We see a house in the middle of the Sylvanethia forest. Inside that house we see Sir Akura. He grabs carving tools with his large hands and starts gently carving small wood logs.

  He ends up carving bowls and some utensils.

  He hears a knock on his door, he gets up and opens the door. The person that is standing in front of him is the king of sylvestra. Akura says.

  "What do you want?"

  The king asks if he can come in first and Akura lets him in. The king tells the gaurds to stay outside. The two of them sit down and the king says.

  "I need your help". Akura keeps staring at him and the king continues "The Emberpeak continent is in trouble and they require your aid". Akura says "They got Leonand, isn't he enough?". The king says "Unfortunately, Leonand has been sent to Ashenreach to protect the king of Emberwind". Akura takes a moment and says "Where exactly in Emberpeak?". The king says " It is in the forest of balance". The king takes his leave and goes back with his gaurds to sylvestra. Akura grabs his gear and travels to Emberpeak. As he camps out on the autumn hills. He notices the mountains of Emberpeak slowly shift into different shapes. He decides to ignore them and focus on his wood carvings. The wind slowly blows as the flames of the campfire crackle. The night sky filled with shimmering stars. Akura lays down and stares at the sky for a bit as he slowly dirfts into sleep. He wakes up in the morning and starts looking around. The hill he was on is now in a different location. He gathers his stuff and heads into the forest of balance. As he walks through the forest, he starts to hallucinate and sees strange monsters around him. The forest starts shifting around and the monsters rush at him. He starts fighting them as they overwhelm him. After killing them their body’s slowly vanish. The blood on him disappears and he starts looking around. He decides to ignore everything and keep walking forward. He ends up finding the shrine of balance with an old man near the statue. He gets close to the old man. Before Akura could say a word, the old man says "Ignorant, blind. What a fool".

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  The Creature of Balance reveals himself and starts attacking Akura. As Akura dodges back from the attacks, the world around him changes into a desert. Akura asks "I haven't even attacked you. You look intelligent enough to reason with". The creature says "I simply sensed you. That mana of yours is spilling with murderous intent!". Akura equips his bear claws and takes a stance. The creature starts attacking and Akura keeps dodging while slashing away at him. The two of them keep fighting. The creature falls back and starts casting a spell on Akura. Akura begins to hallucinate and starts seeing nightmarish creatures. They surround him and start attacking him relentlessly. He pushes them away and runs towards the creature of balance. As he attacks the creature, it slowly disintegrates into the air. His mind starts overflowing with more hallucinations. He collapses onto the ground. Their surroundings return back to normal. Akura starts letting out loud roars. The creature watches him with a smile. It raises its hand and sends Akura flying through the forest. As Akura lays down, his mind has been frenzied and blinded. He gets up and starts destroying everything around him. Akura, the blessing of Sylvorra is now nothing but a mindless beast.

  We go back to Art and Lutin who finally returned back to Emberwind. They enter the prince's office and Art tosses the bag that has the creature of balance's head. Daron checks the bag and sees two heads. He asks "Why are there two heads in here". Art answers him "Turns out there were two of them. A little annoying but they weren't too difficult". The prince thanks him and tells him he is welcomed into this kingdom anytime. As Art gets ready to leave, Lutin asks him "Art, shouldn't we go and check on your cousins?". Art says "There's no need to. Come on, where going to the dwarf". The two of them leave and head to Durmer.

  END OF CHAPTER