*What the hell! Every Mezorel plant here is burned. Are they now aware of my presence?*
Meanwhile at the Haslita plains, where various flowers bloom, Loic searches for Mezorel leaves to treat Argos’s wounds, but every Mezorel plant he encounters is burned to dust. Suddenly, the view he sees is distorted, turning everything into jelly except himself. Not for long until he realized who would do that kind of thing.
“Isn’t this the right way to introduce an opponent?” Loic asked.
“Hello, fellow general, or should I say, traitor. Woah, look at what you’ve been through! Does hell hurt like hell?” A man in robe asked with a smirk.
“It seems that your detective work has paid off, Gredsyg. Do you want to settle the business with me? You already got what you wanted back there. If not for me, you wouldn’t become an affiliate.”
“Oh, no, no, no. That’s just the old times. Now, I&rs
Suddenly, the illusion stops with Loic lying on the ground with a pose of a floating body from a pool. The gray sky made him realized that he is back from the real world. Out of confusion, he stands up and sees the bleeding Gredsyg in front of him. A dagger is embedded in his arm, dispelling every spell he cast accidentally. From the direction of the dagger’s head, he looks to his left and sees his savior.“Hey, sir, are you okay?” Argos shouts in a distance.“Don’t come here, you’ll be caught,” Loic shouts with his trembling voice.“Caught in what? I thought you’re his best friend and that you’re teaching him how to act,” Argos joked and laughs.Gredsyg laughs too before speaking. “Well, in fact, I’m his best friend once before, isn’t it Loic?”“Best friends don’t hurt their backs,” Argos said.Gredsyg smiles and speaks. “I thou
“Uh-oh! There’s the deceiving line again…” Suddenly, without a proper reason, Argos wraps out in confusion after seeing Gredsyg’s forehead suddenly open. “What the hell!?” Gredsyg releases a strong aura of destruction around him, sending Argos flying away from him. The third eye with a darker purple outline appeared on his forehead. Loic runs to Argos to check him up. They see the air getting violent as it swooshes around Gredsyg. Suddenly, the setting changed as they’ve never seen before. Gredsyg manipulated it into a volcanic cave full of lava. The heat wraps their skins, giving them goosebumps while they stand from a big platform made of stone in the middle of the lava pool. A voice echoed around the place. “I thought I wouldn’t resort to this. I shall congratulate you for discovering my hidden weakness, but you made the wrong choice of not killing your opponent. From before, I can only project images from your memories and manipulate only one target. But now you’
It’s already seven when Holessa got home from her mission through the forest. When she passed the boundary, the smiles of hardworking and cooperating villagers gave her a sense of relief, but after she knows that her sister is hiding something from her, the anger inside her made her body tense. The villagers greeted her as she enters the village, but unlike before, she overthinks how she’ll react to them.With a stooped posture, she walks towards her tent, which is separated from the villagers. When she turns left to a huge stone boulder, she saw Walter with crossed arms as he leans from the stone. His eyes are closed as he leaves a deep sigh, but he uncomfortably and unconsciously fidgets his fingers.“Are you done with your errands, or you’re just readying your pussy for bitching?” Walter said.“You’re calm, but that’s not what your body is telling,” Holessa said with a playful grin.“T… That’s Argos. How’s he?” Walter stuttered.“He’s fine. Your job is done. You ca
“Adeline?” Argos asked and looks around after hearing a familiar loud cough. He sees glowing particles revolving around her, which gave them more light to see what’s around.“WTF happened!? You look like a torn punching bag.”“I’ll explain later. Help me first. We need to take shelter. It’s already late,” Argos said with hurried breathing. He runs to Loic to carry him to his cave. Before going near him, Adeline notices the silver-haired person walking towards the forest from afar. She clenches her fist as her gut tells her, but this isn’t the time to release her anger yet.“I’m sorry but I’m afraid I can’t. FYI, I also have weights on me,” Adeline said with a smile. She goes back and brings out an unconscious man from the bush. The man is already tied with rope around his body. Argos jerks his head and shuffles back with a yelp after seeing her kidnapping act.“Who…”“Uh-oh, explanations later,” Adeline said as she raises her index finger.It took them five minutes
*We’re expecting a very huge surprise from the enemy lines until Holessa came back to the village. From her tone, I can’t believe what she said, to not worry about anything. Doubts rose to me, so I didn’t believe her even a bit. I commanded the villagers to prepare for their self-defense weapons that we improvised. The wolves are set in the middle of the village, and this is our only advantage within the fight. Holessa must be dispatching the enemies Gloriosa Dame leaves, a counter-weapon against the wolves. But what happened is what she said.**8 PM passed, and no hostiles appeared. We waited thirty other minutes for the delay but not even a red ant bit our skin. We slept through the night without problems. I misunderstand her by judging from the outside. The negativity of her tone when she said it, maybe she was pertaining to something else. She’s hiding something from us, but it’s nothing connected to defending her village.*<
The tall trees rise out of the earth to brush the sky. The sunlight dances across fern fronds and glitters of morning dew. Adeline and Walter, together with the wind, rustle through the leaves and bushes. It’s still not far from the site, but Walter already twisted his ankle.“Argh!” Walter falls to the ground as he winces from the pain. He didn’t hesitate to use his healing spell on his injured foot. “Sorry, I’m not the athletic type.”Adeline stops running and looks back at him. She swallows hard and sighs heavily out of disappointment. “LMAO. I’m more worried about your mana than you. We just need to catch up with Holessa, that’s all,” she said.“Can you explain why you can’t use your broom? Feel free not to.”“FYI, Brimy is shy around strangers. Every witch’s broom can only be ridden and controlled by its owner, a witch.”“So I’m ju
The man’s face swells red from a hard slap that wakes him up. At first, he thought everything was a dream. He sees himself tied with rope from his chest down his feet. He’s leaning on a wall from a cave he isn’t familiar with. What welcomes his day is the traumatizing face of Argos like he’s planning on dismantling his body.“Good morning, motherfucker!” Argos shouts in front of Ranulph’s face which is flooded by drops of spit. Ranulph flinches his head back as he screams out of shock. “ARGHH!!” He realized that his armor disappeared, leaving only his underwear intact. The only light existing was from the only exit in the right which leads directly to Loic’s room. The squeaks of agitated bats echo within the darkness on his left. The eyes of terror darker than the cave’s darkness stares in front of him.“Did I scare you?” Argos asked as he tilts his head with a restless stare.“W
From the deeper area of the cave, Argos goes back to Loic’s room with a sudden gasp and stumbles as he found Loic preparing a tea for two. The boiling water squeals out the entire room. From what he knows, his wounds are critical and might take him a total of three days rest to recover. But from what he’d seen, he’s completely fine. He can carry the mugs with no sweat. He felt the trembling as he remembers the state of Loic’s body the day before.“Shouldn’t you be resting? You’re just a carpenter wood from yesterday. Now, you’re okay,” Argos said with a smile as he goes near Loic.“It would take me days, but thank you for pulling out the nails. How did you do what I didn’t say?” Loic asked as he looks at Argos. Argos still can’t believe how fast he recovers. He paused for a little bit to scan Loic’s body from his wounds.*He’s completely fine… except for his burns. Did I travel back time? He’s completely unscathed. He might have died back there. I’ve seen that his wounds co