The 1.000 year Great Sage ---> COMPLETED STORY

Everyone followed Seya. Ryn was being supported by Hina, she couldn't walk straight. They were all wondering what was next. Coming from that guy, it would be something outrageous again.

At the front of the house, Seya took from his Compressed Dimension a Big Dark Crystal. He choose a spot and he walked 3 meters from the front door and 3 meters to the left and he placed the Big Crystal on the floor.

Then he continued some more meters and he turned back to look. From his position, it was possible to see the front of the house and at 3 meters at the right of the front door, the Dark Crystal on the ground. He then walked near the Dark Crystal and he signaled the Baron to meet him there.

- I have more like this Crystal, so watch closely to learn how to do this. Everyone, please stay there for a while. When I tell you, please place your hand on top of that Crystal and as soon as you say the words "Security Program, Activate!" quickly go to my friends over there. I will follow you.

- Very well Milord. I'm ready.

- Now, if you please.

- "Security Program, Activate!"

They rushed to meet Seya's friends. From that Crystal, it appeared a Dark Light towards the sky and it stopped at 3 meters high. It then enlarged making a square of 2 meters size. It took the shape of a dark pillar in an elongated and subtle quadrangular form, which tapers slightly towards its upper part. It was a dark obelisk. Slowly, from that darkness, came rocks that covered the entire dark obelisk, making a smooth stone obelisk.

It then started appearing letters at eye height on all sides, for easy reading. And also on all sides, the shape of a human hand could be seen, engraved in the stone.

Hina was jumping and pointing to the obelisk like crazy.

Seya just nodded, it worked perfectly.

- Perfect. Baron, can you please go there and read the writing above the hand mark and do as the instructions say?

- Very well Milord. It's a very beautiful stone monument, indeed…

It says "I am the Security Obelisk. Place your hand on the marked position and say your name for recognition. If you can, put some Magic in your hand. When it's done, the marked position will shine and you may remove your hand."

Well, I can't use Magic so I suppose I can only place my hand... I'm Baron Frank Macleod, of the Clan Macleod.

As soon as the Baron said it, the hand mark on the obelisk shined for a moment and it then went to the smooth stone appearance.

Hina was still pointing at the obelisk.

- A Security Obelisk? What for?

Seya winked one eye to Hina.

- You'll see. Baron, step back a little, please. More… ok, stop there. Zak, care to help me in here?

Zak Holstrem slowly shook his head, he was afraid but he was getting used to the abuse.

- I'm always the guinea pig. Ok, what will happen to me now?

- Nothing much. If all goes well, you'll be arrested in there. If not, you die. Simple, right?

Seya opened a Gateway near him, and it appeared another one at more than 10 meters away.

Everyone was wondering why he made two Gateways.

- Well, if you enter this Gateway, you will appear on that one over there. As soon as you exit there, take out your sword and make a run towards the Baron and try to attack him. Be ready to defend yourself. Don't worry, you will not be hurt, just trapped. I hope!

- Here I go!

As soon as Zak entered the Gateway near Seya, he immediately exited on the other one at 10 meters distance. He then took his sword out of his belt purse and he made a run towards the Baron. As soon as Zak picked his sword, a Dark passage opened in the middle of the Security Obelisk and a Magic Knight exited, with a sword in one hand and fully armored. He placed himself in front of the Baron in a defensive stance.

When Zak arrived, he tried to attack the Baron. The Knight defended with his sword and with the other hand, he grabbed Zak. As soon as Zak was grabbed, the Magic Knight dragged him towards the dark passage of the obelisk. Zak tried to escape by pulling or striking with his sword but it was impossible. The Magic Knight had an incredible force and he stopped every strike from Zak's sword. Even if the sword hit him, he didn't stop.

When both entered the Dark passage, they disappeared. The passage closed itself and a smooth stone wall was seen again. But the obelisk started to blink all over in white light, indicating that someone was trapped inside.

Seeing all that, everyone was speechless for a moment.

- … What????

Seya pointed to the obelisk.

