Chapter 348 - The Ark Of The Familiar: Cetus

Her entire form right now reminded Bryan of a goddess. She looked so elegant with the streams of Water Elements surrounding her. She had been closing her eyes but after her last sentence, she revealed two orbs of ocean blue under her eyelids.

Her wings sprouted, possessing baby blue wings. Her hair tips were now turquoise and her Aura surrounded her with an emerald hue. She was going to town with this particular spell since she has never used it before. And powering another life is no easy task.

As the shield of Lord Atlantia appeared in her palms, it appears to be that the spell was nowhere done. Her Elemental Aura shot through the roof, alarming the two Mages that stood in front of them.

"One of Poseidon's pets of the seas... The legendary sea serpent that deemed to kill Andromeda. Though slain, it lives on within the 'Celestial Sea'... Come forth to my realm..." chanted Mavislin as a portal opened in front of the large metal shield.

"Wait! That looks like one of my Constellations!" hollered Bryan, pointing to the creature that was coming out from the portal.

"Cetus!" yelled Mavislin, finishing the spell.

The creature came out but only a silhouette could be seen for a while. When everyone recovered their vision from the bright streams of Water, they finally got to see what Mavislin had as a pet. But to everyone's surprise, it turned out to be smaller than expected.

"This was always the problem with my Ancient Relic... If I don't use it regularly, the spell becomes minute. And since this is the first time I called him out, it would make sense that he would be this small," explained Mavislin, picking up the creature.

"But he looks so cute! And I can't wait to show him off to the rest when we get back. Out of all of them, I'm such a late bloomer..."

"Late bloomer?"

"Yea, each of us is granted use of the Ancient Relics. And each Ancient Relic as separate spells. A running spell between are six Ancient Relics is the 'Familiar spell. It is where our Ancient Relic calls out a creature from folklore, be it from the past, present, or future."

"So, each of you has a folklore you follow?"

"Correct. Since we wanted to tie our Ancient Relics concerning the history of Earth, we each chose folklore or mythology from Earth. My Ancient Relic uses creatures from the Greek mythos, Z uses his hometown, Philippines and Baldwin uses Irish folklore. Ysabeau uses the Middle East."

"Raiyen uses spells from the Chinese Mythology and Gillian uses Babylonian legends. Though Raiyen was trying to use Japanese ones Gillian didn't allow it."

"The Familiars relate to the Ancient Relic or the user in some way. Like, Fluffy is the Rukh which attributes to being in the sky. Z's familiar is the Bakunawa, a water-dwelling beast hailing from Philippines folklore, his birth town," explained Mavislin.

"So, Z is from the Asian Continent? I didn't know that, he looked so accustomed to this part of the world. I mean, Raiyen looks different as well but he acts different than Z," said Bryan.

"It wasn't an easy feat either. But he was from a different Universe, Parallel Universes are common but for someone to jump in is rare. Another Earth, another time. And he decided to jump into this one, though it was quite early in years, jumping at around X300 or before."

Bryan was highly impressed. He had looked at the man before but he didn't expect him to be as old as dust. Then again, he wasn't a normal human. But he did rock the look of being a chubby source of happiness. He kinda looked like Z, the more Bryan thought about it.

"Gillian's familiar was used to scare Minwoo once but other than that, he doesn't use it too often. If I'm not mistaken, it is called the 'Gugalanna'. It was also known as the 'Bull of Heaven' that King Gilgamesh slew. This is within Mesopotamian Lore."

"Raiyen's familiar is my favorite, no offense, little one," said Mavislin, gently patting the creature's head.

The creature smiled and gave a little laugh. He truly loves his master, even if she hasn't used him before. The fact that Mavislin uses her Ancient Relic in other ways might have strengthened the bond but it wasn't powerful enough to use him at full power.

"It's called the 'Nine-tailed Fox', which is a shapeshifter in Chinese mythos. Raiyen has a problem with that fox though since it took on a mind of its own. The Fox insisted on wandering the area outside of the Old Chapel and we can't stop it."

"So, we've got a shapeshifter in the loose as well?" asked Bryan, looking quite annoyed.