Luckily the man was fine with the apology and went on his way quickly.Aiden felt relieved after the encounter and quickly followed the boy who was showing him the directions.It was mission accomplished so he returned to the residential area quickly. The whole trip took less than two hours to complete and now he had all the ingredients that Darwyn asked him to find.---"Good afternoon, Old man Kang""You came as I said... You should have met him already"The man, Aiden bumped into not too long ago, greeted Old man Kang after picking out one of the many items in the pile."Met who?""Aiden Tarren. You saw his name tag. You know where he will be. Your fate has crossed his and you will need the discovery of its ramifications""I still don't understand what this requires of me""Duffel..., Do not forget who you are. You will understand that which is required of you in due time. Go quickly"The man whose name was Duffel nodded and bowed to the old man, a bow filled with utmost respect be
"Thank you, Your Majesty""There is no need for that. I only need your answer to my question...""I will need to leave some time in the future. Either to find my son or to see what has become of Nethilor and to protect it if the need calls for it""You have yourself a promise"The moment she said this, a scroll appeared out of thin air, surprising Fraser. The scroll had a quill writing on it rapidly and a few seconds later, a drop of blood was seen floating onto the scroll and merging with it. With this done, the scroll folded itself and floated down into Fraser's hand."Then I am grateful for your benevolence", he said. He was very surprised at what she had just done. He knew that if she wished to deceive him, she could but his instincts told him that this was not the case. You could imagine what kind of General he'd be if he did not know when to trust his instincts.Another reason apart from his instincts was how shaken Rina was she saw the Queen carry out this act."Rina, lead him
There was a knock on the door and when Fraser opened it, he found that it was Kyllan who was standing outside the door. He opened the door wide to let him enter as he walked back into the living room. He had gone through the whole house since he got there and he found that there were two rooms in the house for some reason. It was such a weird design unless he would share it with someone else.Seeing the nature of this place, it was a possibility so he did not write off the possibility of something like that happening."Please have a seat", he invited Kyllan to take a seat on one of the chairs.Kyllan smiled and took a seat. Fraser also took a seat just opposite him. As soon as he sat down, Kyllan started the conversation by asking a question."What do you think of this house?""It's very nice. I am grateful for it. I'll thank the Queen when I see her""That's nice to hear. You can rest at ease, the house is all yours. I am sure you saw the second room; that design is the standard tha
Aiden was very annoyed but he kept his face stoic, with no expression whatsoever."You have yourself a ten-minute break before we start sparring"Aiden did not make a sound. All he did was walk over to a bench and took a seat. His muscles were aching and his face so desperately wanted to twist due to the annoyance but he managed to keep himself under control.He watched as Princess Diane walked up to the weapons rack, picked up a bow and quiver filled with arrows before walking up to the shooting range not too far away. Aiden had not gotten enough time to check how the training area was designed earlier but now, he began noticing the very different things this training area had that the general training ground did not.First off was the weapons. The quality of them in the general training ground was nowhere near the level of fidelity that the ones here had.Aiden could not observe the differences because Princess Diane had started shooting. Her targets were the marks, a distance tha
Later that day, Aiden woke up from a long and deep sleep. He had spent the whole time after he returned from the royal training area, asleep.What he went through with Princess Diane was no simple routine. He had pushed his body to the limit.It also gave him the drive to do things on his own terms. What better way would he get to survive this torture than to become a 1st order Arcana like everyone else?That was the event and he had made a plan to bring it all to reality; starting with a quick visit to the healer in the infirmary.He'd gotten breakfast at the very least, so he still had something in him to fuel his body.Being a place he had been to already, Aiden quickly arrived at the infirmary. He met a nurse there who was tending to someone else. He waited for her to finish that before he asked her, "good afternoon miss, I was told to ask for the general healer's office"The woman looked at him for a few seconds before she pointed to a hallway he found familiar. "Last office on
The old man looked around some more, getting up to his feet a few moments later and returning the halberd to its proper position. He walked up to the arch that Aiden had just jumped through, taking a close look at it.Behind that wall, Aiden could see what was happening on the other side and the sight of the old man's face in real life terrified him quite a bit. It felt like the old man could see through the wall at him and he was given a huge fright when the old man stretched out his hand to the wall just like he did a few moments prior.His heart had leaped into his throat when he saw the old man's hand hit a solid wall.[” Why are you scared? Did you forget who the spirit of this building is?"]Aiden was jolted awake from his reverie by a snarky comment from Darwyn."You have been living with him for centuries, I have not. Don't judge me"["Fine, I'll find him something else to do"]Aiden did not understand what this meant until he saw the old sage pause as if he was frozen in pl
