Chapter 50 ~~ Etnum ~~ Crunch... Crunch... Crunch... As much as they tried to move silently, the damp brown grasses on the ground made them do the exact opposite. The grasses let out crisp noises with each footstep, forcing the teenage Dhemistarians to move at a snail's pace. “... How should I know? I can't possibly think of a strategy to win if I don't know who I'll be fighting,” Ian shrugged walking side by side with Karen and Kurt. “Well, you should at least have like a readied combo attack or something,” Karen said, meticulously placing each foot after the other. Ian scratched the side of his hair as he thought about it, “Uh... I don't think my blessing really allows me to do such. I'd mostly be defensive and evasive till I spot an opening... I guess.” “Tch,” Kurt scoffed. “And you claim to have fought in a war. How did you survive?” Ian contorted his face not knowing what expression to make, “Err... I didn't literally go to war. I was like their last resort or something.”

Chapter 52 ~~ The Test of Strength ~~ The two suns rose from the eastern horizon, dispelling a warm orange light across the realm of Dhemistaria, ushering in the dawn of a new day. Today was Friday. For most of the Dhemistarian populace, the day was business as usual. The young minority however knew today wasn’t just another day, it was a day that held great importance to their future. Today was the Test of strength. Ian jolted awake and sat up on his bed. His eyes were squinted and a little red. He barely had enough sleep overnight as he got into training immediately he got home the previous day. He had his dinner in between and continued till he could barely move his limbs. Lumbering into his room, he took a weary glance at the analogue clock hung on the wall. The time was 03:48am; it was way past midnight. Aside the frustration that he wouldn’t get enough sleep, he was also intrigued as to why neither Achlys nor Annabelle bothered to call him in. They went to bed without him. ‘

Chapter 54 ~~ Power of the Sun ~~ The ultraviolet radiation around her shone brighter and exuded a more corrosive effect to the entire battle ground as she levitated off the ground, reaching a height of five feet in the air. Amelia's brows arched down as her eyelids closed halfway. It was as though she was looking at a different colored sun. The fringes of her green regal dress swayed as she moved her feet back one after the other. ‘What sort of light is this? My skin burns even from this distance. Why is it so… corrosive? One could die from this, but it seems she can’t exude any higher…’ She stopped moving back and sighed. ‘But I never knew having a blessing that absorbs sun power could grant such ability. Either way I can’t let this linger more than it already has.’ She swept the sand back with her right feet, moving her arms in that direction. Then she threw her arms forward. The sandy ground shook from her side to were Karen was floating. As the tremor got to Karen, the grou

Chapter 56 ~~ Sound and Frequency ~~ Silence hung in the air as the audience keenly watched the unconscious Karen get placed on a stretcher and conveyed out of the battle ground. One would have said the atmosphere was of total silence if Sophia, the pink haired princess, wasn’t continuously ululating and screaming her elder sister’s name. Even with the perplexed and somewhat angry stares from everyone around her, she kept at it, completely ignoring them. Prince Raymond finally dropped his folded hands with a scoff and left. Sophia noticed him leave from the corner of her eye, so she stopped jubilating and turned on her seat, but he was long gone already. She shrugged, completely aware of how stoic he could be. She was a little bit surprised he actually waited this long. She turned back towards the battle ground and continued her loud celebration. Frustrated sighs and groans erupted from the crowd, but she couldn’t care less; there was nothing they could do to her. Huff… Huff… Pr

Chapter 58~~ Victory and Bickering ~~Korah grunted as she picked herself up from the ground. When she finally got on her feet, she dusted the sand particles off her hands and swayed the strands of her white hair that dangled over her face, to the back.Zakeem waited patiently for her to get up before clapping his hands forward, releasing a sonic wave that’d have flung her away again if she hadn’t stopped it with her outstretched palms.The wave rippled vigorously before her, trying its best to move and consume her, but her palms of counter vibrations held it in place. She pulled at the wave, gripping it like a long piece of fabric. She pulled again and moved back, seemingly tearing the wave-fabric out of the air. It shrunk immediately and she held it in one hand.“Impossible!” Zakeem was momentarily stunned. The fact that she blocked it wasn’t much of a surprise, but for her to manipulate the sound waves so easily and with much dynamism?“What can’t she do?” he muttered subconscious