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Chapter Three
500 Years Ago
"Hi there"
"Oh… hello! Are you lost?"
"Not really, just wandering"
"That's odd for someone of your age, what is your name stranger?"
"I'm M"
"M? Like the letter?"
"Correct, would you like to be my friend?"
"Sure, have you ever met a dragon before?"
"No… do you know one?"
"I sure do! You can take the mask off though"
"Sure thing"
"Oh… you look… you look like me…"
"Heh…"
"Hey! Let me go! DAD! HELP!"
"No help for you little boy!"
"DAD!"
Present Day
Diary Entry: Four Hundred Forty Five
August and Dimaria now know.
About him that is, it was stupid of me to lose my cool like I did.
Yet… the thought of August of Dimaria getting hurt was just unacceptable, vampires are such fearsome creatures, even with him controlling me it was difficult to defeat them.
My spell is coming along, I've been doing some more research and have been bouncing ideas off of August, Serena and Bradman.
I would have consulted with Jacob but he hasn't arrived back, apparently Brandish has encountered some enemies trying to invade from Ishgar.
This surprises me since they must be aware of our power…
The ten wizard saints (or what's left of them) are powerful but not up to the level of the Spriggan, God Serena was the most powerful mage on that continent until he joined Zeref and even he is only middle class amongst the Spriggan.
That reminds me, apparently there is a guest who has requested an audience with Zeref when he returns.
I'm suspicious though, for a stranger to be allowed an audience with the immortal emperor was very strange.
Note to self: find out who the guest is…
Grand Library
"Checkmate"
"Damn you're good at this game kid" groaned Ajeel as he got out of his chair and stretched his muscles.
"Meh… been playing for a while, I know the guy who invented it" yawned Ryan as he put away the pieces.
"Of course you do, why wouldn't you!" exclaimed Ajeel.
Ryan chuckled and followed his fellow Spriggan out of the library; they wandered down the halls, heading towards the grand hall to get something to eat.
"Hey bread… you trying to get some grub too?" asked Ajeel as the two males bumped into the warrior.
"That joke isn't funny anymore Sandy" growled Dimaria.
Ryan rolled his eyes and the three made their way towards the hall.
The three Spriggan found the magic king sitting in the grand hall discussing something with Invel.
"Afternoon gentlemen" said Ryan as he took a seat, Dimaria sat next to him and Ajeel sat across from them.
"Ryan, Dimaria, Ajeel" said August softly, nodding to each of them as he did.
"Blackworth, Yesta, Ramal… how are things?" asked Invel politely.
"Very good, any word from the emperor on his return?" asked Ryan curiously.
"August and I were actually discussing that before you arrived, it seems his majesty will be returning within the next day" explained Invel with the smallest hint of a smile.
"I wonder if he has any news in regards to the hostiles Brandish encountered" wondered Dimaria outloud.
"That could be the reason for his return…" stated Invel.
A waiter came over and asked the Spriggan if they wanted anything to eat.
"Some ice-cold water for me" said Ajeel with a grin.
"Just a sandwich please" said Ryan kindly.
"A steak or something of the sort" said Dimaria.
Invel whispered something too softly for the waiter to hear and asked the general to repeat his order.
"Vanilla ice-cream please… not a word" growled the blonde haired mage as the other Spriggan held back their laughter, even August was struggling.
The waiter bowed quickly and left as swiftly and silently as he had arrived.
"I would have gone with chocolate" whispered Ajeel mockingly.
"That's it!" roared Invel as he got to his feet.
"Oh come on then!" yelled Ajeel as he flipped backwards.
"Guys! Are you really going to do this here?!" groaned Dimaria but neither of them were listening.
"Your sandwich Master. Blackworth" said the waiter as he returned with a gourmet sandwich.
"Thank you" said Ryan with a smile as he watched the Winter General and Desert King square off against one another.
Ajeel summoned a ball of sand and let it slid between his fingers.
