Chandeliers hung from the surface of the ceiling, their lament light showering the room, offering it a mellow outlook. The room itself was made for kings and queens. The gold ornaments lacing themselves with the silk fabrics of the curtains. A bed is placed at the middle of the room and at the foot of it, was a soft cushion placed on a chair. The mirror on the opposite side of the room reflected what was happening on the bed itself.Two people were atop of the mellow mattresses, from afar it might look intimate but it wasn’t. One was a brute, the other a prey, two different genders were locked in a staring contest. The female, having her legs on the either side of the male. Her whole body mass settled atop of the male, her crimson hair pulled to one side exposing her neck, she had full lips which were tugged into a smirk, mischief dancing in her sanguine eyes. “ Aether, the greatest sorcerer. Are you ready to yield the Yggdrassil to me? You have nothing to lose at this point” Her cho

Arthur felt the pain shoot through him. He was forced to spit out some saliva, as the recoil ricocheted across his body. He tugged his hand and darted back a bit, he went in unprepared.“Is that all?”He heard her say.Arthur gritted his teeth and thought of ways to attack while keeping in mind that he was weaker than when he was in his prime as such no matter how much combat experience he has, his body was the deciding factor, the line drawer.『Weakness Acknowledged:Skill Awakened: Blood OrchidPerks: Increases stats with every stack, and can be stacked only five times before cooldown. 』A notification note alerted him of the current development. Arthur raised an eye and decided to try it out. “Blood Orchid”『 Strength: 15 (+6 - First stack) Speed: 13 (+6 - First stack)Vitaliy : 0 (+6 - First stack)Intelligence: 20 (+45 Aether) (+6 - First stack)Endurance: 15 (+6 - First stack)Durability: 10 (+6 - First stack) 』Arthur saw the sudden increase in stats. Interesting, he smirked

When morning came, the orphanage was bussing as the children were excited of what will be happening today. Their elder siblings had the means to become hunters, they were sources of inspiration to the younglings. Ikki, sat at the table drowning in the attention he was getting.“Woah thats so cool, so do you like shoot flames?”“Ikki is so cool!”“I bet he's going to win this all. No one is stronger than him.”“Definitely.”Ikki didn't know if he should cry tears of happiness or punch his chest and yell to the world. Eyes sparkled, as his ever big ego was inflated beyond proportions. “Damn right you know I will.”It was in that point, Arthur descended to the dining hall and everything became quiet. Arthur had changed his attire, consisting of black jacket with a white shirt, black pants and black boots. He pulled the chair and sat down.Arthur quietly, ate his breakfast, he didn't meet any of the other's eyes preferring to ignore them in sake for keeping the tranquil ambience in the di

Arthur slid down the tube that was connected to the pendulum they were standing on minutes ago. He wondered, what kind of enemies he would face, as this was a gate simultaneously replicated to the utmost detail. His other side, Aether leaped with joy, his heart soaring through the heavens as he thought about the possibilities of encountering adversaries.The first thing he witnessed made him dread ever being excited.The place he was in was a huge dessert with nothing but sand for as far as he can see. The sun was unforgiving and it rained its hot beams of light directly on Arthur sapping away his strength bit by bit. Arthur groaned in discomfort, this was going to be a long phase.He picked a random direction and started walking in it, he was trying to clear the gate as fast as possible so that he could escape this dreadful landscape.Growl-He stopped dead in his tracks, Did he just hear growls? Arthur looked around him, trying to see what was the source of those hostile sounds. To

Horneva stood against the gate King, a mighty crimson eagle with red mane and a large beak showing its size, to top it off, it had flames brewing from within its maw and it cooed loudly, sending ripples of heating omnidirectionally around it. The heatwave annoyed Horneva as it left her skin hot.“Tsk!” She clicked her tongue and reached into her pocket, thus far she had been using only her hands and now that this monstrosity had annoyed her, she was itching to put an end to it. Horneva threw the cards up, and they started to levitate around her.Ire burned in her eyes as she grabbed the Queen of spades and threw it with direct precision at the eagle. The eagle witnessed this and shifted most of its weight composition to the left wing, twirling its massive body around with incredible speeds creating small air pressurized circles as it evaded the card.Once evading, the Eagle opened its mouth and from within shot out a ball of searing hot flames atop of Horneva. The girl though wasn't w