Previously Atlas was left to study for his upcoming evaluation tests in the Necromancer Savien Group.

Its been 4 days since I started studying for my tests, Ms Vera periodically comes to check on Atelie and feed her. I also keep watch of her while I study and teach her english when i'm on break, Ms Vera had aided me in my Daradian and Trahurae.

I managed to speak several sentences after strengthening my magic vocal cords, I should be able to hold a conversation in both Daradian and Trahurae now. When I asked Ms Vera if there was any skeleton that had a voice to use aloud, she replied with...

"Its amazing that you can use physical speech in a short amount of time, only few skeleton servants can do that but even they needed assistance."

So i'm a very rare case? Maybe its because i'm from another world that plays a part in why I have so many cases that I speed my growth, I think its my in-depth knowledge of basic science and other studies that make me able to easily do things that require a lot of effort.

Ms Vera also told me that in a few days, she will teach me magic personally. My magic hasn't been progressing smoothly, though I could conjure fire, earth and water, I was still at a beginner level. My skeleton body on the other hand is doing well, I was able to strengthen and move my body like my old one on earth.

I now had a daily routine of using Magic String Theory to strengthen my body, practicing my speech, teaching Atelie English, practicing magic, lessons with Ms Vera and finally free time which I use it to record my daily happenings on a diary.

Though I was in another world, it was surprisingly peaceful. I didn't get tired nor got hungry, I tested whether I felt pain by falling from a tree. I felt nothing and I also had no injuries, being a skeleton has its perks.

"Ah- At- Ahtlash!" Eh did I really just hear that?

I turn around to Atelie repeating my name over and over again, is it because I kept practicing with her?

"Wha-" Plates drop to the floor as Ms Vera enters the place, she heard Atelie say my name.

"Did she just- say your name?" I didn't tell Ms Vera that I had been teaching her english but it was clear that she said my name.

"Y- Yes-" An awkward silence came after my reply.

"Atlas I need you to come with me." Eh wait, I have a bad feeling about that. Is it really that bad she spoke my name first?

"Wait! I didn't mean to teach her speak my name first! I just wanted to communicate with her!" In a scurry, I gave out as many excuses possible.

"Don't worry Atlas... I just need you to come with me. My Master has called for you." Ah is this it for my new life? This really sounds like i'm going to die, well I was blessed with another life but I messed up my chance so I'll accept this like a man. I'll bring my backpack containing notes just in case if I can bargain my way through with ideas from earth.

I follow Ms Vera through the magic door as she held Atelie covered in a silk cloth.

It was a big hallway, one that you'd see in those medieval fantasies. It had an eerie feel to it, it really fit the Demon aesthetic.

We finally arrived at a massive door, was this where the Head Necromancer has his audience?

"Master Savien... I've brought them." A man with a plague doctor mask and a black cloak with gold design sat before us, I couldn't help but kneel before him.

"Mhm..." That guy... He doesn't seem very pleased to see his own daughter.

"You are Atlas am I right?"

"Tove Si elt atlasz" I responded in Daradian using my physical voice that I produce using magic.

"Hmm~ You can even use physical speech in Daradian." The Head Necromancer stood up and came towards me, this isn't a good situation for me.

I was suddenly grabbed by my neck-bone, though I shouldn't feel any pain, if I were to describe the pain it was like choking but worse.

"Wahhh!" Atelie started to cry at the sight of me scrambling around, did she know that I was in pain?

"Ath- Athlash!!" She screamed my name while trying to reach for me, how cute but ah my head it hurts.

The pain suddenly stopped and I was let go.

"She spoke- She spoke!" The same guy who choked me was starting to cry, he held Atelie who tried to push him away.

After almost an hour of crying, the Head Necromancer went back onto his throne with composure.

For other reasons and simplicity, I will just use english to carry out the convos between different races though they are speaking different languages.

"Atlas... Forgive me for showing you something so unsightly." An apology, should I get mad or forgive him?

"Its fine..." Oh shit did I give a rude sounding response? I might actually die now.

"Hah! You don't need to force yourself to be so tense Atlas..." No no no I'm not doing this because I want to, how the hell am I supposed to not be tense right now.

