The sun rose in the east, like a figure awakening from a long night's sleep, casting its warm glow over the cold, dew-covered city of Guntur Langit. Despite the early hour, activity buzzed through the streets long before sunrise, as the five bells tolled between 3 a.m. and 5 a.m.Today was a special day. People dressed in their finest, wearing pure white tunics—the prayer garments of the devotees of the Himalayan God Temple.The scent of incense and frankincense wafted through the city. One by one, people walked with offerings toward the Himalayan God Temple at the foot of the mountains.Suma Fen appeared among the people of Heavenly Thunder City, walking down the city street toward the temple. He wore a white tunic like the locals, having previously inquired about the appropriate attire.With the streets crowded, he couldn't walk quickly and chose to blend in with the people. As he rounded the second corner, he heard crying from inside one of the buildings, a sound so sorrowful it pi

Emotional faces filled the prayer hall. The ceremony concluded just as the sun shone overhead.One by one, the devotees left, happy and feeling blessed. Still lingering at the temple's entrance, Imay looked around, confused, with her son Jampa."Did you see the Great Lord, my son?" asked Imay, puzzled by the disappearance of the Great Lord Suma Fen, who had vanished with the fading of the thick smoke that was the blessing of the Gods.After a long search, the father and son duo finally returned to Surya Village, forgetting about Suma Fen's disappearance—perhaps the Great Lord was attending to other business, Imay thought.+++Suma Fen disappeared as quickly as a ghost. When the black smoke billowed from the sky, he saw a group of Foliots and Jinn—twelve in number—flying with their noisy wings, creating a buzzing sound like wasps or dragonflies.These magical creatures swiftly carried the twelve altar girls, then flew back to the dark-clothed Magus above.The group of jinn and foliots

Suma Fen's left hand slowly formed a grip technique as if absorbing and drawing strength and energy from the ice core that seemed to have become the floor. The atmosphere instantly became quiet.Blep!The cold vapor instantly condensed as Suma Fen sucked in the energy of ice and earth. The ice vapor instantly transformed into a single glittering sword - a sharp, glowing ice crystal sword.His left hand moved slowly toward the fire spear, his movements barely visible. Instantly, a bone-chilling chill flew quickly along with the ice crystal sword to greet the incoming fire spear.Wush! The sound of cold wind also flashed in sparkling colors, so fast following the ice sword.Kraak!"Impossible!" exclaimed the magus who owned the fire spear in disbelief. He saw his spear split open like a broken cracker.Before the magus could say another word, he knew...Blam!He stared wide-eyed as the ice crystal sword pierced his chest. Then, his life flew away in the blink of an eye. The other magus,

It was a cold night, and the snow was still falling relentlessly, drenching the streets of Celestial Thunder City. In such cold weather, even animals are reluctant to leave their nests, just looking for prey or missing the gloomy moon covered by thick fog.Above the Himalayan God Worshiping Temple ridge, a figure moved lightly, lighter than the cotton and snowflakes falling from the sky. The figure in white floated through the temple's hallways, stopping at a large room that looked nice among the other buildings. The figure's hand waved softly, and Taufan's wind violently slammed the door to the room."Who is it?" shouted Padre Wangchuk from inside. His voice echoed off the walls of the room.Wangchuk felt that his preoccupation with conducting magical experiments on a living being—that was the human he was using as a testing tool—was now disturbed. By the laws of the Magi, a Magus' experiments on new spells or cutting-edge potions were forbidden if practiced and tested on living huma

ARC. 8.2. One-legged Stork.The Jinzhi Tribe's existence, if depicted on a map, is as follows:Their northern region was very dark, where the border crossed from the Land of Medicinal Plants. Most of this area was filled with dead tree trunks, a dry forest known as the Forest of Death.In the northwest, a dangerous area is known as the Misty Swamp. It is said that in this Misty Swamp, adventurers or the Jinzhi people themselves often report seeing sightings of Water Dragons.Stretching from the west to the south of the region, there is an old pine forest called the Thousand-Year Pine Forest. Further south of this forest, the area is filled with various dark magical animals commonly called 'dark beasts'.The eastern part of the Jinzhi Tribe is a portion of the Killer Mountains filled with dry land. Thus, the Forest of Death from the north seems to have transmitted the disease of drought here - all the trees have dried up without leaves, which also looks eerie at night.At one point, in