Chapter 114
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"So Helena and Grace where did you learn to fight? . . . " Scarlet asked them as we all sat together on the floor as a group .
"Ahhh you know . . . basic self-defence and stuff . . . and going out on hunts . " They both replied .
"What's the geography like here? . . " I asked wondering world is like .
"Well we are in a Northern landmass called Amias . . . . . In the centre are the human Territories . . . . that consists of many races . . . . to the north we have the Dwarf and Giant Territories and the vast Shiver Mountains and the frozen Sea . We have one larger neighbouring militaristic continent ruled by the Clergy of the Sun . To the Far East is the extremely large eastern continent and islands a landmass rife with warring kingdoms and warlords . To our west is the dark isles it's a large chain of islands covered in a perpetual thick mist extremely treacherous to travel through it's almost entirely unexplored . . . . " Ashley explained .
"The Elven land we're from is in the south!" Helen added .
"Yes to the south is the Elven Continent of Isnelen . . . . travel there is impossible . . . . Krakens and various sea creatures and weird weather makes traveling there by boat and air impossible . " Ashley explained .
"Yeah . . . the whole continent is protected with weather globs and magical Pearls . . . . . Only Elven ships can travel freely through the defences unharmed . . . . " Grace explained .
"So how did you guys get here? . . " I asked .
"We come from the smaller Elven cities on this continent . " Helen explained .
"Yes . . . . . House Sunwalker and Starseeker are two nearby kingdom to our south closer to the coast, the houses themselves control a small piece of land pretty self-sufficient .
"Wait so you two are princess? . . " Ashley gasped .
"No . . . . . technically we are far from the line of the throne . . . . . " They answered .
"Hmmm . . . . interesting . . . . . And for Elves both women and men are treated equally right? . . " Ashley asked .
"Yes . . . . the next in line for House Starseeker my cousin Phelorna Starseeker even though she has a younger brother . " Helen explained .
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"Ohhh I see that's cool . " Ashley replied .
"How about the four School? . . " I asked .
"Well . . . . so in the human territories in the centre is the Grand city of Xoria, huge city . . . the city itself is the size of a kingdom . The four great schools are located North, East, South and West of Xoria . Arcadia is situated to the south so we deal with any and all conflicts south of Xoria . . . . Aspa is to the North, Eshia is to the East and Zessiah to the west . " Ashley carried on explaining .
"You've been around alot Ashley? . . " Helen asked .
"Yeah we've travelled many places . " Scarlet answered .
"Yes . . . . . We generally tend to stay away from the warring eastern kingdoms, we don't wants to pick sides and politics is messy . Most of our jobs are in Amias but we have completed some in the Isnelen . . . . " Ashley answered .
"How did you get there if it's so well defended?? . . . " I asked .
"We was taken there by an Arch Druid . . . . . Even Paul can't open portals or teleport there . . . . . Anyone who tries end up in a ransom location from where they came . " Ashley answered .
"Yes only Elves can travel freely and safely to and from there . " Grace added .
"Is it true that there's a portal to the Feylands there? . . . " Jay asked completely fascinated .
"Yes there is a Gateway there that leads to Ifellume because it is located in the same spot in the Feylands . " Grace answered .
"Same spot? . . . " I questioned .
"Yes . . . . the Feylands are near identical to here . . . the continents are the same but also different . . . . so in Isnelen the main city is Iyfeserin . In the feylands where Iyfeserin should be is Ifellume . " Grace answered .
"Ohhh I see . . . . is there something instead of Atlantis there then? . . " I asked .
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"Ohhh there's defiantly mirror copy of landscapes and continents . . . . but cities could have copies but Atlantis probably doesn't . " Helen answered .
"So are all the school protecting Xoria? . . " I asked noticing that we seem to be situated around it .
"Yes . . . . generally once graduated all the top students will be incorporated into Xoria Society . . . . . All the strongest students will become the Kings Personal Guard . . . exceptional students will be incorporated into the Xoria Army . " Ashley explained .
"I wonder what it looks like . . . " I asked in wonder .
