Beast Evolution

Kaan was still looking around trying to find a way out of the room they were in but he couldn't find a single path out, the cave was completely sealed.

'I'm not sure there is a way out of here' Kaan said.

'Maybe you should kill the salamander' Ray suggested.

'Kill the salamander...to tell you the truth I haven't fought something like this before, when I was a demon, beasts are usually afraid of us so they don't attack'

'So you have never fought a beast before?'

'Yes I've never fought a beast before, but I've killed a bunch of them when they get on my nerves, the Mana oozing from this salamander says it all, do you still want to fight it'

'Yes, I'll be able to use flame spells after fighting it'

'Do you think fighting a flame salamander would give you an affinity to fire, you only have affinities to darkness and ice, you would be able to learn to control water if you put in more work but flame is out of the question'

'Don't worry about that, let's just kill the beast'

'You know there's a war going on that we need to stop, wasting time here fighting a beast isn't the solution' Kaan said.

'It seems you are afraid, then let's look for a way out, maybe some other time I'll get the chance to kill it myself' Ray spoke.

'Huh, what are you saying, who told you I'm afraid'

'Then let's kill the salamander' Ray said, he knew now that Kaan was in control so he wouldn't have to fight the beast, and if Kaan defeats the beast he would still receive the reward for the quest.

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"Hey Ian" Edith called with a smile.

Edith met Aurora on the way and stopped, both of them walked towards the knight academy without rushing, they knew the battle would be taken care of if they didn't participate so there was absolutely no need to rush.

Both of them were close to the capital when they saw Ian, he was breathing heavily and he was clearly exhausted, nobody was around him meaning he already killed the person he was fighting or they ran away.

Ian's axe was pulsating and was covered with dark lines, both of the girls were not surprised, there was still someone in the knight academy that would make Ian use his full strength.

"What are you doing here?" Ian asked.

"We just got here," Aurora said.

"Huh! then what were you doing all this while, are you crazy" Ian shouted.

"Hey big guy, don't shout to ladies, learn some manners" Aurora shouted back.

"Vincent is dead" Ian muttered.

"W-What...what happened?" Edith shouted.

"He was killed by that bastard, that kid that can absorb beast crystals. He has an ability that transforms him into a beast, and into something else" Ian said.

"Were you fighting him? where is he now? is he dead?" Aurora asked almost immediately.

Tears were already flowing down Edith's eyes, she couldn't believe what Ian was saying, how is Vincent dead, she left him in good shape back then, how was he defeated.

"I wanted to stay behind, I knew all this won't go according to plan, I wanted to stay with him" Edith shouted.

"It's okay, we'll avenge his death, Ian do you have any idea where he could have vanished to?" Aurora asked.

"How is it okay, but can't master revive him like last time," Edith asked.

"Last time his hands were cut off and his seal was activated before permanent damage could be done, I don't know but I need to see him first" Aurora spoke.

"Ian, where is he?"

"He over there close to the walls, the knights are probably guarding him, but they are all weak so I'm going to kill them before that bastard comes back from wherever he went" Ian gritted his teeth as he spoke.

"We're going to burn the academy to the ground" Edith mumbled as she brought out a sword.

"Your sister is over there, she might be dead," Ian said.

"Did you kill her?" Edith asked.

"No, we fought but I won, I didn't strike a finishing blow but she might be dead"

"She isn't, where is she?"

The three of them walked towards the unconscious body of Selena lying on the ground, they were quite far from the walls of the bullmar city because of the battle. When Ian and Ray were fighting, they ended up moving away from the city.

Edith scoffed as they approached her, "poor sis, you shouldn't have been in this city"

"Should we kill her?" Aurora asked.

"You can't even though you try, but the two of you might be able to pull it off," Edith said.

"What do you mean?" Ian asked.

"Before I met Draco, I and my sister were part of the Xethen empire forces, but we were part of a special group that specialized in assassination"

"My sister was a dark mage so she had spells that made her blend into darkness, I was trained specially and we're both extra cautious, my sister placed a seal on both our bodies" Edith continued.

"If we were unconscious and anyone tried to kill us, the seal would be activated and capture the person responsible and also jolt us awake, so if you tried to kill her, you would be captured and she would wake up" Edith explained.

"I can break out of her spells" Ian spoke.

"Then try to kill her, I'm going to the city to retrieve Vincent's body" Edith spoke.

"Wait... she's unconscious so there's no need, we need to make sure the others are okay," Aurora said.

"Then let's move towards the city..."

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'Wow, the salamander is really powerful' Ray said.

"I told you we should just leave it be" Kaan shouted as he moved backward.

The room they were in was extremely hot due to the salamander, the salamander was a large red lizard that had the ability to breathe fire from its mouth, and the body of the salamander was also scorching hot so they couldn't get too close.