Episode 12- The Birth of Resolve

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The moment Tremond and the others teleported away, their portal opened up in a very far city, but within the same northern continent, as they helped each other come out of the portal. Seeing how Tremond was still in a state of shock, with his eyes filled with despair, had brought upon grave silence in the atmosphere. In that moment, they all had the right to not feel guilty for what had not been their fault, but still, seeing how terrified and full of despair the boy had been, no one had the guts to speak to him. As a few moments passed, they left and went into a residential forest, where they came in front of a huge home with beautiful gardens, hidden below tall trees, and strangely with beautiful flowers growing and decorated on the walls of the house. They knocked on the gates, and rushed inside, hoping to meet with the owner of the residence, a man named Colton Landon, an old friend of Ismaila.

He is a man known for many things, but most especially known for powerful healing among the people of society and those involved in spiritual affairs. Whispers suggest he has a powerful Shard of God's grace, with only a limited number of people aware of it. Seated on a boulder, the man took a meditative posture when he sensed the energies of people he knew, along with an intruder.

"And what have you brought to my shrine, chaos?" An angry voice came out of nowhere, with an icy glare and bloodlust aimed at Tremond everyone noticed, and along with the words came an overwhelming force that suddenly blocked them from stepping any further into the land, that startled them for a moment till they perceived the man descending gently from the air, speaking in a fable. "Destroy the egg of a dragon when you meet an opportunity, otherwise, it will hatch and become one like its mother." And in that instant, with a strong bloodlust in his eyes as well, the spear kid suddenly stepped in to defend Tremond, standing in the way of the man approaching him.

"Lay a finger on him, and you're dead." the boy warned with a calm fury, and their tremendous spiritual energies began to collide violently, with the spear kid slowly approaching victory in their struggle, when all of a sudden they were interrupted desperately by the code of the hamurabbi guy.

"Set aside concerns about the kid for now. Ismaila and Laura here need your help. We're uncertain as well about this, but they're the only ones who can explain, so till they're awake, it's our duty to protect the boy." He said, and after a prolonged glare at Tremond, he finally lifted the barrier he had placed, letting them enter the shrine. However, as they proceeded inside, he curtly told Tremond to stay behind in the corridor, and said before slamming the door on his face, "I won't welcome a disaster into my home."

Immediately, they hurried in without delay, carrying Ismaila and Laura on their backs, and swiftly placed them on a mat just as Colton entered the room after them with his green aura spreading throughout the entire room.

"By the grace of God and blessing of my shard, the Cradle of Healing," he said, and all of a sudden, from the walls and floors, grass, leaves, and flowers began to grow, occupying every space in the room, transforming it into a garden, and in that same moment, the flowers all slowly started to disintegrate into tiny green glowing particles that started to dissolve and absorb into the bodies of everyone, but mostly Ismaila and Laura.  After a few minutes had passed, Ismaila opened his eyes. All of his wounds had healed, but he was still in a state where moving around wasn't advisable yet, when all of a sudden, he jumped off his mat.

"Where's Tremond?" he asked in a panic, feeling as though not finding the boy would spell disaster, and in that instant, a familiar voice came from behind.

"Keep your voice down. You had a great nap, didn't you?" Colton said as Ismaila panicked. "Ismaila, it is solely because of the respect I have for our friendship that I let you and your companions into my home, but today you've brought chaos. How do you explain?"

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