Audrey keep on running behind Nero and her knees were starting to buckled as she was getting tired from chasing after her cat.
"Hold it right there!!!!" she shouted as she collapse on the ground. She was still catching her breath when Nero went back to her side.
[ Ohh I'm sorry little girl. I forgot that you can't run as good as I am.] he said as he situated himself next to Audrey.]
"And what do you expect from me??? I only have two legs while you are running using all of your four legs. Don't talk as if you're a better runner than me." she retorted as she cast a side glance to her cat who was acting haughty.
["Yeah, yeah,.... maybe next time you should try running on all fours as well and let us see if there is any difference.]
"YOU!!!!!" Audrey tried to grab her c.o.c.ky cat but he was faster.
"Hmmmmm... Nero was quite fast, huh???" Audrey looked intently at 'Nero' who was approaching her quickly. "Why is he rushing??? Is there someone chasing after him?!!!" Audrey stared with her eyes wide open when she realize what trouble she has to face. When she finally got a better look on the creature that was approaching her in full speed, her heart almost jumped out from her mouth. Because what she saw is not her cute little black cat Nero, but instead she saw a running wild boar. This boar had two sharp tusk glowing like a hot lava. It makes the appearance of the boar more frightening. On its forehead lies a crystal that looks like a ruby and as big as a fingernail. It was running with an alarming speed and was about to approach her. For the first time in her two life times, Audrey felt the kick of adrenaline rush. With a sudden jolt in her body, she sprint and run as fast as her
From above, Audrey watch as the situation started to unfold. A young man who happens to be the one who was shooting the frost bomb approached the wild boar who was now lying helplessly in the ground as its body was starting to get covered with frost. When the man reaches the side of the lying boar, it took out a dagger and squatted. He reach out to the crystal embedded on the wild boar's forehead and started to pierce it."WIIIIIIIIIIIEEEEEKKKKKK"another sorrowful shriek escaped from the boar. This one sided slaughter was too heart breaking for Audrey to watch so before she could realize what she was doing, she picked a weird looking fruit from one of the branches and throw it to the young man."NOOOOOOOOOOOOO....."Nike heard a lady like voice as a weird looking fruit roll near his shoe."OHH???"He looked up and there he saw a girl standing on one of the branches, she l
Back on the banquet,...Sabel was actually looking for Audrey when Nero found her and when Sabel saw the familiar cat, she almost started crying. She was too nervous when she realized that Audrey was nowhere to be found after she cause a commotion on the pond. When she arrived at the pond, she saw a wailing girl who was being comforted by Mu Yanxiao. Base from what she heard from the people around, the unruly young miss of the Lee Clan is the one behind this. But when she asked around, no one could tell her where exactly her young miss went since they were all too focus on the girl who fell on the pond. Countless scenario and what if's flooded Sabel's thought."What if young miss got into another trouble? What if someone asked the palace guards to take her away. What if something unpleasant happen to her young miss??!"Sabel was so worried that is why when she saw the familiar black cat alone, she almost st
Lava breathing boar is a fire type beast and its offense usually focuses on pure brute force. Despite having a stout body, its agility is a force to be reckoned with. That is why the best way to battle it is to slow it down. Thus when Nike, started to plan hunting the beast, he practice casting the spell for conjuring frost bomb which is an ice type explosive. Once the frost bomb impaled its target, it will gradually form frost all over the affected area. But the downside of this spell is that it does not have any damaging effect. It will just slow down or halt the movement of its target as it will become frozen. But once the ice melted, the target can recover from it easily. Just like what happen to Nike's case. Being weaken as he had been casting frost bomb one after another during the chase, he almost depleted his mana dry.Warlock and sorceress power relies on casting spell, of course. Every increase in level of each realm also means that they will have an i
"MAAAAAAWWWWWWWRRRRRR"[ Don't be so cocky stinky pig! ]All of a sudden, a huge black panther leap between the lava breathing boar and Nike's body." WIIIIIIEEEEEEEEEKKK"The lava breathing boar screeched when it saw another intruder.[ Oh c'mon stop it????! What are you screaming for??!!!! ]"GRAAAAAAWWWWRRRR"The lava breathing boar growled menacingly as another ball of red flame started to form between its tusk.[ Seriously?!! You want to fight me with that? Are you really that tired of living? ]Nero said without any hint of worry. He was even trying to clean his sharp nails when he said that."WIIIIIEEEEEEEKKKKKK"seeing that its opponent was not even less intimidated to his attack, the lava breathing boar shot its ball of flame directly to the black panther.
