Deamon woke up to a bright day feeling refreshed as he stretched to hear air pockets pop inside his body " Aaa morning in the desert " hot as hell obviously , but Deamon still wore his hood " Kitti " he turned to see her sleeping .
" Oh " Deamon looked away in disappointment and walked up to see the sinkhole he made " Oh " he could see many tents around the structures of the old civilizations and walked down . Most of the soldiers alarmed the scholars while Deamon walked to the temple he went yesterday .
He saw hunters crowding around Iona while she tried her best to copy from the little fragments she knew . Some people were investigating at the deepest level they can reach where Deamon met with the king himself who has worked his body all night without sleep , so he rested but not enough for any sleep .
' Is this what a workaholic means ? ' Deamon carelessly thought " I don't understand what is the mechanism behind this door ? " a scholar was studying the problem of getting through the door .
Sure they can break through but such history was so ancient as they walked deeper so destruction was not a way in if they wanted to get plenty of results . Deamon ignored them and walked away as they investigated for clues when one metal detector was already in eye's sight .
Lozes was very tired as if he had accelerated his aging and if Deamon were to take the work that Lozes had to do he would throw it to someone else his basic knowledge can't compare to Lozes experience and education .
" These ruins have been staying under the wells of our city " Lozes was calculating the effect of the cause and Deamon just listened to see if he can understand anything from outside the tent " If we discover what is underneath we can find ancient history that may or may not strengthen the army "
Before a considerable amount of time had even passed Lozes already blurted out the only thing that Deamon was curious about . As curious as a child he sneaked down to see the troops guarding the entrance .
He took a deep breath and walked slowly to the location unknown to the people around entering another state erasing his presence . As someone with experience in plenty of fighting and versatile techniques useful for his childish desires , he would sneak around his house taking the last piece of meat without notice .
As such he learned to be able to do many unnatural things and sneaking without being recognized by any eyes or ears was something he was skilled in , even a dog beside him can't tell he was there unless certain conditions meet .
Deamon looked at the door that leads deeper down the ruins and was definitely curious to see what was under . So he would take the only decision he can make which was to open the door himself and concentrate to feel the residual flow of a dance as the aura hit parts of the wall switching to another element and the same was said to the feet .
He threw his slippers behind , walked on the platform where the dance took place and danced accordingly but more skillfully whilst meeting the right pattern and element . His feet circled one more time to complete it and he smiled as he walked in still using that state concealing his actions as the door shut behind .
' Dark ' Deamon blankly thought " I should use light using fire is bad in tight spaces " Deamon took a deep breath and imagined the attributes of light and his understanding .
Light is to allow the eye to see from the primordial darkness where no light exist . Pure light is the light that reflects an object to reveal its true colors while not affecting it . Red light causes objects to look redder just like white makes things look more brighter .
He thought to himself as he thinks of himself as an object that doesn't emit light requiring the assistance of pure light so others can see what the color of his attire is . But now his clothes can already show others what it looks .
Deamon opens his eyes to see his light embodiment work " Another room ? " he tries to feel any flow of nature but none after all " Nghh " he disappointingly complained and walked around the room to try to find anything ancient " It looks more like , ACHOO ! "
Dust tickled his nose as they left it when he rubbed his nose to get rid of them " Oh ? " Deamon wiped the dust-out and to see amber " Is there a forest under here ? " Deamon was excited and flashed through the amber as he exited to the other side .
Yeah , he just went through the amber like light passing through glass " a cave ? " he walked only looking up to find any opening and tripped on something " Eww " he fell on some substance and realized it was amber that hasn't solidifed beside a tree root " Again ? "
He flashed out of the amber as they fell down ' I'm glad I learned about light ' he skipped on the way to the cave as he looks forward to the end of the path .
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" Haaaa " the two workaholics named Lozes and Iona were forced down on a comfortable bed by the army and the soldiers that watched them respectively " The discovery of that insect its exoskeleton can be used for armor and the rest can be used for food "
" I'm already close to discovering the technique I need to get up " you should have already known who is talking by the way . The two had bodies that didn't allow further work , two pulled an all-nighter , one was filled with stress and the other didn't notice the time as their bodies fell on the table and platform .
But it seems that the cat and dog resting on the other side had no problems sleeping on sand and woke up after they got tired of laying on the cooking temperature of sand " Huh ? " confused at the situation they got up and were hungry .
They spotted the "kitchen" but no food was seen " I forgot to pack food " they both admitted to that one mistake for not preparing for a trip out of home and the traveler that was with them had his own problems when he decided to visit his hometown .
