Back at the Cross county, the family gets back to work.
Malcom went back to his desk and back to reading the reports with Amanda’s help. Marylyn now had become independent, and starts her own studying. Adrian went to Light Edge town to meet with Rupert and see the production of disc.
“Morning, Rupert. How are things coming along?” Adrian walks into the workshop with Ralph.
“Oh… There you are, kid. Mornin’. Everything is good and going smoothly. Some news for you. A merchant met me some time ago to buy rights to sell the disc. I rejected him of course. The name of the game had the count’s name. He seems to be crazy, wanting to copy your idea.” Rupert tells Adrian about his encounter.
“That is fine. I already have evidence and witnesses that the game is my invention. Enough about that. Its time to spread the game. How about I give you the rights to manage it.” Adrian announces with a big smile on his face.
“I’m not good with this ‘business’ stuf
The snows are starting to melt, showing the bare ground. Green colors begin to replace the whites. Lush flowers begin to sprout from the ground just like magic. Spring had come again and a new year starts. It was noon, the Cross family is ready for departure towards the capital. “Okay, Adrian. We will depart first. We will expect you to arrive at the capital next week, alright? Ralph, please take care of my baby boy.” Amanda gives Adrian some kisses on his cheeks while reminding Ralph of his duty. “Yes, madam. You don’t need to worry. I will be next to him.” Ralph nods and accept the request. “I’m not a kid anymore mom.” Adrian struggling from the kisses. “Take care of him Ralph. Adrian, take care of yourself.” Malcom said his goodbyes after packing their stuff on the hippogriffs. “See you later, big brother.” Marylyn hugs Adrian. “Okay, dad. Yes, Mary. I will join in soon. Have a safe trip.” Adrian hugs back. “As you will, mas
Two days after Adrian’s burst of anger at Ralph. One week after the last meet. It’s time to meet Kathleen to settle the distribution of Cross Catch manuals. Luckily, she lives with Rupert so he did not need to go to move to other location to finish the matter. Ralph had been quiet since then. He just nods and say ‘yes’ like a good servant. The relationship turns awkward when Ralph does his morning training elsewhere. Adrian saw him in ‘Map’. Ralph change places to train every morning. Adrian is not worried about it. Ralph is still viewing Adrian as a kid. Adrian just wants him to stop. That is all, no hatred. “Hello! Rupert, Kathleen. Are you in there?” Adrian called out the couple’s name outside the workshop. After a minute of silence, ha calls out again. “Hello? Is anyone in there?” Adrian makes a puzzled expression. Rupert should be out by now to greet him. This is unusual. So, he wait a little bit and try again, but still no answer. <
Adrian opens the ‘Map’ and take a look at the cavern structure. Through the ‘Map’ he saw it all the lake imps and the humans included. “Eh? They are split?” Adrian is puzzle looking at the ‘Map’ that is indicating many blue dots for humans and red for the imps. The positions are split into three. All of them are surrounded by red dots. At least 200 of the each. The closest group is 1 km away from him. Adrian saw there are a few red dots deeper in the cavern. That must be the nest. “Aria, suggestions? Should I use Lighting or Light?” Adrian turns to Aria for a solution. [Responding. ARIA suggests Light. Lightning will spread into an uncontrollable level if the distance is too far.] “Then Light it is then.” Adrian nodded to the suggestion. Although his Lightning magic is powerful and he is great at controlling it but being underwater will make it difficult to control it. He just realizes that. [Selected: Excalibur] “Let’s go Cali
‘Flash of Light’ is Adrian’s self-made spell. It is the only spell he created using ‘Deconstruct’ and ‘Construct’ that provide absolute mobility. When Adrian created this spell, he did not know that there are other elements beyond the 10 elements, Fire, Water, Wind, Earth, Smoke, Ice, Lightning, Plant, Light and Dark. After reliving the live of the Primordial Adam and Eve, he discovered God Elements. Space, Time, Divine and Creation. The elements that only Gods can possess. Eve is the first one to broke the taboo, but was spared after ##### decision. The Space element that Eve created is kept a secret and the Gods had prepared portals throughout Etterra as a gift form the duels shown by the Primordials which had been lost in time by now. Adrian tried to copy what Eve had done to use Space element but the magic circle keeps breaking because he is still weak currently, compared to Eve. So, the only reliable method he had now is the Light spell, ‘Flash of Light’
“Hum hum… hum hum… hummm hum hum.” Adrian is humming a song and circulating mana while holding Durandal for extra efficiency. “This in not the time for you to be humming a song. We are being chased by an army here!” Cassie screamed out inside Adrian’s head. She is the one who is propelling Adrian froward like a torpedo. Zig zagging to dodge projectiles shot by the swarm of lake imps. “Keek.. keik… kek..” The sound of hundreds of lake imps chasing after Adrian. The swarm is led by the Lake Imp King. Its size is as big as a hobgoblin, almost 2 meters tall. Its not difficult to differentiate them. There is only one of them had a massive difference in size then the rest of them after all. Also the blue crown is a huge give out. “Hehehe… I’m just trying to make a choice. Either I exterminate all of them….” Adrian is actually thinking while humming a song? “Of course, just kill of them! What’s more to think about?” Cassie yelled out making Adrian’s
“I’m done changing. Let’s head towards town and see the situation.” Adrian is now wearing a new set of noble clothes. Ralph picked out a slick black theme set. He did not shy to splurge on the clothes with 2 gold coins. As Adrian strides into town, the people stare at him with awe and admiration. They did not forget to compliment on the new clothes he wore with a nod. Adrian looks dashing as he always does. The first place he visits is the town’s hospital. The hospital is just a 1 storey building and it is not too big. Upon entering the hospital, priest and patients are roaming in the halls going from room to room. The rescuers and the children totalling 23 people involved must on their beds, either sleeping or groaning in pain. Suddenly, a man in priest garbs arrive in front of the two and showing a polite smile. “Hello young master, I’m Jonah, the local priest. I manage the hospital under the orders of the church. I heard you save the people
Some of the children had mana as they are the same age if Adrian. The weird thing that Adrian discovers is that their mana is totally absent. He knows they don’t have the same capabilities as Adrian’s mana mastery. Adrian had read about poisons and already made a book of ‘Herbology’ that Marylyn borrowed. Inside the book Adrian had a note about ‘Rigor Poison’. It’s a clump of elemental mana that is mixed with the creature’s blood. It is feed into the victim, to put them in to a deep sleep state while preserving the body condition. In short, it is a food preserving method for the monsters. It is hard to detect externally but they can be spotted or detected in the change of the victim’s blood. It can be cured by a standard antidote or Light spell: Cure to counteract the poison. “Is he new to this job?” Adrian stares at Jonah begun to trust the young priest less. “Ahem… Priest Jonah… Have you tried to use ‘Cure’ on the children?” Adrian questions the pri
Inside a wide indoor training room under a glorious palace, two children are circulating mana under the guide of their father. It was a rare occurrence as their father is a king. The king of the Twilight Kingdom. “Hmm… that is good. Charles, you are getting better at this.” Elijah praises his son. “Really? Ouch. Dad?” Charles opens his eyes then smiles brightly at his father but he got a knock on his head. “Focus, Charles. Keep at it, Chelsea. You almost reach 2 Star stage.” Elijah said to his daughter who did not say anything and keep circulating mana. Charles looked at his twin. He snorts and gets back to circulating mana. Elijah smiles seeing the twin’s interaction. A sibling competition is always welcome but seeing his children behave like this he thought it is adorable. “Charlotte is with Marie. There are no meetings today. Everything is handled but the new trouble brewing across the kingdom is worrying. The problem is we don’t kn