"My intuition was right," said the man in a mask.
Before heading towards the southern region, he already had a strong intuition that there is something in the southern region related to the flame dragon.
He had caught the news about the appearance of the peerless treasure in the southern region. But, what caught his attention was not the treasure but the shadow of a dragon said to be seen hovering over the southern region one month ago.
He wasn't sure about it because he had arrived after that said anomaly.
When he heard the news about the dragon token being destroyed by Althea Rion, the former sovereign of the hall of a mage from his black guards, he was skeptical about it because he is very well aware of what the dragon token is.
Today, after sensing the other flame dragon, he knew he had come to the right place. If he had left the land of Dura after getting the news that the dragon token was destroyed, he would have regretted it a lot. Because no one other than him knows how important the other half of the dragon token is to him.
The man in the mask got up and quickly summoned his blackguards.
"My Lord"
"My Lord"
Soon, the two blackguards appeared and immediately half kneeled in front of him.
"We are leaving now. Right away" said the man in mask as he leaped out of the window.
He concealed his Flame dragon energy as he moved out. To find the other flame dragon, he cannot let the other person know that he also possessed the flame dragon.
The two blackguards were left behind in confusion as always, they had decided to rest the night here in Maple town before continuing their journey but both of them didn't dare to question their Lord.
Both of them quickly followed after the man in a mask. Their actions were swift and smooth as both of them leap off the window and disappeared into the dark.
"After reaching the Red roof town, which is the nearest town to the entrance of the southern region cities, I need information on all the cities," said the man in the mask to the two blackguards without looking back.
Meanwhile, Althea who was looking at her spirit seed which was healing at a great speed with her eyes closed suddenly furrowed her eyebrows.
When the man in the mask concealed his flame dragon aura, the connection between the two flame dragons was cut off.
Althea had no idea about it.
"Well at least my spirit seed is almost healed"
Althea looked at her spirit seed and focus her attention on the spirit lights.
She now possessed the Red, Orange, Green, Yellow, and Golden spirit light.
Five spirit lights!
A person possessing a two-spirit light is considered a rare genius and it appears once in a hundred years in the land of Dura. If a person has three spirit lights, that person is considered a rare genius that appears once in a thousand years.
But Althea now has Five spirit light, which is capable of causing a commotion like a twelfth-level typhoon.
If this news was known to the world, all the great powers would try to recruit her into their force.
Because Althea possesses five different spirit lights, she can be a Mage, Alchemist, Beast Tamer, and Inscriptionist at the same time. So she can decide which force to choose.
In the past, she was both a Mage and an Alchemist. The Alchemist Guild and Rainbow cloud academy both had tried to recruit her into their forces due to her dual spirit light even after knowing that she was already taken under the wing of The Hall of Mage.
They had offered precious treasures, favorable conditions, and an important position to lure her but Althea was not someone who would bite the hands of the one who fed her. She remained loyal to the Hall of Mage and smoothly ascend to the position of Sovereign.
"Now that I possess the yellow and golden spirit light, I can be an Inscriptionist and a Beast Tamer too"
Althea's eye shone brightly as she thought about it. She cannot stop smiling from ear to ear when she realized that she will be able to have a beast of her own.
Althea had always wanted a contract beast but only a Beast tamer can form a contract with a beast. Every Beast tamer can form a blood contract with one beast, no more than one. But they can tame another beast and let it follow them even without a contract.
The advantage of forming a blood contract with a beast is that, when a contract is formed, a special bond between the beast and a man is formed. The beast can help its masters in a battle and can go anywhere with its masters because they can stay inside the spiritual seed. The blood contracted beast can stay inside the master's spirit seed and can come out when summoned.
That is the reason why Althea had always admired the Beast Tamers. And, in this life, she is blessed with a golden spirit light which made her want to immediately run to the forest and start taming a beast. But she knows that now is not the right time, she had to first improve her strength. Besides, every Beast Tamer only had one chance to contract a beast so, they had to be careful when selecting a beast to form a contract. The higher the level and purer the bloodline of the beast, the stronger it will be and its combat ability will be higher than other beasts.
'knock, knock'
While Althea was immersed in the joy she heard a knock on her door.
"Young miss, your mother is looking for you"
said Steward Gwen.
Althea quickly calm herself down and replied "okay, I am coming"
Althea dressed herself up and neatly tied half of her hair with a white ribbon before heading toward the living room.
"Mother!"
Furiana turns her head and looked toward Althea with a smile, "Althea, quickly come here"
Althea walked up to her mother and sat down beside her.
"What happened, mother? you look happy"
Furiana smiled at Althea and said, "Prince Nuthir is coming to Alfing city"
"Prince Nuthir!"
"Why are you acting oblivious? have you forgotten about him after sleeping for a month!" said Furiana
Althea immediately froze as she remembered who Prince Nuthir was.
Prince Nuthir's full name is Nuthir Fasio. He is the crown prince of the Southeast kingdom. The only Kingdom in the Southern region, they pay tribute to Rainbow Cloud Academy every year which allows them to rule over the southeast region.
The Southeast empire is famous for black obsidian and other minerals.
Prince Nuthir's father is King Joryth Fasio, sworn brother of Hruth Baro, Leader of the Baro Clan, and Althea's grandfather.
Althea was betrothed to Prince Nuthir even before she was born. It was arranged by her grandfather and King Joryth Fasio.
"Are you so happy to hear the news, look at your frozen expression" teased Furiana.
Althea didn't know how to respond to her mother. She knows that Prince Nuthir despises her because everyone knows that her spirit seed is damaged and that she is considered trash by all her peers.
Even if Prince Nuthir doesn't like Althea, he can't force his father to break the engagement. Even though Althea was born with damaged spirit seeds, their engagement was still valid. The King didn't break his promise with Hruth Baro just because Althea was born with a damaged spirit seed.
Althea frowned, the reason she was unhappy is not that Prince Nuthir doesn't like her but there is something she can't reveal to her mother now.
Even in her past life, she didn't have any man by her side because she can't marry anyone and the reason is to do with the dragon token.
If she were to request her parents to break off the engagement, her parents and grandfather would be disappointed.
Althea thought for a while and looked at Furiana, she seemed to have made a firm decision inside her heart, "Mother, I want to tell you something"