Chapter 224
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--- Bear Paw Guild Hall
It was around dawn when Jay returned. He did not see Frallia on the way back and he sighed in relief.
"Welcome back."
The one who greeted him this time wasn't Jessica, but it was Vex. She currently had a wide grin on her face and she gave Jay a large sack.
"What's this?" Jay asked before opening the large sack.
"Money. I've managed to earn around 100,000 Rubies just from selling the eggs! I could've given you half of it, but you said you just wanted twenty percent of the earnings. So that sack right there contains 20,000 Rubies."
Jay was surprised with the earnings from the egg business. Since he knew the contents of the sack, he did not open it and placed it on one of the wooden benches.
"So, did anything strange happened when you were doing business?" Jay asked and went behind the bar counter. He grabbed two bottles of ale and gave one to Vex.
"Woah! The little girl knows how to offer a drink!" Vex said with a surprised tone.
When Jay heard this, he remembered that he looked like a cute 15 year old girl due to his female disguise.
"Please don't tell Jessica." Jay decided to have some fun and looked at Vex with a fake pouting expression as he begged.
"Don't worry. This secret is between us." Vex winked as she opened her beer bottle. Jay did the same thing and they started drinking while talking about some stuff.
...
--- Outer Ring, Bevelona City
Within the gambling dens, on a certain alleyway, Toran was currently playing cards with a group of women.
"None of you really heard about a Sacred Mountain?" Toran asked while he ate some eggs that was offered to him by one of the women playing.
"Nope. But if you're really looking for a Sacred Mountain, that egg merchant had a nice 'Sacred Mountain' at her back. It looks so smooth and..."
"Please stop talking about other's butts you fucking drunkard."
Toran sighed when he saw the women bicker among themselves.
"Everyone can settle down now, because I win!" Toran said as he threw his cards on top of the barrel they were using as a makeshift table.
"Damn! The goddesses must have favored the cursed." One of the women shouted as he handed over 200 Rubies to Toran.
...
After playing cards for a few more rounds, Toran managed to earn easy money that amounted up to 3000 Rubies. Since this was the case, he returned to an inn where he and Ashara was currently staying at.
"My lady, I've earned 3000 Rubies today. What should we do now?" Toran asked while he and Ashara ate their dinner.
"Your Spirit Power, how strong is it now?" Ashara asked.
"Still the same."
"Are you even killing anyone?" Ashara asked with an angry tone.
"Of course." Toran said even though he haven't killed a single person within the city. In truth is, he just wanted to live the rest of this days peacefully without any bloodshed. He was too tired of killing. There was nothing else in the world remains which he could live for. He already forgot about the Sacred Mountain stuff that the 'Four Goddesses' told him when he got his Spirit Power.
"We should just leave the city and head back to the forest. Maybe we can find some villages to slaughter." Ashara thought to herself as she looked at Toran.
...
The next day...
"Bevelona looks bigger than I remember it to be. I guess that's to be expected since I was still a kid back then when I last went to Ashnakara." The Chicken Lord thought to himself as he led the group through the gates of the Outer Ring.
The people who were with him were Roasted Boar, Abyssal Angel, Bloody Harvest, and Nuggets. As for the three wolves, they were currently disguised as puppies.
Brunwulf was sitting on Roasted Boar's head, Aethelwulf was hanging on Bloody Harvest's shoulder, and Luna was being carried by Abyssal Angel on her arms.
As for how Roasted Boar and Bloody Harvest looked like, the two of them looked like twin sisters. They both had long green hair and an average woman's body.
As for everyone's equipment, it was still the same.
"Halt. Pay up 10 Rubies." One of the guards said as their group approached.
"Crap. I forgot about this." The Chicken Lord thought to himself and decided to create an egg from his hand. But of course, since he knew that magic was a taboo in Ashnakara, he pretended that he had a pocket in his feathery legs and 'grabbed' an egg from it.
"Sorry friend. But can I pay with this for now? We have been robbed and I only have a few eggs to spare."
When the guard saw the egg, her breathing hastened and thought that it was her lucky day. So she accepted the Chicken Lord's offer and let their group pass.
"What a strange group. Are they jesters? That woman in the chicken costume looks so funny." The guard thought to herself as she looked at the egg she got like it was some kind of priceless treasure.
