With a shake of his hand Auber reformed the white pillar of light to turn it into a spear.It was looking like a ordinary spear with a wooden shaft and a iron head.But when one looked at it directly,it would give them shivers.Auber's gaze was ice cold.His deep red eyes were slowly turning white while his hair was getting slightly whiter.He took a step,and vanished from the sights.

Sarth was in a frenzy right now.Their intel clearly told that There was only two 2nd rank and one of them was injured so badly that he dropped to 3rd rank.But clearly this guy was not injured.He started to spin his halberd and using his mana,created strong winds to increase it's speed.The moment he completed it a spear appeared right in front of him and stabbed towards his Wind Protection.With a boom the whole winds were dissipated and Sarth was sent flying.

Auber didn't stop and followed after him.Sarth used his halberd to pierce the ground and stopped himself.But Auber swinged his spear upwards and sliced the helmet of Sarth.Shockwaves were destroying the ground they were stepping on when Auber swinged his spear sidewards and struck Sarth's waist.But this time Sarth managed to parry it with his halberd.Auber spinned like a whirlwind and sweeped again.

In a split second Sarth gathered a tornado at his palm and compressed it to a little star then sent it towards the incoming attack of Auber.The spear cut through the little star but the compressed energy in it exploded outwards and sent both Sarth and Auber flying.Sarth hit his back to the mountain Star Mage conjured and broke some of his bones while Auber was sweeping the floor with his head.

They stood up at the same time and turned their gaze towards the other.Auber put his spear in front if him hortizonally while muttering an incantation.Sarth lifted both of his short hands and using his mana as a guide,gathered the whole wind in this area.

Black flames with a terrifying aura started to appear at the back of Auber and slowly extended towards his spear.They covered the whole spear while the remaining flames turned into wings at his back.These flames could melt every Metal within matter of seconds..Sarth's hands were glowing brightly with green color while tens of whirlwinds were growing out of his hands.Each one of them was enough to destroy a small village.

Auber took a step and started to fly towards Saroth with his flaming wings.Sarth gathered all whirlwinds at his hand and compressed it to turn it into 2 ball.He directly sent one of them flying towards Auber and continued to strenghten the other one.Auber increased his speed and with a sweep of his spear cut through everything in front of him.The flames burnt all the earth while the wind ball was corroding the whole place at a visible speed.

Flaming spear struck the Compressed ball and sent it flying towards the side.The ball hit the plains and with a huge explosion,winds created countless little shockwaves.Auber continued unperturbed his way while Sarth was not even an ounce buffled.Auber was closing towards him more and more Sarth was done with his enchancing.

The ball of wind was now looking like a little card at the size of a palm.'This shall do the work'Sarth sent the card towards the incoming Auber.As their distance was much closer,Card directly came in front of Auber.With the speed of Card,It was not possible to parry it,so he dived towards the ground while flames enveloped his whole body to protect him.But to his suprise Card was following him like an agile snake.No matter how many times Auber evaded it,card would still come for him.

After a good deal of time Sarth threw another card towards Auber which increased the pressure on him.2 cards were flying in the skies,trailing right after Auber,While he was trying to get close to Sarth to finish him.Whenever he came near to Sarth Cards would came in strange angles and nearly slice him.

With another gathering Sarth sent the 3rd card towards air.Auber was becoming more and more impatient by the time.He knew if this kept going on the pressure would increase manyfolds.So he decided to risk it.''HAH!''With a shout,Flames enveloping him increased in both size and heat.His speed increased a little but it was still not enought to get past that cards.

Auber gripped his spear with one hand while with the other creating a 3 layered screen of fire to protect him.After evading another card,He dived with full speed towards Sarth.Sarth Took his halberd while controlling cards to attack Auber.With a flap of his wings,His speed suddenly increased much more and get past Cards instantly.Sarth was flaggerbasted at the sudden increase of speed.

With a thought all cards dived together towards the back of Auber wihle the target himself was getting closer to Sarth.Sarth tried to use his halberd to block the incoming attack but with no resistance,Spear of Auber pierced through the chest of Sarth while Black flames were burning the insides of him.Sarth suddenly threw himself at Auber and gripped him tightly.

''I shall take you down with me!''Said Sarth with a frenzied roar and lifted Auber towards the air.His hands were slowly becoming like charcoal while his body was losing strenght at a tremendous speed.Just a instance was enough for cards to reach them.Auber was anxious and tried to escape from the dwarf's hands.Just before cards could reach him a lightning pierced through the cloudless night sky and blasted all the cards away.

With another bolt of lightning,Sarth was sent flying with his chest scorched.Auber fell down to his knees and watched the figure at the sky.A cloak of thunder was at his back while he was wearing a elegant looking purple armor.His helmet was looking like a horned demon.And withing his hands was a longsword.

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Figure turned into an bolt of lightning and struck towards the Sarth.The blast scorched the whole plains and created a huge crater while Sarth was turned into a charcoal itself.Figure sent another blast and destroyed the whole remnants of him.Figure turned back and bolted towards the Auber's side.

Auber turned his head to look at the figure and figure looked at him back.

''So are you coming to drink a tea with me ?''

Auber bitterly smiled towards man and stood up.Gazing towards the place Media fallen,his eyes turned moist but in a split second turned back to normal.''We shall go then''

...

