Derek and Tiny were once more before everyone. Derek still knelt by her side and she, laid on the floor. Derek wiped the blood from his nose as Aesir and the others ran towards them. "Did it work?" Aesir asked. Derek did not answer but rather looked at Tiny. Her body was still crystal. But just then, as they watched, she slowly opened her eyes and before all of them, her body slowly returned back to normal. Surprisingly, Aesir was the first to dive on her in a hug. He was actually shedding tears. Tiny hugged for some time before remembering and then she threw him off her. "How dare you? I see I haven't kicked your ass in a while right?" Aesir shamelessly ran back. "No problem! I don't care. We thought you were gone." This time around, she did not push him away but actively hugged him. Lydia also hugged her. After all, this two had agreed not so long ago to accept one another as sisters. However, just as Lydia hugged her, she noticed something perculiar. "Tiny! Your eyes.
*cough* Derek coughed out some blood as he fell to the floor. Having Hayaa pass her energy on such a level was draining for the human body. And could have actually killed many. Although Derek was half Writer, it still took a toll on his body."Derek! Derek!! Are you okay?" Aesir asked. He tried to help him up. But Derek was totally spent. Lydia immediately checked his vitals. She sighed in relief after realizing that he was just too tired and had fallen asleep. Esther descended from the sky as Farida rushed for her. "My lady are you alright?"Esther waved her hand. Indicating that she was fine. She looked at Derek from a distance for a while before she turned about. "Farida!""Yes, My lady!""Get our things ready. We are leaving this place. We are going back home.""Yes My lady." Farida remembered something and so thought to ask, "My lady! What about the Rainbow anima stone? What are you going to report to Lord Aaron once we get back?She stopped in her steps and turned towards Farid
"Writers are the rulers of this world. They are known as Destiny's instruments in the directing of lives. But even destiny has an end. It has always had an end. No matter how powerful it is, it has never gone beyond the boundaries of Death. But the question nobody ever wants to ask is this: What happens after death? This is an age-old nearly forgotten yet frequently asked question. Many Writers are also not very familiar with the happenings of the nether. But one thing is for sure and that is that It is a terrible place, even for Writers." Lydia explained. Meanwhile, Esther's pen floated before her and as she held it in-between her fingers, her eyes remained fixed on the Evil demon before her. "Hmmm! Lady Esther of House Thembeka. Are you sure you really want to do this? I mean, do it here and now. If I am not mistaken, you just had a battle earlier on, also you used a significant amount of your remaining strength to perform that show earlier on." As he talked, He spread his arms op
"Madam Bastet! There is a signal from a node to enter the temple. From the readings, it seems to be from under the Atlantic ocean." An acolyte reported."Damn it! That must be Derek!" She rushed for the room Walter was receiving treatment. "How is he now?" She asked the acolyte treating him."He is better Madam. But he will be needing bed rest for a long time."Bed rest!?" We don't have time for that now."She grapped Walter by his shirt and pulled him from the bed. "Come on! I know you are not that weak. Derek is trying to reach the node. I'll need your help!"Immediately Walter heard this, his eyes shot opened as he pulled hard out of the bed."Lord Walter!" The acolyte wanted to say something but the look on walter's face stopped her."Rest can come later. I promised to help so I'll do it. Let's go!"Both of them rushed to the giant wheel. "Ready!?" Bastet asked and he nodded."Good! At the same time we going to change the nodes. Once they are inside, we'll change it back immediat
"Aesir!!! Where the freaking hell are we?" "I just said that I don't know." Aesir sighed. This was definitely the kind of reaction he was expecting. He too was like this on the day they arrived here."Sit! I said you should sit!" Aesir pat a spot close to him. Derek sat."Erm... As I was saying before you rudely interupted me, after the time you passed out, we took you into the ship in a hurry. We had gotten an unexpected guest. Lydia had called it an Evil Demon. But forget about him for now.""Why!?" Derek asked."Cause he isn't relevant to the story. Wait!" Aesir had a hand under his jaw."Now that think about it, he might actually have some relevance. However, we had opened a zodiac gate and it did not take us back to Bastet's temple. In my own guess, I think something went wrong.""Hold up! But how is that possible? A zodiac gate is supposed to take you to..." Derek trailed off in his speech as he remembered something very important.And then he came to a realization.It was pos
Derek did not know what was happening or why it was happening. But for some reason, he could not weave Runes. He tried hard but still could not weave Runes.Yet just a moment ago, he perfectly could. Now it felt like he was trying to lift a boulder of over a ton with the strength of an infant.The Snake immediately dived for him. "Shit!" Derek immediately dodged. Although he could temporary not use runes, He could still very well mold his aura appropriately.Just now he had used a movement skill that was thought to him by Hayaa.Flash pace...The Snake had come for a free meal but was surprised to see the tenacity Derek was putting up. It's body moved from one place to another in a futile attempt at catching Derek.Aeair on the other willed and his sword went ahead of him. Straight for the neck of the beast. Surprisingly, the snake dodged the attack in time. Aesir frowned. He already had a sheer amount of expensive in this field. The creatures in this place had far sharper senses tha
"Hayaa, what happened to you?" Derek asked as he drew closer to her. He cupped her face in in his palm."Oh, don't worry. I have been in a much worse state than this before. I'll get better soon enough. It's not me you should be worried about. But rather yourself."Derek did not understand. But then she pointed at the Soul rune in the distance. "Normally a ritual like the one we performed should not have happened. You were not supposed to perform such a thing with your current level. You were too weak.""I don't understand. What do you mean?" Hayaa, sighed. Explaining at the moment was tiring for her but then she knew that she had no choice."Certain changes occur once a writer reaches the Norminer stage. Certain changes that qualify for certain privileges.""Yeah! I am aware of that. Changes like the ability to control elemental runes. I am fully aware of that.""Hmmm! There is that. But that is not what I am talking about. I am talking about the ability to take in Familiars."Derek
Derek, Aesir and Gina ate to their fill, and soon enough, they fell asleep. They had even forgotten to keep someone to watch.However, just because no one was watching actively did not mean that they were vulnerable.Because of fear of an attack by those tiny creatures from the cave again, Aesir had suggested that they slept on high ground.At the moment several shadows had slowly surrounded their camp. Crawling their way up to the three sleeping. These shadows had different kinds of weapons in their hands. However, most of these weapons were made out of the bones of animals.These shadows came close enough. Some of them already had their weapons such as bone spears up high in an attacking position."NOW!!! Derek gave the signal and the three of them jumped up immediately and assaulted their ambushers.Although Derek could not use runes at the moment, it did not mean he was useless. In fact, uselessness was not a term one could uses to describe him.Just because he could not weave Ru