The sun’s ray blooms with the leaves of trees swaying together with the winds, greeting Walter a nice morning. As he enters the tent where Holessa is resting, his eyes suddenly widen after seeing Holessa already sitting from her bed made of a pile of clothes. She is staring blankly towards the end of the void, thinking about the past things she should have done. Her mouth goes dry while a heavy and numb feeling weighs her heart.
Walter sighs and talks. “Are you fine?” He did not get an answer from her, instead, he goes out to prepare a soup for her. He enters the tent with the bowl in his hand and sits beside Holessa. He scoops a tablespoon of the soup and puts it in Holessa’s mouth but she didn’t open it. “Take this while I’m still patient. Don’t you want this?”
Holessa shakes her head slowly to deny his offer. Walter puts the soup beside her so that anytime she can fill her stomach in case she calms and changed he
Argos gasps out of shock as he sees the collection of weapons and paintings hanging in the guild master’s room. They saw an old man standing and staring at the window where he can clearly see outside. He turns back and sees the two who just entered. Argos saw an old man wearing a thick kimono. Standing 5' 3" tall and with olive skin, this man has a respectable feel about him. He has soulless blood-red eyes and his mid-back length, lank, grey hair is lightly loose. He greets his guest and treats them like a family.“Hello, kids!”“Hello, grandpa Chasly!” Alex said with joy as he waves his hand in the air. Argos did not catch up with their connection, that is why he also copied what he did.“Hello, grandpa Chasly!”“W… Who is this, Alex?” The old man asks Alex but Argos replies.“Oh, hahaha! I apologize for the late introduction. I am Argos, and I am currently living in Algaur. I met
A few minutes later, Alex and Argos already finished their talk with the guild master and go down to the resting area. They wandered around for free space but it seems that the tables are already full, except for one. In the far left near the barrels, there is a table with four seats but only one person who is sleeping occupies it. They decided to share the table for just a small amount of time.“Excuse us,” Alex said and sits down. Argos sits in front of him. “How does your talk go?”“Nice,” Argos replied with a cold voice.“That’s just it? What did he say about the quest? Is he really aware of the details of the quest?”“He isn’t. He said that it was just a misplace and he deeply apologizes for you. In return, he will help us in facing Octagon,” Argos said. *I can’t say the whole reason why that quest emerged. They will just worry more to their guild master, causing a quantita
After the two women entered the alley, and the woman beside Argos bought the necklace, he runs quickly but stealthily towards the alley. Zak noticed Argos’s escape from his surveillance and runs after him.“Hey you, where are you going!? What crimes are you plotting again!?” Zak shouted, but Argos is already far from them, which makes what he says inedible. He sighs when Argos already enters the cave. “Alex, follow him. You two are close, right? I’ll keep my distance from here,” he said to Alex. After Alex followed through the alley, he noticed the girl who is buying the necklace staring at the alleyway with a blank look.She clasped her hand and holds the necklace tight. She then smiled as she stares back at the necklace and notices Zak staring at him. When Zak saw her beautiful face smiling with sweetness, his cheeks appeared red. He didn’t expect that she will come over him and hold his hand which in fact froze him near deat
*Guess I ain’t gotten dirty.* After going out the alleyway with his two co-players, Argos thought that his name is already dirtied, but the people seem not to care about what he did earlier. He thought Zak’s shout might have caused him some trouble, leading to misinterpretation. The people passing him seems not to care about the situation, except the necklace merchant he’d just spoken earlier with.“Guards can clear up the main road, can’t they do the same to alleyways? I thought I shouldn’t have to worry about bandit attacks here inside the city,” Argos said.“They are not facing slimes. Instead the lesser chance that it is stronger than them. Since we players entered here, the dark side seems to be getting stronger, and there is no denying that there’s a shade in it,” Alex said.“By shade, you mean Politics?” Argos asked.“Shhh. Not until we’ve gotten stronger than them,
In the dark side of the shadows filled with a thick gray smoke around him, Argos found himself tied in chains with his hands above him. His feet are also tied below, but the chains are connected into an endless pit. There is no ground nor skies that he can see. Everything is a darker cumulonimbus not until the smoke in front of him clears up.“Why am I bound? What exactly happened? I can’t remember anything.” Argos tries to shake his hands and feet out but the grip holds him tight of his spot. Suddenly, two small floating red circles glow behind the smoke in front of him. Every second, it gets near him. After the smoke clears up, he clearly sees the silhouette of a person with long hair approaching him. The approaching glow is coming from her eyes.“You…” The angered voice of a woman said as she walks toward Argos.“Who are-” Argos stuttered with trembling knees and frozen body before he got a clear picture of her
