Oromius slowly begins to read the note, feeling the oppressive aura press down on him more and more as he continues; his eyes start to widen in surprise, and after which, he looks to the roof of the mansion, seeing the sky beyond his horizon.

  Looking down at the map, Oromius has a realization, as starting to drop the note onto his small wooden table. The world, from Oromius' perspective, seems to slow, during which, he appears in his master library, in the South Wing, and races through each book, desperate to find something, anything about what he is searching for.

  Inside one of his oldest books, hidden deep within its ancient majesty, is a single page, inside which is a folded up page of another, even older book, which tells of the great deeds of Dracul Mephilius, the strongest under heaven. Oromius, however, did not search through every book in his collection carefully enough to find the small page, and thus, in his impatience, missed his chance to find it.

  Returning to his room, Oromius sits in his chair, disappointed, letting go of his magic, Oromius loses his enhanced abilities, and he finally sees the note fall onto the table.

  Oromius releases his tension and excitement, finally beginning to relax. Unhindered by his emotions, Oromius recalls the events of the day...

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  Odd black bubbles rise up from the sea and explode into particles of water and darkness as a deep shadow follows. Suddenly, a terrifyingly huge figure, shrouded in black mist, ascends from the sea into the air.

  The mist dissipates with a wave from a woman in white, and a blast of wind. The woman in a pitch black gi smiles softly in satisfaction as the strange figure is revealed...

  Suspended in the air is an odd sort of chimera, with three heads, each of a different type of demonic fish, the long coiling body of a sea serpent, the wings of a hawk, and the tail of a wolf.

  The woman in white is determined and readies her spear for battle. She explodes forward in a blaze of golden light and energy, as she collides with the sea-chimera. Immediately after the clash, the serpentine monster moves its third head to the woman's head, which is shrouded in flame.

  The head spews out a disgustingly bright, green liquid; the woman's flame shield is dampened and as the liquid lands on her face, she screams out in pain and anguish. Her face melts away, leaving a disfigured mess in its wake.

  Panicking, she backs away from the monstrosity but is surrounded on three sides by its heads, which bite and clamp onto her skin, leaving only bone. The chimera's tail pierces into the woman's neck, finally putting the woman out of her misery.

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  The woman in black, licking her lips in pleasure at the sight of the ruined woman, uses the last of her energy to cast away the monster, who, if removed from her control while still with her, would, in all likelihood,  try to kill her.

Now exhausted, she, and the corpse of the woman in white, no longer held by the monster, fall to the ground...

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  Oromius begins to think to himself," The women fighting were likely in opposing sects, as they used different techniques and wore different uniforms. The women wore white and black, common colors used by sects, and they wore emblems on their chests, one a golden sun, the other a yellow and black moon. These two features are uncommon in sects when together, but not unheard of...However, only two sects are enemies, have techniques of that calibre, are in areas close to this, and have uniforms with emblems like those...The women must be from the 'Golden Burning Sun' Sect and the 'Black Crescent Moon' Sect respectively."

  Oromius returns to his library and researches the two sects. Again thinking to himself, Oromius decides on his course of action,"Both of the sects are decently powerful, though not enough to worry about them defeating me. However, if they notify the powerful sects of my presence, I...no, we, could be in serious trouble. We'll have to relocate...The only problem is that there are no other places that can provide a training environment as good as this. Hmm..."

  Puzzling it over for a couple hours, Oromius reaches a solution,"Yes...Yes, that could work..." Oromius clears the table, placing the note by Dracul Mephilius in his spatial ring with a light touch. Rolling maps out over the table, Oromius searches for a place that would fit his requirements, contemplating to himself the possible locations,"We need a place with green mountains, volcanoes, a forest, and a tropical beach, with plenty of resources..."

  "...Darendel is out of the question; it has many green mountains and forests, but no tropical zones near those. Astrial, the eastern continent, has icy plains and quite a few floating islands and reverse volcanoes, but reverse volcanoes are redundant, as we already have a location to embody ice; this mountain, which is one of the coldest places on this continent, Gastruo, the western continent."

  "The southern continent, Fendrel, is a perfect fit; it has the most temperate areas and is by far the largest continent out of this cluster. In the northwestern region, there is an area which has all four of the climate zones I need all in one area and is very isolated from the rest of this cluster of continents."

  Finally decided, Oromius stands up from his table and appears over his mansion. Oromius places his hand lightly on the huge building, and an azure-blue pentagram appears over it. Suddenly, both he and the building appear in Fendrel, on the beach of the northwestern region. Placing his residence on the sand, Oromius sets up a permanent magic circle on the spot where the mansion lies. Fortunately, the pentagram disappears when not in use. Teleporting back to the mountain in Gastruo.

There, Oromius places a similar magic circle, in the same spot the mansion was before. satisfied with himself, Oromius thinks,"...With these, we can move from Gastruo to Fendrel nearly instantaneously, leaving no traces behind; I can raise Astraoth in peace, and train him in any environment I like..." Smiling to himself, Oromius whispers,"Damn, I'm pretty good."