Beyond The Veil: The Master's Heir

Gold Meets Steel

Aragon!

"Superior," she called in a soft, gentle voice, focusing only on his handsome face as he held her firmly. A gentle wind carried them until they landed gently at the base of the cliff, which looked like another world with numerous rocks around.

He let go of her, but she kept staring at his face. He cleared his throat to bring her back.

"Superior Aragon," she smiled.

"Are you really a witch? What witch doesn't even know how to save herself from a cliff? You can't control the wind?" He said, more like a scold, and she bit her lip slightly.

"You see... my powers aren't that active yet outside the bathroom," she said.

"Then you should try all you can to make it work. Screaming out like that was senseless," he said, and this time, he didn't hide the fact that he was scolding her.

"I'm sorry, Superior Aragon," she muttered remorsefully, and he sighed, turning his back on her.

He started leaving, and her eyes widened. She ran to hold his arm.

"Where are you going?"

"You're not my student. I only came because I heard your scream from the other side of the forest. From now on, you're on your own, and I think your test is happening here," he said.

"B...but...I..."

"Excuses are useless. It's your duty. Good luck," he said, and before she could blink, he vanished. She turned back immediately, gasping out when she saw the scary environment.

The shape of the rocks even looked scary, and the sand was obviously bigger than normal ones.

"What do I do?" She asked herself, but when she remembered Aragon's words, she took a deep breath and began walking into the middle of the scary-looking rocks, taking each step cautiously.

She suddenly heard a weird sound behind her, like the sound of something cracking, and her eyes widened.

She turned back at once, only to see the rock behind her cracking. It was a really giant one.

She quickly shifted back, and her heart jumped into her throat as she watched the cracking process.

It was like when a mother hen hatches her egg, but the only difference was the end product.

Eggs bring forth chicks, but immediately the rock finished cracking into two halves, a mighty snake-like dragon crawled out, spitting out fire.

Samara fell on her butt, shaking so obviously. She nearly started peeing on herself, but she held it back, swallowing emptiness as the dragon roared like a lion before spitting fire again.

The fire landed on the rock behind Samara, and the rock shattered, some of the pieces hitting her badly.

Dark smokes filled the place as a result of the rock blast, and she quickly stood from her spot.

She began running as fast as her legs could carry her, away from the spot, but she barely ran for two minutes when the dragon roared behind her, and by the time she turned back to look, the dragon's mouth was already wide open for her.

"No!!!!!!" She screamed, but it was useless because the dragon swallowed her whole.

* ANOTHER PART OF THE WOODS*

After leading his students to the entrance of the test as instructed, Aragon left them, so they entered the woods by themselves and split, but according to the rule, friends mustn't pair, so it's like this...

Echo left with Peony.

Merlin left with Agatha.

Krishna left with Ruthie.

Raven left with Ceres.

* "What do you think our challenge is going to be?" Echo asked as she walked her path with Peony.

"I'd be glad if it was a puzzle. I'm quite good," Peony replied.

"OMG! Me too!" Echo replied.

"They should have let us eat dinner before coming. I'm dying," Peony replied.

"Coming with empty stomachs isn't bad. It'd only make us strong..."

Echo was still talking when the tree behind them suddenly broke, and it began falling.

"Echo, lookout!" Peony shouted, and they both jumped at once, but it wasn't fast enough because the tree almost crushed them, but they blocked it from themselves, pushing it up with all their strength.

"It's so heavy!" Echo shouted, farting in the process of pushing.

"You know your fart always smells, Echo, not now! f**k it!" Peony shouted as the smell penetrated into her nose.

"I'm sorry, it's not something I can control," Echo replied, farting again.

"Echo!!!" Peony yelled, and the tree even became heavier, weighing more as they pushed.

"We can't continue pushing like this," Echo replied, sweating so much. Blood began coming out of her nose.

"Do you know the lifting spell?" Peony asked.

"I know the beginning only. It's too long," Echo replied.

"Let's use it nevertheless. Read it, my arms are about to break!" Peony said, and Echo closed her eyes, her legs shaking on the ground as she began reading the spell.

As she read, the tree lifted bit by bit from their hands, and when she read the last line she knew the tree was already halfway in the air, so they ran away from under it, and they jumped far away, landing on the dry leaves.

The tree crashed on the ground immediately, and that spot cracked as if an earthquake happened.

Echo and Peony collapsed on top of each other tiredly.

"We passed," they chorused.

* Merlin and Agatha landed in a foggy area where they barely even see each other's faces, and the fogs are like smoke to their lungs because the more they inhale, the more they cough.