Nero was obviously pissed off when he saw that the lava breathing beast intended to harm his master. He might be a sarcastic and annoying pet, and usually tend to act careless and happy go lucky, but one thing that he can't tolerate is for Audrey getting hurt by any means. Meanwhile, seeing that the black panther was advancing, lava breathing boar felt the danger in the air."GRRRRRRAAAAAAWWWRRRRR"Its tusk glowed red like a lava as it issued another sound wave carrying an overwhelming power. The sound wave pushes the approaching figure of Nero a few steps backward. But he did not panic at all. He swipe his paw and using his sharp nail, he tear the space in front of him. The sound wave disappeared in thin air just like that."WIIIEKKK???"Lava breathing boar had a question mark all over its face. At this time it badly wanted to vomit blood out of frustration. He might not be the most powerful beast,
Meanwhile, with the danger coming from the lava breathing beast finally out of their concern, the trio finally got a chance to face each other.[little lad, are you hurt anywhere?----]"Milady are you hurt anywhere?"Nike and the little black cat Nero asked Audrey at the same time. Hearing the man opposite him utter the same word of concern he just said, the little black cat would like to raise an eyebrow. Sad to say, he doesn't have one.[And who is this fellow little girl???]Nero looked at Audrey questioningly."He is..... my savior."Audrey blushed, unsure how to address the fine man. Given the situation, she did not get the chance to know his name. She grab Nero and carried it on her arms as she tried to walk pass Nike, hiding her face just in case the man would notice that she was starting to blush again.&nbs
Audrey and Nero dash back to the carriages right after Prince Nike took his leave. Actually, he tried his best to persuade Audrey to come with him so that he can compensate her for the magical nucleus, he reckoned that the nucleus was rightfully hers since it was her spiritual beast who defeated the lava breathing boar at the first place.It is just that he no longer have enough time to prepare for another hunt and he really wanted to gift his younger brother something that he put effort with, like hunting the beast on his own that is why he insisted to get that magical nucleus. However Audrey decline his invitation politely.Soon, Audrey and her little black cat Nero was back at the banquet. Audrey of course was already wearing a fresh set of clothes and had also done cleaning herself.Thanks to Sabel's wise maneuver of befriending some palace maids, they gain access to private room for her to change her clothes without
[Distract them for me.]“Was it not only right for Steffi to get to use to eye whenever she feels like it?? I mean, she is older than the two of you so naturally, she was supposed to have more authority above both of you, no?.”“Ehhh… She’ll be fine. I’m the youngest so they should let me wear it more.” (Meredith)“The kid is right. The eldest should have the eyeball. She is a genius” (Steffi)Steve, on the other hand, seemed to get what Audrey was trying to do, so he said something that would surely add fuel to the fire.“But what about the middle child? I am sure, Ariel wants to have her turn too.&rdqu
“Now, where are we? Right, cooking.”Steffi changed the topic on purpose, before turning to her sisters.“I need the eye to check if it's ready, who has it?”“It’s around here, somewhere,”Meredith replied as she started to rummage through a pile of disorganized drawers. She felt obliged to respond since she was the last one to use the Magus Eye. Unfortunately, she forgot where she left it.“The last time I saw it, you put it in the utensils compartment, Meredith” Steffi insinuated using a lazy tone so the other party rebutted,“Don’t use that tone with my name.”Ariel on the other hand joined in this time to inform them that the eye was nowhere to be seen.“It’s not there this time.”After a while of contemplation, Meredith’s face lit up as she recalled something.“Aha! Steffi always put it in the dish cabinet:”And just like that, she found where her sister was hiding it.Consequently, the group found it interesting to watch how the three sisters could be talkative without having t
“I agree with Ariel. Why don’t we invite them over? This way, we could continue our chat there whilst they take their much-needed rest.” This time, it was Meredith who spoke and she deliberately told her sisters this. Nonetheless, she has spoken the words loud enough to be heard by others. The students, on the other hand, were beyond ecstatic when they overhear the ongoing conversation. But decided that it would be best not to allow their emotion to show on their faces. At this point, Meredith turned to the group and greeted them with a bow. “Let me apologize on my sister’s behalf. The thing is, it has been a while since we had visitors. As such, we are no longer accustomed to receiving guests.” She insinuated before she slowly approached the bunch of bewildered youngsters; careful not to bump her toe as she felt her way through the darkness. Her blindness was made obvious by her action and it made her appear pitiful to any onlooker. Truth be told, the Grae’s current act of displ