- Baron, if you please, go there and read the instructions below the hand mark and do as it says, ok?

- Very well Milord…

It says "Place your hand on the marked position, say your name and order - Deliver the Prisoner!". I place my hand in here... I'm Frank Macleod, of the Clan Macleod. "Deliver the Prisoner!".

As soon as the Baron said it, the hand mark on the obelisk shined for a moment. The Baron stepped back, a Dark passage opened in the middle of the Security Obelisk and the Magic Knight exited, along with Zak with his both arms grabbed by the Knight and without his sword. The obelisk stopped blinking. Zack had a dumbfounded look, but he seemed ok.

- Baron, please read the inscription below that one.

- It says "Place your hand on the marked position, say your name and order - Release the Prisoner!". I place my hand in here... I'm Frank Macleod, of the Clan Macleod. "Release the Prisoner!".

As soon as the Baron said it, the hand mark on the obelisk shined again. The Magic Knight released Zak, he then bowed to the Baron and he entered the Dark passage. The passage closed itself and a smooth stone wall was seen again.

- Perfect! How was it, Zak?

Zak was shaking his head, he was a little dizzy.

- Weird, as always. That Compressed Dimension is really strange. Where is my sword?

- On the Compressed Dimension inside the Obelisk. I will retrieve it later and give it to you. But not now, or else the Knight will appear again and take both of us with him!

- That Knight is really strong. When he grabbed me, it didn't hurt because he was not squeezing but I couldn't free myself!

Seya smiled and he pointed at the obelisk again.

- Baron, that Magic Knight also obeys different orders. There's also a list of the commands written on the Security Obelisk.

- Let me see… Follow me, Stand Guard, Attack Everything, Defend Against Everything, Arrest Everyone, Stand Down and Return to Obelisk. I suppose I just need to place my hand on the mark, say my name and give one of these orders, correct?

- That's it. But since now it recognizes you as his Master, it obeys your voice commands, as long as you say your name before the order. I think I've thought about all situations. As soon as possible, Duncan, Rose, Mary, and Milady Margaret must also place their hands on the Obelisk, for it to recognize them.

Ryn was walking around the obelisk and looking at it, from top to bottom.

- That's… What is this thing? And that Knight is inside of it?

- That's an Obelisk made of rock on the outside and with a Compressed Dimension hidden inside of it. I've placed many small Crystals in the Automatic Magic Knight to make him move automatically and to obey the commands that one gives him, through the Obelisk.

It's actually two independent types of equipment, the Obelisk, and the Automatic Magic Knight but they work together, similar to the Control Box and the normal Magic Knight. The Obelisk can also work as a Communicator Device. It can be used to send messages or for using Gateways.

- I don't understand why you made such a thing.

- For security reasons, of course. I want one of these Security Obelisks in front of every house in all my villages. The Knight will defend the people living in the house against wild animals, bandits or even an army. Even if the outside armor gets damaged, the Dark Magic inside of it will still work.

The Baron was also admiring the Obelisk from all angles.

- But Milord, a lot of these will be needed!

- For that, we can go to my room, I think that by now, there are a lot ready for pickup.

But first, everyone go to that Obelisk, say your name while gathering a little of Magic in your hands. That way, the Obelisk will recognize all of you as allies.

Everyone followed Seya's indications and when they finished, Seya guided them to his room in the Baron's house. When they went to the 2nd floor of the house, they noticed that the long corridor had many doors, meaning that there were a lot of rooms available. That was indeed the former house of a ruler.

When they entered Seya's room, they almost fainted. Ryn was the first to start wobbling and she was grabbed by Hina when she was almost hitting the floor.

Inside Seya's room at one corner, there were two gigantic Programming Magic Crystals that reached the ceiling. Connecting them, there was a big continuous running belt that reached the other corner of the room. That belt was driven by a Wind Crystal.

On the other corner of the room, there were four gigantic Crystals. That construction was creating Big Magic Crystals that went from the belt to the two gigantic Crystals. On the end of the belt, there was a Compressed Dimension to where the Big Crystals already programmed went, to be stored.

