Both women got into the circle to start their combat training, before they began a strange man entered the cathedral, Richard recognized him and walked towards him, “My prince, i greet you, i bare you all message from the emperor, he summons all heroes to the imperial kingdom, immediately, a coach has been provided for your journey, it’ll take you two days to get to the imperial kingdom, the king asks that we leave now.” The party stood amazed, an audience with the Emperor of Khetis was no joke, they halted the ladies before their bout, Gaius laughed hard saying he was really looking forward to Elayne fight, Richard on the other hand was happy the match never held, the party left for Khetis with the messenger from the empire. One day passed and they stopped at an inn in a fief of one of the nobles in the empire, while they were there, they handled their basic necessities, Gaius and Richard went to check the perimeters of the fief, Toda and the rest stay back resting, day broke again

After the delegation, Toda told his party to train anyway they deem fit, he left the group, moving alone he remembers the advice Gaius gave on conversing with his spirit, he stumbles upon a lake, he remembers that his first encounter with a spirit started with a lake and if he could recreate the scenario he might be able to converse with one of his. He walks up to the lake draws his blade, cuts his hand and drops blood into the wave suddenly the echo of the blood drop could be heard repeatedly, he closes his eyes and just thought of spirits, he didn’t know what they looked like at first, he then thought on the shapes of the orbs that entered his being, he could differentiate magical waves by their colours thanks to his appraisal skill, he thought of the first two to emerge from the lake, a green and a red, immediately he had those thought, he could hear two voices, a male and a female, the female spoke.“I have been summoned here by you.” Toda looked for who is talking, he c

Toda opened his eyes and it was day, but he felt somewhat weird, he knew where he passed out, but he found himself in a handmade tent, he stood and found that his injuries were all healed up, he thought to himself, 'I can't believe I'm all healed up, with my mp still depleted my Self— Regen skill can't really do much work for me, not forgetting what am i doing in a tent, i passed out beside the lake.' Nana stepped into the tent, "master Toda, you're awake already, we were worried out of our minds, you and Audrey went all out, not even sparing the other." Toda laughed and said, "Well what can i say, i owe you all this much, and you'll have to be strong to help me on my quest, I'll make a date for you and i soon enough." Nana was as red as a strawberry after hearing the word date, while they were talking, Hunter and Milara walked in, "Master, you're awake!" Hunter screamed the moment he saw Toda, Milara on the other hand seemed as though she'd kill Toda if they were left alone,

Toda stood at a position watching Belial, he was also buying time for his friends, he then gets a message.-----------------------[MP IS BEING RECOVERED][HP RECOVERING]-----------------------Toda opened his interface and checked his stats, when the menu popped up his Hp and Mp were already at their maxed initial stage, Toda decided to use his honed samurai skills, he took his stance, he used one of the sub-skills under the Samurai class, CONCENTRATION, a sub-skill which lets him read the room, knowing all his enemies and deciding when to attack, Belial on the other hand, was scared at the quantity and level of magic he emitted, he summons four devil apes, seeing that all the apes he arrived with were history, these apes looked different from the rest, they had feats that distinguished them by far, Toda stays at the same position, Belial laughed out boldly, “hahaha, you think this little power up means anything, I’ll share with you, the gift prince Abbadon left me.” The remai

The next day had come on so fast; on Toda’s door was a knock. “Forgive me sir, its Oliver the butler of the royal house, i have been ordered by his majesty the emperor to prep you for your ceremony, if you’d please open the door, I’ll begin my duties.” Toda didn’t try fighting with him, he understood that any and every demand of the emperor must be met, he ushered Oliver in, “Good morning master Toda.” Accompanying Oliver in were four maids, Oliver walked up to the curtains, opened them allowing ventilation, the maids walked over to Toda and stripped him naked, he fought them but he wasn’t heard, the maidens seemed like they were thoroughly trained, they then gave him a bath, after the bath he had hands, feet and hair treatment, he was then given a thorough massage, Oliver brought out his uniform, it was custom made for nobility and his had the crest of barony, unlike the other clothes Toda wore, these set were different, they had something to them and Toda couldn’t fathom what it