Western Continent
It had been a week since the boy entered the cave, he was already running out of all the life support supplies he carried in a space ring, he still had a variety of items, but at the moment they weren't of much use.
His sister's corpse was already rotting, there was a smell of rotting flesh in the air, during this week, the boy took three days to make a decision, after three days he began to extract his own blood, which is why his supplies quickly ran out.
The boy extracted a liter of blood per day, so as not to die from lack of blood, he used potions to regenerate his body, being someone who had not yet evolved the potion had a lot of effect, before he did not use the potions to heal himself due to his mental state, now with a plan in mind he could think clearly, even if he was still distorted, now he was better.
During the days that passed, he gathered enough blood to construct a matrix 4 meters in diameter. The magic circles and matrices linked to darkness had a unique particularity, they depended on blood as their main component, depending on each ritual the blood required also varied.
With the blood in his possession, the boy first drew an outer circle, which represented the world itself, an inner circle representing man or himself, a square above which represents subordination, a star with only four points, a circle enclosed for the soul.
Baboan language , the boy expressed his desire, the location of the intended entity, his sacrifices and offerings, as well as his respect.
After chanting the incantation in the Baboan language , the cave shook, all the light was sucked out, the cave became pitch black, the boy was late from the matrix, but he was not afraid.
A black smoke that merged with the darkness manifested, the darkness took shape and drew a female figure with a horrifying appearance, scales covered her entire body, she was naked and a rotten liquid scum between the scales, he looked at the boy and said with a voice that seemed to be coming from a terrified child, when she spoke her teeth chattered against each other.
—Human , who dared to summon this demon from hell, speak your wish and make your sacrifice.
The demon looked at the altar where there was a girl's corpse and said.
—Human , your sacrifices do not satisfy me, I have taken your flesh and blood as well as your soul.
The boy looked at the demon with disdain, he spoke with a smile that did not belong to a child.
—Demon , you will be my sacrifice, I will be the one to take your soul, flesh and blood.
Hahahaha . Hahahahaha hahahahaha
The boy laughed wickedly, it almost seemed like he was possessed.
—Human , how dare you offend an infernal being? Die.
The demon looked angry, she stretched out her hand to grab the boy, but the magic array restricted her, she was trapped inside the array, she looked at the boy and saw a scroll in his hand, as soon as the demon's eyes saw the scroll, she tried to escape not caring about anything, she struggled in the array, but to no avail.
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Sub-Saharan continent
In the forest, Felicia and Fernando were still exchanging blows one after another, within a radius of 10 hectares the forest looked like a desert full of rubble, with each blow the two exchanged the wind blew wildly.
In terms of brute strength, the two were equal, in terms of techniques, Fernando was superior to Felicia, but in the mobilization of spiritual power and conversion into elemental power, Felicia had an advantage, but this advantage was nothing compared to Fernando's gravity technique.
Fernando grabbed the ground with both hands, two rocky arms rose and formed fists with a diameter of one and a half meters, the fist advanced towards Felicia, causing a gust of wind.
Felicia did the same thing, but instead a mountain rose up to block the rocky fist.
Boom
The fist collided with the mountain, the fist shattered and the mountain was knocked down, but it did not hit Felicia at all.
— Graviton
. Fernando used his strongest art, a gravitational field was formed, trapping Felicia in place, she felt her entire body getting heavier and heavier, she dropped the swords that had their weight quadrupled every second.
Fernando could not move when he used graviton , he had to concentrate on distorting space by increasing or decreasing the mass around his target. In fact, gravity was not a force. When a body presses space with its mass, it creates an inclination in space and bodies with less mass were attracted to the body with more mass.
graviton art seems easy to use, there was a complicated process, first you focus on a specific place in space and then increase the mass around that space, only then the gravity effect was generated, in scientific terms the normal gravity was 9.8 Nilton for each kilogram, counting on the earth element Fernando could change the kilograms of any object in space using the planet's gravity as a base.