He hurried over to check when he heard Darwyn's voice.["Congratulations. You're off to a smashing start, Arcana of Chaos and Void"]Aiden did not understand or more importantly his mind chose not to believe the gravity of that statement until he was staring straight into the cauldron."Isn't it supposed to be just a light grey-colored liquid when it's complete?", Aiden asked.["Don't forget your choice of ingredients. The one I showed you used normal ingredients. I have not seen a potion show up in this form before"]"Then how do you know it's good!?!"["I can feel it. My deductions don't tell me that it is anything bad..."]What Aiden was looking at was not a potion. It looked more like a pill with its round shape. Its color was a dark grey with little sparkling things in it."Tarren... Is that what you tried to make?", Miss Riordan asked.Aiden had forgotten that he had a person beside him while he was screaming at Darwyn."I'm not sure but it should be the one"Unexpectedly, what c
Aiden had gotten his arm ripped off by a swipe from the Briwyns limb as he passed by it with a slash.Unsurprisingly, the long cut on the Briwyns side began to heal as well. In a few seconds, both wounds had been completely healed.Like maniacs, the two were aiming at each other's heads in an instant. The Briwyn used its tail as a very effective whip that made Aiden dodge and weaves around it. There was no point cutting the tail because it would regrow in almost an instant.This was an annoyance as he tried to hit the Briwyn harder, to deal even more damage. The tusk of the Briwyn continued to swipe at Aiden, intending to pierce through or break him if it could.This battle continued for a few minutes with so many wounds opened and healed on both of them in almost no time.The fight was getting frustrating when Aiden found an opening. He immediately took it. He cut through the tail first, and leaped onto the beast's head, narrowly avoiding its tusk in the process. This gave him a he
The crowd was pulled from the tragedy that the nobles caused, and some people started to point to the group suspended above them, whispering and murmuring various pieces of gossip.This was a topic that excited them all, however, the ones who were most excited for the revelation were the nobles who finally knew the people who beat them to occupy the highest floor of the tower.They did not hide the wicked grins on their faces and Aiden saw these grins on their faces. He also saw that the group were starting to descend from the sky into the midst of the crowd. That was bad and was quickly made worse when he noticed the nobles setting their hounds on the group.He could guess their thoughts. Even if the group was stronger than they were, given the position they occupied, they did not believe it and wanted to know for themselves how powerful they were.This gave Aiden a headache and his mind began to spin quickly, looking for a big enough distraction that would give the group a chance to
None could ask the other for help because each had someone attacking them, however, they were not noble scions for nothing. Despite being overpowered by the golems, they dealt some damage over time.It was not immediately obvious, but they managed to hold their own, and avoid grievous injuries even though there were several close calls.It took them each about an hour to circumvent their respective golems and deal enough damage to break through their chests.Hadrian was the first followed by Oscar shortly after with Tristan clocking in third, a few seconds behind Oscar. He was unhappy with this but he had no time to be unhappy because his face soon changed into a somber look. Oscar who had just tried to pick up the glowing multi-coloured orb was surprised to find the orb roll away from him and float up to meet the orb that came from Tristan’s golem. This also meant that the orb in Hadrian’s hand was the only one that remained.Oscar and Tristan noticed this, but they could do nothin
No one cared who had said that word because they all ran. The sight of the gray tentacles rising like pillars from the depths of the abyss was enough to scare every one of them.At the same moment, there was a rumble that spread across the skies of the city at that moment. Everyone heard it. Aiden, sitting in the restaurant was jolted from his thoughts and joined everyone else as they looked up at the ruin.He witnessed a few of the tentacles of the beast appear on the edge of the ruin as he had seen before they entered the ruin.‘That bridge, huh? They might be lucky enough to escape'.He did not care much if these people beat the ruin and made it to the temple. He had gotten his rewards and he was happy with that.Tristan and his group had immediately dashed off the bridge, but the tentacles came down on the bridge at a lightning-fast speed.This attack ripped the bridge apart, leaving just three people from Tristan’s group unscathed.Tristan’s face was painted with horror like ever
