Yutah. The countryside on the far side of town. Olivia's parents lived here while she was in the city trying to further her studies. There weren't any forms of conflict till later. "I'm surprised to see you here in yutah." the old woman started. Olivia tilted her head a bit. "I guess things just happen." "Things don't just happen unless there is a logical reason for them to happen ." Olivia sighed. "Why have you come here all of the sudden? does city life bore you at some point?" "No..." Olivia retorted firmly, "There's nothing of the such that will make me bored, I just felt I had to at least come here someday." "And that someday happened to be today... " The woman retorted without looking at her but Olivia couldn't deny the fact, something indeed had been brought here. She wanted to say Goodbye to them before I left... "You and I know your parents aren't here anymore, you're aware of this Better than anyone else so why are you here?" 'Gush, why is she so pers
Lodge! Crash! Slash! The Spider Queen Legs gruesomely. slashes through the trees. Just as Olivia continued launching them at the spider queen, she kept hurling herself farther and farther away from the spider Queen. "Its indicator Tag is black crimson..." She stopped hurling backwards and after creating a perfect distance between her and the spider queen. "Just because its indicator tag is black crimson doesn't mean it's actually the lower kind. Judging from its massive amount of energy output it has laid on this area is quite thrilling but then." It keeps tearing down the woods Being thrown at it. "Is that the reason behind my parents death?" "Answer me!" She heard the menacing roar of the spider queen berate the woods. The spider queen launched into her direction with sharp eight legs but Olivia was fast and smart about hurling herself away from the creature at first. Lodge! Another trunk engulfed with Mana and the flame of the Jeisu Dragon launched at the spi
~ Ring! [] Congratulations! [] You Have Defeated The Spider Queen Of Yutah. 'Defeating the spider queen might have been nice, besides, if I didn't come here in the first place, I wouldn't have known Mrs. Balavore was some unknown creature. residing here for years.' She turned around and saw the Jeisu Dragon flame was still burning. Trees were half burnt and still held residual energy that kept eating its existence. ~Ring! [] Your rewards are ready. [] Rewards: []1. Special Reward Card. []2. +15 Stats Points. []3. State Recovery [2] 'A special reward card... ' Olivia hummed a bit. 'The last time I got a special reward kinda of stuff, I got this staff return, I wonder what I will get next...' 'Or perhaps I should save it for some other time?' She sighed as she took her eyes off the screen. ' I'm so frustrated. When I came here, I thought I'd meet everyone but no, I ended up returning to some ghost town.' 'I can see why Yelen didn't really encourage me to leave in
Olivia could still remember that day as if it was just yesterday. Ever since then, she hadn't returned to that household for the betterment of it. ~Ring! [] Your rewards are ready. [] Rewards: []1. Special Reward Card. []2. +15 Stats Points. []3. State Recovery [2] The screen still appeared floating beside her. 'Accept Reward 2' [][]Name: Olivia Partel [][]Rank: Apprentice [][]Level: 29 [][]Class: Mage [][]HP: 990 | 1115 [][]MP: ~ | 659 [][][]TITLE: THE ROYAL MAGE [][][]STATS [][]Strength: 64 [][]Dexterity: 54 [][]Intelligence: 65 [][]Perception: 63 [][][]SKILLS [][]Passive Skills: [] Breath Of The Jeisu Dragon [] Mage Hand [] Resistance [][]Active Skills: [] Mana Resurgence. [][][]RUNES [][]None. [][][]WEAPON [][]Playful Cloud. [][] Staff Of Acrania [[ Stats Point Allocated Successfully ]] 'I will save the special reward card for later, and the status recovery, that will come in handy, for now.' [[ You Have Successfully Purchased 5 Ma
Somewhere, Unknown and completely chaotic. Red lightning bolts fiercely traversed the sky and momentarily berated the ground floor of the seemingly disastrous field. A field littered with soldiers of different color ranks. All dead with more storming forward. If you'd look closely, you could see Alexander's at the center of the battle, fighting relentless soldiers without breaking a sweat. ~ Ring: [] You Have Defeated A Bizarre Soldier x10 [] You Have Defeated A Bizarre Soldier x10 [] You Have Defeated A Bizarre Soldier x10 Slash! Alex moved faster than their eyes could follow. He was fast, faster than unusual. Slash! Swift! Slash! He didn't stop and they kept coming from different angles. The sky roared at his progress, lightning berated the grounds and several soldiers died in the wake of it. Crackle! Boom! Alex dashed forward with immense speed and sliced through a couple of a dozen more of them. ~ Ring: [] You Have Defeated A Bizarre Soldier x10 [] You
The black sports car that had Mr. Thompson, Isabella and Izzy in it drove down the busy roads of Lake Carina as they headed back home. The atmosphere seemed quite calm. Izzy was reading a book he carried along while Isabella just pressed her phone. Mr. Thompson kept his hands on the wheel and his eyes on the road but his mind was totally focused on the situation at hand. The tower. 'I hope that tower gets destroyed.' Boom! A portal emerged on the bridge, forcing everyone to bring their cars to a halt, resulting in near accidents that were avoided on a minimum scale. 'What is God's name!' Mr. Thompson snapped and hit the brakes. Izzy yelped as he crashed into the back of his dad's seat. "Wo! dad!" "What happened?" Isabella queried. "A portal..." Mr. Thompson groaned with Exasperation. Isabella's eyes widened. "A portal?!" Boooommmm!!!!! Its perturbing sound filled the air and caused windows to shatter. The ground of the bridge shook and soon, black ors star