' I wonder if things had changed ' he looked at the capital and could see that the castle the cultural structure still in the same place as the laws stated " Father must be worried when that sandstorm came but luckily that strange boy took care of it "
Eco looked at the traveler wondering what he is talking about but the rumbling of their stomach needed silence " Ugh " Eco looked at the underground water fish wondering if they are edible and saw Kitti eating it .
Troubled by their lack of knowledge and experience they started by spotting a cliff where plenty of fish were under the cool shade . Kitti looked at them and concerned of her sleep and followed them .
" How do we catch the fish ? " Kitti walked to the shore and tapped her front paw to freeze around the shade " Waaa !! " Arti looked at the high wave frozen by ice " Hah " Eco's body was cold " Achoo "
Kitti waited for them to calm down and pushed a paw forward " Huh ? " she raised her paw and pointed one claw to her mouth " Oh you want the fish to eat ? " Arti asked " Kitti became disappointed but thought that will do " She is so quiet " Eco would understand what she say but Kitti seemed to avoid meowing her words .
They looked at the fish and tried to catch them but each attempt leads to failure due to the slippery and glowing scales .
These underground fishes are the only ones that live under the wells very deep away from the lights punched through the ground above . They were lucky Deamon sensed them to keep them alive and Tutri wasn't hungry yet to still be alive .
They live on plants so they are herbivores and will soon die because there was no vegetation around . But they might end up eating their own feces if they are left with no choice .
Luckily they have yet to do so but were treated as suitable food for Kitti to endanger them as food for herself . The two finally caught one and hastily searched for somewhere to place it leaving the fish on a rock holding it down like trying to hold a pillow down on someone to suffocate them .
" Finally " Eco looked at the fish and Arti looked at the pitiful size of the fish " It isn't enough for us " he said cutting short their celebration . They looked at the fish and the cold water they had to resist while trying to catch a fish .
" How about we make a fishing rod ? " Eco asked and Arti nodded thinking it was a good idea . But their lack of knowledge was in the way so they don't know how to make a proper fishing rod , don't know what the fish eat and they don't even know how to use one .
While they were brainstorming with whatever leftover brain cells they have the fish were already slowly being chilled as they stopped moving due to sheer cold .
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Deamon looked at the end of the cave as he lighted his way tossing out light and found a big amber surrounded by mushrooms " I thought amber came from trees " he stood out of the hole and brightened his light to see figures inside the amber .
" Wow " he scanned the area and found a group of dancers who surrounded something but too many mushrooms were in his sight " What are these mushrooms for anyways ? " he flashed to many spots to get the right angle and found that the group of dancers was surrounding a hole in the middle " But why ? "
He flashed continuously to find a suitable spot to enter the amber and flashed through it . And for all of you who are excited in having Deamon's ability the light embodiment then be prepared to know that your body will distort if you are not good at it .
Light works in many ways and can bend if it goes through water and will spread when it hits a curved mirror . You would transform in countless ways as you return to physical forms . But don't worry just master it like Deamon and it will be like an eagle flying through the skies .
Deamon flashed continuously through the amber reaching another place much deeper " Bright " Deamon opened his eyes lightly . Still , the bright flashes of light made him shut them again " Ugh " he used another state that he discovered for sleeping as the area darkened .
" Ahh " a bright glowing forest was shown to his eyes " Amazing " he was fascinated by the air , breathing it feeling the untouched fresh soil yet to leave any desire paths made by the weathering of frequent steps . The air was so clean and pure due to the lack of animal life .
" It feels so great in here " this kind of change in environment affects Deamon most due to his sensitivity " I wanna nap here " but he wasn't tired enough so he continued to admire the glowing forest with lowered brightness due to his state of darkness .
He walked around taking in as much air into his lungs to feel it " fresh " he made a calm and happy smile and learned another state . Surprised ? Of course , you would and wouldn't since you don't fully understand embodiments and states .
Embodiment is basically to become something like fire in nature or light or wind . States are different they are the state of mind of a person . Being calm minimizes the effects of disturbance .
Embodiments can be seen as being something to copy the elements , being light means you won't need light to show what the color of your clothes is because you are light and fire means you'll be warm .
States would distort the nature around the user , it might be like embodiment but next level too bad it isn't so easy . After all , feeling warm doesn't mean fire it also means comfort and feeling cold means sadness and etc .
The state Deamon learned was tranquility which isn't exactly calmness but feeling free from anything . Deamon smiled skipping around the trees as they grew brighter but still not enough to annoy Deamon .
