Elemental Gen - Z

Chapter 63

[Desert Mission Arc - #3]

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"Where are they? Why doesn't the signal look?" muttered Araya still while monitoring the tracking feature on her transformation tool. It had been ten minutes since they had come out of the underground mine, and Araya was still focusing on monitoring it.

"Have they come very far? If far away there must still be a signal." - Dae-Vin, he also tried to do the same thing, which is to monitor.

Until, Dae-Vin remembers something, "don't he get caught up in the illusory world of Darkness Swordman?"

"Why do you think that?" raising her gaze, Araya asked while putting on a look of wonder. Unlike her, Dae-Vin puts on a serious face.

"This also happened when you two disappeared suddenly on the previous mission." Dae-Vin replied still with his serious face. Araya recalls the events of a few days ago, when she and Zaaryan suddenly became lost in such a terrifying dimension. But even so, they can still be found.

Right now, it's late afternoon. The sun was already tilted towards the west and their shadow was already elongated. The sky in the east was already dark, yet they were still trying to find the two comrades who were still disappearing as if swallowed by the earth.

"It's starting at night, how about we take a break?" propose Dae-Vin while standing in his place. Araya stopped, and then turned around.

"Alright, I'm also getting tired" he replied with a small nod. Then they both sat there.

Sitting is not just sitting, they still have not stopped monitoring. Hanny and Zaaryan's signal never showed up.

Not long after, the two of them received a call from the headquarters. There was a sound accompanied by a hologram that was sourced from the transformation tool they both had.

"What's the Professor?" of course Araya asked, not usually they were contacted by the headquarters while on a mission.

"There's a big problem, you have to be careful. In that desert, there was a Darkness Swordman who could transform into a viper. So as much as possible, you should avoid meeting snakes" Professor F warned.

"Sorry Professor, it seems you're too late to tell us." Dae-Vin replied in a strange, uncharacteristic tone. His gaze was empty and pointed straight ahead.

"What do you mean Dae-Vin?" Araya looked towards him. Looking at Dae-Vin who kept staring at the eyes of the snake that was not far from him, Araya had a bad feeling.

Realizing that Dae-Vin has not responded after several times he pats her on the arm, Araya decides to cover Dae-Vin's eyes with her hands.

"Dae-Vin, don't look!"

Communication is cut off. At the headquarters, the Professor was certainly quite surprised to realize the communication had been cut off all of a sudden.

"Something's wrong." murmured Professor F as he stared at the screen of the monitor which was already plain black.

"It seems like it's time to send these weapons to them. This Darkness Swordman is more dangerous." replied Professor R. After that, the two of them sent a weapon to them.

Returning to Araya's position, when her palm was still covering Dae-Vin's eyes, her arm was suddenly bitten by her.

"Ouch!" suddenly, Araya pulled his hand. He saw the mark of fangs on his skin. Araya immediately raised her gaze back to see what was really going on.

Seen, Dae-Vin begins to change. His eyeballs became like snakes, his skin began to scaly, and his teeth turned into fangs. He's been hypnotized!

"Wire, Dae-Vin has been hypnotized.. What should I do?!" Araya immediately turned and lowered her head so as not to look into the eyes of the snake that had hypnotized Dae-Vin. He was deep, he was also panicked and confused.

"Mana Hanny and Zaaryan also disappeared.. I'm alone at the moment." squeezing her hair short, Araya was scared. He closed his eyes.

Meanwhile, behind him, Dae-Vin's changes are intensifying. If left unchecked, he would become a full-fledged snake.

"Haha! Your friend is finally on my side. You're alone now, little girl. What would you choose, be like him, or choose to give up your elemental powers and let it go home?" the voice was heard, the voice of a woman. His voice was exactly what Hanny and Zaaryan had heard a few hours ago.

"Your friends? Ah, apparently they were both friends? They've been in my trap. They won't be able to go outside." without Araya knowing, it turns out she has become a woman wearing black armor. He was also the Darkness Swordman.

Araya opened her eyes. What he said was true, Araya was alone at that time. I mean, no one was on his side.

He started to feel something strange. Araya tried to look at her hand that had been bitten earlier. His blood vessels are starting to blacken.

"Why? You got the poison, right? I can eliminate it, as long as you give up the power of your element first." he said after realizing that Araya was exposed to the poison through the bite of Dae-Vin who had been hypnotized by him.

"Hows it? You could die if you let it. Make a decision immediately and go home safely" he said again as Araya began to stand. He's still behind her.

"will not. I won't die that easily." Araya replied without turning her head. He also started activating the armor mode to protect himself.

'New Feature'

"What'sthis? New feature?" Araya wondered after seeing those two words that appeared within her hologram screen.

'Users can also use drones as weapons. Drones have been modified and can be used for managers as well as weapons.'

That is the explanation that comes up by itself. Araya understands. It turns out that when Shiroi disappeared, he was being modified so that he could help her more.

"Alright, all I can't do is look him in the eye." Araya's inner voice while looking at Dae-Vin who is already like a zombie. He had been hypnotized, so he could be controlled by that Darkness Swordman.

"Ooh, you changed apparently. Try to fight him first before facing me." pushing forward Dae-Vin's body, he spoke again.

"What should I do? I have to fight Dae-Vin?" Araya. Now, he has stood face to face with his partner whose form has changed. The Dae-Vin in front of him had also been in armor mode.

"Araya, for now, he's not Dae-Vin! He's been hypnotized and for a while on his side." All of a sudden, the system makes a sound. A familiar voice.

"You Shiroi?"

"Yes. From now on, I will fight with you, Araya."

"alright. Let's bring our friends back." Araya clenched her hands. Staring straight at Dae-Vin who had already raised his sword and could not be determined when he would slash at his opponent.

SHUU! Wuush!

When his sword blade had not touched his armor yet, Araya immediately jumped up to dodge. However, it's quite difficult. The Dae-Vin movement is very difficult to predict.

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"Hanny! Just stop! It's the Darkness Swordman trap!" Zaaryan shouted at Hanny who was still playing water in the river. However, Hanny instead looked at him with a dislike gaze and put on a grin.

"Darkness Swordman's? Well, he has a friend of mine. And you're just a rioter! If you want to go, just go there!" that's how Hanny responds. He said as if to throw out.

"Hanny, what happened to you? This is not your usual self. Awake it!!" using the power of his element, Zaaryan shouted while changing his water temperature. What was once cold, now became hot water that was almost boiling.

"ah! The heat! The heat! Oye! How dare you do this!" Hanny jumped out of the river. Staring at Zaaryan with a hateful look. Of course Zaaryan already knew that Hanny had been affected by the Darkness Swordman.

To be continued..

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