When Gerald and his companions arrived at the border between the enchanted forest and the realm of the trolls they alighted from the giant scorpions.“ Thank you very much, great scorpions, “ Gerald said to the giant scorpions and bowed his head slightly showing respect.“ We all have names, Gerald. I am Atamis, their leader. I wish you luck in this quest you all have embarked on because you will need all the luck you can get to be able to defeat King Nebeus “ Atamis, the leader of the giant scorpion, said to Gerald.While Gwen, Calanthe, and Tartarus waited patiently for him to be done discussing with the scorpions.“ Thank you Atamis, I wish you well too. Goodbye I hope fate makes our paths cross again “ Gerald said and bowed slightly before turning his back to go back to the others who were standing in front of the thick fog that surrounded the forest, the fog was its gate out.Gerald barely took four steps when Atamis called out to him again.“ Be careful Gerald, on this quest you
When the city gate opened and Gerald could see a girl being dragged to the podium meant for beheading. He immediately turned to Calanthe.“ Is this an illusion too? All these things we are seeing right now “ Gerald asked to be sure of his next move as they all stood ready to fight too.“ There’s only one way to find out or I can just portal us out of here right now “ Calanthe answered with her gaze fixed on King Nebeus Soldiers and the trolls who were just a little distance away from them.“ No, if we portal out of here we won't be able to save that girl they are dragging to the podium. I won't forgive myself if I leave without trying to save her because I am a woman like her. My spirit tells me she'll be of great assistance to us “ Gwen cut in before Gerald could answer Calanthe and Gerald was impressed at how reasonable Gwen was at that moment.“ This is the first time I have heard you say something very reasonable since I began to travel with you all, “ Tartarus said with a chuckle.
“ You shall not die today, supreme mother of the light. Not while I’m here “ The female voice said but she failed to see the face before she blanked out.“ Mother, stay with me please!! “ Gwen jerked her mom in a bid to keep her awake but all to avail.At this same time the strange woman rushed to Calanthe’s side and knelt beside her trying to cast a spell that would extract the troll's venom.“ Who are you? “ Gerald asked the woman and while the rest except Tartarus who had passed out, just looked at the woman. For some reason Gerald didn’t trust her.“ I am Adeline of Meldine and I’m a friend of Calanthe or should I say Calanthe taught me everything I know today. Please let me heal her, I’m also a sister of the light, “ Adeline said.Adeline didn’t wait for them to give her approval before she placed both of her hands on Calanthe’s chest and began to chant a spell.Just like Calanthe, a bright light shone on Adeline’s hands as the spell began to extract the poison from Calanthe’s bo
When Gerald asked what was wrong with Grafburg, the whole room went silent for a while Gwen kept looking at her mom angrily. Gwen was indeed very short-tempered.“ Ask my dear mother, since she is the one who portalled us here. She’s in the best position to answer your question, “ Gwen said as she looked at Gerald.“ Isn’t that right, Mother? “ Gwen said to Calanthe and faked a smile. Calanthe rolled her eyes at her daughter.“ Gwendolyn!! “ Calanthe said to her daughter in a reprimanding way. She only called Gwen by her full whenever she was trying to reprimand her daughter or express disapproval of the way Gwen behaved.“ I apologize, “ Gwen said and bowed slightly showing respect to her mother even though she was still visibly unhappy about where her mother decided to portal them to.“ I brought us here because I think we might be safe here for now. King Nebeus and Ophelia, his head of Mages, would consider this the last place we’ll come to because to them they’ll feel like we all c
Calanthe, Gwen, Tartarus, and Most of all Gerald, curiously looked at Hesperia expecting an answer on how she could help them.Hesperia began fidgeting with her fingers nervously. She was scared of talking because she felt that someone might hear and report to King Nebeus since Grafburg was after all the place he resided in.Gerald noticed her nervousness and instantly sensed that she was afraid of something. This piqued his interest more because when they saved her, she had this mysterious aura around that he couldn't quite place his fingers on.“ It's fine Hesperia. You're safe with us and we won't let any harm come to you okay? “ Gerald assured Hesperia with a tight-lipped smile.“ Okay, “ Hesperia answered him and closed her eyes as she exhaled several times to calm her paranoia down. She tried to calm down while the rest waited for her patient.When she opened her eyes they glowed neon green which surprised everyone in the room. When Hesperia’s eyes glowed, everyone in the room f
“ Gerald breakfast is ready and mind you, if you don't come downstairs right now you'll be late for school, “ Gerald's mom called out from downstairs to Gerald who was upstairs getting ready in his room.“ I'll be right down in a sec Mom, “ Gerald answered from his room loud enough for his mom to hear… He took a last look at himself and put his necklace inside the shirt of his school uniform.After that, he grabbed his school bag and car keys before dashing downstairs. If there was anything he hated the most, it was going to school late.He didn't want people in school to notice him any more than they already did because he was already an object of ridicule in school, where they mocked him for bearing an ancient name and being a nerd.As if it wasn't enough, he wasn’t only being mocked, but he was also been bullied even though his parents were very wealthy. What escalated the bullying and ridicule was that Gerald wasn't handsome at all.He had a round face, thick lips, and a big nose.
When Gwendolyn covered herself and Gerald with the cloak, they disappeared or more like teleported , and appeared in front of a cottage on a hill. Gerald was at a loss for words to express his thought so he just turned around to take in his present environment.Below the hill was the town he could spot after the forest they had just telepathed from. This place was strange for he thought places like this only existed in movies.He could see the city walls and gate. The kind of buildings that existed in this new world he was now in were cottages but still within the city walls was a very big castle which he guessed would be the abode of the king.But this cottage he was in was outside the city walls on a hill, beautiful flowers were around the cottage and it helped beautify the surrounding. All of a sudden Gwendolyn appeared from nowhere and grabbed his hands.“ Let's go, mother, is inside waiting for us, “ Gwendolyn said and they went into the cottage. wooden chairs were what was in the
When Gerald raised his head his eyes orbs were glowing green as he was breathing fast with his hands in a fist due to his growing anger and Calanthe had to hold his hand to calm him down.Ophelia and king Nebeus's guards just sat still on the floor they landed on when the wave of energy that emitted from Gerald pushed them down.When Gerald calmed down his eye orbs stopped glowing, they glowed because he used his powers, so apparently, they'll glow anytime he uses his powers or his emotions are triggered.“ Oh my!! He is more powerful than we comprehended “ Ophelia said, still in a state of shock as she looked at Gerald. She motioned for the guards that came with her to attack.They stood and charged toward Calanthe and Gerald but Gwendolyn immediately stood in front of them and closed her eyes when she opened them her eye orbs began to glow blue.Gwendolyn raised her hands sideways on each side with her palms open as she tilted her head back a little trying to gather strength and wat