About half an hour before the appearance of the skeleton soldiers.“Did we really defeat Kranous?” Butler asked while they were walking fast down a spiral of concrete stairs. “I won’t say defeat; that one was a hell of a monster,” Falco replied. “But I am pretty sure that we hurt him so badly. Look aroundus;, hisdomain hasn vanished already.”“But the questions are, where are we heading, and is that young man on your back still alive?” Hansel asked while keeping his eyes behind them, making sure that nobody was following them. “He just lost consciousness,” Falco replied right away. “He used so much magic power that it was almost drained.”“Well, that’s good,” Hansel answered back.“But what bothers me now is that the strong aura of a thousand mages from the bottom of this place just vanished, that was…” Butler commented. “That was impossible,” Falco interrupted. “Also, I felt two to three more strong presences down there, but then they also vanished in an instant. And not only did
Archris tried to free himself from the giant serpent that was coiling around him. But he couldn’t do anything. He tried to cast a spell, but nothing happened. And that was the time he realized that the snake was more of a sealing magic that prevented his magic aura from coming out.He looked around again. He knew that what he was seeing was just a mere illusion and that he needed to get out of there as fast as he could.“My illusions aren’t just illusions. They are made of your experiences and fears, and they make sure that the victim gets the best of it! ”He moved his head from left to right. His breathing was fast as he looked for the source of the voice he heard, but he didn’t see anything. Nobody was there.“Mortals can be easily swayed by their emotions and memories, and that leads them to their death. And my illusions control emotions. Now, I hope you enjoy the show!”“Damn you! Stop hiding! Show yourself and fight me!”“I am working on it with the knights as well, so I don’t h
Jake gathered the seven noble knights, Lyca, Caroline, Archris, and Eleazar, inside the mansion. The walls were destroyed, but still, that would be the best place for them to have a meeting. Lyca then asked Amarha and Archana to send a telepathy message to everyone saying that they could relax for a while, but they couldn’t leave their posts.While they were on their way to the mansion, their attention was caught by two military helicopters flying over the place. Jake used his enhanced vision to see who was in the chopper, and he saw armed snipers and a machine gun. He did not know what they were planning, but he could sense that they were not completely allies.As soon as they took shelter in the ruined mansion, Jake asked Lyca and Caroline about what happened. The two ladies answered right away, telling him about the skeleton soldiers who suddenly appeared and attacked them and how the three noble knights helped them fight those monsters.They also informed Jake about Mabelle and t
“Why are you here? Why didn’t you go to the evacuation area?" Jake asked Sebastian as he poured some whiskey into a glass. He then put the bottle of liquor on the center table, where Caroline put glasses for everyone there.Sebastian sighed as he looked at Jake. “I thought it'd be best to stay here. I mean, I have to protect this place. At least.” He said that, then he took one of the glasses and poured himself some whiskey.“But the situation is now beyond dangerous, Sebastian. Even if you stay here and guard this building, you won’t survive the power of the enemies,” Jake responded.“Even so,” his stepbrother said. “I can’t just leave this place. This is the only thing I have, Jake, and you know that.”Jake didn’t respond to that. He understood Sebastian very well. They actually shared the same sentiment about the company. But for him, life is more important than anything else. He knew it as someone who had died twice already.“Hey, what are you guys drinking? Some alcohol?" Falco a
Kranous laughed boisterously as he slowly stood up from the ground. Then he leaned closer to Jake, moving his head from side to side and wearing an ominous evil smile. Jake tried to move but he could not. He couldn’t even blink his eyes, and he was having a hard time breathing because something he couldn’t see was squeezing his whole body.“My… my… my…” Kranous said mockingly while walking around Jake’s petrified body. The wicked smile was still on his face. “Did you really think you could defeat me that easily? We have fought many times already, Jake. You should’ve known better.”“What the hell did you do?!” Jake shouted. Kranous stopped in front of him and smirked. “The likes of you are always blinded by hatred. Just like the three stupid jerks there,” he said then he glanced at Archris and the two knights. “When they saw me, they charged right away without checking the surroundings.”The villain then snapped his fingers, and what appeared around them made Jake’s and the rest’s ey
Jake didn’t waste any time. He quickly withdrew his golden spear from the spider and faced Kranous whose face was in shock for what happened. Jake dashed towards the villain, but the dark entity vanished in front of him before he could stab it with his spear.“You always shock me, Jake,” Kranous said as he emerged behind Jake. “I guess I have to stop playing now and be serious in killing you.” His armor started to fall to the ground, leaving his naked body exposed. Jake jumped away from him, anticipating any attack any time. He suddenly felt a heavy pressure in the atmosphere and he knew that something scary was about to happen.The villain’s skin started to shed, and each time it happened, the skin turned into ashes like it was burned by something. The monster’s brows knitted, as he gritted his teeth and clenched his fists. He looked like he was in agony. But Jake didn’t have time to watch it transform into something else. So, he dashed towards Kranous and thrusted his spear toward
The dark aura that was lingering in the place slowly disappeared. The skeleton soldiers went back to the ground like they were sucked by something from below. Their screams and roars were heard, until it became so quiet. “Did we really defeat him?” Archris asked Jake before falling on his knees. His magic energy had depleted already to the point that healing magic couldn’t do anything anymore. There were black marks below his eyes, and his lips were already chapped. Jake rushed to help his former student. He quickly cast a healing spell. It helped in healing the physical damage that Arcrhris received from the fight but that did not bring back his lost magic power. “Did we really finish him?” Archris asked again while Jake was helping him to sit on the ground. “Is it finished?”Jake nodded his head. “It’s done. The three servants of Tharanos are now gone. And all of that was thanks to you guys.” He answered before looking at Archris then to the knights who were walking towards them.
The news about what was happening in the city reached the office of the President, then through news, and social media, the whole world started to be aware of what was happening there. The leaders of different countries called for a meeting, and they questioned everyone from the country about the situation. They blamed the President of the country where Jake was in for hiding the truth about these people who possessed special magic powers. But little did they know that there were also people who can use magic in their countries. And those people started to move to the city where the fight was happening. It’s not that they knew what was going on, but they rather felt that they were needed in that place. Jake gave assignments to everyone. He divided the people they have into six, but he didn’t ask them to fight the evil gods head on. He asked them to just observe the area and report what was going on in each place where the evil gods were located. “Have you reached Lyca?” Archris