38 C38 Frozen In Time

The door stood ominously against the stonework of the wall; it's glimmery providing more light than the actual torches around the room while everyone stared at the remote gateway that had appeared in the doorway.

Azo stood frozen as his eyes glued themselves to this frame; he knew many of his fellow researchers, mages and fellow magic users that had studied the Seventh tier, only a few managing to cast a few spells. While the tiered system officially stopped at the seventh tier, some people still had theories that it went all the way to the ninth level. Any higher was in the realm of the gods.

Divine magic was something different, something that could not even be touched by a mere mortal, while a mortal could use a fireball a Demigod could engulf an entire region in flame. It was the power of a thrown stone as compared to a cannonball fired directly from the most exceptional crafted dwarven made machine.

His hand reaching out for the handle as his curiosity got the better of him, his friends and fellow mages would almost trample him to get a similar change to interact with divine magic, how could he let such an opportunity go when it was right in his face.

His hand grasping the handle, sweat covering his palms as his red scaled hand tugged open the door. His body getting pulled inside, his fellow three friends getting also pulled in as they had come right behind him.

The inside of the room was well-lit, shelves covering the small room from end to end almost like a library but for items. The first few rows contained many different potions with labels from end to end, each one different then the last with multiples of the same bottle behind as each shelf was more in-depth than the regular types.

The rows in the middle of the shelves included books for many different spells, most done for healing and lower tiered attack spells but it was impressive enough like a mini library.

The row to the right held many different foods and barreled items that seemed to be perishable food along with barrels of water. The selection was mouth watering as they stared at this with a massive amount of need.

The other end of the room was a massive training area on the left side, the centre having a set of tools for refining and maintaining weapons while the right side had sleeping and living areas with a small area that was blocked off by small moveable walls to allow showering and bathroom breaks in here.

This entire room was locked away from anything else, the walls had no other doors, and no matter how much he tried he could cast no magic in here, all his spells fizzing and failing to cast, his power unable to pull the require mana from the stone.

The rest of the group continued to look around, Bull even claiming his bed as Azo just stared with disbelief. This place was perfect, they required little to no supplies now and could only enter the dungeon. The main issue was that the item they had received was something that could not be comprehended.

It was an item that was a divine relic, a holy object that was meant to belong to one of the Seven Demigods. The person who had hired them was either someone who worked directly for the Demigods or had access to items of this power level; either choice made him feel like vomiting his breakfast all over the floor. Why had they been so unlucky to catch this personal attention that they received a powerful artefact and a mission that seemed crazy?

"Hey Azo, no use worrying over it now. What has happened is done now, we can't change time!"

Bull laughed as he had already taken two of the beds, jamming them together to make his own more massive bed that could support his enormous frame.

Azo just stared at the man, his eyes watering as he began to laugh, the kind of laugh that was a man accepting that his fate was sealed, unable to change a thing as he approached them all.

The twins were also coming over as they sat down next to the bed, staring up at Azo as he came closer, his vision blurry with the tears in his eyes.

"Well, we have two choices. Either work and do the job or to run away as far as possible. Even the ends of the earth may not protect us."

"Do not be stupid!" Both the twins would say the same lines together as they rolled their eyes in response. Bull laughing as he put his thumb up, striking a pose as he just grinned.

"Like I said. Brother, we are fucked anyway we do this. Might as well stick it to the Temple of Dusk for being corrupted assholes when we get the chance!"

Both twins nodding to this fact as Azo just sighed lightly, bowing again as he would hold his staff tightly, biting his bottom lip as he stared at them all.

"Let's do this mission then, once we have finished this, we will need to speak to the woman and find out what side she is on. If we have any chance of getting out this hell, we will need her to assist us!"

Azo stood at the group, his hand pushed out as he looked at them all, his eyes burning with passion as he finally accepted this. His soul was brightly glowing as he felt his hand getting grabbed by Bull into a handshake, the twins cupping both the bottom and top of their hands as they stood at either side, the same passion filled spirit in all the adventurers then just Azo.

"We keep getting more dangerous jobs every day, maybe tomorrow we will have to go fight a Demigod."

Azo laughed at this last point, his smile growing as he looked to the rest of the group.

Bull clenched his hand, his grin growing as he merely nodded his head proudly.

"I can easily destroy a Demigod, have you seen the size of my muscles. They will quake in terror!"

The entire group began to laugh, the timeless room capturing the madness perfectly.