We don't have that much way left.

We are near the capital of continent 'Realm Gate'.It has been 2 weeks since the events.We only felt Aunt Media's connection getting lost,so father should be fine.Stella looks like recovered herself from the death of her mother.But there must be a deep wound at her heart.I hope it won't affect her too much.

Deroc is not as active as he was in the house.he just follows us without saying anything.He doesn't looks down but you can feel that he is not in perfect shape.He might not be the one with the biggest loss here but i'm sure he feels pained.I don't know what to feel too.Even though ı'm sad,it's not at the same level as the two of them.And ı don't know what my brother feels too.

Arihan spoke to me only two times since then.One of them was for imparting some ordinary spells.The other one was for some tips about my body and natural affinity.The natural affinity comes from the birth but can't be detected until one hits the 7th level.Arihan said my affinity was with water but i find it hard to believe.All descendants of Dryflame's have always been born with flame affinity.

He didn't said the reason but it's appearent i got this from my mother.It's also becasue of her i don't have red eyes like the others but blue eyes.I honestly don't know much about my mother,neither my brother.From what he said he only saw her once and that was the time i was born.After that,she just disappeared like she was gone from this world.

''Hey,Grim''Said a voice.I turned around and saw it was Deroc.I'm suprised now.He didn't talked since then so why now?''What's it Deroc?'' i ask him with a soft tone.He is struggling a little but still spills the words.''We-we uhh ı mean ugh!.Fuck it.We just need to stand together from now on right?No one would dare to bully Stella with me around but Big brother Aeneas might not always be with us.So you should just listen to what i say from now on''He says with a rushed voice and a little bit of arrogance.

Well.That was unexpected.But he looks like he has gotten over it?I don't know it yet but if there is something i'm sure about is.then that is i must help him to recover fast as much as i can.''Then,i will be relying on you''I say towards him with a smile.He just turns his head around and says''Don't rely on me too much.I can't always help you can i?''He says like he is angered but it's not real.

''Enough with chit chat.We have already arrived guys.''Said my brother and opened the curtains of the carriage.Stella stood up from her place and looked out of the window while smiling.''whaaaaaaaaaaaa,What is that thing?''She asks while pointing with her hand.''It's the real Realm Gate.''My brother says

''Why do they call it Realm gate?It sound's like a cool thing''Says Stella with sparkling eyes.Deroc also gives his attention to the conversation from the side.I'm also curious about it.It really has a cool name.''Don't be so excited about it.It was a gate used to go near old Absolute Region.Looks like our ancestors took the war to the feet of the gods.It's not useable now because of the seal put in the Absolute Region.And even if they could work it,it's not needed.There is already many much portals towards the other cities around the continent so it wouldn't make a big change.''

''Well there is much much more things than Realm Gate at here but the first place we will visit is the place you will live.''

''The place we will live?'' Asked three of us at the same time.Why would brother say like that?Is he not staying with us?What will we do?

Aeneas looked at them like knowing their questions and said''Calm down,I'm also staying at the Capital.''Everyone heaved a sigh of relief.Then Deroc Asked:''Then why are you implying us like that Big Cousin?''Me and Stella were also curious about it.

''Father and Aunt long ago made some plans to send you guys in here,but things progressed way much faster than we expected it.So we are in here much early.You are going to stay in a Academy to learn Spells and ways to utilize them.''

''Also do you know the name of the academy?''He asked towards us.Even though we were not baffled,it was still a suprise for us.To think they have planned this a long ago.I wonder if brother took care of the approvement or things like that when he was travelling.''Obviously no Big cousin,Why are you making us wait?''Said Stella while pouting.

Aeneas patted her head and Said towards us''It's name is Dolores's Hut''What?What kind of academy gives a name like that.But the name sounds a little bit familiar.Just as we were thinking Deroc Asked a thing''Big cousin,Is the Dolores of academy is same with the Dolores of Elven kingdom?''Yes,that was the name!She was the-

''Yes,She was the wife of our long passed Ancestor,Clark Dryflame.After his death she left the council and built a hut near Realm Gate to live for the rest of her life.But one of the days she taught a little boy some magic and found out that he had a great talent.With her constant efforts,The boy have became a great magician and was one of the strongest persons at his era.After Dolores died,Her disciple took her hut and started to teach the local children magic at that hut.After some generations With the hut at the center,An academy was formed.To not forget the where they came from and also honor that great person they named it 'Dolores's Hut'.''

''Wow.Such a nice story.I hope i can do something like that as well''Said stella with amazement written over her face.''Well if you work hard at there,then why not?''Said My brother.After 10 minutes Carriage stopped and we got out.In front of us was a little bit ruined wooden house.There was 2 kids acting like magicians,holding some sticks and saying some random things and swinging them.

''I think,even though 2000 years have passed,It shouldn't be this desolate,right?''I said.Dissatisfaction was written all over our faces while My Brother looked at us like we were idiots and said''Where are you looking?Turn your back!''We were confused but the moment we turned our back,A huge door got in our sights.It was 5 meters and there was a engraving of a woman's face on it.

Other than the gigantic doors there were very long walls surrounding the school.And there was some people traveling around the walls from time to time dressed in white,green suits with some swords and bows at their back.We were looking at the sight in front of us dumbly until my brother called us.