Kyra suddenly appeared out of her dorm room and finally started attending classes in StarRock. Her recovery surprised all her teachers, and she started fitting in and making friends in her classes.
Kyra topped all her classes easily as she understood the laws of water and air. This understanding of the law gave her a mastery of the elements even her teachers would envy if they knew. However, she kept the knowledge of the laws to herself to avoid revealing too much.
She was admired by all the female students, and lusted after by the male students, but although she was friendly, her body and soul were Cyril's and she didn't entertain any of them.
Cyril on the other hand took his time walking towards StarDock, keeping an eye out for the dragon. He made regular stops into the Nexus whenever he needed to rest. Within the Nexus, Cyril had several projects that he finally had the time to complete.
Cyril sorted out the dagger he acquired at Cemeteria. It was indeed a magic weapon imbued with death magic, but he now understood the law of death enough to remove the curse on it. He could now use the weapon without accidentally raising the dead or creating zombies.
As he had been raised juggling and throwing daggers, he naturally had a preference for daggers. This particular dagger proved to be exceptionally sharp and could cut virtually anything.
He named the dagger "Bloodfeast", as whenever it stabbed someone, it absorbs the lifeforce of its victim into the bloodstone and feeds the wielder of the dagger. This vampiric ability worked even if he threw the weapon, as it recognizes Cyril as its owner and would feed him the lifeforce when he reclaims it. It also returns to Cyril when called, like Mjolnir does to Thor.
Cyril also spent some time in the Nexus and made the remaining giant monsters outside his mansion into puppets. He now had his monster army.
Although the monster's near indestructible bodies could be cut up using Gungnir his staff or Bloodfeast, he still found the fastest way to access the internal organs to create puppets was to extract them from their orifices. This meant the best way was still up the back, as he did not want to damage the voices of the puppets in case he wanted them to talk.
Among the citizens of Asgard itself, he made puppets of the Valkyries first, because they had no injuries on their bodies nor missing body parts. Their souls were sucked directly out of their bodies when the wormhole killed them. He had made 40 Valkyrie puppets that were found complete.
He also turned his wife Sigyn and Sif's bodies into puppets. They were the guardians of his mansion and took care of everything when he wasn't around.
Most of the other Asgardian gods and goddesses were numerous. He did not want to sort them out and make them puppets yet, but he planned to eventually.
Perhaps in the future he would create his own Asgardian army.
After a while, the death and destruction of Asgard seemed a lifetime ago, and he now truly enjoyed the peace he was experiencing, enabling him to fulfill his tasks without worry.
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While Cyril enjoyed his time walking to the StarRock Academy, StarRock was starting to face a major crises, but the teachers at StarRock could not piece together the puzzle and realize it yet.
The eagles going between StarRock and other locations were being attacked by a large dragon. As fewer and fewer eagles were arriving, they couldn't tell for sure if this problem was one or many dragons.
Dragons are rare in Eurathia, and a dragon two times larger than the giant eagles was unheard off until the recent attacks on the eagles and its carriages. The eagle that brought Cyril and Kyra to StarRock was actually the first that was attacked.
Then there was less and less people coming to StarRock by ground transport too. Even the supplies of food and other materials have suddenly dried up. There seemed to be no news whatsoever on the disappearances, and even the scouts sent out have not returned.
StarRock is located in the center of Eurathia and is completely surrounded by thousands of miles of the Grimdeath Forest. It needed supplies otherwise it will run out of food and other necessities. Luckily it had its own spring within the city limits, otherwise the inhabitants would die of thirst.
Before long, the teachers decided to send a strong expedition to investigate. but none of them returned.
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