Look beneath your feet that’s what you are

Beatrix and Jeanne joined hands and walked into the next part of the jungle, this jungle that seemed to say face everything you have done up to this point.

They were in a temple it had great wisdom, it was ancient, it seemed to have an impressive structure to it.

Jeanne grew a dark smile, Beatrix didn't notice it.

But when she was walking forward, Beatrix halted to a stop.

She had noticed a figure, a figure that was…

A figure that was broken into pieces that could never be made whole again

A figure that was her friend, it couldn't be.

It really couldn't be, but it seemed to be.

The little dragon, Thales Miray

"It's been a while Beatrix, you missed me?"

He said with a smile.

Beatrix was struck with so many questions, but Thales answered them.

"I woke up and it seemed that our sister Sophie had saved me, I don't know how or why but by some miracle I am alive"

Beatrix trusted Jeanne so she asked if she knew what this Temple was.

She answered quickly; it is duty, righteousness, law and order.

"I have no ties to the boy yet in my interaction with those concepts, he seems to be real independent of them"

Beatrix couldn't believe it, her intuition couldn't believe it, so his concept of self wasn't destroyed he was rescued?

Then what should she do now?

At the sandy deserts, the man had finished cultivating.

"Only half the truth of it all but only half what gives?"

"Well if I may, Lord The Fool"

William started but was interrupted.

"Just The Fool will do and yes you may"

"Alright the magnanimous fool-"

"Are you perhaps deaf Ngwah? I said The Fool is fine it isn't insulting if it is the name I gave"

William's thoughts nearly drifted when he was called an Ngwah, but he stayed on topic.

"Right, The Fool! There are two resource points the other is being contested so far for 3 days and 3 nights by a lone wolf called Al-Gha facing off against the Sahib factions Mavis."

"And where is that?"

"Just this way, and when you win you shall rule the sand"

They climbed on the back of the ultimate thereon an undead variant it had panicked and tried to run when sensing The Fool, so he killed it and experimented with turn undead which succeeded he had done the same to Thomas and Bondrewd but did something to Thomas first.

But away they went, chasing the winds of the sand, the winds of time.

Beatrix and Thales reunited once again, wondering what to do next.

They looked at each other wondering if the other was real, although that was what Beatrix saw, it looked like Thales was just imitating her.

Thales appeared to have Sophie's insignia.

"So that is the choice you made, she saved you so you're with her now, I guess you don't need me anymore?"

"Well Beatrix, are you not my guardian I clearly need you, we can just join Sophie together always room for one more, let's just soar past these trials."

"It seems I work for your boss now, Jeanne a great venerable that she is, I hope we can work well together"

Thales bowed

"Well she isn't really a boss, butt yyyeah that is fine"

"Well Beatrix, lead the way it is troublesome for me to find my way here because the paths lead you away if you have unrighteous conduct it seems"

"I'm pretty amoral as you know"

"Yeah I'll lead the way"

And she did.

They came across a wounded animal; Jeanne said usually they would put it out of misery and eating every part of it as an apology for needing it for food.

But Beatrix said she had some food, it was for herself and Thales but she didn't care.

She was willing to share.

She thought they should help it, Thales was indifferent.

Beatrix thought it was weird that Thales would at least say it would slow them down they should try to move on.

But he seemed to not care and even encouraged Beatrix to make the decision.

So she did. They helped it and with that a new path emerged, the right path it seemed, had they not done that maybe they would have lost their way.

They continued on.

They saw an object, a statue of sorts, but small.

It seemed valuable as a resource in some way; it just gave off that feeling.

Thales once again encouraged Beatrix to make the decision and what she decided to do which was ignore it.

"YAY you're doing so well Beatrix!" He said with great excitement and warmth.

Seemed he had changed, she didn't know how to feel about this.

In the desert The Fool and William blade traveled on their beast, they had come across were the two combatants fought for the food.

Mavis Spinoza and Al-Gha Bagdad, The Fool dismounted from the beast and told them one thing.

"Yield to me or you will lose your life"

They turned with animosity and bloodlust.

"Apparently you seem to not understand my friends"

He stepped once, the sand shook, a quicksand pit opened up.

It took no victims this time.

He stepped again; they suddenly felt their bodies ache and their bones cracked.

This was not cultivation what was this man possibly doing?

He stepped again, they easily fell crashing like a ton of bricks.

He half stepped, but they asked him to stop, because they had no idea what it was they were up against of it they could even go against this "man".

He spoke.

"I only wish to meditate on this point and rule as king, scram."

They didn't move not out of resistance but out of respect to The Fool's power.

"Well oh great one, we wish to serve" They said simultaneously.

 "Fate brought you to me; fate is all around us this sand is part of the god I worship"

 "Interesting" The Fool pondered quietly.

Al-Gha next spoke

"You can bring me to embrace the arms of my God, so I will serve you too"

"Sure whatever" The Fool said.

"Well what should we call you ruler of the sands" They said together.

He answered like he always does, call me. He said

"The Fool, Lord of the grains of Time"

"I hunger, but for your respect I will fight it off this time."

"Thank you, The Fool" They understood the assignment.

He wanted to meditate now; he predicted this would complete him based off the last gains.

He was wary of specifically Mavis, she seemed to serve Sahib with her short hair and robes for the desert and she was here for a reason after all. SO he brought out what was beginning to become a great and terrible army of Zombies along with William Blade to guard him while he cultivated, even if he thinks they were insects, insignificant as what is beneath their feet. You never know what dragon could rise out of the sand.