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68.29% Witch's Journey / Chapter 28: Highest Realm of Trust

Chapter 28: Highest Realm of Trust

"Check your weapons, we will leave in five minutes."

Two days have passed and the group had finally decided to move to another location, preferably, closer to the totem pillar.

Sigil ordered the group calmly. These two days haven't been a waste for the group. Even though it was hard for Sigil to cultivate with the current quality of energy, he meditated continuously, exploring his soul. His whole body projected a peaceful image.

Even his teammates started to notice the change as the arrogant Sigil had transformed into a calm and mature human being. Even though the change wasn't huge, nonetheless, it was noticeable. His relationship with Alicia took a turn for the better as she stood behind Sigil.

Her face had a small smile as she looked at Sigil's calm self that could give out orders and started possessing the features of a leader.

After the group started packing and gearing up, Bethany walked over to Sigil and Alicia.

"Ho ho, Sigil, what did Alicia do to you? I wouldn't even dream of your current self." Bethany smiled in a teasing manner and sat near Alicia.

"As long as you dream of me, it is fine." Sigil smiled smugly and his projected aura collapsed immediately. Such an immediate change caused Bethany to feel surprised and his words made Alicia groan in her heart.

'I am sitting right here!' She could only feel slightly bitter without complaining. After all, these past two days, Sigil treated her with quite a strange manner. He would give bits of advice regarding meditation, he would even cook sometimes and he never forgot to take advantage of her when they were alone.

Previously, she would have never thought that she could feel this excited by just feeling his breath in her ears and his warm and sturdy hands on his neck and chest region.

"Hmm? What's this?" Bethany was thinking of a comeback when she looked at a strange mark on Alicia's neck. The side of her neck was being covered by her dark hair but the red mark was still noticeable on her milky white skin.

She immediately reached near Alicia's neck and brushed away her hair. Alicia's eyes widened in surprise by the sudden movement and Bethany's eyes widened because of the mark.

"My, my, you have already marked your territory, huh. Sigil, I didn't know that you had the guts to finally take on Alicia." Bethany smiled slyly. Her words caused a blush to creep up Alicia's cheeks as she covered the hickey with her hair. She glared at Sigil with an indignant expression and got up.

Sigil wasn't affected by her expression. Alicia's pout was one of her many charms that could boil a man's blood.

"You know, to outsiders, it would look like you also want one of my territorial marks on your neck." Sigil grinned and crept near Bethany.

"Now that I think of it, your blue hair gives you a youthful feeling and your freckles look cute, too. How 'bout it? Want a nibble on your neck?" Sigil kept on getting closer.

Before he could tease her more, Bethany stood up with a red face and quickly walked near Alicia. She couldn't handle Sigil by herself.

After five minutes, Sigil got up and clapped his hands.

"Alright, we will move out according to the plan. Jacob will remain behind and keep a lookout and provide backup. I and Oliver will be the vanguard while the rest will provide support. Any questions?"

The group shook their heads as his demeanor surprised Bethany once again.

'Maybe he really changed?' Her eyes held an indescribable emotion and her expression remained neutral.

The group moved out as they walked through the streets slowly. Jacob followed the group as he held a Wooden Class Rifle– Spark78. It could be noted that Jacob's demeanor looked extremely similar to an assassin. Even Sigil had trouble sensing him and he was stronger than Jacob.

They were almost 800 metres away from the Totem Pillar when they heard the sound of running and immediately stopped. Jacob also prepared himself as he immediately set his rifle. His aim was set towards the group's direction and he saw a black figure jumping from a high location.

Chhg

A suppressed sound emerged as the bullet was fired towards the unknown assailant with utmost precision.

Meanwhile, Sigil's eyes widened as he saw the face of the unknown assailant. He wanted to shout and stop Jacob but the bullet was already moving towards the newcomer.

Without any surprises, the bullet pierced the thigh of the man as he fell.

"What the hell???" A Familiar voice erupted from the figure as he removed his hood. His face surprised everyone, except for Jacob. He was standing a little far from the group, and even if he could shoot a moving target, it was still hard to see the facial features of a man with his cultivation.

He quickly reloaded the gun and aimed once again, only to see Sigil stopping him and motioning him to get near the group.

***

"Wow, you really hate me don't you?" Ivan spoke with a bitter expression. His face was contorted as he looked at his injury healing at a great speed. Sigil's group looked at the strange scene with a shocked gaze.