He walked around the cave and remembered what he was there for " I nearly forgot " he looked at the amber he came out of and trace it to end up in another trail of amber " This better be the last one " he dived into the amber one last time and arrived to a lifeless tree " Huh ? "
The giant tree was dark and Deamon removed the dark state and used his light embodiment to see around him " Another amber ? " he complained and walked to it anyways " Oh at least I don't have to go through it " Deamon smiled looking at the giant amber .
He decided to do something with it and warmed the amber as it melted to his fire " But what do I use this for ? " he can think of using the amber for decorations pairing it using his light embodiment to create a light show . Bothersome as it is and pointless since he has heap loads of money to go with him .
" Well can't help it I need to be greedy if I don't want to lose " he remembers failing a written test because he refused to take it seriously and was in desperation when only one point was needed . The tragedy of regrets as he waited for days till the next test and retook it .
So he thought that the amber at the entrance was sufficient enough but the regret of the one-point fail marks made him desire the heap load of amber that caged people ' Hopefully I get some money from it '
Deamon flashed out of the dead tree and the forest to look at the giant amber he measured the height and elevation of the people and created his sword unconsciously solidifying aura . He gripped the sheath and the handle to draw out the blade .
[ Horizon blade ] like the name he cut the amber horizontally sparing space for the hair of the tallest person trapped in the amber . He sheathed the blade back as it broke from the force " Ugh how come it starts to break now ? " Deamon complained at the fact since he had already created the weapon that wouldn't break but now it was breaking .
"But if I can use it then I can't complain " he told himself since he knew he was getting stronger as he remembers all his memories that he somehow forgot . So he held the amber and looked at the entrance he came from " I need to bring this amber with me and properly execute the light embodiment together with it "
He looked at the amber and the size " Okay you can do this " he spread his light embodiment the same way he did to his clothes and flashed through the path he came with . He traveled through the amber , squeezed through the gaps of the door and ignored the surprise of the king's man .
The looks on their faces when they saw a strand of light flashing literally on their eyes failing to follow Deamon and the amber he carried , though some people manage to witness the light widen as it strikes the ground reconstructing Deamon and the amber .
He stretched his body feeling relief with the harvest of amber and looked at it " Amber is useful for medicine moreover one that was aged very long should be useful " Deamon has a lack of business understanding and medical knowledge he only used amber for alchemy but nothing else .
So he is only betting that Lozes was willing to buy the amber , in the meantime he looked at Tutri and smiled ' Ahh at least I don't have to carry so much ' then the problem of Tutri's food hit his mind " Wait what does she eat ? " he looked at her giant body thinking what food will she even want and all he can think of was dive to a very deep level to get her food .
" To the sea " he looked at the two beastkins and Kitti " You two take care of Kitti while I'm gone " like always he ignored their plans and disappeared into a light flying at light speed " Will he accept us as disciples " Arti asked seeing that Deamon turned into light .
Kitti looked at them knowing how to repay them and get them to stay and get her food while Deamon was busy . So she approached them and meowed at Eco " Huh ? " she meowed again to tell them her deal for the two " You will ? " his eyes sparkled with excitement .
" Will what ? " Arti didn't understand a thing of what Kitti said " She said she can help us be like him " Eco pointed at the sky where Deamon passed " Like that master Colos ? " Arti pays attention " Yeah him " " Okay what do we do first ? " Arti said enthusiastically .
Kitti pointed at the fish and then the two dropped their heads " Okay " but agreed since that was their only choice .
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Deamon arrived at the shore of the sea and ocean Tutri swam through and looked under the sea by pushing his head down to look at the sea ' Wow ' he can see under the sea by using the light embodiment . He could see the reflective properties some plants have proving his light embodiment to be useful for exploration .
He didn't exactly have any information about the giant axolotl so he only thought of one location where there was plenty of fish with plenty of meat to eat from .
' If I hunt plenty of food there is bound to be one Tutri can eat ' he told himself and dived into the waters to hunt as he froze water to make blades and strengthened it with his flow . The blades look like bows but sharp and without a bow string .
' Here fishie fishie ' he swam around the waters at a quick speed cutting off the head of any edible fish he can find , shark included . He made sure his cuts were clean like a top quality knife for sashimi in a Japanese restaurant as the dead bodies floated up in bubbles .
' More ' there was already twice Tutri's size of fish on the surface trapped in frozen bubbles but it didn't stop Deamon from getting more fish as bubbles of dead corpse ascended to heaven surface ' Should be enough '
The result was ten times Tutri's size as he looked at them .
