"Come…on! I can keep going!"Lyra grunted out. Swear poured down her face as she did another set up pushups.
The two goblins sent to attend her looked at each other in confusion wondering if they should stop her from exercising. Lyra for the past month has been a guest of the cyclops. Although she has to refrain herself from trying to leave, lest the guards they have patrolling the hallway get called in.
Instead of being locked in a cell like she expected, they gave her a very spacious room. While the decor is lacking it's better than being treated like a prison. Being locked in chains or tortured.
Oddly after the witch, Morwen healed her. Lyra hasn't seen her since it just seems so odd. What is the point of wanting her as a captive? It's not like Lyra herself holds any knowledge of anything important.
Unless you're interested in knowing about many monsters and how to slay them. She was rarely at the academy why most people don't know of her. Majority of the time she was either training with Anna or Mercer was taking her out on missions.
"Um misstress", one of the goblins started interrupting her train of thought.
"The lord has called for you to join him for breakfast this morning.", the other goblin finished.
Lyra chose not to reply, deciding to finish up her last set of push ups. Her sweat dripped to the ground as kept going. Her drive of not wanting to be surpassed the only thing keeping her moving forward.
Both goblins looked at each other again, before one stepped forward. "Misstress we must insist on you getting washed to meet the lord for breakfast."
"Fine, fine", Lyra snarked, jumping to her feet glaring at the two goblins. "Lead the way you annoying fucks."
"That language is unnecessary Misstress", one of the goblins argued. It's already ugly face frowning.
Lyra's eyes twitched as she stared at the two goblins. "Just lead the way please", she growled.
"Shouldn't you bathe first mistress?", questioned a goblin as it wrinkled its nose at the smell coming off Lyra.
"If you don't lead one of you might end up missing a head", Lyra retorted with a sword appearing in her hand. "Now hurry up and lead the way you filthy creatures."
The Goblins exchanged another look with each other before turning around and walking out the door. Lyra snorted as she let the sword in her hand disappear before following behind them.
The room she was allowed to occupy isn't too far from the dining hall, not that she visits there often. The home of the cyclops isn't too bad, at least the castle isn't. The majority of the goblins and cyclops live like savages still.
The cyclops and goblin king respectively both share the castle. How they managed to work that out Lyra doesn't know and frankly she doesn't care. Honestly she just wants to get this damn breakfast over so she can go back to training.
"You got us lost you idiot", Poke accused Anna. Point his finger in his face as he glared at her.
Anna looked annoyed as she slapped the finger out of her face. "How the hell did I get you guys lost, I for one have never stated I knew where you guys were going."
"Yeah, then what good are you then? Like every other teacher in the school it seems you're only useful for helping yourself."
"Seriously", Anna sighed, rubbing her temples to maybe soothe the oncoming headache.
Ignoring arguments around them, Sami was busy setting up the camp for everyone. Angel and Onyx went hunting for food so everyone can eat before taking a rest. They ended up traveling on Angel's summon(which is a dragon) for almost two days.
Anna thought it would be a good idea to relax for the evening before traveling to a nearby village. An idea Sami agreed with since he felt like stretching his legs. While flying on a dragon is pretty sick, it doesn't leave much room for training. Actually not much for movement in general.
"Then be useful and help find the location of the cyclops kingdom", Poke spoke slowly as if Anna didn't understand.
"Ugh you're such an insufferable asshole!"Anna yelled as she turned her back on Poke. "Honestly I can see why Lyra doesn't like you."
With that parting shot Anna jumped into a tree. Landing on the branches softly, before sitting down. Her back against the trunk, eyes closed as if to rest.
Poke went from looking angry to looking disappointed. As if the parting statement of Lyra not liking him hurt more than anything else. He looked at Sami before turning around and walking off into the woods.
Sami decided to let him go, vowing to get checked on Poke if he doesn't return in thirty minutes. Honestly since leaving the school Poke has been more irritable with his patience being short. Even the littlest things have been sitting him off.
