Zerø : The Eight Supremes

Tower

Blades of grasses dance as children were running to and fro. Winds touch the leaves and dews are thrown off them. Rays of sunlight pass through the clouds and the morning light is as beautiful as it is.

A group of twenty-five people could be seen walking on a cleared path. Their destination is a small house at the side of the cliff.

They continued for almost an hour before they got to their destination. The group then went inside the house.

"It really is alluring to see that this place became habitable." Yano spoke in amazement.

"Hey, Yano. Where are we going today? What kind of training do we do?" Sora asked.

"You will know." Yano laughed.

Vin walked down with them, and he was at the back. He is walking slowly but not slow enough for the others to leave him.

"Avalon, what's with the middle tower." He spoke in his mind.

What he was talking about is the newly built tower when he got unconscious. The tower also has a gray orb above him, but other than that, it has a small fetus-like dragon, and a small pole that was hugged by the dragon inside the gray orb. The top of the tower looks like a dodecahedron with some inscriptions on each edge.

"You are right. The middle one is a tower. It is complete, yet you do not know the prowess it possess. There are a total of ten diagrams here, and the first one has been unlocked. The first orbit has three circles. This means you have to unlock three things. One of them is already glowing, it means it is unlocked, just like Mana Propulsion. And the thing you unlocked on this tower is Mana." Avalon said.

"So you mean that the other two are not towers? And the three circles on the first orbit is not manifestations?" Vin asked.

"The other two are pillars. They will become towers in due time. And yes, they are not manifestations. The ones outside the orbits are." Avalon said, pointing at the circle where the characters "Mana Propulsion" was etched and is glowing.

"Avalon, you said I have to unlock 108, right? Is this counted on that 108?" Vin asked.

Avalon looked at him and shook his head. Vin smiled and he looked at how the people in front of him were chattering.

A minute later, Yano stopped in front of a cave. It was gloomy and dark, and thick vines cover the entrance. There are also mosses and some dragonflies around.

The trees and plants are all dancing in the sway of the wind, carrying moisture and ambience towards the auspicious visitors. Creeping in and crawling out, the group then proceeded inside the cave.

Peculiarity washed over them but no there are so signs of danger inside. Walking around, checking things and being able to see only stalagmites and stalactites, the group went on, until they found a huge double door.

The door has too many things on it, but the most attracting of them all is a polygon with ten sides in human size, and the three planet-like circles in an orbit. There were names on it, but barely readable.

But it was not hard for Vin to read it. He knows that it was the Language of Supremes, The Dominance. He learned it from his father when he were young, when his father became a Supreme, that is.

Remembering his father, the look on his eyes became dull. He slumped his shoulders and breathed out a sigh.

He then glanced at the door once again, and looked at the names of the three planets.

Hex, Aether and...

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"We are here." Zeke clapped his hands twice, and looked at the people before him.