Within moments, The Crystal Tree began releasing a ten-colored luster. The blank sky was like a sheet of paper being painted with a brush. It absorbed the ten-colored shine of the tree. The Sky was similar to an aurora of ten-colored light.

It was the beginning of a new era.

“This event must be the result of the birth of the last Sun Elves. It seems like the world of The Crystal Tree is changing,” thought the Dark Essence as it floated around the massive tree.

It seemed like the other elves also understood as they departed from the area and went back to their lives.

The leaders of the Azure Elves commenced afoot, behind them followed the ninety-eight elves. They began walking towards the west of the Crystal Tree as the other directions were mainly occupied by the other tribes.

The Dark Essence was following the Azure Elves as it wanted to see the rise of the newborns.

The Azure Elves journeyed for the time of a few days as the perimeter of the Crystal Tree was just so expansive.

The Elves had to cross over massive hills and plains, formed by the roots of the Crystal Tree. The entire journey was rather simple. Since there were thousands of trees everywhere, all they had to do was jump from tree to tree, and when there weren’t trees, they would run.

Once they reached the total west of the tree, they roamed around until they found an azure tree. This tree had an origin of light similar to the Azure Elves, although it wasn’t the only azure tree it was the most unique. It was towering and more vibrant in comparison to the trees around.

The Azure tree was situated within hills and meadows. Around them, rivers and lakes could be seen flowing.

The leaders saw that the place seemed good for living so they settled around the tree.

The Azure Dark Elf head named Azrhe went ahead and spoke with the Azure High Elf head named Assa, “This area seems to be good and spacious. The plants are vibrant and surrounded by rivers that will help our people thrive.”

Assa nodded agreeing with Azrhe, “Your words are correct, let us commence the ceremony to establish this tree as our center.”

The Azure Elves huddled around as they began to voice their opinions in agreement.

“The grass and plants here are bright blue, with tinges of green, the entire area contains the Essence of Azure light,” said a High Elf.

“Yes, this will definitely help us.”

“With the rivers nearby, we will never run out of nutrition for our bodies.”

The Elves surrounded the azure tree in a formation that was known by all newborn sun elves. This was the formation to establish a center where a tribe could reside.

In this center, they would come to receive a special fruit every year that would give them new independence and wisdom.

The two leaders stood twenty meters away from each other. Four Dark Elves and four High Elves encompassed the tree. Behind the eight elves were the rest of the Azure Elfs standing in a circle equal distance away from each other.

They sang a hymn that was tranquil and refreshing. It lasted half a day, after which the azure tree began to show changes and the ground started to tremble.

This was a sign that the azure tree had accepted the hymn allowing it to face advancement.

With the trembling, the tree began to flourish and expand. As the tree changed, the surrounding ground and elves were pushed away, standing. They stared at the changes feeling content.

The tree was now five times its original size. There was a massive twenty-meter archway within the tree, with Elven words, reading AZURE in large mystical letters. Within the branches of the tree was a crystal-like structure.

The azure tree had now become the center of the Azure Elves.

When the Dark Essence was wandering and observing the land, it saw the centers for the other nine elf tribes. They each had a corresponding tree of their essence.

Now that the tenth tribe established their center, the land started to shake even more. It wasn’t just the Azure elves, all the other lands were trembling.

After soaring high, the Dark Essence saw the rest of the centers expanding into the sky. It was like ten great pillars pinned under the outskirts of The Crystal Tree. The Dark Essence could see everything happening because it had Omnisight, meaning it could see everything that was exposed before and around it.

Ten hundred-meter stones fell from the crown of the tree. There was one for each tribe, a Silver, Alabaster, Crimson, Verdant, Amber, Rose, Apricot, Obsidian, Amethyst, and Azure. The stones possessed crystal Ley Lines throughout the hundred meters.

When the stones had fallen to the ground, all elves received a message indicating for them to take their stones and place it within their center.

Once all elves had completed this task, the Sun Elves fortune would be complete.

At the moment the Azure elves could not bring such a massive stone back. They didn’t have the strength.

The Elves entered the archway where spiraling stairs were assembled with each step they took. They went through the stairs entering a wide room.

They sat down together setting forth leaders. The first two Azure elves were born as the leaders. After them, came the eight elf elders. Four Azure High Elves and Four Azure Dark Elves.

The Dark Elf leader Azrhe and the High Elf leader Assa were named Dark/High Azure Head’s. The eight elves were Dark/High Azure Elders.

When everything was decided, a crystal pillar rose in the center of the room. The heads placed their hands on the pillar forming an indentation. Eight smaller pillars rose for the elders.

With everything completed, some left while some stayed and found a home within the azure tree.

A new Era was beginning!

The forest will live and flourish anew. When the stones are placed, it will scream FATE.