"Gates Constellation." Jacob immediately spoke in a surprised voice. He was sure in his abilities and seeing the wound from his gun healing so easily allowed him to deduce Ivan's situation.

"What are you guys looking so shocked for? This is a super-sized Ancestral Pool. If you did not even form a constellation in this place, you should just jump off a building." Ivan spoke as his words cut through the hearts of the group.

Sigil and Alicia remained expressionless.

"Either way, a constellation providing a healing ability is quite rare." Sigil shook his head and moved his hand towards Ivan. Ivan smiled and grabbed on his hand, getting pulled up immediately.

"Let's go. I want to have a word with you." With Sigil's nod, Ivan led the whole group to his hideout, which was only 300 metres away from the totem pillar.

It was an office building with more than eight floors.

***

In a conference room, Ivan was introducing the two leaders of the group.

"Sigil, she is Yasmine. She is leading the group from the Yellow Spider and she is also one of the apprentices under Alan, the Family Head of the family." Ivan spoke as he introduced the charming girl.

"Yasmine, he is Sigil. John Grey's adopted son as well as the leader of the group from the Grey Family. I hope you two get along well." Ivan spoke out as they both shook each other's hand.

The moment Sigil shook her hand, he felt a strange touch. It felt like Yasmin's palm had very tiny spikes covering her palms.

After nodding, they both sat down as well.

"I am sure that both of you have concluded the existence of a treasure based on the instructions left by Lord Sparrow, right?"

Ivan did not waste time and brought up the main topic. His eyes were observing both of their expressions. Sure enough, Yasmine and Sigil looked more solemn.

Sigil's mind flashed countless thoughts and factored every clue and possibility he could think of. After giving it some time, he could only come up with the only situation that was most likely.

Sigil turned towards Ivan with a smile.

"If you gathered us, you should have information about the treasure. What are the conditions of cooperation and how do you propose that we distribute the profits?"

Yasmine also understood Ivan's intention. She looked at the discussion with interest in her expression.

"Right now, there are four groups from the families, three groups from the alliance and one group consisting of lone witches. If we group together, we would be able to achieve more profits and reduce the risks. As for the treasures, they are the eggs containing Adolescent Familiars."

As Ivan's voice fell, both of them widened their eyes. Familiar Egg!

Sigil immediately composed his mind and recalled the information he was taught about the spell.

Many familiars are very violent, vicious and dangerous the moment they are born. But contrary to their nature, these kinds of familiars also exhibited extraordinary battle power. These kinds of Familiars could be only tamed and contracted after gaining their trusts. And the only method to gain their trust is to become their parent, which is decided the moment these Familiars are birthed.

To tackle this issue, many witches dedicated their entire lives. It was only during the Bloodline Revolution when a genius Witch named Walter Blackbone invented a spell that could create an egg-like structure around the body of the Familiar and slowly erase their memories, sending them to the condition when these Familiars were birthed.

After sealing them in a spell egg, the user needed to wait for the incubation period to complete and then become the first existence that the familiar lay its eyes on. This way, the witch will be regarded as the parent and will be able to gain complete trust of the Familiars.

"Which familiars?" Yasmine asked suddenly.

"We are not provided with the information." Ivan shook his head.

Sigil nodded and took a deep breath.

"Then the issue of distribution?" He asked him in a serious expression.

Ivan took some time before answering.

"Yasmine's group will gain 20 percent while we both will take 40 percent each."

Even though the Yellow Spider was the direct subordinate of the guild, it did not mean that they completely owned them. He still needed to give them sufficient profits and remuneration for their assistance.

Yasmine's look turned slightly cold but she remained quiet. She understood her family's position and could only bite the bullet.

It was Sigil that shook his head in dissatisfaction.

"Ivan, you are my friend and I will give you my last offer. 50 percent."

"Are you crazy?" Yasmine shouted in rage and frustration. She wasn't even given an equal treatment while this rascal was asking for more, how could she not rage?

"Sigil, think of the bigger picture. If we gain more eggs, you will still profit. Don't think of the profit on the basis of contribution, but by the quantity." Ivan spoke seriously.

Sigil understood his meaning. If they were able to acquire a lot of eggs, their group may have some surplus that could be either sold or given to the highest contributor.

"No, you misunderstood. I am giving the price based on the effort that me and my group will expend. You are hated by the RedHawks while your relationship with the BlackBees is neutral. Let's not forget the competition between the three dark Guilds and the greed of lone witches. With just three groups, we won't be able to defend the malicious attack of the RedHawks and the harassment of other groups."

