Chapter 257 Compass Of Hope

Festus and Jude had returned to the area where the wizard had met the young knight and were both looking at the cage holding the six stones as the bright purple aura swirled around it.

"Apart from the things you told me, isn't there any other thing that can help me get those stones?" Jude asked.

"I've told you young one, the only thing that can break shadow enchantment is the witch or wizard that cast the enchantment or a highly concentrated energy from a light witch or wizard," Festus said.

Jude let out a sigh as he looked up and down, he was really desperate.

Festus was beginning to feel sorry for him now, he had come this far just to look for a way to find his sister.

"Your sister must be really precious to you for you to come this far for her," Festus said.

"She's more than precious to me, she was my best friend before I left for knight school," Jude said.

"I see," Festus said, turning to his staff as certain thoughts were beginning to go through his mind.

"This portal to another one." The wizard said.

"Yes," Jude said.

"Can't you just go through the portal?" Festus asked.

"It's not safe," Jude said.

"Why?" Festus asked.

"The portal only opens once every day and according to Tauriel, she couldn't spot the stones when she stuck her head through the portal," Jude said.

"The portal only opens once every day?" Festus said.

"Yes," Jude said.

"The stones in that other world, they're moving." The wizard said as he squatted and drew three dots on the floor with his staff. "What shape is the porta when it opens?"

"Triangle," Jude said.

The wizard drew a triangle to connect the three dots before looking up at Jude.

"Either one, two, or three of the stones in that other world are moving in such a way that it forms the exact triangle linked to the stones here and that's how the portal opens once every day." The light wizard explained.

"Ok," Jude said.

"How long does the portal last once it's open?" The wizard asked.

"I don't know about one minute," Jude said.

"One minute," Festus said.

"I still don't understand where you're going with this," Jude said.

"What I'm saying is that there's this kind of mechanism set up to keep either one, two, or three of the stones in a rotating mechanism to form the triangle once every day and open the portal." The light wizard said.

"You've said that already," Jude said.

"Or they are already set up and have some kind of metal blocking them and the metal only opens only once every day.

"If such a mechanism was set up for the stones then whoever put them on the other side wanted them to remain hidden."

"That's why I really need those stones," Jude said, turning his gaze to the stones being protected with shadow enchantment.

"I cannot help you get those stones," Festus said pointing at the cage housing the stones with his staff. "But I have something that can help you find the stones in the other world."

"You do?"

"Follow me," Festus said as he turned and began to walk back to his comfy home.

It didn't take them long to arrive in the room as Festus turned on the lights and slowly walked to his cupboard and began to look for something.

It took him quite a while but he was able to find what he was looking for as he picked up his staff and walked back to Jude.

"Here." He said, handing Jude a silver-coloured compass.

"A compass?" Jude said with a confused expression on his face.

"This is the compass I used to locate the six travel stones of Asaka," Festus said. "My father made that."

"So it's some kind of magical compass," Jude said, examining the compass.

"Yes." The light wizard said.

"How does it work?" Jude asked.

"Just hold it up and say the words directinium tinimo stone," Festus said.

Festus held up the compass and tried to say the words but he seemed to have fumbled the whole thing up.

"It's directinium tinimo stone." Festus corrected.

"Ok," Jude said as he held up the compass again. "Directinium tinimo stone."

As soon as those words had left his mouth a white arrow rose up from the compass and was now pointing towards the exit.

"Waooh." The young knight couldn't contain his excitement.

"I cannot see the arrow since you're the one holding the compass but you have to follow the arrow," Festus said.

Jude did as he was told and followed the arrow until it led him out to the open area and was now pointing at the stones caged and protected with shadow enchantment.

"It really works." He said with a smile as Festus appeared behind him with his staff.

The young knight was really overjoyed to find out that the compass worked that accurately, now they could go into the world without worrying about a way back.

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Luis had followed Orah outside to hear whatever he wanted to tell him but he was cautious in case what happened with Dylan happened again.

He didn't need to worry about anything as Orah had only walked a little distance to the side before he stopped.

They were still close to the arena and there was no way he was going to try anything funny there.

Monica, whose suspicion had grown more after the way Orah had pushed past her and the way he had talked to Luis, was really curious to know what he wanted to tell Luis.

Orah told him everything he had seen while he was in the trance and when he started telling him about the vision he had been shown a worried look had appeared on Luis' face.

Monica had made her way to the pillar attached to the long fence of the arena and standing there she was able to hear everything they were saying.

"We have to be ready Luis, they are coming," Orah said. "The most disturbing part of that vision was that I wasn't able to find you, dead or alive."

"Yeah," Luis said as he seemed to have entered a deep state of thought. "The man that was speaking to you."

"Yeah."

"You said he was Lucifer right?" Luis asked.

"Yeah," Orah said.

"The way you narrated this, he sounded like you were really close to him," Luis said.

Orah was quiet as he looked up before letting out a deep sigh.

"That's because I am close to him, I am his son," Orah said.

"You're Lucifer's son?" Luis was shocked but he wasn't the only one that had that reaction as his voice was in unison with that of someone else's.

The two turned to the pillar as Monica quickly hid back and covered her mouth.

"Monica," Luis called but there was no response from her.

"Monica, come out, I've already seen you," Luis said.

He didn't see her with his normal eyes but he could see her with his aura vision.

"Hi, guys." Monica said with an awkward look after she had come out from her hiding spot.

"You were spying on us," Orah said with a fierce voice as his face began to take a light red color.

'That's not good.'

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