“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
Jake quickly ran to Caroline, and he picked her up. He put her head on his shoulder and held her hand. Caroline’s eyes were closed, and she was bruised all over. He quickly cast a healing spell, and he sighed in relief when the bruises on his sister’s body vanished.He tried to wake her up by calling her name, and to his relief, Caroline opened her eyes and smiled at him.“Big brother, I did it!” the young lady exclaimed as she sat up and looked at everyone with a big smile. “I did it, everyone! ”“Yes, you did it! "Lyca approached her and gave her a hug.“That was amazing, my student?"Archris then sat beside her and patted her back lightly.“It was because my teacher is good,” Caroline returned the compliment.Everybody was already celebrating when Mikhael went closer to the frozen body of Voragor. He knocked on it, and he fell to the ground butt first when he heard the dragon grunt and saw its eyes move.He screamed at the top of his lungs, and that got everyone’s attention. Jake ru
Sebastian sighed while sitting on a couch, and he had his arms crossed in front of his chest. He was glaring at Jake and Caroline while waiting for an explanation of what happened. According to him, the two were unconscious for three weeks, and doctors couldn’t tell what happened to them.Jake explained everything to him in the simplest way possible. Though he himself couldn’t understand what happened, and why was it only his and Caroline’s bodies left in the world they were in now when they went to Eldramoria.Sebastian then explained to them what happened during the time they were unconscious. The city suddenly became peaceful, though curfew times at night were still up. After that, he stood up and took some folders from his table and put them in front of Jake. Those were financial and sales reports, and it showed that they lost millions in just three weeks that Jake was away.“The lab and the warehouse were all empty,” Sebastian said with a serious face. “I mean, we have stocks, bu
Jake asked Archris to bring Mikhael to him. Then he went to their company’s laboratory and warehouse to cast magic on the ointment and supplements there. It was just easy work, and it didn’t take an hour for him to finish everything there.After that, he received a message from Archris. It was the address where he could meet Mikhael, a phone number was included there, but he wanted to see what kind of person Mikhael was, so he decided to pay him a visit.Together with Jonas, Gary, and the rest of his bodyguards, he stormed an old building, which Archris mentioned in the address and details he sent. The neighborhood where the building was imposing had a dark aura. Houses and shops needed repairs. People were quiet, but they glared at them like they were some kind of food.“Mr. Chairman, I think this place is dangerous for you,” Jonas said while looking around. His right hand was inside his coat, holding a pistol, and ready to fire at any moment.“I agree, Mr. Chairman,” Gary said while
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