Jake went straight to the hospital after his meeting in their office. Along with him was Archris, who waited for him in front of the hospital. And when they entered, there was Lyca sitting outside the room where Draco was resting. And there were three police officers guarding every corner of the room.“Lyca, how is he?” Archris asked.The woman sighed and looked at them. “I don’t know. Even the doctors couldn’t pinpoint what was really wrong with him. They said that his injuries are all minor, but they couldn’t tell why he isn’t waking up.”“Have you tried healing magic?” Jake asked.Lyca nodded before looking at Jake. “Yeah. But it just healed his physical injuries.”Jake nodded and took a peek inside the room, and there he saw Draco sleeping soundly. He was about to open the door when two familiar faces came: Police Captain Cruz and Sgt. Hearns.“Mr. Drummond. You’re quite a busy bee, aren’t you?” The police captain greeted him. “And I didn’t expect to see you here.”“Captain,” he s
Jake immediately asked Draco to find a way to track Damascus inside the lone realm. Then he talked to Lyca and asked her to task some of the Wolves to help Draco find his former friend.“I have some mages who are good at tracking, but if we are going to track someone who was sealed and in a realm, I think that’s going to be difficult,” Lyca said with knitted brows.“Just do your best to track him,” Jake replied. “I just need to confirm something from that escapee, alright?”“Draco will be sent back to jail. Don’t you think he will be in danger again? Can’t we just let him go?"“No, Lyca,” Draco interrupted. “I am a criminal, and actually, I shouldn’t be treated like this.” He then looked at Jake. “Thank you for giving me this room, Mr. Drummond. Just tell me how I can help you more.”Jake nodded, and after that, he went out of the room and proceeded to the room where the victim who escaped was being treated. And Archris went after him.Police Captain Cruz was shocked to see Jake enter
Jake asked Captain Cruz about the woman’s personal information. He learned that the woman’s name was Janice, and he immediately asked Archis to send some men to her house and to make sure that her family was safe. He also asked Jonas to be in the place and to report everything strange that would happen there.“Don’t tell me you’re going with us, Mr. Drummond?” Police Captain Cruz asked while glaring at Jake.“Of course,” he replied. “I will personally catch that jerk, and I will do my best for him not to escape again.”“I know that he kidnapped your sister. But it seems you have more reasons to be mad at him,” Captain Cruz said.“You don’t have to know anything, Captain. Just be thankful that I am here to help.”The police captain glared at him and sighed deeply. He then walked away and opened the door. “I’ll ask the doctor to approve her release. Please prepare your men and be ready.”“I am the officer here,” Captain Cruz exclaimed. “You don’t tell me what to do, Mr. Drummond! Also,
The police officers opened fire on the monstrous creature that appeared before them all. But all of their bullets were useless against the giant in front of them. After the gunshots, the whole place was enveloped with silence and the shocked faces of everyone in there. “J-Jake D-Drummond!” the right head of the monster said while smiling. The left was just glaring at Jake with knitted brows. And it has a raspy but loud voice. “K-Kill! Kill! Kill!”Jake stepped back twice, and he looked at the positions of all the police officers. He had no idea what the creature could do, and one wrong mistake could cost the lives of everyone in there.“Boys! Reload! Then fire at that monster again!” Captain Cruz commanded.The creature’s right head turned in his direction and glared at him. The police captain’s body trembled, but he did his best not to show that to his subordinates.“I think we have something to take care of first, brother,” the right head of the creature said.“I agree! Let’s cut t
“You’re not Anthony Smith,” Jake said while looking at the man floating in towards them. “You have his body, but you’re not him!”The man chuckled while glaring at him. He could sense the sinister aura from the man, and that made him hesitate with every move. Using his mental telepathy magic, he asked Archris and the other Vipers to be extra careful, and the young man told him that he could also sense the danger the man could bring to them. “Anthony Smith’s knowledge about human anatomy and pharmaceuticals is really impressive,” the man said. “It was something this world only possessed. Advanced knowledge and technology. Because even in Eldramoria, it is impossible to create a creature like the one you just defeated.”“Who are you? You’re not Damascus. Your energy is almost the same as Narwak’s!” he said. Then he sent a message to the other Vipers to secure the safety of the police officer outside. He knew that, if ever, this was going to be a hell of a fight.“Narwak? That stupid d
Jake, Archris, and the Vipers were transported to an alley in the nearest city center. And as soon as they landed, they already heard the screams of people and explosions everywhere.“Professor, I don’t think some of my men can still fight,” Archris said.He looked at the Vipers, and he saw them already sitting on the ground while others were badly wounded and bleeding.“Don’t worry. I’ll heal you all,” he said. Then he called the men and asked them to stick together. He then cast a healing spell and healed all of them at once. The men couldn’t believe it, as all of their injuries disappeared and their magic energy had replenished.One of the Vipers cast a spell and summoned a number of crows. He let the crows fly, and after just a moment, the man spoke.“I am Harry, Master Jake. And those crows I summoned are scouting mediums,” the man said as he faced Jake.“That’s great, then. So, what’s the situation now?” Jake asked. “The whole town has been destroyed, and there are many bodies
The Vipers created a barrier around the station the moment they made sure that all the people were evacuated away from there. The police then came and surrounded the place, but all they could do was assist the people from fleeing the place.“We’ll contain this battle in this place. No matter what, don’t let any of these monsters escape, okay?” Jake said as they watched the monsters emerge from the giant hole in the ground.“Is it okay if we kill them?” one of the Vipers asked.Jake nodded his head. “Do whatever you can to stop them. I don’t care how. Just stop them.”“Alright!” The Vipers shouted together.The monsters started attacking them, and they defended themselves. Jake jumped away and called the attention of some of the monsters. He cast an enhancement spell, and he fought them all with his physical strength.Punch after punch, kick after kick. He tried to break the legs and arms of the monsters, but they just regenerated.He looked at the others, and he saw them having the sa
Screams of the Viper men were heard all over the tunnel. Jake and Archris ran to where they heard the screams, and their faces turned sour when they saw their men on the ground bleeding and crawling.Jake immediately ran to help the wounded, as well as Archris. Although all they could do was stop the bleeding of the wounds, bringing back the lost limbs and legs would take a lot of time for Jake to do.“Damn it! Archris! Pull them into one spot. I can’t put a shield on them if they are in different places."Jake said, to which Archris responded with a nod.The young man used enhancement magic to quicken his moves. He put his men in a room, and Jake started to heal their wounds. He was just about to look for two more when he suddenly fell down on the floor. He tried to stand up, but he felt a torturous pain in his achilles’ tendons, and that made him scream.“Archris!” Jake quickly rushed to where Archris was, and he immediately helped the young man when he saw his Achilles’ tendons cut
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