EVERNA Ring of Fire

TUBAR'E Part 3

Talking about the strongest and most violent champions in Dabongsang, Arumi and Nirya are now with one of them, Jawara Dua, Mora Gorge.

When viewed from his appearance and unblemished behavior, Mora did not seem dangerous at all. But it could be that even senopati as ingeniously as Arumipun was made to believe in Mora. It could be that the second rank is for those who are slick among the five champions.

The three women are now climbing the slopes of Mount Tubar'e. The slope looked as if it was glistening by the scorching sunlight reflected in the dew and the rest of the rainwater that stuck there. The surface is a bit slippery and too steep to climb on foot, but inevitably the slope must be traversed because that is the only way to reach the top of the mountain that looks like the plain.

On the other hand, Nirya's forehead continued to wrinkle. The girl's eyes intermittently stared anxiously at their "new comrade. Mora is not like Widuri, Minata or Begarwana. Even so, Nirya continued to climb the rock slope by utilizing her twin chain kerambit, hooking the ends of her blades on the stone walls. He only lost quickly to Mora, who seems to know every inch of this mountain like flipping a palm.

Unlike Arumi who is more adept at moving on a ship that waddles water waves than on the slope of a mountain slope. Only relying on ropes and hooks like mountaineers in general, the red-haired girl moves the slowest and often stops.

Fortunately, Mora did not seem to be in a hurry. Every time they stood in a safe place on the slope, the woman paused for a moment. On that occasion Mora reminded his two colleagues about what they will face at the top later.

"Beto'dila is a giant frog-crocodile demon that is actually not too powerful. But he managed to drive away Dewi Sasanda, Tubar'e's true caretaker with the black energy intake from Dabongsang Zakuay. From then on, Beto'dila ruled the Peak of Tubar'e and the magic key of the mountain was in his body."

Arumi responded, "Geez... That monster defeated a goddess?!"

"Yes, Beto'dila is that strong."

"Lantas, why are you taking us?" Nirya's tone implied anxiety. "The devotion of the three of us, though combined, is impossible to defeat a creature that has defeated a goddess!"

Mora corrected, "Exorcising, more precisely. Although 'expelled' is almost always interpreted as 'lose', but it could have happened because the goddess deliberately relented."

"How can you?" asked Arumi with wide eyes.

"Of course." Mora shrugged his shoulders. "Only the god knows the whole truth. The only way we can know whether we can defeat Beto'dila or not is to face it."

Arumi was back. Mora's words were reasonable and reasonable. But that did not make his heart palpitate at all. This is clearly a life-and-death gamble. The problem is, if the worst were to happen, would Arumi, Nirya and Mora survive through it?

What needs to be considered at this time is also the next climbing route to the top. It turns out that the mountain slope that must be traversed is very steep, almost perpendicular like a rock cliff. The bodies of the three mountaineers are now connected to a mine, which is strong enough to hold the body weights of three relatively light women.

Mora, who has the strongest arms and most understand the terrain occupies the position of "anchor", which is the earliest climb and in the rock appears at the top position. This means that Mora will have to hold the weight of his two colleagues if for example, Arumi's handling is released.

Nirya, who was the lightest among the three was at the bottom. If this were Mount Barkajang, he would have climbed faster than Mora.

In the middle position, Arumi who is stronger physically than Nirya actually moves the slowest and most carefully. On this very steep slope, Arumi's lack of experience climbing the mountain is increasingly obvious. The girl's body trembled, making it even more difficult to maintain the grip of her hands and hooks on the rock slope.

Be Arumi hit hard by Mora, "Be careful, Jayandra's sea boy! Don't look down! Just one mistake from you, the lives of the three of us will be threatened!"

The additional exposure to the cold wind at the height of this mountain makes Arumi more alert and exert more energy into both arms. Since joining Sthira and Nirya, Arumi has never had to climb to the top of the mountain until now. Battles on Mount Megaswari and Mount Idharma took place at the foot of the mountain and in mountain slope caves.

So, this is indeed a completely new challenge for Arumi. The blood of Megaswari's caretaker, Nyi Lara Sati who flows in her body is not a guarantee "sea child" could be a "mountain child" in the blink of an eye.

Due to lack of training, after climbing for some time, Arumi's sweat poured uncontrollably. It was fortunate that he obeyed Mora's message by leaving his armor device on board. Jaid now his breathing is still quite regular, not panting.

