Stake had rested for a long while and had fully restored his left arm. He had half his mana and was brimming with energy. His red eyes scanned the surroundings and saw nothing.

Using his mana perception, he could detect lifeforms within the wall of the canyon. The lifeforms weren't very strong so Stake wasn't afraid of them. Stake used some mana and ripped a hole from the canyon wall.

Inside the canyon walls, he could see a tunnel filled with giant termites, the giant termites were each at least one meter long. The termites clicked their mandibles at him and he jumped into the tunnel. The moment he landed in the tunnels; the termites started attacking him.

Unfortunately for the termites, they weren't even rank 1 while stake was peak rank 2. The termite's attack did nothing to Stake and he kicked them away with his foot.

Termite on the ceiling fell towards Stake but Stake simply swatted them away which obliterated them. The organic matter landed on Stake's face and he licked it. He liked the taste of it and felt it could increase his strength.

Since there were termites, there was most likely a queen. Stake hoped to capture the termite queen and make it produce food for his kind. Stake kept walking in the tunnel while spreading his mana perception. He could detect stronger enemies coming towards him but not the termite queen. That's was ok for Stake though, he had plenty of time.

Rank 1 battle termites came forth and attack Stake. To Stake, they were like a bunch of small mice attacking him. Their bites hurt, but a squeeze or stomp from him was all it took. Termites after termites fell and Stake kept moving on.

At this point, the termite colony was fully in chaos. After a while, three rank 2s termites commanders showed up. To Stake they were like small dogs, they could inflict some real damage on Stake but he could still handle them easily.

The three rank 2 termites were able to use mana and they shot forth fire which filled the entire tunnel. The termites in the way burned to a crisp while Stake made a barrier to protect himself.

As the flames kept coming forth, they burned hotter and hotter. Stake was slowly starting to sweat. The rank 2 termites didn't seem to want to let up. Seeing that he might die if he kept holding on, Stake decided to back off.

As Stake backed off, the rank 2 termites kept pushing forward. Soon Stake was back to the tunnel hole he made. He got out of the tunnel hole and scaled up the canyon wall. The rank 2 termites didn't chase after him, they used their mana and sealed the hole Stake made.

Above the canyon, Stake thought about how he should plot against termites. Looking at the direction where the minotaur tribe was, Stake decided to finish them off first.

Decol and Kone had reached Green Flower, they were amazed by the sight and settled quickly. Kone split up from Decol and went to attend some businesses.

As Kone was walking he looked at the surrounding, he admired the surroundings as he walk and soon reached a shop he owned. Inside the shop, he saw a beautiful pink-haired pink-eyed shopkeeper.

“Ah boss, your here.”

Kone nodded and looked around the store. He saw potions, weapons, armors, and other things.

“How is business doing?”

“Not so well boss.”

Kone was surprised and the shopkeeper named Tink saw his expression. She remained calm and he looked at her.

“Why isn't business doing well, I thought this place was prosperous.”

Think sighed and spoke, “It is prosperous, but Nail has been making shops like me pay protection fee.”

Kone thought about Nail but didn't know who he was. “Did you report this to the authority?”

“I did but Nail has his hand on their necks.”

“Who is this Nail guy,” Kone asked interested.

“He’s the underground ruler of this place, he pretty much has his hand all over this city.”

“Why hasn't anyone gotten rid of him?”

Tink became fearful but spoke. “People who target him might not see their families tomorrow and he's too hidden to find.”

Kone thought about what Tink said and thought for a moment. He then spoke, “with my power and connection; could I get rid of him?”

Tink shook her head and spoke. “Not likely boss, he’ll simply cut off the connection you have.”

Kone was about to speak until a voice spoke from the front door. “He’ll cut off your what?”

Tink and Kone saw a man with a cowboy hat at the front door but didn't know who he was. Kone spoke politely, “nothing much, are you here to shop for something?”

“Ah yes, I was here to shop for something. You got any poison potion?”

Tink shook her head, “we don't have any poison potion; what do you need it for?”

“Oh nothing much, I just need it to kill someone who's been hitting on my girl.”

Kone and Tink became speechless but Tink liked gossip since it was boring as a shopkeeper. “Whos hitting on your girl?”

The cowboy looked around the room and spoke. “Just someone who can't see death in front him.”

Kone decided he was done speaking with Tink so he went out of the shop. The cowboy looked at him walk out but didn't say anything. After Kone was gone the cowboy spoke.

“Say who was that guy?”

“He’s the owner of this store.”

“Ah I see, he must have threatened a pretty girl like you to work here didn't he?”

Tink blushed but shook her head. The cowboy bought a few potions that made people smelled nice and soon left the shop. Tink watched him walk out and wondered who he was.

