The Timeless Monarch
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Chapter 3: The Portal Between Realities
Imperial Kingdom of Khanda
Year 2021
Emperor Arin Di Khanda stood at the edge of a sprawling bamboo forest; his white steed restless beneath him. At 30 years old, he carried the weight of a fractured monarchy and the burden of protecting the balance between the two worlds.
Twenty-nine years had passed since that fateful night in the Garden of Queens, yet the memory of his father’s murder remained vivid. Harmony, now broken in two, had left his world vulnerable to chaos. His uncle’s treachery still haunted him.
Arin dismounted; his gaze fixed on the dense grove ahead. Whispers of the portal’s reactivation had reached him. If John had crossed back, it meant trouble for both worlds.
The ground trembled as the air grew charged with energy. Two obsidian poles rose from the earth, inscribed with symbols identical to those on Harmony. An electric barrier crackled to life between them—a gateway to another realm.