Burning Soul - Chapter 175

The next morning, everyone woke up a bit late as there wasn’t any indication of what time it was. For the longest time, they believed it was night until the maid told them that it wasn’t.

But, the long sleep time allowed them all to relax well. That was important during the travel.

Theo and Milot were assigned to one room and Theo couldn’t complain less about his roommate’s loud snoring.

“I can’t help it, man, I have a tiny nostril!” Milot was trying to reason it out.

“It’s alright!

In the past few days of travel, almost everyone has gotten used to it.

Also, did you see Catherine?

I know it’s late in the morning but, I can’t see her anywhere!”

“Now that you mentioned, I don’t see her either?” Milot replied while in-acting like an old person.

“Ahem!

Were you talking about me in particular!” He couldn’t be less shocked when Amara was the one to reply to his act.

“Not the bolt! Not this early in the morning!” He looked at her as she stood with one arm sparkling with a lighting spell.

She let out a laugh, “Well, you both don’t look like early birds to me, unlike you she’s up and already out for a gathering!”

“What gathering?” They both were just as confused.

“Did you already forget why you are stopping here?” She looked at them with a questioned look,

“Oh right!

You!” Milot pointed at Theo, “You are why we are stopping here, how forgetful of me to forget such important stuff that shouldn’t be forgotten!”

He showed a proud smirk and continued, “Are we to do anything or I can just laze around!”

“Like usual you mean?” Theo narrowed his eyes on him,

“Hey!”

“Well, You guys woke so early that…

We are almost ready!” She showed them the way to the door.

“Does that mean you are throwing us out? After all that we went through!” Milot let out a sigh,

“Ahh!

Everything is set up outside!” She rolled her eyes.

Even though she was not their age, Theo couldn’t help but be mesmerized by her beauty even after watching her more than 20th times now.

“Still bewitched you are huh!” Catherine who just came back tapped on his back,

“Ow, what was that for?” He turned around only to be hit on the head again.

“Here I was gathering all these kinds of stuff and you are sleeping carelessly!

I envy you.” She let out a sigh,

“Looks like you were able to get everything?” Amara asked her to which she nodded, “it was a challenging hunt but with all these people, we somehow managed to find it all in time!” She showed the basket that she was carrying to her proudly.

“That’d work! Good job finding it all!”

“Can we know what is all this?” Milot pulled out a suspicious-looking mushroom from the basket.

“You are not a witch, right?” Looking at him pull suspicious things out of the basket, Theo was also concerned.

“Nah, it’s just catalysts!

Remember we are dealing with magic! Spirit-related one.

It’s like solving a puzzle, a little boost wouldn’t hurt, right?

Also, those mushrooms are for breakfast, what we need is..” She went close to Milot and grabbed the basket by one hand while reaching out her other arm inside the basket. With a little bit of juggle she pulled out a stone, that was glowing on its own.

“Ah! This is what we need!” She looked rather happy but Theo and Milot stood aloof.

“Mineral, you dumb boys! It’s a mineral. For real!” Catherine hit on both of their heads.

The stone had a slight pink radiance and gave off a strangely pleasant aura. Just by looking at it, it was relaxing.

“It’s not just any mineral,

You know how Arnor has quite a few Ley Lines! Well, you can only find these ores near one such. It’s infused in the purest form of Mana.

These minerals take years to form and thus are rather difficult to find. Luckily we had a lot of help with these young ladies.” She addressed the wizards, “and the geology of the surrounding allowed it to be formed as well.”

“Yeah, it was right in that small crack that you told us about! Although there weren’t many more to collect, we managed to get out hands on the largest we could spot.” One of the Wizards replied while rubbing her nose with a proud expression.

“You are right! It’s a rather rare find after all!” She showed a smile that literally melted away the Wizard.

“AS they were talking, Milot tried to sneakily eat the mushroom, “I wouldn’t do that young man!” The maid stopped him in his tracks, “Although it’s edible, it needs to be cooked first.

You don’t want to go out looking for toilets every now and then do you?”

This was pretty much enough for him to stop.

“So, when are we starting?” Theo asked in a bit concerned tone.

“Now!

Right now!” Amara replied, “Don’t be nervous, I’ve dealt with many spirits over the years and I’ve yet to fail.” She reassured him,

“Yet she says…” Before Milot could finish, he was hit hard by a bolt of lightning, “Now I’m much more alive!” He spoke in a squeaky tone

“The sooner we resolve this, the sooner you’ll be able to continue your journey!” She then walked past Catherine who shared a look with her.

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“After a while, they all gathered at a relatively open area where Wizards had already drawn the magic circle that was needed for the spell to work.

“For this magic, this mineral rock will be the catalyst. I’m also assuming your support magic with this one.” Amara looked at the wizards who nodded in agreement.

She then walked to the centre of the circle along with Theo, “Where is this weapon you speak of?”

Ever since the fight, the sword was stuck in its elemental form that is it was just a random word with no magical attributes. The spirit was long gone locked in the spirit realm. He took off the cloth that was wrapped around the sword and it revealed its original form.

The shiny metal sword was now just a chunk of rock. It had lost its material form. Looking at it just saddened Theo.

“Don’t look sad, we will get it back to its former glory.” She tried soothing him.

“It’s not the sword I’m worried about, I just hope Himari is alright! I don’t want to leave her all alone in that dark place yet again!”