For You

Sshoooo..... As soon as they arrived, a cold polar wind blew bone-chillingly. They arrived at the edge of a cliff bordering the sea. Ferocious waves pounded against the ice cliff. The local time, which was late into the evening, explained the sea conditions that were rising high tide.

"Wow... so it's snow??" Peter who lives in Chaldene feels the snow for the first time. Like standing on a soft and cold carpet, he happily played on it.

"Bb.. but... it's really cold.... Brrrrrr... Th.. This jacket doesn't work.. It's too cold....." Two minutes later he started to complain to himself.

"Ye... Yes... Ca.. Can you hurry upp... Find the key..?? Bbbrrrrrr......" Nathanael wrapped himself with his white wings. Snow flakes seemed to stick between the feathers of his wings. The sky continent Asteria which is located in the southern gets winter and snow every year, but not as cold as Draecorona which is the north pole.

"Come closer.. I'll spread my Magia, you'll feel warmer..." said Ryota. Everyone started to get closer except for Erick who was used to the cold and Adryan, who was still worried that he would be feared by others.

"woof..!! (come here)" Ryota barked at Adryan, inviting him to join. Adrian blinked. He also obeyed Ryota. The fire fox priest then exhaled until his Magia orange which was a symbol of fire, glowed and warmed the surrounding air.

"hhh... This is much better, now how do we--"

"GROOOOAAARRRR......!!!!!!!!!!" A Dragon appeared from behind the icy hill behind them as it sniffed Ryota's fire Magia. A pair of glowing red eyes. He then tried to attack the 8 Kings who were gathered.

"AAAAAAHHHHH.....!!!!!!!!!!"

"GRRRRRR......" Erick changed his form into a Dragon and bit his opponent's neck. He was confused about what happened to one of his people so that he attacked and did not recognize his own King.

"Why did he fight you Erick?! You're their King right?!"

"I don't know, my instincts tell me that at this time he was attacking unconsciously. Look at his eyes, different from mine right?!?" while holding back the attack, Erick turned his head to prove Dragons' true eyes. Erick's eyes are light blue with cat-eye pupils. Not a fiery red like his current opponent. The power of the two ice dragons is quite large plus the size of their gigantic bodies. Dragon Erick's body length from the snout to the tip of the tail is approximately 35 meters. Plus the wingspan with the same length, the battle of fangs and claws on the edge of the cliff was tense.

JDDUUMMM.. JDDUUMM... the earth shook as the attack was launched.

"Tsk.. FULL MOON Shied..!!!" two part of Cyrus' eight wings fell off and formed a protective dome that protected the eight of them. The blowing snow and wind of Erick's battle was quite dangerous considering they were on a seafront cliff.

"I know you.. You.. Gideon.. Wake up.. I don't want to hurt you.." but Gideon didn't listen to Erick's words, he just kept attacking. Not only with fangs and claws, but also piercing with horns and hitting with tails. Feeling his resistance was futile and starting to run out of energy, Erick took a shortcut with his magic.

"Ice strike.. Instant freeze......" Erick blew cold air into Gideon's body.

Kkrrkkk... krrkk..... Instantly his opponent's body froze in ice and couldn't move.

“GGGRRR……” Stiff in the ice, Gideon's pair of eyes didn't change, still fiery red. But at least it no longer endangers the 9 Kings in front of him.

"huft... Finally... hhh" Erick returned to his human form and staggered from exhaustion.

Accidentally his foot slipped from the edge of the cliff and fell from a height. It happened so fast that nobody could stop it.

"ERICK..!!!!" Andrew immediately took off his scarf and waist cloth, ran to the edge of the cliff and jumped to save Erick who was unconscious.

BYUR.. BYUURR....!!!!! both of them fall into the water. Nathanael and Cyrus initiatively to fly and monitor them from the air.

"...What takes them so long.. I'm worried"

“just keep looking and wait, pal" didn't loosen his eyes Nathanael kept his sight on the sea surface with the fierce waves.

