Chapter 104: Portals
Camila’s fans all over the academy are quite a lot, there is hardly a boy who has seen her and hasn’t fallen in love with her.
Looking at her, she is completely normal, with her long black dress that covered her whole body, it seemed that every outfit would fit her because of her beauty.
“Are you ready?” asked Camila, turning to Theos and Luna.
The duo nodded, they had long since been ready and prepared for what was coming next. Especially Theos, who already knew quite a bit of information about the Dragon Kingdom.
Noting the duo’s confirmation, Camilla nodded likewise. Exerting great pressure on the stone in her hand, it began to crack bit by bit, until….
*Boom*
It exploded into thousands, if not millions of pieces that scattered all over the room.
Quickly, Theos created a barrier that protected him and Luna from the pieces of stone.
There the two stood still, knowing that this was not the end of the show… And it was.
In front of Camila, a large amount of Mana gathered endlessly. Particles accumulated there, as if it were a black hole sucking in more and more Mana.
Without realizing it, slowly but surely, a portal formed in front of them, a portal of pure Mana accumulated and contained, but that Mana had something at the epicenter as if that thing was the one manipulating all the Mana…
The figure of a golden Dragon.
At the epicenter of the portal, there was the figure of a golden dragon, like a mark or a tattoo stuck there, floating next to the Mana that surrounded it.
“This is the portal to reach the Dragon Realm,” Camila declared, turning to look at Luna and Theos’ expressions.
As she had imagined, Theos watched the portal with an indifferent expression. Luna, on the other hand, was startled by the portal, her eyes bright.
“Fine, I’ll go with you,” Camila continued.
Theos stared at her. “That’s something I had wanted to ask you… Why are you going with us?” he asked.
Camila also glared back at him indifferently. “I’m going because I want to, besides, I don’t think you guys know much about the Dragon Kingdom.”
That was logical, how would two human mortals know about the sacred Dragon Realm and its depths? That Theos already knew about the existence of the realm is a big surprise, but that he knows about the Realm itself that’s impossible.
Theos was going to respond, but Camila didn’t want to continue arguing about whether or not she was going to go, so she quickly passed the portal, entering it.
He sighed, with no choice but to approach the portal next to Luna.
“Come on, stay next to me, that place is very dangerous…”, Theos suggested, to which Luna nodded, agreeing.
Thus, with the two of them with their hands intertwined, they entered the portal, plunging into it. For Theos, it was a strange feeling, comforting but quite uncomfortable at the same time.
‘This… This is a rather unique experience,’ he thought.
That was the only way to describe what he was feeling right now, a rather unique experience.
From the light emitting from the Mana particles, Theos squinted more and more. As he plunged into the portal, he was getting closer and closer to the surrounding Mana every second.
Without realizing it, he had already closed his eyes completely from the extreme brightness of the gathered Mana particles.
Even under closed eyes, where he could only see darkness; Theos kept seeing the intense blue glow of the Mana.
‘This looks to be a long journey…’, he concluded.
He tightened his grip on Luna’s hand. She reacted with the same action, afraid of getting lost.
Minutes passed. Gradually that blue glow turned to a yellow glow until it became an intense gold.
They both felt as if they were flying, floating through endless space.
Pitifully, neither Theos nor Luna could open their eyes to see the mesmerizing scene of the two of them floating on the golden particles of Mana, while the reality in front of them was breaking up, revealing little by little a vast forest.
And as the forest grew larger and larger, Theos felt the light diminish.
Finally, after the light disappeared completely, the sensation of floating disappeared as well, replaced by having his feet above the earth… In this case, wet earth.
“A forest, eh?” muttered Theos as he opened his eyes.
With just a glance around, he realized they were in a forest and a rather vast and gigantic one at that.
“Luna, open your eyes,” Theos said, shaking Luna, who was still with her eyes closed.
Hearing Theos’ call, she instantly opened her eyes, finding herself with the wonderful sight of being inside a large forest…
Or so it was supposed to be, but the reality was different. She could only see giant trees blocking her vision. What was worse was that those giant trees were full of mold and other fungi that honestly, Luna considered disgusting.
“Pfff,” Theos had to hold back his urge to laugh as he saw Luna’s disgusted and disappointed expression.
She turned around, looking at him angrily at how he was laughing at her. But she didn’t have time to scold him when a voice interrupted her conversion.
“It’s time to go to the King’s Castle,” Camilla declared, stepping out from behind one of the trees.
She shook the dirt off her attire that was in the dirt because of the tree.
“Hm, shall we go to the Dragon King’s castle? I never thought you’d be so considerate,” Theos commented with a faint smile.
However, Camilla shook her head. “I’m only doing it for my benefits, or rather, for the benefits I will receive, don’t think too much about it.”
Saying this, she pulled out yet another stone, this one different from the other. This stone is of a golden color and contains in its center the mark of a crown.
Again under the eyes of Theos and Luna, Camila exerted force on the stone, breaking it completely in the same way as the previous one.
But unlike last time, when the stone gathered Mana slowly, this new stone did its function immediately.
As if it was the same teleportation, from one moment to the next, the three found themselves in a completely different place.
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