Invel straightened his collar before clicking his neck and taking a deep breath.
"Twenty on Invel" whispered Dimaria to August, the elderly mage nodded and they shook on it.
"You've really out done yourself this ti…" began Ryan as he bought his sandwich up to his mouth, however a sudden gust of air from the nearby open window scattered sand throughout the hall and Ryan's sandwich was ruined.
"Oh dear…" muttered August as Ryan's pupils went small before looking at the two challengers.
"Um… Ryan, stay calm… it was just an accident" said Ajeel nervously as he backed away from the now standing teen.
Invel was praying to whatever god he could.
"TOME OF DRAGON SLAYER FUSION MAGIC: ICE FIRE DRAGON ROAR!"
A dual wave of blazing heat and freezing ice erupted from Ryan's mouth as the heat hit Invel at full force, shattering the mages hastily constructed shield and the ice completely froze over Ajeel who was trying to escape from the hall.
The combined heat and ice left the room full of steam and both Ajeel and Invel were left groaning on the floor.
"Could I possibly have another sandwich please, this one got sand in it" asked Ryan as he handed the sand filled sandwich back to the waiter, said waiter nodded in fear before rushing off to get a replacement.
"Call it even?" asked Dimaria with a giggle.
"Very even" agreed the elderly wizard.
Diary Entry: Four Hundred Forty Six
I took a stroll on the rooftops of the city today, said hello to a few of the citizens, even fixed an old oven that wasn't working properly.
Everyone is so kind here, I love it!
It's nice that they don't treat me with any indifference, of course there is a feeling of fear but that is highly overshadowed by respect and a sense of safety when any member of the Spriggan is around.
I always thought it was weird to be called a Spriggan since they are basically ugly fairies, I can't ever imagine an ugly fairy, Mavis always wanted to see the fairies.
I get the underlying sense that she never will…
I don't think…
City Walls
"Ogres! Several hundred meters and approaching fast!" yelled one of the watchmen.
Ryan slammed his notebook shut, his power flaring around him.
He looked to see that there was indeed a group of seven Ogres armed with large steel clubs running towards the city walls, if they got inside it would be mayhem.
"Tome of Heavenly Destruction: Meteor Storm!" yelled Ryan as he jumped the wall and ran towards the oncoming ogres.
The clouds darkened as several red magic circles appeared in the sky behind the young mage.
Ryan snapped his fingers and dozens of flaming meteorites burst from behind the clouds and started to bombard the group of ogres.
The impact of the flaming items sent massive shock waves towards the city which were just as deadly as the beasts themselves.
"Tome of Protection: Crystal Wall!" Ryan took up a strong stance before swiping his hand upwards, purple crystals burst from the ground before him forming a large wall.
The shock waves hit the crystal and vibrated out into nothingness.
Ryan breathed a sigh of relief before he noticed a large hammer heading straight towards him.
"Oh boy!" he yelled before jumping vertically.
The steel hammer smashed straight through the wall and narrowly avoided the mage.
"Valkyrie Sword Art: Quick Draw"
Ryan felt a gust of wind dash past him before he landed and saw an ogre simply standing there.
It blinked before collapsing into two pieces.
A certain warrior Valkyrie was standing behind it, wiping the blood off of her sword.
"I had him" said Ryan as he disintegrated the bodies and repaired the land.
Dimaria smirked before sheathing her sword.
"I don't doubt that, but it's kinda selfish of you to take all the fun" he said with a laugh, her eyes glittering in the light.
Ryan put a hand on his stomach.
"Perhaps if you had been quicker there might have been more" he said with a wave of his hand.
"Oh? Don't get cocky with me little man, you may be my superior when it comes to magic spells but I'm your superior when it comes to the Spriggan" scolded Dimaria with a wag of her finger.
"Yes master… would you like to punish your disobedient servant?" said Ryan smoothly as he wrapped his arm around her waist and pulled her close so that their faces were almost touching.