"I- I don't want to offend you..." I spoke in a loud and clear tone so that the Head Necromancer could hear me properly.

"No, if I say don't be tense. Do not be tense." Such a stern tone, I shouldn't refuse this time.

"Alright... May I know why you have asked me to come before you?" I got straight to the point

"Vera has given me periodical updates about how Atelie and you are doing, you are quite the fascinating skeleton to study."

"Thank you..." I should just respond for the time being, it seems like the Head Necromancer has things to tell me.

"Are you aware of your situation?" What situation do you mean? That I might be a Lich or a talented skeleton? Or the fact that I'm from another world.

"I'm a rare case among skeletons?" I shouldn't seem arrogant and cocky, I must be humble and give off a feeling of uncertainty.

"Yes exactly... You are a very rare case. For one to have such excelled thought process, potential and being able to summon and try magic within a few hours of coming to existence." So I really should use this to my advantage in the future, I could get away with a few things like requesting for some freedom.

"You also have the high possibility of being a natural Lich which is very rare, there are only at least 2 other Lichs I know but they are not part of the Necromancer Savien group." Hmm so there are Lichs in this world but very few.

"But that isn't why I have called you before me today..." So it wasn't any of those things mentioned that I was here for, so what was I here for then?

The Head Necromancer was looking to Atelie who was sleeping in the arms of Ms Vera.

Was it about Atelie? Most surely it was.

"I have come to ask you, what do you want to do right now?"

"What I want to do?..." I was slightly confused at the odd question the Head Necromancer asked.

"Sorry that might've been too general, where do you want to go? I know you've been reading about the politics and works of this world's affairs, it wouldn't be weird for you to want to go other places than the Demon continent." Though Savien didn't like the idea of letting Atlas learn about the works of this world, Ms Vera convinced him it would be better for Atlas to learn and understand considering that it would be a major problem if he gets fooled and turns against the faction.

What should I say? Should I be honest? No, it might be a trick question. I'll go with a safe response.

" I want to... I want to stay with Lady Atelie, she is... important to me." This response is the safest! No way that i'd be punished for something like that.

"Hmm..." A glare came from the Head Necromancer. Eh but my response my was perfect, why is he mad?

"It seems that Master Savien is dejected that Lady Atelie likes you more than her father himself."

"Vera! Wh-" The Head Necromancer looked away as if admitting that he indeed was dejected.

My My, who knew someone who uses magic which raises the dead could be so... cute.

"I just wish to see my daughter happy but every time I try to hold her, she starts to cry as if me holding her will make the whole world end!" The Head Necromancer pouted in his throne like a little kid, it somewhat made me feel more relaxed. With such a master, I wonder why Ms Vera hates this place and plans to escape.

"Only when Vera handles her that she doesn't cry, she now has taken a liking to you. She has never spoken a word until today and it was caused by you, Atlas."

I did find it weird that Atelie despite looking like a 3 year old, she was unable to speak any basic words.

"I- how should I address him?..." I telepathically requested for help from Ms Vera.

"Just use Master Savien." Alright so i'll use what Ms Vera said.

"Master Savien may I ask something?"

"Go on..."

"Has Lady Atelie not been taught how to speak already?" I'll go straight to the point so that we can finish this quickly.

"She hasn't actually... That's why its a surprise that she can speak now."

"May I ask why she hasn't been educated?" They seem to have time to personally speak with me so why not teach Atelie?

"We are severely under-staffed."

"Because of the war with the Behtman Angel Faction?" They must've sent most of their work force to help with the war effort.

"Yes, we're required to send almost all our forces to help with the main Divine Demon Force. So we only have a few people here, only Vera and I are educated enough to properly teach Atelie but we both are very busy. Vera is the only one that is able to tend to Atelie and see to her basic needs."

"I see..." I get the gist of the situation, Ms Vera and Master Savien are occupied with administrative duties while their main forces are away to fight the battle. Most of the remaining workers in the castle are not educated enough to actually teach Atelie. Hence, Atelie has not been educated yet.

