Diane led the way into the second room they rented, and before she even asked her question, Raven gave answers to them."Getting his memories back will be troublesome. I have no idea what cheat he used on him", she began. "Getting his memories back is something only he can do. Trying to jolt his memories back is the fastest way to get it done but the trigger can be anything...I wouldn't get my hopes up, at least not between now and the start of the selection"Diane turned around for a moment, her expression did not show indifference as it usually did. Raven chose this moment to annoy Diane for some bizarre reason."Oh… You care about him a lot, huh? Must be hard having your boy-toy lose memories you find…"Before Raven could finish that statement, she yelled out in pain. There was a long cut on her back…"Annoy me again and I will make you regret it!!"This was all Diane said before walking out of the room.Raven stood there dumbfounded for a moment as a thin line of blood ran down h
One step after the other, they helped him walk. His legs still felt like jelly, but helping him like that gave him the support that ensured he could try without fear of collapsing.They went over it, to and from the nearest wall for about twenty minutes before they put him down.Sitting on one side of the bed with his legs on the ground, he put in more effort.Little victories indeed because his legs were now like hardened jelly, instead of the soft jelly it was when he first stood up.Princess Diane laid down on the bed beside Aiden for a nap. She closed her eyes and finally got some sleep.Aiden continued to push his legs while Raven sat in the corner of the room. Andrew, Gadiel and Zakari left the room not too long after, returning to their room.The night returned to its ambient state of quiet until the early moments of dawn when the city slowly came to life.When Diane woke up, she opened her eyes to find that Aiden was not in his bed... She snapped to an upright position before
Walking through the gate, they found themselves in another crowd of people. The stair test had eliminated a lot of people but apparently, it had not done enough.They found their place among the crowd and proceeded to wait. The sun was coming up by now and light had started to flood the place.They could now make out the features of the people standing next to them. The same as everyone else did, they looked around to see those they would be competing with.They waited for about an hour when they saw people turn to look at the gate. Just three people were walking in, but you could see that they were important from their poise. They were like Princess Diane but they carried themselves a tad bit better than she would."Have you seen any of those who came from Sur?", Princess Diane asked Aiden."I have not", Aiden responded.The three girls walked to the front of the crowd without pause, and everywhere they passed, the crowd broke up and parted to let them through."Those three girls loo
"I'm surprised, Prince Adrian. Your sister has refused to show her face even when The Selection is starting… Does she despise being seen with the rest of her mates?", Griffin asked in a quiet voice that was still loud enough to be heard by those around them.Beside Adrian, Princess Caitlyn frowned, but asides from that, Griffin got no reactions from the two as they watched the scoreboards come to life with the first hundred names; all of which were at zero.Of course, a few eyes glanced at Adrian for a moment when they heard what Griffin said, but they knew the rivalry between the two, so it felt tedious to intervene.A few minutes later, a bright light shone from the direction of The Royal Palace. From the light, three people could be seen approaching the gathering.On the ground, there were a lot of people either standing or sitting to watch the test while above them, on platforms, the nobles, royals, and other important people sat on luxurious chairs to watch the test.Above all of
Not many of those watching noticed the cracked glass phenomenon that the projection captured and showed to them, but those who did almost had their eyes popping out of their sockets.This reaction was seen on the faces of the more important people sitting above the crowd on the ground. Their reactions grew even more exaggerated when they saw Princess Eleanor and the group of noble scions standing in front of the barrier.Looks were exchanged and Emperor Ivrea called out to one of the three dressed in robes, that came with him on the floating platform."Find me Ajax?", he said.The man also had a look of urgency on his face and nodded when he heard the order. He vanished from the spot, leaving lightning in his tracks… It was hardly five seconds later when he appeared again with small arcs of lightning slowly fading from his body.Beside him, the old and familiar Lord Ajax appeared out of a small ripple, as if he faded into existence; the exact opposite of what it would like to fade out
A day and night passed and the participants were left to explore what they could of the city. Many also came back to the central city, breaking through the inner city's barrier when they heard what had happened.The drive to fall on a pile of gold while wandering drew them to the city, and soon everything to be seen in the city was reported found.From the restaurants that had an automated process to get food paid for with points to the price of most of the apartments available to stay in, to the shops and everything they sold. Of course, they were all automated.By Andrew's suggestion, they had disguised themselves as best as they could and blended in with the crowd running into the inner city's lodge. His thoughts were that people had seen them enter the inner city first, it would be bad news to be hunted again… This he said with a reference to the hunt they escaped with Raven's Boss and his crew.They picked up bits and pieces of information as they moved and soon, they left to find
"Flank it… Attack now… Dodge… It lost its balance, attack it now…"This was the conversation between Gadiel and Zakari as they tried to kill a third-order briwyn. They ran circles around it and attacked when they saw openings… They covered for each other whenever the briwyn hyper-focused on one of them specifically.Although it took some time to kill the briwyn using this method, they were able to do it. They clapped each other's hands in celebration of the kill and watched the briwyn slowly disintegrate into hundreds of light particles that soon faded away."With this kill, we should have enough for the third-order potions we need", Gadiel said amidst laughter."Just stay quiet, we have to leave this place, we can't have someone taking a 30% cut us", Zakari cautioned him. Unfortunately, his warnings came too late and they heard an unfamiliar voice say words those exact words they dreaded."Oh, come now, you can't expect to leave like this without paying your dues"Gadiel and Zakari f
"Miss Raven, I get the feeling that you have broken through, am I correct?", Andrew said as they walked out of the city and back to the city."Yes, I have… It is quite a pain to do something like this all over again but I believe I am doing quite well"A few more topics just like this one was raised to keep the conversations going, but they soon ran out of things to talk about and instead, focused on walking back to the city.They were indeed walking but it would be more apt to describe their movement through the forest as glitching… A pace Gadiel and Zakari had to be carried along for them to keep up.Soon, they burst through the forest into open grounds, and directly in front of them was a gate that stood tall and closed…People were going into the city, and they even formed a line to do it… This city had a moat and people looking after its doors… No one was allowed into the city without payment of points.This was without doubt in no way, the central city—A discovery that was made