Crystal Seal

Chapter 7 - Mages

Zenil frowned with doubt as Brooklyn told them that the book had something to do with the map. Glaring at Kai, he asked, "Where did you find it?" Kai tilted his head to the left as if he was pointing him to something. Revealing a pile of falling books, papers around them too. Zenil walked towards the direction Kai gave and took the papers. Revealed to be sketches of the crystal and its powers towards Mount Hokrabi. He came back with a bunch of papers on his arms, dropping it next to Brooklyn.

"You might need this," he murmured. Brooklyn broke off her focus on the book and looked down at a bunch of papers, filled with sketches. Before Brooklyn could investigate, Ace took one of the sketches, which was a drawing of a medieval cave. "Hey, Kai, Zenil, Brook, take a look at this medieval cave," Ace called, squinting his eyes to see the sketch clearer. Just a simple sketch of the medieval cave, somehow with a golden circle in the middle, Kai guessed that it must have been the portal for the Likowns, and lastly, a small shaped crystal next to it. "That must be the crystal seal, however, it is covered with some kind of roots?" Brooklyn guessed taking a look closer at the sketch and back reading the book with a frown face. "Perhaps," Ace replied, giving the paper to Zenil and he kept looking for the others.

"Medieval cave, I must say. This circle must be the portal while the crystal shape is where the crystal is placed, covered with roots to protect it I guess," Kai analyzed the details of the cave. "The cave mostly has different parts of it, here, take a look!" Ace informed, throwing the sketch to Zenil. Both Kai and Zenil looked closer to it. The drawing shows an entrance filled with stalactites. As the journey goes deeper into the stalactites, revealed to be a huge waterfall and a small bridge, marked as a border between one territory to another. The sealing was placed at the very corner of the cave.

Kai and Zenil take a look after those two areas, revealed to be a small area of dark caves afterwards, places under the entrance. Kai finds it scary since the sketch is drawn to be a black area, it must be dark. However, the waterfall seems to be so tall and the rivers are deep, leading it outside the cave. "A huge cave I must say," Kai commented, looking at the river. The boys kept on seeing the map of the medieval cave while Brooklyn kept on reading some information about the sealing process.

Sadly, poor Brooklyn still doesn't understand how her mother knew all about this. No explanation held inside, plus, it is written in Meijina Language, the language that only mages understand. Brooklyn never learned anything about the language before, as she is a knight. She noticed one note stated 'never show this to anyone at all'. Does that mean her mother never told anyone about the sealing process after the downfall?

"Any problem?" A voice suddenly heard next to Brooklyn's ear. Brooklyn startled, breaking her focus on the book, revealed to be Zenil who was asking her if she had any problem. "Oh goodness, Zen! You scared me," gasped Brooklyn, calming herself before she could respond to his question. "My apology," Zenil apologized, he didn't mean to make Brooklyn shock in the first place, she is too focused on the book. "No, no, it's alright," Brooklyn said, shaking her head.

"It's just that, this book is written in Meijina Language. I am not so sure about this, nor do I understand what it says," Brooklyn flustered, closing the book. "Meijina language?" Zenil questioned cluelessly. Never in his life heard about this language before. "Language used by mages," Brooklyn answered. "Yeah, I remembered that your mother is a mage. Never do I learn about their language either. Mystilan doesn't have any mage there," Zenil told her, crossing his arms. "Huh? Why so?" Brooklyn alarmed as she heard that Mystilan doesn't have any mage, not even one.

"People there are scared about their magic. They believed that mages will use their magic against them, like how it happened many seasons ago. War happens between mages and knights, despite how furious the mages were, causing chaos around the area. Because of this, they were driven out from the Mystilan and ban them from coming back. This explains that some magical creatures lived in the forest, thanks to the mages' magics," Zenil explained to her. "That does make sense," Brooklyn answered while she just looked at the cover of the book. "Perhaps, you can ask someone who speaks that kind of language," Kai suddenly responded, holding the sketch of the medieval cave. Brooklyn jumped in surprised as if she realized something. That's it! Those two mages!