After a few moments, the flames finally went off, revealing a dark black orb in place of the ashes of the chimera.

The inside of the orb had a chaotic form of energy that was continuously swirling inside it.

Dante looked at his right towards Lucius, and deactivated his technique.

Lucius also did the same.

Dante and Lucius gazed at each other and smiled a little.

Lucius chuckled a little, before saying,

"Looks like our techniques are no longer a secret, right? "

"It seems so. Well, the job is done. "

Pah

Dante also chuckled a bit as they high five together.

After the high five, they both went ahead and picked up the orb. Lucius gazed carefully at the orb and flicked it with his hand.

".. Hmm. This orb is very hard. Do you have any idea what it could be, Dante? "

Lucius nodded a little as he gazed at Dante.

Dante on other hand shook his head in disapproval.

"I have no idea. It might be left by the headmaster or others as a reward for defeating a chimera."

Lucius lightly scratched his right cheek, before nodding in approval.

"I will keep it in my ring. We can split it up when we leave this space. "

Dante then stuffed the orb in his spirit ring and Lucius nodded at his decision.

"We should recover our Vitralis Essence as using the technique consumes a lot of Vitralis Essence. "

Lucius then went in a corner and started meditating to recover his Vitralis Essence.

Dante also did the same and started meditating.

.....

After some time, Dante slowly opened his eyes his eyes to find Lucius stretching his body.

Upon seeing Dante, he asked in confusion,

"You are finally awake. You took around 5 minutes more than me. Why did you meditate for this much time? "

Dante simply stood up and wiped the dust of his clothes.

"I was just refreshing my mind. Nothing more."

This infact was a lie. The reason he meditated for 5 minutes longer than Lucius was simply because he had more Vitralis Essence than Lucius due to that dream, he had in the Ruins of Zastrax.

He continued,

"Anyway, do you have any idea on who could have injured the chimera before our fight? ...That person might have opened his second Node. It couldn't have been a group because with their powers, they could have easily killed the chimera and also, we hadn't heard of any sounds of fighting while we were travelling... "

Lucius upon hearing Dante, became silent as he began to think deeply.

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"... I have no idea who that person might be. He might become hostile upon seeing that we have stole his 'prey'...We have to be careful here. "

Dante nodded at Lucius and suddenly, looked towards the entrance of the cave.

Baam

At the entrance of the cave, suddenly a small explosion occurred. Debris flew everywhere and Dust moved everywhere.

Lucius and Dante were unaffected by the explosion as they were in the deeper part of the cave.

Both of them slowly walked towards the entrance that had previously been blown apart.

A silhouette appeared at the entrance. Slowly and slowly, the dust disappeared from the sight and his appearance because clear.

Long dark blue hair that reached his neck, fluttering with the wind. His face was stiff as a rock, with pure black pupils below his dense eyebrows, small but a little pointy noise and very smooth cheeks that each had a small scar.

He stood still with a dark red blade in his right hand, wearing a robe that was a mixture of blue and white colour. He gazed deeply at Dante and Lucius with his abyss like eyes.

"Where is the chimera? "

He let out a soft voice that contained a hint of annoyance and pride.

"Dead. It was in the cave and we killed it. "

Dante walked forward and replied in a neutral tone.

"Tch."

He clicked his tongue in annoyance before shouting,

"Then give me the orb of the Chimera. If you did that, then I would leave you both alone. "

Dante raised his eyes at the words that were coming from the mouths of this man.

Lucius, who was behind Dante, slowly walked forward.

"And who might you be to order us? "

The man with the sword looked at Lucius with Disdain and scoffed at him.

"I am Cedric Thorne from the Throne Family!A noble! "

Both Dante and Lucius, stopped and looked at each other before nodding slightly.

Dante took out the orb from his spirit ring and throwed it at Cedric.

Cedric Nodded in satisfaction as he inspected the orb.

"Good decision. It wouldn't have been good if you were to refuse. "

Cedric remarked with a smirk as he left the area.

After Cedric left the area, Lucius sighed in disappointment and looked at Dante with a hint of surprise.

"it's a pity that we were not able to get that orb but atleast, we didn't make enemy of a noble... I was worried that you might refuse and start a fight, but you actually understood the circumstances! "

Dante looked at Lucius for a split second, before gazing outside.

"Don't worry, I am not a retard that will make enemies out of everyone. I know how to react at different situations. "

"ROAAAAAARRRRR"

Suddenly, a bone chilling roar could be heard in the Forest.

Dante and Lucius suddenly got up from their position and nodded at each other, before heading towards the source of the roar.

After few moments, they arrived at the position and observed it from far away.

They saw that a girl was being attacked by a chimera which seemed to be a mixture of a Boat and Eagle.

The chimera looked very strong and was fighting the unfortunate girl. The girl was getting overpowered by the chimera slowly and more injuries slowly started to appear on her already injured body.

Dante looked at this sight and sighed.

"... We can't do anything to protect that girl. If we were to intervene, there's a chance that our fight might attract other chimeras. On top of it, that chimera looks as if it is playing with her. We have a slim to none chance of saving her. "

Lucius on the hand also sighed at Dante's words.

"You are right. If we were to fight, there is no guarantee that we will be able to save her. Not to mention, There's a chance of us dying... We can't do anything for that pitful girl. "

Lucius and Dante then moved away from the area. On their way back, Lucius plucked fruit that were hanging on the trees and went to drink some water from a small, fresh pond.

After some time, he joined Dante again and arrived at the cave again.

"We should cover up the entrance. It's getting darker and darkes. We will make this cave our home. "

Lucius nodded at Dante's suggestions and they began blocking the cave.

After some time, they finally managed to completely block the entrance of the cave.

They left some spaces at the corner so the moonlight could illuminate the rather dark cave.

They then rested at the corners of the wall.

1st day is almost over now. Tomorrow's day 2. Just a single day after that and then i would be able to enter the academy.

Lucius doesn't seem to be a bad person. He is a careful, cheerful and rational. It doesn't look like he has any bad intentions.. . But It would be best to observe him for some time before coming to a conclusion.

That Cedric thorne was a noble... It was good that I avoided offending him. Otherwise, he might have cause me a lot of problems in the future...

Everything else is going fine but what is this looming sense of danger in my heart?.. I don't have any idea.

It might be related to the divination that I had. A near death experience....

Dante shook his head and his eyes shined with determination.

No matter what it might be, I wouldn't give up till the end. I would struggle and come out alive from the danger.

I would live and would become strong enough to fulfill my goal of reuniting with everyone...

And with that last thought, Dante drifted into sleep.