Training Begins! Dominate the Dungeon! Part 4

Zera was walking towards her room, eager to see how Kay was doing. She knew, for a fact, that the boy had potential and she knew that, with his charisma, he could convince anyone.

For that reason, she placed him on the area where Liria was, hoping that he could learn a thing or two from the elf. Those are, after all, the last Runecrafters in the world.

Yes, she knew. The truth behind the elves seclusion and why there are so much bad blood between the two races. It pained her to see things like that, after all… some of her best friends are elves.

She kept marching forward, when someone called for her.

"I see you decided to place your chips on a weaker one." Came the voice of Jupiter Wald… the Arcana twenty one… and the strongest between them all.

"This does not concern you…" Zera said, not looking towards him. It didn't matter what kind of hide he had taken to see her, she couldn't care less at how her older brother looked like right now.

She kept walking, however, her brother wouldn't let her continue.

"Interesting… you seem to have taken a liking towards the boy… what was his name again? Kay, right… I wonder, had you forgotten the rules?" He said, with so much venom on his voice that Zera felt a chill run down her spine. "It makes me think… if it's okay for me to kill him…"

The black-haired beauty looked back towards her brother. In this new body he taken, he had the body of a child, with shoulder length blonde hair and amethyst-eyes. His skin was pale, just like that of a corpse and his ears where bigger than those that a kid should have. He also wore a fur coat, with a business jacket, and a white shorts. Zera would find it adorable, if not for who he was.

His eyes were dead cold, and it looked like he could stare at her soul, gripping it and frosting her body. She, however, didn't turn her gaze. She would fight against her brother if necessary, so she could make sure that Kay stayed safe.

"Just kidding…" The child-like creature said, with a gleeful laugh, like he just made a really good joke. "I couldn't kill him even if I wanted. I mean, it's not that he is stronger than me… just that you finally found someone who would fight for you, and as your older brother, it makes me happy to some extend."

The boy seemed to put emphasis on the older brother part, chuckling to himself at the irony of a child, no older than 8, being the oldest of all his siblings, all of those who seemed like adults.

"You chose this hide just so you could make that joke, right?" Zera asked, knowing the answer. It confirmed itself when Jupiter burst in laughter. "You and that sense of humor…"

"Oh please, it was funny, right?" He said, with pleading eyes. Zera, who knew how dangerous his brother could be, decided to humor him for the time being.

"Yeah, better than the last one you tried to pull at least. I swear that Aleister still has the scars." She said, shivering at remembering the last 'prank' that Jupiter tried to made.

"Hey, it was his fault for not using a Hide! Plus, it's not like he couldn't just cure himself… he is basically a magical encyclopedia. If he so wanted, he could just make himself a new body, but no… he has to use that same troubled body, just to remind me of it." the child-like sibling said, almost infuriated.

Honestly, Jupiter was perhaps, the only one who Aleister couldn't get along between their siblings. It was sad and at the same time, stupidly funny at how the two could quarrel about the most stupid things for hours.

"Anyway, I've got to go… kinda need to find my candidate." The child said, exiting the place, but before he could go any further, he stopped and Zera felt it. Her heart beat skyrocket. Her skin suddenly got much more pale and her blood got cold.

It was, without a doubt, Jupiter's Mysticism, Godly Space Beyond Samsara…

"I had refrained myself with you, because until now, you're just my youngest sister… but now that you decided to enter the fray, you are my enemy… so… if I saw you breaking our laws another time, if I heard that you're heartbeat sped up because of a human… I'll give you punishment." He said, with hate in his voice. Soon enough, the feeling that Zera was suffering for disappeared, and she could normally breath again.

Turning to see her older brother, she couldn't see him, which was good. At the moment she saw that he wasn't there, that she was indeed alone, she threw up all of her morning breakfast.

That was a consequence of the Godly Space Beyond Samsara, of her older brother Mysticism.

Mysticism… it is something that goes beyond Runecraft and Unique Magics… it is an accomplishment, a magic so powerful that only one in a hundred years could appear, that is, of course, if they're lucky enough.

The Mysticism is something different from anything, because it is the closest thing the Mages could come to true godhood. To reach that level, the Magic need to be strong enough to do something that normal Magic couldn't do.

For example, if a mage have a unique magic that allows him or her to control the water, a Mysticism would be if that person managed to control the water molecules, in such a way that he or her could freely control the states of matter on a whim.

At the same time that it reaches godhood, it also cannot be replicated. It is, after all, a combination of the Shen, Jing and Qi, so perfect that it could only be made by that one person.

After she was done, she recollected herself and went towards her room, eager to find what her little apprentice learned already.

Kay was heading towards the end of the first floor with Liria in tow. She taught him a couple of new runes, and he was exited to test them against a bunch of enemies.

He was with a few extra items with him that Liria said he would need. The Cutlass and spike shield that the skeleton used were with him, and with the aid of a couple of basic runes, he felt ready to face everything.

"So, I didn't asked before, but what kind of Runecraft you gonna specialize after this trek?" Liria asked, her smile never faltering. This actually made Kay think. The youngster, after a couple of seconds in though, turned back towards her and asked.

"The heck you mean?" He was dead serious, which made Liria sigh. She forgot the boy didn't knew anything about Runes.

"You see, every Rune has it's own element, like Arafel I taught you earlier. It's element is water… when you have a specialization in Runecraft, you're merely picking an element that you gonna focus. It is made so that you could advance faster. Mine, for example is Ying element." Liria answered, with a small smile, also beginning to explain what the Ying element could do. "The Ying heavily focus on illusions and necromancy. It allowed me, for example, to create that living mist I used earlier."

She saw he was really focused on her explaining, which brought another smile on the elvish woman. She then began to list the basic elements.

"When talking about all the elements one could use, it's manly focused in the elements we had around us… the earth, the fire, the water, and the air being the prime examples. But we also have the unusual things like force, energy, waves and of course the YingYang." Her explanation was cut short when she saw a couple of monsters heading they're way. "That's the perfect chance to see if you learned what I taught you right. Try not to die, kid."

After Liria said that, she disappeared, leaving Kay alone with the monsters. Normally, the boy would panic, but he was confident in his abilities, and thus, was ready to fend off these monsters.