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Chapter 53 - The Prelude In BRAVE

Words could not describe the scene in front of two figures seated on the edge of a purple rock.

In front of them is a seemingly endless ocean of clear blue water adjoining the edges of the purple rock below.

In the ocean are earthly stars, floating rocks, and the presence of its powerful inhabitants.

On the ocean is the reflection of the starry heavens, the blue moon, several earthly stars and two of the heavenly stars doing their duties and not slacking off.

And above them and the ocean is another endless sea, but of the starry heavens so close, you would think you can pluck a star from it with an outstretched hand.

"My lord this humble servant..."

"Just shut up already." Skylar one of this two figure snapped at a spiritual entity kneeling behind him and Goldie- the second figure.

"Yes my lord, meh..." The spiritual entity alias old goat according to Goldie lowered his head.

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After old goat came before the duo from the goat statue, Skylar who decided to resume his long journey amidst the pleadings of the old goat had a sudden change of heart like an inspiration hit him. Clouds wrapped around his feet he flew over the goat head statue to the top of the colossal mountain with the one mita tall Goldie version behind him. And what he saw on the mountain when he arrived was just a purple rock lying on its edge in the distance in front of them. And its on this purple rock the duo now took spot enjoying the incredible view displayed at the back of the colossal mountain where Skylar just finished a mysterious trial.

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With legs dangling over the endless sea, Skylar seated on the edge of the purple rock looked behind him at Old goat. "So, tell me what your deal is."

"Yes my lord." Excitedly the old goat replied. "I am a great deity who worked for the dragon tribe in the second and third era meh. I helped designed and manage the test that measure the quality of their young ones soul and essence meh..."

I hate that word soul and essence... Skylar sighed. "Then..." He prompted Old goat who paused his introduction due to his reaction he is unsure of its meaning and old goat continued.

"Yes my lord. I worked for the dragon tribe untill an incident that happened in the middle of the third era meh. The young lord of the dragon tribe offended this killing monster that has been killing everywhere and anyone in the cosmos..."

"Its definitely that guy" Skylar blurted. "Continue"

"Yes my lord. It was on the day the killing monster barged into the dragon sanctuary that a miserable fate became mine until you set me free my lord..."

"What miserable fate?" Skylar asked and leaned back, his two hands at the sides behind him to support him and his eyes on one of the constellations in the heavens.

"I think i lost my body that time due to a reason i can't remember and i have been stuck on this mountain since then, inside my own decapitated head..."

"So that statue is your head?" Skylar looked behind with spirit vision at the old goat's spirit kneeling with a lowered head.

"Yes my lord, and it has been here since i woke up after that incident, meh." Old goat concluded and raised his head to have a few of his lord's countenance.

"How do you know an incident happened at that time if you can't remember the incident?" Skylar relayed the question that echoed in his mind, a telepathic message frim Goldie who has been listening beside him.

"My lord this humble servant dare not deceive you, meh. I only remember something terrible happened on that day..."

"And you somehow find yourself imprisoned here?" Skylar stood up, yawned lightly and stretched his muscles.

"Yes my lord, that's exactly the case meh. From the time the killing monster entered the sanctuary and the time i woke up here, i can't remember anything that happened in that time period, meh." Old goat with an expression of relief sighed.

"Were you very close to the dragon prince and how well can you design trials?" Skylar asked and at the same time a goat statue image appeared in his eyes and beside him, an exact copy the size of the spiritual entity materialized from the purple rock- a golden statue and not purple.

"My lord, you are right meh. I was very close with the dragon prince. To me he was like a son i raised..."

Skylar turned to the old goat and cocked his head to one side.

Old goat seeing this action of his lord panicked a bit as he understand his lord wants him to get to the point.

"At the time my lord, i was the best at designing trials in the cosmos, meh." He continued nervously, then lowered his head.

That guy must have cut off his head maybe when he try to defend the dragon prince. And i can assume he later abducted him because of his ability to design trials... Skylar turned towards the blue ocean, to the side where it adjoins the sparkling cloud sea. Then he must be the one that created that crazy trial...

"Get inside" Skylar looking ahead commanded. And the old goat who understand the message flew into the golden statue excitedly.

"What else can you do?" Skylar picked up the golden statue and asked like he his talking to no one in particular. Then he moved closer to the very edge of the cloud sea.

"My lord putting aside my ability to design trials meh. I have a wealth of knowledge about the second and third era and about grooming warriors." The voice of Old goat from the golden statue replied Skylar who stood with his eyes closed at the precipe of the purple rock.

"Sky, that means his only ability is to design trials. You know." Goldie moved closer to Skylar who stretched his hands to the side like that of an eagle with one of his hand holding the golden statue. And like both were in sync, the two jumped of the edge of the purple rocks towards the blue ocean below them, their trajectory like that of a pool diver, with their figure illuminated by the light of the blue moon and their shadow on the blue ocean getting bigger as they approach its surface.

(Plop, plop)

Four seconds after; both landed gracefully with their feet after a flip midair on the surface of the blue ocean and a sound like from a stone falling into water accompany the gentle ripples originating from their pairs of feet on the surface of the clear waters.

"Goldie does your scaring off ability work on all flying species or are there exceptions." After the landing Skylar asked as he watched the giant dragon-like creatures with blue scales below them in the ocean migrate far away from them in panic.

"My lord, my lady must be related to the great celestial claqrion family, meh. They along with our, the dragon race and one other mysterious specie are regarded as the three sovereigns of the heavens, meh. And they are famously known for their ability to dominate unconditionally any other flying specie except for the other two..."

The duo ignored the rest of old goat's narration, with their focus still on what's In front of them.

