Everyone's gaze imdiately turned towards the source of the voice. There, in the corner of the room, stood a woman in all-black tight clothes wearing a red mask with white stripes on it. Looking at the woman, everyone knew who she was.
But currently, all of them were in a very awkward situation. The current situation was Ery and Klea on top of the bed, together. anwhile, the three boys were staring at them with weird gazes.
Realizing the atmosphere, Ery quickly got up from the bed and said to the woman, "Ahh! It's you! Why do you like to sneak in like this? Can't you just knock on the door?"
When he finished his sentence, Ery realized he said sothing that could be interpreted wrong. Glancing towards his friends, Ery saw them staring at him, weirdly.
The masked woman, on the other hand, didn't seem to care and just said, "You shouldn't make my master wait any longer. Let us go now."
"Y-Yea...Yeah! Sure!" Turning around and shifting his gaze towards his friends, Ery imdiately flashed a smile, awkward one while saying, "Let's go, everyone! Yes...?"
Seeing Ery's attempt to dissolve the situation, all of them could only nod their heads and leave the room, preparing to go. A few minutes later, the four boys were seen waiting outside the residence while Klea was nowhere to be seen. It looked like she still needed so ti to prepare herself.
When the four of them were waiting for Klea, Ery felt the gazes from all three of his friends, as they were still staring at him. When he turned around and looked at them, Ery saw sothing in their eyes, sothing different. Ery decided to break the silence, when he couldn't stand their glances anymore. "Uhm… Guys? Why are you like this?"
"I can't believe it!" Thrax exclaid. He approached Ery and embraced his shoulders, "My boy Ery is a man now! HAHAHA!" he laughed loudly. "My man! This is great news!"
Before Ery could say anything, Julian beat him to it. "Yeah, too! You act faster than I thought!" he said, while his expression still showed a shocked look. "From all the secret spells, the transformation, and then this! Wow... Ery. I really don't know you anymore." Julian said with a smile. anwhile, Ery could see Chumo vigorously nodding his head in agreent.
Ery was dumbfounded when he heard his friends' reactions. He then imdiately tried to think of a way to clear this misunderstanding. Raising his hands in front of him, Ery said, "I-I.. Guys! There's nothing happening between us. I just slept."
Upon hearing that, their expression imdiately showed skepticism, including Chumo.
"Don't deny it, Ery. I don't believe you at all!" Julian said. "There's no way nothing happened when you sleep next to such a gorgeous girl. It's either you are doing it or you didn't sleep. And you are saying that you just 'sleep'? I don't believe it!"
"I-I…" Ery tried to say anything but couldn't. Thankfully, Thrax said sothing that helped him.
"Actually, Roman. sa things happened a lot to when I was drunk."
Seeing that Thrax was helping him, Ery felt much better as he quickly supported the claim. "Yes! Exactly! We are all drunk! it's not possible"
But, Thrax wasn't done yet. "Even though most of the tis I fell asleep, my manhood still did the deed, if you know what I an.?" Thrax smirk towards Ery
"NO! No!! That's not what happened!" Ery scread. "Alright, can we stop talking about this and focus on what is in front of us?" Ery said, as he tried to divert the topic. But, Thrax couldn't let him do that easily.
"But… we are just standing here, waiting. So, tell us about what you did last night."
"Nothing! Absolutely nothing!" Ery said. "Can we just not talk about this anymore? Please?"
"Alright..."
However, even though they already decided to not talk about it anymore, Ery could still see Thrax smiling continuously, Julian still puzzled and Chumo still staring at him weirdly. Fortunately, Klea finally ca out of the residence and joined the group.
"I'm sorry, guys! I took a longer shower today... After what happened last night." Klea said while her face was blushing.
All eyes imdiately returned to Ery, who just stood there speechless, wondering what was wrong with his life. But then, Klea suddenly laughed.
"Hahaha! You're so funny, Ery! And you guys too! So hilarious!" Klea said, receiving the confused gazes from the three boys, "I'm fine guys, really!"
She then looked at Ery and said with a smile, "I don't mind at all."
"!!!"
'But I didn't do anything!' Ery thought in his mind.
When another round of questioning was about to be held, a sudden voice interrupted them, "Ehem!"
They imdiately turned around and saw the masked woman.
"So, are you all ready yet?" she asked.
"Yes, yes, we are ready," Ery answered quickly, as if his life was depending on it.
The masked woman imdiately walked out of the courtyard, while the group followed behind. They kept walking until they saw a portal and entered it.
Monts later, the group could see a sight in front of them. Seeing the familiar grey bricks that were painted on the walls of most of the buildings here with their scarlet and azure blue rooftops, and combined with the imposing sight of the tall towers, Ery could tell where they were right now. The crowds and the alleys here told them they were currently at the portal just outside the combat institution.
Ery thought the masked woman would lead them to the arena. But this ti, they didn't head towards the arena, instead they were guided into a special area with a grand and majestic entrance gate filled with guards cladded in golden armor. Just from the distance, Ery could see at the first glance that those armors were extraordinary artifacts.
When the guards saw the approaching masked woman, they imdiately ordered the entrance gate to be opened. A while later, a rumbling resounded, as the gate was slowly opened. When they arrived at the gate, it was already fully opened and the group imdiately entered it.
When they passed the gate, Ery and his friends were welcod with a sight of a vast courtyard, lush grasses and abundant trees filled its surroundings. In the middle of the courtyard, one could see five statues of magus, each of them sculpted in different postures.
When Ery observed the statues closely, he could feel the statues were giving a unique ambience to its surroundings. The ambience was so strong it could also be felt by others.
When Thrax noticed the face of the statues, he beca energetic. He then explained who those statues were.
"Those 5 statues were modeled after the forr combat magus champions, who were currently the 5 guardians of the combat institute. They are all amazing fighters." He then turned his attention to the woman walking in front. "Is your master one of them?" Thrax asked.
Alas, the masked woman chose to ignore him and kept walking forward. She didn't even bother to turn her head around.
After passing through the courtyard, the large path they were on split into five. They proceeded to walk on one of the paths until they finally saw a small palace in the shape of a building that took Klea by surprise. The building architecture looked similar to the ancient buildings that could be found in Egypt.
They arrived at the bottom of the building and saw hundreds of stairs they needed to conquer, in order to reach their destination. After taking a deep breath, the group imdiately climbed the staircase. When they reached the end of the stairs, they found a giant gate that was half opened.
When they peeked inside, they saw a magnificent giant hall. Its floor was made of polished sandstone blocks, while one could see towering, glistening pillars supported the ceiling. Inside the cathedral-like hall, stood a giant podium, where one could see a middle-aged man with a short beard. He was dressed in gleaming gold armor and sat on top of a giant throne.
The man was looking straight at them before they even went into the hall. When they realized the man was gazing at them, they felt the man's gaze emanated a formless aura that suppressed the five of them.
When they finally entered the hall and could clearly see the man, Ery flinched as he recognized the man. This man was one of the n who stared at him in combat stadium last year.
The masked woman, who was in front of them, knelt in front of the throne and said, "Master, I have brought the 5 acolytes as you requested."
"Yes, you may leave now. Yuria."
"Yes, Master."
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