--Gold--

As he was waking up he start looking around to only see grim expressions on everyone faces nobody here was able to do anything except waiting and praying.

They wereall sitting here doing nothing as he look at everyone inside the shelter he could only see despair and dread.

They all could still hear the alarm ringing endlessly has a reminder of the dire situation outside.

He rest his head on the wall hoping it will end soon and after what seem an eternity they hear the alarm shut down.

After waiting for another hour the doors of the shelter finally open everyone was trying to get out after he wait for most people to exit the shelter he step outside and walk out the hall.

He was surprise when he see only mild damage on the barricade and as he was looking around he was surprise to see his grandpa walking toward him.

He quickly check if nothing happened to him :

“It really seem we were really lucky this time the main rift appeared far into the fields and the smaller ones appear in well protected zones.”

It seem the clan was pretty lucky this time but Gold still find it worrying that a breach opened in the middle of the clan it really a bad omen.

After talking a bit they start to walk back home.

When he reach the main clan area he don’t see any damage like nothing happened they started walking toward uncle home after he send us a message to come see them.

They were located in a different area uncle family was a pretty big one they live in that big traditional house with a very big garden he know the place well after he spend a lot of time there playing with the twins when they were kids.

He always liked this place it was a really peaceful place they start walking toward the north wing of the building.

As the reach the main garden of uncle residence they see him sitting around a table with the twins waiting for us.

He quickly see us and sign us to quickly come he take him in is arms :

“Happy to see your okay everyone was worried with the breach opening so close of the agricultural hall.”

After releasing him they all sit around the table they started talking about what happened today :

“The others rifts open in the elders training ground so the situation was quickly put under control we really can say we were lucky this time.”

Helie had her head resting on the table half asleep :

“Luna and me were walking toward the elder training ground to get help on our task when the alarms started ringing we can really say that everyone was really lucky.”

As they were talking he feel a slight sensation from the mark on the back of his hand but when he look he don’t see anything strange it was probably the fatigue from all the stress after talking a bit more he start to walk back home.

As he walk toward home he see everyone walking in the street like nothing happen but the few patrolling guards where still on edge he stop at a small food stand before he continue his way home.

He reach home after walking a bit more he push the door to see his the room as it always was.

He turn to close the door his mind was pleading to take some rest as he finish closing he hear something behind him.

Surprised he take out his daggers before turning his mind violently waking him up but when he turn he could only see was the two kittens playing on the bed he put the daggers back into the his ring.

It seem he was still on edge after what happen in the morning he pet the two kittens before he feed them.

The book that the old had given to him was still sitting on the table it was maybe time to read it after taking a bath and changing clothes before he sit on his bed with the book.

After dragging it on his lap he look at the fairly simple cover just a simple tittle and a little icon of a black and a white cats silhouette.

He start to read but not long after he fall asleep the book still on his lap.

As he wake up trying to not fall asleep after a bad night filled with nightmares he hear someone knocking at the door after getting out of the bed and putting on some clothes he open the door to see his new master in front of him :

“If you ready to come with me we are going to see the patriarch.”

He quickly go inside to feed the two kittens but he was seriously questioning himself to why the patriarch was looking for him that early in the morning.

After locking the door they start walking toward their destination the street were filled with people celebrating the victory of yesterday he could only feel relived to see that everyone was not heavily impacted.

After stopping on a small street stand to buy something to eat before meeting the patriarch they walk a bit more before they cross the gate leading to the tower.

The patriarch was waiting for us in front of the tower without a word we enter inside and after passing by the teleporting array they were in the room were he talked with the patriarch a few days ago feel like an eternity for him with everything that happened in the last few days.

They sit on the sofa the patriarch quietly pour a cup of tea to everyone before he open the discussion :

“Yesterday when your master was coming back to the hall after the main battle she found a lone man attacked by a voidling …”

Gold was feeling confused what it has to do with him the patriarch drink a bit of his tea before he continue :

“That man was a simple farmer only equip with a shovel and he successfully push back the creature for multiple minutes before your master come to save him and slay the beast that man had no prior combat training.”

The more Gold listen the more strange it become it that one of the patriarch pranks even for well trained people killing even one voidling was hard let’s not talk about a non combatant the patriarch continue :

“We examined the scene to see if something strange happened but nothing was found except one thing he was standing near the experimental plots behind the hall he was standing particularly close to your plot.”

His master continue :

“After looking at the plot it seem that the plant provided by your path seem the most probable culprit since we never seen any strength difference between voidling the theory seem even more probable since the plant seem to have gone through major change since the day before.”

Gold didn’t know how to react the whole story felt like a big joke he take a sip before the long conversation that while come...