23. Light of Sirius: The Tower of Arcanea
Starting November 2023, The Korea Daily is excited to publish the fantasy novel series “Sword of Malta – Lightning in 72 Years” on our website. This new captivating series follows a trio of young adventurers on their quest to uncover the mysteries of ancient civilizations, including the Maya and Inca. In an exciting development, Netflix is currently adapting the novel’s storyline into a film.
The ‘Sword of Malta – Lightning in 72 Years’ is the latest novel authored by Jeeyoon Ha, who created the “Pangaea series.” Ha’s debut novel, “The Pangaea: Finding Xibalba,” was selected by the Korea Creative Content Agency in 2022 as part of their initiative to support the global export of fantasy literature.
Readers can eagerly anticipate the online publication of two installments each month, with new chapters appearing bi-weekly, offering a regular escape into this magical realm. *Mark Oh translated the Korean novel into English.
Suri and Marvelem, having been drawn into the vortex of the lightning cylinder, gradually descended while facing each other. Their eyes remained shut; Marvelem’s eyelids faintly glowed with a hint of blue, while Suri’s eyes fluttered rapidly beneath hers. As Marvelem’s blonde hair billowed upwards, the constellation Canis Major emerged prominently on his taut forehead, before shifting towards Suri. In a mirrored response, his head also lifted, and the same constellation marked his brow. Simultaneously, they opened their eyes and shared a laugh at the sight of the constellation on each other’s foreheads—a symbol of their deep camaraderie.
The two opened their eyes at the same time. They laughed at the constellation Canis Major on each other’s foreheads. It was a strong comrade ritual.
“You’re pretty cool”
Marvelem praised the Suri.
“I’m going to fall in love with you. Really. It’s the best”
Suri was amazed by Marvelem’s appearance. Marvelem was as beautiful as Adonis from Sumerian myth.
At that moment, Marvelem’s blue eyes became transparent like Dragon Eridan. Hundreds of volt riders waiting in the air of the megalithic temple poured lightning into Marvelem. Marvelem, combined with lightning, circled around the eagle like lightning. Marvelem was not seen and Suri were not seen. Only the scales of lightning and lightning were seen. It was as if a lightning nuclear explosion had exploded.
“Wow…”
Sabi and Maru exclaimed at the same time.
Lightning Man appeared. As the scales of lightning and lightning subsided, a powerful lightning man knelt on one knee appeared. Lightning Man’s whole body was rugged and strong, and his eyes were spewing lightning. Lightning was constantly exploding all over his body. Lightning Man slowly rose, grabbing the lightning that wrapped around his torso with both hands. Lightning flashed all over the place.
“We became Sirius”
Marvlem whispered.
Suri and Marvelem became Sirius Lightning. The Suri flew as Sirius lightning. Finally, he saw a mysterious world that he had never imagined. It was a city of ultra-high civilization that had never been seen in the imagination of any civilization, which had not been seen before Sirius Lightning.
“The mind and body are not separated. They’re connected, and they’re strongly influencing each other.”
Suri unknowingly said these words.
But like Count Asura, a spirit and body called Suri and Marvelem were speaking.There were two even though they were one.
The entire city was roaming like balloons in an amusement park with countless stars. It was a city of Midnight Blue hue. It was not a skyscraper city, but a megalithic temple city. However, it was not less modern than the megalithic temple skyscraper. Rather, It was much more progressive. The city had a highway that could be accessed anywhere, and the megalithic temples bragged about their golden lights, and they were so beautiful that they were speechless.
“The name of this city is Arcanea… It’s north of the planet Sirius”
It was both a marblem and a Suri. It resonated softly in Suri’s head like an imaginary sound.
“Arcanea…”
Suri repeated the name of the city. Like the desert city of Arrakis, he felt a strong alien feeling. If Arrakis had only sand dust in the desert, Arcanea had only a feast of light.
A high tower rose in the center of Arcanea.
“It’s the tower of wizards. It’s a symbol of this city.”
Now Suri couldn’t tell who was whispering. Suri did not feel that he was being controlled by Marvelem. As Marvelem said, it was very natural as if the mind and body were one from the beginning.
The Wizard’s Tower was covered with Altima. It was a place where wizards in high positions of six tribes studied magic and exchanged knowledge about magic. At the top of the tower, there was another tower made of crystal, and the crystal tower was not just a tower. Suri could see the magic library through the crystal window. Uncountable knowledge was displayed in the library.
The city was lively, and everyone was as bright as people who had never experienced sadness. However, each person’s face sneaked up as the other person’s face and disappeared.
“Shadow face”
Marvelem whispered again. The shadow face was not a mask, but a real face.
“Each father’s face… Magic is passed down to paternal lines on the planet Sirius… If it doesn’t show up as a shadow face, that means the magic that was passed down as a paternal line has disappeared”
Marvelem was unobstructed.
“By the way, do you know what you learned from your dad?”
Marvelem asked as if he already knew Suri’s answer
.“… No… It’s…”
Suri couldn’t answer clearly. The reason was unknown. The motto of a great explorer family came to mind, but he thought that was not what Marvelem was asking.
“That’s… A moving ghost…”
Marvelem said shivering.
“He’s a death sentencer. He already received the sentencing date… Nobody cares. Of course, you can’t run away or escape. He was caught working as a spy sniper. The traitor is being executed to death. He’ll be sent to the Space Cliff.”
The moving ghosts wore long clothes that ran from head to toe, and noose around their necks. The only body that could be seen slightly in long clothes was already bones.
“… Is Sansuna a man?”
The Suri was out of the blue.
“No… We’ll talk about that later. The magic tribes have kept their own way of life”
Marvelem avoided answering.
“… We have to go to the position of prophecy… We don’t have much time. Wizards are crowded like orks. They’re waiting for us.
Marvelem rushed the Suri.
“I finally found it. Even if you can hide the position of prophecy for a while… You can’t fool our eyes, can you?”
Marvelem was delighted. An explosion was heard from the other side of the wide dune, and lava splashed into the sky like a surge .A ray of lightning was visible through the red lava.
“It’s been 72 years of lightning.”
Suri was thrilling.
[To be continued…]