Sami can relate with Lyra being kidnapped and the school not wanting to help. It left a bad taste in his month as well. Although Sami has been trying to keep a positive outlook, knowing that being angry wouldn't help anything.
Sami can only hope they find information about the stronghold tomorrow. Keeping everyone from killing each other will be so freaking annoying. Though it'll probably be Poke against everyone.
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[Mind Arts(Unlocked)[Mastery - 10%][Can now move objects with the user's mind.]
[Recommendation - Train the mind by lifting heavier objects.]
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"I'm so dumb", Sami thought. Grabbing his hair in frustration as he looked up into the sky. "I totally forgot that I can contact Zoe using the Oracle."
That'll be his plan, if they can find information they need he'll just ask Zoe. Though Sami wishes the gloves could transform into something else. Or even allow him to do his weighted training once again.
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[Training Module updating - 3 days]
[Can fuse with the ring allowing for the gloves to gain the rings function to transform to different objects and copy]
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"Wait, can the ring transform?", Sami inquired frankly not knowing anything besides the ring allowing to use magic.
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[Based off the knowledge I have of examining the ring you can transform into other objects using it as a weapon. The ring is also always absorbing extra magic I can now streamline that for you to use in the transformation.]
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Sami fist pumped in excitement, a huge smile on his face after hearing that. "Oracle, you are a huge life savior! Please fuse them together !"
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[Fusing Ring of the first King with the Oracle 2.0 gloves.]
[Fusion Completed- Ring of the First King 2.0]
[New Function - Oracle is now linked to the host and can't be unequipped. Can now transform into anything the user can want. All objects are unbreakable, and in case of breaking it'll use ambient magic to restore itself.]
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A small light formed around Sami's hands before disappearing. The gloves on his hands now gone, the ring usually on his right index finger now looking different. It looked fancier compared to the old rustic look it held before.
Sami started jumping around in his excitement as he quickly started shifting the ring into the gloves. Then changed the gloves into the wrist bands he use to wear all the time before shifting them back into the ring,
"Thank you so much Oracle", Sami thought. Bowing his head slightly even though only he could see oracle's words
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[My goal is to help the host succeed in the best ways I can.]
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"A simple welcome would've sufficed", Sami muttered with a smile on his face. Not actually be annoyed with the Ai.
Sami could've just asked Anna for the spell, but decided he didn't want to trust her in case another incident popped up. There is no way she just returned from a mission then wants to go right on another one. Even if it is to save Lyra.
Actually how did she even know they were leaving? Poke and Sami only talked about the time they were leaving once so as to not be overheard. Maybe when he asked Kim to travel with them it was overheard.
Nonetheless, Sami is suspicious of Anna's motives. Honestly, that's okay, he doesn't have to trust to know how strong she is.
With that last thought he finally finished up the fire pit as footsteps could be heard. Soon Onyx and Angel could be seen walking into camp. A deer being dragged by Onyx, Angel looked as if she would pass out.
Honestly the sight is pretty comical with Onyx being so small, and her dragging a corpse almost three times her size.
"Hurry up and chop up the meat Sami! So I can cook before the sun fully sets.", Onyx demanded. Dragging the corpse right up to Sami leading a trail of blood on the ground.
"Seriously Onyx common you're going to lead predators back to the camp trailing blood like that.", Sami scolded.
Onyx looked down realizing the mess she made. "Haha sorry", She said sheepishly.
Sami didn't say anything as he just took the corpse and began cutting into it. Hoping to scatter the parts they don't use fair away from the camp. To his shock Onyx was using water spells to clean the ground.
Not knowing she can use magic again is mind blowing, but good fighters are very useful in case of emergencies. Poor Angel can't fight. Hell the young girl starts throwing up as soon as Sami starting cutting the deer up.
Sami only sighed to himself this is going to be a hard mission.