The room was something else. On the walls were shelves and shelves of books. Even on the ceiling there were shelves. Apparatuses were floating on the table. Several bunsen burners were heating liquids in small vials. There was a giant fire with a cauldron on top of them. A small garden full of flowers and different herbs was growing in the corner of the room. Dan could see the worms wriggling around in the soil. The walls and floor seemed to be alive as they seemed to move closer but nothing ever truly moved. On the walls were vines connected to a large tree that was growing in the middle of the room. The walls were made of stone and there were large windows.
The floating lady waved her hand, dismissing Jemina. "Thank you Jemina. You can leave now." She said. The broom slowly levitated down and down more until she was right in front of them.
Dan massaged his neck as he had a cramp that suddenly came up from looking up. The lady stared deep into Dan's eyes. "It has been a long time since I met you two." She said in a smooth silvery voice.
"I am very sorry, I think you are confusing us for someone else." Pedro said.
"No,I know you two. I met you several times when you were children. I even held you in my hands Pedro Kingsley son of the demon lord and Dante adopted son of Kliran." Dan racked his brain hard and tried remembering the even the smallest memory of this lady but could not remember.
"I still do not know who you are."
"Ouch that is just mean. I even used to clean your behinds. What are you doing here so far away from home."
Pedro decided to finally speak up. "You didn't state your name although you say you know us and just because my name is Pedro does not mean that I am the child of the demon lord."
The lady burst out laughing and kept on laughing until there was tears on her eyes. She tried talking but could not stop her laughter. She fell of her broom and laughed and after a few minutes it turned into a chuckle. Her laugh finally receded as she gasped for air.
"Oh...oh...I'm so sorry for that...but thank you... I needed that." She picked herself up, thumping her chest. "Little advice, next time you say dumb stuff like that do not use a low level illusion. I can see right through it. The stronger a person is or the more versed they are in magic the easier it is for them to see through illusion's."
Dan slowly turned around to Pedro with a smug look on his face. Instead of being mad, Pedro's face shone brightly. 'Tch, too bright.' Pedro grabbed the ladies hand. "Please teach me how to make better illusion's." He said.
The lady managed to get Pedro's hands of her and sat on her broom. "The reason why you two of all people are here must be because it is fate, I have waited for a long time for travellers to find their way here and of all the people in the world it was you two. If you help me out Pedro, I will let you take out any three of my books. No matter how precious or how rare they are."
Dan tried intervening but Pedro had already shook her hand. "Deal. So what do you need me to do?" He asked.
"Anyways I still have not told you my name. It is Mas_El_Ina but you can just call me Mas. It is an ancient Asterian word. It means-" Before Mas could finish her sentence Pedro jumped in. "Moon, it means moon right?"
"Well...yes but I wanted to Introduce myself." She said poutingly. Dan made a disgusted face because to him she looked like a cow with a puffed up face. She reminded him of Fria who would always tease him about how he did not have a girlfriend. She once even made a joke about him being gay once and it turned into a big scandal with Martha supporting him and Kliran opposing him.
"Well anyways I think you would know my nickname better. In the Demon Kingdom of Azair, they used to call me the Demonic witch of death." Pedro's eyes glistened even further and he shook his head from side to side as if swaying to a lullaby. "I never heard of a name like that tho," Dan said. "The only name close to that description is The lustful demonic witch."
Mas gave Dan a look that clearly said, 'I'm sorry, what did you just say?' "Kliran...Kliran talked about someone with that name. He said she has an disturbing cackle which could easily destroy any warriors self-confidence but I am guessing that it is not yo-"
Mas's face changed abruptly. The smile on her face was long gone. Her brows furrowed together and she bent backwards on her broom.
"WHAT DID THAT SAY BASTARD SAY ABOUT ME. I AM GOING TO KILL HIM." Dan could see the blood boiling in her body with his enhanced vision. "I have heard of you!" Pedro shouted. "You were given the title of the strongest magician in all of Azair. You also fought the heroes alongside my father, Kliran and several others. I read all about it. The army of magicians and undeads that you lead-" Dan cut him of and told stop fan girling all over her. Mas seemed to calm down after being the recognition that she wanted.
"Come to think about it, why are you two here in this kingdom? Should you not be in Azair training or something?" She asked. Dan met Pedro's gaze and they both nodded. They both came to the same mutual understanding.
"We ran away from home. I set out on this adventure because I decided that I needed to get stronger so that I can kill all the summoned heroes for the betterment of my kingdom." Pedro said. Dan was stunned. That was a huge motive for wanting to leave Azair compared to him.
"That is a noble goal. I hope you succeed but it will not be an easy task." Mas said to Pedro.
"Thank you very much."
She turned her gaze to Dan, "What about you Dan?" She asked.
"Me...I mean... I just want to get stronger that is it." He said casually.
"But why? What motivates you to become stronger. Revenge? Money? A woman? Immortality? For the sake of finding a strong foe so that you may engage in battle."
