Triple Orb Academy Volume 1 – Zeffernon, the parallel world of Magic, Prologue

Run! Run! Cadeus was running. He's running as if his life depended on it. If he ever stops, he's dead. WWWOOOOO! "Huh?" Cadeus looked up, as two huge hands came crashing down onto him. "SSSHHHIIITTT!" CRASH! The force of the impact carried Cadeus up into mid air. As small debris of rocks flew all over him, He totally lost his balance. Cadeus slammed onto the floor, hard, and glided to the side. Moaning, Cadeus looked back just to see that the golem slammed its clenched fist on the spot where he used to be running. If Cadeus had not hurled himself, he would have been meat pie at that very instance. While Cadeus looked up he could still see the golem in its punching state. For all it's size the Golem is rather slow. It's still looking at the ground with its fist buried into the earth. Just as the golem stood up again and turned its head, Cadeus scrambled back up to his feet. He barely had time to jump again just before the golem slammed his arms onto the exact stop where he used to be. In getting up for the third time, Cadeus knew that his current situation would be highly disadvantageous if he continued like this. The golem will be able to hit him, perhaps not now, but soon, very soon, if Cadeus did not do something. Scrambling up for the third time, Cadeus racked his brain for a plan. The aura enchantments on his forearm were still in perfect condition. [Consumption] had given him a damage bonus, and with [Environmental Leech] he did not have to worry about his Cast Limit. But despite these buffs, fire did not work. With that red rune protruding from the Golem's chest, the Golem had somehow acquired an artifical resistance to the element fire. No... Cadeus had to choose a different element. As Cadeus continued to run, he began to focus. He felt the magic reserves in his blood pumping. As he ran, he closed his eyes and guided the superstitious energies from around his body onto his right palm. The Golem raised it's arm and went for another deep punch. But before it could land it's fist onto the hard ground, Cadeus jumped and landed at a distance on his stomach. Wham! The buried fist would prevent the Golem from moving fast for the next ten seconds. Seizing this opportunity, Cadeus raised his right hand, palm and fingertips open at the ready. Without the slightest bit of hesitation, Cadeus instantly slammed his palm onto the floor. Upon doing so, he unleashed the magic that was stored within his fingertips. "[Electric Pulse]!" A wave of numerous bluish electric arcs screamed as they raced across the floor from his fingertips to the golem. The golem, who just managed to recover its arm from the ground, was oblivious to the attack. After registering Cadeus's location, it just resumed coming over. As Cadeus watched, the electricity raced through its metallic legs and up it goes, spreading the high voltage current all around the golem's body. The golem fibrillated to the electricity as expected, but the spell lasted only for several seconds. As the electricity died out, the golem shifted its head here and there, and moved its arms around in an attempt to register any predicted damage. Finding none, it finally turned to look at Cadeus. "What... It did not work?!" For all the metal, lightning elemental spells did not work? Cadeus took in several fast breaths, the golem is still moving slowly towards him. Now he's at a loss. Cadeus had thrown all the options he had against this adversary. Lightning did not work, fire did not work and darkness will not hide his silhouette long enough to sneak pass it. In considering all other available options, there's only one remaining. Cadeus bit his lower lip. He had no choice, he had to use 'that'. The golem should be made up of rock and steel, in other words, inorganic matter. Other than the crystal shard that provides energy and the Essense of Magic within, there's nothing of any note that could make the golem indestructable. The golem picked up its pace before it charged towards him. Cadeus crouched into a fighting stance, at the ready. The golem moved a leg forward, punch at the ready. At the moment the golem swing his fist, Cadeus moved. He dived towards the golem's feet, raising his left hand at the same time. At the instance the golem was above him, he unleashed 'that'. A wave of hideous brown mist exited from his palm and surged upwards to the ceiling. The mist spread and envelops the golem, searing its surfaces. Sounds of something corrosive at work sizzled in the air. Success! Cadeus landed on his stomach, he glided on the ground for several seconds. Once he stopped, the first thing was not to get up, but to look up to see if the golem was still on his tail. The brown mist slowly seared the entire surface of the golem. Unsure of what the attack is, the golem swung its arms around the brown mist, unknowingly making matters worst. The metallic arms began to corrode and break apart into rusty scrap metal, and the hard carbonated earth on the golem's body became brittle. Slowly, the golem began to crumble and soon it broke down into rusty parts. Looking at whatever remained of the golem, Cadeus looked down at his hand. The brownish mist had faded, but the prove of his usage of that 'gift' remained. His fingerless glove is not there any more, or rather, most of it. Fragments of his fingerless glove remained at the wrist, but the rest of it are all gone, faded, along with the mist he unleashed. Clicking his tongue, Cadeus tore off the remains of his fingerless glove. The cloth fabric tore off easily, reminding Cadeus of this dreadful ability he