...
--- Bear Paw Guild Hall
Jay was currently 'sleeping' on one of the wooden benches. But he was actually in the Mind Room. He and Hellson were currently reading the books he got from the city library yesterday. There was even a slight change in the bookshelf.
On the top part of the bookshelf was the spell books and skill books from the Fatelord Plane. On the middle part of the bookshelf were the books he got from the Shurym Plane. And the bottom part was where the books he got from Ashnakara was located.
That wasn't all. The bookshelf's functionality changed a bit since on every part of it, only 20 books appeared even though Jay had hundreds of books collected so far. But this did not matter since Jay could just think of a certain book he required and it will pop out from the bookshelf if he wanted.
"So, when are you going to release me from this place?"
The little girl who was still trapped in here was also helping the two by clearing out some thoughts they were getting confused with.
"You said you don't want me to reveal you to the citizens of Bevelona City. Sadly though, I will be staying in this city for quite a while, so I cannot really find time to release you."
"Hmph!"
The little girl pouted and played with her hair.
"Then can you at least return the fluffy and cute bear? Please???" The little girl begged Jay.
"Fine."
Jay quickly stepped out of the Mind Room and looked at Cubsy who was peacefully sleeping beside Vex.
"She really is fluffy." Jay thought to himself and stored Cubsy in the Storage Orb. After doing so, he returned to the Mind Room and went back to business. He also decided to put the little girl back at the Storage Orb since she wanted to spend time with Cubsy.
"If you don't want me to take her back, make sure to cooperate whenever we ask questions." Jay said to the little girl just as he was about to put her back in the Storage Orb.
"Ruby. Call me Ruby."
After that short introduction, Jay stored Ruby in the Storage Orb and went back to reading books with Hellson.
...
---Inner Ring, Bevelona City
While Jay was busy with that, the Chicken Lord led everyone to the inner ring of the city. This time, in order to get past the gates, he gave large sized egg to the guard.
The moment they stepped into the Inner Ring, the Chicken Lord immediately led them towards a certain place that looked exactly like the temple back at Zena's Village. The only difference was that the temple here at the city was much larger and even the four statues were larger.
"Alright, everyone listen up. I am going to teach you all a technique so when receiving your Spirit Power." The Chicken Lord said as he gestured everyone to form a circle around him.
"First. Decide one of the following: Peace, Evil, Order, Chaos. After deciding, step into the center of the temple and sit down in whatever way you want.
Second. Say this exact chant depending on the one you chose from the first thing I told you.
If you chose peace, say 'Peace never lasts, but will always be within us.'
If you chose evil, say 'Evil is the root of all things.'
If you chose order, say 'Order is a must.'
If you chose chaos, say 'Burn it all to the ground!'
After saying one of these phrases, just repeat it 5 more times.
Third. When a colorful light descends and you see an array of illusory pictures, do not pick anything and just wait for the light to merge with your body. This way, you can change the form for your Spirit Power any time."
"Wait, how do you know all of this?" Brunwulf quickly spoke up and asked the Chicken Lord. Wasn't this too much detailed? Just how the hell did the Chicken Lord know all of this?
"Past experiences. Don't ask." The Chicken Lord said and told everyone to proceed. Unlike the village's temples where only one person can use the temple at a time, the temple in the cities were different.
It was possible for a hundred people to use the temple at the same time if needed.
As their whole group proceeded at the center of the temple, five old women holding wooden canes suddenly approached the temple and became curious.
"Oh. Interesting. These youngsters are attempting a group blessing."
"How do you think this will turn out?"
"Tsk. The youth are so arrogant these days."
While these group of old women bickered, the people near the temple also got curious why these old women suddenly became interested in something. Women from the inner ring started to flock around the temple as they looked at the Chicken Lord and everyone else.
"Don't mind them. Let us begin."
The Chicken Lord said as everyone finished choosing a certain alignment and sat down in a lotus position while forming a circle. Even Nuggets and the three wolves took part in this as they went to the center of the circle and sat down.
"Huh? Why is there a golden chicken there? And three puppies?" The women who gathered around the temple was bewildered by this.
Then suddenly, after a few minutes later, everyone started to say a chant according to what the Chicken Lord said.
"Peace never lasts, but will always be within us." The Chicken Lord, Abyssal Angel, and Aethelwulf chanted.
