“What happened in the Smithsons’?” Mr. Drummond asked Jake right after the board left the conference room. Jake looked at his father. "Anthony is looking forward to killing you. He still thinks that you’re the reason for his father’s death and he is determined to kill us all.”Mr. Drummond leaned his back on his swivel chair and sighed. “Then what did you do? Where is he now? And why is the police here?”“Anthony escaped,” Jake replied. “But I already asked someone to look for him. And as for the police, they are here to ask about Caroline’s kidnapping. Just let me take care of this.”His father sighed again, then looked straight at him. “Don’t mess it up. Don’t.”Jake smiled as he stood up. He then left the conference room without saying goodbye to his father. And just outside the room was Sebastian waiting for him.“Is this part of your plan?” Sebastian asked with a knitted brows. “No,” Jake answered and smirked. “But everything is going smoothly so let’s go with the flow.”“I sti
It was already late when Jake got home. He was holding his lower back when he entered the main door of the house and he proceeded to the kitchen to look for food. But there wasn’t anything in the fridge that he liked. So, he just went up to his room and changed into more comfortable clothes.And while removing his shirt, he noticed something on his stomach. It was a long horizontal scar just below his navel on the right side. He touched and examined it in the mirror. It was the spot where he was stabbed with a broadsword in Eldramoria. It wasn't there when he awoke from his coma, so he wasn't sure as to why it had suddenly appeared.Then he suddenly remembered the pain of being stabbed there. “What is happening?” he asked himself while still feeling the scar. There were a lot of questions running that he couldn’t find the answers to. He put on his shirt and sat on the edge of his bed, then dialed Mabelle's number. He could only think of her in relation to the video sent to the cops
Jake began his day early the next day. His father was nowhere to be found, so he was in charge of everything. From approving new marketing proposals to interviewing potential employees and investors for their company. But, while he worked on those, he directed his bodyguards to continue looking for Mabelle, whom he had been unable to reach until now. And he asked Sebastian to go to their secret laboratory and assist in the creation of the drug he proposed to the board of directors. Also, on that day, the news about the Smithsons’ Pharmaceutical Company boomed in the news and all social media platforms. Statements of Andrew and Ken were televised and broadcasted on radio stations, however their identities were hidden by the police. And reporters stormed Drummond’s head office. “Ah!” Sebastian grunted when he entered Jake’s office. “Reporters are still downstairs. They are like zombies that multiply every second!”“I told the guards to do something with that,” Jake replied. “Didn’t t
Jake got the address from Anthony and he immediately called Sebastian. He asked him to inform the police that they had contact with Anthony and that a journalist was kidnapped. However, he strictly reminded him that he shouldn’t tell the address unless he was told to do so. That is to avoid the police from storming the place and give him more problems.“Are you serious? You’re going there alone?” Sebastian shouted over the phone. “And who is this journalist for you to go there and save her?”“I am not going there to save her,” he replied. “I have to get some information about the Magic Society that Andrew and Ken mentioned. This might give us more information about them.”He heard Sebastian grunted.“Okay. I’ll do what you told me. I just want you to know that I already talked to someone from the bureau. And they said they will give you all the necessary permits to release the product to the public once it’s done,” Sebastian said.“Well, that’s good news,” he gleefully answered. “Grea
Jake frowned and took a step back from the monster in front of him. It was majestic, but the dread it instilled in the place was difficult to describe. Jake had faced a guardian monster before, but the overwhelming power of this high tier creature still tingled his spine. “Look at your face!” Eleazer said while sneering and walking towards him. “It seems that you saw a ghost!”He didn’t reply. He stepped back again as he sensed greater danger. He wanted to know the opponent’s next move first before he made his own move. “You know the Eldratome and you have the Aetherlock, you must know these kinds of monsters as well,” Eleazar continued. “And you know what they are capable of.”“How did you get a contract with this kind of monster? Andrew’s Atlas was understandable, but summoning an abyss guardian requires a lot of sacrifice and magic energy. This is forbidden magic!” he replied. Eleazar paused and burst out laughing. Then he formed a small purple sigil with his hand and tossed it
Jake used a strong binding spell on Eleazar and dragged him inside the building. The head of the giant snake also disappeared already. Luckily, that abandoned laboratory was somewhere a bit far from the city and no one lived nearby. Or else, Jake had to go somewhere first before he could interrogate Eleazar. “Y-you! Where did you learn your magic?” Eleazar asked. His hands were being tied by Jake with a wire found there even though he couldn’t move already. “And tell me, you’re from the Dragons, right?”Jake looked for a chair, and when found one, he dragged it in front of Eleazar and he sat there.“I am the one who'll ask the questions, okay? Now, which are you going to tell first? Hm?” Jake asked but Eleazar just glared at him. “I see, you think I am not serious, huh?”His hands were again engulfed with bright yellow light. He stood up and touched Eleazar’s left leg, and that started to turn into ash. Eleazar started to have facial tics and his eyes became watery as he stared at h
