"The procedure will take a week," said Ronda. Sidney was laid on a bed in a room separate from the dragon's den.Surrounding them, all over the walls, in shelves, and by the bed he laid on, were potions and tools of different calibers.Potions, runes, talismans, so many different things were at the disposal of Ronda, in each and every direction."A week?" Asked Sidney, "I'll work you through the process," said Ronda."Your bones are going to be replaced with enhanced alchemy infused bones, or rather, I'll be enhancing your current bones with alchemy infused ones," said Ronda."Enhancing? Not replacing?" Sidney asked, confused. "It would be easier to tear out your bones and stick in new ones, but the danger of doing that and the extensive recovery time would be unbearable and bad to say the least, however, carefully injecting a certain fluid into your bones and slowly changing them from the inside would be more effective and faster, though a lot more painful," said Ronda.Sidney looked

"The students that are moles?" Asked Henry, "yes, Williams story just helped us figure that out," said Kayla."What were the names of the students that approached you?" Asked Kayla, "Oh... I-it was..." As Williams spoke, Miss Kayla pulled out a piece of paper and wrote down the names of the students, along with something else.When she was done, she drew an alchemy return circle on the floor and dropped the piece of paper into it."Williams," she turned to him, "on behalf of both me and Jake, I'm truly sorry for how we've treated you," said Miss Kayla as she bowed her head.Williams looked at her a bit shocked, and so did Henry. Jake on the other hand just lowered his head, not turning to face anyone."I'm ashamed of myself not only as a teacher, but as an individual for putting you through all what I set Jake up to do. Please don't hold any ill feelings towards him, everything was my doing!" Said Kayla."N-n-no, you d-don't have to a-a-apologize—" "But I do!" Kayla said with determin

Illuminated by their alchemy sticks, Henry and Jake walked through the dark cave, seeing no further than three meters from them.Both of them walked slowly and quietly, making sure not to make any unnecessary noise as they moved.The eerie dripping of water in the cave seemed like the only company they had... That, and the swarm of bats that had flown out of the cave not too long after they'd entered.The further inside they went, the more and more tense the air got. Jake took a step forward, and his foot seemed to sink into the floor."Shit!" He thought as he began gathering mana, "Henry, booby trap!" He yelled before slamming both his hands together."Gale burst!!!" He yelled as a huge gust of wind erupted from all around him, blowing dense and fast air all around him all at once.In the same instant, Henry slammed his hands into the floor. "Hibernation!" Instantly huge pillars of ice erupted from the floor all around him, surrounding him in a thick layer of ice.A millisecond after

"I'm not gonna stutter," said Williams, "I'm n-not—argh!!" He cursed lightly and oddly nicely as he threw a stone off the top of the cave.He was sitting on top of the cave, on a huge rock that arched over the edge of the cave, causing it to resemble a cliff."That was supposed to be it! I was supposed to say ten sentences in a row without stuttering, and of course I messed up on the seventh line," thought Williams as he tossed another rock.He let out a heavy sigh, "remember what Henry said... Say whatever it is you want to say in your head first a couple times," thought Williams.He sat quietly for a moment before speaking, "I'm not gonna stutter. I'm not gonna stutter. I'm not gonna stutter. I'm not gonna stutter. I'm not gonna stutter. I'm not gonna stutter. I'm not gonna stutter. I'm not gonna s-stutter—dang it!!!" He yelled as he tossed another rock."That damned seventh line..." He thought, as he threw another rock. He sat silently, alone, on a cliff above the cave. Certain tho

Williams stood looking down at the body of C3. "Wires?" He thought as he noticed a wire sticking out of C3's body.He raised his eyebrows in confusion. What would wires be doing inside of a living person? Was this some sort of upgrade the ORA used? He knelt down beside the body.Now that he took a closer look, he could see more and more circuitry sticking out of C3's corpse. It didn't make sense.This wasn't just enough wires and circuitry for a simple enhancement, no, it looked like he was made from nothing but wires.In fact, Williams struggled trying to find a single actual organ in his body—at least from where he could see.He was no doctor. Sticking his hands into people—whether dead or alive—wasn't something he was comfortable with."Now that I think about it, I think that guy was called Maner... And he called this guy C3..." Said Williams as he sat down beside it, staring at the body."Wires... C3... Maybe this guy isn't a guy at all?" Thought Williams. As much as he thought ab