In the dark and dimly lit world of Zacrathis. Lord Zacrathis sat on his throne with his men lined up before him.
"Lord, he refused to come here." said one of the Zacrathis.
Lord Zacrathis looked very angry, he threw one of the obsidian tables next to his throne. "That child is really a pain. Why didn't you force him to come?" Lord Zacrathis said angrily.
"He threatened us, Lord. He threatened to kill himself if we forced him to come. We were afraid he would actually kill himself if we forced him, so we left him." One of the zacrathis, he looks down because he was very afraid.
"That damn kid, i hope he doesn't kill himself because he's one of my weapons. A valuable and troublesome one. If that's the case, call Vaixer here." Lord Zacrathis said. "He will never refuse my request because I was the one who saved his life from the demon attack back then."
The zacrathis nodded, some of them saluted Lord Zacrathis and left the room to bring Vaixer into the world of the zacrathis. Vaixer lived in his own world, he was a dragon mist, or a dragon that could transform into a human, possessing the power of zacrathis. Because Lord Zacrathis gave him that power, but in return, Vaixer had to always help the Zacrathis complete their missions.
There are two types of dragons: dragons and dragon mists. Regular dragons cannot transform into humans, but dragon mists can.
Vaixer arrived an hour later with the large black Dragon that was always by his side.
He gave a respectful salute to Lord Zacrathis. Lord Zacrathis was very pleased to see him being so obedient.
"I want you to come to orthelis. I feel like there are people who want to try and destroy my magic, and even the magic book we sent to orthelis ended up in a magic prison, which means people know about the book. I want you to investigate who those people are and kill them." Lord Zacrathis said in a serious tone.
Veixer nodded. "Alright, my lord. I will go to orthelis and investigate who those people are and kill all of them."
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Amalie got dressed because she wanted to go to the bookstore. Amalie has a beautiful face, dark skin, and long black hair. She took the bus to go to the bookstore because she wanted to buy a new novel. She spent about 3 hours at the bookstore before finally deciding to go home.
And when he wanted to go home, it suddenly started raining heavily. she was confused about whether she should stay at the store and wait until the rain stopped or just go home.
She was sitting on a chair in front of the bookstore, she reads one of her new books, but suddenly she saw someone in a black robe staring at her. The man had bright red eyes. She thought the man was Victor, but the man remained silent and continued to stare at her with a sharp gaze. If he were Victor, he wouldn't just be staring at her like that.
Amalie felt uneasy, so she hurried away in the rain. She ran while searching for a taxi, finally finding one parked not far from the bookstore, and then returned to the academic dormitory.
She wanted to tell Selena, Riley, and Eva about the incident, but she caught the flu and seemed to have a slight fever. She decided to tell them later.
Alice sat next to Matthias, resting after his axetherise practice.
"Can i go to the beach with Selena and Narine tomorrow? I already asked yesterday if she could help me find mermaid scales, but she offered her own scales instead." Alice said, as if she were asking Matthias whether he would allow her to go or not.
"Just the three of you, no one else?" Matthias asked with irritated face.
"Umm.... It seems like it's just the three of us. But i don't know if Selena's friends will come later or not." Alice said.
Matthias shook his head. "No, you can't go without me. Just let Selena and Narine go." Matthias's face changed; he looked a little annoyed.
"But Matthias, Narine is my friend, not Selena and i was the one who spoke to Narine about it. It's impossible for me not to go, beside, it's just us, there are no men." Alice said with a slightly pleading tone, hoping Matthias would change his mind and let her go.
Matthias exhaled roughly. "I say no."
"Well, then, you can go with us." Alice said.
"No, i'm busy. I have to practice axethrise. The competition is in two days, and there's no way i can skip practice. I'm the captain." Matthias said.
"But Mathias, you're being so selfish. Didn't you really want to help them, but why are you acting like that?" Alice said. She looks irritated.
"Alice, honestly, it's not our business. It's Selena and her friends's business, we're just helping them. They're not important to me. If it weren't for you, i wouldn't have helped them, just so you know." Matthias said. He clenching his fist.
"You're selfish! I'll go!" Alice storms away.
"ALICE!" Matthias shouted at Alice with an angry tone as he got up from his seat and ran towards her.
Matthias keep calling Alice several times, but Alice ignored him, making Matthias very angry, "Damn it." Matthias ran his hand through his hair. "Alice!"
Alice hadn't spoken to Matthias, she didn't go home from Academy with him earlier, she called her own chauffeur herself to pick her up from the academy. Matthias sent several messages, but she didn't reply or read hir messages, she wanted to ignore Matthias.
Selena had already told Riley, Amalie, and Eva that she and Alice would be going to the beach to accompany Alice's mermaid friend, Narine, who would be giving them some of her scales. But Riley and Amalie couldn't go; Riley had a task, while Amalie was sick. The day after returning from Nymlith Island, Amalie was out buying books, and as she was about to go back to the dorm, the sky suddenly became cloudy and it started raining heavily. She got caught in the rain, which is why she got sick, that's what she knows.