“Seriously, when will they stop obsessing over Cercei?”Tsking in annoyance, Steffi stealthily moved her slender fingers next to the Magnus Eye with the full intention of taking it back from her younger sister’s possession.“These people were getting on my nerves!”She purposely added this to appeal to her sisters’ sentiment so that their minds could focus somewhere else and they would not notice it once she started hogging the magic eye all for herself again. Meanwhile, her plan worked, as it always did. Ariel readily agreed to her and with a voice full of despondency, she said,“That’s how the mage community works. They fear what they could not understand and so they are set on destroying anything that they cannot control.”Ariel finished with an exasperated sigh. Meredith, on the other hand, could not help but clenched her fist as she was reminded of their good friend’s plight. Then with her brows knitted together, she roared,“The gal did not deserve all this hatred.”Meanwhile, t
On the flip side, rewinding the clock a tad, just a few minutes before Audrey’s group discovered that they unknowingly fall under a spell, the Graes were already watching them. “The eye! Who has the eye?” Meredith, the youngest, shouted at the top of her lungs. Steffi, on the other hand, stepped away from the giant cauldron before answering. “Over here. I had it with me.” She purposely put a safe distance between her and her two sisters before taking the eye out from her pocket. Afterward, she put the eyeball inside her empty socket. Meanwhile, Ariel, the middle child among the three sisters complained, “You again? You are always snagging our eyes by yourself.” “I know right? Give us a chance as well.” Meredith seconded. But Steffi only rolled her removable eye and mumbled, “Oh, shut up! Stop whining, it's because I have more use of this than the two of you combined.” Ariel no longer argued. But Meredith was different. “Give me that, it is my turn today.” She insinuated and
“But this was done in consideration of what was the lesser evil. News about how the petrifying monster has been terrorizing the Black Forest had already reached the ears of the masses and as a result, was causing mayhem among the people; both non-magic and magic practitioners alike. If it was not for that, the mage community would not make a move.” “Terrorizing, you say.” The Grae mockingly repeated Niccoli’s word that struck her noggin the most. Then with a contemptuous scoff, she added, “What an interesting choice of words considering that it was you, students, who made the first move against her. If you were to ask me, I think it is more accurate to say that it was the other way around. You all are the ones doing the terrorizing. You brought the melee with you and now that she retaliated, you turned her into a villain?” Everyone fell silent afterward but it was not because they were trying to come up with better arguments to refute the other party’s words. Rather, it was due to
Audrey was on her dormitory bed when all that happened, and she was absolutely oblivious to the problem that was headed her way. Meanwhile, the results of the examination were announced on the third day. The students gathered around the square early in the morning and crammed in front of the announcement board to check their results. They also wanted to find out which class they had been allocated to. Niccoli dragged Audrey into the heavily obstructed crowd and finally came before the Herbalist Division’s announcement board. Niccoli immediately found their names, and as expected, both of them had obtained the highest marks for the test. They were also allocated to the Herbalist Division’s violet class for that autumn enrollment. Niccoli was also excited to see the name ‘Andrew’ written on the top of the list. Everyone envied her marks. “Andrew! You are the first! You are the first!” Niccoli was extremely surprised and held onto Audrey’s shoulder. He was very excited, and it was as i
[Alright, I must admit it’s my fault this time. My bad.] “As you should!” Ultimately, Nero acknowledged the part he played in inciting the agitated hut to action. But he also did not forget to let Audrey know that he did not appreciate her tone. [Needless to say, raising your voice is completely unnecessary. Besides, getting mad at me won’t change anything, will it? You’re kind of embarrassing me, just you know.] The cat tried to reason out but with her and her friends’ lives at stake and almost put in danger, Audrey did not back away easily this time. “Oh yeah? Then swear to me that from now on, you will be mindful of your choice of words. We have to be careful with every word we are saying because it was not every time that we got a chance to take it back.” Meanwhile, Nero’s response came shortly. However, it was so brief. Moreover, it did not sound sincere either. [Okay. I promised] So Audrey prompted the cat to state the matter precisely because she did not want him to circ
“What if the Graes already took notice of us as soon as we entered their perimeter and right now, we are under a spell; making our eyes play a trick on us? What if what we are seeing right now is not real?”“Well, if that is the case, then I guess there is only one way to check it.”Audrey insinuated and without wasting another breath, she said the passphrase."Turn your back to the forest, your front to me."Slowly, it dawned on the others as well what was possibly happening and so without waiting to be told what to do, they recited the same thing too."Turn your back to the forest, your front to me."They whispered into the air one after another and almost immediately, the landscape changed into something else, right before their naked eyes.Everyone watched with an awestruck face as the trees turned into fences. At the same time, just a few feet away from where they were standing, they noticed how an empty lot from moments ago started to morph into what seemed to be an inconspicuou