Venhorst Territory
John thought for a long time that he shouldn't do it, he had no favoritism between the two regions, all he wanted was to finish quickly in a way that satisfied both parties, but there was nothing he could do or give.
The root of the problem was not the golden hummingbird, this was just a means by which the two regions found access to the evolution institutes, John now had to find a way for both regions to have access to the institute, but this was more difficult than simply offering the hummingbird to one of the regions so that they would obtain a place through the completion of the mission.
John looked at the leaders and said, "Matriarch of the clan, chief of the tribe, you may leave for now. Clean up the battlefield, take care of the wounded, give the dead a proper burial. I will have a satisfactory answer for you in three days. Until then, none of your regions are allowed to cause trouble."
The two leaders were noncommittal, one could see their discontent just by looking at their faces, however neither of them dared to utter a word. — Young sir, we will leave this matter in your hands, I believe that the young man will be impartial in his judgment, as soon as we have the young man's response in three days we will resume trade operations with the outside world — Kassandra said with a gleam of cunning in her eyes.
Kassandra made it clear between the lines that she will only resume trade operations with Novo Redondo and the rest of the territory once John resolves his issues, Bárbara also made a similar statement stating that she will resume trade after John's verdict.
— We say goodbye then — John said as he stood up, the two leaders Barbara and Kassandra bowed and together with the woman who brought the hummingbird left the tent.
Felicia, just as she came, we used the same process to take Isa and John swinging on a yellow beam of light towards Venhorst Castle on the bars.
***
Ngola City.
In the capital of the kingdom, right in the center of the city, before the royal family district, there were three imposing and ancient castles, these belonged to three great families, the castle further south of the city belonged to the Albert family.
Albert Castle.
In the castle's catacombs there was a hidden laboratory the size of a football stadium. Numerous matrices surrounded the entire laboratory, isolating it from the outside world. Numerous cocoons were suspended from the ceiling. Many machines were connecting the cocoons with intertwined tubes. In the center of the laboratory there was a giant matrix. Above it was a giant box measuring two point five meters on all sides. The box was translucent and could show the interior. A girl of about eight years old was sitting inside the box, hugging her feet.
The girl was dressed in shabby clothes, she had red hair, the color of her eyes were a faint red, occasionally she moaned from the cold inside the box there were only particles of the water element concentrated forming ice crystals, the giant matrix dispersed the other elements and fortified the concentrated water element, the temperature inside the box was close to absolute zero.
The giant matrix imbued vitality and spiritual energy, forcing the girl's body to survive in this extremely cold environment.
Shatter.
A test tube was thrown against the wall by a man wearing a white lab coat, the man looked at the girl inside the box and swore angrily, after a while he forced himself to calm down.
A light shone in an array in the corner of the laboratory and two female figures took shape, both were beautiful women, one younger and the other older, the older one wore shabby clothes, an ancient dress by the standards of the kingdom, blue eyes with a dull glow, ice blue hair, skin as white as snow, she looked like a piece of carved white jade.
As soon as she took shape, she ran towards the box and as if she were intangible, she crossed the box and hugged the girl inside. It seemed like she wanted to transmit some heat from her body to the girl. The girl looked at the woman and spoke with white steam coming out of her mouth. "Mom." She leaned back in the woman's arms.
The younger woman looked to be between sixteen and eighteen years old, her eyes and hair color were a vivid red, her figure was slender, even with few curves, her youthful beauty rivaled that of Catarina.
The girl walked over to the man, smiled, and said, "Hello, Dad, how's the research going? " The man smiled back and said, "Still no results, a component to reverse elemental nature is missing."
— Father, have you ever considered changing the elemental nature of fire to that of darkness? — The girl asked. — I have already considered changing to the element of darkness, however the results are unsatisfactory, if we change in this way we will at most become half demons of the infernal flames.
— Father, isn't a Hellfire Demon better than the bloodline of the Flame Crow King? — The girl asked, the man smiled and said — You're right, but a complete Hellfire Demon can at most reach the fourth level, and I, Leonel Albert, will not leave one crossroads to enter another, I feel our chance lies in this mother and daughter pair. — Lionel said pointing to the mother and daughter pair hugging inside the box.
— We only need an energy that changes the elemental nature of the evolution core without causing any repercussions, according to my studies the elemental arts of the flame crow king will be strengthened by at least double the power — . The girl was surprised by what Lionel said, she asked excitedly — Father, does this mean that... — Lionel interrupted her saying. — Yes, daughter, as soon as our elemental nature is changed, not only will we free ourselves from the shackles of bloodline, but our combat power will also increase greatly.
The girl was delighted, Lionel looked at his daughter and asked. "Did you just come to bring this woman or is there something else you came here to do?" When the girl heard Lionel's question something occurred to her, she nodded and said. "Yes, father, um, I came to tell you that a lord has scheduled an audience with you tomorrow."
— A lord? — Lionel asked. — Yes, a lord of territory. — The girl stated. — Who would that lord be? — The girl thought for a moment and said. — It's Lord Venhorst. — The girl declared. — Oh! Lord Venhorst, Fernando Venhorst! — Lionel exclaimed. The girl looked at her father and asked. — Father, do you know him? — Yes, I know him. I owe him a debt. It's good that he's coming to claim it. I don't like to owe people.
***
The next day.
Venhorst Territory.
