Ten thousand years ago, there was a dragon who renowned as the most evil dragon in the Arcenza continent. It lived in the Brigen Mountain which is considered as one of the forbidden hunting ground within the Arcenza continent. It stayed in the deepest region of Brigen Mountain, inside the Nirflaga Cave, near the Earth Core Flame source. The rumor says that it has an immunity to fire and bathe within the Earth Core Flame.

The color of its scales is pitch-black while his eyes are shining gold. With his really huge body, his eyes looks like a moon in the night sky which makes it called the Nightflame Dragon. His scales are so much harder than other known dragon and his flames can easily burn the demon king. That is also the reason why each generation of demon kings never invade the Brigen Mountain. They didn’t even dare to approach our Coundore Villages which located near the Brigen Mountain.

However all things changed when the mightiest hero in the history of Arcenza continent rose. He is the second son of the ancient noble human clan which has a great influence spread throughout the continent. His name is Xava Enviwrath and recognized as hero when he successfully got the holy sword [Lavent]. Using his holy sword he successfully slain the Nightflame Dragon and obtained the Earth Core Flame.

With the flame, his holy sword and his powerful companions which consist of Arch Mage, Arch Priest, Beast King, Ancient Elf, and Holy Knight, they managed to kill the demon king and the root of its power [Demonic Blood Heart]. They also successfully eliminated almost ninety percent the demon army. After that, the demon king successor which was still a small child decided to flee, because it was really hard for the demon race to counter attack. Since then, the residents of the Arcenza continent never see the people from the demon race again until now.

“Well, how is that? Another interesting story isn’t it? This old man has travelled around the world and listened to many stories?”

The old man said to the three children in front of him. He was sitting on a really old chair while holding his cane. The children was immersed in listening to the story which has become a habit since a few weeks ago.

“Yes. But grandpa, It will be more interesting if it is a romantic story.”

“I…I…agree with Vi.”

The old man only laughing “hohoho” and stroking his white beard while hearing the response of the two girl in front of him. One of the girl showing an act likes an adult even though you can only see her as a child while the other one showing a timid girl character.

“No, no, no. The Adventure story is better. So just tell more about adventure story.”

“Huh.., say the one who cried and ask for continuation of [The Forgotten Queen] story.”

“It..it..IT’S DIFFERENT!!!, that time there are some dusts in my eyes and the story was almost over so I wanted to know the ending.”

“Azh, don’t lie or we stop being friend.”

The girl said with piercing eyes to the roguish boy while the other girl was looking with teary eyes, confused about how to cool down the mood between her two friends.

“I…I… Ok I’m wrong so don’t cry, Tea.”

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“Well, how about we stop it for today? It’s almost sunset so you better go home quickly. Don’t make your parents worried about you.”

“Okay  x3!!!”

“Well before that, I almost forgot it. Make sure that you three always wear the necklaces I gave you since it is a valuable object.”

“Hey grandpa, about the necklace. Is it really a normal necklaces? It didn’t seems have any power but it can’t be burned nor can be smashed.”

The old man suddenly showed a shocked face and almost fell from his chair. Although he knows that the necklace will not be destroyed by ordinary means, but the fact that the little boy in front of him dared to do something like that while not knowing what is the necklace’s function made him regret a little that he gave him his precious necklace.

“Hey idiot, it’s an important necklace not some burnable trash.”

“Who..who..who is an idiot? I just try to find out the secret of the necklace, it may help us to awaken our soul element.”

The calm minded girl and the roguish boy argued while the other girl started to sob a little. The old man quickly tried to divide the two using his cane and made them stop their argument.

“Please stop it Azhur, Vinna. Teasha will really cry if you continue. Azhur, if you want to learn magic you do not need a soul element. It is an important power for magician however it isn’t necessary especially if you cannot control it.

Azhur only bow his head down a little. It seems that he couldn’t accept that reasoning since all the famous magicians have a strong soul element.

“If you all want to learn magic, I will gladly give you a lesson about it.”

Hearing that, the children became excited. They forgot the earlier arguments and started pestering the old man about when he will teach them. The old man decided to teach them starting tomorrow and told them just quickly go home for now.

“Well then grandpa, we will go home for now and comeback here early in the morning.”

Vinna decided it herself and said that they will study magic as quick as possible. The other children agreed and didn’t say anything while the old man can only say “hohoho”. As he promised, he taught them magic the next day and continued teaching the children until 6 years passed.

After that, he suddenly disappeared from them. The old man left only left them the necklaces, books of magic fundamentals, a lot of other books with other contents like fighting with weapon and non-weapon arts, short and long range magic arts, and also a letter.

Dear My Students,

Sorry that this old man cannot personally say goodbye to you. The reason that this old man left is because this old man has become bored on teaching you children and need some adult life, of course it is adventuring to other places. If you have grown up, you will understand me.

Because I will be gone for quite long time, please continue to self study using my books as reference. I hope when we meet again, all of you have become a splendid adult.

Sincerely, your beloved master

p.s.  Azh, please burn my ‘you-know-what’ magazines on my secret place.

When Vinna finished reading the letter, Azhur countenance became gloomy. The first thing he wanted to do is burn the magazines before both of his childhood friends see the contents. However Vinna somehow already knew where is the secret place of the old man and quickly got hold one of the magazines. Azhur saw the cover image of the magazine that was hold by Vinna and realized it would be bad news if he didn’t run from there.

After 6 years of training, Vinna movement speed and reaction increased crazily. It is because her talents is all about agility, in fact she can avoid the cooperation attacks by Azhur and Teasha in close combat. So in the moment Azhur reach the door, Vinna already in front of him closing his escape route. Azhur could only scream to the “no-where-to-be-found” old man while gave up on escaping.

“YOU DAWN PERVERT OLD MAN!!!”

The moment Azhur screamed, he felt something hurt on his face however he quickly lost consciousness. From the cover of magazine it can be seen a few girls with the same age as Vinna and Teasha wear an sexy clothes. If you see closely, you can find some of the girls who resemble Vinna and Teasha a little. They are not the same if you compare it accurately, but the fact that Azhur and the old man read this kind of magazines makes Vinna really angry.

In the end, Azhur only woke up the next day while still feeling hurt on his right cheek.