Within the depths of the jungle there was a large waterfall that fell from the biggest hill on it, clashing down into a large river that branched off into many smaller rivers across the entirety of the jungle's interior, bringing water to all life on this ecosystem. A man covered in purple and black robes covering his face with a hoodie walked across the hill, reaching right below the waterfall, finding a hidden cave where he entered.
He walked through the dark cave without the need for any light, and suddenly found a giant metallic door with strange markings and letters engraved on it. The entire door emanated a strong aura of divinity… as if it was engraved with something that was prohibited for mortals to ever be able to learn. But this man… He had already deciphered the language of the gods.
"May only the most blessed of heroes be able to open and seal the powerful sun dwelling within these ruins… Only Gods can utilize such power. Heroes are only given the task of protecting it…" He said, as his face quickly changed from calm to disgusted and angered. "Bullshit."
A sudden blast of darkness blasted the door into pieces, as the man leisurely walked inside the temple without even trying to open the door using a key, or something… The heroes that once protected these ruins were already gone from this place and had only closed the door using the mystical divine key, they didn't expect him to be so strong he could just blast it open.
The man suddenly found himself inside vast ruins of an ancient godly civilization, the walls, ceiling, and floor were all made of lustrous silver metallic material, and everything seemed highly technologically advanced.
"The technology of the gods is truly quite fascinating, but all of this is old tech, nothing of it works… Except that. My sweet, sweet ticket out of my misery."
The man walked downstairs, blasting doors open as he made his way into the depths of the ruins, where he ended having to fight hundreds of metallic golems and mechanical spiders that tried to stop him, although they ended falling to his magic at the end as well, being broken down into pieces with ease. However, as he got closer to his precious treasure, his lifespan continued to grow lower, as if by using all of this powerful magic, he was growing weaker and weaker, his life was being drained, and he might die soon.
"Hahh… Ugh… At long last." He muttered, looking at the beautiful marble before him, a big spherical red and orange crystal, glowing brightly and unleashing a strong quantity of power from within.
The man broke took out the diamond-made glass-like coverture that the relic had, as he extended his skeletal and dry hands over the item…
"Ungh…! S-So powerful… I didn't expect anything more from the relic of a god! I finally made it! After learning a part of the Truth by gazing into the Abyss! I might… I might finally be able to have enough power to protect them… And to kill those behind everything…!" Muttered the man with a malicious smile, as his entire body suddenly began to absorb the entire relic, an enormous shockwave of blazing energy began to cover the entire ruins, making everything tremble, pillars started to fall apart, as if the entire ruins were about to be destroyed and he would be buried alive in here!
"Faster… Come on!!!" Roared the man, as his youthfulness suddenly began to be recovered, his lifespan once more increased, and this enormous quantities of power were all absorbed into his body, fueling him with new energy.
The entire crystal lost its colors, becoming transparent, and then, it cracked and shattered by itself, leaving only a pile of glass dust behind.
"Ungh…! Agh… T-This power is very strong… This richness, I couldn't expect more from the Core that the Gods use to fuel their technology…!" Laughed the man, as he began to force himself to walk, quickly escaping the ruins before they ended falling apart.
He fell into the waterfall, and was carried by the rivers around the jungle, as his body was still adapting to the energies, he felt like he was between life and death constantly, every second it felt as if he was growing closer to the verge of death. However, he remained conscious, and when he realized he was out of the water, he found himself in the shores of the river, with his face down into the ground.
He kneeled over the ground as his entire body began to flow with energies, he had somehow survived absorbing such an item, it was all thanks to having comprehended what he had researched this entire time.
He looked into his hands as a newer and recharged darkness emerged from his hands, it was no longer this faint shadow, but it was a powerful, deep, and almost abyssal darkness that seeped into the souls of anybody that looked into it.
"This amazing power… I've finally obtained it… And I've regained my youth… It seems that the curse for glaring through the Abyss has been lifted by the divine power of this relic? Amazing…" He laughed, as he quickly cleansed his clothes and opened a portal to the demon continent.
"Whatever was your end, Aberno, our business ends today… I shall move back to the Demon Continent; you can do whatever you want." He said, as he went through the portal, leaving a few goblins, orcs, and trolls watching from around the jungle completely confused. They had no leader now, what would they do?
The green skins began to gather once more together around a tent, however, as an important event was happening right before their eyes, it has only been a few weeks since their King's death, where they ended left alone in this new place, different from the demon continent, but today, something memorable was happening.
A young goblin woman suddenly gave birth to a little baby…
And this baby was blue skinned.
The goblin woman smiled, caressing her child, and kissing him lovingly, she had survived, and was recovering slowly. Despite her father being not here anymore, she would do everything her instincts allow her to raise her offspring as much as she can.