Mana Train

Isaiah headed down to his garage and got into his 3rd gen mana vehicle and drove off at his speed. He actually wasn't going to be using this vehicle during his desert journey even though there was no reason why he couldn't.

The vehicle could go on sand just fine, the reason for him not taking the vehicle with him was his desire to train his movement techniques while traveling the desert. He had noticed that he was lacking in the movement department back when he saved Ruby from the gang leader and one of them had nearly escaped.

He had been studying the vehicle that he drove ever since he had bought it. He planned to incorporate his insights regarding the movement mechanism of the vehicle into his own movement technique.

The already short journey went even faster due to him being lost in his thoughts. He had arrived in front of his uncle's mansion. The mansion was still as majestic as ever.

This time the guards recognized him and let him pull his vehicle into the garage. He got out of his vehicle, then headed to the main entrance of the mansion.

Before he could knock, the door opened as a woman jumped to hug him, "Isaiah!" She was none other than his only aunt, Aten.

She pulled back slightly and looked up at him, "Did you grow up in height? I can't tell due to how rare your visits are. All you do is tell your uncle to say hi to me." She said with a pouty face.

Isaiah couldn't help but laugh as he returned her hug, "Whatever you say, you are right, Auntie." He lifted his arms in a guilty manner, "I admit my fault."

Just as a chuckle took Aten as he saw his hand go up, she noticed a necklace with a shiny green gem hanging from his right hand, "Aw, is that for me?"

Isaiah nodded, he pulled her hair to one side then put the necklace on her neck. She held the gemstone part of the necklace to her face to take a better look at it, "What is this symbol?" To her the symbol looked like a hand crushing a circle into two pieces, since the symbol of infinity was different in this planet she couldn't recognize that, the hand crushed a circle to make infinity.

"It's the symbol of The Dominus Family. Since you two haven't come up with any so far, I decided to take matters into my own hands." Aten was intrigued by the symbol now that she heard that it represented their family.

"Let me see." Louie came out from behind her, "Sorry, I couldn't welcome you immediately I was in a meeting", he then laughed, "Using your formation cards."

He then gently took a hold of the necklace from his wife's neck, "Ho ho, not bad. It represents the power of our family very well."

Aten gestured inside, "Well don't stay waiting, come inside." Isaiah put his hand up in a rejecting gesture, "I'm thankful for the offer however I have a train ticket that I have to catch." He pointed towards the direction of the garage, then gave her the vehicle's keys, "I'm leaving the vehicle with you guys. You can drive it all you want."

While Aten didn't care too much, his excitement was evident from Louie's eyes. While he verbally didn't say much, he only had a 2rd gen and was excited to drive around in a 3rd gen even though it was for a month. It wasn't like he didn't have the money to buy his own, it was that just being able to pay the price was a privilege. Isaiah was only given was due to their fear regarding his formation abilities and also to build connections with him early on.

After saying his goodbyes Isaiah went back onto the road, now on foot. It didn't take long since he was already in the richer area of the Empire which was where the train station was located.

The station was made fully of copper which symbolized the unity of the three Empires as this was a joint project. Copper was used to show that this belonged to all of them rather than using silver or amethyst which would show bias.

While fully copper, it didn't lack taste. There were various different kinds of choppers used to create intricate designs all over, as a dome with a small opening atop encompassed the railway.

Isaiah bought a cup of coffee from one of the many establishments located on the sides of the train station. From drinks to clothes, souvenirs, newspapers and many more could be bought from the shops available at every corner. Each shop clearly adhered to a strict design law as they all looked similar and orderly.

Isaiah sat on a bench as he took sips from his coffee. His train ticket's destination was to the Amethyst Empire but he would get off halfway at the closest stop to the Deathsand Desert.

This train station was built after Emperor Silvershine request to the two other Empires, in order to make trading between Empires easier.

At first only Amethyst Empire agreed to the deal but after seeing how successful the railroad was in helping with trades, Notus Empire, while unwilling, was forced to agree. Finally connecting all three Empires through a single road for the first time in the planet's history.

Before the merchants that went out had a high chance of death due to a lot of unexpected dangerous occurrences which weren't uncommon outside of the Empires' domains.

CUFF CUFF! A large serpent-like behemoth made its way inside the dome of the train station along the railways, "Not bad." Isaiah, having been in planet sized spaceships in his previous life wasn't too impressed by the technology but he could still appreciate the design of the train.

He guessed that it must be using a version of Amethyst Empire's mana vehicle formations. That thought lasted till he saw the steam coming off the train's chimney, "Oh? How surprising. Does it use a mix of steam and mana engine?"