Chapter 260 Were Those Elves?

'I still can't believe that's English.' This was the exact thought that was running through Layla's mind as she watched Tania read the message on the scroll.

"How did you get this?" Tania asked, holding up the scroll.

"It fell from the sky just like you and Leo." Bryan said, taking the scroll from her.

"He found the hole," Tania said.

"That is the explanation that matches it." Bryan said.

"So how do you plan on sending the reply?" Tania asked.

"We've found the portal."

"I found the portal," Layla said to interrupt him.

Bryan looked at her for a while before turning back to Tania to continue what he was saying.

"The portal is in the sky and seems to open at 9:00 AM," Bryan said.

"So we need you to write a reply to him for now and keep it until we are done running some tests on the portal," Layla said.

"Ok," Tania said.

"We have to go now and try to find out more about the portal," Bryan said getting up from his seat as Layla followed suit.

"Ok, but when am I going to be seeing you again?" Tania asked, looking up at him.

"The inter-academy tournament is next week, I'll be there on the day of the main event, by then we would have found out a way to send the reply to your brother," Bryan said.

Tania didn't say anything again as she got up from her seat and hugged him, pressing her head against his chest.

"Thank you, for everything so far." She said,

"It's not a problem," Bryan said, patting her lightly on the back.

"Alright, see you next week then." She said pulling out from the hug and shifting to the side so that he could pass.

"Umm, before we go, I have a question for you," Layla said, turning to Tania.

"What?" Tania said.

"What language did your brother use to write on that scroll?" Layla asked, pointing at the scroll in Bryan's hand.

"It may look different from what you know as English here but in our world, that language is known as English," Tania said.

"Ok," Layla said with a nod as he joined Bryan who was standing at the entrance.

"How many times do you have to ask that?" Bryan said.

"I still can't believe it." The female Lieutenant muttered.

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Jude had made his way out of the dungeon after testing out the compass and thanking the light wizard.

He made his way through the forest and climbed the hill carefully because slipping from there might as well cause his demise.

He hid behind the rocks waiting for two women who were approaching the path to enter their houses before he came out and quickly made his way to their home.

No guards were moving around now and there was no curfew, so all he did was walk and act casually until he reached their home.

He entered through the backdoor and quickly made his way to his room before any of his parents would spot him. He had left the impression that he didn't want to be distributed by locking his room before leaving and he wanted it to stay that way.

He entered his room and slowly closed it behind him to avoid drawing any attention from his parents.

He removed his light armor and put on his normal clothes which were black trousers and light-upper clothing with a hoodie.

He took out the silver-colored compass and dropped it on his bed before hanging his bag on the nail on the wall.

He stood in the middle of his room and stared at the window for a while before going to his cupboard.

He opened the cupboard and brought a colorless orb, it was the communication orb used in contacting the one she gave Tauriel.

He walked to his bed with the orb and after sitting down he shifted back, dropped the orb on his bed in front of him, and began to rub it.

Tauriel was lying on his back on the mat in the cave while going through a book as Tuchel sat beside her, drowning in boredom.

"Can't we do something fun, like a game?" Tuchel said with a deep sigh.

"I don't have time for that, Tuchel," Tauriel said with her eyes glued to the pages of the book.

"I could give you more meat," Tuchel said with a grin on his face.

"I've already had enough meat," Tauriel said.

"I knew I shouldn't have given you any of that meat," Tuchel said in a frustrated voice. "Why did he have to revive the bookworm side of you?"

"This is important, Tuchel," Tauriel said.

"But you've already figured out everything," Tuchel said.

Tauriel didn't reply to him as she didn't want him to keep talking and snubbing him was the best way to shut him up.

Tuchel let out a sigh as he got up from his mat to go stuff himself with more boar meat and that was when he spotted something.

"Tauriel." He called, tapping his sister.

"What?" Tauriel said with an irritated voice bringing down her book.

"Is that orb supposed to be glowing?" Tuchel asked, pointing at the orb that she had dropped at a corner in the cave.

"Jude." She said as she quickly got up and headed to grab the orb.

Tuchel let out a sigh as he went to grab some meat from his meat basket.

Tauriel brought the glowing orb back to the mat and after dropping it in front of her, she slowly placed her hand on it.

White light shot out from the orb as an image of Jude sitting on his bed was projected in front of her all in white.

"I never knew a communication orb could do that," Tuchel said with his mouthful of meat.

"Did you find the stones?" Tauriel asked.

"Yes," Jude said.

"Did you get them?"

"No," Jude replied.

"What happened?" Tauriel asked.

In Jude's room, an image of Tauriel sitting on the floor was also projected in front of him as he spoke to her.

,m "Things weren't as easy as I thought," Jude said.

"Huh?"

"The stones are protected with some kind of strong enchantment," Jude said.

"Strong enchantment," Tauriel muttered. "Was it shadow enchantment?"

"Yes."

"Oh, a shadow enchantment can't be broken except by the witch that cast the enchantment," Tauriel said.

"I know," Jude said.

There was a short period of silence between them before Tauriel spoke again.

"What do we do now?" She asked.

"We'll go into the world without any stones," Jude said.

"But that's risky," Tauriel said.

"I've got that covered," Jude said, bringing up the silver-coloured compass.

"A compass?" Tauriel said with a confused expression on her face.

"This isn't an ordinary compass," Jude said. "The stones weren't the only things I found in that dungeon."

"I'm assuming the other thing you found was the compass," Tauriel said.

"No," Jude said.

"Then what?" Tauriel asked.

"A light wizard," Jude said.

"A light wizard?" Tauriel said.

"What was a light wizard doing in the dungeon?" Tauriel asked.

"I'll explain everything in detail to you later," Jude said. "He was the one that gave me this compass."

Tuchel had come to sit beside his twin sister with a piece of the roasted boar meat in her hand and his image had gotten projected in front of Jude.

"Tuchel, are you eating that boar meat without me?" Jude said.

"Relax man there's enough for everyone," Tuchel said, taking a bite out of the meat in his hand.

"Ok," Jude said.

"Jude," Tauriel called to call her attention back to her. "You were talking about the light wizard."

"Yeah, the compass is built with some kind of magic that makes it able to track travel stones," Jude said.

"Really?"

"Yeah, I tested it out and it worked," Jude said.

"Wow, I haven't heard about a compass like that before," Tauriel said.

"Now you know everything isn't written in books," Tuchel said.

"Now you do, so now all we have to do is go into the world and after finding my sister use the compass to find the stones," Jude said.

"Sounds good but when are we going?" Tauriel asked.

Jude was about to reply when he heard his door move and badging into the room was a red-haired lady dressed in a maid uniform.

Jude had quickly covered the orb with his sheets but it was already too late as she had already seen the two projected elves and was now staring at the spot speechless.

"Matilda," Jude said.

Matilda snapped out of his daze as she turned to Jude.

"Your mother said your room was locked." She said pointing back at the door. "Were those elves?"

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