His statement caused both Ivan and Yasmine to close their mouths.

Sigil smiled gently.

"Sigil, you are my friend and I am concerned with your well being. I am also not shameless to ask a huge piece of 60 percent and settled for 50 percent. You should recognise my goodwill and not undermine my efforts."

His next statement made both of them speechless. He was simply blackmailing Ivan by taking a cover named friendship.

"Besides, my talents will certainly be more than enough." Sigil's voice turned a little deep as his body started to shake a little.

Slowly, his nails started to elongate while his canines grew sharper and their tips could be seen touching his outer lips. His exposed wrist was also getting covered by silver-grey fur, similar to the color of his hair.

"A constellation with full body transformation!" Yasmine couldn't help but exclaim as Ivan's eyes shined brightly. Sure, he could heal his body in a short time, but many other witches could do the same with various materials and spells.

It was a talent like Sigil's transformation that many Witches desired in their early stage. Not only this grants them a great battle power, but Ivan also knew that their defense had been greatly increased, touching the realm of Chakra Stage, gaining safety from most of the mortal weapons.

Sigil smiled as his expression looked especially vicious. He returned to his original self.

"Alright. The resources will be divided into 50-40-10. Sigil will take 50 while Yasmine will gain 10."

Yasmine's face looked very ugly as he looked at both of the males with hatred. Ivan did not suffer any loss as he may gain even more with the help of Sigil's Constellation. She immediately changed her expression and smiled at both of them.

"Two masters, please give this girl a path to survive. I will lose my face greatly if I only gain 10 percent. Perhaps, I may be able to provide other services to appease the masters." Yasmine's voice was extremely seductive and she slightly unzipped her suit. Her pure white skin providing a great sight for Sigil's and Ivan's eyes.

Since the important stuff has been discussed, the mood had loosened as they both decided to play along Yasmine.

"Say, Sigil. Do you know the highest form of trust in the real of friendship?" Ivan asked as his eyes stared at Yasmine teasing herself seductively. She did not perform anything explicit, but the way her hands touched her body as she stretched gave out many intentions.

Sigil nodded at Ivan's words.

"Of course, it is the realm where two friends can be comfortable around each other even if they are naked."

He was also staring at Yasmine slowly unzipping her suit till her deep cleavage could be seen.

"Masters♪ Please! Stop teasing poor Yasmine." She was already moaning as her eyes looked at both of them passionately.

"Alas, this trust is only a mythical legend as no two guys will be friends with each other if they actually sat around naked. Besides, I don't want to be touchy with my friends, especially this old gangster." He smiled and got up reluctantly.

Ivan also smiled as he got out of the room with Sigil, leaving poor Yasmine alone.

"!?"

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Chapter 29: Iron Hide Lycan

Their group was three hundred metres away from the totem pillar. From Ivan, Sigil was informed that a protective bubble was formed around the totem pillar with a diameter of 50 metres. Till the upper level decided, the treasures wouldn't be revealed.

Currently, he was feeling strange inside his heart. He was feeling excited yet fearful. The extreme changes in his emotions made him feel extremely complicated and conflicted. In his previous life, he had only felt these feelings on very rare occasions.

These were the feelings that made him realize that there was much more to the human mind then he thought.

In his room, Sigil sat and concentrated on his Constellation. In his spiritual wolf, he could see eight bright stars connected with several small and dimly lit stars, forming a fierce wolf howling towards heaven.

Every Constellation is unique to the witch and they provided certain talents and benefits. This wasn't all, the formation of constellation proved that the witch had the potential to form his own Grimoire. But of course, it was just potential.

With enough resources, even the most talentless witch could create a constellation and increase its potential and solidify the foundation of his abilities to have a bright future.

But his source of excitement wasn't the howling wolf, it was the fact that his body was currently absorbing a large amount of energy even after completing his eight gates formation. Mysteriously, all the energy was being sent towards the constellation, causing tremendous changes in its body.

The original wolf's body started to expand and its muscles grew bigger and stronger, in comparison, many small stars started to connect with his constellation to accompany the change. Along with the change in the body, the original furry hide of the wolf started to change as it turned dark and gave off a metallic sheen.

When Sigil thought that the changes were complete, the Spiky Wolf let out a soundless howl and the speed of absorption of the energy increased.

The moment this change took place, Sigil's mind fell into a mess, but he still couldn't hide his own smile.