"Evil is the root of all things!" Bloody Harvest chanted.
"Order is a must!" Roasted Boar and Luna chanted.
"Burn it all to the ground!" Nuggets and Brunwulf chanted.
When everyone heard their chants, and due to them chanting simultaneously, it was as if they were summoning demons.
"What the hell?!! It can't be!!!"
The weather suddenly changed and rain poured down. The wind blew hard and the entire place became silent.
The moment the Chicken Lord and everyone else finished chanting, eight orbs of light descended as the weather cleared up again.
Three blue colored orbs of light fell on the Chicken Lord, Abyssal Angel, and Aethelwulf.
A red colored orb of light fell on Bloody Harvest.
Two yellow colored orbs of light fell on Roasted Boar and Luna.
Two green colored orbs of light fell on Nuggets and Brunwulf.
"Woah. Amazing. All of them actually succeeded!"
"Wait, why aren't they taking their Spirit Power?"
Everyone was bewildered why the Chicken Lord and everyone else were not fusing with the colored orbs of light. After an hour, there still wasn't anything that happened.
"Are they still picking their illusory image? Just how picky are they?"
Another hour passed. Just as everyone was about to leave since they saw that the Chicken Lord and the rest were still not doing anything, the orbs of light suddenly expanded and turned into streaks of light before getting absorbed by them.
"What is that?!!"
Everyone was surprised since it was the first time they saw something like this. As for the five old women, they were shocked and stupefied as their jaws dropped. They even accidentally dropped the wooden canes they were holding as they saw this.
"Impossible! This is impossible!!!"
"Elders, what is that?" A random girl asked one of the old women.
"Spirit Power Coherence. It must be!"
"Huh? May we know what that is elders?" The women around the old women asked since this was the first time they heard of this.
"It only happens once in a thousand years. It is said that those who achieve Spirit Power Coherence can change their Spirit Power form anytime they want."
"WHAT?!!"
Ignoring the shocked and stupefied crowd, the Chicken Lord got up and stretched his muscles.
"Damn. It really feels weird. No wonder my sister told me not to go through with this. It looks like Spirit Power isn't really compatible with males." The Chicken Lord thought to himself and waited for everyone to get used to the feeling before they leave.
"Huh? Aren't you all busy with something else? Shoo, shoo!" The Chicken Lord shouted at the large crowd gathered around the temple, not giving a crap if he was rude or not.
"Forgive us my lady, but may we learn of your names? It would be a great honor for us if someone who achieved Spirit Power Coherence tells us her name." One of the old women said as she knelt down.
"Huh? What crap are you talking about?" The Chicken Lord shouted and wondered to himself what the hell was this 'coherence' thing the old woman was talking about.
"Spirit Power Coherence. It is a special condition where one can choose their Spirit Power form anytime."
One of the old women explained.
"Oh. There was a term for that?" The Chicken Lord thought to himself. In the end, he did not give the people his name or everyone else's names since it might attract too much attention.
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--- Bear Paw Guild Hall
It was around dawn when Jay returned. He did not see Frallia on the way back and he sighed in relief.
"Welcome back."
The one who greeted him this time wasn't Jessica, but it was Vex. She currently had a wide grin on her face and she gave Jay a large sack.
"What's this?" Jay asked before opening the large sack.
"Money. I've managed to earn around 100,000 Rubies just from selling the eggs! I could've given you half of it, but you said you just wanted twenty percent of the earnings. So that sack right there contains 20,000 Rubies."
Jay was surprised with the earnings from the egg business. Since he knew the contents of the sack, he did not open it and placed it on one of the wooden benches.
"So, did anything strange happened when you were doing business?" Jay asked and went behind the bar counter. He grabbed two bottles of ale and gave one to Vex.
"Woah! The little girl knows how to offer a drink!" Vex said with a surprised tone.
When Jay heard this, he remembered that he looked like a cute 15 year old girl due to his female disguise.
"Please don't tell Jessica." Jay decided to have some fun and looked at Vex with a fake pouting expression as he begged.
"Don't worry. This secret is between us." Vex winked as she opened her beer bottle. Jay did the same thing and they started drinking while talking about some stuff.
...
