The Separation

Avon and Laia felt an aura surround them and then were brought out of the artifact. It seemed as though Reveria enveloped them in some aura capable of protecting them from the dangers of space. 

They looked at Reveria and the evil cultivator, who were in a stalemate. The sheer killing intent leaking from the Evil cultivator suffocated them. Reveria spoke in haste "Listen to me carefully. I and that man are stuck in a stalemate right now. Right now if the energy stored in my body fluctuates even little then I will lose control over the spell. So, I can neither recover as that will increase my energy nor commence with another attack that will deplete my energy. The same goes for that man. Because that poison entered my bloodstream earlier my strength weakened ,but now I can manage. I have brought his strength down to my level too. So with this we are stuck in a stalemate. Our reserves are huge so this will continue for a long time. In that time I need one of you to use the spacecraft I came in to go to three planets: Steela, Philon and Xianzin. Go there and ask for an audience with the Knight of the planet and ask 'The flower that blooms in thought gives what' and if they answer 'seeds of action' then tell them that I sent you and ask for a audience with the Gatekeeper of the planet." 

Then Reveria pulled out a palm sized circular medallion. It had designs of multiple flowers on one side and on the other side it seemed to be missing something. "Once meeting the Gatekeeper show this medallion. They will know what to do. Also, if someone seems suspicious, even the knight, ask them this question 'What is a heretic?'" Suddenly the evil cultivator who was silent all this while shouted "Bitch! How do you know that? I will kill you! Let me just escape this and your entire family and planet will be slaughtered by me!" 

Reveria paid no attention and continued "should they reply 'the only one who finds the right path after being misguided all along' then know that they are in cahoots with the evil heretic cultivators. Do not involve with those people. Though it will not be a very difficult task, there are some unknown factors which make it a little risky. Though the chances of danger are low, they are not zero. I did not want this but now I have no choice. Just use the spacecraft and you will reach in a few days. So, I need one of you to do this and the other one, I have an artifact that will help you grow stronger quickly. I will train you sufficiently so that you can help me defeat this man. So, I ask if one of you is ready to go and complete the medallion?"

Avon asked "Why not let both of us use the artifact to get stronger immediately, then we both can help you!"

" That medallion will help me gain my powers back and do much more. The man before us is at a higher level than me and uses evil arts with no hesitation, so I will be needing my complete strength back. It is not just that but no matter how much you train, you will still be at a stage where one hit form him might kill you. So one of you needs to go and get the medallion completed. If I am at my full strength, then I can protect you while I fight this man."

Avon then thought to himself 'Laia is much stronger than me and has at least some battle experience unlike me, whose is non-existent. I should go and get the medallion completed. I am currently useless in battle anyways and there's no guarantee that I will get stronger like master says....after all there's no trusting Avon. I know the best that I am not reliable. Laia will do much better.'

"I will go!" Avon said and Laia looked at him and said "It might be dangerous to go into unknown space alone Avon" 

He replied "It's fine. You know it is obvious that you should train to get stronger. In this serious situation we shouldn't take an risks. If it's you, you can definitely become as strong as master expects. Plus master said that it won't be that dangerous. Master take Laia into the artifact"

Reveria looked at Avon with worry seeing how he still had no confidence in himself, but now was not the time to make him understand. Plus he took an important task for without hesitation.

"Okay, Try your best to return in a month. Alright? There might be some variations in time so we cannot be sure about the duration of the travel. I will send a signal to the medallion once I notice the stalemate is on the verge of breaking. The medallion will shine brightly at that time. Also if for some reason if it is taking longer than expected, do not return without all the three pieces. Even if you are late come back with all the three pieces. I am counting on you."

Then she summoned another artifact and it grew in size and turned out to be a spaceship. "It will take you to the planet steela first. Learn on the planet how to use this and go to Philon and Xianzin on your own. Be safe" 

"yes master" saying so Avon rushed into the spacecraft and it automatically started to move. Avon stood alone inside the huge spacecraft and took deep breaths to calm his racing heart. So much had happened so suddenly that he didn't have the time to process it properly.

'I must complete this task quickly. I cannot let them down, not when so many lives are at stake!'