1 Prologue : A New Danger Arouses

In a middle of a forest somewhere, a small group of 5 people are camping out, with 1 on the lookout while others sleep, he was on the way to swap places with his comrade when,

"Argh!"

A moan alerted him and the people around from where the moan came from. A woman around her late 20's was thrashing around their made-on-the-spot bed.

"Estela! Estela! Wake Up!" The man about to swap lookout said eagerly.

The girl then jolt awake and was panting, "Are you alright? you were trashing around, did you see anything?" the man beside her right asked,

"I got another insight of Phantasia," Estela said, "We need to find an open area where the moon can shine without fail," she said while panting and the group immediately gathered their belongings and poured some water that came from thin air on the dead campfire to make sure it won't cause a forest fire.

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after sometime they found an open space, but there are bears fighting over it, "It seems like they're fighting for territory," a man also on his late 20's speculated.

"Then I'll deal with it," a man in his mid 20's stood up and went to where the bears are, "Be careful Nile," Estela reminded him

"Don't worry, I'll just startle them a little," Nile said with a suspicious smile

"He's definitely gonna kill those bears," A man in his early 30's whispered to Estela

"Shush Ethan, We can make a good meal out those bears too" A man with a scar on his left cheek said with a commanding voice

"Oh please~ save me the bullsh*t Cecil" Ethan said to Cecil.

"I just want to get this over with so I can get more sleep" Cecil said with a yawn,

"Shut it both of you or I-" before Estela finishes her words, 2 fire pillars with the height the same of the trees standing in on 10 meters, soon the fire pillars dissipated and left spiral burn marks on the ground where the bears were

"Oh C'mon! we could've had them for breakfast!" Cecil shouted towards Nile,

"Sorry, hehe" Nile said with an awkward smile on his face,

"Alright! Enough funny business, I still have to show you my insight," Estela broke their fighting, "Lunam cubicam lit," shortly after Estela finished chanting, the moon light solidified into a cube and an illusion started to play inside it.

It shows a dark figure with crimson eyes, and long horns protruding on the left and right forehead pointed towards the sky, and a bat-like wing on its back; almost like the devil. Then 5 more figures showed up, each with different colored auras erupting from them.

"It's time huh." Cecil said with mixed feelings of sadness and joy,

"C'mon now, don't be sad, our time has long gone and it's time to pass the torch," said Ethan,

"Well I suppose you're right, its almost been a year ey?" Cecil said with a fake smile on his face, "I wonder how they'd been after we left," Cecil said, a tear almost falling out of his eyes

"We will never know, but I'm sure they did just fine" Estela reassured him,

"Sigh~ forget it, let us not dwell in the past, our successors has come and our time has passed" Cecil said while shaking his head slightly,

"Well? where can we find them?" Nile asked impatiently. Cecil noticed the impatient tone and turned to glared at Nile and thought 'You apathetic creature'. Nile seemed to heard this and thought 'And? What are you gonna do about it?'

"Alright that's it shut up and listen to Estela," the guy named Zach who's been quiet the whole time suddenly spoke up and the atmosphere got tense. The two quickly break apart their insulting to each other, and the air loosen up.

"Alright, as I was about to say," Estela began, "They are actually nearby, on a little town called Sand Springs. And it's just across this forest."

"Alright, we will go back to sleep for the rest of the night cuz to be honest I'm still sleepy, at dawn we will move, it will probably take us 2-3 days to cross this forest and find them, so gear up, our time has passed and now it's their turn to save Fantasia," Zach said,

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