Zero to Hero (Prequel/prototype)

Chapter 69. City of Illithor

"When can you be done with all the random traveling and just spend the rest of our lives together?" Genesis complained as Ken got ready for his journey to Illithor.

"After I get to holy level and have the king of Yelwraek off my back. After that, I won't have to try so hard to get stronger. By then, we can either stay here in the academy and try to get stronger or just get a job at a mid-sized kingdom and enjoy an easy life." Ken replied as he got ready.

"Since that fake lizardman will be with you. Just stick with her instead of fooling around with anymore girls." Alice advised.

"Stop making it sound like I'm out here trying to sleep with every girl when in reality I'm literally rejecting almost every girl that approaches me!" Ken replied defensively as the necklace activated and the young man once again teleported away from Dragonspire.

"How much better are you at teleporting since I last saw you?" Rose said as she hugged Ken tightly.

"Hi Rose! When did you get here?" Ken replied as he greeted the girl.

"I got here yesterday so I could get our living arrangement set up."

"Thanks! And I can now teleport up to 20 feet away only needing about 3 seconds of delay!" Ken replied proudly.

"To think you could improve that much in only a month. You might already be able to use it during the next tournament." Rose commented, impressed at Ken's ability to improve at such a fast pace.

"Na, I doubt I want to use something half assed for the world to see. All my fans around the world won't want to see me taking forever to teleport. Until I can do it instantaneously, I won't be using it at the tournament." Ken replied as he finally looked around to see where he was.

"I guess we are at Siveril's mansion? When I get hired as a commander for a kingdom, I will build a giant mansion like this!" Ken said happily as he looked around at the giant marble mansion with a huge beautiful garden.

"Welcome master Ken. Please follow me, my master is expecting you." A servant greeted the pair and started leading the pair inside the beautiful mansion.

Similar to the beautiful exterior, the interior of the mansion was equally elegant and beautiful. Giant chandeliers and decorations covered the entire hall, with many servants wandering about keeping everything spotless.

"Welcome!" A booming voice said happily from the top of the staircase in the center of the mansion.

Siveril Sarmyar, one of the two heroes that didn't have the potential to reach holy level magic and was never accepted by Dragonspire, happily welcomed Ken and led the pair through his beautiful mansion to his dining room where he sat the pair down to have a chat over a mountain of delicious food.

"When I failed to get accepted by Dragonspire, I thought I wouldn't have a future. Thankfully, I was able to attend Sraederham Academy and had professor Gilliam to guide me. It's thanks to him that someone like me, who could only achieve divine level abilities ended up becoming a hero!" Siveril said happily.

"Mr. Sarmyar, you were originally from Sraederham?" Ken asked, as he enjoyed the delicious meal while chatting with the hero.

"Siveril is fine and I sure am! Most of my extended family still resides in Sraederham since the dry weather here in Illithor does not suit most of those that grew up in the humid rainforest." the giant lizardman with vivid blue hair and large tail replied happily as he chatted with the pair.

After enjoying their breakfast, Ken and Rose headed for the city to spend the day sightseeing per Siveril's suggestion as the hero told Ken to enjoy the first day as the reminder of the time will be spent following the hero's personal training regiment and Ken will most likely have no more free time to explore.