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Right after Deamon left the amber caught the attention of some people , Lozes was already on the case and bed while hearing the report and Iona flew as the wind and laid her body on a rock by the shore when she saw a light ' I can't believe I missed an opportunity like that ' now conflicted whether she should study the ruin or keep an eye at Deamon and get sleep .
' Master Colos always sleep if I use that time to study the ruins I might learn something and during his travels , I can watch him but I will lose the energy before I get to witness his abilities ' Iona stood up with bones that feel very dead and looked at the surrounding " Where is master Colos ? " she asked " Are you talking about the other human ? "
Eco asked " Yes ? " " He left he just turned into light and disappeared " " Turned into light ? " Iona missed another opportunity to witness Deamon's embodiment and the two who saw it weren't even able to benefit from it .
' Yet another opportunity gone but Master Colos isn't one who teaches ' she reminded herself and thought about why he left ' If I can help him he might teach me ' too bad she doesn't know what he needs .
He doesn't care about tasty food and only likes simple and easy-to-cook or travel friendly meals . He doesn't need laundry at all for some reason unknown yet . So Iona can't find anything to get Deamon to teach her something he has so many things that he can keep everything with him he might make a house using Tutri .
' What must I do ? ' she thinks " Look a shooting star " Arti pointed at a blue light as the trajectory landed on the desert . The light landed and ice sprouted out of the ground " HUH !?! " Deamon was throwing his loot using his light embodiment to give it speed and frost to keep it fresh and clean of sand
He grabbed a head and flung it as it turns into blue light for frost and took a fish by the tail and threw it out as it also turns into light . He hunts very fast due to his worry about Tutri's starving state so he went all out and threw all the loot and followed the last with higher speed arriving at the place where Tutri was half asleep from the loud noise .
" I'm back " he yelled to call out to Tutri as she jolted awake " Here which of them do you like ? " he pointed at the pile and Tutri fearfully crawled out of the water body to look at the fish . She pokes one with her head " Looks like tuna "
He didn't delay any further and took the fish and threw it up and sliced it while calculating the size of the chunks he was planning to cut to give to Tutri , he looked at the chunks displayed on the cold ice ' It won't need salt if it stays at sea for that long . '
The sea in this world is bountiful due to a lack of proper technology or diving gear and strength . So even the normal livestock down could feed villages for days , plus the minerals are hidden deep underground are also part of the bounty of the world .
' Bounty of the world , they were found in deepest places and were even said that they were closes thing to the world before the great survival ' Iona said and Deamon was happy when the tuna cooked quickly using his fire . He cut a good piece and ate it with a smile .
' Just the right amount of salt , Tutri must be good at finding the right food . ' Ururus woke up from the smell and followed it like he was sleepwalking but using his wings and arrived beside Deamon ' He must be hungry . ' he cut a smaller piece enough to stuff Ururus's mouth .
' I should look for spices or at least buy the in a market ' Deamon looks at the city and thinks of his budget ' Ugh I have to hunt more again ' not much of a problem to him who is so strong already and still has so much to relearn .
Deamon looked at the head of the fish he bought and knew what he had to do . He can't bother the king buuuuut there were people who looked interested in his amber ' But I don't want to talk to them ' he looked at Iona looking at the pile of food .
" Hey what's your name again ? " he yelled in a distance looking at Iona and snapping her out of her thoughts " ... Iona " " Okay if you can sell the heads of those fish and amber I'll teach you how to strengthen your wind embodiment "
' Something I can do ' she immediately got to work looking forward to the lesson . She appraised the heads to give them a value feeling that her days of reading were being picked out of the useless pile of knowledge .
' But how do I teach her ? ' he never had to teach others since he always ran but now that he stroke a deal with Iona he had to give her a lesson ' I can't just say I'm a storm while you are a breeze it sounds so bland '
Actions speak louder than words ' But if that is how the saying goes then I just have to be the storm for her to watch ' Deamon confirms it and pats Ururus ' I'll have to wait for a while I heard negotiations take a while ' " Colos-dan I'm done " Iona said holding a sack of gold with her standing beside Deamon while he was deep in thought .
' Of course , it was quick ' " Okay , stand here and watch since actions speak louder than words " ' Wait is he going to show me directly ? ' Deamon turned into the wind flying to a much more deserted area and turned into a storm lifting the sand under him .
Whips of wind danced with sand adding to their lethality , rocks were dug out and were cut by the sharp wind . The effect was disastrous when the ball of storms fell onto the floor causing more damage to the making the crater even bigger as sand and dust were pushed out of their places .
