Soon, the feast came. Holessa starts clenching her fists and jaws after seeing the man Loic brought out. She remembered the false promises that he had made, the cage where he put her, and the betrayal he made for money in exchange for hundreds of lives. He is the previous knight of the Aumoxozar kingdom who is expelled and now is bound with ropes around his body while half-naked. Unlike before, his looks are more childish and illogical, like he became mentally ill. Ranulph begs her out of mercy so that they could stop the torture he’d experienced.
“I… I know you are angry at me… Please… Stop kicking me in the balls…”
“Why are you here, you filthy fuck!” Holessa asked as she mocks punching Ranulph.
“Please!! Don’t hurt me!” Ranulph cried as he begs not to experience pain anymore.
While all of them at looking at her, Holessa backs out and looks away at Ranulph with dissatisfaction.
Argos and Ranulph ended in a quick negotiation. Argos didn’t even have a sip of difficulty convincing him because he already know how to win his side. Ranulph agreed to help them track the sanctuary every villager is held in exchange for showing him the spot where he could freely see the upcoming concert of BLUEPINK at the Aumoxozar Kingdom.Meanwhile, at the same time, a man wakes up and sees himself bleeding from top to bottom. He is tied from chains with both hands and feet against him. He can’t distinguish where he was but he can clearly see the bricks from a single torch lighting the hallway. Lately, he recognized himself tied to the wall at the end of the hallway.In the hallway, every section is divided into rooms with metal bars where there is a fixed number of persons who are staying. Far beyond the hallway, there is nothing he can see. Everything is dark except the only place with a torch near him. He hears some steps coming near him together with
After their strategic meet, Walter spends his time healing Ranulph with all of his energy. He requests a short rest before he goes back to the campsite so that he can assure his safety. Just after Ranulph is already healed, Argos suddenly asks him to be their guide on their route. He didn’t give him a bit of rest even though Argos and the two adventurers spend their time sleeping before.In no time, Argos already departed together with Ranulph and the two other adventurers. He already noticed that they are lacking time after all the hassle Loic did. Like before, Ranulph leads their way without any clothing, just his underwear and tied hands. They spent an hour walking towards the sanctuary where they think the people of Algaur are possibly held.Soon, they entered a forest full of trees with gray leaves. The ground also retracts the color of it together with the mosses. They realized that the biome they are entering is a swamp.“Are you really sure w
The time Argos infiltrates the sanctuary where the people of Algaur are possibly held, Walter departs from Loic’s temporary home as he says goodbye to Holessa with a smug. Unlike when she’s stressed, Holessa didn’t bother hearing his front face. Walter then reached the site after an hour.The site still doesn’t contain any living person from Algaur, in which he concluded that everyone, even Zeus, is captured by the Octagon. He sits at the edge of the cliff near the campsite as he looks at the sunset. “Whew, now I’m free of stress,” Walter said with a sigh of relief.“Are you annoyed with your allies?” A voice of a familiar woman said behind him. When Walter turns his head back, he saw a girl with black hair and crimson eyes, who is the one he already met earlier that day.“I’m annoyed by the problem they make,” Walter said as he turns back to the setting sun. “Why are you here? Aren&rs
Argos entered the trapdoor that might lead to the lower levels of the sanctuary as Ranulph said. The hole is tight for a person, even tighter than an exhaust vent where people in the movies plan their escape. The hole is unbelievably made of metal, but the metal used seems like ages ago and never replaced. Every move he makes, the powdered rust makes both his arms and knee hurt.As he thinks, the smell of the rusted metal is already spoiled, making him nauseous. He can’t move if he pinches his nose using his fingers that is why he holds his breath every twenty seconds. The metal bar seems to be nearly collapsing too. After minutes of his narrow journey towards the other side of the tunnel, the most unwelcome guests in which he prayed not to exist there blocks his way.“Argh! Ants! How long did someone pass here? This seems older than me. And ugh, it stinks too much! I’m concerned about how will I look like after I get out of this giant straw,” A
“Moving on, I heard that you are attacking at the sanctuary. Are you sure that the ones you are finding are there?” Iris asked, coming from the earlier conversations that she overheard.“Better risk than sorry,” Walter said.“I hope so,” Iris said and sighs.“What about it? Did your gossiping skills just level up?” Walter commented with a raised eyebrow.“It is just pure coincidence. It’s just the right thing I left Gerard back there,” Iris said.“What weight are you planning to put on us this time?” Walter asked.“No, no, that isn’t my decision. It’s fully his,” Iris said as she waves her hands out of misunderstanding.“Will he try to bomb Argos as well, as he did at Zeus back then?” Walter concluded.“Oh, did I forget to tell you? Your friend got caught in a false trap,” Iris said to clarify things out
“Lenard…” Argos gasped.“B… Be…” Zeus stuttered with his fully injured lips.Argos quickly goes to him so that he could free Zeus out of his bind as he knows that the chains are already vulnerable to force. “Don’t talk. You’ll just experience pain. Don’t worry. I am here to save you all,” Argos said.“Behind… you…” Zeus stuttered.“What?” Argos’s eyes widened as he turns around and sees the two person who he heard back then. “Do you want to play some chess?” Argos draws his blade the moment the two person come out of the shadows.“We are deeply sorry. We just finished playing it by the way,” the big man in the right said in a friendly way as he scratches the back of his head with a burst of embarrassed laughter. Standing 6' 3" tall, and stout with cream skin, this man has a focused feel about him. He has sou
“Eh… Friendship… right?” Argos stuttered as he starts stepping back away from them.“There is no consideration for a friend when you are an enemy from the start!” Turoc exclaimed as he readied his weapon to swing it to Argos but just before their weapons became in contact with Argos, they suddenly stopped. Their bodies start shaking forcibly like they are holding the pain in their inner bodies. Not so long until they fell down the ground out of paralysis, a new man appeared in front of him.“Eh?” Argos stuttered out of confusion not until he clearly see the man’s face in visible light. His face made him remind of the first incident Lenard is involved with. “Are you…”The man picks out a set of keys from his back and shows it to him. “Is this what you are looking for?” The man asked with the tingling sounds of colliding metals in his hand. Argos can’t reassure his safety
“I’m going now!” Argos exclaimed, but before he goes back to the wilderness, he left a raging whispered message to Gerard. “If you did anything at them, you will experience ten times what you did.”He runs toward the resting room of the guards and it seems no one is still hanging back in there. He suddenly felt some sudden vibrations of the ceiling coming from above. “Was there an earthquake? Well, whatever. Alex’s distractions seem to be in favor of me. Now, I’m going back again to this irritating narrow hole full of ants. I swear I won’t go back at this way again!” Argos complained as he stares at the tunnel he came from.Without noticing the time, he crawls back out the tunnel with this bugged-out mind. He thought that it would be the only time he will be able to think so that he could utilize both resources and time. With only ten minutes of slow crawling, he already thought of most of the things he needed
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