Chapter 22: The First Step.

"We have the king and queens approval, we may rest easy now and slowly make our way to the second part of the plan." Aurora said to Micreal while he was looking down while walking, she saw Micreal with a frown on his face, she continued "What's wrong?"

Micreal then looks at Nao then switches into a happy mood, "Huh? Oh it's nothing, now let's continue the second part of the plan" then he calls Shire by opening his palms and infusing shadow magic into it, "Miss Shire, any movements?"

"Nothing, they are just preparing for something, and I don't know what, they are carrying wood and stuff towards a covered object in the middle. " Shire said as she stands on a branch of the tree, laying low and responding to Micreal.

"Keep an eye on them, tell me immediately when there are movements." As Micreal then closes his palms and continued to the next step of the plan, "Let's go." as Aurora nods.

[While in the deep forest, west of the capital]

"Are you sure it's here Nao?" Disoris asked while she cuts the leaves down, with an axe and looks up.

"Yes, I saw it when I was going towards the capital, to be honest, it almost killed me." Nao said as she looks beyond on the trees.

"K-killed you?" Disoris said as she trembles a bit.

"Don't worry, you will be fine, trust me." Nao said as she jumps down beside Disoris, and a huge growl came from behind and it was a mystical beast, it looked like a wolf with sharp fangs and teeth with gemstones on its back, as they turned around they then went into a combat stance and prepares, as it makes an appearance and looked at them with eyes full of rage.

"W-whats a Gemwolf doing here?!" Disoris then trembles in fear a bit.

"You know this?" Nao looked at Disoris.

"Yes, it lives mostly in the caves but why is one here above the ground?!" Disoris said as she still trembles in fear.

Then as Nao started to tremble also, she was about to become a child again, but the binding spell casted by Micreal was holding it, Nao thought, "This is the binding spell...shadow powers are awesome..." and she took a combat stance and readies she shouted, "Disoris, create a shadow that holds it tight so that I can pierce its head and crystalize it, and make it mine."

"A-Alright." As Disoris then lifts her hand and throws some shadow tentacles underneath the wolf and it held it pretty tightly as Nao then sends her arrow off to the wolf's head and pierced it then it slowly crystalized into a small crystal.

[Shadow Grip- Uses shadow tentacles underneath the targets shadow and grabs them in place.

Crystalize- when an arcane user uses this skill, they will hit the targets head and pierce it, then it slowly crystallizes the target and it will suddenly become a small purple crystal, once it shatters, the target inside the crystal will fight alongside them.]

[Meanwhile at the forest where Shire hid and Spies the enemies]

"What are they building..." As Shire thought to herself then she saw a large mystical beast that was led by an orc with a leash on its horns, it looked like it had horns and was forcefully being led to a cage with the other mystical beasts. Shire continued to look around jumping from one tree to another quietly as they build and gathered army of beasts and monsters as the Seal of Belphegor was cracking in time and space, the monsters knew where Belphegor was gonna appear because they had a sixth sense that communicates with Belphegor.

[Meanwhile in space between life and death]

As Zarion looked at the seal as it was almost about to crack and dark mists came out the door, and he looks at it with a serious face, he thought "I hope this goes well."

"What's the status of the door?" Gaia said as she hovers beside him.

"It's almost fully cracked, I hope Alistor knows what his doing..." Zarion replied to Gaia and doubts Alistor with his plans.

"Don't worry, it will go well." Gaia said as she touches his shoulder.

"I hope it will." Zarion replied to Gaia and touches her hand back.

As Alistor went far and wide around the nation, and speed up his travel time as he used Shade travel anywhere as long as there are shadows, he was able to accomplish his greatest plan yet.

[Flashback when they were planning in standare Island]

As they were gathered in the round table, Alistor told them the three steps of the plan.

"Ok, Everyone, Gather around, I'm about to tell you my greatest plan yet, The first step is that Disoris and Nao needs to go to the west side of the capital, there is a forest there full with mystical beasts, I want you to go there and capture nine mystical beasts..." As Alistor looked at the map and was interrupted by Nao.

"How? They are too powerful.." Nao said and looks at Alistor.

"Don't worry, Disoris is with you, she will hold them mystical beasts for you." Alistor replied to Nao and looked at Disoris, "Disoris, I will show you how later after this plan." and Disoris nodded in response. He continued "I will send a letter to Aurora and Shire to make the king and queen support us defending the capital then the second part....." Then Alistor tells them the second part and the third part that was yet to come.

[Present time]

"I hope I will make it before the attack..." Alistor said as he walks around a corner of another kingdom and went to see the king in personal.

As the messenger tells the king of another kingdom, he was shocked as he heard it and said "Let him in" as the messenger nods and quickly opens the door, Alistor was walking towards the king by the end of the hall and bows.

[Chapter 22 End]