Chapter 4: Magic Library (1/2)
Several thousand miles away beyond the Darknar forest, at the edge of a cliff by the raging Red river, the wind was cold as the night was dark but the multitude of stars and the full moon expelled most of the darkness.
Two figures moving at an incredible speed heading for the cliff came to an abrupt halt at the edge of the cliff over looking the raging current of the Red river. ”Should we jump?” one of the two female figures asked the other in a fluster as she frantically stared at the bottom of the cliff and over her shoulder.
”Do we have a choice, it's either the water or him. I'll rather take my chances withe the river.” ”But...” She didn't wait to hear a reply as she immediately jumped off the cliff, the other female contemplated for only a second, she pursed her lips in a bid to complain but ultimately decided against it as she jumped off the cliff to the untamed waters below.
The cliff return back to it's previous calm for only a short while, three other figures appeared in the distance dashing towards the cliff in almost the same insane level of speed as the previous figures. They also came to a stop at the edge of the cliff, they looked at the waters below, there were two men and a woman, the larger well built man asked waiting for confirmation like a trained soldier ”Should we jumped after them?”
”No need, if they survive the jump the current will take them towards the more dangerous region of the Darknar forest, if the monsters don't finish them a demon scout will” said the slimly built man with a long face and without a change in expression, he had short blonde hair and dark skin with long pointed ears.
After staring at the waters below for a while his bright golden eyes dimmed until it was now dark brown. He turned around and said to his two companions ”Let's return before we are discovered.”
”Alright.”
The other two nodded slightly and turned around to follow closely behind. The female who was wearing a silver mask turned her head around for a second to take a look at the river below the cliff 'Stupid' she thought before turning back to follow her team.
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Along the Red river near the Darknar forest, two figures could be seen swimming in against the now docile current headed for land, they slowly crawled out of the water with all their strength, they stood up and walked slowly, their movements were weak and each step was harder than the last, still they managed to walk all the way to a large rock by the side of the river in other to rest, they were obviously out of breath and panting heavily.
Fighting against the rivers current was hard enough but doing so while avoiding all the dangerous monsters in the water had clearly taken a toll on them.
The first to exit the river had Raven black hair that only extended to her neck with light green eyes and a thin face, her nose and eyes were well proportioned and her lips were cherry red, a little thin but full, which complemented her dark skin and long pointy ears, even wet and covered in dirt, it did nothing to hide her beauty.
”Are you alright Liz? How's the leg?” she said turning her head to look at her companion with a hint of concern in her voice. ”I'm fine, my leg's not broken i just twisted it a little in the landing” Liz said with a faint but charming smile on her face. She was a little pale, her fair skin looked almost as white as snow but her dazzling blue eyes were glistening with life, she had soft facial features and her long blonde hair was tied in a ponytail to allow easy movement, even in her current condition one could tell she was quite beautiful as well. The red River wasn't exactly known for being clean, the two women did not come out without being covered in dirt, it was why monsters liked it, or maybe it was a result of their hard work.
Both ladies were wearing dark coloured easy to move in clothing, it was without a doubt covered in dirt and hard to decipher. ”Don't worry Rain i won't slow us down.”
”That's not what I'mm worried about, and you don't need to stand yet, i am sure they won't follow us this far, but we can't stay here for long.” Raine held Liz shoulders and stopped her from standing up, she looked around then pursed her lips and continued. ”I think we can rest here for a while, the strong monsters in the forest won't approach the red River, any one that does i can easily handle myself. Once we rest for a few hours we should head down the river to the Demon King's fallen castle, as long as we don't get spotted by scouts when sneaking in, we can rest and recover there for a month or two before seeking refuge from the Daki tribe in the Eastern boarders.”
After saying that she stood up slowly and said ”Wait here a bit I'll get some dry wood we can use to start a fire, after all i am not a demon like you, I don't have as much resistance and i can't see at night without magic.” Rain said smiling, without waiting for a response she started to walk towards the forest in search of dry wood.
Liz wasn't able to interrupt her friend as she had already started rambling and she talks pretty fast, she could only smile and say in a low but sweet voice ”Alright, be careful.” Rain did not stop nor did she turn her head as she just waved her hands indicating that she was aware. she soon disappeared into the woods.
Liz was left to her thoughts and the pain she felt in her legs, she had underplayed the injury to her leg when she had jumped after Rain down the cliff, although she did not have a broken bone she was sure the bone in her legs had fractured. If she was human she would have died on impact, neither she nor Rain could use wind magic well enough to the point of breaking their fall and flying would just make them an easy target besides they were already out of Mana at that moment and were unable to try anything else.
'Even though all the high level demons and the five families are fighting with each other on who would become the next demon King they still send scouts to monitor the castle to prevent any one of them from getting desperate and doing something stupid. we should be really careful, it seems this might actually be the less dangerous plan.' Liz had let her thoughts wander as she waited for Rain to return, this region was mostly abandoned but several key locations were claimed by the powerhouses in the demon continent so if they got caught by one on Ty heir way they wouldn't get off easy.
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Astrology magic was a technique meant to use the stars alongside ones Mana, complimented with a corresponding magic Circle to do things such as divination, it can also be used to calculate the date by receiving the exact rotation of the planet you're on, by picking up on the wavelength of every single living organism to form a conscious network of information which can also be used to tell ones location and even time.
This kind of magic was not actually rare but using it was a different story most mages could only tell the time with it. To tell the date was a little more difficult but it didn't have any special requirements as long as one knows the corresponding magic circle, it was important to picture it perfectly unlike other forms of magic that allows for little mistakes, so as long as you could do that and was not stupid even someone as weak in magic as Tyler would be able to use it. As for divination, it would take someone really special to be able to receive any feedback.