“Eh?” Argos tilts his head while lying down on his temporary bed.The man dilated his eyes towards Rillon as he raises his tone out of shock. “Hey, Rillon, apologize to him! We are not here to blame him. You are being rude from your life-saver.”“Why did you save me!?” Rillon shouted as she clenched her fists with her furrowed eyebrows. “Did I give you the permission to save me!?”“Hey, stop it!” The man said as he goes towards Rillion and touches her shoulder but Rillon avoids it. She turns back with an angered look towards the man.“You stop! Stop pretending to be my father…” She shouted while pointing her finger towards him, and later turns to Argos. “and you, stop meddling to other people’s business! You are nothing but a stranger!”She walks out the door with her stomping feet that creates a loud sound from the wooden floor. Argos left his mouth ha
Argos grunts as he climbs up the house’s rooftop after getting out of the house suddenly. The house is a mixture of wood and stone, capable to withstand medium types of thunderstorms. The house is climbable from its sides. He grunts after reaching the second-floor rooftop and sees the shining moonlight striking down the kingdom surrounded by walls.On the far edge of the opposite side, a girl sits as she looks at the moon shining bright. Argos goes beside her and sits down at the edge of the roof.“I would’ve thought you’re here. I hope you won’t plan on jumping again.”Rillon moves inches away from him and speaks. “Distance, please. You’re the one jumping to conclusions.”“You aren’t angry? Are you alright now?” Argos asked with an open mouth left hanging.“I must be the one asking that,” Rillon said and bows her head down, staring at the ground. She continues to s
The whole night, Argos has full control over Ibbara’s bedroom. While Ibbara sleeps on the couch in the living room, Argos spends his time resting, catching up the past days he went restless. For him, it’s good to have Rillon’s side even if he means to lie. What he did is also for her, so that she could find some purpose in life.Argos spends the night for just hours after sleeping half a day earlier. The moment he wakes up, he already planned not to stay for long. At three midnight, he wakes up silently in the room with only the night candle open. He left a piece of letter beside his bed. He stands up and opens the door out to the hallway. He sees Ibbara sleeping on the couch and walks stealthily with his featherweight feet on the fragile wooden floor, but the moment he is already on the door, Ibbara wakes up.His eyes widened out of shock, but it is better to be caught than to leave without notice which is rude. Ibbara tilts his head slightly to the
Argos and his platoon already set up for their journey to the Aumoxozar Kingdom and its nearby towns. Even if would take too long for them to accomplish their task, which is finding a veteran doctor with the exchange of the Golden Rin. With the luxuries and comfort that Argos provided them, Alex and Zak didn’t hesitate to join his squad. They considered it as a mode of payment for his deeds.“Head check! I already have Zak and Alex. How is everybody doing?” Argos asked as they gathered near the hill where Loic’s cave is located.“Holessa and I, ready to go,” Loic as he puts his hand on Holessa’s right shoulder.“Argos!” Suddenly, a tiny girl’s voice caught Argos’s attention.“Sevy! Are you fine now… why are you with this guy? He should be bound back there,” Argos asked as he narrows his eyes towards Ranulph. “Are you doing something malicious? If you d
Still the same night where Holessa caught Walter talking to one of the affiliates of the Octagon, Iris Borguignon, which is really a mysterious adventurer, Saga, Walter and Saga tries to simplify their understanding of their world. Even if it is only a short time left, Walter did his best to create an explanation that will not trigger the World’s forbidden banner.“So you came in here as heroes? What are you really planning to do?” Holessa asked but Walter replied with an unusual and childish answer.“I already devoted myself to restoring this world.”“You are really into this, kid Walter,” Saga commented and chuckles.“I am taking a hard time right now because of a sudden decision that you did. Damn you Saga,” Walter complained as he gives Saga furrowed eyebrows.“It is fine if you are already tired of explaining. There is still time. Walter is always with me anyway so he can answer my qu
“To put it simply, there is a man who used high-class alchemy to preserve lifeforms in an orb. He longs to put human souls in some container right after they died. I know that is impossible, but that man did whatever he can in which he succeeded.“The samples of orbs that he had reached a huge space that it nearly overloads, and he needs to solve it as fast as possible else he will be classified as a murderer. After he succeeded with a faulty orb, he created a world wherein those orbs will mimic a human body so that they could interact with each other even after they died. As there is a person that dies every day, their souls are gathered by this man, giving them a new and interactive home. That world is the world where we are stepping right now, Cordale,” Walter explained to Holessa the situation of the world as simple as he can without triggering any violent triggers from the Mishima system.“What are you getting into?” Holessa asked as
