Nervously sweating, Frigs waited for the answer. Soon, it came to his ears from the mouth of the principal, Jiq, "Your talents are none, you have no talent in all of the elements,"
Needless to say, he was surprised by the result and didn't know what he could say at that moment. Jiq cheered him up with his words, or at least he tried, "But don't worry! The amount of mana you posses are incredible! And there are also some rare potions to awaken your true talent!"
Of course, it worked like wonder on Frigs. He cheered up and smiled before asking, "Where can I get such potions?"
Jiq responded while raising his hands, then slowly saying things as his fingers opened each time he said a method, "First, get it from a high-ranking monster. Second, get it from a rare ore or item. Third, get it from merchants. Fourth, get the help of a high-ranking magician, that's all the method I know of"
Frigs nodded, understanding what method he would take, 'At this moment, it would be better, simpler and easier to ask for the noble house of Mercia. Or ask Jiq and Jiok for help…'
Jiq smiled as he slowly dropped his hand and said, "Edward and Louis, just come into my office, I will make a potion so that your true talent would awaken itself!"
Knock
Frigs knocked on Jiq's office and slowly opened the door. To his surprise, he saw Jiq, in his goblin form, with both of his hand above a small cauldron filled with bluish liquid. He shouted, "Quick! Close the door!"
Frigs and Louis stepped inside and then looked at what happened upon their eyes. Veins on hands, neck and face could be seen as he focused on the cauldron. The cauldron itself, gave off a great amount of energy that it made Frigs and his assistant trembled upon the scene.
After a few minutes have passed and as the liquid content inside the small cauldron was calming itself, Jiq found himself sitting on his couch with heavy panting, "F-Finally, the potion is done…'
Frigs and Louis made their way toward the couch and although the energy in the room was gone at that moment, they still trembled, "What was that it's so scary that I almost peed my pant!"
Jiq chuckled as he slowly and carefully got himself up from his chair and grabbed a big wooden spoon. With the spoon, he got some of the content of the potion and walked toward Frigs and said, "Here, take this, don't spill it"
Frigs took the spoon calmly and as stable as possible, then placing it on his mouth while staring at Jiq's that was smiling at that moment. Right after he swallowed the potion, he felt dizzy and a great sensation of pain in his head. But all of a sudden, he fell toward the long couch and closed his eyes.
"Hey, kid! Wake up!" He instantly woke up after hearing a stranger's voice. Now in his sitting position, he found himself in a forest, surrounded by plants and trees.
'What is this place? Forest? And a… pathway?' Although it was a forest, one of the things that he noticed immediately right after he woke up was a clear pathway right in front of his eyes, with no plants or trees on it. On the end of it was a bright light.
The same voice echoed in his head, telling him to go to the clear pathway right in front of him, "Hey kid! Go to that path!"
Complying to the order of the person behind the voice, he got up from the ground and slowly, but cautiously, while calmly, walked upon the path. Just after a few steps, he found himself in a small clearing.
There was a man, white-haired, sitting on a fallen, small log as he exposed his back toward Frigs. In front of the man was a huge waterfall, falling down and disappearing toward the ground. Although it didn't make sense, it was a beautiful scene nonetheless.
The man got himself up from the log with the help of his wooden staff and turned around, revealing his long beard and goatee. With a smile, he said to Frigs, "What brought you here? Goblin, "
Still amazed with the surrounding, he didn't respond after a few seconds but hearing the word goblins, he focused on the man and asked with a furrowed eyebrow, "How do you know I'm a goblin?"
The man chuckled and rubbed his goatee, "You can't fool this old man… I have the power of the spirits in my hand. Though, what brought you here could invade this old man's place… I wonder who it was"
Now realising what sort of power the old man has in his hands, Frigs instantly got himself close enough to him and kowtowed and paid his respect to him, All happened in less than a second, "Senior, this junior greets and pay respect to you, please spare this junior for being here today"
The man chuckled, that chuckle turned into a giggle and the giggle turned into laughter. Soon, he sat down at the log once again, this time facing Frigs, "Raise and sit beside me. Since you came here, the magicians that sent you must be powerful enough to create the special potions. Is it one of the goblin grand mage? Or the demon king? Is it perhaps the goddess of humans? Or Gods of orcs?"
Complying to the man's words once again, Frigs got himself up and sat beside the man, "It's one of the goblin's great magician, Jiq. The principal of my school"
The old man chuckled and rubbed his goatee, "Don't confuse me with mortal things… I left them since a long time ago. Speaking of you coming here… What do you want, wealth? Power? Strength? Agility, ability or talents? I can give you all of them except the immortal potion"
Frigs gulped his saliva, now wondering, 'Immortal potion? Wouldn't that be a great thing to have? Should I force this man to give it to me…? No, that's not what I came here for!"
The old man smiled as Frigs slowly turned his face toward the man and gulped his saliva one last time before saying to the man what he truly came for, "I came here for talents!"