In the depths of Scriba, a still little unexploited mine becomes a important research area for the collection of Alter crystals, the treasure of the Lotheans. Among the workers present on the spot, two individuals distinguish themselves from the others.

  "Hey, Youndu, come and see, man, I think I found something! ?

  Declares a young creature with eyes coming out of these eyes and wearing a shell making the size of are torso on are back. The individual in a male voice he then turned to his friends, another long-shot creature with several tentacles acting as a hair with a single eye in the center of your face.

  Without speaking, Youndu nodded before heading to his boyfriend. Behind a piece of rock to be removed with the aid of a pickaxe, he had just discover a room containing many Alter crystals. After have to look to the right and then to the left, hoping not to see the individual with the pickaxe removes other rocks in order to create it a passage to the room. An artifact in particular attracts their be careful, place in the center of the room, isolate from others. His yellowish colors makes one of them crazy with joy.

  "Youndu, look, I've never seen an artifact like this, it must worth a fortune. We will finally be able to get out of this situation. ?

  Rubbing the sweat running down his face, he approaches the crystal and tries to pull it out of the ground. Youndu hesitates to intervene, seeing a glow that emanating from it so that jerks that do feeling. After removing it from the ground, Big Jin by name, falls to the ground, the handmade crystal. Several tree roots, coming from the ceiling then suddenly take lives and seek to recover the crystal by pulling it out of Big Jin's hands. Youndu, powerless in the face of these things, help to pull his young friend who has to let go of the crystal.

  Elsewhere, in the room kept secret by the Kael'ren, the entity this wakes up, feeling the jolts through his mind. Good that he can observe the situation, he cannot intervene. The roots act as a barrier to protect the plant. But for the first time, since the execution, he was able to see the room that had been holding him prisoner for a long time. Big Jin, trying to recover the crystal now winding through the roots, restrained parYoundu, insisting that he leave the room. But because of this crystal, it is now the whole mine that is in danger of collapsing and soon, they will all find themselves drowning. Further on, in a classroom, Sly feels a huge numbness in his body and urgently asks his teacher to let him go to the bathroom, which he accepts. Once in the toilet, he stands in front of the mirror, before removing his t-shirt. The crystal in his body lit up and he began to hear voices in his head, to the point of having head words.

  "Get out of my head, it's not the time, I'm taking it out on you. Tomorrow there's a visit to the lab I can't let you take the on it... ?

  Several days later, in the pouring rain, Sly is sitting on one of the swings in a children's playpen, with his head down. Through the mist, an individual approaches, it is Sileth. Sly then looked up and declared in a much more serious tone than usual :

  "You wanted to see me, well here I am.. Wait, you're not Selmora. ?

  As a sign of respect, Sileth greeted the stranger by lowering him slightly forward before addressing him.

  "Muddy isn't it? Let me introduce myself, Sileth, my grandmother hired me for this very important mission. We don't have only a very short time ahead of us. ?

  "Your grandmother...well, time goes by so fast. And your parents what should he think of this. ?

  With his hands in his pockets, Sileth stared at Muddy.

  "His mutation has made him seriously ill. For my parents, that's another topic. She needs you to found a certain place or would have run away Tyr Rad. ?

  "This name must never be pronounced by anyone, young lady. Even disappeared, he has eyes and ears all around him. ?

  After a long sigh, he got up from the swing.

  "No one knows where the demons are hidden and let it stay that way. ?

  After his words, he turned his back on Sileth, preparing to to leave the place until Sileth calls him to new.

  "You keep a part of his soul in him, that's why you don't manage to die. You need to sort out your inner conflict and for that you have to help me find Tyr Rad. Only he can save this world and you know it better than I do because you were one of this disciples. ?

  Muddy turned back to Sileth again, remaining frozen on the wet ground, keeping keep your head up.

  "Only the members of the Tempurius know their location, Kaeron Cael'ren helped one of their members eliminate my old master. Both of them live here, on Tratarce from now on. If Selmora i'm trying so hard to get answers, we'll have to contact them. ?

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  "I know who they are and what they are hiding. Tyr Rad may not be here but a relic allowing to find it, yes. ?

  Confused, Muddy is looking to find out more.

  "Someone came to see Selmora a little while ago and he to tell everything. He doesn't know everything about our plan but he brought up memories of a a place she had forgotten about, created long before the last fracture ... All this to say that I will not give up until I find this bracelet ..."

  Sileth's last words make Muddy smile slightly who accepts the proposal of the Shirynite.

  Sly and Arix continue their way through the sewers in order to reach Scriba's space station as quickly as possible without being spotted by the police. Seryn has given very few details about where they should join him but Sly knows what to spot with regard to the large signs stuck everywhere on the brick walls of the tunnel.

  "S-Center 4, S-Center 5, S- Center 6..The spaceport should be in S 15 because most of the big squares have numbers.. ?