The body of the wolf started to elongate as it stood on its hind legs. Its upper body became muscular and its spiky hide turned sharper and more ferocious. Its upper limbs started to grow as its claws elongated and grew thicker.

A Lycanthrope!

Sigil looked at the ferocious Constellation with a mixture of awe and glee.

"Iron Hide Lycan!" Sigil decided to name his constellation as he started to meditate and calm his self.

***

The Grey Estate.

Two days had already passed and the family's ancestral pool was closed once again. But the events of this year's event shocked the entire family.

Ricardo, the trash of the family, unexpectedly ascended to the Chakra Realm within two days. He also managed to become the youngest family elder, taking away Linda's honour as the youngest.

This was truly the case of ascending the heavens with one step.

Meanwhile, Martha had a sour expression. Her foundations were solid and she had already achieved the entry level of the realm of self, the spiritual beginning.

Who knew that she would still remain stuck in the realm of eight gates. But even if she felt sour, she did not complain too much. She looked inside her spiritual world and observed her constellation.

It was a beautiful humanoid figure with a bountiful figure. But the strange part was that the figure had red vines for her hair and her private parts were covered by elongated petals that extended from her back. Her constellation was currently curled up like a ball as she hugged herself within the black space.

Martha still felt surreal. She only decided to form her constellation on the spur of moment, but she never imagined that there will be such a strange occurrence. Now, she started to doubt her origins, but she did not dare to tell the truth to anyone.

Out of all the participants, it was Ricardo that truly wanted to cry.

According to his estimation, he should be able to reach the stage where he could open his third chakra point, but who knew that he wasn't able to absorb the required energy and could only open his first Chakra Point.

***

"We only have one day, most of the groups have already started to patrol the nearby region and stationed their members to attack whenever the situation required. How long will Sigil take?" Yasmine growled as Ivan felt his head aching.

They both were standing in front of Sigil's door and face a beautiful, dark-haired girl. She was sitting cross-legged in front of the door and her eyes remained closed. Seeing Alicia blatantly ignoring her, Yasmine immediately kicked. Her attack was sudden and vicious.

Even Ivan was startled, before he could intercept, Yasmin's kick froze as a ripple emerged near Alicia's face. Ivan's and Yasmine's eyes widened in surprise as she immediately stepped back.

With the emergence of ripple, they both were able to see a small hemisphere covering Alicia and protecting the door from any harm.

"A defensive Constellation." Ivan admired with appreciation in his voice.

Alicia still kept her eyes closed. Evidently, she did not even put Yasmine's attack in her eyes.

Ivan shook his head and decided to wait. Even though he waited for Sigil, it did not mean that he didn't organise his own forces.

He had already planted his fighters and sent many people to patrol the area.

***

Origin Country.

Warlock Association, Blood Fall.

A black castle belonging to the medieval era was situated atop a waterfall. The strange thing about the water was that it was red in colour and was extraordinarily viscose. These characteristics made people name the waterfall as Blood Fall.

The castle was situated on a small island in the middle of the river while being surrounded by the blood-red water. Three round towers emerged from the castle as they were surrounded by bright red bats, giving the castle an evil feel.

In the middle tower, only one silver-haired man could be seen sitting in a meditative position. Meanwhile, a dark-blue phantom surrounded his body, making the man's features extremely unclear. In the darkness of the castle, his bright silver hair had an illuminative effect.

Suddenly, he opened his eyes and looked towards the southern direction, his eyes were light-blue as his pupils were vertical in shape. His whole demeanor transformed into a Hunter's, that was looking at its prey.

"Kekeke, that bitch thought that she could keep my darlings away from me. Hmm? one... two... where's the third one? That bitch is personally protecting direct bloodline? No matter, they can't escape anymore."

Even though his features remained unclear, his hoarse voice and vicious comments unraveled his true nature. The phantom behind him turned into a vicious blue wolf that had Lightning snakes roiling around its body.

The blue wolf opened its mouth and let out an excited howl, shaking the whole castle.

"You silver-haired mutt, have you gone senile?"

"Wolf King, stop your totem immediately!"

Two stern shouts emerged from the other two towers and the condition of the whole castle stabilised.

***

Redwood Country, Eyesian City.

"Haha, my son! You are my pride!" A middle-aged man laughed and kissed the forehead of a young man. His features were gentle as his silver hair and ice-blue eyes made him look extremely handsome.

