EVERNA Ring of Fire

YAMKORA Part 8

But Sthira forced a faint smile as she said, "You've helped quite a lot, Nirya. Now we know that snow is one element with the prana of Cayari Yamano-Aronawa. So, let Arumi finish it from here."

Nirya protested, "But, aren't you guys...!"

Dhaka interjected, "Later Dhaka explained. Now we help Arumi first."

Still teetering, Nirya, Dhaka and Sthira re-position themselves behind Arumi. Then they sit cross-legged, swinging their hands around with their eyes closed, fully focusing all their attention on gathering energy from outside and inside the body.

Meanwhile, Arumi, who is again the front this time also sits cross-legged, the best position to gather pranic energy while restoring the body as a container to accommodate the prana. The weakness of this cross-legged position is that when attacked by the enemy, the prana collector can only survive with the prana of his body protection, absolutely cannot attack back.

Although it has not been able to ascertain the condition of the enemies out there, in a state of prana that is all depleted Arumi and his group use a way to gather the most unsuitable energy, the most dangerous in a battle situation like this.

As the seconds passed, Nirya's heart thump grew louder. Finally Arumi said, "I'm ready. With my fire, we're trying to smash that snow wall together!"

"Good! Greet my man!" Once again, Nirya at the very back placed both of her palms on Sthira's back, channeling her inner strength at the man.

Then, in the same way as Nirya, Sthira channeled a larger prana to Dhaka, as did Dhaka channel to Arumi.

"May the Mahesa bless this last effort of ours!" Arumi brandished Keris Agninetra straight, then stomped loudly. A large array of flames from the Hell Core Magma Burst was shot out. The high-pressure fire, the combined power of the five magic swordsman prana, melted the snow wall like putting skewers in meat.

But things are not safe. Again an avalanche fell and was about to close the new hole made by Arumi. So, the fire Arumi still sprayed profusely for a few seconds later until finally extinguished instantly.

Sthira, Dhaka and Nirya bowed, even Arumi fell to his knees, their breaths all gasping. However, the results of all-out effort were plastered in plain sight. A huge hole was created in the mouth of the cave, almost as tall and wide as the mouth of the stone cave.

Suddenly Sthira exclaimed, "Don't shut up! We need to get out of here, lest the snow falls again!"

Nirya, Dhaka and Arumi seem to wake up. Together with Sthira they rushed as fast as feet stepping out of the cave. Sthira was right, when Dhaka last came out just a few steps away from the mouth of the cave, the snow avalanche again and completely stockpiled the exit hole Arumi's creation. Thankfully none of them were buried.

However, Nirya did not have time to breathe a sigh of relief. Because, in front of him now appear formidable enemies, namely Cayari Yamano and Cayari Aronawa. Nirya's shoulders went down instantly. After all the final deployment earlier, should this fight continue?

Looking more closely, Nirya just sasdar a pair of cayari was not in a position ready to fight. Cayari Yamano appeared to be lying on the edge of the snow-covered cliff, while Cayari Aronawa was just perched on the edge of the cliff and gazing down, towards her partner.

"Sucks. It's a bitch, isn't it, my dear?" cayari Aronawa said, raising one wing. While the wing next to it is twisted broken in an unnatural direction. "Four mice were still breathing and were able to get out after the avalanche covered the cave where they hid. You coward sucks, they're it."

Cayari Yamano did not respond, did not even move at all and remained drooping on the ground. Through careful observation, Nirya reacted and covered her mouth with her hands, her eyes wide open. The blood pooled in the snow, under Cayari Yumano's head seemed to confirm his true condition.

Arumi chimed in, "After all you're also very badly injured, we'll end this fight right here."

Arumi's words were like pouring oil into a fire. Aronawa's anger exploded. "Just kid! Do you think you can walk away from here without punishment? Let me finish you all off, so that my husband's life may be at peace in the afterlife!"

Accompanied by a loud screech, Cayari Aronawa detonated a speck of ice energy still remaining in his body. Instantly, the entire body of the giant fowl was wrapped entirely in ice prana. The freezing cold again emanated from Aronawa in all directions. There is only one clear meaning of the action, namely Cayari Aronawa wants to die with the enemy.

Stunned, Nirya clasped tightly onto her mess, ready to fend off or dodge the opponent's all-out attack.

"Yori... You just pushed my body away from the mountainside and left yourself with an avalanche of snow tops. Now I, Aswa, have caught up with you, brought with you these troublemakers to do your best to inspect the universe there!"

At the end of that last sentence, Aswa Rakwar aka Cayari Aronawa came forward. Because one wing had been broken, he only ran with the claws of his feet as well as his human form. Instead, the footsteps of the red-white giant were very fast and agile. Nirya's face became as pale as a corpse seeing it, kinkling or any movement would not help much escape from death.

Suddenly a lightning bolt struck Cayari Aronawa's neck, making the giant's steps stop instantly. With a voice as though she was suffocating, Empress Dhuraga Bersatu exclaimed, "Take it... Dhuraga!"

At that time, the head of the cayari aka the giant red bird of paradise monster separated from his body, rolling in the snow.

The beheading perpetrator was none other than Sthira Tarunaga, who apparently still left enough prana for one last move, the Thunder Dragon Punched Cadas. He jumped up high and in time finished off a giant opponent with a single slash.

Cayari Aronawa's headless body retreated, collapsed and collapsed just above Cayari Yumano's body. Then, the two of them instantly turned into a whole human corpse, complete with their respective heads. With the last drop of energy, Aswa Rakwar grabbed the hand of her husband, Yori Mbeko. While joining hands, the pair of rulers of Dhuraga who died departed to the afterlife.

Seeing all that, Nirya unconsciously said, "Oh, what a great death. If only Yori and Aswa had chosen peaceful ways to achieve their goals..."

Sthira who had approached Nirya clasped the girl's hand and said, "It is precisely through violence that they have achieved their true goal, namely the rise of the United Dhuraga State. The problem is, they spread the ambition to colonize other countries in Antapada with violence and coercion as well. It is that act that invites disaster, precisely invites us, the bearers of disaster."

"Totally so." Dhaka just nodded, too trembling to talk more.

On the other hand, Arumi could only frown and bite his finger at the proximity of Nirya and Sthira. Though the girl who uses fire prana is the one who contributed the most in this fight.

Arumi's gaze immediately turned to the bodies of the two lovebirds at the end of the cliff alone, as he muttered to himself, "At least you guys are luckier than me, Aswa and Yori. You have each other, even in one lifetime."

Arumi gasps. He then approached the two bodies, picking up the bluish-white occult characters he saw from the hands of those who were linked. That's the Invisible Key of Mount Yamkora. There was no after-reaction from the key, so Arumi kept it in her hems belt with a sigh of relief.

Again Arumi muttered to himself, "It turns out Yamkora Fire Mountain is indeed dead. Apparently the avalanche and the loss of the leader of the disaster that occurred in Dhuraga today."

Cayari Yamano and Cayari Aronawa. Image source reference: Two Phoenixes Mirror Carving from Etsy.