Azarath (2)

"When the homo magi returned to Atlantis from the war, disputes followed; one faction wanted to hide from the rest of the world, while the other wanted to blend in with them.

In the end, they split from each other; the second faction indeed blended themselves with the Homo sapiens, and their offspring were homo magi, so they steadily grew, but only a couple of thousands of years later, the universe began to restrict magic more; the first era of magic was coming to an end.

From that event, the homo magi split once more. In one part, there were the ones who wanted to live with their homo sapiens partners, and the second wanted to flee to another dimension, to a place where they could practice magic without hiding it.

Thus, the already scarce homo magi split once more, making them practically a species in danger of extinction.

The homo magi that abandoned earth went to different dimensions, and one of them was here Azarath, and over the years they began to accept people who wanted to live in peace and without conflict or bloodshed.

To ensure that nothing like that happened, a ritual was performed, the Cleansing Ritual. It consisted of removing the darkness from a person's heart, but that's not something you can get rid of that easily, so it was thrown away into a different dimension, the netherworld.

And from all that darkness, your father was born,  Raven."

We are in the studio of her mother. I already introduced Nayru to Arella; she was fascinated by her.

"Why the history lesson, Isaac?" Raven was not impressed by the information that I just told her.

{She already knew, huh?

"Because your father is an entity born out of the darkness and malice of the heart, and the other reason is that the entrance to his realm is right below us."

 "What!?" 

{She didn't know that.}

 "Mother?" 

"It's true" 

"Why didn't you tell me?"

"Because she can't, this information is only known by the elders and the Azar."

"Elders?" 

"Oh, you haven't met them yet; they are powerful mages that were disciples of the earliest Azar; through magic, they had lived long lives, thus the name elders."

"I thought that Master Azar was the only authority here."

"And she is, but she is only one person, so by the time the second Azar took place, she imposed the Council of Azarath; they were advisors, and with time they gained power and privileges."

"Isn't that bad?"

"If they haven't gone to the cleansing ritual, sure, but the ritual is useful in stripping away all negative emotions, so no power struggle or plot against your mother."

"I, see" 

"Don't worry, my daughter; I'm not someone who needs help."

"That I can confirm..."

"What do you mean by that, Isaac?"

 "N..nothing.." 

*Stare*

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By the third day, I finally had permission to check The Great Door. It was located in the inner parts of the main temple and was surrounded by elders; no disciple or teacher is allowed here.

*Thud* 

*Thud* 

*Thud* 

We are currently descending the temple stairs with me, two elders, and Arella.

 *Thud* 

We finally reached the end, and I could see, at the end of a grand corridor, a giant gate.

"That is the Great Door, Isaac."

"Thank you for letting me come here, elder Ada."

"Master Azar insisted, so thank her."

"He already did, Master Ada."

"Let's go; we don't have all day."

"Yes, elder Janni."

We approached the Great Door, and I could feel it. Something is going on here, as far as I could tell. In front of the door, there was an altar and some arcane circles on the floor.

{Probably used in the ritual of cleansing} i kneel down to observe the patterns.

{As for the door}, I looked up and noticed that the door was completely carved with runes and spells.

{Hmm... I don't see anything out of place}

"What do you think, Isaac?"

"At first sight, there's nothing out of place, but..."

{[Kèter'elyon]} 

"[Revelio]" As soon as my spell was cast, different runes on the floor and door changed.

 "What!?" 

"!?" 

Not only that, my spell also revealed some strange seals on the other side of the door.

"Master Arella, look!" I point out those seals.

She came to my side; she didn't say anything, but she closed her first hard.

"Who did this?"

"I don't know Janni."

"What I know is that these modifications are not recent."

"That's obvious, old man."

"What did you say, woman?"

The two elders were discussing who messed with the ritual and the door from this side.

Meanwhile, I began to observe, with more details, the seals on the other side of the door. Right now, there were three, half of the supposed six that it took for Trigon to enter Azarath, but the sabotage from this side hadn't happened before.

{Tch, me changing something will bring other situations, right?}

"I think I can repair the seals on the floor and door, but..."

"Whoever did this will know."

"Yes, Master Ada."

"Then, we need to call all the elders also; we need to know who was recently cleansed."

"What about the runes?"

"Leave it for now, Isaac; we need people to catch."

"Got it" 

Like that, all the elders mobilized along with the teachers to catch the recent cleanse, and indeed something was wrong; they were aggressive, and that shouldn't have happened.

"How many were captured?"

 "Twenty" 

"That's a lot; how do they blend in?"

"They had help; drugs were used to pacify them."

"So, all this is planned by someone."

 "....Yes"

{Nayru, don't leave Raven side}

~Yes, Master!~ 

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At the end, nothing more suspicious happened, so the investigation was put on hold.

{Whoever did this is careful and knows Azarath well}

We found ourselves again in front of the Great Door, trying to repair the damage done by the unknown enemy.

"What do you need, Isaac?"

"Nothing, Master Ada; I have everything I need."

"Just let the kid work, Ada."

"Silence, old man."

"What!?, woman, you..."

"Elders, please"

 *Cough* 

*Cough*

 "Proceed"x2 

"[Kèter'elyon]" 

"[For at alle tingene skal fungere som én, skal det fortrydes i harmoni]"

(For all the things to work as one, in harmony, they must be undone.)

In front of us, the runes that were changed began to change again, now into the runes that were before, completing the original sealing spell.

This changed the entire spell matrix, even the altar, cleaning the air that we didn't know was corrupted.

"I guess it was a success, right, Isaac?"

"Yes, elders, the runes are repaired, but I want to put something else in place to ensure no one else is temperate with this."

 "What Isaac?" 

"Some talismans, Master Arella."

 "Very well"