"VIVIEN, Marjien! I have something for you two."It was evening, and Lukas had just arrived at the edge of their camp, dusty from two days of traveling around the land of Vestia. The crew was sitting around their camp fire outside of one of the Graire Province's villages. They were all together, which did not happen all too often lately. Usually they were spread out, a few of them in one village and the rest in another, in an effort to protect multiple places. However, Gregori was starting to change things with the Krystalline Army's 31st Battalion. He managed to convince the commander of the Battalion to help out some impoverished villages under Lord Brail's nose. He made it seem like it was the Saeri ust Trux's discreet order and the lord must not know about it.Zephrain looked up from where he was sitting next to Dan, the two of them playing the hand game that involved slapping the ground and animal names. Dan had won every round, but Zephrain was learning about new

ONE MONTH LATER, Chloe Rein and the Seven Geniuses got a message from Prince Ciaran himself that Drake Lornn, Theo Jon and Vivien Li were awakened. Princess Zillah told Ciaran was truly happened, and the queen demanded for information but the two remained mouth shut. The atmosphere in the palace was getting gloomier as time went by.After rescuing Jucel from being hostaged by the queen, Chloe began to become attentive to her surroundings. Neptos was gone for a month already, saying that he had to attend to something important. Chloe, however, trained nonstop every chance she gets. Her ability in archery drastically increased, and her swordsmanship was - in Jucel's comment - scary. Barbie and Kieran became her regular opponents in close combat.The only thing that Chloe couldn't master, and hated so much, was the Inner Core Enhancement which required her to meditate. Every time she attempted to close her eyes and turn her mind blank, it's as if her inner core woul

CHLOE spent her whole couple of days getting drowned. Literally. Nobody told her that the lake got a sucking energy from beneath it, for Demetrius' sake!"AAAHHH!!" she screamed for the nth time for the day before being pulled by the strong pressure that goes to the bottom of the lake. A bubble of water enveloped her before she shot up into the surface."Focus, Chloe!" Neptos shouted from the side, comfortably sitting at the big rock and holding his jug of beer. "I can't look after you all the time!"He set her down on the flat stone, breaking off the bubble of water. Chloe fell onto her knees and hands as she coughed the water that invaded her system. "You...you're not helping," she panted.Neptos rolled his eyes and stood. "Rest first. Don't jump in. I'm not going to save you." He walked away and into the house.Chloe groaned as she rolled to her back and closed her eyes. She lets her breath become normal before she opened it and stared at the sky.You need to be

"Hey, guys. Chloe here. Crystal Falls is a magical... Well, like any place in Demetrius... But this one needs the permission for entrance from the Knight of the Wild Beast whoever that was. Neptos said that he was friends with this Knight and he can go whenever he pleases. So, I don't think you can visit any time. But don't worry, we will see each other soon. I'm doing good here, I have a friend named Hemera. She's the guardian of the Crystal Falls. She was like a nagging mother. No one can still beat my best friend, Jucel Greyn.I'm still not able to master the meditation, Lulu-chi. But Neptos said I will be able to after a series of tasks to strengthen my inner core for the Blood Element. Who knew what that means? And, hey, Zab! Go easy on Master Xeinmi. He might go insane if you continue teasing him like that.I might not be able to come home on my birthday or send a message to you again. I still have a lot to learn here and conserving my magic power is a must. If not, I'm

A red-haired young woman was sitting in a black space with stars and planets surrounding her. Her bronze-like skin was replaced by a pale, glassy skin. She has just been pulled in this place, facing the greenish-white planet. It oozes magic and life in it. She knew that it was her home and Demetrius is somewhere in there. The planet grew bigger and bigger until she realized that it was actually getting closer. Chloe quickly stood and moved away. It gravitated past her, and continued into the void.As she walked around, a bluish-white vortex glowed beside her. She turned to it and realized that she was standing next to the star she represented: Bellatrix of Orion. It made a whirring noise and the vortex glowed brightly as if it's going to burst, as if getting excited to finally meet her. So this was the inner core of a Blood Star.The vortex became a mirror, showing her the face of a young woman with medium-length disheveled red hair cascaded on her shoulders, some of the baby