Jack t Leavealone at Themisphere's zone portal. He was waiting there after teleporting into the capital. Jack explained to him about what they were about to do. Domon only told him briefly, so Jack wanted to make sure he was clear on what he was getting into.
"Okay," Leavealone said.
"So… You are cool about it, aren't you? You understand there might be unknown risks, right?" Jack asked.
"You said my Mark of Fire most likely made immune to the effect of the seal, didn't you?" Leavealone asked in return. Like Jack, he also received a new inherent skill after losing the Fire God Blessing. His was the Mark of Fire.
"Well, I never said immune. I said your inherent skill should make you more resistant to whatever heat pressure Suzaki might throw at you in her attempt to bully you for her freedom. Plus, we outworlders have an undying body. Suzaki might not be able to affect us as much as when she was sealed inside a native's body."
"In other words, everything is speculation," Carnelia said.
"It's a logical speculation based on intelligent reasonings. Am I right, Janus?" Jack turned to Janus.
"Uh… This is all new to , honestly," Janus said.
Carnelia turned to Leavealone and said, "Haon, forget this. There's too many uncertainties."
"Peniel, can you deal with your friend there?" Jack said.
"What do you an deal? And she is not my friend!" Peniel returned.
"Yeah, I am not," Carnelia said while sticking her tongue out at Peniel.
"Are you looking for a fight?" Peniel asked.
"I'm doing it. Let's go!" Leavealone declared.
"Oh? You will?" Jack asked, slightly surprised. He had been preparing several other nonsense opinions to persuade Leavealone. If everything failed, he would ask his grandfather to co over.
"I owe you for saving in Dritzuut. Even if that was the enemy's plan, I still need to repay this debt. With this favor, we are square!" Leavealone announced.
"Dude… Before Dritzuut, I saved you a couple of tis already. When you were strapped by Master's machine and when you were about to be executed in Vacharest. Never heard you repay for those rescues."
"Well… In that case, this favor will pay for those other rescues as well. After this, we are square!" Leavealone exclaid another ti.
"Whatever, man. I'm just glad you are willing to do this. Let's go! Broidrireg is waiting."
They needed to fly to get to Broidrireg's lair on the top of Mount Thenias. Of this group, only Leavealone couldn't fly. Jack summoned Pandora and let Leavealone ride with him. Janus had the Fly spell, but he also had the wings tool. His wings tool was the sa as Jack's. It produced blue-color wings.
The three took to the sky and sped towards Mount Thenias' top.
*
When they entered Broidrireg's lair, a large rune diagram had been drawn on the ground inside the cave. Broidrireg was standing next to this rune diagram while the other true dragons were standing further away.
Janus flew to Broidrireg and greeted, "Lord Broidrireg, I have wished to et you for a long ti. I'm sorry we have to et under such circumstances."
Broidrireg nodded. "Lord Janus, is it? It's good eting you but I'm sorry if I sound like I'm in a hurry. As you should have known, I'm short on ti. Let's get this over with quickly."
He turned to Leavealone and asked, "Are you the outworlder with the fire affinity?"
"I have the Mark of Fire," Leavealone answered.
"That will do. What's your na?" Broidrireg asked again.
"Haon," Leavemalone gave his real na.
"Okay, Haon. Are you aware of the risk of bearing this seal?"
"I was told that the chance of a risk happening is very little?" Leavealone asked in return.
Broidrireg turned to Jack. "Did you, now?"
"Ahaha… Well, it was an intelligent assumption," Jack laughed awkwardly.
"Can we reverse the seal if sothing does go wrong?" Leavealone asked.
Jack turned to Janus and asked, "Can we?"
Janus had been observing the rune diagram after greeting Broidrireg. He walked around the diagram while sensing its power nodes. He was jotting down their arrangents on a paper. "I think I can manage to recreate this diagram," He replied.
"The diagram is only to help channel the mana flow for the transfer. You still need to mimic the transfer ritual," Broidrireg said. "If everyone is ready. Haon, please step into the center of this rune diagram."
Leavealone did as Broidrireg asked but Janus told everyone, "Please give a few more seconds."
Broidrireg also entered the diagram and stood right before Leavealone. When he saw Jack was also inside the diagram, he told Jack, "You, get out of the diagram."
"Oh, okay," Jack stepped away.
"Okay, I'm done," Janus said. When he was about to move out of the diagram, Broidrireg said to him, "No, you stay. You need to feel the transfer ritual to mimic it. Stand at this spot and don't move. You will not disturb the mana flow so long as you stay completely still."
After everything was set. Broidrireg started drawing so runic symbols in the air. Janus recorded the symbols using his mind.
While the ritual was happening, Jack noticed Eoranth had changed position. He was now standing at the exit, guarding it. The other dragons spread out and seed to be on an alert. It didn't look like they had much confidence in the outco of this transfer ritual.
The space above the rune diagram changed color as the ritual progressed. Different colors filled the space, but they were mostly dominated by green, blue, and red. This multicolor energy converged on Broidrireg's chest where the seal was located. The elder dragon grunted as it happened. His face showed that he was in pain. Slowly, the fiery seal started to peel off Broidrireg's scales.
"Graahhh…!!" Broidrireg roared when the peeling was halfway. The rest of the seal was abruptly ripped out of his chest. He panted heavily after that happened. The fire seal was now hanging in the air as the multicolor energy held it in place.
The seal suddenly trembled heavily. A burst of flas was emitted from the seal, but the multicolor energy dampened the effect. Broidrireg made a few hand gestures. Several runic symbols appeared. The fire seal cald down afterward.
"Get ready! We can't let it stay in the open for long," Broidrireg warned Leavealone.
"Hit ," Leavealone said. He had unequipped his chest armor following Broidrireg's instruction. His bare chest was exposed.
Broidrireg made a pushing motion with one hand while his other drew yet more runic symbols. These runic symbols floated to Leavealone and ford a circle around his bare chest. Suzaki's fire seal slowly floated to Leavealone.
When the seal touched Leavealone's chest, a sizzling sound was heard.
"Grrhhh…!" Leavealone gritted his teeth as he felt the intense burning pain in his chest.
As the seal continued to sear itself into Leavealone's chest, the pain beca so unbearable he started screaming. When the seal finally settled completely in his chest, a large burst of fla ca out. It engulfed Leavealone's entire body. The fla beca bigger, until it grew wings. A bird head eventually ca out on top of the flas and spoke.
"Hahaha! Old one, I told you your seal won't hold for long!" Suzaki exclaid.
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