"Did you hear that, Theo?"

"Yes, it's like someone is being followed, I think."

"Yes, I agree."

"The smell of blood... someone is injured."

"Theo, you hide here. I will go and check what's happening. No matter what, don't come out of your camouflage."

Saying that, the boy started climbing a large tree with super speed, like it was nothing, and he started jumping around from branch to branch. Finally, he disappeared completely.

Theo Haynes was a 17-year-old boy with red hair. He was not that powerful and didn't have an aptitude for magic, so he wasn't that helpful in this situation. Unlike him, his brother was way more capable.

On the other hand, just one year older than Theo, Eddy is just the opposite of Theo. They both have the same red hair, but Eddy has longer hair than Theo. As for magical abilities, Eddy can only wield fire and wind magic, but he also has a special rare magic called Gate magic.

Theo stared, hiding inside a bush and watching Eddy as he traversed through the forest. That hopeless feeling hit him once again. Despite being brothers, Eddy is way out of his league in terms of magical and physical abilities. He knows if he insists on going with his brother, he will be a burden to Eddy.

Jumping from tree to tree, Theo's brother finally arrived at the spot and then jumped in front of the blue-haired girl. Suddenly, the girl's legs gave out, and she collapsed to the ground.

He had too many questions in his mind, but he asked only three of them: "Who are you? And why do they want to kill you? Are you a criminal?"

Hearing this, the girl said in a very low voice, "NO," and then she lost consciousness. He then noticed he was already surrounded by soldiers from every direction.

"Boy, if you love your life, then stay away from that girl, and we will make an exception and spare you without killing you," came a shout from a woman. The woman had a very creepy smile on her face.

He did not move an inch.

"Ha... what's that? So you don't want to live anymore, I see... then die," she said once again, with the same creepy smile.

At the same time as he heard her speak, a blade sprung out from under the boy's feet. If he had been a second late, the blade would have hit him, but he managed to dodge it this time.

"Oh... what's that? You actually can dodge my attacks? Then you must be pretty strong. Let's see," she said, and one more blade sprung out from under the boy's feet, but this time a lot faster. This time, he didn't dodge it but used his magic and created a portal of some kind. When the blade touched the magic circle, it disappeared into thin air.

"Impossible! A rare magic user? Interesting. I thought you were just a normal dude who just wanted to show off in front of a girl, but it seems I was wrong."

As she spoke, he noticed a magic circle starting to form under the girl and himself. Then, out of the blue, they both disappeared into thin air.

"What? They are gone? Impossible! Where did they go?" Everyone started to panic, but the woman's face didn't change a bit.

"Run as much as you like but there is no escape from me"

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In this world, there were only seven types of magical aptitudes. Fire, Wind, Water, and Earth were the most common, and Light and Dark Magic were kind of rare. Only a small number of people could use them. But there was also another 2 type of magic One Of which is called Rare Magic, As the name suggests it's so rare That there is only a hand full spells know to mankind. As for the another type no one ever known what it's called or what it do because in the past 1000 years there isn't even I single magic user who have the aptitude for this type of magic.

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In this world, when a person is born, there is a chance they won't have any magical aptitude or will have only one or two aptitudes. Having three, four, or five was very rare. In the history of the world, there hasn't been a single person who could use all six.

Rare Magic is different from basic magic. As far as mankind knows, there are only a handfull of Rare Magic spells, and one of them is teleportation magic, simply called the GATE spell.

For the basic six magic types, anyone can test their magic aptitude by simply calling for the element. If the element reacts, then that person has that attribute. For example, if someone wants to check their fire attribute, they just simply have to say "Fireball." If a fire spark generates in their hand, then the person has a fire attribute. The same goes for the rest of them. But Rare Magic only activates when the person is truly in need of that power, like in a life-or-death situation. After that, they can use the spell anytime, anywhere.

To use any kind of spell, a person needs something called mana. Mana is the basis of using magic. If someone has very little mana, despite having magic attributes, they can't use any spells at all. Mana differs from person to person and is also affected by training. The more you train, the more effective your usage of it becomes. But Rare Magic doesn't use mana. To this day, no one can figure out what it uses as fuel.

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Kathleen stirred, her eyelids fluttering open. Her head throbbed, and a strange unease lingered, like she had seen something she wasn't meant to. Try as she might, the details of her dream slipped away—shadows of a corridor, a figure she couldn't place. She frowned, shaking the thought away as her surroundings came into focus

"What happened? Where am I? Am I dead?"

Kathleen slowly started to regain her senses.

"It hurts a lot," she thought. Because of the attacks, Kathleen's whole body was hurting like crazy. Then she finally noticed the man sitting next to the fireplace.

"...."

"Who are you, and what happened to the woman and the soldiers?" Kathleen asked in a very low voice.

The boy slowly turned to Kathleen but did not answer.

Once again, Kathleen asked him, "Who are you, and what happened to the woman and the soldiers?"

Finally, the boy answered, "I am Eddy Haynes And this is my brother Theo. And what about you? What's your name?"

"My name is Kathleen Ailis. You didn't answer my question. What happened to the woman and the soldiers?"

Eddy started to explain to Kathleen about the woman, how she attacked him, and how he managed to escape using his Rare Magic, GATE.

Kathleen's eyes widened. 'Rare Magic?' She'd heard of it—a type of magic so rare that only a few spells were known to exist. Could this Guy truly wield the legendary Gate spell?"

"You were out cold for a while. Did you see something? You kept mumbling in your sleep." Theo asked?

"I don't remember… but it felt Like Something very important."

"...."

Kathleen's breath caught. "We're not alone," she whispered, her voice trembling as she scanned the shadows.

Eddy's face hardened. "No kidding. They've already found us"

*To Be Continued.*

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