"Atlas... I'd like to request you a favor. Not as the Head Necromancer nor the Master of this castle but as a parent." Sounds likes he's going to ask a request that's hard to turn down.

"I want you to teach Atelie and escape from here." Eh? Wait wait wait, this is too confusing to process.

I took quick glances towards Ms Vera which she noticed.

"I'm sorry Atlas, I forgot to tell you that Master Savien is the one who came up with the plan."

"You said you didn't like this place." She did mention that to me.

"It was so that you felt more obliged to help me." So I was completely fooled by Ms Vera's acting skills.

"So Atlas would you accept my request?" The Head Necromancer, Savien, held out his hand for my assistance.

"I have a few conditions first..." I disregarded Savien's hand and stood up from my kneeling position.

"Hoh~ Conditions?" I took something out the backpack I brought with me, it was a list of demands. I didn't really expect such a scenario but I wrote this list if I actually did find myself in this situation.

"I'll read it aloud." As I did, I stated my demands. I had five in total.

1. Access to a Library

2. Access to an Armory

3. To be taught magic by Savien himself

4. To find ways to strengthen myself

5. Be part of the planning of the escape plan

Savien sat and listened to all my demands if he wanted my assistance, I knew that I was a valuable skeleton.

"Hmph! You think i'll let you have those demands?"

Wait, I thought this would go smoothly. As Savien saw me broke into a small panic, he began to chuckle.

"I'm joking Atlas, even if you didn't demand it. We would've provided you with all that." Savien chuckled as he placed his hand on my skeleton frame, he was gentle compared to just now.

"Will you help us?" I eventually accept and the meeting ended, I was escorted out by Ms Vera who was holding Atelie.

Everything had been settled besides the magic lessons with Savien which is another matter to be discussed, he is a very busy man so it may take some time.

"Ms Vera, what do I do now?" I don't want to go back to the magic room, I want to see the layout of this castle and the outside.

"We can go outside to the garden, you'll be able to see the view of the Demon Continent." Nice I can go outside, I wonder if they have any cool plants in their garden. I haven't studied the botany book so I still didn't have any information on this world's biodiversity.

"Gah! Atla- Atlash!" Atelie flailed her arms and reached for me, how can a baby be so cute.

"Ms Vera may I hold Lady Atelie?" I have held babies before in my previous life, I mostly held my baby niece.

"Alright but be careful with the neck and head, carefully support it." Ms Vera gently passes Atelie to me in her silk wrapping. If I still had a sense of touch, I would've been feeling a very smooth and soft texture on my arms.

"Gahh! Hehe!" I wonder while Atelie likes me so much, I guess my plan to bond with her worked.

"Hello Lady Atelie..." I spoke again using my magic voice, I have been speaking to her like this for about a few weeks.

"He- H- Hello..." She spoke, she actually spoke?

"Ms Vera did you- Did you hear that?" I was ecstatic, she finally said 'hello' back to me. I feel like I just stole a lot of memories that Savien should've have.

"Yes I did, this is wonderful." Ms Vera had a bright aura come out of her, her aura was an indicator of her emotions.

We walked throughout the castle and finally stood in front of a big wooden gate, I realized that everything is big because i'm just a one metre tall skeleton. When we exited the gate, my eyes were met with a beautiful garden filled with otherworldly flowers and plants.

"Its beautiful..." A small wooden bench was placed in the middle of the garden.

"Let's sit down, did you bring the botany book?" I didn't bring the book, I only brought a notebook and a pen.

"Its fine if you didn't, we can just sit down and relax."

"Its a lovely garden..." I couldn't help but admire it, it had such a relaxing effect on my body.

"Master Savien's wife, Lady Aerilyn, is the one who tended to this garden. She was also the one that made me into her servant." I see so Aerilyn is the mother of Atelie and the master of Ms Vera.

"I bet Lady Aerilyn was a great person judging how Ms Vera is!" If Ms Vera was a servant of Aerilyn, I can guess that she got her habits and knowledge from her.

"She was... Lady Aerilyn taught me many things, including how to take care of Atelie and tend to her every need." I've never seen Ms Vera this talkative before, normally she only says what is appropriate and needed. I would've loved to meet Aerilyn.

