The 11th God

The Minisvery Mystery Arc IV

Okay, I’d believe Percisca when she said our target place is not really random, but how can we exactly know where we are going if she is the only one who knows where we areboundeen quiet all the time that we have been walking around the woods near the church here in the Southern region. 

“Are they suppose to be far from us?” Diether asks. 

“They can’t always be far from us. Their main target is me. They can’t lose their sight of me because that’ll just make their work harder.” Percisca explained. 

“Then can we know please where are we going at least?” Diether said. 

“I’m guessing she doesn’t know exactly where to go or she has another motive to why she’s not telling us where we are going exactly. Surely, we have the idea that we’re chasing these elves that are looking for her, but why exactly are we the one finding them? Can’t we just wait until they rush towards us?” 

We all looked at Galileo. He is flying in mid-air while walking along with us. 

“Look, do you trust me or not?” Percisca asks. 

“Honestly speaking, we trust Percisca more than you dragon. How can we know exactly that you’re not a threat to us and that we are safe with you around us? Just thinking about people knowing that we are travelling with a dragon is dangerous enough.” Diether says. 

“Are you still doubting if I’m dangerous? I have been with you for a day or two already, why are you still doubting that I’m dangerous? I could have killed all of you already right immediately after I hatched yet here I am flying with you. Plus, I have been giving you warnings about this quest, but instead you prefer doing it because ‘you can do it’.” Galileo replies. 

“Why are you even still alive in this era? I thought dragons are already extinct.” Elio asks. 

“I have no idea either and honestly, I would have never known why. I was just an egg before during the war between dragons and various species, what could I have possibly known while I’m being developed inside my egg?” Galileo replied. 

“What dragon are you exactly?” I ask immediately right after he finished explaining. 

“I’m Galileo and just like what I explained earlier, I am the dragon of wisdom. Not only do I possess knowledge but I’m also gifted with manipulating various affinities as long as I am capable of learning them.” Galileo explains. 

“If you’re the dragon of wisdom how come you have not the slightest idea about the history, and much more to why you currently exists.” Diether asked. 

“You have been asking me the same thing again and again. If you don’t want me to exists I wish I could help but here I am, existing.” Galileo said with quite a frowning face. 

“That’s not our point. It’s just that we are really shocked about what we are seeing right now.” I explain. 

“Look, we don’t mean for you to think that we don’t want you. Everything here is pure shock. Now where are we going again Percisca?” Elio said. 

“Shush.” Percisca said. 

Her eyes glowed red again and she stays still really hard, focusing on something in front of her – or possibly something around us. 

“Somebody’s near.” she told us. 

We all focused and paced ourselves to wait for some sign that Percisca will give but after a few seconds, she breathed in. 

“What happened?” Diether asks. 

“The presence vanished. It looks like the presence appeared for just a mere second either they are out of our range or that someone is concealing their presence. One of the artifacts are capable of doing that; it functions exactly just how Aljinn’s affinity functions.” Percisca explains. 

“It makes illusions too?” Elio asked 

“I think so. I’m not familiar much with the capabilities of each artifact, but here are some of the facts that I know. There are a total of ten artifacts created by our Goddess. That last artifact is the strongest of all artifacts. Each artifact is arranged from the weakest to the strongest based on its number. There are ten artifacts all in all: the first one is Bubblio, an artifact capable of creating water from the artifact or the target area and that’s all that it can do. The second one is Baga which is capable of creating fire from the artifact itself or the target location. The third one is Ihip, an artifact capable of creating wind currents around the possessor of the artifact. The fourth one is Lupa, an artifact capable of manipulating solid objects and molding them into various forms according to the possessor of the artifact’s will. The fifth one is Habagat, an artifact capable of creating storms around the caster according to their will. The sixth one is Gawa, the artifact capable of creating anything solid based on his own imagination. The seventh artifact is Lagpas, the artifact capable of making the caster phase through matter at will, from the solid up to the highest state of matter. The eighth one is Linlang, the artifact capable of creating illusions that are nothing but made of light. The ninth one is Eurekria, the artifact – I bet you already know – that is the most annoying of all, the artifact capable of transporting someone from places even dimensions if the caster is capable of doing it. Lastly, the tenth artifact, strongest of all: Lakas, the artifact capable of giving the caster capabilities that even the strongest elf can’t do.” Percisca explained. 

“A power that can surpass even the strongest elf can’t do? What kind of power is that?” Elio asked. 

“It’s something even I can’t understand. The fact that the artifact represents my the power I possess is what makes me exiled. Those artifacts existed before me, sure but I’d never do such thing as stealing something precious.” Percisca explained. 

“That’s a very long explanation.” Galileo said. 

Percisca glance at Galileo, then immediately look back into thin air, cautious as she feel something uneasy. 

Immediately after she glared into the air, a magic circle appeared in all of our floors. We were stuck and immobilized by the magic circle and we were teleported apart from each other after a few seconds. 

I have no detailed idea of what had happened, but I find myself alone somewhere inside a familiar room. A white room. 

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Okay, I never thought I’d be following them towards here to where they are right now, but why do I have to be affected in these things? 

I followed them all the way from the southern region towards here in the western region only to get caught up in these uncertainties that happens to them. It’s my fault anyways, I decided to follow them. I need to stick with them, so we can end “this thing” as quick as possible. I want to end this, and as much as I can, I myself won’t be enough to finish this dispute. 

I saw all of them standing in the middle of the forest, being cautious over something. Is it possible that they have already sensed me? They all looked over a certain point which I’m not im. I’m hiding behind a tree in their back, some studs away from them so that they won’t catch me. Then suddenly, after a few seconds of standing, light in the shape of a magic circle appeared below my foot. I imemdiately looked at them and saw the same thing happened to them too. 

After a few seconds of being immobilized by the magic circle, I was transfered inside a ruin. A forgotten structure perhaps, something familiar that exists inside Ylgaea.