She shook her head with disbelief, how could Cyril have died so early in their lives? They were supposed to go to StarRock and grow up together.
Kyra fell onto the floor crying profusely as the teachers tried to comfort her. Be she was completely inconsolable.
The remaining journey took a few days. As the eagles approached, it looked like the expanse of forest suddenly opened up to a city with large walls to keep the creatures of the forest out.
StarRock city was nearly the size of Elendil, but instead of bustling streets and buildings packed close together and claustrophobic, StarRock was spread out with plenty of space. It had many parks and fountains and was definitely more scenic.
As they landed, they noticed many other eagles landing from all the other kingdoms in Eurathia. All the students were directed to a large assembly in the middle of the Academy.
The headmaster was Glorian, a famous fire weaver who has been in charge of StarRock Academy for over 70 years. As headmaster, he is automatically also the governor of StarRock city.
He got the other teachers and staff to help the students who suffered the ordeal, and got them counselling help, and help to settle in.
Kyra received help and counselling, but she was completely shattered by the loss of Cyril.
She led to her dorm room. However, she never slept in her bed. She spent most of her time inside the bag of holding, where she used her bed in there and hugged one of Cyril's shirts to bed.
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In the middle of StarRock Academy, there was a large black stone with patterns that look like stars covering the whole rock. It was the size of a house and it was surrounded by the main office buildings of the principal and other important teachers and officials of the city.
This was where StarRock Academy got its name from. The StarRock came from part of a large meteorite that crashed into Erandelusia millions of years ago.
The largest rock was the centrepiece of the city, and it built itself around the StarRock, but many other smaller pieces were scattered around the Grimdeath forrest.
Cyril woke up, under several layers of ash. He was completely naked as all his clothes were cinders, but his body wasn't burned.
However, he felt his whole body was in pain due to the impact of the dragon's flame, he had cuts and bruises everywhere on his body.
His bag of holding was burned, so he couldn't get any of his resources. His Merchantile ring was still mostly intact, but damaged, and he couldn't access the items he stored inside it.
He noticed his his bracelet was damaged, it had a crack on it. Panicking, he looked inside and was relieved to find Violet unharmed as he extracted her body. He tried again to revive her, even giving her CPR, but she was completely unresponsive.
Being injured himself, he couldn't carry her around, he replaced her body back into his bracelet. He hoped she could be revived in the future.
He started walking towards the direction of where he remembered the eagles were heading, and keeping a wary eye out for the dragon.
He didn't fly because he didn't want to encounter the dragon again, and stayed hidden in the dense forest.
He walked for days, managing to kill several wild beasts that attacked him and fed on them for days, and skinned them for clothes, as he was still naked.
He found a beautiful lake, and took time washing himself. He also washed Violet's beautiful body and made clothes for himself and Violet, whom he clothed as well.
After trying again and finding he could not do anything for her, he stored her in his bracelet again.
On the 6th day, he arrived at a large rock in the middle of the forest. It looked exactly like the rock in StarRock Academy, only it was only the size of a man.
Cyril looked at the rock in amazement. It looked like a meteorite that came from the stars.
But the more he looked at the rock, the more he had a strange sense of familiarity with that rock.
Cyril frowned and touched the rock. Something was tickling the back of his mind, but he cannot seem to get what he is supposed to remember. He flew around the rock, looking at it from every angle.
Then suddenly, he looked at it from the top and saw it! There was a hole at the top of the rock, carved out to the shape of a hammer head! Mjolnir, Thor's hammer was carved out of this rock! Mjolnir was carved out of the heart of a star, and that heart is this exact rock!
As Cyril touched the hole, he traced his fingers around the groves and edges. He recognised traces of the law of spacetime. Curious, he controlled the remnant space-time energy with his hands as he touched the hole, suddenly he was sucked into the hole and disappeared!
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