"Where the hell is this place!" Agatha held her chest as she coughed, spitting out blood.

"I don't know," Merlin replied, holding his nose tightly as he began rushing out of the fog.

"Wait for me, i***t!" Agatha shouted, running after him.

"You're older than me, so stop being a baby," Merlin replied and stopped until she caught up, so they continued running together, but it's like the fog is endless because the more they run, the more it gets.

They were still in the fog when an arrow came, getting Merlin in the back.

"Argh!" He groaned, going on his knees.

Agatha ran past him immediately.

"Sort out yourself, kiddo," she said and continued her race until she went out of the fog.

Merlin was still kneeling painfully when another arrow came, but this time, he caught it in his palm, and the one on his back came out automatically.

He stood, and the arrows came in many angles this time, but he leapt into the air with glowing green eyes.

He did the immortal execution technique, swinging himself and gathering all the arrows with his hands before landing back on the ground.

Immediately he landed, the fog cleared, and he fell on the ground weakly.

"I passed," he breathed.

"!!!!" Agatha's voice came from the front, and he stood.

He traced it and found her in the middle of a lake. She's drowning, and she has no control over the liquid this time.

She's trying to stop time, but the energy of the lake is blocking it.

"Help! Merlin, get here and help! Don't stand there like an i***t!" She shouted, and he smiled, crossing his arms on his chest.

"You left me earlier, so deal with this on your own too," he smirked and started leaving.

"Merlin! Merlin!!!!" Agatha screamed. Only her head is left out by now.

Merlin stopped and sighed, remembering the aim of this test.

Protecting yourself and your fellow disciples.

He jumped into the river at once, swimming fast to the sinking part where Agatha is.

He grabbed her by the hair when he got to her since it's the only visible part of her body, and he started drawing her out.

Immediately they came out of the water, the lake disappeared like it didn't exist at all, and Agatha stood.

"Are you okay?" Merlin asked her, and she replied with a slap.

"You took too long to save me!" She ranted, and he grabbed her throat immediately, the green glow returning to his eyes.

"I saved your life!" He shouted.

Agatha's nails grew long, and she shoved them into his belly, so he released her, and he held his bleeding tummy instead.

"I'm Princess Agatha of Sullivan kingdom, and no one treats me lowly! Lowlife!" She barked, his blood dropping down from her sharp nails as she walked away.

Merlin kept lying on the ground, bleeding more.

**

Krishna and Ruthie found themselves in a cave, and Krishna scoffed.

"Seriously? What are we doing here?"

"Keep quiet, I feel a dark aura here," Ruthie replied, and he faced her.

"Are you a psychic?" He asked.

"Kind of, but I can only feel a little. Not mastered yet," she replied, and he smiled.

"Your hair is pretty by the way. I love the color red," he said, and she blushed, but it was short-lived when a grunting sound came from the other side.

They turned there, and their eyes widened when they saw a ragged-looking zombie with blood all over its skin.

"Wait... this is what they call zombies, right? They bite you, and you become one of them," Ruthie said, and he nodded.

"Sure, we have to be careful," Krishna replied, and another zombie jumped down from the cave top this time.

Before they could blink, another one came, and another, and another, until the cave became full of them, and they were trapped in the middle.

"Don't look them in the eye; it provokes them," Krishna said.

"Any other helpful tips?" Ruthie replied, and he smiled.

"Just that," he said, and the zombies came for them at once, but Krishna opened his mouth so wide, and his eyes glowed yellow as he sent out his wind, and immediately it hit them, they landed in various parts of the cave, giving them more space, so they stood back to back.

"Now!" Krishna said, and they charged forward at once, attacking the zombies first with their bare hands as their nails grew longer.

The first one Ruthie tore with her nails disappeared, and her eyes widened.

"It's gone!"

"They're not real, Ruthie! Any slight wound from us will make them leave, just be careful not to get wounded or bitten," Krishna said from his side, tearing the fifth one down already.

"Okay, this is fun," Ruthie replied, tearing down the second one.

The tearing was fun, and within five minutes, they made close to a hundred disappear.

Ruthie was feeling it so much that she stopped and looked at Krishna, who was still busy tearing.

She was smiling as she stared, thinking about how cool he was, until a zombie jumped down from the cave top again, landing on her head.

"f**k it!" She gasped and started trying to get it off, but it seemed stronger than the other ones, so it was hard.

Ruthie suddenly grabbed its hand and dragged it away from her shoulder, throwing it to the rocky wall.