Hina was looking at all that, admiring the process. Four gigantic Crystals creating Big Magic Crystals, a belt moving those fresh-created Crystals to the other side of the room where they received their Magic Program.

Seya went to a chair nearby and grabbed an one-shoulder bag. He then opened a Compressed Dimension on top of it and from there, came falling to the one-shoulder bag a lot of Big Magic Crystals. When no more Crystals were falling except the ones still at the running belt, Seya closed the Compressed Dimension that was opened on top of the bag. He then delivered the bag to the Baron.

- I think that inside this, there's more than enough for the houses at our Capital. The rest, have it delivered to the other villages. By the end of this afternoon, there will be more. Maybe tomorrow afternoon there will be enough for all the houses in the villages. I'll make more because I want to build more houses. It's better if the Watermills are the first to get one of these.

- I need to deliver one of this to the owner of a house and teach him how to make it work, correct?

- Yes. I know that many can't read the inscriptions on the Obelisk, so I ask the Baron to also explain that part. Please explain that these Security Obelisks are not for attacking unprovoked. They are for personal defense only. The punishment for criminal use of these is death.

After all the houses are protected by these Security Obelisks and every village as the other 5 Knights with the Control Boxes, we can allow visits from the Royal Kingdom.

- Very well, Milord, I'll take care of that immediately. If Milord excuses me, I'll take my leave.

Seya was smiling, by seeing Ryn's white face.

- Seems that Ryn finally fainted. She took a while!

- I'm alright now. But you, you… argh!

Seya looked very serious at Ryn.

- Ryn, stop that, it's losing its fun. You were the one that wanted to came here. If you don't stop getting so stressed and fainting all the time, I'll take you again to the school and leave you there.

Ryn looked down, feeling embarrassed.

- … Ok…

Hina went near the gigantic Crystals, and pointing at them, she asked Seya.

- Did you make this the usual way? Because you would need a lot of pressure and heat to make something this big!

- Not really. See that tube on that table? Look from its thinner side to the Crystal near you.

Hina grabbed that weird tube and when she did what Seya said, she saw a strange image.

- This is weird. I'm seeing a lot of small Crystals, bonded together. What's this?

- That tube as a bunch of Light Crystals inside that creates many lenses made of light. Each lens increases the size of things. Since that tube as a bunch of those Crystals, it's possible to increase what you can see. What you are looking at, it's the real composition of that gigantic Magic Crystal, increased several times.

- Oh, incredible! But why did you made this tube?

- Well, I wanted to see what was happening to a rock ball when I was making a Magic Crystal. After I understood how the Crystal is really like, now I can make a Crystal without the heat and the pressure. I just use that tube when I look to one rock and use Earth Magic to make those small crystals to bond as you see with that tube.

Hina went with the tube to Ryn, and she used it to look at Ryn's hair.

- So pretty! Ryn's hair looks like a bunch of green branches!

Everyone wanted to try the tube. Either to look at the hair of each other, or the eyebrows or even at each other's skin. It was amazing, seeing things so little, increased into a more visible size!

While everyone was trying the tube, Hina was thinking about the Obelisks, she was so surprised when she saw them the first time, that she was still curious.

- Seya, I don't understand how that Obelisk thing works.

- See those Big Crystals over there? They are programming the Big Crystals with every command necessary to make it work. You saw how it works outside. It's a little tricky to think and program all the voice commands, but it's doable. I made a lot of trials and errors to get to a working prototype.

Now, shall we go visit the other villages? I want to see how the people near the Dwarfs Mountain are doing and also to the village near the sea, where I want to build the new Inn.

Seya opened a Gateway and they all followed him. They arrived at the village near the mountains, a small village with few people. Seya explained that except the Capital, the other villages are small and with fewer people.

Every person that crossed their path would bow and greet Seya with a smile. His friends could tell that he was highly respected by the people.

They saw the fields already sowed and a lot of big fields full with small sprouts like the Baron said. When they reached the far East of Seya's lands using another Gateway, he just stood there, looking at that big mountain and thinking. He then smiled and nodded enigmatically in approvement.