Far to the southwest of Mianol was a magical forest. The forest was filled with towering giant trees. At the top of the giant trees, one could see treehouses. The people that lived in the tree houses were elves. Creature as fast as the wind and as agile as weasels.

The elves had pale skin with sharp ears. Most of the elves had green hair. Their eyes seemed clear and there were many types of eye colors among their kinds. The most common eye color would be green. They wore clothes made from plants and sometimes cloths made from silks.

In one of the treehouses was a young elf named Felta. Felta was a male elf with red hair and red eyes. He was a rare fire elf among his kind. He had lived for almost two hundred years and today he felt lucky and happy; it was his wedding day. For his wedding day, he wore a red top hat with black trim and a red suit that had black trim.

He went out of his house and jumped from treetop to treetop. He was very excited and energetic. He felt that nothing could go wrong today. After a while of jumping and swinging on the vines, he soon reached the wedding place. The wedding place was on a tree platform where children played.

He landed on the platform and his bride looked at him irritated. He was still late even though he promised not to be late. He looked at his bride while smiling and waving his hand. His bride wore a beautiful blue dress that made her look like she was part of the blue sky.

“Why are you late Felta.”

He answered charmingly back. “I slept late thinking about you, and woke up late thinking about you.”

She blushed a little and sighed. Her name was Silna. She was an elf with blue hair and blue eyes. Her eyes contained wisdom and were unfathomable. In the city of elves, many couldn't manage to marry young.

Silna is one of those elves and she is currently at least four hundred years old. There were no elves in the surrounding. When two elves married, they married in private. The marriage was simple, both of them would take oaths and give each other a part of their souls.

Having a part of the other souls allowed one to understand the other's feelings. Silna and Felta made theirs vows using mana.

“I promise to protect and cherish you,” Silna spoke.

“I too promise to protect and cherish you,” Felta spoke.

The two then took a wisp of their soul out from their body. The wisp of their soul flew to the other person. Once Felta had Silna soul wisp, he felt that she was happy. Silna who took Felta soul wisp also felt that he was happy.

Seeing the ceremony complete, Felta took out a black cane with red stripes and danced around like an idiot. Silna saw his action and sighed. Why did she even marry him in the first place? She remembered that Felta would court her every day and she would politely reject him.

She didn't reject Felta cause he was ugly or anything Felta was pretty as a girl. The reason she kept rejecting him was that he was still a kid when he proposed to her.

When Silna was two hundred years old, she received many marriage proposals. While she was sorting through her marriage proposal, a young elf about ten years old came and proposed to her. She laughed and rejected him lightly. The boy didn't persist in his proposal and talked nicely with her.

The next day the boy came back and proposed to her. She rejected him politely again and he politely didn't persist. The next day he also came back and proposed, this went on and on for a long time.

Silna wished elves stayed as babies every time he kept proposing. When an elf is born, they have a normal growth spurt just like a human child; it was when they reached the size of a ten-year-old human child that their growth slowed down.

At the age of ten and the size of a human child, it was a time when their brain reached peak performance. During this golden time for young elves, they will try their best to increase their mana capacity by accomplishing things.

Felta had one goal as a child. Get married so he could become an op mana user. His target at the time was Silna. To court Silna and make sure she didn't get married before he reach adulthood, he used every trick in the book to make her think about him constantly.

For almost two hundred years, he has toiled the field waiting for the harvest. Today was the day and he had finally harvested the field. The harvest increased his mana capacity so much that he went from low rank 1 to low rank 3. Being low rank 3 meant that he could become an elf king.

Felta stopped dancing and hugged Silna. They looked at each other as if there was going to be a new beginning for them. Far in the sky far above, Merinna looked down upon them. She reminiscented of her times with Galvion, she missed those days wondered where he currently was.

In her hand was Galvion's soul heart, she could feel his emotion and it was brimming with dark schemes. In the dark schemes, she could feel his powerful love for her. Although the schemes were dark, they told her that everything was going to be fine and that she was going to be happy in the end.

In a dark place underground in a cavern where a huge mana vein pulsated; Galvion felt Merinna touching his heart. He touched his chest where his heart was supposed to be. His heart was there organically, but it was not beating. Even if it didn't beat, he could still feel Merinna close to it.

Looking at a giant demonic circle in front of him, Galvion sent forth a surge of mana. Behind Galvion trapped inside a cage enchanted with mana were extremely powerful beings.

They were beings of rank 6, rank 7, rank 8, rank 9, and even a rank 10. All of them howled at Galvion in rage but could do-nothings. These beings were none other than the old gods of this planet called Dayna.