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J. doesn’t know if he should sigh from relief that the fight was over for now or be worried that Ares is going to start suspecting something once the dragon settled and thinks about the person Blink is here with. However, for now, he thought it was best to proceed with his plans rather than worrying about the inevitability of the future to come. Moreover, if he doesn’t start his plans now he may never get it done in time. Part of J. really doesn’t want to send his baby sister off to the Earth Nation. Though a power nation, J. knew her home is with the Lights and she would miss it terribly.

Sometimes he really regrets for raising Lexi to be so alike their mother, someone with honor, sense of justice and duty. If she had grown up as the spoiled princess she is supposed to be, then it would not only make J.’s job easier, he would also be less worried that she would throw herself away for the better of others. Knowing the type of person Lexibelle is, J. couldn’t help but think through all the possibility she had planned for accepting the proposal. None of them has a good ending.

“Take me towards the center of the island Blink.” J. said as everyone leaves for the mountain.

Blink looked at him quizzically, J. doesn’t seem at all worried about the white badge appearing on his chest. “If you don’t compete in the race, you’ll be kicked and the whole plan is over…” Blink warns.

“Don’t worry” J. replied as he jumped onto Blink’s back after he pulled out four badges to show Blink,Rogarsh got that part taken care of. We just have to concentrate on the plan. [b]

With one powerful flap of his wings, Blink took off into the sky. Unlike other dragons, he pointed himself to the opposite direction, a forest in the middle of the Island. [b]”You seem to have thought about this a lot” Blink said with a hint of sourness through his words.

“you’re right she…no We did died in this stage…” J. replied feeling the same acidic emotion in his chest. For the rest of the way, the two had said nothing.

Upon arriving at the designation he bounded for, the two shadowy figures disappeared into the trees. J. knew he have to act swiftly If he doesn’t want to be caught. Furthermore, he’ll need a diversion, something to keep the Committee busy while he searched for the Prize right under their noses. Likely, J. doesn’t have to worry about Ares finding out because J. was sure that he’d known by now. This means J. can use his original plan to cause a commotion.

J. took out a potion he had sneaked on to the island, the little veil contained the liquid that would amplify his powers for one hour, a steroid banned on the games because of the toll it takes on the Knight. But this was J.’s best shot to hold the Prize as hostage. He drank all of the slivery blue content and felt power caress through his body. He then called out to both Ares’ and Blink’s power and began to draw out his masterpiece of illusion.

He watched as the vast illusion began to blend itself among the scenery, swallowing the mountain where the mini-games are held whole. He constructed this pseudo-reality and knew soon enough his illusions would the riders enough trouble. They would be trapped in a never ending maze without realizing it. They will not reach the next point of the games till J. allows them to. Of course he had thought it out if someone were to think it is weird that J. is nowhere to be found, so he had constructed himself as well in the illusion.

Now, with the riders trapped and the Committee bustling around to solve the problem of where the riders had gone to, J. can begin setting up the basics to his plan.

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Lexibelle and Ares sat on a huge rock at the foot of the mountain. The young girl eyed the black badge pinned to her emerald dress as she thought hard about how to find the rest. Lexi had spent many days and nights in the Lumiere Library and she remembered reading about Illusion trolls, nasty little creatures that uses their power to run the innocent off cliffs for fun. Most of the time, their poor victims doesn’t even know they had stepped to their death when they were just chasing after a loved one on a beach or in a field of flowers. Not many untrained eyes can separate the illusions from reality and some chooses to stay in the illusions even. The only bright side to the situation was that troll’s element bend wasn’t as strong as a dragons and plus they are not that bright, their illusions are riddled with mistakes and weak mending.

Lexi knew she doesn’t have much time to play with the creatures, because being inexperienced with dragons had already put her in a great disadvantage. “If White reflects light, and black absorbs, then we can use that to our advantage. “ She waved her hands and sent firefly looking bunch of lights into the forest. The sparkles roamed the forest with speed of light, some getting refracted, some getting reflect, but Lexi’s attention turned only to those that are absorbed. Having now a general idea of where the badges she needs are, Lexi thought about how she is going to tackle the killing part as she walked towards the first troll holding a white badge.