THE KING OF SNOW MOUNTAIN
After the Competition, we returned to Slowan village, and the trip back was much quicker without bringing the caravans with us. We were gone for a long time and our parents were worried sick about us even though we did leave a note for them that we went to Gaesov town.
But the trip took most of the winter which was far longer than a trip to Gaesov would take, and our parents were waiting for us in the village entrance the moment they heard our carriage coming home.
"Minna, why did you leave just like that, was it that Orion that made you run from home?" Vickymia scolded Minna.
Before she came over to hit me with a spatula for bringing her sister away from home for a few months, Minna gave her a letter and said, "this is an admission letter to the Antenne School of Templar Magic, Orion brought me there to be admitted".
Although Vickymia initially wanted to attack me with her cutlery, the admission letter distracted her as she checked the contents of the letter of admission.
"This letter is genuine", Vickymia said out loud as she confirmed its authenticity.
But there were conditions to the admission, "the student must be fifteen years of age to enter Year 1 of Templar School of Magic and the student must have achieved Mercury tier in Templar magic", Vickymia added.
Bommurs and Raven brought out their letters too to show their parents who were more than shocked by their children's admission to one of the most prestigious magic schools in the region.
"Even Darronn the baron's son at seventeen is only at Awakening Level 8, how can my boy reach Mercury Tier in a year?" Caelum asked all around him worried that his son wouldn't qualify for school in time for school opening.
"Raven is not Darronn and I guarantee he would reach Mercury Tier in a year", I told Caelum to his surprise.
"Are you sure?" Vickymia asked me.
"Not only Raven but Bommurs and Minna too", I added to them my promise.
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"Master Greenduff, you have returned from your trip", I asked Greenduff the moment I reached his hut.
Greenduff came back to Slowan village for winter, but I was gone at the time, although I had prepared for him everything that he wanted from me before I left.
I did my duties as his apprentice.
"I heard a lot about your adventures since your Templar Awakening which was less than a year ago. Killing Venus creatures and clearing a bandit camp. And not to forget whipping Michonn with lightning. Where did I keep my rings of spark, I wonder?" Greenduff said to me as he looked through his hidden stash and found his rings.
"Yes, I did all that in less than a year", I told my master Conjurer.
"And you even invoked the jurisdiction of the Conjurer Court, do you know how serious such a matter is?", Greenduff added to his lecturing sternly.
"I'm sorry but I had no choice they were going to kill Raven at that time", I told Greenduff.
"Nah, no matter the Conjurer Court wouldn't be bothered with what happens in a small village like Slowan, but you won't be so lucky every time if you continue to be so reckless", Greenduff told me.
"I'll remember that", I told Greenduff.
"Now what is your Awakening Level now?" Greenduff asked me.
"Awakening Level 4", I told him.
"What, how is that even possible?" Greenduff replied to me with a question.
"I've been hunting Venus Tiered magical hearts", I told Greenduff.
"And how do you even do that?" he asked me.
"I have help from an alien", I told Greenduff.
"I've heard something about that too", he said to me about Ronnie.
"And by the way, I won the young Mages Competition in Antenne town", I told Greenduff.
"What?" Greenduff asked me in disbelief.
"And I'm admitted to the Antenne School of Templar Magic", I added.
"I know of that school and their strict admission requirements. With your Angel Affinity it's hard to reach Mercury Tier in a year", Greenduff told me disappointedly.
"Yes, that's why I need to go for some quests that would improve my experience and magic", I told my master.
"There are many powerful creatures hibernating in Slowan forest now and this would be the best time to hunt them, but be very careful and take this", Greenduff told me as he handed me a ring.
"What ring is this I've never seen you wear it before?" I asked my master.
"Ring of Slumber it is called, and it could put Venus and below creatures to sleep if you don't alert them and its magic would grow as your Conjuring Star advances", Greenduff told me.
"Really, Thanks", I replied to my master and took the ring excitedly.
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"After I kill the Venus creature, we can share the magical heart by burning it in my Isolation Lamp, you guys stay in the shuttle", I told my friends before I alighted the carriage shuttle.
"I'm coming", Ronnie said to me.
"Even you Ronnie, stay in the shuttle", I told Ronnie too.
Today we have a great discovery and opportunity.
We have finally located a creature that could help us improve our magic tremendously. It was the Snowe Bear, with the nickname, the King of Slowan Forest.
The Snowe Bear was a high leveled Venus Tiered creature and also the toughest one that I ever hunted.
It was late winter now and the weather would turn soon, so this was the last opportunity for me to kill the Snowe Bear. This was also the time when he would be at his weakest and the only time that I could kill him.
After some searching, we've located the bear's den, and I was about to make a move against the creature.
I slowly snuck into the Bear's den and found the Snowe Bear deeply hibernating inside his cave.
Snowe Bear's cave was cold and chilly, and the walls were almost entirely frozen in ice. I slowly moved into the cave and reached a large cavern where the top of the cave opened into the sky slightly, revealing a speck of white light that showered in.
The Snowe Bear was a large creature that befitted the title, King of Snow Mountain.
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