"Alex..." Olivia slowly called out to him, "Is that you?" "Obviously it's him." Isabella came up to him. Alex turned around to see them. [] Clearing Rewards. [] Participants: [][] Crimson Knight. [][][] Reward: +5 [][] Nature Queen. [][][]Reward: +4 [][] Mage Ascendant [][][] Reward: +4 "Hey!!! Why does Alex own has to be so high!" Isabella lamented. Olivia didn't really care. "Oof! Stupid system! And hey where have you been?" Isabella turned back to him. "Let's just say, I have been busy." "Busy with what exactly, I was literally expecting you to come kidnap or something so we could go save Jason from the Orcs." "That's what we are going to do, but first, we need Liam." Alex sighed. "We have to go together as a guild to save one of our own" "Alright, let's board a cab to Costain!" Isabelle yelped with a sense of excitement. "Isabella!" Her celebration ended the moment she heard her name. 'I'm so screwed!' She froze. Behind her was her dad and Little
| COSTAIN | Liam groaned with Exasperation, he had just finished the first meeting for this trip. All he wanted to do was to relax but there were other things that were still on his mind such as the girl from earlier. "That girl." He said to himself. "Enny didn't get back to me after I sent her over to get something done for him." He tried reaching out to her with his mobile but her number didn't go through for some reason. "Argh?" Liam was confused. "This is odd..." It was the first time she didn't pick his call, he believed no matter what happened, she would never miss the opportunity to pick his calls. "I wonder what's wrong." He checked with the other worker's but no one could give him a proper description about her whereabouts." Confused and tired, he got into his car and drove to his hotel immediately to see if she had even reached there in the first place. Tap!.. Tap!.. Tap!... Liam rushed up the stairs and went straight to his hotel room. He brought out his ke
The instant Gaia’s eyes flared open with an unnatural light, the prison cell dissolved into chaos. Alexander barely had a moment to brace himself before the ground shifted beneath his feet. The stone walls of the dungeon bent and twisted, as if reality itself was no longer bound by the laws of nature. Gravity became fickle—pulling in one direction one moment and then reversing violently the next. Gaia, now hovering above him, was a storm of pure, unrestrained magic. The air around her crackled with raw energy as she extended her hand, and the very fabric of space folded around them. Her voice, though once familiar, now echoed with cold malice. “You are nothing but an obstacle,” she hissed, her tone devoid of the warmth he remembered. With a flick of her fingers, the ground beneath Alexander’s feet warped into an abyss. The solid stone floor seemed to collapse into itself, pulling him toward the void. Reflexively, Alexander leapt to the side, Emberbane flashing as he slashed at the sp
“Hm?” Alex knocked one of the standing guards down and half-turned towards Aelia. His eyes gradually dilated and he turned completely, appearing before the cell in a blur. Thick iron bars reinforced with runes of containment loomed like an unbreakable wall. The magic was palpable in the air, an invisible force that resisted their presence. Through the dim light, Alexander caught sight of her—Gaia, the witch of space magic, and one of his closest companions. She lay still on the cold floor, her vibrant energy suppressed, her body weakened from days of magical containment. "Gaia..." Alexander’s voice was soft but resolute as he knelt by the bars, his piercing red eyes scanning for any signs of life. Her breathing was shallow, her once brilliant aura now dull and muted. Without wasting time, he summoned Emberbane and created a scabbard with it, sheathing it by his side. “The prison is enchanted,” Aelia whispered, her eyes darting over the runes etched into the walls. “No wonder her m
Alex carried Aelia again and hopped from rooftop to rooftop in a blur. It was the best way to avoid any confrontation with the guards below. He knew a fight with the guards at the dungeon’s entrance was inevitable, but there would be little to no repercussions from that. Not only would he take care of them quickly, no one would notice that the guards had been killed, since no other guard would patrol into the area. The recent guard shift made this a concrete fact. Besides, for those guards to be placed at such a volatile spot, they must be among the strongest, if not second to the Elite Guards. They got past the guards loitering the streets in over a minute and landed before the dungeon’s entrance. Alex dropped Aelia and immediately curled his hands to fists, a small smirk creeping at the side of his lips. Aside from his very short bout with Borg—the mercenary at the tavern—he hadn't gotten the chance to flex his body. And Borg was a disappointing opponent anyway. Feeling the sud
