As the girls headed deeper into the neighboring kingdom of Asphal, Arad was spending his time inside the secluded cave re-reading the book of gravity magic that Merlin gave him in the past.
Gently lifting his claw, he lifted a small stone and then looked again at the book. "Left then right and let it go, but reduce the mana input." He tried that and the stone slowly fell down like a feather.
Arad was experimenting with his magic, playing with it as he had nothing else to do but wait. He thought he had all the time in the world, but he didn't know what the near future had in store for him.
The near future, the coming seconds, counted on one hand, a thin man in his early thirties wearing a white lab coat appeared before Arad. He had a troubled look on his messy face, it seemed that he hadn't shaved in days, and his eyes were already dark from the lack of sleep.