Graviton art required a cognitive understanding of the elements of the earth that press into space, hence the principle of greater mass, greater gravity around the body. Fernando could make a feather weigh a ton; from an external perspective , it seemed that the force of gravity exerted a greater force than normal on the feather.
Back in the battle, Felicia used all her strength to resist.
Step
Step
Felicia took one step after another with great difficulty, Fernando smiled, he increased the gravity around Felicia, he mobilized all his power to trap Felicia , now there was a stalemate, the two of them were at a standstill, their elemental power was extinguishing too quickly, the graviton art was quite demanding in terms of elemental power, Felicia used elemental power to resist.
If there was a third person, one of the two would have already lost the confrontation, Felicia was tired of remaining in a stalemate, a soul force exploded from her body, the soul energy turned her eyes red with a strong light.
Roar
Roar
An earth dragon manifested, it roared to the sky with a deafening sound.
Boom
Fernando's gravitational field shattered, Fernando was thrown backwards, due to the force of the reaction, he shot off like a kite that had its strings cut, after freeing himself, the Earth Dragon entered Felicia's body.
Fernando stood up and looked at Felicia displeasedly, feeling Fernando's gaze, Felicia pouted and said with a triumphant smile.
—In a battle, all cards are valid.
Fernando nodded and said.
—Okay , let's stop here for today.
Fernando was now more confident, although he was a level of evolution below Felicia, the same could not be said of his prowess in battle, if he used all his power, his arts and his soul creature, he was confident of defeating someone who was at the peak of the third level in the upper realm, he could not wait until he surpassed his current level if he rose to level 3 of the upper realm, he would be able to fight someone at the initial level 4 of the upper realm and if his strength reached level 4, he would be able to do whatever he wanted in the realm, then he could visit Evans' territory and collect old debts.
—Brother , how did you become so strong in recent years?
Felicia's voice pulled Fernando out of his thoughts, he looked at Felicia with a smile and said.
—I'll tell you my secret if you give me a stack of spirit crystal.
Felicia covered her storage ring and said.
—Who wants to know your secrets? I'm clearly going to surpass you again.
—I doubt that in this life my little sister can surpass me, instead of training you wander around looking for treasure here and there.
Fernando suddenly became serious.
— Felicia , what happened last time must not happen again, John is your nephew and as such you must be more helpful to him.
In the kingdom, aunts and uncles had a very important role to play towards their nephews and nieces, they are like a second father and mother, certain matters or aspects of a child's development must be delegated to the uncles, especially if such matters are in some way inconvenient to the parents.
Felicia , being John's aunt, has certain responsibilities to fulfill . In this regard, she was responsible for transmitting the culture and customs of the kingdom. She would be the one to watch over John's social circle, transmitting family beliefs and values.
Aunts and uncles not only had obligations to fulfill, they also had some benefits if the nephew was someone worthy before the parents, the aunt's approval in certain family aspects was very important, even if it was not definitive.
Felicia knew she was wrong so she didn't refute Fernando's words.
—I'll be going to the capital in two weeks.
—But John's birthday is in a few days! Felicia exclaimed
—That 's not important, I was summoned and I can't be late.
—There will be a meeting of all the Lords without exception, I really have to go
Fernando thought for a moment before continuing.
—I want you to do something for me.
—You can count on me, brother.
Fernando took flight, Felícia followed him, now the two were flying at a gentle speed while talking, Fernando spoke.
— While I'm away you must watch over the territory, but most importantly you must take good care of John.
Felicia didn't say anything, she continued flying beside Fernando, the wind whipping her hair, her fiery figure was even more attractive because she had a serious and attentive face.
—You must teach him the sea-splitting sword.
Felicia narrowed her eyes and spoke in confusion.
—The Sea-Dividing Sword? How could I do that if he is just a primitive being.
There were two types of people, there were normal people also known as primitive beings, these had not yet embarked on the path of evolution, the other type of people, are called evolved beings, but they prefer to be called evolving beings.