"I… ah… I mean… umm… oh my" Dimaria's face went scarlet as she felt Ryan's hot breath against her bare skin.
"Guess not… see you back at the castle, Tome of Transportation: Magic Circle"
Ryan broke the contact and promptly vanished in a spiral of black light.
Dimaria went even brighter as she realized she had been tricked, she quickly composed herself before making her way back towards the city, albeit with a small smile plastered on her face.
Later that Evening
"And then I bought down the entire fleet with my own bare hands!" cheered Ajeel as he retold the story about how he had been named the Desert King to his fellow Spriggan.
It was not the first time the story had been told however…
"And then your men gave you the prestigious title of Desert King… happy ending! Yay!" cheered Dimaria sarcastically as she downed another mug of beer.
"Yeah…. That's how it went" said Ajeel as he sat back down.
The five present Spriggan were having dinner in the grand dining hall as per the usual, telling tales and sharing little bits of information with one another, building a great sense of trust between them.
"What about you Blackworth? Have any stories you want to share?" asked Invel as he sipped a cup of tea.
Ryan thought for a moment, before shrugging.
"Nothing really springs to mind" said the teen as he sliced a piece of chicken and gently chewed it.
"Oh! Why don't you tell us about how you totally whooped Dimaria's ass and joined the Spriggan" laughed Ajeel.
Dimaria's eyes shot open at the mention of that and she almost choked on her beer.
"Hmm… I myself haven't heard that story yet" noted August as he stroked his beard.
"Nor have I, would you care to enlighten us Ryan?" asked Invel curiously.
"Sure thing…" said Ryan with a smile.
"I hate you all" groaned Dimaria as she smacked her forehead on the table.
Flashback
A single figure wandered across the landscape, cloaked in black, they made no sound as they moved.
Eventually a town appeared in the distance, a small smile crossed the figures face as they got closer.
The town's folk whispered amongst themselves as the stranger made their way towards the town notice board.
Needed:
One mage to take care of the local Valkyrie threat.
Reward: 1,000,000 jewels
The stranger ripped the poster off the board before shoving it into their cloak.
A town's man walked up to him, a large grin plastered on his face.
"You got a death wish or something kid?" asked the man as he reached into the strangers cloak and pulled out the request.
"That's my job sir, please give it back" asked the figure politely.
"Listen little man, I'm trying to help you, if you take this job… you will die" he said seriously as he threw the job request on the ground and walked off.
"And I'm here to help you deal with the problems your town is facing" said the stranger as he picked up the job.
"Good luck with that!" yelled the man as he walked into the nearby pub.
The stranger pulled back his cloak and ran a hand through his hair.
"Damn these people" growled the boy as he leant against a nearby wall.
He sensed someone approaching and instantly spun away from them, hands raised defensively.
"Woah there! Not here to fight you" said the new comer as they raised their hands as a sign of peace.
The boy relaxed and finally observed his approacher.
She was a young woman with a slender figure. Her blonde hair was cropped short, reaching only the base of her nape. It was quite messy, giving it a somewhat spiky appearance. While it was mostly swept back, some bangs hung down her forehead, curving away from the face on either side. Her brown eyes drooped at the edges giving her a gentle and kind appearance.
"My apologies, I am a careful individual by nature" said the boy as he offered his hand to the girl.
"Nice to see someone with some sense, Dimaria Yesta, nice to meet you" said the female as she took his hand.
"Ryan Blackworth, likewise" said the boy with a smile.
"I see you're taking the Valkyrie job, you've got some guts" said Dimaria with a smirk.
"Not really, I don't plan on taking the money, I just wanna do some good here and there" said Ryan honestly, Dimaria seemed taken back by the truth in his words.
"Oh… well I can take you to the house which the Valkyrie resides in, if you want that is" she said with a red face.
"Sure… I don't expect you to help though, wouldn't want a pretty lady like yourself getting hurt now would we" said Ryan with a wink.
