The Five Kings: First Step

Hopian 10 - Magthera

Last chapter, Seric and Karia escaped the trial in the nick of time, but Seric was still angry with Karia even after an apology for leaving him for dead which caused tension between them. Later on the boat when Karia wakes up, Seric realized there was nothing she could have done so he apologizes for being so rash and things return to normal. Karia then breaks down after Seric reminds her of her old friends at Vegahold who raised her. Seric tries to cheer her up but to little avail and they continue to their next destination, Magthera. Once they arrive Seric is shocked to see that the island is purely a Volcano, that somehow has civilisation on it.

Seric's P.O.V

"Hahaha, I thought your reaction would be something like that." Karia says.

"Wait, don't tell me we're going there?!" I ask in fear.

"Yeah, of course we are." She responds in a casual tone.

"Uh hehe, I don't need to come with you, right?" I say nervously.

"I came here for you, of course you do."

"Huh? You came here for me?" I ask in confusion, wondering what I would need on this "island".

"Well, since you helped me with the trial and all I thought I would pay you back. On this island, there's a person who's blessing lets them get info about someone's body. For example their age and body structure."

"Wait seriously? Never mind then that'll help a lot, thanks Karia." I say without thinking.

"I thought it would, and no problem..." She replies, sounding amused, but a bit sad at the same time? Weird...

"But still though how can this place be safe at all?" I say anyways as I come back to my senses.

"Trust me I've been here a lot, these people know what they're doing. Still though I'll have to admit it's not my favorite place either." She says with confidence.

"I hope so..." I reply, still nervous about going somewhere so extreme.

Now we return back to silence as we continue driving the electronic boat around the island to get to the entrance.

"Now that I have time to think, what the hell were those two voices I heard in the trial? I doubt Karia heard them since she would probably would have said something, so I guess that means it was telepathic and only to me? Maybe it has to do with how I could open the trial door and absorb the cube? Although, I know one thing for sure. Those voices sounded completely different from anything I've heard before."

I think while zoning out, Karia not noticing as she was looking off the boat herself.

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A few minutes later, we arrive at an entrance at the side of the island that is engraved into the side of the rough brown rock of the massive volcano.

Karia shows the security her ID, and we're allowed in through the gates. I'm assuming that her ID still works because we somehow aren't registered criminals yet.

After passing through the gates we're now driving the boat through a water filled tunnel, illuminated by circular dim electronic lights when I decide to ask Karia another question.