--- Outer Ring, Bevelona City
Within the gambling dens, on a certain alleyway, Toran was currently playing cards with a group of women.
"None of you really heard about a Sacred Mountain?" Toran asked while he ate some eggs that was offered to him by one of the women playing.
"Nope. But if you're really looking for a Sacred Mountain, that egg merchant had a nice 'Sacred Mountain' at her back. It looks so smooth and..."
"Please stop talking about other's butts you fucking drunkard."
Toran sighed when he saw the women bicker among themselves.
"Everyone can settle down now, because I win!" Toran said as he threw his cards on top of the barrel they were using as a makeshift table.
"Damn! The goddesses must have favored the cursed." One of the women shouted as he handed over 200 Rubies to Toran.
...
After playing cards for a few more rounds, Toran managed to earn easy money that amounted up to 3000 Rubies. Since this was the case, he returned to an inn where he and Ashara was currently staying at.
"My lady, I've earned 3000 Rubies today. What should we do now?" Toran asked while he and Ashara ate their dinner.
"Your Spirit Power, how strong is it now?" Ashara asked.
"Still the same."
"Are you even killing anyone?" Ashara asked with an angry tone.
"Of course." Toran said even though he haven't killed a single person within the city. In truth is, he just wanted to live the rest of this days peacefully without any bloodshed. He was too tired of killing. There was nothing else in the world remains which he could live for. He already forgot about the Sacred Mountain stuff that the 'Four Goddesses' told him when he got his Spirit Power.
"We should just leave the city and head back to the forest. Maybe we can find some villages to slaughter." Ashara thought to herself as she looked at Toran.
...
The next day...
"Bevelona looks bigger than I remember it to be. I guess that's to be expected since I was still a kid back then when I last went to Ashnakara." The Chicken Lord thought to himself as he led the group through the gates of the Outer Ring.
The people who were with him were Roasted Boar, Abyssal Angel, Bloody Harvest, and Nuggets. As for the three wolves, they were currently disguised as puppies.
Brunwulf was sitting on Roasted Boar's head, Aethelwulf was hanging on Bloody Harvest's shoulder, and Luna was being carried by Abyssal Angel on her arms.
As for how Roasted Boar and Bloody Harvest looked like, the two of them looked like twin sisters. They both had long green hair and an average woman's body.
As for everyone's equipment, it was still the same.
"Halt. Pay up 10 Rubies." One of the guards said as their group approached.
"Crap. I forgot about this." The Chicken Lord thought to himself and decided to create an egg from his hand. But of course, since he knew that magic was a taboo in Ashnakara, he pretended that he had a pocket in his feathery legs and 'grabbed' an egg from it.
"Sorry friend. But can I pay with this for now? We have been robbed and I only have a few eggs to spare."
When the guard saw the egg, her breathing hastened and thought that it was her lucky day. So she accepted the Chicken Lord's offer and let their group pass.
"What a strange group. Are they jesters? That woman in the chicken costume looks so funny." The guard thought to herself as she looked at the egg she got like it was some kind of priceless treasure.
...
--- Bear Paw Guild Hall
Jay was currently 'sleeping' on one of the wooden benches. But he was actually in the Mind Room. He and Hellson were currently reading the books he got from the city library yesterday. There was even a slight change in the bookshelf.
On the top part of the bookshelf was the spell books and skill books from the Fatelord Plane. On the middle part of the bookshelf were the books he got from the Shurym Plane. And the bottom part was where the books he got from Ashnakara was located.
That wasn't all. The bookshelf's functionality changed a bit since on every part of it, only 20 books appeared even though Jay had hundreds of books collected so far. But this did not matter since Jay could just think of a certain book he required and it will pop out from the bookshelf if he wanted.
"So, when are you going to release me from this place?"
The little girl who was still trapped in here was also helping the two by clearing out some thoughts they were getting confused with.
"You said you don't want me to reveal you to the citizens of Bevelona City. Sadly though, I will be staying in this city for quite a while, so I cannot really find time to release you."
"Hmph!"
The little girl pouted and played with her hair.
"Then can you at least return the fluffy and cute bear? Please???" The little girl begged Jay.
"Fine."
Jay quickly stepped out of the Mind Room and looked at Cubsy who was peacefully sleeping beside Vex.
