The Story of the Wind Wanderer
Darkness Has Come #118

"This kingdom is already coated by a magical barrier, how can we get out of the royal fortress?"

Aurora wondered, she was standing behind one side of her royal fort located the farthest from her palace. The capital of the Mystick Kingdom was vast, and it had many remote sides that were rarely reached by the forces of darkness. One day passed, and for one day until the morning of this afternoon Aurora managed to stay away from the evil prince - all thanks to the magical squirrel that always perched on her shoulders.

The lofty royal fortress loomed up and was made of extremely cold and sturdy ice it looked extremely difficult to break through, it said, plus the castle is lined by the same magical barrier as the barrier that sealed Aurora's previous isolation room.

The small snow-white-furred squirrel ran small through his shoulders, down his arms and stood on top of Aurora's palms. Truly an adorable animal, even more so he can speak in his cute little voice, "i'll show you something, Aurora."

The little squirrel stood with his two tiny feet on top of Aurora's palms, while both his hands were outstretched forward - albeit equally tiny and short. In a short time, a matter of seconds. A white magic circle suddenly appeared before Aurora, and slowly melted the fortress made of extremely strong ice. The limiting transparent barrier also seemed to be neutral just like that when it was exposed to the magic.

Aurora's two irises stared in amazement at the miracle that was happening before her eyes, "you can use magic?"

"Hehe!" a small laugh with intonation and a proud attitude towards himself, the white squirrel turned around and looked at Aurora while looking at her two little hands, "of course, you don't forget that I'm part of you, do you?"

Aurora frowned, looking confused and wondering, "te-but ... Astaroth has taken away my magic?"

"Ah, stop! We better get going, Astaroth seems to have started to realize that you're not in that airtight room." The little squirrel had already interjected, not answering Aurora's questions and confusion. He chose to run small through Aurora's arms, and back on Aurora's shoulders, hiding behind her beautiful white hair.

Also true! Aurora chose to immediately take a big step, and quickly exited through the gap before her. This was the first time that he had come out of the fortress since becoming a prisoner or being locked up by the demon prince, having previously tried to escape but failed.

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"Zephyra," murmured Astaroth, this time with both irises blue, looking at the landscape of grass and small hills very wide in front of his eyes.

Human and demon soldiers under the black banner, they spread out like pests, filling the vast expanse of grass. Astaroth walked leisurely and not too fast. At that very moment Baltazhar appeared right beside him from a black ash plume which then appeared as a man in black robes enveloping his entire body.

"Sorry, Your Honor. The heir of that natural power, he is outside the Middle Continent, it is quite difficult for me to cross the ocean." Baltazhar spoke with his head bowed still with an invisible face, only darkly covered perfectly by the hood he was wearing.

"It's okay, the important thing is that he really is not in his homeland, it will make our movement easier" said Astaroth, still walking followed by Baltazhar behind him.

Astaroth's view could not stop looking at the vast natural scenery in the country that he was currently incandescent. His army had also begun to spread widely, and there was no visible resistance from the local kingdom. The blue-eyed black-haired man halted his steps, turned his head and glanced sharply at Baltazhar who was now standing beside him, and then delivered a command, "be my scout, Baltazhar. Turn your form into something nimble and easy to do reconnaissance!"

"What's my diamond target, Your Majesty?" ask Baltazhar.

"Kingdom of Zephyra."

Shortly after hearing the prince's reply, Baltazhar immediately executed. His body immediately disappeared into a thick black ash plume, before then from the ash plume created a large bird in pitch black. Baltazhar had easily transformed itself into a black eagle with a sharp red iris, before quickly flying away toward the still-bright Northern sky.

After Baltazhar completely left, Astaroth turned his body to look towards the South. Both of his hands were then raised towards the sky, with both palms wide open like begging for something. The lightning instantly boomed as Astaroth did so, and then a huge black magic barrier appeared, enveloping the cold Southern Continent and bordering her magic.

"I know you're still in the South, Aurora. I won't let you out of that frozen place" Astaroth muttered just after he sealed the Southern Continent along with everything inside.