EVERNA Ring of Fire

YAMKORA Part 7

Sthira. "No, our aim is to weaken the warring countries of Antapada, to end the prolonged war that has ravaged our homeland."

"Lantas, why are you going to Dhuraga anyway? Why choose Yamkora, this dead and snow-covered volcano?" ask Yamano.

"Because what we're after is your life" Arumi exclaimed as she pointed her big dagger at the "targets. "Dhuraga is getting stronger and more aggressive, sooner or later it will certainly plunder and colonize the already weak countries of Antapada."

Nirya chimed, "Remove the unifying figure of the country, the Dhuraga tribes will be scattered and weak again."

For a moment, silence spread. Then the sound of laughter Yori aka Cayari Yamano blared, breaking the silence. "Haha! Our answer turned out to be right. As fellow volcano caretakers, we have felt our inner contact with several other caretakers cut off. This is a golden opportunity for Dhuraga to take control of all of Antapada, and our preparations are almost complete. Unexpectedly, it turns out that the series of volcanic eruptions is not coincidental and natural, but caused by your actions!"

Aswa aka Cayari Aronawa added, "So, we thank you for creating this opportunity. Even so, since you came to stop us anyway, we had to stop you. And as it turned out, for that we had to exert the ultimate power!"

In unison, the entire body of the pair of giant celari shimmered very brightly. The aura in their bodies was radiating and blazing, a sign they were gathering the ultimate energy to exert their strongest moves.

"Be careful, the ultimate moves usually hit in all directions!" sthira. "Come, run to that cave!" Without saying much, the other three warriors immediately ran after the Kalingga man.

Dhaka is certainly the fastest to return in the cave. His body trembled so violently, his branching tongue felt stiff that he had not spoken since.

On the other hand, Nirya felt one more symptom. As he continued to run he exclaimed, "Listen to friends! Feel it too, it looks like there's an earthquake!" He sharpened his audience, trying to convince himself that the rumbling sound he heard was not the source of a pair of giant rays.

Just right at the mouth of the cave, Nirya turned around and this time sharpened her sense of sight. While hovering not far from the ground, Cayari Yamano-Aronawa continued to flap his wings, gathering white energy until the radiance in his body both grew larger. There are also white energy arrays emanating from the white peak called "snow" by the guards. What is surprising is, the rumbling and shaking sounds like an earthquake that turned out to come from the snow peak just above the head of Nirya.

Stunned, Nirya quickly entered the cave, then exclaimed outside, "Yumano and Aronawa, stop your moves! If you continue, you will cause an earthquake at the peak that you call 'snow!"

Kumano's reply echoed instantly, "Naive girl, do you think we will stop killing you, especially after you reveal the most horrific act in Antapada history that you have done? Let there be an earthquake in Dhuraga, as long as the bearers of this disaster are wretched!"

"B-but...!" Nirya was at a loss for words to argue. Arumi rebuked, "Here you go, Nirya! Guys, I'm going to confront their ultimate with my ultimate! Give me your energy!"

"Good!" exclaim Nirya, representing all members.

Then Dhaka positioned himself right behind Arumi, Sthira behind Dhaka.

Nirya in the backmost position twirled her palms, gathering as much energy as possible until her hands glowed green. Then Nirya pressed her palm against Sthira's back while yelling, "Receive my man!"

Receiving the intake of energy in a warm, Dhaka had moaned comfortably. But of course, the energy is not to be stored alone. So Dhaka channels the prana of Nirya and Sthira, plus the prana itself to Arumi's body.

A moment later, a pair of giant celari in the air completely absorbed the prana, blazing aura like an additional pair of wings emanating from their respective backs. Simultaneously they exclaimed, "This is the death sentence, Absolute Frozen Murka Yamkora!"

Simultaneously, the two giant cayaris shot out two huge arrays of red-white and bluish-white prana from their beaks.  Although not attacking from all directions as Sthira expected, the two arrays were clearly fixed right at the mouth of the cave where the Ring of Fire Group was sheltering.

This time Arumi was ready. The girl brandished her long dagger, Agninetra straight and shot out a large strip of fire from the style of the Hell's Core Magma Sheet. With the additional energy intake from Dhaka, Sthira and Nirya, this array of flames grew stronger. The proof, when all three energy arrays collided in the air, the flame array was able to withstand two ice arrays. It seems that the power of two giant cayari versus four magic swords is balanced.

What happens next is, the two energies are like being pushed around each other. First, the ice rushes pressed the fire array right at the mouth of the cave. Then, before long the array of flames pressed back against the ice array. Is Cayari Kumano-Aronawa running out of energy?

Suddenly, the two ice shelves shifted to intersect with each other. Surprisingly, the white-red streak is not crushing, but rather twisting and binding, fusing with the bluish-white array. The new red-blue array moved like a wave, making its power multiply. As a result, the combined ice array quickly suppressed the flame array.

Seeing that, Nirya's face which was still continuously channeling prana turned pale-pale. The bad feeling that returned to his mind was aggravated by the earthquake shocks that were getting stronger from the outside and very felt in this cave.

But it was the leading swordsman, Arumi who did not run out of sense. While shouting as loud as the voice, the girl stomped all the power within, making the array of fire bigger and faster. The two streaks of fire and ice of double strength collided in the air. As a result, there was a terrible explosion near the mouth of the cave.

Arumi's enthralling impact made his friends bounce. Nirya at the very back even stumbled hard on the walls of the cave recesses and did not move at all within a few minutes.

Groaning with extreme pain, Nirya slowly opened her eyes. The first he saw was his colleagues lying in scattered positions in the cave. There's no movement out there, what happened?

But what makes Nirya most surprised is that the entrance of the cave appears to be covered by a clean white wall. Encouraged by curiosity, Nirya approached the wall and touched it. Instantly, his palm felt sore. The longer Nirya touched her, her body began to tremble again.

It's chilly. Is this what we call "snow? nirya said in her heart. The problem is that the only way out of the cave is closed. There has to be a way out of here, otherwise we'll definitely die out of air.

Nirya then made sense. He paused for a moment, gathering the people he could gather from the surroundings at one point, the tip of the kerambit blade. Then Nirya used the Wind Split Cloud style, exposing the fully charged kerambit on the white wall.

The good news, Nirya's kerambit style managed to incise a large crack in the wall of the saljut. The bad news is that there is still snow covering the end of the crack. Worst news, the crack was slowly covered by an avalanche. Nirya so inexhaustible, how thick is this wall actually?

Nirya's body trembled and her breath was breathless, a kind of white dew billowing from her nose and mouth. However, the girl was about to take another round. Even if he had to force himself to challenge the limits of his own strength, at the risk of injuring, even damaging himself, Nirya would not let his comrades in arms, let alone Sthira, wretched.

Suddenly a burly hand patted Nirya's shoulder. The girl looked over and saw Sthira. A speck of blood from the deep wound flowed out from the side of the man's lips.

The Pacific Ring of Fire in Indonesia, the spread of volcanoes. Actually the mountains in Papua are not included in this path, but in Everna Mount Yamkora is classified as a volcano. Image source: Fire Ring Expedition Kompas.com.