"The commands of your master are unquestionable, remember this well, you lots are nothing but tools— hounds, created to carry out his orders. A hound does not question nor voice their emotions, a hound obeys."The voice echoed though the dense forest, gravelly and cold. Cutting the silence like a jagged blade.He paused, taking in the view as he oversaw about four hundred children."You shall abide by two rules to survive here... Firstly, your emotions... You should never voice out your disdain nor your fear, or any other emotions at that, for those who allow their emotions to overwhelm them are bound to die first. Seal your emotions, be ruthless , be unfeeling , that's the only way to survive in the confines of Syx."He looked at the children who amongst them the oldest was no more than ten, some were trying their best not to cry, whilst some were confused as to why they were in an unknown forest being drilled a certain set of rules by a ruthless looking man.Among the children, a fe

"Ha.. Ha.. cough* cough*. " Nox drew in raspy breaths, struggling to stand upright while sweating profusely from every pore in his body. It had been two days since he agreed to be the student of the wizard, at first he had labeled him as eccentric because he didn't quite get the actions of the wizard or rather he couldn't understand the reason why the wizard wanted him as a student. While he had accepted the offer, he was already starting to regret his decision.. Those last two days were nothing but hell, at first he had been running away from some insanely strong beasts which managed to survive the hex of the forest. Not only were they strong but they were quite cunning as well, and if he wasn't running away from those beasts then he would spend hours in the cursed forest, trying to resist the forest dream hex while keeping his mind as sharp as possible. Second, he was trying to feel the surrounding mana, although his mana was currently sealed, the wizard had mentioned that sinc

'Tch! what was I expecting.. for a minute I actually got my hopes up, I forgot how mad he was.. less than a year? What a joke.' Nox could only shake his head in disappointment, he wasn't even looking at the eccentric wizard anymore. He had gotten a little excited from everything the wizard had mentioned, the fallen shadow god battle art in question was something Nox was eager to learn. If he could learn a god's battle art, not only would he be able to defend himself but he could potentially become insanely strong, strong enough that his goal of getting revenge for the death of his parents wouldn't seem so distant anymore, but he seemed to have gotten his hopes up a little too early. What was he expecting? For a sorcerer to teach him the battle art of a fallen deity, one that could at the very least take him more than a hundred years to master, he didn't have that much time on his hands and the mad sorcerer was blatantly spouting rubbish about teaching him something in which the dei

"who?... I have no idea who you speak of." Eren responded to the question Nox asked with a clueless look.Nox gazed at the wizard blankly, he turned his head to the side, then scoffed, and spoke in an even tone."You're lying, you know something."He lingered for a moment then added."I could detect the subtle movements you made when I asked who Irene was, your hands in which you held the cutleries paused for a quick moment, and there was a slight movement of your brows."The wizard slowly put his food down and smiled at his student, his look was one of amusement and content."You're learning quite fast, I guess all that training you went through the past few days paid off."He looked at Nox like he wanted to say something but was seriously considering it, after a while he finally decided to ask."Say little one, who told you that name?."Nox hesitated for a minute, while he had come to trust the wizard a bit, it wasn't to the point where he could freely disclose things to him, but th