He opened another Gateway and they crossed it to reach at the top of the hill that Ryn liked so much, staring at the ocean. They all agreed that it was indeed a perfect place for an Inn.

Seya opened a new Gateway and they went to the village. Seya talked with some fishermen's, the ones that have been using the ships that he bought. They all thanked their very own Marquess, for the improvement in their work. Every day since the new boats arrived, the catch has been more than enough for them and for exporting to the other villages. They were already used to the Gateway, so, they use it to deliver the fish and sometimes, they use many freezer boxes on a wagon for delivery of the fresh fish to the local market or to the nearby village. As it was almost time for lunch, Seya said his goodbyes to the fisherman.

There were also a lot of people around them, thanking Seya for the opportunity that their sons and daughters had to go to school. All of them said that they are also learning at home, with their children. And because they now have lights in the streets and in their house, they could study without forcing their eyes because of a lack of light during the night. A candle is not the same thing as a Magic Crystal pouring sunlight inside a room!

Seya's friends were truly impressed by the improvements in people's lives because of Seya's crazy projects. One particular girl was looking at Seya, with her eyes full of love.

- My boyfriend is really amazing!

Seya opened a Gateway to the Baron's dining room and they all crossed it. The Baron and his wife were already seated, talking.

As soon as Seya arrived, Milady Margaret excused herself and went to the kitchen, to help the maid Mary bringing the lunch for everyone. Even the stable boy, Tomas, was helping.

Seya and his friends seated, with everyone still talking about the tour.

- Milord, I've already delivered and placed some Security Obelisks in the Capital. There is already a lot of it at the right side of the front door of the houses.

But I have a question. What happens if another person comes to this house? The Knight will arrest that person?

- No, all of the Obelisks are connected. By now, all the Obelisks recognize you as a resident of these lands. But only the one outside recognizes the Baron as its Master.

- Milord really thought on everything!

- I hope so. But now, I just want to think about eating all these beautiful food that Mary did. Seems that she's already used to the Oven and the Stove.

Milady Margaret was smiling, looking at all the food already at the table.

- Yes, and it's easier and faster than using a fire to cook. All this food was made in an instant. While some food was cooking on the stove, the meat was already in the Oven, roasting. Some months ago, that would be impossible.

I've also talked with the women that are sewing the bags and purses, they all agree with me.

They can't wait to have the Home Appliances in their houses. They all want to use the Washing Machines, the Refrigerator, and the Freezer!

The Baron nodded in agreement.

- Very soon, they'll have it. The artisans are working full speed.

By the way, I've met the Innkeeper when I was placing the Obelisk in front of the Inn. He wants to talk with Milord, they already have a favorable response for Milord's offer. Seems that his son is willing to go to the new Inn, to take care of the new business.

- That's splendid news! We can go meet them after lunch, I can start on the preparations.

…

After the meal and the deserts, Seya made a quick detour to his room to refill the Magic of the Gigantic Crystals and the Big Crystals on his several Automatic Production Lines in motion. His room was cluttered with average size and small size Crystals already prepared and programmed. He placed all of them in his Compressed Dimension and he joined his friends in the dining room.

He then opened a Gateway and they all crossed it, arriving at the Inn where the old Innkeeper and his family were waiting.

- Milord, I want to thank you again for this opportunity. My son and his wife wish to accept the kind offer of Milord. What do we need to do, to help Milord in that matter?

- Well, I need that everyone inside this Inn to go out there with me. I need this building completely empty.

- Of course Milord. We don't have any guests today, so I just need to call the employees.

- Very well. We'll be waiting outside for everyone to exit. Bring also with you the keys for every door. I need to copy them to the new Inn.

Seya and his friends went outside. Some moments after, the Innkeeper exited the Inn, followed by his entire family and the employees. He then delivered the keys that were attached together with a chain.