"W… what…" stammered Dimaria before Ryan laughed and began to walk.
An Hour Later
"So what's your favorite color?" asked Dimaria as the two walked through the forest.
"Black and a certain shade of purple that I've only ever seen once" said Ryan as he flicked through a page of his book.
Dimaria nodded before descending into silence.
Eventually the two reached a wide open field with a small cottage in the middle of it.
"This is it" said Dimaria, gesturing to the house.
"Really? I don't mean to be rude but I really expected more of a fearsome Valkyrie" stated Ryan bluntly.
"Maybe they don't like a lavish lifestyle?" suggested Dimaria before stopping.
"Well if you don't stay I'll see you around sometime" said Ryan with a wave as he walked towards the house.
"Yeah… see ya" whispered Dimaria softly.
Ryan walked slowly towards the building, whistling whilst he did, he stopped about a meter away from the front door.
"Hello in there! I'm Ryan Blackworth! I'm supposed to stop you from terrifying the nearby town's people, so if you don't stop I'm gonna have to hurt you!" yelled Ryan loudly.
Silence
Ryan huffed before sharply clicking his neck.
"She's not in there"
He turned to see Dimaria with a large sword in her right hand, its blade embedded in the ground.
"It's not safe for you here Miss. Yesta, even with that sword of yours" said Ryan as he smiled at her.
"Damn it! Why are you so kind!?" she screamed at him.
Ryan wasn't surprised by her reaction.
"I'm assuming you kill them on the way to the cottage" stated Ryan causally as he cracked his knuckles.
Dimaria looked only slightly surprised.
"You know I'm the Valkyrie then" she said with a sad laugh.
"It wasn't hard to work out, no normal person would willingly offer their help to a complete stranger out of the blue, I knew you either wanted money or were the target itself" concluded Ryan.
"Very smart, I'm truly sorry for having to kill you here, we could have friends had the circumstances been different" said Dimaria softly.
"Are you at least going to give me a fair chance and let me prepare?" asked Ryan curiously.
Dimaria thought for a moment before giving a nod.
"I will, you deserve that much at least" said the sword weilder as she picked up her weapon and rested it on her shoulder.
"Thank you kindly. Tome of Celestial Magic: Key Summon"
Ryan's hands lit up and twelve golden keys appeared between the fingers of his two hands.
"Key's versus a sword… interesting" noted Dimaria before brandishing her sword at him, "Ready?"
"Ready"
Dimaria burst forward, determined to strike him down quickly and painlessly.
"Open gate of the lion: Leo"
"Dark Regulus impact!"
Dimaria's attack met a solid fist of purple light.
"What the?" said Dimaria as she glanced at her new opponent.
He was wearing a set of golden armor and had two cat like ears on the top of his head, he was grinning at her insanely.
"I don't appreciate women who try and harm an old friend of mine!" growled the man as he forced Dimaria back.
"Open gate of the maiden: Virgo"
Dimaria suddenly found herself falling and she landed roughly in a hole that had appeared underneath her.
"Look what we have here, a little girl in a hole"
Dimaria looked up to see a pink haired woman with a whip staring at her with wide eyes.
"Open gate of the water bearer: Aquarius"
The hole was suddenly filled with water and Dimaria came shooting out of it.
"Oh this is fun!"
Looking down from in the air she saw a small girl with a rather large urn giggling at her. Growling in anger, she raised her sword, prepared to strike her down.
"Open gate of the archer: Sagittarius"
Dimaria couldn't even blink as an arrow shot her sword out of her hand, a sharp pain filling her wrist.
Landing awkwardly she saw a centaur with a bow glaring at her.
"Open gate of the bull: Taurus"
With no time to react, Dimaria was slammed in the back and sent flying across the field.
Struggling to her knees she saw a giant bull with a steel mask dressed in suit cracking its knuckles and shaking its hand.