Arumi was already not ashamed to admit his lack of climbing. There was nothing he was covering up, so he had no trouble focusing his mind on one thing. It was reaching for rock after rock in front of him, continuously until it reached was the edge of the mountain peak.

Everything had gone smoothly so far, all that bothered was the bone-freezing gust of mountain wind.

Suddenly, Arumi gasped at Nirya's shrill voice, followed by the feeling that something heavy was pulling her down. While strengthening his grip, Arumi turned his head down.

It turned out that even Nirya who had her grip removed, and was now hanging in the air.

"Enough!" hardik Mora's. "Hold tight, all! The arumi! On the count of three, we swing Nirya towards the slope! One, two, three!"

Arumi was quite quick to respond to the cue and Mora's intention. The veins seem to protrude on the sides of the neck adjacent to the head. As strong as power, Arumi swings the connecting mine. The swing power increased by a portion of Mora's power.

Nirya used the swing power of the mine to grab the slope. The tip of the bandit gripped the stone, but the link was broken again and he returned to the hanging position.

The sudden downward attraction of Nirya again makes Arumi's one-handed hook grip almost detached as well. Arumi shouted again, exerting more energy within. Arumi's hook and five fingers gripped deeper as if immersed, making holes in the mountain rock. The handle is now much sturdier than before.

"Try it again, Nirya!" Back Arumi swung his partner.

With a more concentrated mind and prana, Nirya managed to stick both her flanks on the stone walls of the slope. After returning to the "safe" position, then Nirya and Arumi can breathe a sigh of relief.

Even Mora praised Arumi, "It was already amazing for people who had never climbed a mountain before." While they continue the climb.

Arumi silently smiled, it felt like her spirit had just expanded threefold. But Mora's flattery did not melt his vigilance. Rich in combat experience, Arumi's mind spontaneously returned to its original condition, which was to concentrate fully on the rock in front of him.

No other significant incident occurred, until Arumi's feet stepped on the ground above the top of Tubar'e.

Nirya who had just reached the top and was now behind Arumi said, "Sorry about that, Arumi, my mind had branched, this is because..."

"Already, don't mention," Arumi cut off while half-whispering. "My concern is the same as you about whether Mora can be trusted or not. However, since we are already at the top of Tubar'e, now all we have to worry about is the enemy as strong as what we will face here."

Mora whose position was several steps ahead of Nirya and Arumi exclaimed, "Beto'dila has realized our presence! He hid in one of the three lakes! Beware!"

In order to digest Mora's warning, Arumi floated her eyes far ahead. The peak of Mount Tubar'e apparently shaped a vast plain. Caldera, the crater lake in the middle of the plain looks very unique, if not considered one of the wonders of the world.

The three lakes in the caldera looked irregular. The most unique is the color of the water in each lake is different. The water in the largest lake is brownish-yellow. Apparently the bottom of the lake contains sulfur from the remnants of previous eruption lava that clogged the crater hole.

The water in the second largest lake is blue, classified as clear and reasonable because it is not connected at all with the sulfur lake. Especially the smallest lake, whose water is green. The lake is rather shallow, and the base is full of green moss. Perhaps this lake is the most humid and fertile soil, because it often includes lava from the lake next to it.

In this Age of Magic, perhaps Nirya, Mora and Arumi only consider the phenomenon of the three-color lake is just a mere miracle, regardless of the scientific factor at all.

However, despite all this, there are strange symptoms that clearly cannot be separated from Mora's observation. "It's severe... The water of this lake is very murky, as if blackened."

Nirya responded, "Is it because of the Black Water Energy?"

Mora nodded. "Can be. I've seen the Dabongsang Brothers use it. But I didn't expect the effect on caldera water to be this big." The look on her face that implied pain made Arumi who saw that tickle.

However, before Arumi could ask Mora something, a rustling ripple on the surface of the black water distracted the girl from Jayandra.

"Sw! You guys hear that?" Curiosity prompted Arumi to step closer to the source of the voice.

Mora exclaimed, "Wait, Arumi! Let's just stay here, just in case...!"

Mora's warning was late. From the blackish blue watery lake was a gigantic figure darting out. Not only that, the figure of the crocodile-legged and frog-headed monster jumped up high in the air, like a tiger was about to pounce towards its prey. The jaw of the frog gaping unusually wide, a row of crocodile fangs that each along the pointed dagger on the jaw was ready to pulverize a round human.

Seeing that, Arumi's face was pale for a moment. Let alone avoid, want to scream was no longer time.

Source image reference for Beto'dila: Crocodile Fish, Komodo National Park Website.