And in front of the duo as they watch the powerful and beautiful blue creature flee away from them, pillars of waters starts to rise from different spots in front of them like moles in a whack-a-mole game.

"Goldie, if you can't control your ability to scare of other flying species and you don't like staying on land, how are you going to make friends?" Skylar's whose eyes reflect the pillars of water that are rising and falling transmitted his voice to Goldie who is playing running and swerving among them at below Skylar's eye level or very close to the waters

"I don't need more friends, one is enough. You know." Goldie replied by transmitting his voice to Skylar just like he usually do.

"My lord, i think my lady should either be a mutant specie or a unique specie, meh. She look very different from the celestial claqrion that i know of and i also know all of them that has ever existed don't scare of flying species but instead receive their worship and service..."

"Old goat are you sure he is a she? His voice in my mind is clearly that of a young boy." Skylar chimed as the tops of the water pillars split from them and turned into a ball of water suspended on their new top and that starts spinning on them with a speed that agree with their frequency of rising and falling.

"Eh..." Old goat's voice expressed shock. "My lord, do you have a telepathic link with my lady."

"Is it strange?" Skylar asked. The balls of water suspended and spinning on the pillars of water in front of him at one point has started to freeze gradually.

"My lord, its very strange, meh. You should know a telepathic link is only possible between two or more creatures of the same specie, meh... Since beginning of the first era, telepathy has always been a sacred path of communication among members of certain species, like the..."

Skylar's presence and aura changed which in turn silenced old goat and like a magic show, the pillars of waters rising and falling stabilized, and along with the spinning balls on top of them freezing gradually, all suddenly turned into ice, including the surface of the water they rose from.

"Old goat, how strong am i compared to your dragon kinds? Be honest." Skylar asked, and Goldie who was previously playing at the base of the water pillars flew above them and starts going from the top of one ice ball to another randomly as a form of play

"My lord, for now i will say you should be as strong as a dragon hatchling." With clear nervousness in his voice, old goat scaled Skylar's current caliber.

Skylar smiled, then he pointed his free hand at the frozen pillars and balls of waters and seeing this, Goldie appeared beside him in a flash.

Car... As Skylar thought and while his hand remain stretched, the frozen pillars and balls of water collapsed, and from the rubbles an ice carving of a car formed from it in seconds, and it starts to rotate on the frozen water like a car display in a car show.

Mansion... Just like previously, as he thought, the car made from ice collapsed and from the rubble, an ice mansion materialized a bit slower than the first time.

"Sky, do a temple." Excitedly, Goldie at the side jumping up and down while flapping his wings requested.

"Okay. But what you really want might be a tough one." Skylar dropped his hand, closed his eyes and took a deep breath.

(High pitched whistling) like an american bald eagle, Goldie shouted while flying around in a circle excitedly; expressing his excitement after Skylar agreed to his request.

Not long after, Skylar plugged his focus in the nature around him, and from all angles around him, natural energy like dusts rushing into a vacuum starts to gather around him until he was oversaturated with it and even spilling the excess to his local surrounding.

After this, he took a deep breath, opened his eyes saturated with natural energy, and raised his hand that his free of the golden statue- the one he raised before.

Temple... He thought, and suddenly as he thought, a white icy fog rose like a wall in front of them. A wall so long, its like it bisect the blue ocean across its width.

(High pitched whistling) Goldie who is sudpended midair cried out and clapped his wings like a person clapping his hands.

Soon after, the fog rose up completely to the heavens and vanished. And in front of the three beings, a colossal temple, but sculpted and just like Skylar and Goldie have seen on their journey, appeared in front of them on the blue ocean.

"My lord, i stand corrected, meh. You might be a little stronger than a baby dragon." Old goat proclaimed probably because of the colossal and incredible sight in front of the trio.

(High pitch whistling) Goldie cried, then a white expanding smoky cloud engulfed his one mita tall frame and the smoky cloud then turned into the neck feathers of a ten mita tall version of Goldie that appeared from it.

(High pitched whistling) Once again Goldie who is now ten mitas tall cried excitedly and flew into the colossal ice temple through its gate which is about fifty times his own height, leaving behind Skylar who is seated on an ice altar while he watch his work.

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After a couple minutes,

Skylar stood from the altar, and also entered through the gate of the temple into its heart with old goat statue that has always been in his hand.

"Goldie its time we leave here." He called out and a few seconds after, from one of the small side rooms of the temple Goldie flew out and landed in front of Skylar.

"I can replicate this anytime and anywhere." Through their telepathic link Skylar reassured Goldie, and while he jump and landed on his back.

Then after Skylar sat on Goldie's back, Goldie flew out of the colossal temple that is now sparkling under a golden moon that just rose completely from the blue ocean, and like the moon is bidding them farewell, it highlighted their figure as they flew over the ice temple of incredible magnitude.

"Hmm..." I think i am forgetting something... Skylar looked back and at the same time Goldie flew up towards the heavens, the rising golden moon seemingly accompanying them by the side.

Then after about a minute, Goldie figure flying towards the heavens paused, then turn a hundred and eighty degrees, that is towards the blue ocean, and finally like a meteor falling towards the earth leaving a trail of fire but in this case a trail of sonic booms behind, Goldie dived towards the blue ocean and in a split second he plunged into it, and his diving figure in the blue ocean, leaves a trail of ring shaped and very hot bubble behind that boils violently the waters in their reach.

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After a couple minutes of diving downward to the depth of the blue ocean;

They reached the very depth and like piercing through a layer of thin film, they emerged from the blue ocean into the air space below it which is also the air space above the region of the world it serves as the sky.

(High pitched whistling)

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