Eleazar cast a teleportation spell, and they were instantly transported to the middle of what appeared to be woods. Jake touched his right temple and he immediately heard birds chirping, and some animals crawling on the ground. “Where in the world are we?” Jake asked. Then he stepped back away from Eleazar. Though he didn’t sense any danger.“Relax. This is where our hideout is,” Eleazar replied. “Do you know the controversial amusement park where a hundred people died and was closed and abandoned two years ago? This is this place.”He looked around and even though the place was already engulfed by the darkness of the night, surrounded by small trees, and dried leaves, he was able to see some of the rides which once gave life to that place. “I know this place. This is an hour drive from our city,” he said. Then he took his phone and used an online map to check the address. They were indeed in that amusement park, but its address was different from the one he saw from the police capt
Jake sat in Eleazar's guest room, waiting for him to return. It was a fancy room with a medieval theme that reminded him of Eldramoria. It looked exactly like his room there, and happy memories of him with children and his students began to flash through his mind. “This room imitates the guests favorite room,” Christine entered the room carrying a tray that held a cup of coffee and some biscuits. “And I think you're also not from this world like our leader.” She put the tray she was carrying on a table there. Jake gave her a look before taking the cup of coffee. He examined it, and when he saw no danger in it, he took a sip of it. And the bitter sweet taste of the coffee made him smile. “You’re still cautious, Mr. Jake,” Christine commented. “I guess it just became a habit now,” he replied. “This coffee also reminds me of something again. Are these illusions really your magic power?” Christine answered with a smile and nod. He smiled back then he took another sip of coffee. “Yo
Karlow quickly dashed to Damascus and he carried him on his back. He knew that he wouldn’t be able to match that form of Valaree, and that retreating would be the best option for them to save their lives. He wanted to fight but he didn’t want to waste the second life he had now. So, he couldn’t be reckless. But he hadn’t gone far away yet, when Valaree jumped in front of him.“Don’t look at his eyes!” Damascus said faintly. Karlow quickly looked away from Valaree and he started to run to the other side. “You can try looking at his chest. Just avoid looking at his face, or else you’ll be tempted to look at those eyes.” Damascus said again.“Damn it! How can I fight like that?” Karlow exclaimed.“Just put me down,” Damascus said. “I will just slow you down. I am done for. So, just go and fight without thinking about me.”Karlow snickered. “As if a noble knight like me can do that to a comrade who saved my life.”“Ah! Damn it! Let me go!” Damascus shouted.Karlow was about to answer b
Damascus immediately ran towards Jake and hugged his friend tightly. Then he sat on the ground while catching his breath. “You could’ve killed me with that woman,” he said while looking at the ground. “You even saved me from death.”“So the healing spell that I cast down there healed you?” Jake asked. “But you were dead. You were dead even before we got there.”“That’s what I knew as well. But I guess, you have awakened something that wasn’t awakened even by the strongest mages in history. Or maybe even the Aetherlock,” Damascus replied.Jake looked at his friend. He did not say anything, but he thought about what Damascus said. He knew he didn’t have the magic to bring dead people to life. He didn’t even try using the reanimation magic even before. So, there must be a possibility that what Damascus said was true. “Anyway, we don’t have much time to think about it right now,” Damascus suddenly said while slowly standing up.Jake nodded and his brows knitted when he saw the bodies of
“Damascus?!” Thalara shouted after coughing up blood. “How come you’re still alive?! Damn you!”Damascus snickered while looking up at her. “Have you forgotten? I was once called ‘The Immortal Damascus.’ And once you have an Archmagus Maximus friend, you’re unlikely to die easily. Right, Jake?”“You son of a gun, I thought you hit the bucket already,” Jake said with a faint smile on his face. Tharala cast a spell and the sword that was pierced in her slowly moved and was pulled out. The sword fell but Damascus caught it. She then cast a healing spell but Jake dispelled it, causing her wound to bleed more.“Does it hurt?” Jake asked as he slowly floated around Thalara. “How does it feel to be stabbed in the back by someone you know?”Thalara did not respond. She just gritted her teeth while pressing the wound to at least lessen the bleeding. “You think that’s painful?” he asked again. “But that was nothing compared to the pain that you caused me.”Thalara then smiled and looked at Ja
