Rebirth of Abium

"Correct. A millennium ago, this Dewsummit capital was once the Bidora Empire's capital city. Although the whole city was destroyed back then, still a few places remain till now." Alius's words startled everyone.

"Teacher, do you know why the Bidora Empire and its history got completely wiped out?" Zivior asked without hiding his curiosity.

"I told you countless times, Zivi. I don't know. At that time, I remembered I was just a servant of the Lockridge family. Suddenly one day, everyone completely lost our memories and only remembered basic things. Moreover, Lockridge's family members were cursed by some unknown spell and completely lost their ability to walk on the path of mages."

"After losing most of their family members, Lockridge's family elder Godefray Lockridge started to face reality, and began to teach me magic and then died after a few years. He told me I must protect Lockridge, Ollim, and Howgett family members at all costs for the rest of my life. Even though I'm a servant, three family members respected me as an equal, and because of that, till now, I swore to protect them with my life. All I knew was these three family members did something terrible to that Bidora Empire's Royal Family and was cursed by Emperor Jack." Alius said with a bitter smile on his face.

'Heh, it appears even Alius don't know the real history. But why are there only three families instead of five? Did Elder Godefray Lockridge hide the truth?' Abium eyes squinted sharper.

'That memory wiping spell is a scary thing indeed! I must be careful when facing these types of unique peoples in the future.' As Abium was thinking, suddenly he thought of something and asked.

"Headmaster, what does the 'Lord' title represents? I heard those words from Necromancer Rilos." Abium words made Alius frown a bit, and soon he replied without putting much thought into it.

"Mostly mages call third tier mages like me as lords." Suddenly Alius stopped for a second and asked with a deeper frown on his face. "Did you just say Necromancer Rilos used that title to represent someone?"

"Yes, Headmaster. There are two names he mentioned in that meeting with that title. They are Lord Shade and Lord Nezad." Abium nodded and replied with more seriousness.

"He really is alive! Hmm, I don't know much about this Lord shade, but he must be another third-tier necromancer." He paused for a second and soon sized Abium up and down then asked, "Did they say anything about their real plan?"

"No, Teacher. Necromancer Rilos said they had to keep it very secretive till tomorrow morning. But he selected another person and me to accompany to a secretive mission and said to meet him at the 52 Royal Street around 8 A.M tomorrow. He also asked me to bring this artifact along with me." Abium said while taking out an emerald pendant from his pocket then gave it to Alius. Abium's words caused Alius to knit his eyebrows as he felt something was not right. Soon, Alius said while shaking his head as he examined that pendant.

"He must have thought of using this pendant to seal someone higher than him. But I don't know why he is after the royal family."

"Teacher, why don't we check the royal castle's treasury and find out what was hidden there before those necromancers infiltrate the castle?" The white-haired Idus asked with puzzlement. That was a mystery he really wants to find out for the past six hundred years. Everyone also knew there was some secret hidden inside that royal castle treasury, but because of Alius's Order, no one even went near to that treasury.

"I can't. Unless something bad happens to that place, no one would be able to enter. Elder Godefray Lockridge's pet is always guarding that place, and only royal members have the right even to enter." Alius said with a firm tone, which made everyone shocked inside. It was the first time they had heard of that name and felt more curious. At the same time, Abium thought he had heard of that word a few days before somewhere and quickly recalled from the memories.

'It's also in the puzzle! It's that Lockridge family member's pet Redbird. Now I'm starting to understand. Even Lily told me about this when we were battling against that hybrid Caarth demon. Hmm, I think I also saw that bird's incarnation during the Bare Keep town incident. Yes, prince Raollet summoned Redbird's incarnation and fought against that Holy maiden.' Abium nodded in enlightenment as he remembered all those incidents.

"So, what are we going to do now? Are we just going to wait for those necromancers to get there and steal whatever they want?" Ubius asked with an impatient expression.

"We have very little information about this group, Ubius. Although from Mage Abium's information, I can tell those necromancers are going after something inside the royal treasury, but we are not sure what they are after." Tabitha said with a deep tone, and soon she shifted her silver eyes towards Alius, who stood with a solemn expression and asked,

"Teacher, can you tell us more about this Order of the dead organization? Like, who is the head of this organization? What is those necromancers purpose? Who is that Lord Nezad? How did you kill him, and why?" Her multiple questions made Alius a little stunned and soon raised his hand, then placed it on his chin and spoke with a bit of laugh.