The forest was vast, gloomy, and blooming. Its canopy was claimed by juniper, willow, and magnolia, and occasional openings in their crowns allowed plenty of light through for a hodgepodge of sprouts to make use of the rich grounds below.Silent branches embraced the occasional tree, and a potpourri of flowers, which were common to this area only, added some bright touches to the otherwise amber scenery.A disharmony of wild noises, most belonged to critters, resonated through the air, and were in harmony with the rustling of the leaves and branches of the treetops in the wind.“Starting tomorrow, Holessa, together with Loic, will set out to find her sister. You should follow her. Maybe that can be your chance to clarify things out,” Walter said to Iris as he gives her a new set of commands.“Who’s following who…” A voice said behind Walter, which give Walter goosebumps. As he turns back, he sees the one he wished not to h
The night came when the full moon shines throughout the forest while everyone is already asleep. Walter checks everything around him so that he can make sure that no one is following him. Without further ado, he left the site without any trace of his disappearance. He went not so far in the northern part of the Haslita plains and waited at a huge boulder of rock from the forest. While he sits in the stone boulder, he hears some whooshes of the bush behind him.“If you are appearing, can you please give me a sign that is more recognizable to humans,” Walter complained with crossed arms.“Are you sure no one followed you?” Iris said after appearing behind Walter but is looking at her left.Walter turns back and asks her the reason for a sudden appearance. “I’m better careful than never. What is the reason you are here? Did you miss me?”“Eat your balls, Coulomb. I’m here to check up for the Golden Rin. I
Holessa checks for Sevy at her tent but unexpectedly, she isn’t there. Meanwhile, at the cave where Ranulph is caged, Sevy spends her time thinking on the side of the wall of the cave. It might be dark, but because Ranulph is already two days staying in the dark, even with the small lighting from Loic’s room, he can see her lost hope in life.“You really are a strong one, kid. Do you want to be here too? I wouldn’t recommend copying me, else they might do the same to you,” Ranulph said but he didn’t get a reply from her. He thinks of a way so that he can be close to her but he didn’t expect to be suppressed by her. “Do you want me to tell you a bedtime story?”“Just shut up, you ridiculous chief!” Sevy shouted with rage against him.“Woah. I get surpassed by a kid! Sorry for all of that…” Ranulph apologized bowing his head towards her. But because Ranulph is a fool, he did not g
Just later that afternoon, Loic brought Argos to their own tent. After Argos opens the tent doors, he sees everyone gathering beside Zeus. He just realized that they started the party without him, the initiator.“Hi, guys. Welcome to my blog,” Argos said.“Did Loic slap you? You seem fine by now as I can see,” Holessa said.“More like a slap of reality,” Argos replied and adds. “Is that true, Holessa!? That powerful witch is your sister!? I already had a hunch since I have met her.”“Celestia, she is one of the top rankers in the Oak Spirit ever since the incident five years ago happened. The coven prevents her from casting some common spells because she finds them destructive as she can’t control them well. It once threatened the village by making it rain with toxic acid, causing minor casualties,” Holessa explained.“Acid rain? I think it is already normal,” Alex commen
In the afternoon, Argos sits on the cliff in front of Loic’s cave as he watches the art and wonders that the sunset makes. He is completely blanked out together with the quietness that he is gasping. His foot swings while feeling the swing of the air that collides with him. But the calmness of what is around him isn’t synchronizing with what he has in mind. Meanwhile, Loic came up of his cave and sees Argos spending his time alone. He sits beside him so that he could ask what is wrong.“Do you want some drinks for chilling?” Loic suggested.“Why are you here? You distracted my way of thinking,” Argos complained with a cold tone.“Are you really thinking, or you are just regretting your past actions? Either way, it won’t help you calm down. Get some refresher. I can assure you that everything here is fine. The villagers are all safe, and the race against time is already finished,” Loic said.“But
The villagers easily escaped with the help of Argos and his party, but the problem is where they will reside. In order to stop enemies from tracking their path, they detoured a long route but their destination isn’t the campsite, but towards the Haslita woods. Holessa and Loic fully welcome the villagers for a temporary stay, but the mood they brought back isn’t a touch of victory but internal defeat.Just after going to a new home with all of the people downed, Loic crafted a cross using wood and buried it on the ground to pay respects to Old Marza and her heroism. With her veteran medic title, all of the villagers attended a short ceremony to thank him. The most affected individual are both Sevy and Argos because they saw clearly with their eyes what happened, and the regret is still inside their hearts.Two days after…The villager already set up a tent for each of the families affected. They placed their tents the same way as what it was l