S.Y. 650 Seto 5 3:24 S.Q. - Nearing the Bottom of Hotia
It's been a few months since our battle. I had to accept that we weren't going to go after Rah and the other Zenshu Cult members for a while. Still furious and pondering just what happened to my mother I ended up just training. No one wanted to go through what we went through, being captured again so Temti and Sirisa took their time advancing their abilities within Light Magic. I think they achieved a new class thanks to the other Light Mages in the village. It wasn't just them either, Lepricus, Obitiga, Rion, Gixoh, and I trained with each other. Wanting to make sure we never go through what we did before. I'm not fully sure what everyone else's rank was before this but we all grew, I achieved a new rank within the Guardian Knights, the rank of Knight. The villagers also helped us all out here and there. Crafting new equipment for us, and teaching us the skills themselves. Rion was the best at crafting, while Temti excelled at essence gathering. Poji and Yidara had been telling me more about my father from the stories they knew when he was alive. Which were helpful when it came to me understanding what happened in the past.
"A light so bright any darkness disappeared beneath it. Your father was a great man. A Mage the world needed. He was given many names but we Mole People knew him as The Mage God of Light."
[Poji]
"You mean that story is true."
[Obitiga]
"What story?"
[Twilight]
"A little fairy tale for the kids. They spoke of a wizard that was able to banish all darkness. He and his chosen warriors would watch over the world. Though somehow the darkness made an end to him, and his warriors Forsaken."
[Yidara]
"You're not the first to tell me stories like this. King Kirpernicus told me a few as well. Are any of them real or just fantasy?"
[Twilight]
"Well they're just old children's stories, they can't be real."
[Obitiga]
"Contrary to how they sound, they are real stories, my son. They are stories of our world, during a time where peace was met."
[Poji]
"And To believe he had a son, and that his son would bring us back to peace again. What a wonderful world we live in."
[Yidara, with excitment]
"You must head to Derilla Islands there you should find an old friend of your father, his name is Kealii. He can tell you all that you need to know."
[Poji]
Other than finding Kealii the friend of my father that could inform me more about myself I have to find Rah, I need to know what they did to my mother.
I took a few more days but the others and Twilight got prepared. Grabbing the last bit of resources they needed as well as finishing up last-minute training, of not just themselves but that of the Knights of Sanshu. They eventually boarded and set out to Derilla Island.
L.Y. 650 Seto 11 12:42 S.Q. - Somewhere Out at Sea
"Hey, Captain just so you know we are arriving at Derilla Islands."
[Navigator, yelling from the lookout]
"I actually wanted to know more about the island if you don't mind telling us what you know."
[Twilight]
"Oh, that's not a problem at all, though all I know is pretty much from old navigation books."
[Navigator, leading the others into a navigation room]
"It's said that the island is actually a cluster of 3 Sea Gods, the only of their kind. The first being named Fodimon which we are about to land on, the second Thidimon, and lastly Diamon. According to the books long ago people would communicate with these ancient creatures using them to transport to the other various Islands of the World."
[Navigator]
"Really how is that even possible."
[Obitiga]
"Apparently somewhere on each island is a transport gate, created sometime around the Twilight of Lightnings time."
[Navigator]
"The Twilight of Lightning?"
[Twilight]
"Yes, he would have been your grandfather, born under your great grandfather Ruko Twilight of Fire. He was said to be a technological genius, helping create a lot of the things our time still uses or evolved from."
[Navigator]
"What are these gates like?"
[Sirisa]
"No one in this day of age has seen them, due to the Cult and their invasions. But the books describe them as stones, in which a certain incantation will activate."
[Navigator]
"How do we find them?"
[Lepricus]
"That I do not know, it would be best to ask someone on the Island or.."
[Navigator]
"Jahn!"
[Ric - Ship Captain]
As the Navigator tried to finish his sentence he was called by Ric. It looked like we arrived ad Frodimon, and began docking. Frodimon had a small dock, it looked like they had long been abandoned though. As we climbed up the stairs created to get us to the top of the island we entered a forest. It was beautiful out here, the snow complimented everything, there were these weird bird-like creatures though they seemed more human than anything. They seemed to be created of both Ice and Earth. But then as we headed deeper and deeper into the forest they disappeared. It got quieter and quieter. I began to worry about what might have happened, or what could happen. Then there was this rustling in the trees and something that seemed to be like an arrow or a hook. Zipping down from it was this stranger who instantly attacked us, aiming for Twilight who was in the front.
"Stop right there intruder, you dare to invade the nation of Dragondale. I am Aka the last of the Shadow Naga. You will never get past me."
[Aka, jumping back from his attack]
"Whoa, dude calm down there."
[Liam, flashes in to defend]
"I see you have no honor for the code. This sir is a one-on-one battle, please step aside."
[Aka]
"I'm sorry we can't do that."
[Obitiga, shooting off two rounds]
"You attack one of us."
[Liam, releasing s flurry of stars]
"You attack us all!"
[Everyone as they prepare for battle]