ULTRAMagic Prelude

Chapter 6

Dragoslava was grumbling as she wrote down some notes. "This is so annoying..."

"What's the matter?" Blood-Wraith asked, looking up from his book.

"I found another planet yesterday, but I can't write down the coordinates! Every time I try, it turns into something completely unreadable. Look at this nonsense..."

Blood-Wraith studied the numbers. They looked like something he could understand, yet he could not. "Odd. They're on the tip of my tongue too. What did the planet look like?"

"Blue, a very rich blue. My guess is that it is an ocean world... or a gas giant. Although there were what I think were land masses, so it's probably an ocean world. Another odd thing is that it has multiple structures, one above each of the biggest land masses. They're part of the reason why I want to go there; I want to find out what's going on. Is it a group of interlopers? Or did I just discover an eldritch entity?"

"Very curious... but isn't Leif coming back today?"

Dragoslava face palmed. "Yes-blast it all. I guess this planet will have to go on the back burner for now. Also I may have or may not have found a black hole... or some kind of dark object out there. It's almost like it was staring at me..."

"Interesting, but sister? We need to focus on the location Leif is taking us to."

"Focusing and... focused! Alright, let's go see if he's back yet." Dragoslava then left the office, a slight spring in her step.

Blood-Wraith shook his head and put his book back. "Focused on getting distracted..." he quietly muttered.

The two planned to meet Leif at a balcony on the north side of the tower. The two waited patiently, watching the horizon. Things were peaceful at the moment, creating a tranquility that made the wait tolerable. After some time spent watching the bizarre landscape of the Unlight, flapping could be faintly heard in the distance. Soon Leif's silhouette came into view and was spotted approaching the tower. Upon reaching his destination, he shrunk down and landed. Leif looked a little tired, but overall he was fine.

"Well that was quite the flight. I haven't done a round trip like that in a while." Leif yawned. "How have you two been?"

Blood-Wraith looked concerned. "Are you... do you need to rest? We can wait while you do..."

"Nah, I'll be fine after a quick pick me up" Leif replied as he went into the tower. "Besides, my friend is expecting us."

Following Leif, Dragoslava spoke up. "Things have been fine here, by the way. We learned some Alchemy, had some more ice cream, and met a new face. Just the usual."

"That Valentina individual is quite the interesting person. An accomplished Alchemist too" Leif remarked. Once they were in the kitchen, the dragon sought out a glowing orb of light and began eating it.

"Hey, wait a second! I thought you said you were 5th dimensional and didn't need to eat, haha," Dragoslava pointed out.

"Normally, but even we have our limits. I start to run out of energy after a billion miles." Leif looked like he was enjoying the orb, taking big bites out of it and licking his chops.

"So what is the location like?" Blood-Wraith asked.

"It is very vast, but we only need to see a portion of it. This is thanks to my friend"

"You two would be a pair of living fossils if you tried to explore all of it," Tyrant added.

Leif finished his food and then spoke once more. "As an aside, it turns out that I had forgotten how to get there. It's why I went out ahead. I had a vague idea of where it was, I just needed to get there again. You'll thank me later."