Besides him stood a pitch black wolf with red eyes. Unexpectedly, it kept on following the youth as its eyes showed faint emotions of excitement.

Meanwhile, the youth clenched his fist in joy as he looked at his Pure White Werewolf Constellation. His expression remained happy and excited, making him look like a young hero.

***

Redwood Country, Chestcovia City.

Sigil remained inside his room as he counted the days. From his estimation, only one day is left before the emergence of the treasured familiar eggs.

Right now, he was sitting in his soul space filled with various comics, action figures and other heavenly artifacts. But even in such a beautiful environment, Sigil's eyes remained closed his brows furrowed.

"According to my estimates, there is a sixty percent chance that I could open my chakra point, by I don't have enough time." He mused as he tried to think various ways to get out of this predicament and ascend to the next level.

His whole body exuded a warm glow as he kept on meditating and unraveled the realm of self. His soul was at the level where he could only feel the warm and gentle presence of his soul, giving it the name– Spiritual Begining. The more he meditate, the larger the area of soul he could unravel.

Out of the three paths of witchcraft, the realm of self is the only path that is heavily based on accumulation. There are no shortcuts as a witch has to slowly feel his soul and connect with his self and nature to perform extraordinary tricks.

"Huff, I don't think I can stall anymore." Sigil sighed as his surroundings changed and he was back inside his room. He slowly opened his eyes and then got out of the room.

***

"Alright, only one hour is left before the battle begins. Sigil and I will be the main attackers as Alicia will protect us. Yasmine will take care of crippling the defeated while you guys will use your weapons to take care of others that haven't formed their own constellation. Got it?" Ivan spoke without any expression. Sigil, Yasmine and Alicia stood beside him as they were the only one out of the whole group that had formed their own constellation.

In front of them was their group, whose hands were filled with weapons, both short range and long range. Most of them had decided to use their guns while some of them had decided to use daggers, machetes or swords. Evidently, they were good in short range combat and their foundations of fighting were better than others.

Jacob remained expressionless as he gripped tightly on his rifle. Besides him, there was another girl from Ivan's group that held a heavy sniper rifle in her hand.

"Cathy and Jacob will take care of all the stationary enemies. We will be counting on both of you to clear the enemies." Ivan smiled at both of them.

Everyone except Sigil had various expressions. Some felt excited while others felt nervous. Their alliance had a total of 20 members including Sigil, Ivan and Yasmine.

There were seven members in Ivan's and Sigil's group while Yasmine's group had six members.

'Previously, my howling wolf was already resistant to most of the guns, but now, with the help of Iron Hide Lycan, I should be able to steamroll the opponents. After all, my constellation evolved two times before stopping.' Sigil thought seriously. If his conjecture was correct, he didn't even need to participate in the alliance.

He sighed and shook his head. If he knew this was going to happen, he would have decided to go Solo and take away all the familiar eggs.

"Alright, let's get going. We need to find a good stronghold to counter the opponents. Remember, no killing." Ivan reminded sternly and the group finally set off.

***

The Totem Pillar was placed in the city park. It was situated above an altar as the park was surrounded by many people. Some wore black robes while others had their faces shown. There was one common thing between all of them, they remained seated with their eyes closed.

They were the various vanguards of their groups and surrounded the pillar to take advantage of the moment the treasure was released.

By now, most of them knew that the treasures were the familiar eggs of Adolescent level Familiars. This information could be credited to the other members of the dark Guilds as they tried to form the alliance with other families and lone Witches.

"Hmm? Isn't this the famous silk pants Sigil Grey?" One of the vanguards spoke as they looked towards the new arrival. One was a Silver-haired youth with handsome features while the other guys was a dark-haired youth with good looks that exuded a noble demeanor.

They were Sigil and Ivan.

One of the vanguards stopped himself from attacking Ivan on the spot.

He was a member of the RedHawks. Even when the whole family hated this young master for betraying the family, he still had some logic left inside his mind. If he dared to attack Ivan, the whole place would descend into chaos as various groups will start to fight.

But even if he did not want to start chaos, it didn't mean that Ivan didn't want to start chaos.

Ivan looked towards all the vanguards and found his target.

He smiled towards the member of the RedHawks and waved at him.

"Yo, looking at you, I finally knew why my father hates me. After all, I am the strongest of the younger generation, without me, you guys will always get destroyed." His voice was loud and his words were heard by all the members of the RedHawks surrounding the pillar.


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