"Heh~ Seems like Ms Vera really looks up to Lady Aerilyn." Surprisingly Ms Vera got bashful. If it could be described with facial expressions, she would be blushing right now.

"I- She's my creator, of course I would look up to her that much." I should ask how I was created, I'll be able to strengthen myself in a similar way.

"Ms Vera, could I learn about the way I was created?"

"Do you really want to know?"

"Yes, I could learn something on how to get back to my original world." I wonder if its a simple process like just summoning a suitable body for a strong host, maybe its more complicated.

"Alright then, listen carefully." Ms Vera explained it in a slow pace where I could process and understand, I would ask questions where Ms Vera answered but eventually I understood everything. So to give a brief summary, it was like this.

I already learnt that in exchange for more potential to grow stronger, I will have my own free will and unable to be controlled by any master. That doesn't mean that i'd be automatically powerful, my potential increases but its up to me if I want to become stronger. My body was created through a ritual, its not a very good ritual. A forbidden ritual where hundreds of thousands of souls is harvested and materialized into what is now my body. Even when it comes to among my skeleton peers, I am special because the souls used for my body was double the amount. Most of the souls came from the battles against the Behtman Angel Faction, the rest were willing demons that trusted Savien's plans. Apparently my body is incredibly durable, even about 10 tonnes of force is unable to crack or shatter my bones. I also have great magic aptitude, normally people would have none or one magic that they could use to a basic level.

"Do you have anymore questions?" Ms Vera was able to answer all my questions so far, I wonder if she'll be able to tell me why they even joined the Divine Demon Faction.

"Ms Vera... It puzzles me, why would such a man like Savien... Join the war?

"Oh... That is..."

"Lady Vera!" Another skeleton came from the wooden gate and ran towards us.

"The other three!" What three? Wait could it be-

It was a similar pain to what Savien did to my neck but this time it feels different, as if my heart was being squeezed ever so slowly.

"Atlas! I'll take you somewhere quickly!" Ms Vera leaped and grabbed me from my side, she rushed me back to the magic room. Atelie was given to the other skeleton servant, she also seemed to be not fairing well.

"Atlas listen carefully, whatever you do- don't listen to anyone. The safe word is Atel-" I suddenly blacked out, I saw a giant sphere forming where the other three skeletons were just before I lost consciousness.

"You're here again child..." When I woke up I was before the same skeleton in my previous dream.

"I now see that you a special case." For some reason, I didn't feel cold nor scared unlike before. I felt relaxed and somewhat soothed by the skeleton's voice.

"I apologize for before, I was just caught off guard by someone to actually be here." That doesn't mean you should try to kill someone! This skeleton is acting sketchy, I need to keep my guard up.

"What do you want from me?" There must be a reason why I keep meeting this person.

"I want to get out of here... and you can help me with that." The skeleton grabbed my shoulder, that was when a scroll appeared in front of me.

"If you sign this contract you'll be able to gain power, riches, high status and anything you desire. You can even become a king of a country if you wish to, that is the reward for helping me get out."

"What is your answer child?"

"Do you take me for an idiot? If you do then you must be a complete fool." The skeleton was taken aback.

"It seems you are not as dumb as I thought. I should just kill you no-" The skeleton came running towards me but once again, I gained consciousness.

"Atlas are you okay?" I woke up to see Ms Vera and Atelie, it seems that I was out for a long time. Atelie had grown to a small child, she seems to be doing well.

"Ms Vera what happened, where are we?" We were on a cart, it seems like we had to travel somewhere.

"We had to flee after your incident , only you were left from the other skeletons." For some reason, I can feel something's wrong.

"Ms Vera what was the safe word?" A dead silence came after.

"What safe word?" Though I had no breath, no heart, no muscles, I got stiff and lunged at Ms Vera. Even if I do hit her and I was wrong, I rather take this chance right now. I'm still inside this dream kind of world.

When I tried to hit her, she faded into black dust.

"You bastard, you were able to see through that." I was back to the pitch black world with the same skeleton.

"To hell with you!" I tried punching him but my fist just phased through him.

