Nya the dryad

◇Ace

๑Theo

~Caleb

۶Ty

◯Trevor

Nya stepped out of the summoning portal, she was in her most beautiful form because Primordials were petty and impressions matter, so she had dressed herself as a goddess, one of her many forms from when the Primordials roamed the human realm alongside other creatures.

It had taken a huge amount of magical power to convert her hair from green to golden in her human form, however, she could not do anything about her eyes, when a Primordial was not on their original form, which some people would call monstrous form, they usually had the hair and eye color of their element.

This was because in their original form, their entire being resonated with their respective magical elements around them, but when they shapeshifted into a human, this energy was overwhelming, like putting a lake into a glass of water, that is why this energy had to have some sort of escape from their bodies, resulting in the change in coloration.

"My name is Nya, I am the nature Primordial"

"Yeah, we know, anyways, now what?"

Nya expected more of a reaction when it came to meeting with the humans again. After almost two years they had certainly grown and she had put her all in her disguise to stun them even for a little while.

"That's it? Just a "we know"?"

"Well yeah, we've met before, looking good by the way"

At this point Nya's anger was bubbling, she knew humans were mean and didn't know a thing about beauty but this was unacceptable. At this point the surrounding animals started getting agitated and aggressive towards Caleb, while the plants slowly started growing in their direction. This didn't go unnoticed by Caleb and he said.

"We are so very sorry Nya, please forgive us"

"I see you are back Trevor, always a delight speaking to you."

Then calmness returned to the Bardos woods.

"Last time we spoke, you said we would be ready when we managed to summon you my lady, may I ask, ready for what?"

"I am glad you asked Trevor. You will be ready to start your training."

"Training?"

"Yes, training. You are now the Primordial's apprentice and will learn the secrets of the elements from every one of us. We will help you reach your intended potential. I will be your first instructor and then, well, I will let you know what will happen to you in a year's time. You will be under my tutelage for less than a year, then, the next Primordial will take over. You have that time to completely master the nature element and be a part of nature itself."

"When do we start?"

A hungry grin appeared on Caleb's face. It was the face of someone hungry for power, someone who desired to conquer it all and have all the elements under his command, it was the face of someone tired of the suffering they had experienced on their lives, the face of someone tired of humans, their schemes, their secret agenda, their feelings, their mal intent, their lack of morals and heart. They were tired of being bullied by life and they would acquire the power to bully life back.

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Somewhere in the spiritual realm there was a now twelve year old child. He had chestnut hair, caramel skin and honey colored eyes. He was way taller than the people his age, nearing now almost a meter and eighty centimeters. He also had a bulkier complexion than even most adults. It was a rather strange mix as his face was chiseled in a way that made him look young but mature and wise at the same time.

The kid was battling some huge beasts that were four times bigger than him. One was a pure white tiger, with rainbow colored stripes, deep black eyes, a tail that had porcupine spikes made of ice, lightning and shadow, Silverfang had now evolved and it also had a pair of black and yellow wings growing from his back.

Another of the beasts was what looked like a red blood snake with yellow spots all over its body. It was longer than the tiger and moved twice as fast, it's humongous body not hindering its movements. It's orange eyes were locked on the child who was usually its master but was now its prey.

There was also a huge turtle made of mossy stone, it's shell had pure green veins all over it. It loomed over the ten years old in a menacing way, his green eyes moved between its master and the kid. Its master told him to go all out against the kid who was now holding his own against two other beasts no weaker than him. He knew the power of the kid as he had already lost a one on one with him but it felt this was too much.

His master gave him a mental command to follow her orders and so he did. He casted ༒Nature's domain༒ and a green light exploded outwards. Soon, the vines and plants inside the circle answered to him and only him. It was one of the most difficult nature spells as it prevented the influence of another caster in an area.

Caleb felt this change as the nature element around him was blocked by the enormous turtle. He had beaten it before but when they were alone. Now he had to hold himself against Silverfang and Lucifer in order to take care of the turtle.

The battle lasted hours and eventually the cratured were depleted in energy, then Caleb striked and knocked them out in a few seconds. They did have an unfair advantage that their magical power was so great. They had learnt to control it and reel it in but they still had massive reserves of energy that were also being replenished at an incredible rate.

"That is not how I intended you to win this battle but well done, you managed to survive with one less element under your control that was also attacking you. I am impressed. Now, for your next lesson, I will teach you ༒Nature's domain༒ as it will be useful someday. It is one of the Zaratran techniques so do not use it unless it is very difficult for you to win, which I don't think will ever happen."

The Zaratran were an ancient species of giant stone turtles that resided on the first plane of the spiritual realm. Nya had taught him how to hunt for specific summons instead of summoning hundred upon hundred of creatures to get the one you needed as they had been doing until now.

That is how he had acquired Lucifer the Serpent from the first plane.

"Trevor, you're up. You rest Ace, good job."

And so they continued training under the tutelage of a Primordial, one of the most powerful beings in this world.