  Declares Sly turning his gaze to Arix while continuing to advance in the tunnel.

  "Have you ever been to the spaceport? ?

  This Arix asks.

  "Well...yes, well, let's just say that I was born there. It's strange to to say that but... it had to have something to do with my old self. And this crystal in me, I still didn't know that, until now.. ?

  "I don't see much in this tunnel, too bad we're not from flashlight.. ?

  Arix answers with a slightly anxious air.

  "It's not like we planned to get him here. You lost the bracelet that your mother gave you and that's very annoying, not good.. ?

  "It's not like I had any choice but to give it away. ?

  Answers Arix.

  Meanwhile on the surface, the police continue to pursue Seryn. This dérinière has just crossed the border. Sileth who finds it in one of the police cars can track the location of the crystal through a hologram. Despite the sirens screaming behind her, Seryn prefers to accelerate, nevertheless trying to dodge the cars in front of her. Depending on the current circumstances, his best option and to manage to sow the many cars of fonts that follow her. Taking some tight turns, some police cars are forced to stop or take other routes. Only Sileth manages to keep up the pace.

  Not being able to sow it after several minutes, Seryn had a risky idea. Are look it turns to a road under construction in the distance not far from a grocery store. Holding firmly on the steering wheel while looking through the rearview mirror, Seryn continued to press the accelerator.

  "This is the moment.. ?

  She then takes a good breath and then jump out of the vehicle a little before it falls into the hole dug by the works. The speed of the vehicle caused an explosion but I didn't have time to notice it until their car fell in turn into the precipice. On the ground and the visor broken, Seryn gasps abruptly. Crawling to the ground, some passer-by comes to his aid in order to help raise her up. She can take back her vision, hearing only the deafening sound of the explosion she had just produced.

  "A Loethans..here? ?

  Declares a passer-by

  "We must help him as soon as possible! ?

  Said an old lady.

  Without saying a word to anyone and despite are left arm bleeding because of his fall, Seryn holds firmly the crystals in these hands and came to walk slowly in direction of the port which was only a few meters away.

  A manhole cover opens and Arix and Sly in comes out slowly, at the sight of passers-by walking along the square. Not far from them is an elevator leading to the spaceport located above the city, functioning as a floating platform. The elevator is protected by two police officers, controlling every pass.

  "Shit, even the elevator is blocked, it wasn't like that yet at the time. ?

  Declares Sly, putting her hands on her hips.

  "It must be because of the borders. There are other entrances to the port? And then where is Seryn? ?

  This is Arix asks, looking around.

  "I...am I here? ?

  Seryn answers, still holding his left arm while slowly moving towards his friends. Sly and Arix hurry up then to her for help. But with a sudden gesture, she rejects their slightest movement, clenching their teeth when in pain that the wound inflicts. She then came to hold out the crystal to Arix.

  "Here, I did this for you. I took care of them... now all the police are going to be looking for us... ?

  Declares Seryn, the head turns towards the ground, with a raised air.

  "No, don't stay there, come with us. As soon as we are gone, we will be safe. ?

  Arix answers her, lowering his gaze to her then that his breathing is getting faster and faster.

  "No, we won't be safe there! As long as these crystals will be in your possession, this demon will hunt you down. And this cop or I know who owns this bracelet, probably team up with him. But if your mother trusts you, it's up to you alone to intimidate.... My dad is going to kill me because of this.... ?

  Exclaims then Seryn, starting to lose consciousness.

  At the same time, a silhouette emerges from the scene of the explosion. From the thick cloud of dust covering the square, Sileth makes his appearance, without a scratch on his armor.

  "It was your idea Seryn! Look, if we don't do anything, you'll rather to die here. Let me help you. ?

  Removing these gloves, Sly uses a part of her gelatinous body in order to patch up part of Seryn's cracked helmet. She then quickly takes a breath.

  "I should like to know.. how did you know I was in this laboratory? ?

  Sly and Seryn remain silent for a few seconds before Seryn tells him shows an anonymous message that was intended for them or it is written :

  "Time is running out and Arix is in danger. Do you have to go to the Scriba Nord laboratory as soon as possible and prevent the police from get your hands on the crystal! ?

  This anonymous message leaves Arix perplexed. A lot of questions are on my mind but it's not time to the reflection. Sileth appears in turn behind the alley where Seryn first came out, from a looks determined. These sounds of footsteps go back to the ears of our vigilantes who suddenly turn around.

  "Quickly, leave without me. I will manage to take care of her"

  Seryn exclaims.

  " And...and your arm? ?

  Declares in turn Sly. ?

  "I said go away! ?

  Arix and Sly then rush to another alley in order to hope find refuge a few parts. After long minutes of shopping, Arix needs to catch his breath. When Sly this put up against a door made of metal, it suddenly opens, causing it to fall into back. Above him there are then two individuals, sitting on a chair, one carrying a shell on his back and another possessing strange tentacles around his head.