Between the two types of people, the difference was the evolution core, which was obtained through a ritual dependent on the chosen path, there were hundreds of paths, hundreds of rituals, and hundreds of professions or evolution classes.
It was common knowledge that primitive beings, because they did not have an evolutionary nucleus, could not learn the skills of an evolved being, for arts, spells as well as other skills, the nucleus was the mandatory requirement.
Fernando asked Felícia to create an art for a primitive being was inconceivable, she looked at Fernando and asked.
—How ?
—You won't teach the art itself, that would be impossible.
—Just teach him the positions of the art as well as the theoretical knowledge, so when the time comes he can learn the art on his own.
Fernando sighed and said.
—Two years.
Felicia asked.
—What will happen in two years?
Fernando smiled and said.
—A lot, I will stay in the capital for two years, the institute will receive new students in two years.
—When I return from the capital, we will perform the John and Alex ritual, his journey through the world will begin there, of course as a father I will do my best to help, but the institute's missions will be dangerous, his life or death will be left to fate and the goddess.
Felicia asked.
— And John's singularity?
Fernando responded discouragedly.
—I don't know much about it, when I'm in the capital I'll ask Albert for help .
Felicia asked in surprise.
—To you , crazy researcher?
—He is the most capable person in the kingdom in the areas of research and development, magic, array, magic circles, soul energy, he researches everything, if there is a chance to discover something then Albert would be the right person.
Felicia knew that although Albert was a research madman, his knowledge was unrivaled in the kingdom, she then noticed something.
—And how are you going to attract that crazy researcher here?
Fernando replied confidently.
—He owes me a favor.
Felicia was surprised, it was very difficult to request the services of researcher Albert , even the royal family was no exception, he only cared about what he found interesting, Felicia continued asking.
—What about confidentiality? If he discovers something forbidden on John's body, how will we deal with it?
Fernando smiled and said.
—It's simple, just sign a confidentiality agreement.
—Will he accept?
—If he refuses, he will not lay a finger on my son's body. Returning to the other subject, the ritual expenses will be paid by you.
When Felicia heard the words, will be paid by you, her body trembled, she stopped in the air and said.
—No way, you're the father, take care of your son.
—I can even teach you for free, but I won't spend any elemental crystals for the ritual.
Fernando pretended to be upset and spoke with an intimidating air.
—Okay , since you don't accept this punishment, I'll beat you until you learn to be responsible.
As the words fell, a crushing pressure descended, Fernando's body released a terrifying soul energy, it was the prelude to summoning a soul creature.
Roar.
The creature had not yet appeared, but a deafening roar sounded, all the creatures below, the strongest fled in fear, the weak bowed, there were others who fainted in fear, when Felicia felt the pressure she knew that her land dragon would be no match to deal with Fernando's creature.
When Fernando's creature was about to appear, Felicia screamed in fright.
—Okay , I accept.
Fernando retracts the aura of his soul creature.
—I will contribute 10% of the ritual.
Felicia spoke with indignation written all over her face, the retracted pressure returned and a roar louder than the previous one sounded throughout the forest.
—25% Felicia spoke hurriedly.
Roar.
—30%
Roar
—40%
Roar
50 % but I won't give any percentage.
Roar
Felicia's heart was bleeding, paying 50% in two rituals was her limit, she couldn't bear to spend her own money, if Fernando forced her into a dead end, she would rather be beaten by Fernando than give more than 1% above 50%.
Fernando's creature began to take shape.
—I won't give you even 1% more, you'll just rip out my crystals over my dead body.
With a determined look, a roar sounded and an earth dragon appeared, Fernando knew he wouldn't be able to make Felicia contribute but, if he continues, he might lose the 50% he already got, he retracts his creature about to form and said.
—Okay , 50% then.
Felicia also retracted her creature, she was apathetic, she felt as if she had lost someone important in the family. The two accelerated their flight and very quickly, they arrived at Venhorst Castle on the dams.