Seya concentrated and using Earth Magic, he made an exact mold out of rock, of each key, including the chain. He then placed those Rock Molds below a sword that he brought from his Compressed Dimension. He used Fire Magic to melt the sword and the liquid metal was then poured inside each of the molds. Using Water Magic, Seya cooled down the keys and he removed them from their molds. He placed every new key on the new chain and delivered the original keys to the Innkeeper.

- The next part is trickier. I need the Innkeeper and his family to go to the other side of the street. I need everyone's help on the next stage because I'm going to sit in the middle of the street and I need a lot of concentration for this Ancient Dragonoid Magic.

Little Princess, protect me!

Princess Heiji looked very serious. She knew what Seya meant when he asked for protection. She immediately went into full battle mode.

- Yes, Master. Give me a few moments to prepare myself.

The Princess took off her Princess tiara that she always uses and placed inside her belt purse. She then became stiff and totally serious. She gathered an enormous amount of Fire Magic all around her body. Her Magic was so concentrated that it seemed that all her body was surrounded in living flames. Even her hair changed its color to bright orange. The amount of Fire Magic was in such quantity, that everyone felt it in the hair on the back of their heads.

She grabbed from her purse a helmet, a chest plate, two gauntlets, two leg protectors and a sword. The sword that the Dwarf King made for her. She quickly put them on and when her friends looked at her, they all thought that she really was the Fire Princess that Seya foretold when she was only 6 years old. Even the sword was now surrounded by flames.

Princess Arys had her mouth wide open.

- She wasn't fighting seriously with me during fighting classes! She's way above my level!

Princess Heiji shouted, giving orders to all of her friends.

- Everyone, make a circle around Seya and me at 2 meters distance, with your backs facing us. No one can get near Seya until he finishes. I will be his last line of defense.

Make sure that not even a Dragonoid can get past you! Anyone or anything that tries, kill it immediately. Everyone understood?

- Yes, Princess!

Seya's friends went to their positions and they all took their swords from their own belt purses. Even Duncan went to the circle, next to Princess Arys.

When everyone was in place, Seya created a seat for him made of rock. He then seated and for some minutes, he just stayed there, gathering his Magic.

While he was concentrating, Princess Heiji was watching everything around and above her. She was also sensing the Magic Flow all around, as Seya taught her. No one or anything could come closer than 100 meters without her realizing it.

Seya was still gathering Magic. Then, he got up and he threw a single small ball of Light Magic to the sky above the Inn. From that small ball, an enormous Light Dome came down, surrounding the Inn. The dome slowly began to flatten in the direction of the soil. When it reached the soil, it went back up again and concentrated again into the small ball. That ball went to Seya's hand and it stayed there.

Seya then dissipated the rock seat that he was using and he opened a Gateway to the hill near the ocean.

- Innkeeper, you can enter again. I'll be right back. Make the preparations with your son for him to travel to the new Inn. Little Princess, I'm ready.

- Yes, Master! Everyone, let's follow Seya.

They all went through the Gateway that dissipated right after. Seya chose a place at some distance from where he wanted the new Inn to be created.

- Little Princess, protect me again, please.

- Yes, Master! Everyone, same positions! Look sharp!

- Yes, Princess!

Seya made a new rock seat. He concentrated again, with the small ball of Light still in his hand. A few minutes after, he threw the small ball to the sky, above the new place. The same Light Dome appeared, seated on the floor. But then it started to change, it started to be an exact copy of the original Inn, made of Light.

Seya then used Earth Magic and in seconds, the Inn was starting to be built with wood and rock. Using some swords and spears that he took from his Compressed Dimension that he quickly melted, the liquid metal was sent to the Light Dome, to make the metal parts inside the Inn.

The exterior was already visible, an exact copy of the Inn at the Capital. But Seya was still melting more swords and the liquid metal was then sent to make the exterior metal parts.

Seya then used Wind Magic, to cool down and polish the new Inn.

He looked again and when he was satisfied with his work, he dissipated his rock seat.

- Little Princess, it is done. You may relax now.

- Yes, Master! Everyone, you may stop. It's finished.