possesses. Moving up to the golem's broken husk, Cadeus saw the corrupted Essense of magic fading in green. "Cadeus? Is that Cadeus down there?!" Cadeus looked up, it's Nadav. He's hanging on the very edge of an extremely narrow cliff, using his hands to support his balance. Wait... how long had he been there? Did he see what Cadeus did to the Golem? Cadeus immediately hid his left hand. He did not want Nadav to find out what had happened. "Are you ok?" Nadav asked again. "Yeah… the golem is down." "You took that thing all by yourself?" "Did you not see what had happened?" "Of course not! I'm up here! The only reason why I suddenly noticed you is because that golem collapsed!" Cadeus inwardly breathed a sigh of relief. "Well it has metal, so lightning spells works." "I see... well, good for you!" "What happened to you? Why are you up there?" "Trying to avoid that beast of course!" "What beast?" "Sing and I came across this beast when you took off with that golem. Probably some catacomb inhabitant." "What does it look like?" "Some carnivourous beast, grey skin, singular spiky horns potruding from its spine, four paws with six claws." "It moves sideways like some mammal right?" "Yes! … Wait you know that thing?" "It's called Conmaterus." "Conma what?" "Conmaterus. It's a dangerous nocturnal beast that resides in dark places, poisonous too. Did you forget? I believe I already mentioned this to you before." "The heck? How can the Academy house all these dangerous animals?" "Why are you asking me? Ask the Archmage." "Can it climb?" "Yes, so if it's somewhere behind you, you better find another place to hide." "Screw that! I'm coming down to you." "Anything works. Hey wait a minute… you left Sing to defend for herself?" "As if! That beast was chasing me!" "What about Sing?" "I don't know! I put some distance in-between us." "Then where's that beast of yours?" "The hell knows! It was right behind me at the start! Why do you think I'm doing this? Do you think I want to hang myself on such a narrow cliff for fun?!" Cadeus was just about to reply when he heard a growl. Turning his head to the direction he saw a beast in front of him. The beast Cadeus's looking at right now was a mammal like creature, heavily in muscle built, grey skin, singular spiky horns potruding from its spine, four paws with six claws. It also looks extremely carnivourous. "Shit... the description fits it perfectly." "Shit RUN Cadeus! That thing can bust through walls!" GROWL! The Conmaterus rushed towards Cadeus, there was no time to evade. Cadeus raised his right hand. He did not want to use 'that' again, but in considering the sheer strength of the beast, there's no room for any alternative method. "Oh hell!" Refusing to cast 'that' again, Cadeus rackled his brain and came up with one random answer. "[Lightning Caste]!" Raising his hands, he cast numerous volts of lightning up into the ceiling. The Catacomb ceiling exploded, sending huge chunks of rocks falling down onto the floor. "WWWWHHHHAAAATTTTT? ARE YOU FREAKING CRAZY? I'M STILL UP HERE!" Nadav yelled. No time to argue. Cadeus turned and ran. The huge chunks of rocks collided with the ground. Loud crashing sounds filled the area so bad that Cadeus had to cover his ears. But if you ask me, a world revolving around such an ambiguous subject can be very chaotic. Since magic is something that has no definite bounds, certain things about magic can get pretty dangerous. Once all the noise and tumbling stopped, Cadeus let go of his ears. Turning around, he can see the results of his handiwork. "… Guess I really over did it." The floor gave way to the huge chunks of rocks and collapsed to the lower levels. Cadeus can only see a depressive valley of rock debris scattered all around. Crick… Upon hearing that, Cadeus looked to his left. One of the huge debris of rock began to move. As it moved, it gradually swayed to the sides more violently until it was kicked outwards to the side. Cadeus can see a leg sticking out, and soon Nadav was out in his dusty Grey robes. "You asshole, never, do, that, again!" "Well… you survived." "Survived? What you did almost killed me!" "Well at least it killed the Conmaterus." Boom! That sound, it came from below. Cadeus and Nadav turned to look. BOOM! Huge chuncks of rocks exploded in all directions. They hit the edges of the catacomb's walls before collapsing to the ground again. Thankfully, Cadeus and Nadav are on an upper level. The rocks did not reach them. As the area became full of dust, the Conmaterus snarled angrily. It lashed out violently in all directions. When the dust cleared, it looked around. Then, its gaze went up to the two of them. "Umm… just to confirm again, can that thing climb?" Nadav ask. "Yes." The Conmaterus opened its mouth, revealing its fangs. "Can we outrun this thing?" "We'd better." "Shall we?" "Right behind you." The Conmaterus roared. "RRRUUUUUNNNN!" Nadav cried the loudest cry he ever made in his life, and the two of them ran again with their lives on the line.

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The absolute rules of magic in Zeffernon Rule 1: Magic begins from the blood Rule 2: There are only three colour types of magic Rule 3: What colour type of magic you gain is dependent on your blood Rule 4: A person can only have up to two colour types of magic Rule 5: Over usage of magic always comes with a price Rule 6: Essence infused objects never run out of magic Rule 7: Since Magic is from the Blood, it exists in every organism with blood Rule 8: Magic can never be nullified, its casting process can only be interfered Rule 9: All three colour types of magic are neither good nor evil