There was no time to discuss it with Aelia. Alex took action immediately. He began to mumble some inaudible words under his breath whilst taking one step after the other out of the storage room. He placed his palms some distance away from each other, waving them in back and forth arcs, as though an invisible ball lay between them. The air got thick, red threads of mana sparking around him like electricity. The threads soon flourished into a dull red aura of magical energy around him. He had to keep the releases of his power to the minimum, or all eyes would instantly be on him—including the normal guards, who were weaker and less sensitive to mana auras. He could tell, his ears twitching to the constant shaking from Aelia behind him. She was already overwhelmed by such a small fragment of his full power. He continued reciting the spell in a whisper and the aura of mana around him flowed down his upper body, and up his lower body. It was as though the space between his open palms w
The two of them waited patiently for the switch to happen. Eventually, Alex had to dispel the ball of flames as the guards did a last patrol around the premises. Their infiltration had been going on pretty well now. He couldn't risk them getting caught when they were so close to the central chamber. It wasn't as though they would cause him any trouble. He knew he could take all of them, even without Emberbane, but he needed to be covert for now. If a fight were to break out and it reached Lord Varek’s ears, the warlord could change the location of the witch’s cell, since that was obviously what the intruder—Alex—was here for. No one was foolish enough to try and kill Varek without a very substantial reason. “They're coming,” Aelia whispered, her ears twitching to the vibration of the maintenance room and the trudging of incoming horses. Alex stepped away from the window, his hand finding its way around Aelia’s wrist once more, “Let's move.” The gate to the central chamber opened
Aelia moved to and fro nervously before the sleeping Alex. It was almost time and he was still fast asleep. She was scared that he might lash out at her if she woke him up abruptly—a negative side effect of being a slave to Lord Varek. She had been manhandled and violated over very little mistakes. She gathered some courage after two minutes and crouched down before him. She exhaled softly and tapped him on his shoulder, “Uh... Alex. It's time.” At that very moment, Alex opened his eyes. Crimson met blue as they locked eyes. Aelia almost jumped back in fright. She didn't expect him to wake up so suddenly. Alex could read the fear in her eyes. He sighed and stood up, stretching his left hand down toward her, “Sorry for startling you.” “I-It’s fine,” she took his hand and he pulled her up without any effort. She cleared her throat afterward and began to turn off each lantern, “It's almost time for the guards to switch. We still have about fifteen minutes, but it would take us over
Alex made sure to exhaust the hell out of Liora by walking around the inner city aimlessly. She wanted to act strong at first, but after walking for an extra two hours, fatigue and thirst began to kick in. She spotted a nearby tavern and suggested that they had some rest there. Alex was in no way tired. He could keep going for days without food or water without faltering, but he agreed anyway. At least… She thought he did. In the brief moment that she turned to look at the tavern, he cast an illusion spell, creating an exact replica of himself close to her, while his real self blended with the darkness of the nearby alley. He was gone. His replica would only last for an hour or so, since he didn't put much magic essence into the spell. He had to reserve his power for his battle against Varek. Liora noticed a slight distortion in Alex's replica’s countenance, but she was too tired to give it any thought. It wasn't as though she could read him in the first place anyway. After havin
The mercenary squeezed his fists, “You're fodder, red eyes. I was only trying to warn you so you wouldn't do anything stupid. But it would seem I would have to beat some sense into you.” Alex couldn't help it at that point. With his head still cocked to the left, he grinned. Slowly unsheathing his axe, the mercenary announced, “By the way, the name's Borg. You should at least know the name of the man that wipes that stupid grin off your face.” Alex stretched his right hand to the side, “Borg… I'll try to remember that.” Space rippled by his right palm, cracking ever so slightly that nether and dark energies leaked out in a very small quantity, creating this red-black bubble of energies. He grabbed something within this bubble and pulled out a long broadsword. The flux of energies was immediately sucked in and space repaired itself. Gently, and with much care, Alex placed the tip of the sword on the floor, sending a slight tremor across the tavern and the surrounding areas. The b
After cursing him a few more times internally, Liora turned to look at the tavern, and without looking at the placard above, she could already tell its name. “The Broken Shield? Why are we here?” she quizzed with a raised brow. Before Alex could respond—not like he planned to anyway—she quickly added with a slight frown, “Seriously? Beer at this hour? How do you expect to sell your stuff with clear eyes when you're drunk?” For the first time in a while, Alex took a glance at her. In that very moment, he imagined conjuring a big cog and shoving it into her mouth. She was too loud for him. He retracted his gaze without saying a word and made his way up the short flight of stairs that led to the tavern. Liora's brows twitched, but she had no choice than to follow him. Though, at the back of her mind, she strongly fought against disregarding her superior’s orders to escort Alex. She wanted to at least stab him through the leg. By the time she entered the tavern, Alex was alread