ELECTUS

"Quit your worrying. I am a Expert Wizard. Obviously i have access to secret hidden ruins. Or at least... i hope they are still secret. I know a certain ruin which is a very spiritual place. It helped me a lot to unlocking new secrets on my Fire controlling abilities. I wasn"t born a master."

Woldemir is still under a lot of burden. But this at least gave him slight relief. But still, Eric"s safety is Woldemir"s main concern. So he says

"Very well. I will agree to this in one condition. Whatever secret ruin you plan to lurk around, you go check the ruin first to see if its clear of the ill.u.s.tratio or any human in general. Once you make sure it is safe or not, you come back at my farmhouse and we can consult our next move. What do you think about that?"

Garther replies with

"very well, i can work with that. I will travel to a ruin once we take a look at Crutal kingdom. I have a feeling that its still untouched by the ill.u.s.tratio."

Woldemir replies with

"Yes, Thank you. Also, i do have a question. How.. just how did you end up getting lost in the woods and miss two hundred years of war, slaughter, beheading, death by ill.u.s.tratio lit flames, **** and injustice? You must have a longer story. I doubt that you slept through the war under a tree shade. How did you end up being lost in the woods."

The color on Garther"s face turned rather pale as Woldemir seeked a deeper explanation of Garther"s predicament.

But yet he found the nerve to answer.

He said

"I...i was with Akareas, the previous Electus. We were researching more about the most unknown power to any Wizard, a power that was a mystery to every Electus who walked the Earth so far. The mysterious powers of Teleportation."

Woldemir replies with much curiosity by saying

"Correct me if I"m wrong but as far as i know, Teleportation is where you disappear on thin air and appear somewhere else. Typically somewhere very near. I"ve heard a few tales about it. But i didn"t think it to be actually real. How does it equal to you skipping two hundred years?"

Garther sounds like he has much more to say, so with small hesitation he utters

"See, before i found myself at these woods, we were tipped off by an adventurer that a book about teleportation was deep down an underground dungeon. Forgotten, abandoned and left to crumble into dust. But i don"t know if you heard this, underground dungeons aren"t a picnic. Going in there is like begging the angel of death to take your soul. However, we did find the book. We even managed to read a few pages of it but the dungeon was abandoned a couple of centuries ago. I"t didn"t take long for a disaster to follow. Out of nowhere, part of the dungeon collapsed. And considering the fact that i always lacked luck throughout my life, i was exactly at the area where the dungeon collapsed. A second before large boulders and dirt were about to crush me, Akareas did a teleportation spell on me. That might of explain how i got here."

Woldemir is in great shock as Garther"s story sounds rather unbeliveable.

But for what reason would Garther need to lie to a poor farmer? What benefits would a intelligent Wizard gain from it? He must be speaking the truth.

Then Woldemir replies

"Your story does sound quite insane. But yet i do not see a reason why you would lie to me. But it looks like Akareas survived that dungeon collapse. Since she died peacefully on her bed at the age of ninetythree. At least that"s how its writen. Maybe she took that book with her. If she did, the book is sure to be collecting dust somewhere around the Crutal Castle. We just need to find it."

Garther says

"That could be very possible. And since Eric is the Electus, he could surely help in some way. I"m not sure how but i know he can. The training i went through to become an expert of my Fire controlling abilities, took me a lifetime. Eric can learn it in a matter of several years, probably even better than i did. He is the superior."

Woldemir replies with

"You don"t fail to surprise me every time you explain something new about the power that each Electus had on their hand. And as much as i love to talk about it, we need to cut it out now. Because...well look forward and be amazed.

The second that Garther looks forward, he sees the big and beautiful Crutal Kingdom.

His mouth remains open as he is amazed to see his home again and of course because of the fact on how jaw droppingly beautiful Crutal Kingdom is.

Roots of plants spreading out everywhere, each stretching several meters on thick stone walls and colorful flowers blooming on those plants as well.

The Kingdom is rather large itself as well. From one end to the other it surely held around five hundred houses. Most of the houses weren"t exactly small either.

Its size shows quite well why it is the Capital Kingdom of Occidenits igne.

A true rare beauty.

He then says

"So much has changed, yet it changed in a good way."

Woldemir replies with

"I agree it is beautiful. This race has a fancy about decorating buildings or anything in general. Most likely supported from the money that they force out of our race though. They treat us Ignites like used old shoes."

Garther replies with

"It appears that way. Our beloved Crutal kingdom did not loose its beauty and maybe it is even more beautiful now. But the ill.u.s.tratio ruling it, along with the rest of Occidentis igne left a terrible scar on it and our country, and it kills its beauty in a way."

Woldemir replies with

"Indeed it did my friend. But we need to keep our voices down right now. Maybe even stop talking completely. The ill.u.s.tratio is known to charge fines on people for the pettiest reasons. Basically anyone who isn"t an ill.u.s.tration, gets fined for ridicilous reasons.

Last summer, i got finned for reading a book that wasn"t about the ill.u.s.tratio. The finnes are out rageous as well. If you can"t pay it, they throw you in the dungeon and beat you until your back is softer than your stomach, which in most cases no one can pay the fine. Those two weeks were rough for me. But luckily i came out alive. Unlike many unfortunate others."

Garther replies with

"I can finally understand why you are so protective towards Eric. But believe me, i will do everything in my power to free this land. Even if it means dying, which in these circ.u.mstances i most likely will.

But let"s procced in to the Crutal Kingdom right now and go through that bookstore you mentioned."

As they approach the Crutal Kingdom closer and they reach the main gate, they immidiately get approached by a couple of ill.u.s.tratio gate keepers. Truly devilish looking characters, not literally though. Their skin color didn"t look like a typical stereotyped devil. Their skin color was green.

And one other eyecatching feature are their blood veins. From head to toe their veins were covered with a darker shade of green and a light dark shade of red as well here and there.

But most of the blood vein color running through their body is green. But their eyes are the most devil like part about them. They have these freakish completely red eyes. Difficult to look at without getting uncomfortable.

These gate keepers have fairly long hair too. Much like every other race in these medieval times i suppose. But those body features weren"t nearly enough devil like compared to their tongue and behaviour.

As soon as they approached the Wagon, one of the gate keepers pulls out a long sword, turns to Garther and says

"State your business here you diseased Ignite or my sword will be meeting your neck."

Before Garther utters a single word, Woldemir jumps in the conversation and shouts

"Do not hurt him. He is my cousin. He comes from the bottom part of Ignis. You know, the frozen part of our great Continet?"

The other gate keeper replies with

"Oh so basically he is a worthless rag coming from Frozen Toe Kingdom?"

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