"She really is fluffy." Jay thought to himself and stored Cubsy in the Storage Orb. After doing so, he returned to the Mind Room and went back to business. He also decided to put the little girl back at the Storage Orb since she wanted to spend time with Cubsy.
"If you don't want me to take her back, make sure to cooperate whenever we ask questions." Jay said to the little girl just as he was about to put her back in the Storage Orb.
"Ruby. Call me Ruby."
After that short introduction, Jay stored Ruby in the Storage Orb and went back to reading books with Hellson.
...
---Inner Ring, Bevelona City
While Jay was busy with that, the Chicken Lord led everyone to the inner ring of the city. This time, in order to get past the gates, he gave large sized egg to the guard.
The moment they stepped into the Inner Ring, the Chicken Lord immediately led them towards a certain place that looked exactly like the temple back at Zena's Village. The only difference was that the temple here at the city was much larger and even the four statues were larger.
"Alright, everyone listen up. I am going to teach you all a technique so when receiving your Spirit Power." The Chicken Lord said as he gestured everyone to form a circle around him.
"First. Decide one of the following: Peace, Evil, Order, Chaos. After deciding, step into the center of the temple and sit down in whatever way you want.
Second. Say this exact chant depending on the one you chose from the first thing I told you.
If you chose peace, say 'Peace never lasts, but will always be within us.'
If you chose evil, say 'Evil is the root of all things.'
If you chose order, say 'Order is a must.'
If you chose chaos, say 'Burn it all to the ground!'
After saying one of these phrases, just repeat it 5 more times.
Third. When a colorful light descends and you see an array of illusory pictures, do not pick anything and just wait for the light to merge with your body. This way, you can change the form for your Spirit Power any time."
"Wait, how do you know all of this?" Brunwulf quickly spoke up and asked the Chicken Lord. Wasn't this too much detailed? Just how the hell did the Chicken Lord know all of this?
"Past experiences. Don't ask." The Chicken Lord said and told everyone to proceed. Unlike the village's temples where only one person can use the temple at a time, the temple in the cities were different.
It was possible for a hundred people to use the temple at the same time if needed.
As their whole group proceeded at the center of the temple, five old women holding wooden canes suddenly approached the temple and became curious.
"Oh. Interesting. These youngsters are attempting a group blessing."
"How do you think this will turn out?"
"Tsk. The youth are so arrogant these days."
While these group of old women bickered, the people near the temple also got curious why these old women suddenly became interested in something. Women from the inner ring started to flock around the temple as they looked at the Chicken Lord and everyone else.
"Don't mind them. Let us begin."
The Chicken Lord said as everyone finished choosing a certain alignment and sat down in a lotus position while forming a circle. Even Nuggets and the three wolves took part in this as they went to the center of the circle and sat down.
"Huh? Why is there a golden chicken there? And three puppies?" The women who gathered around the temple was bewildered by this.
Then suddenly, after a few minutes later, everyone started to say a chant according to what the Chicken Lord said.
"Peace never lasts, but will always be within us." The Chicken Lord, Abyssal Angel, and Aethelwulf chanted.
"Evil is the root of all things!" Bloody Harvest chanted.
"Order is a must!" Roasted Boar and Luna chanted.
"Burn it all to the ground!" Nuggets and Brunwulf chanted.
When everyone heard their chants, and due to them chanting simultaneously, it was as if they were summoning demons.
"What the hell?!! It can't be!!!"
The weather suddenly changed and rain poured down. The wind blew hard and the entire place became silent.
The moment the Chicken Lord and everyone else finished chanting, eight orbs of light descended as the weather cleared up again.
Three blue colored orbs of light fell on the Chicken Lord, Abyssal Angel, and Aethelwulf.
A red colored orb of light fell on Bloody Harvest.
Two yellow colored orbs of light fell on Roasted Boar and Luna.
Two green colored orbs of light fell on Nuggets and Brunwulf.
"Woah. Amazing. All of them actually succeeded!"
"Wait, why aren't they taking their Spirit Power?"
Everyone was bewildered why the Chicken Lord and everyone else were not fusing with the colored orbs of light. After an hour, there still wasn't anything that happened.
"Are they still picking their illusory image? Just how picky are they?"
Another hour passed. Just as everyone was about to leave since they saw that the Chicken Lord and the rest were still not doing anything, the orbs of light suddenly expanded and turned into streaks of light before getting absorbed by them.
