“Damn it, Jake! That was scary!” Sebastian whispered to him as they waited for the investigators to come. “I thought I was done for!”Jake sighed, but he didn’t look at Sebastian. “Well, that was a surprise attack, and we could get killed if I was late to cast the barrier.”“But I wonder why that man did that, like, who was he working with?” Sebastian questioned. “As soon as a person rises to power, everyone around him could be a potential enemy,” Jake said while staring at the stainless steel table in front of them. “Also, we don’t know where Anthony Smith is yet. You know Kranous, right? They told you about him."“Yeah, a loyal servant of Tharanos, the evil ruler you sealed in the world where you lived,” Sebastian replied. “Archris and Karlow told me about him.“If I won’t be able to catch and seal him, then bad things won’t stop happening,” Jake said.Sebastian was about to reply when the door opened and Police Captain Cruz entered the room. Then a tall man in a decorated military
News about what Jake did in front of the city police station broke out like a fire on the internet. It even became a topic of discussion on different shows and in the news. He received negative criticism because of that, and once again, it affected their company.But Jake didn’t bat an eye at those. He continued to create the drugs and ointments that were already bringing a lot of money to them.However, something has changed, and it was Jake himself. And people around him noticed it.“Mr. Drummond, the client wants to move his appointment today to Friday. Is that okay?” Ms. Hanson asked Jake as she entered the room.But instead of answering yes or no, Jake just glared at the woman before sighing loudly.“I’m sorry to irritate you, sir. I’ll just tell the client that it’s not possible anymore,” Ms. Hanson said while looking at the floor.“Didn’t I tell you already? No moving of appointments this week!” Jake shouted. “I am sorry, sir. I just…”“Are you seriously going to justify your
Two days had passed, and Jake continued to observe Caroline. He would talk to her like before, trying to control his temper every time. He also tried to convince her to stop learning magic, but she said it made her feel alive again.It was actually true, as he saw his young sister smile and laugh again like there was no tomorrow. Something that he hadn’t seen since their mother died.“Professor, are you okay?” Archris suddenly asked when Caroline went to the restroom.Jake exhaled deeply as he looked at Archris, then he shook his head lightly. “I am not okay, Archris. I feel like Voragor is really trying to control my body.”“Then let’s just face him and defeat him.”“That’s easier said than done, young man,” Jake replied. “We can’t just release him here, and you know it. If I could just kill him by killing myself, I would gladly die rather than let him control me over time.”Archris pouted his lips and sighed deeply. “But scarier and scarier every day. And I can actually see that you
Jake opened his eyes slowly, but all he could see was nothing but black. It was the darkest darkness he had ever seen or experienced. It was so dark that he couldn’t even feel his limbs and fingers.He asked himself what happened, but he couldn’t find the answer. He suddenly felt sharp pains all over his body, and he started coughing. He felt like he was being choked, as he could feel a very hot hand in his neck.Then he heard a very familiar voice.“This body of yours will be mine, Jake. Then I will take your powers, and I will destroy the remaining worlds."He was sure it was Voragor, but still, he couldn’t see anything.The grasp on his neck was getting tighter and tighter. And he felt like losing consciousness again. But he knew that once he completely closed his eyes, it was over. So he put his hand in front of him, and he was able to grab the arm of the one choking him.“No! You’ll not be able to do that! I won’t allow it! Never!” Jake screamed as he stood up and pushed down the
They continued walking inside the ruined garden and saw more skeletons of knights and warriors who fought there. And it could be seen in the burned garden that a very huge fight happened there.Jake asked Lyca to scout the place for anyone alive since she has the strongest sense of smell and senses. Karlow was tasked with guarding them from behind.They didn’t encounter anything strange until they reached a huge tree. It was a tree as tall as a five-story building and was once renowned as the tree of peace and life, as it used to give anything that a righteous leader could ask for his people.But it was already burned, and not a single leaf was there. And the ones that made them more shocked were the skeletons with armor hanging from their branches. There were more than ten of them, and those were tied tightly to the tree’s branches.“Silver armor and eagle crests are on their chests. They were the gatekeepers,” Karlow said as he looked up.“Gatekeepers? The guards of the caste and th
“Karlow!” Lyca immediately ran towards Karlow and pulled him away from the door.Jake, on the other hand, put Caroline behind him, and he cast the mystic barrier on all of them right away.“How is he?” he asked while his eyes were locked on the door. He could see the first step of the stairs, but he couldn’t see what was down there.“I am okay. As if that kind of sneak attack could kill me,” Karlow said. The armor on his chest was slowly fading.“You almost gave us a heart attack there,” Lyca commented while panting. “But what the heck was that? Gunshots? There were no guns in Eldramoria.”“That lingers in my mind as well,” Jake said.However, he knew that they had to face whatever was in there. It was also already getting dark, and there was no other place for them to hide for the night except for that place.He slowly moved forward. Caroline pulled him, but he signaled to her that it was alright and that he could manage. He was already close to the door and was about to get a peek w
“I used to work for Mr. Drummond. I control the underground transactions of his illegal activities,” Mikhael said while Jake and the others were looking intently at him.They just finished dinner and decided to let the sun rise before they moved. Jake also finished healing Mikhael, and the man was already energetic again.“Do you know me? "Jake asked, which the man answered by shaking his head. “How about this young lady here? "He then looked at Caroline.Mikhael glanced at Caroline, and his eyes grew big when he recognized her. “Yeah! She is the daughter of Mr. Drummond. But why is she here? ”“I am the one asking questions here,” Jake interrupted. “Do you know that Mr. Drummond is dead? ”“What? "The man exclaimed. “Did Smithsons’ kill him? ”Jake shook his head. “No. He was sick and died suddenly. And I am his heir, Jake Drummond.”The man stopped and just stared at Jake with a gaping mouth. “Ah… but…”“I don’t know if you know my story, and I don’t care. But after we get out of he
“All of you! Get down!” Jake shouted as he cast mystic barrier magic. And as he finished casting, more arrows flew towards them. There were like hundreds of combined arrows and spears heading to them.“What the heck? This number of arrows means there are lots of warriors in there!” Archris exclaimed as he did their best to take cover from the huge boulders there.“No. These could be traps set to fire the moment someone unfamiliar sets foot in the mountain's territory,” Lyca said while covering Caroline from the spears and arrows.“That’s right,” Karlow agreed. “I remember helping them set some of these traps before. But these workings mean someone is still alive to keep the magic working.”“How long is this going to last?” Jake asked. “Unfortunately, they won’t stop until the targets are all dead,” Lyca replied while clenching her fists. She knew she had to do something, but she couldn’t leave Caroline.The boulders where they were hiding were starting to break and crumble. Jake took