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
After that, the twin wolves led Jake and the rest to their place inside the mountain. It was so foggy there. The place is bluer inside than what could be seen outside the mountain, and the temperature was so low that Archris had to summon a small star to give them heat.There was a wooden house that had huge windows. And outside of it was a huge stump with wooden chairs around it. There was also a long chair made of a huge tree branch.The place was so secluded and protected by a mystic barrier. And that barrier had the ability to kill anyone who would go beyond it without any invitation from the ones living there.“How long have you had this barrier? This wasn’t here before?"Lyca asked while looking around right after they entered.“We put that up after the attack here,” Archana replied. “Actually, we didn’t find your body or the others after that killing spree. And we thought that they even took your bodies somewhere.”“We?”“Archana and Amarha looked at each other and smiled.“She
The whole place became surrounded by flames. Smoke mixed with the fog and made it hard for a normal human to see around.The house was torn into pieces by the explosion. Luckily for Caroline, Jake was able to teleport quickly to save her. The same goes for Mikhael, who was saved and teleported away by Archris.“That was quick,” Voragor said before smirking. “That goddess beside you poses a great treat to us, the evil gods. She is just like Thalara, your ex-wife, who betrayed you. So, I must kill her and get her powers.”Jake grimaced. Not only because of Voragor’s threat to his sister’s life but also because of the comment he gave about Thalara.“Don’t think that you’ll make it your way, Voragor,” Jake said with knitted eyebrows and clenching jaws. “Can’t you see where you are right now? ”The man looked around, and he snickered when he realized where he was. “Damn it. The sacred grounds of Mt. Lenarc,” he commented. “You brought me here to suppress my powers a bit, but haven’t you th
Voragor, in his dragon form, breathed black flames as he released a thunderous roar. The fire engulfing the mountain grew bigger, and it became so hot that trees and the animals that weren’t able to run from it turned into charcoal right away.“You have forgotten something, human! "Voragor said with a deafening voice. “I am the god of wrath, and I get stronger every time I accumulate anger in me. And you know that everything angers me.”The monster breathed fire once more, and the place turned into a living hell. Jake’s upper garment turned into ash. He was just fast enough to cast his mystic barrier to protect himself. But even the mystic barrier couldn’t stand the heat of Voragor’s fire.“I will never let history repeat itself! I will kill you here and all of your friends, and destroy all the remaining worlds! ” Voragor shouted, then his wings spread, and he started to fly. He blew wind, and that made the fire and ember grow bigger and hotter.Jake knew he had to do something or el