"Haha, Calm down, Tabitha. I will tell you what I know from the information I gathered from the last few hundred years. I first heard of their organization name during the year around 9400. It was the time I managed to broke through into second-tier mage and started to establish a small magic academy on my own."

"At that time, the church influence was much less in the south due to some internal struggles, and with my strength, I somehow managed to protect the three newly born kingdoms. But during that time, I started to notice there are a few peoples who appeared to be gathering information about the past history of our kingdoms. I once caught a person during my journey to search for a potion ingredient and found out he was casting an unknown type of magic."

"At that time, I didn't know anything about necromancy and started asking all the three family elders. But no one knew much because of their short of lifespans. The ones who knew about the necromancy knowledge had already died during the destruction of the Bidora Empire. So, I thought of researching on my own and found out one page of Novak's diary. But I don't know even understand a single word, which made me more puzzled."

"So, I started asking many other friends from the north but couldn't able to find anything. When I was searching for clues, I once bumped into a guy named Nezad and learned a little about the history of the Bidora Empire. But he didn't answer many of my questions. He told me that he would only give those answers after I promise to join their organization. That son of a bitch also stole that single script of Novak's dairy, few artifacts, and escaped at the end of that meeting. Later only I found out he had already planned that meeting and made me lose some precious treasures." Alius said with a clenching fist. Everyone could tell Alius was angry when thinking about that meeting.

"Teacher, did you meet him again?" Ovia asked while folding her long black hair in curiosity.

"Yeah, that happened after I broke through into third-tier mage. At that time, I also knew a few other necromancers are hiding in the dark like Nezad and plotting something big. I think around the year 9700, a large scale undead invasion happened in the southern part of this continent and was organized by few third-tier necromancers. I and the leader of the Rath institute allied together and faced that invasion."

"It was a tough battle. Countless warriors and even all second-tier mages lost their life. At that time, except Idus, all of you didn't even bear yet. We were completely outnumbered and was about to lose hope, then the elven kingdom and the Holy church extended their arms to help us. With their help, I personally killed Nezad and ended that undead invasion." Alius stopped for a second as he turned his head towards Abium's direction and continued. "If not for this kid's information now, I would be still clueless about the upcoming sneak attack by that organization and Nezad's revival."

'Eh? But, how did Headmaster Alius know Abyssal language?' Abium furrowed his brows and simply cast that thought away. Abium knew if he asked too many questions regarding that, many suspicions would arouse in all of their hearts.

'Moreover, I still have many opportunities to ask about those in the future.' Abium muttered to himself and soon shifted his gaze towards everyone.

Everyone went silent after hearing the explanation and appears to be already started pondering on their own.

"What are we going to do about the current situation? From the information, I think Nezad and others are planning to invade our territory for a reason, right? Teacher, do you remember anyone attacked the royal castle around that time?" Tabitha continued to ask while leaning back against the wooden chair. She found it more and more interesting about the history behind the royal family and about that necromancers' organization.

"Ugh, I don't remember clearly due to the long history," Alius said and soon shifted his gaze towards Idus and asked. "What about you, Idus?"

"Teacher, I think someone did infiltrate into the treasury but never came back," Idus said with a loud voice staring back at Alius with his purple pupil-less eyes.

"Oh, then they must be planning to attack this time with more force." Tabitha nodded her head as she muttered in a low voice. Meanwhile, Alius also nodded his head and glanced at Idus, then asked.

"Idus, whose idea is this Grand noble gathering?"

"It's prince Huggin's idea, Teacher. He said he wants to talk to all those high-class nobles and end the conflict between the royal family and the other two dukes." Idus said with a weak smile on his face while Abium fell into deep thought.

'Prince Huggin changed the date? That doesn't make sense at all. Can that fate divinity holder able to even control others' thoughts?' He creased his brows and felt he was missing some crucial information. But soon, he shook that thought and started listening to Alius's speech.

"Okay. Tabitha, Zivior, and Anne will be the ones responsible for protecting those mortals." Alius said and shifted his gaze towards Abium then continued, "Kid, if you want to find out more about them, go along with that second tier necromancer and find out on your own. If they somehow managed to fool that guardian's eyes and entered into that treasury, then go along with them. Ubius will come after you once you entered inside the royal treasury."

"What about Idus and others?" Ubius asked with a frown as he noticed others were left out.

"They have to accompany me. If the enemy leader is a third-tier necromancer, then he will definitely come after me to stop me from interfering with their plan. I might need all of their help." Alius said with a bitter smile on his face, which made everyone realize their Teacher's condition was not good. Although they were curious to know about his health condition, they restrained themselves.