"Again...!!""Again...!!!"This was the prevalent sound in the clearing where two people could be seen, tangled in intense combat. A few minutes later, one of them slid back after he took a heavy blow to the side, barely blocked by the staff in his hand.He had managed to block the dual sword attack that she used against him but there was some pain, as well as some more force that he wasn't able to hold off... or so it seemed.Aiden stood up once more at the sound of the ear-piercing order, "again...!!!".Despite beating Aiden over and over again, Princess Diane still did not believe the results of the fight in the slightest. This was a result of Aiden not having full control over his strength as a second-order apprentice.Princess Diane was wielding her dual swords; training versions of them. If she used her real swords instead of the wooden ones she had right now, the fight would be over before Aiden raised his weapon.Aiden waited for the attack to come and instead of dodging or b
"Ohh, so what element is it?""..."She had barely gotten it out when a voice sounded out behind them."Get yourselves in order, we are starting immediately..."Aiden stole a look there and saw an aged-looking man who was wearing long scholarly robes."Good day, sir", Aiden greeted along with Prince Adrian and the two princesses."Hmm... Good day to you too... Get started already, I need to know what you know and what you are missing"The man ordered. Princess Diane wore a proper human look for once as she walked off to one side of the clearing."Go pick a weapon for yourself, and bring me the dual swords", she ordered as she walked away.Aiden felt the seriousness and decided to put away a part of his thoughts as he quickly got a staff and the dual swords she asked for.Aiden still had no idea who the old man was, to elicit this level of respect from the crazy princess, but he did know that the man was a serious person, quite important as well."Begin"Princess Diane did not take any
Soldiers carrying torches and weapons ran past a small dark alley in the ever-darkening evening atmosphere... In this alley, a few eyes were staring, seeking the slightest bit of information they could pick up from the outside."Captain, how are we to escape them?", a soldier asked in a silent voice.Reid looked at the one who asked the question and said, "we'll use General Tarrenblaze's creations. Some of them remain hidden to this day. Hidden away in his memories and mine... We can no longer stay in the city, we have to leave. Our families will be fine, we have not gone to see them since we came from beyond the walls"The soldier fell silent. Aside from this soldier, there were a few others, bringing their numbers up to 10. They all stuck low and close to the walls. They waited and waited for the sun to set completely. It had been hours since they'd been waiting when Reid gave the order."Let's go..."His judgment for when to move could only be described as impeccable because he le
The Forest Of Dreams...There were eight of them left; following after Reid, they moved farther and farther into the forest."Be careful... Stay close, and don't touch anything...", Reid ordered.The forest was quiet as they walked through it. There was the occasional cawing of a bird or the growling of a beast somewhere in the distance. Everything was as normal as you would expect it to be.The farther they went into the forest, the more unrecognizable things got. When they had just entered the forest, the trees and the plants were ones they knew, but at some point along the way, those trees and plants had faded away, replaced by new, unrecognizable ones.The group had kept their hands to themselves, making sure not to touch anything as they continued through the forest.They walked for about two hours without pause when Reid suddenly stopped in his tracks. The others stopped as well, their senses going into overdrive as they tried to pick out the problem."I repeat, stay close. We h
Prince Adrian dived to the right in a bid to escape. The briwyn let out a grunt as it tried to chomp down on Prince Adrian. Prince Adrian backed away from the beast and they both got a break from attacking and defending; watching each other's movements carefully, Prince Adrian and the briwyn circled each other, trying to find the right moment to attack.Both were patient but Prince Adrian was more patient. This led to another quick dash from the beast as it tried to catch Prince Adrian off guard.A futile effort because the beast overshot its target, sliding past Prince Adrian who had turned his body to the left and stepped to the right, swinging his sword down onto the beast's head.A direct hit would have been the result, slicing the beast's head clean off its neck but reality defied these expectations.The beast that was millimeters away from death suddenly vanished, reappearing a few meters away from Prince Adrian, in the same spot it was before it dashed at Prince Adrian.Prince
Evening came and Aiden went to the farm he was assigned to. Despite it being a farm, he showed up early.As he approached the farm, he discovered that a lot of uninformed people were heading in the same direction. He looked around and saw that they all had overalls in their hands.As he looked around he saw Mallory. Mallory was walking alone as one would expect. Without a second thought, he walked over to Mallory. Mallory also had an overall in his hand."Hey, Mallory..."The boy was startled badly when he heard Aiden's greeting... He turned around to see Aiden. This was another surprise because Aiden was not the person he expected to see at the moment."You... What are you doing here...? Don't you have the training session to attend to...?"Aiden smiled when he heard Mallory's question..."You got screwed over again... I get it..."Mallory immediately guessed that things were not as simple as Aiden coming to meet him or some other bizarre reason like that. The only cause for Aiden's
There was the sound of something cracking, followed by a pained scream that rang through the room.Miss Riordan stood to the side as she watched Aiden undergo the reforging process. Even with her nerves as a healer, she flinched every time there was a crack.Aiden's reforging was as painful as you would expect. Every bike in his body was breaking, reforming into a hardened bone moments later.This had been going on for fifteen minutes and Aiden had broken every bone in his body at least twice. Throughout the whole process, Aiden could not manage to keep his screams back. Thankfully, he came to Miss Riordan when he felt the weirdness, getting Miss Riordan to isolate the space for his breakthrough.With no breaks in between, Aiden went a few hours in this agony, breaking every bone over and over again. He did this seven times for every bone before the reforging was completed.The bones that reformed were stronger and tougher making them even harder to break in the next round. This made
"Who do you think I am...?"Aiden stood tongue-tied for a few seconds. He did not know if knowledge of The Architect's Mould was something he should say, so he kept his mouth shut in the end."You just looked familiar... That's it...""Hmm... Okay... You have the following choices for getting through the first three levels, you may pick one..."In front of the old man were three prizes... One was a bottle, and in it was a liquid with a golden hue. Next to it was an artifact, a weapon that glimmered in the light... It was clear to anyone who saw it that this was no ordinary weapon.Aiden was tempted to choose this when he felt a shiver run through his body. This was unlike a shiver in a cold, rather, it carried with it a hint of excitement.When he laid eyes on the third prize, he found it to be a grey blob of mud, clay, or something... He could not make out what it was made of, from his initial impressions of it, but there was no mistake, this was exactly the thing that caused the sh