Aiden was dumbfounded. How was this a reward? It simply contradicted itself. The problem it caused was having him be a prime target for the Zaltyr, but it would also save him from them once.Then, is the mark erased once the life-saving opportunity is used?[Yes, everything returns to normal after that]This made him heave a sigh of relief. He tried to look at this from a positive perspective. This meant the mark was not meant to specifically protect him from the Zaltyr, its main purpose was to protect him from every other thing that tried to kill him.Thinking about it this way made it easier to accept the fact that he was going to be in trouble with the Zaltyr sooner or later, albeit only slightly.Elder Zarek watched Aiden go through his thoughts for a few minutes while he thought of the command he had received from The World Seed.Aiden had recovered his thoughts at this point and decided to check on his elemental seed. He was elated to see the changes to his elemental seed.The mu
None of the thirty remaining survivors was stupid and they took things as calmly as they could. There was no visible harm to resting till a problem was identified and this was something they unanimously agreed on.As they expected, there was something that was out of the ordinary and it was found after two hours of waiting.The quiet rumble that came from the depths of the chasm was enough of a wake-up call.Theo of the Arco twins was the one who made the first comment, breaking the silence. None of them believed that crossing the bridge would be easy from the start, however, the realization that some unknown danger lurked beneath was enough to bring them flashbacks of their time in the maze.“There’s something down there as well? Why is this trial so difficult?”“Good thing we were patient…”“Patient? What does that do for us?”“Theo is not completely wrong. Every stage of the trials had been harder than the last”, Oscar took a deep breath.“Indeed… Something that can cause such a ru
“You just had to jinx it?”Raven rolled her eyes in response.The orb glowed and the rubble spread across the hall was drawn to it. One piece after the other, they mashed together and barely a moment later, a statue had formed.This statue looked the same as the ones they fought before, save for a few important differences. One, this new statue was massive, at least three times as tall. Two, the statue now had a weapon – A halberd which it swung around. Three, most importantly, it had lines running all over its body. Looking close enough these lines were runes just like the ones Aiden and the rest had, but these were very close to being complete, easily dwarfing the ones they had.Their expressions turned grave as the glowing eyes of the massive statue locked onto them.It was a golem, and it wasted no time. With a roar that sounded like thunder, it wielded its halberd and charged at them.There was no running from it, because, a sweep of its halberd made the hall feel claustrophobi
Raven who had suggested was the first to move, and the moment she did, everyone else followed her one after the other. They got to the stone coffin amidst their careful creeping without any problems. The unnerving feeling that they felt from the statues kept them on their toes as they expected everything to go wrong at any moment. "Now what", Raven asked. Aiden and Connor stepped here, and as he instructed; "Keep an eye out", the two of them pushed the lid off the stone coffin. They were right to be worried, because the moment the stone coffin opened slightly, light burst out of the opening. They were taken aback by this absurd light show, however, the light was like a tonic, one that breathed life into the surrounding. Life into the several warrior statues that lined the walls. Each of their eyes opened with a snap, glowing a bright orange, followed by cracks that came from the loosening of the joints on the statues. Gadiel was the first to speak regret about the situation, but
With Aiden and Connor leading the way, they stepped onto the rope bridge. The silence that fell on them at that was quite unnerving, but it helped them keep their focus. This meant that their reactions were spot on as they responded immediately to Aiden making any signals.This was the moment that they finally understood the danger that lay in the chasm beneath them. Apart from the scary chasm that looked like a bottomless pit, a sight that already promised them death should they fall into it, there was something else living in the chasm, and the dreadful atmosphere it brought with evidence of its existence sent chills running their spines. The conclusion here was very simple, there was trouble and they needed to be careful.Listening carefully, they heard the silent rumbles gradually fade away, taking with it the tense atmosphere they felt. You would expect Aiden to make a sudden dash to get across as quickly as possible, but he didn't. He was taking no chances, so continued steadily
"Three days?!", Raven started."Oh, don't get worked up, it was more like two and a half days", Princess Eleanor chipped in.Unfortunately, this did not change the reaction Raven had; in fact, her reaction got worse at that moment as she got frantic and almost lost her mind as she looked around."Calm down, Raven. Things are not as bad as you think. We are out of the grassland maze; of course, we had to wait for everyone to de-petrify before we continued…", Deirdre explained."So, what trial do we have now?", Raven asked and immediately got a response."Oh, the long rope bridge, strung across the chasm that has a tentacled beast living in it", Deirdre responded like that piece of information was of no consequence.Raven was silent as she stared off into space for a moment. When she got her mind back, she asked almost immediately… "Are we crossing now that I am awake?"A question to which Princess Eleanor answered in a snarky and sarcastic tone… "Hopefully". Her comment got a few gazes