"Ahh!" Ace exclaimed as he slams a cup on a table. "Man this smoothy is good!" The crew was currently in the cafeteria section of the tower. Having destroyed most parts of the battle dome due to the collision of their powerful attacks, Ace, Rex and their respective clanmates made their way to a cafeteria for lunch. Vorus was devouring towers of food without a second's rest."Ace." "Yeah?" "Here." Rex kept a big bag on the table and pushed it as it slid towards Ace. "Huh?" Ace opens the back and was slightly blinded by the glittering sparkles of the object inside. The others peered a look as well as they all dropped their jaws. "It's an ain crystal!" "I don't understand." Ace faced the red-haired teen. "The match might have ended in a draw based on a technicality, but I still can't shake the fact that I lost. And as such, a bargain is a bargain."Rex folded his arms."Heh. The runt actually has a nice side in him. Who knew?" Reginald mocked with a smile. A vein popped on th
It has been a day since the battle on the Aegis clan's ark, the Dragonheart. "We just got back from the doc." Kaz and Ace walked in on the others.They all dropped whatever they were doing and focused on the two. Maggie and Conroy were looking healthy having taken the antidote Ace gave them. "Vorus is going to be out for a while longer." "Great," Reginald says. "Our ark's busted and the big guy is out of commission." "The Vagrant games start in a few days. How are we ever going to get ready by then?" "About that..." Kaz intervenes as he looks at Ernie who nods his head. "I can't come with you guys." "I figured you'd say that." Ace places his hand on Kaz's shoulder. "I pulled you two away from your tasks with the base."The Vice-Captain shakes his head. "That's not it, Ace. Ernie covered a lot while I was helping you guys with the whole Rada Khan thing. We finished up the base."The Aegises faces lit up having received the good news from their teammates. However, their jubila
"Alright kid, show me what you got." "Kill Switch!" Harold effortlessly blew the aura attack away with his dark aura hands. Ace gritted his teeth. "Nothing's happening." His frustration was evident to his friends. They were currently at the arena that Ace had fought Elder Bari on earlier. Ace was receiving training from Harold on how to harness his elemental aura. "As much as I hate to admit it," Said Reginald who was sitting in the middle of Kaz and Jacob. "Seeing how the demon spawn is struggling to unlock his element makes respect the historian and that shorty for unlocking theirs a bit.""Wow." Said Kaz. "Who knew you could make compliments...""I know right?" Reginald asks. "I feel like throwing up." Ace had been following Harold's guide to unlocking his element. "Close your eyes, and try and sense all the shadows around you." Some people unlock their elements easily and at a young age, others have to go through various training to reach that level. Ace took a deep breath
The location was the ark of the Aegis clan, the Dragonheart. Ernie was currently humming as he worked on the engine of the ark. "There," He dusts his hands. "With the new narly tweaks I placed, You peeps don't have to worry about this beauty breaking anytime soon." He gave Conroy a thumbs up. "That's great Bro Ernie!" "And with that, I'm done fixing the ark, it's good to go and so are we!" "About that... Where do go from here?"It has been 2 days since Ace and Reginald accompanied Kaz to see the elders. Vorus had awakened a day ago and the ark's repairs were completed. Ernie had finished the repairs ahead of time and even went an extra step to add a couple of upgrades. For starters, the Dragonheart lacked any cannons for battles against other Arks. Although these battles rarely occur in the Western Continent, Ernie warned the crew that the Eastern Continent is a place more brutal than where they came from. "That's where you met Sirs Kaz and Ace." Says Conroy as they arrived at
"Seth."Inside a white room of infinite space, Ace was standing in front of a cloaked figure."Where am I? Who are you!?" The figure in front of him had the shape of a woman, her long black hair could not be kept hidden in the cloak. "I'm disappointed..." Said the cloaked woman. "You don't recognize my voice anymore." Ace's eyes widened as he gasped. "It can't be..."The woman removed her cloak to reveal pale and smooth skin and a pair of dark blue eyes. In short, she was extremely beautiful and any man would lose their mind gazing at her beauty. However, Ace didn't gaze at the woman with the lust that most men would.His eyes became teary in an instant as he runs to the woman and embraces her. "Mother..." The woman smiled as she pets her son's head. "How are your brothers doing?" Ace had dug his head on the woman's chest. "Is this just a dream or are you real?" "It's both, beloved. I've been trying to reach you all this time.""Mom, it's really you! I'm sorry we couldn't sa
"Huh?" Ace blinked his eyes... "Where am I?" He found himself in a white empty room with no walls."Am I in the astral plane again?" "Hey, lad!" He heard a voice ringing in his head. "Jacob? What's going on!?" "Calm down lad, you're in your subconscious." Ace's head felt foggy as he began to piece out what he remembered last... Jacob points his sniper at Ace as Harold's purple aura hands emerged from his back. "I need you three to die."A vein popped on his head. "You two attacked us!" He cursed.He recalled being shot by Jacob and Harold taking out Reginald and Kaz. "Sorry lad, it was so we could proceed with unlockin' your second layers... It's buried deep within your subconscious." "Yeah, quit whining already!" Harold's voice echoed in his head this time around. "We made sure not to hurt you kids too bad." "That's reassuring..." Said Ace in a sarcastic tone. "Plus, how are we able to communicate?" "It's thanks to Kisha." "Kisha?" "The Sloth Saint, you saw her earlier wi
"Jester!" Kaz and Reginald were everything but glad to see the dreadful mask of the Don that created havoc in Ernia. "Hey, lads," Jacob calls. "How far are you with charging your second layer?" Reginald and Kaz took a trip to their subconscious thanks to Kisha's abilities to locate their second layer that was buried deep within. That was the first step in harnessing the second layer of ain within oneself. The next step required the two of them to concentrate and channel all their ain till it seeps into the second layer thus granting them full access to it. They spent 2 hours doing that whilst Ace remained stuck in his subconscious. "I'm 90% done." Said Kaz."We're ready," Reginald reassures. "Good," Jacob pulls out his Sniper Riffle. "Cause from the look of things, we're in for one heck of a fight." "What do we do with him?" Reginald asked referring to Ace. "I think that traitorous bitch locked him up in his subconscious to stop him from being a part of this confrontation," Ha
"Argh." The ex-assassin had been trying to lift the dark orb inside his subconscious, but to veil, the orb would not budge."Why won't this thing budge!?" He shuts his eyes and begins to think of a way to lift the orb. "Think, Ace, Think. There must be something that I'm missing. This is my subconscious, meaning everything here is inside my head and I have a certain degree of control out here." He stares at the glowing orb. He picks it up with ease. "I can lift this one easily, guessing that's my first layer."He chuckles. "To think they'd call them cores instead of layers but... Who am I to judge?"He hardens his gaze and slaps his face. "Focus Ace. Your friends are in danger... I have to get out of here the soonest."An invisible light bulb appeared on top of his head as his face lit up. "Of course! That just might work." He tightened his grip on the glowing orb. "Here goes nothing..." Ace slammed the glowing orb onto the dark orb on the floor and a shockwave sent him flying."