Deamon stopped looking around on the ground at the disaster he caused ' That should be enough now to get my money . ' he beamed back without care and looked at Iona " I'll be gone " he didn't care if Iona learned anything since that was him not holding back partly .
He strolled into the city and bought a cart just before looking for the market and found all the tents set up early in the morning ' Early bird gets the early worm ' he was wearing his hood over his eyes and followed the scent of spices , salt and fermented products " I want all of this " he said hovering his hand around the spices in glass containers covered with a cork .
" Also can you put it on a crate and do you have more ? " " I do " the vendor responded showing two more crates " I'll take them " Deamon got thirty strings of coins tied together and handed it to the vendor .
He walked to a nearby tent and looked at all the ceramic jars " Miss I want all your jars please " he could smell some residual of the pickled food " Hundred strings " Deamon placed ten by ten strings of coins to the vendor and placed all of the jars in crates on his ramp .
" I want the whole rock please " he pointed at the pink salt rock of the foreign vendor " Two hundred " like the previous vendor he handed them over and carefully placed the giant rock " Also I want that too " he pointed at the wooden stall .
" Ehh ? " " fourty strings " he held the strings to the foreigner who gladly took it . Deamon took the stall and nailed back the front to cover his good from being stolen and headed for another tent selling ceramic pots " I want all of these " Deamon held the pots he wanted and got a crate to go .
' I'll come back at the night market ' Deamon told himself and walked out of the city wondering what he can do ' Hehehe fish soup with big dices , pickled vegetables , curry , ' he drooled imagining himself cooking while synthesizing recipes in his head .
He would pour a base adding some spices of his choice as the curry was boiled into a certain creamy tezture . Then the grounded chili turns into a classic chili sauce , sweet salty and most importantly with a killer flavor .
So many ideas for him to use and create that he was fantasizing about the food he could make walking around the street ' I wonder what Ururus likes I need to make him something tasty and travel friendly '
He thinks of making a burrito which was accessible on a ride or on the move and imagined Ururus biting on one ' He would look so cute ' but he can never see anything adorable about Kitti only a fancy plate in front of her , he turned to the gates to see that it was still very early .
' I must've worked too much and woke up too early ' he told himself and then dragged the cart on the sand . Tutri was back on the water and Ururus was running in circles around the fish to exercise " Hah this is life " he was glad he has plenty of money to go with .
Now there was a problem why are there people praying to something at the amber . He himself didn't care since he doesn't concern over something like that or would ever but we need some problems to make the story exciting .
Lozes got up after recovering with treatment looking at the door which was now open with the amber out of the way and walked to the opening where Deamon cut off the amber " Mushrooms ? " " Sir this was the same mushrooms the girl with him sold " " We're lucky he sold us the mushrooms to think it was good for medicine "
Deamon's lack of knowledge has allowed him to completely disregard the weird mushroom that grew on amber ' What else was in here ' " Sir there are people inside the amber " Lozes was alerted and looked at their faces " They don't look like our people . "
He concluded that this must be the people who lived before his ancestors came to this place ' But what took their city ? ' he didn't understand especially when he saw a mother carrying her child with her with a saddened face .
" My Lord , I believe that these people encountered a nation wide calamity and chose to come here to pray , but the problem was what did they pray for " prayers for a strong god to help them were very known to the people in the era .
But the sad sight of their faith caused them to fit into a category of blind faith . Blind faith is believing in a god that they believed to exist without proper proof , being blinded by faith that your child will get well by a prayer , receive guidance in their studies without crediting those you hope for development as responsible .
Lozes sighed and saw a light " there is a light over there why don't we investigate it " a scholar asked and Lozes agreed " Make sure you get a passage that allows movement and avoid causing any destruction . " Lozes called some man to pick up pickaxes to mine through the amber without damaging the people inside .
The traveler on the other hand was still staying beside where Kitti was resting , he doesn't know what to do . He just strolled near someone's home and now he looks incredibly suspicious and awkward when he realized it . Staying near someone for shelter and protection was advisable when there was danger .
But the peace made everything feel awkward like going inside someone's house without consent ' I should leave ' the traveler packed his luggage and rode his camel out through a flat slope . They haven't arrived at the city yet since they just departed right after Deamon threw his bounties off the sea .
Deamon was happy and decided to look out for any bounties of the world on his path since Tutri eats a lot ' The sea , maybe the sky but I'll need to make a bow ' he was thinking of the bow knowing it wasn't good if he uses one since the arrow's strength is linked to the hardness of the material and the elasticity of the string .
" Hmm " he looked up at the sun and closed his hand to allow a small hole to peek through the star ' Maybe not now '
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