Seeing her sword just a meter to her left, she grabbed it and dashed towards the summoner himself, determined to cut him down and get rid of his summons.
"Open gate of the great crab: Cancer"
Dimaria swung her sword faster than humanly possible, the air rippling around it.
Before it promptly fell to pieces.
"Impossible!" yelled Dimaria as she rolled past Ryan.
"Thank you Cancer" said the boy with a nod to the large haired spirit standing beside him.
"Not a problem master" said Cancer as he began to bust a move.
Dimaria drew a shorter sword from her waist and held it in front of her defensively.
"Going on the defensive now? Alright then" Ryan cracked his neck and spun another key between his fingers, "Open gate of the ram: Aries"
Dimaria watched cautiously as a pinked haired female appeared in a flash of black light.
"Oh it's been a while Ryan, feeling lonely?" asked Aries flirtatiously.
"Just hit her but avoid the face, it's very nice to look at" said Ryan, gesturing to Dimaria.
Aries rolled her eyes but did what he asked regardless.
"Golden horn bomber!"
Dimaria's eyes widened as dozens of Aries's horns were shot at her, forcing the Valkyrie to nimbly avoid them.
"Virgo hold her down, Sagittarius and Aquarius help Aries out" instructed Ryan.
A loop of magic leather wove its way around the leg of Dimaria and she was forced to the ground as a storm of magical water and arrows joined the barrage of explosive horns.
Dimaria desperately tried to defend herself.
"Open gate of the twins: Gemini; take appearance of Leo please"
Two blued haired twins appeared before giggling and taking the appearance of the golden clad lion spirit.
"Can you three please start hurting her" asked Ryan politely, gesturing to Taurus and the two Leo's.
"No problem!" roared the original Leo as his fists glowed dark purple.
Dimaria was having none of it and surged to her feet, pulling Virgo towards her by her own whip and sucker punching her in the gut, bringing the pink haired spirit to her knees.
"Open gate of the heavenly scales: Libra"
As Dimaria raised her short sword to strike down the helpless Virgo, she herself was suddenly crushed to the ground by an immense gravitational field.
"Thanks for the assist Libra" muttered Virgo as she kicked the crushed woman in the side of the head, knocking her out completely.
As the other spirits moved in for the kill they were stopped by a simply clicking sound.
"That's enough, thank you for your help everyone" said Ryan as he bowed to the spirits.
"Call us when you need us" said Leo with a wave as he disappeared with a black flash.
"It's so fun to play with you!" cheered Aquarius as she hugged Ryan's leg before she too vanished.
"Call me for a lot of fun some time master" said Aries with wink that caused Ryan to shiver.
The other spirits simply nodded before they vanished into the night.
Ryan stood over his downed opponent, his eyes glinting in the moon light.
An Hour Later
Dimaria woke with a start, her head hurting like she had never felt before.
Groaning, she tried to sit up but a wave of nausea hit her and she collapsed back down again.
"Easy, you took quite the beating"
Turning to her left she saw Ryan was sitting on a small chair in what she now recognized was her cottage.
"You didn't kill me?" she said, puzzled as to why he would spare her.
"Of course not, I'm not a murderer" he said calmly as he held a steaming bowl of soup in his hands.
He offered her a spoonful after gently blowing on it, she reluctantly accepted it and was surprised that it tasted so nice.
"Delicious, where did you learn to cook?" asked the bandaged warrior curiously as she swallowed another spoonful.
"My dad taught me" he said softly as he put down the empty bowl and gently wiped the corners of her mouth with a clean piece of cloth.
"It was lovely thank you" said Dimaria with a smile before it turned into a very puzzled frown.
"I didn't take the job to kill the target, simply to try and reason with it. It's why I didn't let my friends kill you" explained Ryan as a small stream of water emerged from his finger and filled a glass.
He bought it to her lips and she drank greedily.
