Next day, all of us sorcerers who had been chosen to fight in the battle against the invading beasts had gathered along with Ancient One.

Among the Masters, it seemed that Master Wong and Master Mordo would be joining the battle.

“Ancient One, would we depart for Ta Lo now?” A young sorcerer who seems to be only in his early 20s asked eagerly after everyone had gathered.

“Be patient, young man. There will be more sorcerers who will be joining us.” Ancient One said surprising many of us.

As if on cue, several portals appeared in front of our eyes.

From the portals, several sorcerers appeared. Each one of them received to be rather young. They appeared to be from various Ethnic communities.

Some looked to be European, others had dark skin and there was even one girl whose seemed to be Korean.

“We greet Ancient One.” All the sorcerers bowed and greeted Ancient One.

“They are sorcerers from different branches of Kamar Taj. Although the main headquarters of Kamar Taj is here in the Himalayas, it also has several branches all over the world.” Ancient One explained to us about the different branches of Kamar Taj.

“Now that everyone is here, we shall now depart.” Ancient One declared and created a portal to Ta Lo.

When we entered the portal, I realised that all of us were directly at the entrance of the village in Ta Lo.

There was already a group of villagers waiting for of all of us. All of them were dressed in the unique dragon scaled armour I had seen while I was training in Ta Lo. Most of them had weapons such as halberds and bows in their hands but there were also some with bare hands.

I could already see many familiar faces among them. An uncle who worked in the fields, an auntie who did housework, all of them were now here dressed in ferocious armour with weapons in their hands. It honestly felt surreal to me.

“Peter, I knew that you would be here.” Master Ying Nan came out of the crowd to meet me. Like everyone else, she was also wearing a beautiful dragon scale armour in which she looked absolutely stunning despite her age.

“Master!” I clasped my hands and greeted her.

“Given the extent of your powers, it is no surprise that you are participating in the battle.” Master Ying Nan said while sighing. It looked like she was worried for me.

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“Don’t be overconfident. Always remember what I have taught you.” Master Ying Nan warned me to always be cautious.

“Everyone!” I was about to continue the conversation with Master Ying Nan when Ancient One called all of us.

“Now that everyone who will participate in the battle is here, let me distribute these artefacts to you.” Ancient One suddenly produced a large box out of nowhere. Given her status, it was no surprise that she had a spatial equipment.

Ancient One opened the box to reveal that it contained several bracelets adorned with glowing green gems.

“As everyone knows, the dimensional invaders this time are the soul sucking beasts under the Dweller in Darkness.” Ancient One started explaining.

“To protect ourselves from the soul sucking ability of these beasts, everyone must wear these soul protection bracelets.” So, this bracelets were to protect ourselves from the most annoying ability of those bastard beasts.

“However, the ability of these soul protection bracelets is not all powerful. It can only protect you from their powers for a limited time. So, try not to be too dependent on them.” Ancient One warned.

Then, she floated the bracelets and distributed one to each of us.

“Now, let’s hurry to the lake. The Dweller in Darkness’s behaviour changes whenever this invasion occurs.” Ancient One said and all of us followed her to the lake.

Upon Ancient One’s order, Master Wong and Master Mordo started casting observation spells to see if there were any changes in the seal, while the rest of us started making the final preparations.

Soon, a deafening roar erupted from the sealed door where the Dweller in Darkness was held. Moreover, several vibrations could also be felt from the door despite it being far away from us.

“Any changes in the seal.” Ancient One asked hurriedly.

“There are no changes, Ancient One. The seal is as secure as before.” Master Wong reported.

“Good. It seems that the battle is finally upon us.” Upon hearing her words, all of us got ready for the inevitable battle.

“I will now create the portal to the mirror dimension.” Ancient One started created the portal which will lead us to the battlefield.

“Unfortunately, I would not be able to join all of you on the battlefield. I must observe the other dimensions from Kamar Taj in order to see if there are will be another attack from the other dimensions as they could see this invasion as a sign of weakness for us.” Ancient One declared that she wouldn’t be joining the battle due to her duties.

“In my absence, Master Wong will take charge.” Saying this, Ancient One created a portal to Kamar Taj and disappeared.

“All of us will now enter the mirror dimension. Everyone be alert.” Master Wong ordered.

“This is….” Upon entering the mirror dimension, I was shocked as the scene before my eyes did not reflect Ta Lo in any sense.

“Surprised,” Master Wong asked me after seeing my reaction.

“Yeah!” I replied. In front of me was urban city full of skyscrapers. From the looks of it, it looked like an Asian City due to the writing on the posters and the architecture.

“We have found in the recent years with the onset of modern civilization that combat in mirror dimension is more effective in urban areas. That is why we recently remodelled this artificial mirror dimension. It is modelled after Hong Kong.” Master Wong explained.

“Get ready, our guests are here.”

Just as Master Wong said, several dark ripples started appearing in the mirror dimension and the invading beasts started pouring out of it.

I along with all the other sorcerers, got ready for the battle.