At The Entrance Of The City Of Sorcerers, Travis Walks Out Of The Front Gate In Attempt To Desert His Home…
Jay(Shouting): Stop Travis!!
Travis(Sighing): What Do You Want, Sensei?!
Mel(Questioning): Where Are You Going??
Travis(Calmly): To Find Myself…
Jay And Mel's Eyes Widen In Confusion And Curiosity…
Jay(Confused): What Are You Talking About?!
Travis(Calmly): I Need To Get Stronger Than I Currently Am Right Now…
Travis(Calmly): And To Do That, I Have To Leave…
Travis(Calmly): Also, I Have To Kill Both Jason And Aria!!!
Travis Then Lowers His Eyes His Expression Filled With A Subtle Sense Of Deceit And Curiosity…
Travis Turns Around And Walks Out Of The City…
Jay And Mel Raises Their Hands With Hesitation As They Attempt To Bring Themselves To Stop Him…
Travis(Calmly): I Don't Wish To Fight You, Sensei And Miss Mel…
Travis(Calmly): So Don't Try To Stop Me.
Travis Then Disappears In The Shadows As The Grand Elder Returns From The Meeting Between The Tribe Leaders…
Travis And The Grand Elder Stand Back To Back As They Both Speak Without Words, But With Their Thoughts…
Grand Elder(Calmly): So You Wish To Get Stronger And Kill Jason And Aria's Yourself, Is That Right?
Travis(Firm): Yeah!
Grand Elder(Grim): Well Once You Leave, You Will Be Branded A Rogue Sorcerer Who's Betrayed His City.
Travis(Calmly): That's Fine With Me, After All…
Travis(Calmly): There Are Some Things I Need To Confirm, For Myself.
The Grand Elder Then Walks Toward The City Of Sorcerers While Travis Disappears In The Shadows Of The Night…
With Confusion On What His True Purpose Is…
Meanwhile Back At The Camp Sight Jason Wakes Up…
Aria(Whispering): Jason, It's Time To Move…
Jason(Nodding): I'm Coming.
Jason Then Puts His Cape Back On And Picks Up His Sword And Puts It On His Side…
He Walks Over To The Stream Of Water And Washes His Face…
As The Sunlight Shines On His Face As His Eyes Light Up…
Aria(Thinking/Blushing): W- When Did Jason Get So…
Aria's Body Then Begins To Heat Up, Her Face Turns Bright Red As She Blushes…
Athena(Whispering): Hmmm???
Athena(Whispering): Aria, Are You Feeling Okay?
Athena(Whispering): Your Face Is Bright Red And You're Burning Up.
Aria(Embarrassed): I- I'm Fine!
Selene(Urgent): Alright Everyone, Let's Move!
The Group Then All Fly Off As Aria Guides Them In The Direction Of The Rogue Sorcerer…
Over 30mins To An Hour Later, Aria Senses An Immense Surge Of Dark Energy…
Aria(Focused): Over There, Toward Four O'Clock!!!
The Group Then Comes To A Stop To Then Find An Invisible Barrier…
Selene(Serious): I'll Take Care Of The Barrier, You Guys Stay Back…
Selene Then Walks Up To The Barrier And Attempts To Walk Through It But It Sends A Surge Of Chaos Energy Into Selene Which Sends Her Flying Back…
Selene(Grunting): Damn It, The Barrier Is Imbued With Chaos Energy.
Jason Then Walks Up To The Barrier…
Jason(Grim): I Can Feel It…
Jason(Grim): The Immense Chaos Energy Imbued Into This Barrier.
Natalie(Curious): Can You Get Past It?
Jason(Nodding): Yeah, It'll Accept Me Into The Barrier Since I Have Way More Chaos Energy Than The Amount That Was Used To Form The Barrier.
Aria(Tense): Be Careful Jason!
Jason(Nodding): Same To You All.
Jason Then Walks Through The Barrier To Find Himself Inside A Broken Down, Worn Out Sanctum…
The Windows Shattered And An Eerie Silence Engulfs The Area, The Entire Sanctum Shrouded In Darkness…
Jason Then Inhales A Sum Of Air As He Empties His Mind…
Suddenly Traces Of Dark Energy Form In The Air Which Jason Cannot See, But Due To His Training With Asura…
Jason Can Now Sense Invisible Things, Kinda Like Aria's Soul Sight Technique Which Allows Her To See Her Opponent's Soul And Body's Pressure Points…
They Are Obviously Invisible To The Naked Eye But Jason Has Trained His Body To Recognize Different Forms Of Energy Around Him…
Jason(Thinking): I Can Feel It, Dark Energy Oozing From A Corrupted Object Coming From Inside That Room.
Jason Walks Slowly To The Room, His Hand Glued To His Katana On His Waist…
The Tension Palpable And Yet, He Manages To Keep His Calm And Laidback Demeanor.
Suddenly Jason Walks Past A Shadow Entity Lurking In The Shadows, Moments Later…
He Enters A Room Which Is Shrouded In Darkness…
Jason(Nonchalant): So That's What It Is.
Suddenly At The Center Of The Room Which Is Completely Covered In Darkness, A Torn Grimoire Floats In The Air…
Jason(Nonchalant): That's The Source Of All This Dark Energy.
Jason Gets Closer To The Grimoire As Suddenly As He Finally Reaches It…
Jason(On Guard): ?!
Multiple Shadow Entities Open Their Dark Purple Eyes Which They Are All Around The Room In The Shadows…
Completely Surrounding Jason…
All Of The Shadow Entities Then All Jump Down At Jason All At Once…
Jason(Grunting): Damn It!!!
Jason Then Makes An Ancient Hand Seal As Hs Engulfs His Body With Hellfire Which Burns Through The Shadow Entities…
Then A Mysterious Figure Appears Behind Jason And Tries To Punch Jason In The Back Of His Head…
Jason Dodges And Kicks The Figure Off His Feet, Jason Then Jumps Up Into The Air To Drop Kick The Figure As The Figure Catches Jason's Foot And Snaps It!!!
Jason(In Pain): Ack!!!
The Figure Then Draws His Blade And Cuts Jason Up On His Torso Which Causes Jason To Bleed A lot.
Jason's Foot Regenerates And Fully Heals As Jason Also Heals His Torso With Chaos Energy…
Figure(Impressed): Impressive!!!
Jason Plants His Hand In The Ground And Channels His Chaos Energy Into The Ground Causing The Ground Below Him To Explode…
The Barrier Outside Drops As Aria,Aaliyah,Selene And Natalie Rush In…
Aaliyah(Worried): JASON?!!
The Darkness And Smoke Disappears To Reveal Jason Standing Up With His Sword Aimed At The Figure And The Figure's Robes And Cloak Tattered, Revealing His Face…
To Be Continued In Chapter Twenty Four…