"What is that?!!"
Everyone was surprised since it was the first time they saw something like this. As for the five old women, they were shocked and stupefied as their jaws dropped. They even accidentally dropped the wooden canes they were holding as they saw this.
"Impossible! This is impossible!!!"
"Elders, what is that?" A random girl asked one of the old women.
"Spirit Power Coherence. It must be!"
"Huh? May we know what that is elders?" The women around the old women asked since this was the first time they heard of this.
"It only happens once in a thousand years. It is said that those who achieve Spirit Power Coherence can change their Spirit Power form anytime they want."
"WHAT?!!"
Ignoring the shocked and stupefied crowd, the Chicken Lord got up and stretched his muscles.
"Damn. It really feels weird. No wonder my sister told me not to go through with this. It looks like Spirit Power isn't really compatible with males." The Chicken Lord thought to himself and waited for everyone to get used to the feeling before they leave.
"Huh? Aren't you all busy with something else? Shoo, shoo!" The Chicken Lord shouted at the large crowd gathered around the temple, not giving a crap if he was rude or not.
"Forgive us my lady, but may we learn of your names? It would be a great honor for us if someone who achieved Spirit Power Coherence tells us her name." One of the old women said as she knelt down.
"Huh? What crap are you talking about?" The Chicken Lord shouted and wondered to himself what the hell was this 'coherence' thing the old woman was talking about.
"Spirit Power Coherence. It is a special condition where one can choose their Spirit Power form anytime."
One of the old women explained.
"Oh. There was a term for that?" The Chicken Lord thought to himself. In the end, he did not give the people his name or everyone else's names since it might attract too much attention.
--- Bear Paw Guild HallIt was around dawn when Jay returned. He did not see Frallia on the way back and he sighed in relief."Welcome back."The one who greeted him this time wasn't Jessica, but it was Vex. She currently had a wide grin on her face and she gave Jay a large sack."What's this?" Jay asked before opening the large sack."Money. I've managed to earn around 100,000 Rubies just from selling the eggs! I could've given you half of it, but you said you just wanted twenty percent of the earnings. So that sack right there contains 20,000 Rubies."Jay was surprised with the earnings from the egg business. Since he knew the contents of the sack, he did not open it and placed it on one of the wooden benches."So, did anything strange happened when you were doing business?" Jay asked and went behind the bar counter. He grabbed two bottles of ale and gave one to Vex."Woah! The little girl knows how to offer a drink!" Vex said with a surprised tone.When Jay heard this, he remembered that he looked like a cute 15 year old girl due to his female disguise."Please don't tell Jessica." Jay decided to have some fun and looked at Vex with a fake pouting expression as he begged."Don't worry. This secret is between us." Vex winked as she opened her beer bottle. Jay did the same thing and they started drinking while talking about some stuff....--- Outer Ring, Bevelona CityWithin the gambling dens, on a certain alleyway, Toran was currently playing cards with a group of women."None of you really heard about a Sacred Mountain?" Toran asked while he ate some eggs that was offered to him by one of the women playing."Nope. But if you're really looking for a Sacred Mountain, that egg merchant had a nice 'Sacred Mountain' at her back. It looks so smooth and...""Please stop talking about other's butts you fucking drunkard."Toran sighed when he saw the women bicker among themselves."Everyone can settle down now, because I win!" Toran said as he threw his cards on top of the barrel they were using as a makeshift table."Damn! The goddesses must have favored the cursed." One of the women shouted as he handed over 200 Rubies to Toran....After playing cards for a few more rounds, Toran managed to earn easy money that amounted up to 3000 Rubies. Since this was the case, he returned to an inn where he and Ashara was currently staying at."My lady, I've earned 3000 Rubies today. What should we do now?" Toran asked while he and Ashara ate their dinner."Your Spirit Power, how strong is it now?" Ashara asked."Still the same.""Are you even killing anyone?" Ashara asked with an angry tone."Of course." Toran said even though he haven't killed a single person within the city. In truth is, he just wanted to live the rest of this days peacefully without any bloodshed. He was too tired of killing. There was nothing else in the world remains which he could live for. He already forgot about the Sacred Mountain stuff that the 'Four Goddesses' told him when he got his Spirit Power."We should just leave the city and head back to the forest. Maybe we can find some villages