Xeno , fulfilling his promise. Explains about the " Cyos " To the cast. " They are reptiles, forces of destruction. They do not feel love nor hatred ,they simply destroy In the name of Azalea .... "
Lucian looks eager to battle with these creatures, his Gluttonous nature for the hunger of power, A Trait of his father.
The cast is given no mission for the following day , Nori following his daily routine decides to strengthen himself, refining his swordsmanship. Yuri wonders if it would be a good idea for him to have a friendly spar with Nori , After a little doubt, Yuri challenges his Ally.
Nori , taking advantage of the spar to test his knowledge in human combat accepts.
Their spar goes on for at least 30 minutes , Slash after slash , kick after kick , they simply show no signs of slowing down. Suddenly, Lucian joins them , Now a free for all , The 3 friends battle to their hearts content, After hours and hours of battle, Lucian finally collapses. Yuri looks at Lucian shocked, Nori taking advantage of the situation attacks with his full strength, Thus winning the Spar.
After a little help from the other soldiers , They rest for a while.
Meanwhile, Azalea ( King of all cyos ) plans his attack on the kingdom of Arclis. A kingdom defended by Orvis , The Dragon slayer. Azalea prays for all the killing Orvis has done to cyos.
Surprisingly Lucian is called to Xenos Office the next day, Xeno has an individual mission for the young prince. He is tasked with retrieving a artifact of the Oceina, Lucian looks in horror as nobody but The Oceina's are allowed to know that information. Even him , the Second prince barely knows about that. Xeno questions Lucian , is he too weak to do it? Lucian being the Prideful Individual he is , accepts the mission after hearing the words of the Commander.
Lucian sets back to the Kingdom of Solareus , heading to the main capital,Where his father resides. Even after only being gone for 1 month, Lucian is glad to look at the kingdom he will one day rule, but now is not the time for sadness. He has a mission, for the greater good of Alias.
Without a single word to his caretakers nor his father , he walks to his room and takes out a key , resembling the heart of a human. He walks towards a basement , and applies the key in a specific way.
A room , full of Old Treasures is revealed, The key to the most important artifacts in All of Solareus , One artifact, In the furthest corner of the room , lies a twisted piece of Blade. It emits an unusual presence , like it has its own will.
He picks up the twisted piece...The piece has the letter " R " engraved in it. Lucian reminisces about the times with his blood brother Lucius.
He hides the strange shard in his pouch and heads back to the Alias barracks.
Xeno satisfied with Lucian's sumbessiveness gives out a small smirk.
The young prince is command to go back to his quarters and never speak of these events.
After these strange events ,The cast is sent out on a mission together at last. Their mission is to clear out these blood imps In the brood forest.
After a day of preparation of necessities, They head out on their long and dreadful journey. They talk about their childhood , Im a mist of Fun , Nori senses a strange emotion , Mischievousness.
He warns the cast about the danger ahead , Yuri following Nori's Warning sets up bees made up of spirits to scout the area ,they wait aback while Yuri scouts.
They suddenly feel an immense aura , Nori states that it has no bloodlust but it still feels unreal. They all change expressions and get to hiding , as Yuri is scouting, his spirit bees keep dissolving, draining his aura. He informs the cast about the problem, Nori using his immense speed scouts the area himself quickly.
He comes back and informs them that a long haired individual is killing the imps. As Lucian tries to reply the individual spots them. He sheats his sword back to inform them of no harm. As they hesitantly come out of their hiding spot, the individual reveals himself to be Morgoth, a Captain of the Alias Army. Said Captain would inform them that a doomhound lurks around these areas, informing them that the doomhound is a powerful demonic creature , known to be able to rip chunks of diamond with ease.
He informs the cast to stay back and watch. Morgoth quickly attacks the remaining imps , displaying his mystic Swordsmanship, Without a single wrong swing , he slices the heads of those imps with perfect accuracy.
The cast is shocked by his display of power. Lucian while impressed asks morgoth if he was using his ability. Morgoth surprised but glad he noticed , informs Lucian that he was. He goes on to explain his ability is the power to manipulate slices and tears.
They all move on to the direction of the Hound , guided by morgoth. After 30 minutes of walking they finally reach the Place where it was supposed to be.