The Vipers and the Wolves started to attack. They used all the magic powers they had to suppress the evil gods and Tharanos. Archris quickly ran towards Jake and he pulled him away from the chaos. “Bring him inside Caroline’s barrier,” Lyca said. “We’ll fight with our comrades here. We have to be in the front line. You know our mages wouldn’t last long and that there will be bloodbath in just a matter of minutes. So, move fast. Okay?”Archris nodded his head. Then without a word, he teleported together with Jake near the evacuation area. Caroline then touched the barrier and let them in. “Oh, no,” Caroline exclaimed. Alica beside her was crying and the people started to crowd around them trying to see what happened to Jake.“Come on, Caroline. Don’t cry,” Jake said. He was trying to hide the pain, but his face couldn’t. Then his body started trembling. “Caroline, we don’t have much time,” Archris said. “Heal Professor as fast as you can. We have to go back to the battlefield.”“B-
Thalara’s intelligence was hard to match. She was the queen, the leader of the forest priestesses, and once, hailed the greatest forest priestess ever lived. She had led the elite faction, and protected them from extinction even before Jake arrived in Eldramoria. She had won many battles already, and was a feared tactician during the war of Eldramora against Tharanos.And Jake just forgot that. And that mistake put him in a terrible situation.He was still dizzy from the punch he took from Tharanos. He could feel his body, but couldn’t move. He wanted to crawl away, as he knew what was coming next. And heard an unsheathing sword. And he yelped when he felt something was stabbed in his back. It was so painful but he couldn’t even scream. “Jake!” “Aetherlock… I am sorry…”“No! You aren’t dying yet!”The ring on his finger illuminated a bright light, causing blindness to those around him. It was so bright that even the people in the evacuation area had to cover their eyes.Jake felt a
Jake looked at the five evil gods behind Tharanos. He remembered all of them, and the struggles he had against them flashed in his memories. He might have defeated Voragor and Dudgara, but he knew that fighting the remaining five together, and Tharanos would be a suicide. From the left of Tharanos, he saw the evil god of Pride. A woman in a red leather suit that was not zipped properly on the chest part because of the chest's massive size. Her name was Samarah. Next is the evil god of envy, a man in deep blue armor. He had blue eyes and long hair. He was called Ingo. Beside him is a man without a shirt, the evil god of lust. He was just wearing pants and leather boots. And his physic was so nice like he was a perfectly carved sculpture. He also had a blindfold. He was known as ValareeThen almost beside Tharanos, is a bald man with a red beard. He was wearing armor made of gold and a cape laced with shining gemstones. He is the evil god of greed, Mammonar. And the last one, was a sma
Tharanos put for marks around the evacuation area. Then he cast a spell. A black translucent barrier appeared and covered the evacuation area. The normal people didn’t see it, but Caroline did. And she suddenly felt fear when she saw it covered the place.She looked at her brother. Jake was still on the ground bound by binding magic. She tried to call him, but his eyes were closed and not responding.The evacuation center went into panic when they saw what happened. They still couldn’t fully understand what was happening, but they knew that they were in grave danger. They started shouting at the police and military, asking for assurance that they would be safe. Others were asking when the rescue would be coming, and some were forcing themselves out of the place.It was chaos, and the officers and authorities were having a hard time controlling the crowd. And in the middle of that, some fights broke out. A woman and a middle-aged man then approached Caroline. The woman pushed her fro
Tharanos slowly descended from above, his eyes locked at Jake and Thalara followed him with a proud face. The tyrant god-like creature that once terrorized Eldramoria softly landed on the ground, and even the people inside the barrier felt the strong and dreadful presence from that man and they started squirm and ran behind the officers and Caroline. But Jake did not waver. He just stood in the spot where he appeared while looking at the man who was just casually walking towards him. The dark aura emanating out of Tharanos did not affect him.He then looked around and he could not help but sigh when he saw the city was lit by the fire created by the evil gods walking towards where they were. The buildings and houses were destroyed. The whole city was already in ruins. “You look worried,” Tharanos said. His steps were accompanied by black lightning and smoke. “Are you worried about the city?”Tharanos raised his hands and the buildings behind him all fell down. Jake looked at the dir
Jake sat beside Damascus’ not moving body. His head and shoulders were down, and he kept on sighing. There were no tears coming out, but the fury in his heart kept on growing. And it was greater than the sadness that he was feeling at the moment. He touched Damascus’ shoulder, hoping that he would still feel a bit of life from his former friend. But there was nothing. The body in front of him was lifeless. He stood up and without saying anything or looking at Lyca, he headed to the stairs leading down. His face was dark, and his eyes were glaring. There was also small lighting surrounding his body and fists. And the most notable of all was that the Aetherlock was shining brightly.Lyca and the two knights could feel Jake’s fury, and that stopped them from saying anything. They just followed the Archmage until they reached the final floor of that dungeon. It was a long pathway and on the sides were also cages filled with ominous creatures in Eldramoria. However, the floor contained