CAVES OF EFLIE Iasias opened his eyes and his eyes met the Callibra which was still buried in the wall. He rubbed his eyes and quickly took his eyes off it as its light was too harsh for his eyes to accommodate. He turned to the other side, turning his back against it, he wanted to get more sleep, but as he turned, he saw that it was already morning. "Oh no, it's morning already," he whispered to himself as he turned, his back now on the floor. He tucked his hair behind his left ear and sniffled as his nose picked up such a nice aroma, it smelled like food, actual food which they haven't had ever since they escaped Ivádia. "Do I smell food, or this is all a dream?" He muttered to himself as his eyes roamed the wall of the cave. "I think it's coming from outside," he concluded as he did not see anything which actually looked like food in his cave. his mouth watered and his stomach rejoiced as he got up quickly and walked hurriedly out of his cave. Immediately he reached outside,

MOUNT SICA After the long journey through the sea, they saw a huge mountain below them with green vegetation surrounding it. The leaves of the shrubs and the grasses below their wings fluttered, and the feeble branches and stems snapped as they find a place to land. Elvio landed first, and then Dalmatius, and Dominick. "Mount Sica!" Dalmatius said as they were closer to the mountain, and there was no much distance from the height they were hovering from the top of the mountain. With their clothes between their claws, they landed and found places to hide themselves before shifting back to humans. Iasias hid behind one side of the mountain and transformed back into human. He picked up his trousers and slot in his legs quickly, he picked up his shirt and threw it over his head. "We have no much time, the sun is setting!" Iasias shouted to them as he came out from behind his side of the mountain. "This is going to be a long journey by foot," Dalmatius said as he walked out from hi

CAVES OF EFLIE Along the way back to Eflie, the slaves Iasias, Dalmatius, Elvio and Domminick carried never stopped struggling and screaming for them to let them go. They ignored the slaves as they realized that there was nothing they could tell the people to make them stop screaming. Now, They were in Eflie, only few flaps away from the caves. “We are here, you'll be on the ground soon,” Iasias shouted to them and it seemed like they could not hear him as they kept on shouting and screaming at the top of their voices. They picked the slaves off the ground at random, and it seemed like they made an even pick of male and female. They were four girls and four boys under their claws. They could not land until they dropped the slaves on their feet first, as they would crush them under their giant feet if they tried to land first. They maintained balance in the air as they neared the ground in order for the slaves feet to touch the ground. They released their claws the moment they fel

TOWER OF IVÁDIA Nika was walking to her room through the passage which was partially lit, not as bright as it normally was, as only 5 torches on her right side were lit, and just three from her left side. It seemed like the rest were burned out. She heard quick footsteps behind her and She turned, seeing nothing but a trail of nothingness stalking in the darkness behind her. She continued to walk but with a slight increase in the pace of her movement. She heard the footsteps again and she looked over her left shoulder quickly. “Althea! Is that you?... Varia?” She asked to confirm if someone was with her in the passage. Her brows furrowed as she did not hear any reply. Her heart skipped a beat as she stared into the darkness once again. She turned to her front and gasped as she saw her mother's face an inch away from hers —bumping unto her chest, she retracted her movement. Her mother was not happy. Her eyes, they frightened Nika. The rage in her eyes made her walk a few steps

CAVES OF EFLIE Iasias was sitting on the rock which was only few steps away from the waterfall. Its closeness to the waterfall allowed few drops of water to bounce on his skin and his trousers as they poured heavily on the rocks and bounced off it. He just took his bath and was still shirtless as he was cleaning his shoes with the wet rag on his lap. He rolled up his trousers so that it would not get wet from the water that kept flowing the place where he set his feet. After polishing his shoes with the rag, he got up and set them on a rock which was the perfect place to set it here as the sun reached it perfectly. He walked bare footed back to the rock on which he was sitting and took his wet shirt off it, he squeezed the remaining water out of it and spread it upon another rock which was under the sun. He walked back up to the caves and saw Elvio sitting under the tree trying to bore a hole into one of the four coconuts before him. Iasias grinned as he approached him. “Where di