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Chapter 102: Path to the Underground

When the voice of the small boy resounded once again, my whole body was enveloped in a red flame but like the lightning that zapped me earlier, it recovered all of my wounds, and fatigue was reset back to healthy levels. If that was the case, do I also have the ability to use the skills that Suzaku uses?

I waited for the next trial but instead of the next Celestial Beast, the small boy from earlier appeared again carrying a small box this time around.

"You have accomplished two of the five trials right now. Although you have gained the two blessings of the beasts, I can tell from your physique that you are not yet qualified to challenge the next beasts."

"Huh?" I was surprised to hear that. I can't challenge the remaining beasts?

"You hear it right, you are still not ready to challenge the others. If you forcefully try to challenge them, then you are looking to die. It is not that I am scaring you but you are just too immature yet. Even with Suzaku and Byakko, you have trouble fighting them, what about fighting those Celestial Beasts who have much more strong burst power? You won't last a few seconds with them."

He was right. I barely managed to fight against Byakko and Suzaku. If I don't possess the power of the dragon and his memories, I won't be able to finish the trials. I will be dead already when I started attacking Byakko and won't be meeting Suzaku at all.

"Don't be disheartened. You are seeking the Seed of Yggdrassil right? Then come with me and get the seed."

"Uh, I only wanted to get stronger and beat the demons..." I said.

"Still the same thing, the seed of Yggdrassil is something that will be really handy for you if you wanted to beat them up. Come and take it, you are more than qualified to take it. It will just be a waste to just let it rot here forever."

The small boy started walking back from where he came from. Since he said that I should follow him, I followed him without saying anything. I thought we will be going to a hallway towards another room but I just realized that we are descending...again.

Why is this place full of underground places? This is just getting harder to fathom on who decided to do these designs and if this was just his or her style or he or she was just a mole that loves to excavate and build places like this, many possibilities but that is not what I should be thinking right now.

When we arrived on the darker part of the place, I was about to activate my fire magic and create a small flame to light up the area a little bit but the kid stopped me from doing so.

"Using magic might be practical but it is not necessary like in this situation. Don't keep on relying on magic like it was something normal. You can just let your eyes adapt to the darkness instead of using conventional methods."

I was surprised by this boy's words. Indeed, I am quite reliant on magic right now ever since I managed to learn magic. I just remembered that I was a normal person before I found the phone. But ever since then, I used magic a lot. Maybe it is better if I use magic a bit less?

The boy continued speaking as we continue to descend. "Magic is something that exists with us during ancient times but it was something too strong for all humans to hold so it was only given to a selected few, namely, you magicians. Some people are able to use it even though they are not meant to be mages, which in cases like yours."

"My case?"

"You are a unique existence. Though I don't think I will say it to you. Your identity is something you should be able to find yourself without the help of others. Oh well, as I said, magic is not made for the sake of convenience. It was an energy that already existed way before humans ever existed. Humans just harnessed it and used it on their own. Of course, the demons are also using it so it was already something that can be said to be universal. 

"However, Humanity has always been known to abuse the power so to avoid doing so, many people decided to only pass down the magic to those descendants that have potential, otherwise, they don't pass it at all which now leads to how the world is right now. Of course, not all people forgot the lost magic but they can only be counted. But that is only the right thing to do, otherwise, this world of yours won't be the same as you know it right now."

"So magic actually existed before?"

"Yes. It's just that you aren't aware of it lately. Still, your fate is connected to it. Which is why I will be entrusting you the Ygdrassil seed. This is the only way to help you with your journey and your fate."

"My fate?"

"You have to find out yourself. I am just here to guide you to the proper path and also to avoid you getting led astray."

As the boy keeps on talking of things about magic, we arrived at a place that I thought to be another world. It was very similar to the outside world except that this place can be called a paradise. There are grasses and flowers around. The sky is also present which made me wonder

"Is this some sort of magic?" I glance around the place and touched the flowers on the ground. They all felt real and didn't even have any kind of weird feeling that I usually feel when touching something made from magic.

"You can say that this is magic but it is also not. This place solely exists for your eyes only and has no such thing as supporting something. We call this place "The Fake Agartha."

"Fake? This is some sort of imitation then?"

"Yes. The real Agartha is somewhere out there though I don't know what that place looks like and if that place is similar to this, then that is something else. However, it's none of my concern. Time is not on our side, receive the Ygdrassil Seed. We can't afford the demons to emerge triumphantly out there no?"

He snaps his fingers and a green light appeared before me. All of a sudden, my head started to hurt and my vision started to blur.

"Sleep for now chosen one. Once you awaken, you will be a brand new you..."

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