"No! It's nothing grand like that. I just want to get stronger. That is it." Dan said.
By now Mas had a puzzled expression that was just looking blankly into Dan's eyes holding back the urge to hit him. He had been rude to her within the short time span he was here and now he was really uncooperative.
"Well whatever, Pedro outside the house on the rear wall there is a talisman. I need you to remove it for me." Pedro saluted but put his hand back down. "Wait...wait...wait...why did you not just ask your granddaughter to remove the talisman all this time?"
"It's not just any kind of talisman. I don't think that you two would understand but It is a golden four leafed hurricane sealing talisman." She said
bluntly.
"Makes sense," Dan said surprising Pedro and Mas. "A golden four leafed hurricane sealing talisman is the most powerful talisman ever created by humans. No matter how many time you hit it with magic it will just become stronger. The only way to remove the talisman is by having the person who used it remove it."
Mas smiled at Dan. 'Maybe I judged him too early. He seems knowledgeable. I cant believe that muscle headed bastard Kliran taught him magic.' She thought.
"So how do you plan on removing the talisman without the original user." Pedro asked.
Mas flew to a shelf that was full of papers and what seemed to be charms. She grabbed a paper and passed a small sand bottle of Simir charm. She handed them over to Pedro. "I managed to find a way to cheat the system the instructions are on the sheet. Make sure you follow the instructions to the latter. Everything has to be precise." She said. Pedro took of leaving Dan, Kan and Mas in the room.
In the corner of her eye Mas laid eyes on Kan. Kan was dry humping on a teddy bear on the bed that was on the far side of the room. "MY TEDDY BEAR! She cried. She rushed over to Kan and grabbed the teddy bear of him. Kan didn't let go without a fight.
There was a few seconds of push and pull but Mas let go of her teddy bear for fear of it being ripped. She fell down on all fours with tears steaming from her eyes, "I'm so sorry Mr Chilli. You were my only company for these past five years but I could not protect you when you needed me the most. I am so sorry."
Dan grabbed Kan by the chain on his neck. He tugged slightly at the chain until Kan let go of Mr Chilli.
Mas grabbed Mr Chilli and hugged him. "Hush...don't cry now...it will be okay now."
Dan waited for a while. 30 minutes passed and Mas had tucked Mr Chilli into bed. 'What a psycho,' Dan thought.
"I regret bringing you that dog now." Mas said as she sobbed.
"You brought Kan for me?" He asked slowly to make sure he had heard correctly.
"Yes, it was on your 1st birthday, everyone was bringing you amazing gifts, a magic book full of world destroying magic, a dragons heart, a mirror that sucked the souls of living beings. I was the only person who did not have a gift you a give you, so I went back home and I gave a pup an immortality potion. So when anyone asked me what I had got you I would say a friend that never dies."
"Kan is immortal?" Dan asked again slowly.
"Well not really. That was just me adding oil to the flames, he can live for a very long time. The potion was a family heirloom that my family passed down generation after generation in the form of a recipe. One of my ancestors is said to have survived for over 10,000 years until she died. That was the highest recorded lifespan for a person who took this potion."
Just before Dan could speak and ask her a question she jumped up. Pedro burst in through the door with a jubilant smile on his face. "I did it on my 8th try." He said.
"Very well then, I will keep my end of the promise, you can take any three of my books."
The shelves on the ceiling and walls came down. The books were ordered alphabetically starting from Advanced history of Magic to Special magic trick for tea parties.
There were books of many different kinds. There were books about potions, spell, shapeshifting and illusions.
Mas placed her hand out of the door. Nothing happened to her. A smile formed on her mouth. She had truly been released from her prison.
"Time for me to kill those two bastards Kingsley and Kliran. You will pay for sealing me in here."
"Can you do us a favour?" Dan asked Mas.
"What is it?" She asked. "We never met."
"Understood."
Time: 12:45 A.m. Level:74
➡️Name: Dante Oak Aliases: D, Dan, Dri.
Hp:869/869(F) Potential:♾
Speed:1004/1004(E) Endurance:1672/1672(E)
Intelligence:122/122(F) Stamina:892/892(F)
Strength: 452/452(F) Vision:151/151(F)
Magic knowledge: 40/40(F)
Unused stat points: 5
➡️Skills
Beginner Magic (Proficiency 99%)
Intermediate Magic (Proficiency 82%)
Elite Magic (Proficiency 4%) Street fighting (S+)
Martial arts combat (Proficiency 12%)
quick thinking (Proficiency 8%)
Swordsmanship (S+)
Sword technique:Limited series:Pain and sorrow; First form (mythical)
Chaos energy (A+)
Invisibility (Level 1)
Perseverance.
➡️ unique skills
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ Level 1
➡️status: energetic, adrenaline, pumped , exhausted.
➡️ Titles
1.Krim slayer.(level 1) Additional damage to Krim foxes by 8%
2.Pro-gamer move.(level 1) Casting time decreases by 2%
3. Clobi Alpha
4. Extinction witness.