The way to become the Great Sorcerer

Chapter 39: Stone head

“Humans! Welcome to our place!” The big guy on the stage said in excitement. “Uhh no, we’re not entirely all humans. I’m a demon. And I'm here on behalf of the request of the successor of the former great sorceress. "Hello, Arash. It’s been a while,” Damian smiled. His face filled with genuine happiness of the encounter of a dear friend. 

The man called Arash had his jaws and eyes wide open at the sudden appearance of a familiar young man. “Damian?” He said as he touch both of Damian’s shoulders. The nonchalant expression of the said man was replaced with a smile. Damian was happy to see an old friend again. The familiar tone of voice and the familiar personality.

“You’re alive?” Arash said as he moved Damian side to side to see if he’s actually real. After he did those he hugged Damian really tight. Damian huffed a breath at the tightness, “Arash- I can’t breath,” He said in a whisper. Arash quickly let him go. “ Oh sorry, I’m just so happy, I just can't believe that you're here! Alive!” He said while wiping a single tear on his eye. Damian chuckled at his actions. 

“Everyone give it up for my old friend right here,” Arash’s loud voice echoed throughout the hall. This made all creatures panned their focuses again on Arash and Damian. "His name is Damian and he is the student of the late great Sorceress!" They applaud when Arash signals them to clap. 

“Arash,” Damian called out to the guy beside him.

“I want to ask a favor,” Damian’s face was serious. A sudden worry felt in Arash’s body as he stared at the demon’s face. He nodded. He excused himself first but did not stop the party. Arash guide Damian to a room. Damian who found a creature working there ordered him to get his comrades in which the creature obliged. 

“So what favor?” Arash did not waste any time. After they settled in the room he immediately started.

“It’s about the fallens,” Damian stated. Arash can't help but sigh when he heard the fallen sorcerers.

“Your favor would be a link regarding the upcoming red eclipse right?” Arash said. “The red eclipse would happen in two weeks--” Suddenly Arash stopped, realizing something. “ How about Isis’ successor? Is he alive? Did you find him? Oh my`” Arash panicked as he stood up walking frantically from side to side. “We should hide him!” The moment he said that the remaining three arrived in the room. 

“Were these your friends?” Arash approached them. “Good! We should make a plan !” He said. Damian can’t find the timing to interrupt him. “ We need to find the successor and hide and protect him.” He said his voice panicking, “Good! Good but the problem is where we could find him?! The fallens might have already found him!” He unconsciously shook the person in front of him grabbing his shoulders as he panicked. "It would be too bad if they knew and now that Damian is here they would do their best to find and kill him,--" 

“Arash,” Damian said wanting to stop him from shaking Larcade and also cutting him off. But the said creature was still panicking. "Oh my goodness we should gather some troops I already---"

“Arash!” 

“wHAT??” He said. 

“The successor is in front of you.”

Arash froze at what he said. He slowly panned his head on the owner of the shoulders he’d been shaking. He took in the appearance of the young man. A slight green hue was swirling on his right eye. A sudden familiar ambiance was gelt by Arash as he look at the young man. 

“Why is he here?” Arash said surprised now that the thing that he panicked and worried about was in front of him. 

“Hello,” Larcade said with an awkward smile.

After a minute of Arash calming his heart and mind down. They settled again in the seats offered to them. They began talking about how Damian escaped prison and how he met Isis again. He also told him about Isis's grandson and a successor which is Larcade. Arash can’t find a proper reaction to what he heard. Everything was bombarded to him with no pause.

“So you’re here to eradicate Isis magic inside you?” Arash said. His facial expression was troubled and Larcade can tell.

“If it’s possible, yes,” Larcade answered. His hands getting sweaty. He was scared of what his answer was. Arash was in disbelief as his expression slowly turns into a horrified one.

“I--” Arash scratched the back of his head, “I don't know about that,” Larcade’s feeling crashed down at his sentence. “It also hard since our Elemntia was stolen 20 years ago.”

Damian snap his head at the mention of the word, “Elementia? It was stolen by whom?”

“Wait--Excuse me,” Neveah cut off their conversation. Damian and Arash panned their heads to her. Neveah and Lucas have been sitting there for an hour without any chance to talk. “What is an Elementia? I and my friend here are still behind in this kind of thing,” Neveah said with a smile. Arash stared and her finally noticing their presence and 

“You see child, Elemntia is like the great in sorcerer. It’s a powerful weapon that enables us to use our own magical abilities. The source of our magic. Anyone who was baptized by the elementia can live up to hundreds or even thousands of years,” Arash explain to Neveah. The three listen intently and also showed some wholesome reactions in the process. “Tho we do experience death. Every creature here, big and small are baptized by the elemntia and because it was stolen, we are trapped and can’t get out of our own place,” Neveah, Lucas, and Larcade frown.

“Then, what about Kion? He was outside of the realm?” Larcade asked.

“Kion was not included. After the elemntia got stolen, Kion helped us back up. He also was the one who suggested to protect this realm in which we are so grateful about.” Arash said. Everyone in the room can feel his genuine greatness for Kion. ‘That damn criosphinx must be so happy right now,’ Damian thought. 

After their conversation, they decided to explore the realm with Arash’s guide. They stop on a certain big field filled with creatures who were training non -stop. Damian and the others were awed. Arash noticed and invite them to go down to the training ground, “For 20 years trapped in our realm, for 20 years not being able to help comrades that were massacred, we never accepted our fate and continue to ignore it. Like an Iron wall, were hell-bent on taking down the enemy” Arash said while holding the shoulders of Damian as they head down to the site. 

Sounds of weapons clashed and creatures’ shouts and huffs were heard as they got nearer and nearer. Lucas’s eyes sparkled when he saw some creature sparring. Neveah beside him can feel his urge to join. She holds his collar when he was about to walk towards them, “Chill, gorilla,” She said with a knowing face. Lucas heard it and they fought, grabbing each other’s hair. Arash noticed the two, “Both of them are pretty close, huh?” Larcade heard what he said, “Ugh, yeah they are like tom and jerry, hate each other but inseparable. “ Larcade stared at the two with a blank expression. 'Tom and jerry?' Arash stared at him at the sudden unfamiliar names. Damian also wearing the same expression as Larcade, stared at the two who were bickering. Damian looks at them wondering when they’ll stop, 

‘Should I kill them?’

Neveah and Lucas felt a killing intent on their head. They stopped what they’re doing and slowly panned their heads in Damian’s direction.  Doomed was on their faces when Damian glared at them. Arash and Larcade chuckled behind Damian.