The Power to End All
As Kratos and Mithos trudged onward to meet the other half of their company, Kratos could not keep the contents of the note out of his head.
"Our magitechnology is better than yours. We will divide your nation to conquer it. If you don't think so then why have we only attacked one village for now? Others will be on the way. A warhas been waged."
Finally the two separate parties joined together outside the city of Palm. As Kratos relayed the message to Martel and Yuan, they were set aback by the details of this letter.
Just as Kratos finished his sentence Mithos butted in, "We have to find a way to stop all of this nonsense. If we do maybe we can reclaim the titles we once had before we were found out."
As Mithos finished his statement the four friends took a flashback into their terrible past. They were recalling the reason for being banished out of their hometown. It was because of the discrimination of half-elves that decided their fate in the world. Because of this they were regarded as "inhumane" and other foul terms.
The group came back to their senses and agreed with Mithos' statement. So the group decided that they were the only ones who could end the war, but they must figure out how. As they were pondering this thought Yuan looked down at his hand.
"Maybe we can use these Exspheres to our advantage. If we could find out what they help us with then maybe we can get a significant boost in our fighting."
"The guy did say it helped increase our fighting potential, so why don't we train a while to see if we can learn anything about these mysterious gems." Martel said thoughtfully.
As the group agreed with Martel, they set off to find a training ground to hone their skills. They settled at a place with nothing but rocks in a two mile radius. They decided they would rest for now but on the following day it was to be hard at work.
The next morning came and one person was already up. Yuan wanted to start early to make sure he hadn't lost any of his other skills. After he went through every single one of his moves, he noticed that he wasn't even tired so he began to train to learn his new skills. By this time the whole group was up and rearing to go. Yuan and Kratos decided today would be a great day to test their newfound sword skills while Mithos and Martel tried to find out what Martel's new powers were. While Kratos and Yuan pushed their new abilities to the limits they discovered that they could link together combos of moves to add massive damage to their opponents. Mithos and Martel got nowhere and decided to stop and take a lunch break.
When lunch was served Kratos and Yuan walked over at the smell of the roast that was smoking up the area. After lunch the group decided to rearrange themselves. Yuan and Martel vigorously went off to find Martel's hidden power while Mithos and Kratos found out what Mithos' spells could do.
As Mithos went through his regular entourage of spells, Kratos' one desire was to dodge them all. With this on his mind Kratos set about to do it. As he was easily evading the magic spells while prancing around, he decided he would take this seriously. He wanted to know just how to cast these spells, or at least some of them. As he was watching Mithos perform a fireball spell Kratos fell to the ground. He was too busy paying attention to Mithos and his spell casting that he hadn't noticed the rock that was jutting out from the ground. Just when Kratos fell Mithos released the scorching fireballs straight at Kratos. When the fireballs were about a foot from Kratos' face a magical barrier appeared and surrounded him. He had no idea where it had come from but was not taking any hits from Mithos' magic spells.
When Kratos got up Mithos rushed over to him.
"How did you do that?" Mithos asked.
"Honestly I don't know. First I was having fun dodging then I fell over and just when I could feel the heat from the fireballs the barrier popped up." Kratos replied.
"I think it was a summoning of your mana to protect you from magic spells." Mithos responded.
Just as this was said there was a squeal of excitement from the other group of their friends. Martel had finally discovered her powers. She was now the proud owner of healing techniques which would come in handy to help their quest. As the groups redistributed themselves they continued to hone their skills. While Martel and Yuan went off Kratos asked a devastating question.
"Can you teach me how to do magic?" Kratos asked.
"Why? I thought you didn't want to learn any magic." Mithos questioned.
"Well looking at all the cool powerful magic you can cast I say let you cast all that and I can cast some more of the puny magic spells like Fireball and Wind Blade."
"Sure, I guess I can try to teach you."
And so it was, Mithos started to teach Kratos how to perform the simple magic spells and maybe if he mastered them quickly enough he could gain some mid-level magic's as well. As Yuan tested his new found magic upon himself, Martel also practiced her healing and aiding magic.
