Rise of the Malactric Heir

That night, while Adora was sleeping, her nightmares rushed into her head like a storm, consuming her, causing her to tremble and breathe heavily, recalling her mother's death and the suffering of those around her, and a black mark began to form around the injury she received from the dead reaper.

That night, Adora punished to sleep peacefully more than most times before.

When Alix and the others awoke the next morning, he went through his normal morning routine and noticed that his eyes had become a bit brighter in color. He sighed, not knowing why or how much more would change about him, but he didn't mind because he wanted to see what else he was capable of.

When Alix finished, he left his room and went to the living room within the castle, then sighed before peeking out at the ship and saw the others were there and he went to them and saw that Kyris and Scott along with Zack were working on the broken part of the ship which was almost completed.

"Good morning guys," he said and they smiled at him.

"Good morning Alix," they replied.

"How are you doing after last night?" Nina asked.

"I am fine, not much has changed, I see you guys are almost done with this," he responded.

"Yeah, they started early," Eliza said.

"We will be done in a few minutes, magic is really helpful," Kyris added and Alix nodded as he looked around and saw everyone was there except one and he sighed.

"Guys, come and have breakfast in the castle," Sarah said as she approached them and they left what they were doing, then went back to the living room within the castle, where the maids brought out their breakfast and placed it on the table then the royal family joined them and they all sat down.

"Guys, where is Adora?" Ifrit asked and Alix glanced at him.

"Where is she indeed? I will be right back," Nina said as she got up and was about to leave when she bumped into someone and she jumped when she saw it was Adora and she smiled.

"Good morning," Nina said.

"Good morning guys, also sorry, Nina," she replied and Nina smiled then patted her on the shoulder.

"You don't have to apologize, it's okay, sit down and have breakfast with us," Nina said and Adora smiled, then sat down while lowering her head and Ifrit peeked at her and she saw then smiled at him.

"Take your breakfast," he said and she exhaled deeply, then took her breakfast and began eating.

While eating, Adora reflected on many things, including her nightmares, and wiped her eyes before making herself a cup of coffee and drinking it.

"Adora are you going to address last night's matter and whether we should leave today or not?" Zack asked and Adora glanced at him then smiled.

"Do you guys have anything in mind? I don't mind listening to a few ideas, we are running out of time, soon enough at least," she responded.

"I have a way of possibly finding their next target," Alix said, and Adora looked at him while clenching her right fist, and he saw and his eyes narrowed before she sighed and smiled at him.

"Adora, what do you say?" Misran asked as Nina's eyes narrowed while looking at Adora.

"Yeah, go ahead and give it a try," she responded.

"All right.." Alix said as the map appeared in his hand and Adora glanced at him.

The others looked at him as he placed it on the table hen opened it up and different markings started showing up on it as well as the location of each nation, be it small or big, they were all on the map or at least so they thought.

"How did you get your hands on the map Alix?" Aerav asked and Alix glanced at him.

"Isn't this the map Adora had?" Sarah asked and he smiled.

"Yeah, she sort of gave it to me, right?" Alix asked as he looked at Adora and she nodded then he sighed before returning his gaze to the map.

"All right, based on everything I've researched, I know that there are only a few large nations that participated in the war either causing it or helping to prevent it; if we want to break down where the enemy is connected to, we need to start there, connecting the nations, look where the markings are or the so-called line to connect the dots," Alix said, and Kyris's eyes narrowed as Alix pointed out the nations that were involved in the war.

"That lining they mentioned?" Kyris inquired as he examined the map, and Alix nodded.

"Yes, now the nations he is targeting are the largest among us, the ones which..." Alix said and Kyris exhaled deeply.

"Which the smaller nations depend on or are influenced by," Kyris said and Alix nodded.

"So whoever the leader is, that person is connected to the war among these nations one way or the other," Ifrit added.

"Yes, now he already attacked a few of these nations in different ways and he got what he took from us, for what he is building with those crystals from these nations as well," Alix said and Adora sighed.

"Which means these are his targets, but it still doesn't help us in getting to know where his next target is," Misran replied.

"Or what they are currently doing at these places just like that, they randomly appear for a few days without causing trouble then disappear, that's just weird," Serina said.

"Exactly, it's weird, I think it's one of the most important things here, that's because, I feel these are the places they are going to attack or from these they are locating their main target," Alix replied.

"That could be it, if we actually figure it out now, we might be able to protect those in danger," Zavis said and the others nodded.

"The most important part is the enemy, and I believe Vellon can help us with this even if he doesn't want to, we need to think outside the box, good or bad, we need a way," Alix said as Adora's vision began to blur and the darkness around the reaper's wound began to spread and her eyes widened as she began pawning for breath and the others looked at her.

She was about to fall when she stood up, but Alix grabbed her on instinct, and the others became concerned, wondering what was wrong with her.

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