Nero is in the middle of trying out his newfound opportunity of jumping in and out of the storage ring when Nike entered the room. He walks straight to where Steve was currently lying. When he reached the edge of the bed, he just stood next to it without saying anything. He looks like he was ready to throw a punch at any moment yet at the same time trying his best to suppress the livid expression on his face. To achieve the feat, he deliberately performs a set of breath in and breath out exercise. Steve was startled when Nike abruptly approached him, but he still greeted him with a smile.
"Nike, is there something that I can help you with?"
"How did you know this girl?"
Instead of answering Steve's question with the same level of warmth, his face asked him sternly. Nike passed the copy of Audrey's portrait to Steve and he waited how his good friend will react. As expected, shock is written all over Steve's face when he saw who is in the portrait. But more
In a course of several days, the students continued to attend their respective classes. Time surely flies way too fast. As they fail to realize that they had been in Iridos for quite some time now. Even the classes for the two remaining subjects already passed by in just a blink of an eye. Audrey didn't have much of an impression of the two subjects. There is simply nothing worth a mention. Aside from the fact that the entire class almost fell asleep during the Sibyl Studies class with Professor Shunks. While they become as timid as a frightened lamb in front of Professor Alberts during the Runes and Relic class. Today is a rest day, and during a time like this students are supposed to be hanging out with their friends or they should be having fun. Enjoying their life outside of school away from worries. But contrary to the usual notion, Audrey and her friends are not planning to do the same. They actually decided to conduct their mission at this time. The earlier the
The body of the talking oak tree trembled in agitation. He was shocked beyond his wits when he saw an alive and kicking ability user right before him. Others might not be aware of the importance of the existence of this race but as someone who lives for thousands of millennia, the talking oak tree knew it very well like the back of his hand. If he could just happen to have one. Back at the old times when the world was still young, deities and all creations of light used to coexist with one another.During that time, there was a forest that is located near the sanctuary of the Supreme Being and it was called Land Of Dawn. The talking oak tree that serves as the guardian of the forest and of the school originally came from that grove. His eyes glistened with tears when he recalled its homeland. The Supreme Being created both creatures of light and darkness, as well as brought deities into existence. Deities and creatures of light were arranged to live togeth
Right after completing the simple ritual of asking permission to the guardian tree, Audrey's group becomes shrouded by the brilliant light emitted by the golden leaves. As soon as the light covered their body, they were teleported away from the heart of Enchanted Forest. Space warps before Audrey's eyes and she saw myriad of colors passing around her. The influx of energy whirling around her makes her feel lightheaded. Her teleportation this time does not feel as pleasant as her previous experiences in teleportation. When Audrey's feet finally felt the solid ground and the gleaming lights before her vanished, she looked around her and saw that Nike and the others had already arrived and they were standing not too far away from each other.The abrupt jolt after the teleportation left the group staggering. They were still feeling a little bit dizzy and nauseous from their teleportation but they don't feel like wasting any time. When they finally scanne
"Woah... This place is so beautiful..."Allan offered his sincere compliment while looking around.Despite their amazement, the groups didn't stop by to immersed themselves and admire the beauty of the place. They still continued to move forward while observing the wonders of the surrounding."Pssshhh.... psshhh...pssshhhh"All of sudden, the wind whistle as if something fast was coming on their way. They felt goosebumps and cold sweat drenched their back."Crap! where under attack!"Nike shouted in panic. Before they could even react, something that looks like needles rained on them. The needles shoot at all direction and the group was caught off guard. Each of them crushed a pearl-like object and in an instant, a protective shield enclosed them. His action was swift but some needles still managed to prick them. The shower of needle-like objects continued to rattle on the protective shield creating a sound remini
The light that was cast on the group by their protective shield was also starting to show signs of dissipating. After some time, it vanishes altogether. Audrey and the rest of the group continued to move deeper into the forest but this time, they become more cautious lest another sneak attack springs up in their group. Yet as if fate was playing tricks on them, when their group started to heightened their wariness and proceeded with more caution, the place becomes relatively safer. It feels like they were traveling into a safe haven instead. They no longer encounter any delays or mishaps, so as a result, the journey went on a lot smoother than expected. Not long ago, they reached the other end of the forest.Taking the place in sight, everyone was befuddled. They all turn their heads and look at Niccoli's direction to ask him what is happening. According to their friend, the outskirt of Dystopia supposed to be right next to the other end of Luminous Mounta
"Very good! That's more like it. Anyways, I'm the newly recruited guardian from The Ancient Domains of Mystery. I was chosen to guard the entrance of Dystopia and if not because of your untimely interruption, I would have done my introduction already. You know??? Gosh! These lads, how troublesome."The group was rendered speechless by how the merpire talked to them.Is that the common norm shared between guardians? After all, it was just a couple of hours when they met the guardian at their school. The talking oak tree is as weird as this merpire before them.[It seems that being weird is part of the basic work etiquette among guardians, I suppose.]Nevertheless, the group still did not lower their guards. It was still unsure whether the merpire was saying the truth or not.On the other hand, seeing how the young warlocks were following clapping obediently after being told to do so while eyeing her suspiciously the merpire chuc
Half an hour later, the group experienced the thrill that only the deep water could bring. So far down in the water, the sunlight is a soft diffuse glow. Those once golden rays from above are only blue in this water and the deeper they swim, the less light can penetrate. The rocks are now silhouettes in the dim. Some feet beneath the surface, they saw the underwater life. Everything was cast blue by the filtered light. The place was festooned by an entrancing panorama. A rocky wall stood up like a sky scrapper. While underwater weeds, kelp, anemones, and corals rose like a Gothic architecture. With the increasing pressure, Audrey began to feel like the water is becoming thicker, like soup. She glanced upward to the surface and her heart rate rises."I've never been this deep before. "She thought to herself. But she knows that there is no going back now. The only way for her is to move forward and dive deeper. Finally, they reached the place. Among the di
The group knew their friend, Andrew, is not someone who will joke around in this kind of situation. So even though they were not sure what exactly was happening, they also started running with all their might while their eyes were tightly shut. Since they cannot see where they were going, they solely rely on their other senses, primarily their sense of hearing. The sound of their running footsteps was mixed with the mirthless laugh in the background. As a known fact, the enigma of being unable to see and left to imagine things is much worse than actually seeing.The giggling continues and it sounded like it was coming everywhere. This causes the group to run even faster and the sheer fright to the unknown that was lurking somewhere almost clouded their ability to think straight. They could only hope that they were taking the right path or they might risk being separated from the rest of the group and subject themselves to face a sc