BATTLE CRY'S

Lontara 26: Forest of Death Alignment

"You got the Grimoire that is in the legend and managed to master it huh." Raiden spoke to him and slowly opened his eyes, emanating a blue glow from both of Raiden's Eyes. Scar saw both of Raiden's eyeballs and was surprised he had never seen such eyeballs and it wasn't Raiden's real eye.

The whole eyeball is blue and has a beautiful white pattern.

"You, it turns out the secret why the shot never misses is that!, Angel Eyes." Angel Eyes is a pair of magic heirlooms that exist in the same legend as the Heaven Sword Grimoire, a book that contains the magic of the heaven sword.

Legend has it that there used to be some magic heirlooms and the strongest Grimoires scattered in the Central Continent. This heirloom and Grimoire was the strongest who could control it then it would be the number one Magician in the Mainland of the Middle Continent.

Scar realized that looking into those eyes directly could be fatal. He immediately closed his eyes.

"This is not yet the full force of these eyes." Raiden let out a cold look at Scar, Scar feels like he's on a big rock. The aura emanating from those eyes made it hard to move and breathe, Scar tried to reduce the impact of that aura by emitting the murderous aura he had gathered from the Demonic Beast he killed.

But free of the aura it was too strong, his sword fell on the ground and Scar bent his knee. He tried to escape but free.

"Kill me.." said Scar slowly. Implied deep sadness in both words that he blurted out.

Raiden simply fell silent, then closed his eyes again. The aura that was suppressing Scar disappeared completely.

"Please, kill me Raiden... Please." Please." Now Scar who was bent on the knee even though the aura that was pressing down on him had been pulled and stared at the ground below him.

"A. I'm not strong anymore"

Raiden just stood there without replying to Scar.

"He died because I was too weak, it was all my fault. I was ashamed to live as a person who could not save my own friends, but I already had no face to meet them there" The middle-aged man covered his face with both hands.

He could not blame Raiden because he was the one given responsibility by his teacher.

"It's not your fault, I'm also weak" Raiden finally raised his voice, then Scar raised his head and looked at Raiden.

Raiden then undressed, on the left side of the young man's body now visible, his left side full of scars and large bite marks on the abdomen. What surprised Scar, however, was that Raiden's Left Hand had disappeared.

"What's going on?" Ask Scar.

"That night...." Raiden looked at the sky that began to eject Surya from the eastern horizon and told him what had happened fifteen years ago.

That night Raiden gets a message sent by Scar through his eagle, the message is if Scar and Elisha are in trouble.

"Damn I shouldn't have left them at the border!" Raiden clenches his hand and breaks through the darkness of the night with his horse to go to Scar's location.

It took a long time to get to the location of the two of them because the dark Path and Raiden were continuously blocked by the Demonic Beast, who was the only one in the world, because when it was a great turmoil in the Geateria Kingdom by the Demonic Beasts who rampaged and attacked humans.

When he was almost there, he was surrounded by a pack of Silver Eye wolf, which was the same level as the Gold Mage and led by the Three Star Wizard-level Golden Fang Wolf. At that time he was still at the level of Cooper Mage End stage. Of course he was not the opponent of a Golden Fang Wolf nor his men, but he managed to escape from the Golden Fang Wolf despite having to pay a heavy price for it which was the severance of his left hand.

While trying to find the location of Scar he collapsed due to lack of blood and realized when the exterminator team sent the kingdom to save him, Raiden sought the whereabouts of his two friends but the results were nil. Since then Raiden thought both of his friends had died.

Raiden closed the story by covering the left side of his body again.

"You know, this forest is called the Death Harmony Forest. And it's said that we can talk to those who are not in the heart of this forest" Raiden said, looking at the forest with lush trees and tall trees behind it.

"Come with me" Raiden stepped into the forest while Scar was a little curious about the exposure Raiden followed from behind leaving behind his entire sword.

They entered the forest and the more they entered the less sunlight that could enter due to the denseness of this forest.

They walked through the forest until not a single light was seen when entering further, Raiden's eyes caught a flickering light in the distance.

