THE CHALICE OF BLESSINGS
"It is a spell that summons a magical door", I replied to her.
However, no magical door appeared before me.
"Damnit, Rinna's gem doesn't work this time", I complained out loud.
"What does the gem do?" Emperor Tian asked me.
"It casts a spell that will link to the Ziggurat inside my Valhalla Crux, another magical space inside my body", I told him.
"How many magical spaces do you have inside of you?" Xene asked me curiously.
"A couple of them", I replied to her, to her surprise and wonderment.
"Do you really have a Valhalla Crux? I've only heard about them in legends. They belong to the most favored Prophets of Valhalla. The space is where the prophets contain their religious vessels", Emperor Tian said to me.
"Yes, that is it and the Ziggurat can summon magical portals", I replied to him.
"Will you let me feel this Valhalla Crux?" Emperor Tian asked me.
"Sure, why not?" I replied to him.
Emperor Tian put his hand on my forehead as he focused on the Valhalla magic space. Soon, the emperor found a connection to the magical space.
After a long search, something happened.
"Did you create a magical door with my Ziggurat?" I asked Tian.
"Yes and no, but this is all that I can summon", he replied to me.
Suddenly, the world around us warped into thousands of strange and peculiar shapes.
"Disciple, once we get out I will need a long rest to recover my soul magic. You must take care", Emperor Tian said to me.
"Don't worry about me. You should recover your magic first", I replied to him.
"Where will the magic bring us?" Xene asked me worriedly.
"I don't really know. This is the first time I used the magic of a Ziggurat", Emperor Tian replied to me before he returned to my Shangri-la space.
"Anywhere is better than this damn room", Ratatouille said to us as he disappeared too into my soul realm.
Only Xene and I remained in the swirling vortex of warping. Soon, even we disappeared.
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"Zzziiinnnngggg"
Suddenly, a powerful beam of magic shot past me. Luckily for me, I evaded the powerful beam at the very last moments.
"What is happening here? Why are we in the air?" Xene asked me in shock.
"I don't know but we are sent into a battlefield", I replied to her as we dropped from the sky.
The Ziggurat's magic sent us above the sky over an epic battle raging on below and around us.
"What battlefield? There is no battle in Drachia kingdom except the battle between the Apostles and Demons", Xene said to me.
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Suddenly, towering demonic figures loomed before us, their massive wings unfurling as they ascended into the air with each powerful flap.
Three horns adorned their heads, with the central horn possessing the ability to unleash devastating flames.
Behind us, angelic figures with radiant white wings soared skyward, armed with swords and shields shimmering with magical energy. These celestial warriors wielded their enchanted relics to summon protective barriers and unleash beams of light capable of harm.
Caught in the midst of the clash between these opposing forces, we were besieged by the apostles' sword beams and the demons' fiery onslaught.
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"Damn, we are in the crossfire between Apostles and Demons", I told Xene as we swooped toward the ground.
"Are we in Starri city?" Xene asked me.
"No, we are not. If I didn't guess wrongly, we are in Elis", I replied to her.
The Ziggurat's magic sent us into a battlefield in Elis where the Apostles were raging a war with the demons. But these weren't the hated demons that we faced in Starri city. These demons were from another group. They could be my friends.
As we reached the ground, there were groups of conjurers here fighting against Greater Demons and the Hellhounds. These conjurers were also familiar to me judging by their uniforms and the badges on their chests.
"Who are these people?" Xene asked me.
"These are conjurers from the Conjurers Court of Drachia", I replied to her.
Then I found a group of conjurers whom I know, and I descended upon them to their surprise.
"Oriese, how did you get here to Elis? You didn't register for this mission", Conjurer Iras asked me as I landed near them.
"You know them?" Xene asked me.
"Yes, they are my friends, the Control Freaks", I replied to her.
"The 'Control Freaks'? they are a famous conjurer sect", Xene replied to me and asked.
"Infamous is the more apt word. And who may you be, riding on Conjurer Oriese?" Illiwyn asked Xene.
"Erm… he's my fi..", Xene was about to say when I replied on her behalf, "my cousin in Eloora city".
"How did you get in here? You seem to treat Elis like a vacation", Iviar asked me rudely as usual.
"That is a long story. Why are the Control Freaks in Elis and fighting with the demons?" I asked them.
"This is our mission. We came to help the Apostles rescue their High Apostle Haroth", Iras said to me.
"The Apostles' hired you? With what?" I asked them.
"The Chalice of Blessings. They will give us the Chalice of Blessings when we help them rescue High Apostle Haroth from the demons", Anitor told me.
"Why will you need the Chalice of Blessings for?" I asked them.
"The Chalice of Blessings is a powerful artifact that can bless us before a battle. The Apostles are powerful mainly because they are affected by blessings from this artifact. This artifact could be useful for the Conjurer Court", Conjurer Iras told me.
The Chalice of Blessings was the artifact that made the Apostles so powerful and arrogant. Without the Chalice, the Apostles were average templars but when they were blessed before a mission, their magic would increase enormously. The Chalice of Blessing was the main reason the Apostles were ranked as Green Legendary by the Conjurer's Court.
"What are you doing here in this place now?" I asked them.
"We are maintaining a force field for the Apostle's army at the moment", Iras told me.
"Can you take care of my cousin for me?" I asked the Control Freak.