SATISFYING SEAMUS' CONDITIONS

SATISFYING SEAMUS' CONDITIONS

"Low profile my arse. Your master will advertise his battles with scum using illustrations in his newspaper. Low profile has nothing to do with his style", Iviar said to them.

"We have good reasons to do so", Chash replied to him.

Suddenly, a loud sound was heard emanating from where the Horn of Blinding was situated. The Aqrabuamelu suddenly fell on the floor, shocked momentarily by the sound.

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"Now, the arraye is complete. Do whatever you bloody need to do", Sara said to me.

The magic links that connected the Aqrabuamelu to the Horn of Blinding were disrupted momentarily. This was the best time, the only time to capture the horn and I have a quick way to capture it.

"Dark Vortex"

I quickly cast the magic vortex of the Dark Angel before the Horn of Blinding. In an instant, the Horn of Blinding was gone but the Malevolence that came out for the horn wasn't satisfied with just taking the horn. They scoured the place for souls and magic to claim.

"Alpha, Beta and Gamma"

I quickly summoned my malevolent Slaves to join in the scour, not giving the Malevolence the benefit of all the resources in this place. After a short while, the Malevolence receded, and I recalled my Malevolent Slaves after they took all that they could.

Suddenly, my mind was brought to another place again.

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I returned to my soul realm that was now occupied by the soul of the Dark Angel.

There have been changes here to this realm since I last came here. To my surprise the Monolith Sword Tower was gone. In its stead, a long blade that flowed like wavy fabric appeared on the Dark Angel's left hand.

The Dark Angel has recovered his Sword of Malevolence.

"You have done us a big favor, Incarnate", the Dark Angel said to me.

"I thought the Horn of Blinding isn't a necessary ingredient to form your Sword of Malevolence?", I asked the Dark Angel.

"Nothing is truly necessary, but the Horn of Blinding indeed is the last ingredient that repaired my Sword of Malevolence", the Dark Angel told me.

"So, I don't need to gather anymore materials for your sword?" I asked the Dark Angel.

"The Sword of Malevolence is formed although gaining more dragon hearts and other materials would strengthen it further. It still needs to grow, just like my soul", the Dark Angel told me.

"Alright, if there is nothing else, I must return to my friends", I said to the Dark Angel.

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"We should get out of here", I shouted to Anitor as we ascended to the top of the Aqra volcano.

Soon we reached the crater at the peak of the mountain. But it wasn't quiet here. There were many templars and shamans here casting a magic arraye.

"What is happening here? Who are these people?" Master Conjurer Iras asked me.

"They are our Arraye Masters. While we went down on our mission, they came here to prepare this magic arraye", I replied to him.

"You told us these people were on stand-by. They came here with the purpose to build this magic arraye?" Iras asked me again.

"Yes, that is our plan initially but everything changes depending on the circumstances. If the fight below the volcano was too much for us, we wouldn't prepare this magic arraye", I told him.

"You can communicate with your men while we were under there?" Epius asked us.

"Yes, we have devices that can communicate from a distance", I replied to him.

"Why haven't I heard of these magical devices before in the Conjurer Court", Epius said to me.

"So, what is this magic arraye? What does it do?" Eless asked me.

"This is a creature attraction magic arraye. Magical creatures from miles away would be attracted here and they would be met by the Aqrabuamelu in the periphery of the Mount Agra", I told them.

"Did you complete the Supreme Conjurer Seamus' mission?" Iras asked me.

"Not yet", I replied to him.

"What do you mean? I thought we did all we could", Anitor asked me.

"Just a little while more", I told him just as our Arraye Masters put the last magic stone in the arraye.

The magic arraye of creature attraction was finally activated.

"It is done the mission is completed successfully", I said to them.

"Seriously, the Supreme's mission is to cast this magic arraye here?" Illiwyn asked me.

"Yes, with this magic arraye, the Aqrabuamelu and the wild creatures near Tarah city would only come here and destroy each other, leaving the Supreme's sheep free to roam around safely", I told them.

"Then why did you need us to go down to the volcano if the mission is just to set up this magic arraye in the mountain?" Iviar asked me.

"This magic arraye cannot be completed if I didn't destroy the artifact under the volcano that empowered the Aqrabuamelu", I told them.

"By the way, what was the magic that you used to destroy the Horn of Blinding? I've never seen such magic before in all my career," Conjurer Iras asked me.

Iras must have seen me casting my Dark Vortex which was banned dark magic by the Church of All-seeing. Although Conjurers were not bound by the Church's rules, it was better not to reveal too many of my secrets to him.

"I don't know. The Supreme Conjurer Seamus gave me the magic artifact to destroy the Horn of Blinding, you ask him", I replied to him.

"Where is the artifact that he gave to you?" he asked me.

"Destroyed with the Horn of Blinding", I replied to him.

After we completed the magic arraye atop the peak of Mount Aqra, we returned to Tarah city. As we watched from the air, our magic arraye was starting to take effect.

Magical creatures from long distances away were drawn to this mountain and they had to encounter the Aqrabuamelu who guarded the periphery of the mountain.

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