Srrrsshhh.... Zraaaa..... a whirlpool appeared from the surface of the sea. In the middle, Siren Andrew was seen carrying Erick who was still unconscious. In Siren form Andrew's hair which was previously maroon is now bright pink. The shape of his earlobe also turns into a beautiful magenta fin. Its bluish-green tail with shiny scales and thick layered fins proves that the Sirens are indeed the rulers of the ocean.

Andrew also uses the whirlpool to climb to the cliff where they were. He gently laid Erick's body on the snow. After returning to his human form, Andrew placed his hands on Eris chest where then turqoise magic dust scatters because of his Magia.

"blue indigo turquoise green white... Our God Neptune, heal those who are sick, heal those who are tired, take care of those who are scared."

"... Healing magic.. You guys have a spell like this?" asked Joseph who recognized Neptune's spell but could never use it considering it was not his magical talent.

".. Uhm, yes.. Blessing from water.. Our element.." Andrew's gaze withered, he was worried that his magic wasn't enough to heal Erick's energy and depleted Magia.

The seawater was still dripping from his wet hair and clothes. Andrew's body shape became clearer because of it. But soon Erick's eyes opened. He woke up because of the healing magic that Andrew had cast and immediately got up.

"... you are awake?? Thank God..” Andrew who felt relieved spontaneously hugged him.

Eric was confused. He paused and slowly stroked Andrew's back, hugged him back. There were many questions he wanted to ask but he held back. Maybe later, when it's just the two of them at the right moment.

"Oh, I almost forgot.. This is why we stay in the water for a long time.." Andrew summoned something with his magic. A key that was quite large... Yes, the Gate of South key.

"I can feel this thing.. The same energy as my Broken compass and was trapped in a lump of ice. I broke the ice with magic and now we have the first key.."

"Thanks Andrew.." Joseph accepted the key and he understood what Andrew meant. Yes, there is warmth and heaven Magia in that key. An iron bar adorned with sapphire, the signature stone of the Draecorona kingdom where the key was hidden for 2000 years.

"... Eight more.. We need eight more keys like this.."

"Before that Joseph.. Can you check what caused Gideon to rage and attack us all?" still being embraced by Andrew, Erick looked at Dragon Gideon who was frozen in a block of ice from his magic.

Joseph walked over to the block of ice that surrounded Gideon and gently touched it, feeling the negative energy surrounding Gideon at that moment.

"I don't recognize this energy.. I've never met or researched before.. but I feel like it was—"

"Gate of South’s Magia .." Nathanael continued. Celestials have knowledge of magic no less powerful than Demigods. And Nathanael's words are true.

“...the energy has arrived here? But we’re in the North Pole.." Ryota started to panic. They were lucky to only meet Gideon and not a company of Dragons.

“…because we Dragons are sensitive to energy. Just like the Beast since thousands of years ago, we prioritize the instinct to survive. Just like our magic..” Erick explained as he turned to Adryan. The Command of Beast responded with a nod of his head.

It snowed slowly. Gideon gradually fainted from being confined in the ice for a long time. After that, Erick melted the block of ice that trapped him and let Dragon Gideon sleep for a while, leaning against the cliff wall behind him.

The 9 kings then regrouped to discuss their next destination.

"Now where are we headed?"

"How about we head northeast, to Nereida? Then continue east to Miwamori, continue southeast to Thalassas, south to Asteria, Mavr Lykos, west to Groilandia, then head back to the center to Vouna and finally to Chaldene.. After that we straight to the south pole?" Peter suggested that they search from the north, east, south, west, and end at Chaldene which is the central continent of the Arc Chaestra.

"That's okay... follow the clockwise direction from the Arc Chaestra map huh.." Joseph took a stone on the ground and began to draw a magic circle on the snow surface. The teleportation spell was repeated.

"Ice in the north, unrivaled.. Wind from the west, guide my roam.. Forest in the east, whisper the song of the soul.. Southern sea, endless waiting.. Our goddess Malina, guide us to the land of flower gardens.. Nereida..”