It disappeared, and Ruthie smiled, but it didn't really disappear for good; it actually entered the stone, so immediately Ruthie turned her back, it came out of the stone and started rushing to her.

"Lookout!" Krishna shouted, and she quickly turned back, tearing it off.

It disappeared for good this time, but a yell came from Krishna, and Ruthie turned back to him.

He was left with one zombie, but that one was on his neck, and by the look on Krishna's face, he seemed to have bitten him already.

"Krishna!!!" She screamed in horror, and shockingly, fire came out of her mouth, hitting the zombie.

That particular one burned to ashes on the spot, and Krishna smiled, clapping loudly.

"Whoa! You're a friggin legend, did you just spit fire like a dragon?" He grinned.

"You weren't bitten?" She said,

"Those things don't stand a chance against me," he winked.

"Then why did you make that face when it was on your neck? I was so scared," she said.

"Sorry about that, but I kinda like your power. You're a spitfire," he smiled.

"I didn't know I had it until now," she replied, and he nodded.

"It's all good, let's get outta here. We passed," he said, leading the way out.

Ruthie followed with a large smile.

* Raven and Ceres landed on a bridge, and immediately they did, Raven almost fainted.

"Why is the bridge so thin! Ceres!" He held Ceres tightly.

"Sometimes I wonder if you're the senior or me. You're not fit to be my senior brother, seriously," Ceres scoffed.

"I'm scared," Raven said shakily again, holding her tighter.

"Can you just stop? It's annoying how you shake like a girl every time!" She shouted angrily, and he let go of her to hold the bridge rails.

Suddenly, the bridge began shaking, and their eyes widened at once.

They turned back only to see the bridge falling from behind already, and their hearts jumped.

"Run! Raven!" Ceres shouted, and they started running at once, madly on the thin bridge.

Ceres was in the front, and Raven was lagging behind, breathing heavily despite the fact that he was barely running.

"Faster, Raven! Faster!!!!" Ceres shouted, increasing her own pace too.

The bridge was still falling behind, and it would soon reach them.

Raven increased his pace, but it obviously wasn't enough because the bridge fell from his feet, and he started falling.

"No!!!!!" He screamed as he fell.

"Damn it! He's useless!" Ceres spat and broke the next part of the bridge with her eyes, sending it to Raven who was still in the air.

The flat wood went beneath him, and he stood on it, so it carried him back up, and Ceres joined him on it.

It carried them away from the bridge completely, and they landed on a green grass after some minutes.

"We passed," Ceres said, jumping down from the wood.

Raven held his chest, bending on his spot.

"That was suicidal," he said and fell flat on the ground.

"Useless boy," Ceres shook her head.

* AN HOUR LATER*

Samara's eyes opened in a different place, and she tried to spring up when she studied her environment, but that was when she realized she was tied. She was tied to a tree in a forest!

She was sure she was swallowed by the dragon, so how come she was here? How come she wasn't dead yet?

She made to move again, but the ropes she was tied with kept hindering her, and she moaned painfully.

"You're in the belly of the Hermosa dragon," a voice said from behind, and her eyes widened.

Who just spoke?

"Hermosa dragon belongs to me, and its belly is a kingdom on its own. You're in that kingdom," the voice said again, getting closer.

"Who're...you?" She asked calmly, and the person finally appeared in front of her.

"Onion?" Her eyes widened, and he smiled his wicked smile as his sword appeared on his hand, and his stars shone as he wrapped his palm on the sword.

"It's a good thing I can kill you here once and for all. At least, I won't have to see you anymore," he said, walking to her with a murderous look on his fierce face.

"You sent your dragon to the woods to trap me? What did I ever do to you!!!! Was stabbing me not enough? Huh!!!!" She yelled, and he sped the remaining distance to her, placing his sword on her neck.

She held her breath immediately.

"Hearing your voice might speed up your death, so keep it down," he said hatefully, and she smirked.

"Because you have a sword? Mum told me my sword is going to appear when it's time, so just wait for that time, you'd be the first person I'd kill!" She shouted.

"That's if you're still alive then," he replied, raising his sword to her neck, but a sharp sound happened beside them immediately, and they looked in theⁿ direction to see a sword, a sparkling golden sword.

Orion's eyes darkened immediately. Did her sword just appear?

"My sword?" Samara muttered shockingly.

The sword cut off the ropes on her body on its own, and immediately she became free, she grabbed the sword, and her eyes glowed gold sharply as she placed it on Orion's neck too, so both their swords were on their necks.

"Don't play, my sword is here, motherfucker," she muttered.