"Thank you again, but that still doesn't explain why you're doing all this for me" said Dimaria as she gestured to the bandages around her head, hand and torso.
"Is it not obvious? I like you very much Miss. Yesta, you fascinate me immensely" said Ryan honestly.
Dimaria was taken back by his words.
"O… oh… that's not what I was expecting" stammered Dimaria with a red face.
"Heh… not many do, let me ask you a question now: why so hesitant about killing me?" asked Ryan curiously.
Silence filled the cottage before a soft whisper was heard.
"Cause you're different from everyone else, you didn't take the job for money and you don't seem like the guy who want's fame, it was odd and I was a little put off about how to deal with you" admitted Dimaria.
"Oh… well I'll be out of your hair soon enough, I trust you'll leave the towns folk alone from now on so my job is done" said Ryan as he got to his feet.
"W… wait!" yelled Dimaria without even thinking.
"What's up?" asked Ryan with a raised eyebrow.
"Don't leave…" she said softly.
"Why?" asked Ryan.
"I know someone who would be very interest to meet you, if you want that is" she said with not so casual shrug.
Ryan thought it over for a moment before shrugging himself.
"Sure why not" he said casually, retaking his seat next to the bed.
"Really?" asked Dimaria in surprise.
"Get some sleep Dimaria, we'll talk more about it tomorrow morning" said Ryan with a smile as he pulled out a book and a pen.
"Alright…" yawned the female as she lay back and quickly fell asleep.
"Diary Entry Four hundred and twenty, today I met a girl, her name is Dimaria Yesta" whispered Ryan as he jotted down his own words.
End Flashback
"And the rest they say, is history" said Ryan with a yawn.
Silence filled the grand hall as everyone took a moment to absorb what he had just told them.
"You were beaten by Celestial Spirits Dimaria?" asked Invel in surprise.
"They're a lot stronger than they look" groaned the warrior as she banged her head into the table again.
"Admittedly they do thrive off of my power so they were about a thousand times stronger than a regular Celestial Spirit" explained Ryan as he drank a glass of water.
"Still, the ability to summon that many spirits at one time is impressive; however I'm still confused as to how you did it. The Zodiac keys belong to mages in Ishgar" noted August in a puzzled manner.
"Technically they're not the celestial spirits of the zodiac, a little while back there was an incident with the celestial spirits and they rebelled against their owners. They called themselves the eclipse spirits, long story short they were returned to their ordinary forms however I kept a copy of the eclipse versions of them and created individual keys for each of them, the most I can summon at once is eleven on my best day, and even then it's only for about thirty seconds max" explained Ryan as his hand lit up and twelve golden keys appeared on the table in front of him.
His fellow Spriggan looked at them with wide eyes before he told them that they could pick them up.
"Oh… which one is this?" asked Ajeel as he picked up a random one.
"That one belongs to the lovely Miss. Virgo, the maiden" said Ryan casually.
"This one?" asked Invel as he inspected one.
"The twins, Gemini" said Ryan as he gave it a look.
"Might we be able to meet some of them?" asked August hopefully.
Ryan thought for a moment before grabbing all the keys together and focusing hard.
"I can't summon Picies, Scorpio or Capriccio" stated Ryan after a moment, "They're on break"
"That's fine" said August with a wave of his hand.
"Very well, I just need some space" said Ryan as he made the three keys he didn't need disappear.
He wandered out into the middle of the hall, gently pushing the tables back.
"Should we back up?" asked Ajeel nervously.
"Just a little" said Ryan sheepishly as he took a deep breath.
"You heard the man, back up" ordered Invel.
Taking yet another deep breath, Ryan clicked his neck sharply before drawing all his magical energy into his hands.
"Open gates of the archer, maiden, lion, golden bull, water bearer, twins, ram, heavenly scales, and great crab: Sagittarius, Virgo, Leo, Taurus, Aquarius, Gemini, Aries, Libra and Cancer!"