When it reached the heart of this forest was a grove of trees that gave off a dim purple light, then there was something in the form of small specks flying in the air. The view inside the cluster of glowing trees was so beautiful. Like in the land of fairies.

"Close your eyes" Raiden told Scar to close his eyes.

Scar inhaled a breath and then took it out and closed his eyes.

Nothing was visible, only black and instantly he felt a gust of wind around him. Slowly he opened his eyes and was surprised because suddenly he was now standing in a vast field of flowers with warm sunlight. The red and white flowers. The wind that swept through the field sounded so soft.

He inhaled the scent of the flower with a feeling of longing, longing that had been buried for decades.

He knelt down and plucked a red flower and sat down and enjoyed this scene, not knowing where he was. Maybe this is nature, he thought.

He was still staring at the vast flower field until he felt someone leaning on his back. A warm and peaceful feeling enveloped him.

Scar doesn't have to turn around to know who's leaning on his back because he knows exactly who it is, only one person has ever leaned on his back and only that person can.

"What are you doing here, Scar?" Said the man softly.

A voice that feels distant, a voice that makes him long, a melodious voice that reminds him of the past.

"What do you want?" That voice sounds happy.

"I think I want to be forgiven" Scar clenched his teeth, trying hard not to turn to look at the girl who was leaning on his back.

The girl laughed. Ah, that laugh was like a hum from heaven in Scar's ear.

"I'm sorry?, for what?. You shouldn't be apologizing to me"

"But, your brother, I mean the teacher..."

"Not my sister either"

The girl now turned to look at Andros' back.

"The one who should forgive you is neither me nor big brother.but that person is you, Scar" Scar widened his eyes, turning to look at the girl he had longed for half-dead.

"But instead of saying sorry, I'd rather say thank you, you've struggled, or I'm grateful you're here. Take care of yourself, Scar"

But when he turned around the girl vanished, only the sound of her sweet laughter could still be heard in Scar's ears.

Then a voice came from the sky.

"See you, Scar."

Scar could not help but feel in his chest and cried in the Flower Field, the tears he had been holding for so long Spilled out instantly, he cried like a very sad little child.

"Thank you, Elisha...... I'm grateful.. You've appeared in my life" Scar said sobbing.

"Hoi, why are you crying?," then a man's voice rang out in Scar's ear with a loud laugh. "You are ninety-three years old, you are old!. Well even though your face is still like forty." A familiar man's voice in Scar's ears sounded.

He turned around and saw the form of a man who became a teacher as well as the brother of his idol.

"Teacher.." said Scar staring at the man.

"Hm.What is this?, you don't usually call me teacher. Usually you call me Skye or Skye Fuck." He smiled amusedly.

"I'm sorry, I can't bear the burden you've given me. I let your sister die" Scar bowed.

"Hedeh.your stubborn disease is still there even after almost a century of age. Didn't Elisha explain it just now." Skye scratched her non-itchy head.

"So.. You left my way of the sword?" Ask Skye.

"I don't dare to hold your legacy's sword."

"Well, I can't stay here long. My message is that you must live, live your life. Remember you have to live, live, live and then die, all I can pass on to you is a sword, my dreams and my spirit" Skye's form slowly disappears into glowing dust before it disappears completely.

Scar's cry broke again. He cheered for the sky. "I'll carry your dream dream, and when it gets to you all the dreams I'll throw in your face, God damn it" after that Scar laughed up into the sky with relief

He does not know whether he can forgive himself or not, but clearly his life is still long and maybe he can still live another hundred years. That face, the relieved smiling face that had not been seen for many years once again appeared on Scar's face.

Scar opened his eyes and saw Raiden sitting down drinking Arak in his pumpkin jug.

Scar wiped away the rest of his tears then stood up while saying in a calm tone.

"Hey, can that sin be redeemed?" He said while staring at the trees.

"That's it" Raiden replied briefly.

"I thought I'd try it"

The two of them were silent for quite a while before Scar asked.

"Did you also meet those who were dead?" Ask Scar

"No"

"Why?, when you also close your eyes." Scar frowned.

"That's because I could see through my eyelids" felt an annoyed tone in Raiden's voice just now.

Scar tried to hold back his laughter hearing that

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