In the castle's living room, Catarina, Felícia and John were having breakfast , but John seemed a little absent. Catarina looked at her son and asked: — What's wrong, John? You seem a little distant, what's worrying you?
John sighed and said as he looked at Catarina and Felícia — Tomorrow the leaders will see the Matriarch of the Water Clan and the Chief of the Barbara Bo Tribe, to hear my verdict, and I still haven't thought of anything to appease them — John took a few bites, while Catarina said with a smile on her face.
— You don't need to worry, I believe something will happen to you soon — Catarina spoke confidently, John felt better — well , I hope so — John spoke a little calmer.
— Mom, about the vacancy for the institute, how many people can a lord indicate? — John asked, looking at his mother. — Why do you ask, my son? Do you want to know if you can take Isa with you? — Catarina said with a smile.
— Yes, but there are a few more I would like to take— John explained everything that happened with the water clan and the Barbarian Bo tribe, as well as what he intended to do. — Seriously! For a golden hummingbird you are willing to give up two of the spots, if I am not mistaken a lord from the west would be willing to give up one of his spots for the golden hummingbird — Catarina said.
— It actually has nothing to do with the golden hummingbird or the vacancies, I just thought it would be the best way to resolve this conflict between the two regions. — John explained — So, you'll have to talk to your father, but I don't think he'll mind you taking up two more vacancies — Catarina said, still smiling. John smiled back and said — Now that I remember, my father hasn't given me my birthday present yet, I'll take these two vacancies as such.
Catarina stopped smiling and asked confusedly — Where is the golden hummingbird? — Hearing Catarina's question, Felicia stood up and said — I'm going to leave now, I have something to do. — Felicia didn't wait for the two to answer, she simply left these words hanging in the air and left in a hurry, John took advantage of the moment to leave and said — Mom, I'm also going to leave now, Alex and Isa must be waiting for me — Catarina nodded and said — Okay, go meet your friends.
John gave his mother a big kiss and left.
Now that John was better informed about the institute's vacancies, he was more relaxed about dealing with the water clan and the Barbarian Bo tribe. According to their agreement, there was still one day left before the two leaders met with him.
John wanted to talk to Alex a little bit about his visit to the water clan and the Barbarian tribe.
***
Lucira Albert, A 9 year old girl, her father Leonel Albert the greatest researcher of the Ngola kingdom, her mother Maísa Frost, regarding her mother, Lucira knew nothing, this is because since she could remember her mother never said a single word, her mother Maísa occasionally smiled and took care of her.
Her father Leonel Albert said that she was born with a serious illness that would take her life at the age of 10, Lucira did not fear death, but that does not mean that she was willing to die without complaining.
The Albert family has the lineage of the golden crow, the King of Flames, depending on the purity of the lineage, when a member of the family reaches 10 years of age with the secret family ritual the individual gives rise to a core of flames becoming a warrior mage of the flame lineage being able to use the power of the golden crow, the king of flames.
Lucira inherited the bloodline of the golden crow, the King of Flames, from her father Leonel Albert. It would be good if she only had this inheritance in her body.
Maísa, Lucira's mother , is probably from a faraway place, she is part of a powerful matriarchal clan called the daughters of the snow goddess, the members of the clan are blessed with the sacred body of the snow goddess, a very powerful body in the ice attribute, as expected Maísa passed the body of the snow goddess to her daughter Lucira.
Since the day Lucira was born, her bloodline of the golden crow the King of flames has been fighting with her body of the snow goddess, the fire element and the water element made her body chaotic, if it weren't for Leonel Albert her father, Lucira would have died a long time ago.
From a very early age, Leonel has used all kinds of resources to prolong Lucira's life to buy more time to find a cure for his daughter.
The water element and the fire element cannot cohabit under the bloodline form in the same body, the ice attribute body and the fire attribute core rejected each other, when Lucira awakened her Flame King Golden Crow Core, destroying it would cost her life.
The only way for her life to be saved is to alter the elemental nature of the fire core to trigger the awakening. If the elemental nature were different from the fire element, Lucira would have a chance to survive.
Throughout her life, Lucira only had contact with three people, her father Leonel Albert, her mother Maísa and her half-sister who occasionally visited the laboratory, her father and sister taught her everything about the world outside her box in the laboratory, that is, even living her whole life in a laboratory, Lucira had above average knowledge, compared to people her age.
Since Lucira could not leave the laboratory, she spent much of her life learning from her father and half-sister . From her father she learned magical knowledge, matrices, magic circles and scrolls. From her half-sister she learned history, geography, etiquette and general knowledge.
A giant matrix fed a translucent box, in the box a girl was sitting hugged by her mother, the girl was Lucira and her mother Maísa.
Leonel Albert took out a book of elementary knowledge, he covered his body with a layer of flames, walked inside the box, stroked Lucira's hair and gave the book to her, he looked at Maísa with a complicated look and withdrew from the box, leaving the two inside.
A light flashed and a girl took shape in the corner of the laboratory, the girl was the same as before, Lucira's half sister , she walked up to Leonel Albert, she gave a relationship look to the mother and daughter pair inside the box.
— Hello, father — Leonel Albert looked at his daughter and said — Ah, what happened? — The daughter looked at her father and said — Mr. Fernando is here, he is up there — Leonel nodded — okay, let's go — the father and daughter pair disappeared in a flash of light in the teleportation matrix.
Continued...