Solomon Stone: Beyond

Chapter 25

The next morning, Solomon miraculously recovered, and fully healed from the wounds that he gained from the previous physical training.

He stood up from the bed and move towards the kitchen; however, there were no more food on the table, or even in the mini refrigerator.

Sarah can't be found inside the room as well. It's because she woke up early, and went to the library for mortals, to study further.

Lazy to look for his own food, Solomon stepped out of the room and went into the library. What he didn't know is that, it's also part of his training, to endure any mental and physical pain or condition. Jerry purposely asked Sarah to hide all the foods from Solomon.

Solomon walked near the portals, and stood there for a moment. He heard someone is approaching from behind, like a speeding horse that will attack him. He teleported near one of the bookshelf on the right, and summoned his black katana to his right hand.

He dashed towards the back of the man standing near the portal. He swung his sword at the man's neck, however, the man managed to block it. "You're getting good at it" Jerry said.

"Damn it! You scared me!" Solomon said.

"No Solomon! You scared me. Good thing I managed to block that attack" Jerry said.

Solomon Stone is getting better and better every moment. Looks like he already mastered the ability of speed charging and teleportation within a short period of time. Jerry and his father took years to master those abilities, but for Solomon, it was just like learning the alphabet.

Solomon un-summoned his katana knowing that there's no actual threat. Much to his surprise, Jerry attacked him again with his claymore. Solomon managed to dodge Jerry's attack by teleporting 5 feet away from him, and then he summoned back his katana. "What the hell are you doing?"

"Solomon, there's no safe place. You must never ever let your guard down. In the mystic world, there are dark forces that can kill you in a blink of an eye. The only thing that will keep you safe and alive especially when battling demons, is that you must always be prepared of anything"

Jerry un-summoned his claymore, and walk towards the portal to the right. The right portal is noticeably changing its color from time to time. Solomon un-summoned his katana and then teleports back to near the portals.

"Jerry, why is the color of that portal changes time to time?" Solomon asked.

"It is because, that is the element training dimension. It changes its location depending upon what element a warlock is learning at the moment, and that Solomon, is where our next training will be." Jerry answered.

Jerry entered the portal of elements followed by Solomon. Once inside, a very forbidding and harsh place welcomed them. The temperature is cold, the wind is too strong and they are on top of a mountain.

There are no trees everywhere, which is why nothing is stopping the fast and strong wind that's blowing them. Solomon tried to look around for anything that will keep them from being blown by the wind, unfortunately, he saw nothing.

"You're just wasting your time!" Jerry shouted, because Solomon won't be able to hear him if he will not shout, because of the strong wind.

"Why?" He shouted back.

"There are no trees here; this place was meant to train warlocks in controlling the wind element. Your training starts now"

Solomon closed his eyes and concentrates; he focused on what he wanted for the wind to do. He raised his right hand towards the north, and surprisingly the wind stopped blowing them off.

Jerry saw a small tornado 30 meters away, in front of them. It redirects the wind force to other direction. "Impressive"

"Thank you!"

As expected by Jerry, Solomon managed to use the power of wind in an instant, just like other newbie warlocks did who trained there in the past.

The place suddenly shifted from windy to watery. Solomon and Jerry were suddenly on top of a boat in the middle of the sea. "Jerry..." Solomon uttered.

"I have nothing to do with this Solomon, the training dimension choses the next destination by itself"

While they are in top of a small boat, Jerry looked up in the sky. He saw that dark clouds are piling up. "Looks like it will rain"

"I don't think it's just a rain Jerry" Solomon said and pointed his finger towards the east.

They saw a massive dark cloud is approaching fast towards their direction. "Oh no! It's a hurricane!" The old butler said, worried.

Jerry sat down and picked up the paddles of the boat, and tried to row their way out of the storm towards the west. Unfortunately, the water seems to forbid them from moving away.

"Solomon, do something or we are dead"

Solomon focused his energy towards the water, he tried to control it like what he did back in the mountains, but with no luck, he seems can't control the water.

"I can't!"

"What do you mean you can't?"

"I don't know I just can't!"

"Solomon calm down! The water moves with your feelings"

Solomon tried to calm himself and focused on stopping the hurricane and the huge tidal wave coming their way. He breathes deep in and breathes out and then suddenly the dark cloud and the huge tidal waved dissolved in thin air. The whole ocean became calm, and then they were teleported to the next element.

The final element is the dangerous, and the most aggressive of all, the fire. Solomon and Jerry found themselves standing in the middle crater of a very active volcano. Around them is molten lava, ready to disintegrate them any moment they will make contact.

Jerry suddenly opened up a portal going to the library "Let's go, you're not yet ready" He said.

"I am ready!" Solomon said.

"This is the most dangerous part of elemental training, you're not yet ready" Jerry replied.

"I am ready Jerry trust me!" Solomon insisted.

Jerry entered the portal alone; however, he suddenly pulled Solomon out of the fire dimension. He still not convinced that Solomon is ready to learn the fire element. Another thing is that, Solomon already used a lot of energy controlling both wind and water element, and he needs to rest.

"What was that for?" Solomon asked irritated.

"If I say you're not ready, you are not ready!" Jerry replied.

Surprisingly, Solomon's eyes lit up like a ball of fire. Jerry noticed it but Solomon did not. Frustrated because Jerry did not allow him to continue training, Solomon teleported inside their bedroom and took a nap.