Krystal checks up on Grover who was severely injured. He sees that Grover is sustained by his shadow, where his dark aura prevents Grover's condition from getting worse.“We need to set sail soonest, my dark aura is only preventing Grover's injuries from getting worse, but does not make it any better. Hope we find a healer at Haven of Bir,” Krystal said to Justin who was with him.“We will get him the help he wants very soon,” Justin replied. “I wish I did not charge at him that way,” Krystal said soberly to Justin.“Stop blaming yourself, it won't change anything. I remember when I would blame myself a lot when I served under Irene in her district. She told me never to let the past influence or affect my decisions by dragging me backward, but I should only take the lessons of the past to guide myself from such mess in the future,” Justin cautioned Krystal since he was their leader, and he would not want him making a decision that would affect everyone.“Thank you so much, Justin.
While at sea, Justin and Vladimir are on the deck chatting.Justin is munching food as usual, but Vladimir is sipping wine from his can.The can is one of the spoils of battle he took back then as a commander of a district. The captain signaled to them that three ships were approaching them: one big one in the middle and two little ones by its sides.Krystal took a telescope to view the approaching ships. He saw a flag with a Sea Bonnie with an eye patch on it and a red scarf on its head.“Those are the Sea Bonnies; they are the most dreaded pirates on the sea,” the captain told Krystal.“Are they also raiders of ships?” Krystal asked. “They leave nothing on their path the same way they met it; they claim the sea is their inheritance,” the captain replied, trembling.Krystal called on Justin and Vladimir and drew their attention to the ships ahead. “They chose the wrong location to attack the possessor of Mjolnir,” Vladimir said with a smirk on his face. As the ark and the ships g
Barnacle notices another bigger ark on the sea; he takes his telescope and looks at it.“Oh, they are the partying type. No one parties on my sea and does not invite me,” he said, prompting his Sea Bonnies to go after it.“I'm so not done with you guys,” he added, looking at the guild of shadows as he left with most of the Sea Bonnies.“Get everything from them and join us; I mean, everything, not even the hammer, should be forgotten,” Barnacle said to the remaining Sea Bonnies, smirking at Vladimir, who was fuming at him.“Aye Captain!” They all chorused.“You know what to do after that,” Barnacle added with a dreadful smirk on his face as they sailed away towards the other ark."Guys, we can take these left,” Justin said with a low tone while getting on his feet.“Hey, you on your knees!” One of the Sea Bonnies shouted at him while approaching him. “Come and die, you bastard!” Vladimir shouts as he hammers the Sea Bonnie's head off its shoulders.The others exclaimed, rushing to wh
The captain and the other crew members are busy making repairs on the ship.“Bring only the hardwoods for the deck,” the captain said, pointing towards the pile of hardwoods opposite where he was.“Aye, captain,” the heavy crew member replied.Shambala and the guild are back at where the ship was being repaired.“What's the progress, captain?” Krystal asked as he got closer to hear the captain.“The repairs are going very well, but we need more hands to make it faster,” the captain replied.“That should not be a problem; Vladimir and Justin can assist. By the way, where's Riley?” Krystal asked as Vladimir and Justin adjusted themselves to join the others on repairs.“Riley!” the captain shouted. “Yeah, I'm here,” Riley responded as he came down faster from the ark with some books in his hands.“Come meet Shambala,” Krystal said as he introduced Shambala to Riley.“Hello, I'm Riley; I've heard so much about you,” Riley said to Shambala.“Oh? What could you have heard?” Shambala said i
Shambala takes Grover from Krystal's shadow; his pulse is still good. Shambala tells them to step aside; he performs a little ritual and takes out the shadow in Grover's system. “Will he be alright?” Krystal asked, looking concerned. “He will be fine, but he has to be strong. This process will test his spiritual strength,” Shambala tells him.“He will be fine. He is too stubborn to die,” Riley assures Krystal. [Within Grover's mind]Grover sees himself without his artifact on a plain field without trees, no sky, no sun, no moon, nothing but grass. He looks around and notices that the grasses have begun to die. He walks to where this dead spree is happening. He holds a dead grass, and his fingers begin to die off. He suddenly drops it, and his fingers are revived. He steps back, and when he does, the dead spree begins to move faster than before, and he starts running from it as he has no means of defending himself from this attack.[Back in reality]Grover's body is shaking on t
As the guild was fighting the intruders,.“These intruders are not artifact users, but good swordsmen," Vladimir said.“They will be an easy defeat then,” Justin said with a grin.“Look out!” Riley told Grover as he immediately evaded an attacker's blow from behind.“Thanks,” he said, flipping the intruder to the ground.One of the intruders took out a spell book and read a time-related spell as the guild of Shadow members was surrounded, although not defeated.They made them stand together as the intruder with the book smiled at them.“instant evanescet in futurum (instant vanish into the future),” said the intruder with the spell book.Suddenly, a wormhole-like door opened and pulled the guild inside. “What in the world is that!?” Grover exclaimed.“It is nothing like the Crypts,” Justin said.The guild sees themselves in different clothes and with the artifact they were in pursuit of, trying to understand the sudden change in time and the fortune that has fallen on them.“What jus
The guild was curious to know what he knew, but he told them they would have to listen attentively. “Thank you for the opportunity, lads,” Shambala thanked the guild.I was curiously looking at the old man.“Yes, on with the story already,” Grover prompted the old man to start.The old man smiled, arranging his clothes to begin.The guild is eagerly waiting as they all look at Shambala.“Long ago, when I was a very young man full of fire and strength like yourselves, I and Stark would go on crazy and dangerous adventures all in the conquest of conquering new crypts,” he paused, looking at them. Continuing, he said, “We entered our first crypt without powers, but with only the will to survive, and with our sword skills, which we were known for, this crypt was where Stark found the Heart of Malacoda. Which helped us in other adventures. Stark and I did crazy things like challenging each other on who would kill more monsters in the crypt or who would be smarter at solving puzzles, and
Stark and Shambala went into the crypt for the bolt of Zeus. They were expecting challenges that were more challenging than the previous crypts, but to their surprise, they were faced with very easy challenges. The first challenge was for them to solve a riddle.The riddle master, who appeared to be a bird standing before the gate, said, “What moves on four legs in the morning, moves with two legs in the afternoon, and moves with three legs in the evening?”“You have one attempt, as this riddle is very simple,” the riddle master added.“Let us think this through, as we do not want to fail in doing so; we need to get that artifact,” Stark said, displaying so much eagerness.“Relax; I'm trying to think here,” Shambala replied.“You do not have all the time, just so you know,” the riddle master said, bringing a time glass that ran rather too fast than ordinary.“The answer is man,” Shambala said, watching as the sand was almost finished from the top of the time glass.“Is that your final