Magic Shop System

"I don't understand what you mean," Kadyn frowned as he sat on the sofa. Hayla was sitting in front of him, her hair tied in a bun. In between laid a table on which snacks and beverages had been placed.

"The Pengolla is about to face its greatest crisis," Hayla said, her voice grave. "When we first met, you weren't even rank 1 mage." She stared at him with glittering eyes. "Now you are rank 3, not any rank 3 mage, but who can battle and defeat someone like Segast, a peak of the rank 3 mage. Not just you, many of your companions had advanced leaps and bounds in just a short period of time."

Kadyn became vigilant.

"No need to be alerted," Hayla, however, shook her head. "I don't have any bad intentions. I just want to become strong. I want to protect my loved ones when the time to battle comes."

Kadyn relaxed and asked confusedly, "What kind of crisis are you talking about?"

"Have you heard of Blood Tribe?"

Kadyn was silent and then asked, "Are you talking about the ancestors of vampires?"

"Yes, the same creatures," nodded the lady. "They are about to come out of their prison and when they do…" she trailed off, not daring to imagine the possibility that her father had told her. She took a deep breath and explained what was going on. The more Kadyn heard the more incredulous he felt. He knew a few things about them already, but most of them were false. 

Like the Blood Tribe had evolved from the battlefield after accumulating resentment and negative emotions. It was false. According to Hayla, someone had summoned the Blood Tribe to fight against his enemies. However, he lost control of them and was devoured by them instead.

After that the Blood Tribe caused a chaos that people of Pengolla had never seen before. So the enemies turned into allies and opposed them together. Hundreds of thousands lost their lives and as many as that turned into slaves, but when the crisis comes, heroes rose, and the same happened at that time as well. Many sacrificed their lives to seal those creatures as they could not kill them.

"The seal that they had placed on the Well of Suppression has waned after such a long time. The envoy of the World Magic Assembly said—they won't take over two years to break out of the seal."

"Why don't they form another seal?" Kadyn asked.

Hayla shook her head. "To form that seal hundreds of thousands of mages sacrificed their lives. In which hundreds of them were 6 ranked. The ultimate peak that anyone could reach in the Pengolla. They did it because they had seen the terror of those creatures. However, after enjoying the admiration of the masses, the people of World Magic Assembly had become complacent. Do you think they would give their lives without fighting? Not a chance."

Kady nodded. It was normal for them to become greedy for powers after enjoying such a treatment for thousands of years. Although they knew that a terrible foe was about to descend and they could seal them by sacrificing their lives—but they didn't feel satisfied. 

They wanted to battle those creatures themselves and then decide what to do. They knew that it would bring chaos, but they didn't care. It was the nature of humans or the nature of any race. They would always forget what their ancestors did to gain peace and freedom for them. They take everything for granted. That's what happened with the World Magic Assembly. Though it was sad, it was true.

"So," Hayla interrupted his train of thought, "can you help me become strong?"

Kadyn looked into her eyes and then a scroll appeared in his hands. "Read this scroll—if you agree with the terms and conditions, drop the blood on it."

Hayla took the scroll from Kadyn and examined it.

—

A few days later.

Kadyn looked at his companions and said, "Today is Sunday, and today, we're going to Death Valley."

"Fuck," cursed Dion. "I was waiting for this moment. I'm going to get my revenge. I almost shit myself last time. This time, however, I would make them shit, instead."

"I was so terrified last time," Zelie complained, "that I couldn't even do anything. However, this time I'm going to crush those ugly skeletons."

Others nodded in agreement. Kadyn smiled when he saw the lack of fear on their faces. After all, everyone of them had already reached the rank 2, and they had gone through many life and death struggles. Elora and Khrom, Barret and Hot Rod, had reached the peak of the rank 2. While Cecelia had finally crossed the bottleneck, becoming the second person to break through rank 3 mage.

Kadyn turned towards another silhouette and said, "Are you ready, Hayla?"

"Ah, yes," Hayla felt like running away from these lunatics. Death Valley was so powerful that even the World Magic Assembly didn't bother them. That was the turf of the necromancers, lich, and all kinds of spirits. Just thinking about them made her tremble. However, when she saw everyone's confident faces, she gritted her teeth and nodded.

"Alright," Kadyn said. "Let's first teleport to the Death Town outside the Death Valley—so we could gather before heading into the Death Valley."

Everyone nodded and then vanished from the shop; Leaving only three figures of Kove, Melvona and Rayna behind. The two little children were clenching their fists in eagerness.

"I know you also want to go with them," Rayna said. "But you are too small for these dangerous missions. Didn't you see what happened to you big brother Dion last time? He lost even his clothes and escaped naked to save his life."

Kove and Melvona shivered when they remembered that ugly sight. Melvona had since long become rank 1 mage while Kove had reached elementary rank 10. They weren't weak in any sense, but compared to others they were indeed lacking a great deal of strength and experience.

"I will definitely go the next time!" Kove said, determinedly.

"Good, but for now, you need to help me chop the meat."