"Its impressive you could see through that..." Another scroll appeared, the skeleton was writing on it. It disappeared after he made some adjustment or something.

"You'll take this, I bet you were warned not to listen to me or take anything from me but I am forcing you to take this." I was grabbed on the head and felt a sharp pain coarse throughout my body, I felt like the magic connecting my bones together was being forcibly tampered with.

"You bastard!" I formed a bone sword with my right arm and stab the eye of the skeleton, I was finally able to land a blow on him. For some reason, I felt something squishy inside the skeleton's skull but I was suddenly let go and I fell down to the black floor.

"When I get out of here, I'll make sure to find you." I began to lose consciousness again as I see the skeleton writhing in pain.

I came to again, this time I was in a grass field with a blue sky. It was different from the magic room that Atelie and I was in before.

My head still ached by what that skeleton did to me, I can move better than before though.

I wonder where I am now, I don't think i'm in that weird place with the skeleton anymore.

I hear some bones rattle from behind me.

Was it the same skeleton? I quickly formed my right hand into a sword and faced the unknown skeleton.

I was greeted by three skeletons who seemed to be very nervous and frightened by my sudden movements, one of them had fallen on the floor by surprise.

"Did you guys wake up here?" I forgot that they couldn't understand me, or could they? The three skeletons blankly stared as I look back at them.

"You... are... Atlas..." One of the skeletons had stepped forward and stated my name. They shouldn't be able to talk since they're like newborns, they should be unable to use speech nor magic yet.

"We heard... all of- your conversations with... Lady Atelie and Ms Vera." I see, so they were conscious but unable to move or talk. By the sound of her voice, its definitely a woman.

"So you heard through telepathy or?" Most of my conversations were done through telepathy, I only recently started using an actual voice.

"We share a connected telepathic interface. In your terms on earth, we would be kind of like a hive mind." I see, there must've been some ritual to connect the minds of all four of us. That's why Savien was so happy that I was a special case, that would mean the other three skeletons that came after would also be special in some other way or the other.

"Wait did you just say earth?" So they probably heard almost everything I said.

"Yes..." Ahh this is bad, I don't know what they think of me right now. They probably won't be able to put their trust in me, luckily my own thoughts can't be heard. I should probably work on communicating with them more efficiently.

"We also heard how we were created through rituals..." Oh shit, this definitely means that they won't trust me.

"We are confused, we do not know what to do. We do not feel anger nor resentment towards you or anyone in this group." Eh? They're not mad?

"Confused?"

"We do not have any purpose in our lives, we do not have any past memories so we hold no grudges. I wonder... what should we do, Atlas..." They're turning to me for answers, what do I do... I wonder what Ms Vera would do, I feel bad for them because they know everything about how they were created.

"Do you guys want to come with me?" I'll try to ask them honestly, I don't want to force them in any way nor threaten them.

"I know that you guys don't have any reason nor may not want to come with me, this is just a suggestion."

"You could explore or adventure with Lady Atelie and I, you may have heard but the escape plan's only objective is to ensure Lady Atelie's safety. We could make a living or have fun with Lady Atelie while adventuring and exploring this world."

"Fun?" The three skeletons were keenly listening to my ideas as they sat down like a group of children listening to a caretaker telling stories before bedtime.

"Exploring different lands or conquering labyrinths, maybe we could just live a peaceful life far from the wars. We could grow some flowers and make a beautiful garden, maybe collect exotic plants and make a collection."

I ranted about all the things we could do together, I have a tendency to elaborate and share too much with people that I've just met. Normally, people would be weirded out and start avoiding me the next day but the three skeletons were fascinated by the amount of suggestions I came up with.

"Ahh maybe we should get a castle and build an army so no one can harm us! HAHA! That'd be a great idea next time- Oops... Sorry I might've went ahead of myself there. I always get carried away."

"So what do you think? Want to join me?" I wonder if they were convinced by all my ideas, I wasn't lying about anything so it should be all good.

"Atlas... May I address you as Brother Atlas?" The skeleton with the womanly voice came up to me and asked for permission.

"I don't mind..." Its weird to be addressed as brother but I don't hate it.