to slaughter." Ashara thought to herself as she looked at Toran....The next day..."Bevelona looks bigger than I remember it to be. I guess that's to be expected since I was still a kid back then when I last went to Ashnakara." The Chicken Lord thought to himself as he led the group through the gates of the Outer Ring.The people who were with him were Roasted Boar, Abyssal Angel, Bloody Harvest, and Nuggets. As for the three wolves, they were currently disguised as puppies.Brunwulf was sitting on Roasted Boar's head, Aethelwulf was hanging on Bloody Harvest's shoulder, and Luna was being carried by Abyssal Angel on her arms.As for how Roasted Boar and Bloody Harvest looked like, the two of them looked like twin sisters. They both had long green hair and an average woman's body.As for everyone's equipment, it was still the same."Halt. Pay up 10 Rubies." One of the guards said as their group approached."Crap. I forgot about this." The Chicken Lord thought to himself and decided to create an egg from his hand. But of course, since he knew that magic was a taboo in Ashnakara, he pretended that he had a pocket in his feathery legs and 'grabbed' an egg from it."Sorry friend. But can I pay with this for now? We have been robbed and I only have a few eggs to spare."When the guard saw the egg, her breathing hastened and thought that it was her lucky day. So she accepted the Chicken Lord's offer and let their group pass."What a strange group. Are they jesters? That woman in the chicken costume looks so funny." The guard thought to herself as she looked at the egg she got like it was some kind of priceless treasure....--- Bear Paw Guild HallJay was currently 'sleeping' on one of the wooden benches. But he was actually in the Mind Room. He and Hellson were currently reading the books he got from the city library yesterday. There was even a slight change in the bookshelf.On the top part of the bookshelf was the spell books and skill books from the Fatelord Plane. On the middle part of the bookshelf were the books he got from the Shurym Plane. And the bottom part was where the books he got from Ashnakara was located.That wasn't all. The bookshelf's functionality changed a bit since on every part of it, only 20 books appeared even though Jay had hundreds of books collected so far. But this did not matter since Jay could just think of a certain book he required and it will pop out from the bookshelf if he wanted."So, when are you going to release me from this place?"The little girl who was still trapped in here was also helping the two by clearing out some thoughts they were getting confused with."You said you don't want me to reveal you to the citizens of Bevelona City. Sadly though, I will be staying in this city for quite a while, so I cannot really find time to release you.""Hmph!"The little girl pouted and played with her hair."Then can you at least return the fluffy and cute bear? Please???" The little girl begged Jay."Fine."Jay quickly stepped out of the Mind Room and looked at Cubsy who was peacefully sleeping beside Vex."She really is fluffy." Jay thought to himself and stored Cubsy in the Storage Orb. After doing so, he returned to the Mind Room and went back to business. He also decided to put the little girl back at the Storage Orb since she wanted to spend time with Cubsy."If you don't want me to take her back, make sure to cooperate whenever we ask questions." Jay said to the little girl just as he was about to put her back in the Storage Orb."Ruby. Call me Ruby."After that short introduction, Jay stored Ruby in the Storage Orb and went back to reading books with Hellson....---Inner Ring, Bevelona CityWhile Jay was busy with that, the Chicken Lord led everyone to the inner ring of the city. This time, in order to get past the gates, he gave large sized egg to the guard.The moment they stepped into the Inner Ring, the Chicken Lord immediately led them towards a certain place that looked exactly like the temple back at Zena's Village. The only difference was that the temple here at the city was much larger and even the four statues were larger."Alright, everyone listen up. I am going to teach you all a technique so when receiving your Spirit Power." The Chicken Lord said as he gestured everyone to form a circle around him."First. Decide one of the following: Peace, Evil, Order, Chaos. After deciding, step into the center of the temple and sit down in whatever way you want.Second. Say this exact chant depending on the one you chose from the first thing I told you.If you chose peace, say 'Peace never lasts, but will always be within us.'If you chose evil, say 'Evil is the root of all things.'If you chose order, say 'Order is a must.'If you chose chaos, say 'Burn it all to the ground!'After saying one of these phrases, just repeat it 5 more times.Third. When a colorful light descends and you see an array of illusory pictures, do not pick anything and just wait for the light to merge with your