"In a few years is the Grand Magical games . . . . it occurs once every four years . . . . that's when Xoria will be open to the public and school . " Ashley answered .
"Yes . . . . only Royal families or Families with high standing are allowed to set foot in Xoria . " Helen added .
"God . . . . that sounds like a horrible place . . . . " I instinctively replied imagining it's full of spoilt rich kids .
"Yes . . . . filled with privileged families believing that because of their family name they are 'above' us commoners . " Ashley explained .
"Yup . . . . pray that you don't catch the attention of one . . . it's bound to spell trouble . " Scarlet warned .
"Yes even Paul watches what he says and do when it comes into contact with a Noble of Xoria . " Ashley added .
"Yes even though it's a kingdom of stunning beauty it's also filled with ugliness and corruption . " Helen added .
"You've been there? . . " I asked .
"Of course . . . Helen and Grace are one of the great Elven houses . " Jay smiled .
"Yeah . . . we don't normally go there . . . . we only went to see the grand magical games . " Grace replied .
"Ohhh which one was the one did you watch last? . . " Scarlet asked .
"The most recent one two years ago . " Helen smiled .
"Yes and you was so amazing!!! Too bad you couldn't carry the whole school . " Helen replied .
"Ahh it's alright . . . . . Doing my best is all that counts!" Scarlet smiled .
"Jay have you ever been to one? . . " Ashley asked Jay .
"No . . . . my family wasn't rich enough to buy tickets . . . . . I was only able to read it in the papers . " Jay replied .
"Ohhh . . . that's a shame . . . . . Well I'll be sure to get you a seat on the next one . " Ashley smiled .
"Thanks! That would be awesome!" Jay smiled .
"How about you Daisy? . . " Scarlet asked .
"Yeah a few . . . . I missed the most recent one though . . . . sometimes the church gets a generous donation . . . . and sometimes we don't . . . . " Daisy replied looking a little down .
"What's it like? . . . " I asked curiously .
"It's an absolute sight, seeing all the school together friendly competing with one another, seeing the strongest Arcanum users battling it out for pride of the school . " Grace said with a giant smile .
"I just like fighting against the strongest students in the other school . " Scarlet laughed .
"Is it just duelling? . . " I asked curiously imagining what it could even be like .
"It's a range of challenges to push us to the limit but the final event the one everyone looks forward to is the direct 1 vs 1 duels . " Scarlet smiled .
"Yeah the games consist of four events . . . . the first three only one S-Ranked student can participate per event . . . . the first is always a situation where someone will need to be saved, the second is a show of raw strength, the third is a fight against creatures and as mentioned earlier the final one is a duel between the school where they pitch students against each other . " Ashley explained .
"Yup and Scarlet has constantly deafened all her opponents in a one on one duel!" Helen smiled .
"I don't like to brag but yes . . . . I'm undefeated . " She chuckled .
"How about Travis and Paul? . . " I asked curiously .
"Travis is ranked in the middle maybe 5th or 6th overall . . . and Paul has never participated . " Scarlet replied .
"Why hasn't he? . . " I asked wondering why .
"As he quotes . . . 'I can't be bothered . . . . I don't need to prove myself to anyone'" Scarlet said impersonating Paul's voice and care free demeanour and air quotations .
"I mean . . . that does sound a little like him . " I chuckled .
"Do you think he will ever compete? . . " Daisy asked looking hopeful .
"Hmmm . . . hard to say . . . . . Maybe he's found a reason to . " She laughed giving me a sly wink causing me to quickly look around hoping no one else noticed .
"Hmmmm . . . . I see . . . maybe we might see the Legendary Black Dragon Slayer finial make an appearance . " Jay laughed .
"Ohhhhh wow this year must be special . " Helen said noticing everything .
"Ohhh I'll defiantly save up for tickets this year!!!" Daisy yelled in excitement .
"I mean he did participate in the Freshman Celebration this year… . " Ashley added with a giant grin .
"Guys . . . there's nothing going on between us!" I insisted to everyone but judging by their reaction they still didn't believe me .
"Sure . . . . . " they all replied with the biggest grin on their faces .