THE MISSION TO RECOVER HELL ROCKS
"It is such a waste that this epic battle will not be reported in the Herald Times", Chash said to us.
"Don't worry, we'll make up another fake news to match this fight", I replied to him.
"I'm having a strange feeling like there are people watching us", Cassandra told us suddenly.
"I have the same feeling too. Too bad we didn't bring Asterix here otherwise she can check the surroundings. But we should leave this mountain quickly after we burn the bodies", I replied to her.
Nothing untoward happened in the mountains despite our reservations, so we returned to Tarah city.
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"My Queen, why don't we kill that bloody Oriese there in the mountains?" Kolgane asked the woman with the golden mask.
"I was planning to, but I changed my mind", the queen replied to him.
"What changed your mind dearest? We already have a large force of cursed dark elven assassins on the mountain. We could kill this Oriese there and be done with it", the Dark Lord asked his reincarnated daughter.
"This Duke Oriese is not what he seems. His magic is extremely powerful, and I have a strange feeling the last move that he used against the woman wasn't his strongest", Queen Emerald told them.
"Impossible, that lance conjuration and shield is already probably at the Yellow tier of Legendary, can he be stronger than our Demonlord Generals?" the Dark Lord asked.
"It is better to remain cautious and besides I've found what I wanted for thousands of years. I will not let a fight ruin this for me", Queen Emerald told her father excitedly.
"Do you mean the body of the woman? Why do you need it for my dear?" the Dark Lord asked her.
"This woman is born with a special affinity that could connect to the realm of the blood, just like your Bloodstone could", she told him to his surprise.
"Are you making another Bloodstone with the woman's body?" he asked her.
"No, something even better", she replied to him.
"What are we going to do with that bloody Oriese?" Kolgane asked the queen again.
"We leave him for now. We have more important things to do", the queen replied to him as she touched the face of the fallen Princess Ennea before putting some potion on her body.
Magical symbols and runes appeared, illuminated above the corpse of Princess Ennea as a dark cloud emerged over them to cover the skies.
Suddenly, the fingers of the dead princess began to move.
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Tarah city became a lot livelier after I returned from my training in the Knight Templar Academy. Even Orol moved back to the city together with his best friend, Prince Geoffriae.
Prince Geoffraie sold most of his assets to migrate to Tarah city and at the same time recovered and claimed most of the assets lost by Prince Heller after he was killed. He would rebuild the business of the Mithridocus family in Tarah city.
Conjurer Ivior escaped punishment despite his many crimes in the Conjurer Court. However, with the almost daily expose of his crimes in my newspaper, the Herald Times, the prestige of his sect diminished tremendously. He became one to avoid in the circles of conjurers.
The preparations for the expedition to Hell were completed and it was time for me to return to Nyx kingdom.
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"Oriese, it is good to know that you are back at the Conjurer Court", Conjurer Iras said to me as I came to visit the Control Freak in their headquarters.
"It is time for trouble in the Conjurer Court with you back", Iviar said to me.
"I'm done training in the Knight Templar academy. What is happening in the Conjurer Court?", I replied to them and asked.
"I have received an urgent mission that yields plenty of good rewards, but this mission is impossible", Iras said to me.
"What kind of mission?" I asked him.
"Do you know that the Corridor of Ice to the north of Drachia kingdom was unsealed several years ago. The freezing ice from the corridor is creeping into our world. Most of Rizea kingdom is now covered in ice and the ice is spreading toward Drachia", Iras explained to me.
I knew about the unsealing of the Corridor of Ice because I was the one who unsealed it. At that time, I needed to return the magic of the Ice God Boreat, to him, so that he could defeat the army of demons besieging Tikalli city in Rizea kingdom.
After the battle with the demons, Boreat returned to the Ice realm, but the Ice Corridor was not sealed.
"I thought the Angels of All-seeing would seal the corridor", I said to them.
"The Church is in enough trouble dealing with the demon invasion and would not bother about the creeping ice", Illiwyn said to me.
"What is your mission? It is not within our ability to seal the Ice Corridor", I asked them.
"We need to find molten rocks from Hell. They are the only materials that could stop the expansion of ice and we need plenty of them. The King would offer a rich reward for the hell rocks", Iras told me.
"Why do you need the rocks from Hell?" I asked him.
"That is because the molten rocks from Hell have ceaseless infernal heat. It is the only material that could stop the spread of ice", Iras told me.
"How much Hell rocks do you need?" I asked him.
"As much as we can get. Not only Drachia kingdom but all of the Ten-Kingdoms are looking for these rocks now", Iras told me.
"Where can we find these Hell rocks?" I asked him.
"The Demon army carries some of these Hell rocks with them, so the only way to obtain them is to take them from the demons", Anitor told me.
Then I thought of something.
"Actually, there is a better way to obtain Hell rocks", I told them.
"What way? Only the demons have Hell rocks with them?" Eless asked me.
"We mine the Hell rocks from Hell", I replied to them to their surprise and shock.
"How the Hell do we go to Hell?" Iviar asked me.
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