As the day progressed the group realized they just couldn't take any more training that day so they thought they would get a brisk walk to the nearest city, pick up some food items then they would walk back. When they got to the nearest city they saw that it was under heavy reconstruction from the late attacks from the elves. Kratos led the group as he was the only real human in the group. When they got to the supermarket, they decided to look around. They first looked for some fishing tools because of the lake beside the training ground was full of huge fish. Next, they started to locate anything they might need to survive out in the wild for about a month. They stocked up on apple and orange gels, elixirs, and other necessities of life. Now, due to Martel's newfound abilities, they wouldn't have to use as many items as they did before, so they didn't have to buy as much.
When they got out of the market and started to head home the most unusual thing happened. Martel was walking along in the front of the pack when suddenly two feathered, glistening wings protruded from out of her back. Right as this occurred she fell to the ground, unconscious. As Mithos and Yuan rushed to her aid Kratos couldn't help but overhear villagers talking in hushed whispers to themselves.
"Who in the world is that?" questioned a villager.
"Maybe it is a Summon Spirit, maybe they have finally awoken to help us in our plight," responded the person beside Kratos.
"Whoa, wait. What in the world is a Summon Spirit?" Kratos asked without a clue in his mind.
"Don't you know? They are said to hold mysterious and enchanting powers that correspond to each of the elements in the world."
"Wow, so they are pretty powerful then. Do you think they could stop this war if they were to be summoned on the battlefield?" Yuan jumped in.
Martel was finally aroused and was able to stand while leaning on Mithos.
"Yes and no," the commoner said, "because the elves have a set of spirits so if both sides were to summon them then we would just have more destruction on our hands."
"But what if a neutral person were to summon these spirits?" Kratos asked.
"I have no idea." said the villager.
After this comment the group decided to head back to their training ground to help Martel and discuss what they just heard.
When they got "home" they let Martel lie down so she could get some rest. Meanwhile, the rest of the group discussed they many things that had happened in the last couple of hours.
"Summon Spirits; is that what they were called?" Yuan asked.
"No," Kratos replied with sarcasm, "they were Spiritable Summoners."
"Ha ha very funny, any way, what do you think about all this Mithos?"
"I think it is the best shot we have at ending this war. I read once how to summon things in the library at Heim, so if we can sneak back and find that book we just may be able to summon these so called spirits." Mithos replied.
"Sounds great, but what will we do with them when we have them all?" Kratos pondered.
""Well, we can either force our plan into their minds or we could always try talking to them with the newfound powers that we will hold in our grasp and maybe tell them we will kill them all if peace is not discovered soon."
"So what are we waiting for? Let's go on over to Heim to find us some Summon Spirits," Yuan yelled excitedly.
As the group finished their discussion of the matter Martel awoke from her slumber to the compliments of the group. As she got up the group looked at her to see if she was going to be all right, and realizing her effort to get up they saw she would be fine. She stood warily, not knowing if she was going to stand at all, and looked around the cozy cave they called home. She started to wander around the cave's insides to try and keep her balance, but soon she stood no longer. Her legs gave way as she plummeted to the ground with a thud. Everyone rushed over to help her stand and finally tell her the good news.
When the story had been announced to Martel, the actions were taken into consideration. What would they have to do? How far would they have to go? And the toughest question of all, where do the Summon Spirits reside? These questions were not to be treated lightly, and soon the group found themselves setting off back to the town they had recently visited.
When they got there the town was deep into the nighttime setup and most people were already asleep. So, the group decided they would rest at the nearby inn and get ready for the next day.
When the next day rolled around the group set off into the town earlier than usual to stock up on some last minute food and health items before they set out. When most people in the town got up to go to work or school that is when our heroes split up and asked around to see if they could find out just where these Summon spirits reside.
While asking around they found the answer they were looking for, or at least part of it. They knew were at least one of the spirits resided. Gnome was in a cavern not too far from the city and a villager happened to stumble upon it one day and that is how our group found out. They also knew if they asked Gnome they would find out where the other spirits reside. So they set off!