The room was bathed in black light as nine figures appeared out of thin air.
Ryan collapsed forward before he was gently caught by a pink haired girl.
"Master… that was reckless of you, you could have died" said Aries as she helped the wizard to his feet.
"Heh… gotta do what you have to do to impress your friends" groaned Ryan as he coughed lightly into his hand.
"That doesn't mean killing yourself!" yelled Leo in anger.
"Don't worry you guys, I'm fine, just a little rattled that's all" said Ryan as he shook his head and gestured to the room's occupants, "Eclipse spirits, please meet the Valkyrie warrior Dimaria, Magic King August, Desert King Ajeel and Winter General Invel"
The eclipse spirits bowed to the Spriggan members.
"It is an honor to meet a spirit up close" said August as he shook Leo's hand.
"It is also an honor to meet the grand magic king himself in person" said Leo politely.
"Nice urn kiddo, can you even lift it?" chuckled Ajeel as he mocked Aquarius.
"Oh boy…" groaned Ryan as Ajeel was swept out of the room in a torrent of water.
"You must be the Gemini twins" said Invel as he bent down to the two blue haired twins.
"Correct, I'm Gemi and this is Mini" said the male twin with a smile.
"Hey there Miss. Yesta; how's the head?" asked Virgo mockingly.
Dimaria didn't answer; she simply glared at the maiden with scathing eyes.
"Virgo, leave her alone, she's still pretty sour over the thrashing you guys gave her" said Ryan with a laugh.
"That was a draw at best!" retorted Dimaria suddenly.
"You were literally unconscious and at the mercy of our master" said Taurus in an amused tone.
"Playing dead so I could catch you unawares" said Dimaria with a huff.
"Just admit our master bested you and we can put the whole incident behind us" said Sagittarius as he plucked at his bow string.
Dimaria's eyes narrowed and she lunged at Ryan with her sword, she was just going to cut the skin, nothing serious, teach him a lesson.
Ryan snapped his fingers and Dimaria's blade once again fell to pieces in front of her, Cancer's great claws snapping wildly as it did.
"Wow… that was sky iron forged steel" said Invel as he picked up a shard of the broken sword.
Dimaria simply growled before downing another mug of beer.
Everyone smiled before Ryan suddenly collapsed forward coughing up blood.
"Master!" yelled Aquarius in surprise.
"Close our gates now!" roared Leo to the nearly dead wizard.
"C… cl… close… g… gates" whispered Ryan as he weakly flicked the nine keys through the air, each spirit vanishing in another flash of golden light.
"You damn fool, keeping that many gates open for such a time would kill even an S-class mage" growled August as he gently tried to heal Ryan's exhausted body.
"Sorry, always trying to push my body…" laughed Ryan feebly.
"Bed rest is what you need, let your magic regenerate naturally" said August with a sigh.
"Very well" said Ryan with a smile as he tried to get to his feet.
"I've got him" said Dimaria as she looped his arm over hers.
Diary Entry: Four Hundred Forty Seven
I did it!
I summoned nine eclipse spirits for more than five minutes!
A new record!
Almost died doing it but that doesn't matter… I should aim for ten next time.
Dimaria was kind enough to help me to my room, I wonder if she was worried about me?
Anyway, I felt Zerefs magic approaching, it's still a while off but he should be here by tomorrow morning…
I'm so excited to see him again!
Good night!
A/N:
Spoilers...
RIP God Serena!
Gotta love some overpowered Acnalogia showing up and ripping a Spriggan in half...
Good times...
Good times...
Don't worry, Ryan will defiantly be upset about that, very upset...
This chapter was actually a request via PM: since Ryan can use almost every kind of magic via his tomes, he should be able to use celestial magic, but since Lucy and Yukino have the Zodiac keys and the eclipse incident is not cannon in the manga story line they said I should just have him use the Eclipse spirits instead...
Although it's probably one of the more difficult magics for him to use; but he's trying!
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