"Brother Atlas as I have said already we have no purpose but listening to you has made us look forward positively to the future. The other two aren't able to speak but we all agree that we want to follow you, you will be our leader from now on and we will protect Lady Atelie as long as we're alive."

Great! I got them to join me, this'll mean that the escape plan will follow what it was intended to be.

"I have one question for you, have you been contacted by a strange skeleton in a pitch black room?"

"We have... We didn't experience it directly but we were able to through you Brother Atlas. Though I don't have an actual explanation, its probably because we're soul bounded to each other. We see, feel and have shared memories."

I see so they have, luckily they didn't directly face that skeleton. And that Soul Bound things is quite... I wont be able to get that much privacy for a while but I'll deal with it for now.

"Whatever you do, do not ever agree or receive anything from that skeleton. Fight back if needed or run as far as you can." I didn't know whether if Savien knew that guy but all I know is that he's a bad person.

"Alright..." Now that I think about it, do they have names for themselves already? They must've made some if they were listening to some of my convos.

"Did you guys name yourselves yet?"

"We have actually..." So the one that has been talking to me was named Faith. Its a beautiful name, she probably put a lot of thought into it.

The skeleton who fell on the ground when we first encountered was named Diana, she identified as a girl. She's only able to make faint sounds that resembles a voice.

The last skeleton named himself Archer, he had keenly observed Archery when I read about weapons in a book and he fell in love with the art of archery.

"I see so let me introduce myself properly this time, I am Atlas! Nice to meet you, Sister Faith! Sister Diana! Brother Archer!"

Though I haven't been with them for a long time, I feel so comfortable and fuzzy inside.

We decided we'd address each other by brother and sister, Faith wanted us to have respect for one another and build a stronger bond.

"I bet you guys saw the variety of weapons that I've read, have you decided on want you'll use?" I know that Archer wants to do Archery so only Diana and Faith are left.

"I'm planning to pursue magic, I want to further the studies of magic..." So Faith wants magic, what about Diana?

"She hasn't decided on what weapon, she'll test out all the weapons she can first." Alright now that's decided, I wonder what we should do next.

"Do you guys know where we are?" I remember seeing a sphere forming around Faith, Diana and Archer.

"We came here after hearing a voice say. Wait for 'him' to come." Who is 'him'? Did anyone else come before me? Faith did say that they were able to hear my conversations with Ms Vera, do I have control over this place?

"Brother Atlas is there anything wrong?" Faith had a worried expression that made me feel very uneasy.

"Fait- Sister Faith... Give me a while, I will find a solution to get us out of here." I then told Faith to guide the rest to search for any possible clues around the area.

Could it be the voice was from that weird skeleton? There's a high possibility that might be the case, maybe it isn't. Is there a way of contacting Ms Vera?

"Brother Atlas! We found something!" Faith and the others rushed to me, we all ran together to see what they discovered.

"We don't understand the scriptures but maybe you will be able to..." A big circular stone had words engraved into it, it was english.

I stood there confused then it clicked in my head. It was a very small possibility but it might be what I think it is. I assumed I was the only one to be transported here, but for multiple people to be transported here and at different eras?

The words written here are from about the 1900s, it clearly states which year and how long they've been in here. There's another writing with a different design, it was from the year 1944.

Its confusing but I shouldn't rule out the case where others could have been before me. I couldn't find any engravings further than 1965, so I must be the latest person to be here. The writings gave me lots of useful information, it seems that most of the people summoned here were humans and have died most probably due to old age or other causes.

I learnt that all people that have been transported here will always be here at least once in their lifetime, time passes differently here. A year here would only be a second in the outside world, this means that it'll be a long time before we can get out of here.

Is it considering that the other skeletons are connected to me in some way that they're also here? If it is sorry Faith, Diana and Archer... you got dragged in here because of me! Faith shook my shoulder as I deeply though of what to do.

"Brother did you find something useful?" Uwah, being called brother makes me feel weird still.

"You might've been dragged in here because of me, you told me we're like a hive mind right? This place concerns me and my old world, earth, I sincerely apologize for dragging you into this."

