Chapter 36: Death Didn't Come

"Yes, but as you see, just a little trick I made and I got so weak." She smiled bitterly.

"You are still young, Lucia. There are so much rooms for you to grow. You are a princess by birth and I know that just like your ancestors, you would be a great summoner, too."

"I hope so, Ophelia. I really hope."

I was about to speak when all of the sudden, the ground went shaking. My eyes widened and I was about to hold Lucia when a huge crack of the ground went in between us, it grew larger by the moment, and showed a large mass of burning lava.

"Lucia!" I shouted in horror because we were at the opposite sides and there was a huge drift between us that would surely melt anything or anyone if one would fell to it.

I turned to see if Raja was still at my back but what I saw was the red smoke going to my necklace.

"What happened, Raja? Are you all right?"

'I am fine, my lady. But there is something in this place that forced me to go back to the necklace. It is forbidding you to summon me. I supp