[Quick! I can sense Luna's aura... Tell them to follow us. Niccoli seems to found the Pyrusurrectio Fruit Fruit!]
Nero told Audrey through their mental link. Since Audrey knew about Nero' ability, she did not hesitate and relay the news to the group.
"Guys, follow me. I know where Niccoli is."
The group did not waste time any further and run after to where Audrey was heading.
Fortunately, Niccoli decided to take Monami out of his storage ring.. Because there is no way Nero would be able to sense Luna's aura if she was kept inside the storage ring.
Audrey and her friends also felt the tremendous shaking of the ground from where they are. But instead of slowing them down it further incites the group to move even faster. They have to find Niccoli as fast as they could. This sudden shaking couldn't mean anything good. They gritted their teeth to fueled up as they leap from time to time. The cracks seem to get wider. While r
[Luna! I can sense she is nearby...]"Guys! Use the concealment spell. They will turn aggressive every time they saw something moving..."It was Niccoli's voice that rang this time.The group was stunned for a moment when they suddenly heard Niccoli's voice nearby. But they immediately understood what he was trying to say. With a wave of their hands, they cast a spell over their bodies. They chanted,"APÓKRYPSI TIS PAROUSÍAS"The group turned invisible. It was only this time that they managed to breathe. They inhaled deeply and drank the cold air hungrily as if each gulp could be very well their last. When the blinding light from Audrey's spell faded away, the group saw the army of the undead in close proximity passing by them.The hoard of the undead had a sloppy gait. They walked slowly. Their limbs were sticking out in odd angles and they look terrifying and grotesque. Their jaws were dislocated and th
The groups had been running without daring to take a rest even once, but the exit of Echurid was still nowhere in sight. "The heck! The situation is turning disadvantageous!" Since Audrey was riding Nero, they were at the front line. Therefore, she could see clearly what was lying ahead of them. The group had been running and moving forward while the army of undead continued to run after them. With that, at least they have a way to go. They just have to outrun the army of the undead. But the problem is, there are more of those zombie-like creatures that were lying in wait at their front. Meaning, they will soon be surrounded! The sea of death almost overwhelmed the group of warlocks as more skeleton and rotting bodies continued to come out from unkempt dirt of the cracks. The flesh in their shoulder was hanging like tattered rags, and they were half-dragging their once bloodied ripped leg. The situation is becoming hopeless. Niccoli and the other'
"Please, Nero, trust me this once. You know me. I won't do something I'm not certain about. I know what I'm doing..." Without waiting for her cat's response, Audrey leaped away from Nero back. She charged bravely to where Niccoli was left fighting his way back to Luna's location. "Bro Andrew, you should not be here. It's unsafe here!!!" "I should be the one saying that to you. You bird brain! If I die today, I will haunt you! Remember that!" "If you die today, I will die too. Don't worry..." "Then I will haunt you even in the afterlife! Hmph!" "Thanks Bro...." Audrey and Niccoli stood back to back as they raised their wands ready to cast a spell. The army of the undead also seems to retain some rationality. When they noticed that the duo had some means to fight them, they also stop attacking them blindly. Instead, they surrounded the duo and eyed them warily. Audrey and Niccoli were like trapped prey surrounded
Nero was already back to his cat form and he was currently resting within Audrey's embrace. He was looking with sorrowful eyes as Niccoli caresses the sleeping Monami. As much as he wanted to get near her right now, he knew that Niccoli wanted to have Monami for himself. Especially at a time like this, so Nero just contained himself at looking to the love of his life, Monami"Andrew... How did you summon the Lightning Ordeal by the way???"It was Nike who asked Audrey this time. Apparently, his friends already made him drank an elixir aiding his swift recovery. He was now capable of moving around without much difficulty. Others might not know, how hard it was to cast the Lightning Ordeal spell successfully. But as someone who tried to practice it multiple times, Nike knew it. At the very least, he could safely say that he was not able to do it yet. Despite having a more advanced magic level compared to his peers.According to his estimation, he was about to make
"To say that you met an army of those terrific creatures today, are you telling me that they still exist up to this date ??? Are you kidding me? That is just utterly impossible!"Veronica insinuated with her set orb-like eyes, bugged out in disbelief. On the other hand, seeing the guardian's bewildered expression as though the other party could not bring herself to believe what her ears just heard, Allan could not help but asked her back."But we just fought with those! We're not lying! Do you think we are too free to invent stuff in our heads? Oh, wait…. Don't tell me that you simply don't know about it as well????"If truth must have to be told, even the mages who belonged at the highest echelon of the Ancient Domains of Mystery were not aware of the existence of an army of the undead within the land of Dystopia; so what more could be expected to those working at lower posts? Besides, Veronica was just a mere guardian, not to mention, a new recrui
"It's great that Allan and Jace insisted on buying this Nexus Portal despite its sky-high price. They even ended up splitting the payment just to buy it."Steve insinuated on the side. Back when they were looking for useful artifacts to buy from Brujeria, the moment Nike saw this Nexus Portal, he already wanted to buy it. But Allan and Jace insisted that they should be the ones to pay because they want to contribute something. Most of the expenses for the artifacts needed in the mission were taken care of by Nike and Nicolli. But since they were doing the mission as a group, Allan and Jace felt that they need to contribute something at least. Thus they insisted on paying for that Nexus Portal. Most of the artifacts were bought by the two brothers. Yet in the end, they failed to use a single artifact that they bought. It was this Nexus Portal instead that proves to be useful in the last part of the mission.On the other hand, after Allan's blood fell into the whirlpool
"Niccoli, you love cats, do you have any idea who was that silly cat that loves flower so much that he ended up turning one???""How would I know??? Monami never talks to strangers before. She was a very nice cat. There is no way, she will know that cat."Gosh! You are focusing on the wrong thing dude! Haaay... Never mind!"How about you Andrew? You also have a cat. Do you have any idea in mind???"Knowing that they can't get any useful answers from Niccoli, the group shifted their attention to Audrey instead."Errr????"Of course, Audrey has no idea who was that godforsaken cat. But she won't back down without trying anything either.."Nero! What do you think? Do you know the answer???"[No I don't, how should I know???]"This...."Since even Nero doesn't know the answer, Audrey doesn't know anyone who could answer the riddle.Thus for the second time around, they gave up."Ohhh... such a pity. You
The talking oak tree was taken aback when he saw that the group of young warlocks had returned. Recalling the matter about the Antediluvian cat, the guardian tree in the Forbidden Forest looked for Nero. Upon catching the sight of the daggers in the other party's eyes, Nero' eyes shot up and an ominous premonition arose in her mind. Without giving the talking oak tree time to speak Nero said,[Let's talk some other time Old Oak. We still have something to attend to...]Nero did not give the talking oak tree a chance to interrogate him. He still had important matters to attend, just like Monami's safety. Right now, the group was rushing to meet Professor Sonny. Since Niccoli was the one who accepted the mission, he had to report his identity to the Mission Tower. Mission Tower is one of the infrastructures in the school and it was built mainly for the purpose of distributing and accepting missions. There is no one manning the tower because it can operate by itself. Vari
[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