Emery had not been visiting Killgragah for some period of time now. The last time he visited the dragon was before the Tournament started. Added with his severely wounded condition, plus all the prince and princess drama happening to him, it had been almost three weeks since his last visit.
Emery could only sigh and make his way over, as he had also been behind in his training.
It had been two months since his return from the academy and his spirit force had only increased from 193 (118) to 217 (142).
An increase of 24 points within two months might have looked and sounded quite decent, but not when the reason for this was only because he absorbed the Void Crystal.
In fact, 15 of 24 newly gained spirit force came from the absorption, meaning Emery only managed to increase his spirit force by 9 points in two months!
He believed his four friends could reach better results even without the help of the Khaos space.
With his current rate, Emery would even be considered extremely lucky to be able to pass the 300 spirit force mark before the next recall.
He couldn't imagine how he could reach the 500 spirit force mark needed to become a rank 9 acolyte.
Hence, Emery had no more time to waste. His awaited, long-postponed training had to start now.
Somehow, Emery had a bad hunch, a premonition this time it would not be easy nor flexible for him to get in and out Khaos space as he wished.
Therefore, before he opened the portal to the Khaos space, Emery decided to prepare any necessities he might need, as he planned to spend a few weeks training there.
Emery prepared a substantial amount of supplies for himself, ranging from food, beverages and so on. He also decided to bring some unique and exquisite food and beverage for the dragon. He put all of those in his personal spatial storage.
Afterwards, he brought Morgana to the hill where the stone formation lay.
Morgana and some of the Fey actually knew about Emery's activity around the stone ruins and were suspicious about it, but they didn't know what exactly was going on with it. Some of them obviously wanted to ask Emery about it, but they held themself back in account of the High Priestess.
Seeing the curious gaze she showed to him, Emery said, "Here is actually the place where I am going to train. I will spend a lot of time here."
Emery had explained to Morgana about the dragon that helped him train before, but now he told her the location, so as to let her know where she should go to find him, if there was anything urgent that required his help.
One particular thing Emery was looking for was any information about Meave, as the witch had been a thorn in his ever since. He told Morgana that if any new information came up he wanted to know right away within the shortest delay.
As for how Emery was supposed to know what happened outside, there was a small window within the Khaos space that would allow him to know if there was someone looking for him and Emery assigned Morgana to be the 'someone', as only she knew about this.
Once again, Emery explained how important his training was to Morgana in fear that she would misunderstand him. Moreover, he promised the girl he would make time to train her as soon as possible. As for now, it would be better for her if she focused on her studies with the Tutor.
Morgana carefully listened to Emery's words and nodded her head. Seeing that the girl understood, Emery swiftly opened up a [Spatial Gate] and entered the Khaos space.
After crossing the gate, Emery once again found himself in a dark corridor. He swiftly walked past it as he entered into a dark, open space. Afterwards, he shifted his gaze to the corner where Killgragah should be and bowed while saying,
"Ooh Supreme Being, your humble subject has returned."
Emery waited for a reply while keeping his bow. Surprisingly, there was no reply even after several minutes of silence.
Because of that, Emery immediately became worried. Normally, there would be several torches that would light themselves after he said his greetings. But there weren't any this time.
Realizing he wouldn't go anywhere if he remained still, Emery braved himself to step further.
"Supreme Being... Are you there?"
All of a sudden, Emery's vision caught an ember coming into existence. At first, he thought it was a torch that was lit. Thus his face greatly changed when the small ember suddenly turned into a large fireball that flew towards him.
"Wwwoooaaa!!"
Emery swiftly dodged the incoming fireball by rolling his body on the ground. It went past him and hit the wall behind him, causing a large explosion that blew him away.
Then, before Emery could discern what had happened, the dark suddenly replaced by bright flame and a large black dragon emerged from the shadow.
"How dare you return, boy?!!"
The dragon Killgragah, in his rage, once again spit out flame from its mouth. Emery was sure that, if it weren't for the chains that bound his limbs, the dragon might have run up to him and trampled him under his huge feet.
Immediately, Emery casted [Blink] as he appeared at another corner of the space.
"Wow, calm down! What's going on? What did I do?"
Upon hearing Emery's words, the dragon roared, "You dare to ask, boy?! I'm checking if you are too tough already!"
Seeing that the dragon was preparing another ball, Emery swiftly put his hands in the air. "Wait, wait! Listen to me, I really have my reasons!"
The dragon stopped its action because of Emery's words. "You have your reasons?" Seeing the latter nod his head quickly, the dragon commented,
"This better be a valid reason, kid. Or else…"
Emery heaved a sigh of relief when he saw the dragon extinguishing the fireball. He was about to explain when the dragon, as usual, probed his mind searching for his so-called reasons.
Seconds later, just as Emery thought everything was in order, the dragon suddenly spat another fireball at him. Worse, this time it was even bigger than the previous one.
"Supreme Being, what are you doing?!" Emery said loudly, as he barely dodged the fireball.
Killgragah glared at Emery and roared, "You stupid human! How can you be defeated by that witch?! You really are an embarrassment !!"
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Written by Avans, Published exclusively by NovelFull,