Finding the Sacred Tree

Insects Part 5

We were all silent for a moment, because we still couldn't believe that the one in front of us was Rick. He did not look at all like Tapoc's uncle who looked lush and healthy. He was like a living skeleton that walked with a beard covering his face.

"Hello cake..." He walked leisurely without caring about the water-filled bucket in front of him.

"There's an...." Grandpa tried to warn Rick, but it turned out that his legs were translucent from the bucket

"Lho who?"

"How are you? I'm sure you're okay, right. This time I won't ask Tapoc, because I know he's not okay."

"Rick.I'm sorry I couldn't protect her."

Rick doesn't seem to be responding to grandfather's apology, or perhaps rather he's unaware of grandfather's whereabouts.

"Well before I explain my main purpose. First of all I'll explain that what you're seeing right now isn't real. The me standing in front of you is just an illusion."

"Illusions?"

"It's not entirely an illusion. I'm the one in front of you, this is the real Rick, but I'm the one in the past. I made this from magic and of course it's not from Tapoc's magic tool because he can't make this kind of thing yet. I used magic from a real witch."

"I made this, not without reason, but because I need your help. Because you already know this is an illusion. So you better not ask me because I won't answer either."

"Okay I don't have this time. So I explained it briefly. First I want to explain why I always say this world will be destroyed. It's all because I can see the future, I know it looks crazy and absurd, but it's the way it is. I was first able to obtain this power when I arrived to suspended animation.

"Death suri? I never knew that?" Said Grandpa.

"Yes.I know for sure you're wondering when I'm dying. I don't want to explain it long, so I'll explain mya briefly. I died in a tree."

"Can't you?"

"His job used to be to cut down trees. The job used to be a high-paying job because loggers had to cut down trees outside where there were so many ferocious monsters."

"Yes, after that I suddenly had a vision of the future and I couldn't control it at all. At first the vision of ordinary events, but over time increasingly terrible and unclear vision appears."

"Then two days before I left Tapoc, I had a vision of the world being destroyed. Where there are no plants, animals and living things in this world. And all this is caused by a creature that has no face. You can see the picture from the painting in the book. The picture in the book was not an illustration alone, it was an original painting of a faceless creature that would appear and destroy whatever was before him in the future. When the vision appeared, I began to panic and was confused to find a safe haven."

"Then the next day I had another vision, but it was a good vision, all of which survived. King Ghirib and his army have been defeated, but on the other hand I also see Tapoc must die to be able to get that fate. At that time I began to worry, having to choose which destiny. Do I have to give up Tapoc so that this world can survive destruction or do I have to let this world crumble."

"Then the next day I decided to leave Tapoc and find a way to keep the world safe and Tapoc safe. One way is I have to find out what creatures caused this world to collapse and how they came into being."

"After traveling around this world, meeting many people, finding many new places. I finally got a little information about the creature. The creature was named the supernatural creature. They used to live with us in this world, but because they are doing too much damage in this world. They were banished to the Unseen Realm by someone. I don't know who that person is, but from the information I got that person is god himself."

"This is also the information I just got this new one. It used to be about 2000 years ago. The Unseen Beings had once made it out of the Unseen Realm and that was because a human child with no face took them out. I don't know who the kid is and where he came from, but obviously the kid managed to free his relatives."

"This is just an estimate, perhaps the outbreak of a great war 2000 years ago. The cause is the Unseen Beings who made it out at that time and they pitted all beings to fight each other. When the war was over, from the information I got, the supernatural beings were kicked back into the Unseen Realm including that faceless little boy. This time the Unseen Realm in the lock was even more tightly using the Sacred Tree. Which is placed in the middle of this world."

"I've been to that place and the road to the middle of the world has turned out to be very dangerous. I had to sacrifice 3 of my friends just to see that sacred tree."

"Wait, what?" I still don't think Rick is so cruel.

"When I got there, I saw a very large tree standing firmly on the green flowerbed and grass. I thought I was alone in that place, but there were 5 people wearing a topen standing under that sacred tree."

"I don't know what they're doing. But then, one of the men touched the tree and suddenly it shrank and became like a key."

"At first I thought those people were guardians of the sacred tree, but it turned out that my guess was wrong. They smashed the key into five and scattered the key fragment into a place I didn't know using magic."

"After spreading the key, I knew immediately that they were the cause of the Unseen Beings coming out of the Unseen Realm. From there I tried to get closer to hear their conversation more clearly. When I got close enough I could hear that they were talking about their plan."

"They said, The first plan worked, no one should have found the sacred tree shards because they had been sent to the five lands, where they were hidden and dangerous."