The next day, Selena, Alice, and Eva took Narine to the beach by car, with Narine driving. The beach isn't too far from the academy, only about an hour's drive. They arrived at the beach and Narine immediately ran toward the shore. She was swimming and suddenly her legs turned into a beautiful golden mermaid tail.
Selena, Alice and Eva watched her turn into her mermaid form with admiration.
"Whoa, you're so beautiful." Selena said. "I've never seen you in your mermaid form before."
"Yes, she's very beautiful, just look at her shimmering mermaid tail. I've seen Narine turn into a mermaid twice before." Alice said.
"Come closer." Narine asked them to come closer to her and she plucked out one of her scales. The scales were so beautiful and shiny that they were amazed.
"Doesn't it hurt to pull out your scales like that?" Eva asked with curious tone.
Narine shook her head "No."
Suddenly, new scales grew on Narine the mermaid's tail. Every time she pulled out a scales or a scales accidentally fell off, a new one would grow back quickly, taking only a few seconds.
"How many scales do you need?" Ask Narine, she look at Selena.
"20 mermaid fin scales." Selena said.
Narine nodded. She plucked out her scales. She plucked out at least 20 scales, and new scales appeared a few seconds after she plucked out the old ones.
Suddenly they felt an unpleasant and dark aura. Alice tried to calm down because she had thought it was Matthias coming, as he was angry that she had ignored him since yesterday. It was possible he had come, and that the aura was his demonic aura.
But Alice was wrong, it wasn't Matthias, but someone wearing a black robe with eyes that glowed red. He moved so fast, the black shadow moved and ran in front of Narine, taking some of her scales.
There is one black dragon that keeps following the man. The man stopped not far from them and look at them with his red eyes.
They wanted to ask for the scales the man took back, but they were very afraid.
"Why are you plucking out your scales? Isn't that very precious?" The man spoke, his voice very deep and his aura very strong, making them uncomfortable. The dragon flying beside him stared at them with its fiery red eyes.
"I... it's for... Making potions. I'm studying magic and I want to try making a potion with mermaid scales." Selena said, she's lying a little. She was indeed studying magic, but she didn't want to make potions, so she wasn't entirely lying.
"Potion? Oh, you're a witch, no wonder i felt magic within you." the man said.
"So please return those scales, i really need them to make a potion." Selena said with pleading tone. "Please, i really need them."
The man looked at Selena. "I'll give it back if you tell me the truth. I know you're lying," the man grinned. "No one can lie to me." the man turned to look at Alice. "including your demon boyfriend, even a demon can't lie to me."
They were all shocked at how he knew that Matthias, Alice's boyfriend, was a demon. And how could he know if Selena was lying? Does he have the ability to read minds?
Alice initially thought the man was matthias or the man was sent by Matthias to spy on her, which is why he knew that scales wasn't for Selena to make potions, because she was studying magic, and how did he know Alice's lover was a demon?
They stared at each other, unsure what to say because the man's aura was so strong that even Eva felt a little nauseous.
"Ughh, don't bother us, we've never caused you any trouble." Eva said, trying to be brave by speaking to the man.
"I'm not bothering you, Eva. I'm just curious." The man smirked.
They looks surprised, he know Eva's name! the man wasn't an ordinary human, he must be a demon or perhaps he was a descendant of another creature.
"What do you want?! Give the scales back to us and just leave! we have nothing to do with you!" Selena said in an angry tone.
The man smiled. "What if i don't want to give it back and go?"
Selena looked very angry as she opened the book of the veiled grimoire and read a spell to knock people to the ground without touching them.
"Falerio Ascentium!"
The man felt like someone tried to push him, but he didn't fall to the ground, his strength was so great that even magic didn't work on him. He laughed dismissively. "Wow, are you an amateur witch? Next time, find a worthy opponent who is just as weak as you are."
The man threw Narine's scales into the ground. "See you again, ladies." The man spoke, then sat on his dragon, and the dragon flew away quickly.
"Damn, who is that person?" Narine said
Selena walked to where the man had thrown Narine's scales, which had turned into black scales. "The color of the scales has changed." Selena said.
Alice and Narine looked at the scales. "It seemed he had absorbed energy from the scales." Alice said with an annoyed tone.
"It's okay, i'll give you new scales." Narine said, pulling out a few more scales and giving them to Alice. "I still want to swim at the beach, but I'm afraid that man will come back. Let's go back to the academy." Narine said. Narine crawled to the edge of the beach, and her mermaid tail turned back into human legs.
They decided to quickly return to the academy because they were afraid the man would come back or, worse, that he would come and attack them.
"It seems he is a dragon mist." Alice said.
Narine nodded. "Yes, that's possible. He's very strong and he has a black dragon."