I should find a way for us to get out of here or wait since people do get out eventually after a year or so here.

"Brother don't apologize... is there anything we can do?" Faith seemed ready to help within her power, such a cute sister but yeah let's figure out something.

"I'll explain our situation first!" I drew a diagram and started to explain how and why we were here.

Eventually Faith was thinking really hard and trying to use whatever knowledge she saw when I studied.

"Can't we use a magic door or portal? I don't know the specifics but it might be possible to construct one?" It might work but we need to be able to use advanced magic.

"Its a good idea Sister but none of us can use magic to that extent..."

"I see... sorry I forgot about that..." Faith seemed a little embarrassed and sat down to think of any other ways.

"Well, if there's nothing we can do... Let's do other things!" I grabbed Archer and Diana to teach them how to speak telepathically and physically, Faith also followed but was immersed in her own thoughts.

[Vera Pov]

"This is bad... Get Master Savien quickly!" Vera was staring at a giant black sphere, it emitted an ominous aura that could make someone throw up on the spot.

Vera quickly summoned a magical item to her hand and chanted a seal to prevent anymore of this aura to leak out.

"Seva!" The ominous black sphere was seal into a cage with Vera's command.

[Seva means Seal in Daradian]

"Vera! What happened?" Savien came rushing in with multiple servants.

After explaining the situation, Savien breathed a sigh of relief.

"At least Atelie is fine, though I have never heard this process before but it may have to be part of the Reincarnatdaer Ritual for all those souls binded into the skeletons."

Savien eventually placed the sealed sphere into a secure space in another magic room.

"We will monitor this room for as long as we can, tell Fable to research about this sphere. Vera, you must monitor this sphere the whole time. I will take care of all the administrative duties in the castle, if you need to tend to Atelie, please tell me." Savien was ready to shoulder all the paperwork and administrative duties that Vera was doing.

"But Master Savien..." Vera was hesitant but she did what she was told, Fable soon came from the private archives and was told of the incident.

"I will do my best to be of help!" After studying the sphere for a few hours, he went back to the library to find any clues. The whole castle was now put in high alert since they lacked manpower, they needed to be on alert for any intruders.

The placement was now put as Savien in charge of all administrative duties, Fable in charge of research on the sphere, Vera to keep close watch on the sphere and the rest were to do guard duty and keep the castle maintained.

"AH!" Fable was in the magic room once again with Vera, he was studying the sphere.

"Did you find a clue?" Vera was worried, for Atlas and for the other three skeletons.

"Ah no, its just that I thought if I made a sound like I found something, maybe... It would actually give me a hint?" Fable did a little sorry gesture and left the room.

"That annoying-" Vera was irritated by Fable's antics, he had been doing it for the past few hours.

"Atlas please be safe..." Vera prayed though she was an undead, she prayed to any god for Atlas's safety. She had gotten quite attached and interested in Atlas, he had quite the view and opinion on everything in this world.

Atlas was mature and intelligent to Vera, most probably because of the developed society on earth that Atlas can have such an accelerated thought process.

I wonder if there was any advice that Atlas could further provide to her and Master Savien, she thought that with the thousands of advanced warfare and strategies on earth, they could turn the tides of the war in favor of the Divine Demon Faction.

Eventually the room became silent, it was only Vera and the sealed sphere.

The magic room took the form of an old dungeon, there was no 'natural' light like the room that Atelie stayed in.

Only magic Ine rocks that emitted light were present in the room, a giant magic circle was also drawn to prevent any spirits or intruders to touch the sealed sphere.

It would take a long while before anything happened...

[Savien Pov]

"One after another! Problems keep coming!"

Savien sat at his desk managing all the documents that was sent to him for the war, costs for equipment, number of servants going to participate for the war, all the important work that a leader is supposed to do.

Savien looked at a necklace bearing a red crystal, it was a belonging of Aerilyn, his wife.

"I'm sorry Aerilyn, your husband has yet to avenge you..." Savien reminisced about his days before he joined the war, he put down the necklace down and started to do his work.

He said to himself repeatedly like a madman.

"We will win... We will win..."

[To be continued...]