Genad and the duo behind him were put to a sudden stop on approaching the bold door with strange scribbling all over it. There was no other way forward as around them was nothing but the stony vicinity of the cave.Dina however wasn't distrusted as she knew Genad had a plan. The door was the passage to the land of the gnomes and unless you were allowed in by the gnomes there was no way to cross into it even with force.Few years after the gnomes disappeared all races had tried all they could to break open the door and scavenge the land of the gnomes to no avail. It was sealed shut and no amount of power, no matter how destructive could break through.However, there was a tricky way to go into the land of the gnomes which no one knew about and that was with the ancient beast!Apart from being allowed in by the gnomes, one could also be let in externally by the gnomes or specifically—their blood.The scribbling when looked very closely at was an artistic carving of an ancient gnome who
Dina's eyes bulged in shock at the items that filled the room. Weapons of various sizes, forms, and types, and even without counting she could guess that they were up to fifty of them! And the best part? They all seemed to be in the legendary grade!Weapons in the Styr nation were divided into 5 grades—normal, noble, mythical, legendary, and spirit. Weapons on the spirit grade were weapons of old, great items used by the ancients and filled with immense power, its power was so great that it was said to have taken a living form over time.It was rumored that if one was able to get their hands on a single one, dominating over the entire nation of Styr was more than possible. Beneath these great weapons were the legendary ones and although not as powerful, to be directly below the spirit grade one could guess just how great their potential was.And up to fifty of them were uselessly piled up here slowly rotting away!"So many! I wonder which to choose~" Feral gushed in excitement as he r
"Is something wrong?" Genad who usually would have ignored the two naughty fellas couldn't help but ask on seeing Feral's listless face. His eyes were red, his face covered with a cloudy visage and he looked like had been crying for quite some time.Feral simply nodded in a daze causing Genad to cock up his brow, just what had happened?Before he could ponder on it more, a mechanical beeping was heard and the machine he had been tweaking finally spoke—{Password accepted;Scanning....;Three life forms detected;The challenge will now begin.}BOOM!!Feral could barely ponder on the words he was suddenly hearing when a strong force like an earthquake hit their position but with how many times he had been pitted in this kind of situation, he had learned how to maintain his balance without falling over... or so he thought.Just as he was trying to hold himself he got flung away and ended up falling into Genad's arms to his surprise. He looked up with a nervous smile at the stone-faced ma
{To every man there is a God, to every demon—a machine, to every elf—treasures but to the gnomes there is none. Mention our links.}'What the—what kind of fucking question is this? Is this even a riddle?!' Dina exclaimed internally.Four races, four marks and they were to find a link? How?Genad was silent, he seemed deep in thought as if trying to find a clue in the strange riddle, after all in every riddle the answer was always staring at one so blatantly and what one needed was just to find it.... that was when it clicked!Four races, four marks, and a link but why four? Where was the fifth? Where were the angels? A link... how were the angels linked to all this? It was simple!Over the years the angels could be stated to be the dominating race, in fact, they might as well be called the main rulers of Styr kingdom during these years. They tied the humans down with an illusion of worship to them as 'the servants of the ancient god', the elves they had blinded with treasures, effortl
"Dinner is ready so I can't get why you're so... stunned? Everyone is here already and we're all waiting for you so come on babe, buckle up let's go!" Annabelle stated while literally dragging Dina from the bed.'Even though it's an illusion, it looks and acts exactly like how Annabelle did in my memories. So this is the power of magic?' Dina thought with a daze as Annabelle dragged her away only for her to suddenly stop, causing Dina to bump abruptly to her back."What's up, girl? Your face looks so gloomy, is there a problem?" Annabelle asked worriedly but all Dina could look at was the ticking time. It had gone down to 8 minutes and was slowly receding.She had to hurry! But what did it mean to find her partner? Maybe the dinner could tell her? Then she had to hurry there immediately, not only was she stuck in here as her real self, but she also couldn't get to Zero for some damn reason.Everything about this place was dangerous to her and she had to quickly get out and even a fake
“Where….?” a purple-haired boy of about nine muttered as he swirled about in the deserted plane. He soon looked up to find a huge crowd before him and running up to the crowd he found himself shoving his way through.What was happening? Where was he? Where was Dad?The little boy after managing to manoeuvre his way through the crowd looked up and saw what made his heart drop. His father was being held up a cross on the pavilion by an executioner who stood with an axe beside him, ready to give him the worst execution yet.Subconsciously, the name of the punishment popped into his mind— Butchering scales. It was a horrible torture technique that involved scraping one's scales over and over again until they could no longer regenerate. Keeping in mind that the demons had one of the most powerful regenerating abilities and were very tenacious this was a very disgusting technique.It was a torture that could last for days continually without a single moment of rest depending on the demon’s
Dina opened her eyes to the familiar white space and was met with the worried Paws licking her all over. However, everything was not over yet as the next instant, she heard Zero warn her loudly.‘Dina! Be careful!’A huge wave of mental energy attacked her immediately and without thinking she screamed—“REBOUND!!”The wave was a wide-range attack and had also affected Paws who staggered about preventing him from seeing the form Dina had now taken.She was still Feral but the with a change that would have undoubtedly left both Paws and Genad bewildered if they had seen it. As she sat down with her left foot up and her right down and bent to the left, her lowered eyes slowly fluttered open revealing an astonishing sight.Unlike its usual brown color, each pupil now possessed a different color, one was a frosty blue that seemed to freeze over any existence at a mere glance and the other was a shimmering gold so beautiful and lovely that it was capable of charming all just with its presen
“Hm…” Feral groaned slightly as he stirred and on opening his eyes saw a white and gold panda with a pair of red jewel eyes cuddling right on top of him.Instantly reacting, Feral flipped the guardian away before stumbling up to a fighting stance as he vigilantly glared.Just then, Genad came in holding a bowl and raised a brow at the protective stance Feral had taken. Was he frightened? How cute./Awemeter increased to 72%/‘Seventy-pfft!’ Dina yelped in shock. Just what the hell had happened after she was woken up? When did the awemeter increase to 72%?!“Come sit,” Genad quietly spoke while patting at the bed Feral had just woken up from, his actions were so generous when compared to his previous prick attitude that Dina raised her brows in suspicion, could it be because of how high the meter was?‘Zero?’“Yes?” Zero responded, immediately calming Dina’s heart, at least he was here.“Why is he so nice?” Dina wondered suspiciously, this sudden change in attitude was… odd.“It seems