body. This way, you can change the form for your Spirit Power any time.""Wait, how do you know all of this?" Brunwulf quickly spoke up and asked the Chicken Lord. Wasn't this too much detailed? Just how the hell did the Chicken Lord know all of this?"Past experiences. Don't ask." The Chicken Lord said and told everyone to proceed. Unlike the village's temples where only one person can use the temple at a time, the temple in the cities were different.It was possible for a hundred people to use the temple at the same time if needed.As their whole group proceeded at the center of the temple, five old women holding wooden canes suddenly approached the temple and became curious."Oh. Interesting. These youngsters are attempting a group blessing.""How do you think this will turn out?""Tsk. The youth are so arrogant these days."While these group of old women bickered, the people near the temple also got curious why these old women suddenly became interested in something. Women from the inner ring started to flock around the temple as they looked at the Chicken Lord and everyone else."Don't mind them. Let us begin."The Chicken Lord said as everyone finished choosing a certain alignment and sat down in a lotus position while forming a circle. Even Nuggets and the three wolves took part in this as they went to the center of the circle and sat down."Huh? Why is there a golden chicken there? And three puppies?" The women who gathered around the temple was bewildered by this.Then suddenly, after a few minutes later, everyone started to say a chant according to what the Chicken Lord said."Peace never lasts, but will always be within us." The Chicken Lord, Abyssal Angel, and Aethelwulf chanted."Evil is the root of all things!" Bloody Harvest chanted."Order is a must!" Roasted Boar and Luna chanted."Burn it all to the ground!" Nuggets and Brunwulf chanted.When everyone heard their chants, and due to them chanting simultaneously, it was as if they were summoning demons."What the hell?!! It can't be!!!"The weather suddenly changed and rain poured down. The wind blew hard and the entire place became silent.The moment the Chicken Lord and everyone else finished chanting, eight orbs of light descended as the weather cleared up again.Three blue colored orbs of light fell on the Chicken Lord, Abyssal Angel, and Aethelwulf.A red colored orb of light fell on Bloody Harvest.Two yellow colored orbs of light fell on Roasted Boar and Luna.Two green colored orbs of light fell on Nuggets and Brunwulf."Woah. Amazing. All of them actually succeeded!""Wait, why aren't they taking their Spirit Power?"Everyone was bewildered why the Chicken Lord and everyone else were not fusing with the colored orbs of light. After an hour, there still wasn't anything that happened."Are they still picking their illusory image? Just how picky are they?"Another hour passed. Just as everyone was about to leave since they saw that the Chicken Lord and the rest were still not doing anything, the orbs of light suddenly expanded and turned into streaks of light before getting absorbed by them."What is that?!!"Everyone was surprised since it was the first time they saw something like this. As for the five old women, they were shocked and stupefied as their jaws dropped. They even accidentally dropped the wooden canes they were holding as they saw this."Impossible! This is impossible!!!""Elders, what is that?" A random girl asked one of the old women."Spirit Power Coherence. It must be!""Huh? May we know what that is elders?" The women around the old women asked since this was the first time they heard of this."It only happens once in a thousand years. It is said that those who achieve Spirit Power Coherence can change their Spirit Power form anytime they want.""WHAT?!!"Ignoring the shocked and stupefied crowd, the Chicken Lord got up and stretched his muscles."Damn. It really feels weird. No wonder my sister told me not to go through with this. It looks like Spirit Power isn't really compatible with males." The Chicken Lord thought to himself and waited for everyone to get used to the feeling before they leave."Huh? Aren't you all busy with something else? Shoo, shoo!" The Chicken Lord shouted at the large crowd gathered around the temple, not giving a crap if he was rude or not."Forgive us my lady, but may we learn of your names? It would be a great honor for us if someone who achieved Spirit Power Coherence tells us her name." One of the old women said as she knelt down."Huh? What crap are you talking about?" The Chicken Lord shouted and wondered to himself what the hell was this 'coherence' thing the old woman was talking about."Spirit Power Coherence. It is a special condition where one can choose their Spirit Power form anytime."One of the old women explained."Oh. There was a term for that?" The Chicken Lord thought to himself. In the end, he did not give the people his name or everyone else's names since it might attract too much attention.
