Finding the Sacred Tree

The adventure begins part 13

As a result of the meteor, the land that was originally grown by various trees, plants, and animals. Now it's all gone and leaving only a very big hole. There was no life in that place, everything was burned to death.

And then somewhere else, not far from the fall of the meteor. There was a man walking leisurely and it seemed like he wanted to go to the kingdom of Daman. He knew that the kingdom of Daman no longer existed, even he saw the destruction of the kingdom of Daman. Although he had seen something terrible, but he was not surprised let alone afraid. He just stood back and enjoyed the dried meat. As he bit and chewed on the dried meat, He said.

"It looks like my life is beginning to be threatened. I'd better start being more careful this time." He ate the last piece and then turned his back on leaving the kingdom of Daman.

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On the edge of the hole due to the fall of the meteor, there is 1 person still alive.he was not injured at all and only his clothes were not there due to burning. That person is none other than me.

I was lying on the ground and still unconscious. You could say I moved quite far away from where I was before. At first I was in the middle, but I was already on the edge of the hole. Maybe it's because I was knocked down by a meteor just now. In that place there was nothing, the rocks of the building, the corpse of a person, the bones. Everything was gone except me and that big meteor.

the meteor was huge. If compared to me, maybe the comparison is like a small ball with a grain of salt.

While I was still unconscious, suddenly someone appeared beside me. That guy was Rick's friend. I don't know how he lived, maybe he had special abilities, like teleportation, or whatever it was. What was clear was that he suddenly appeared in front of me.

He squatted down and then patted my cheek to get up. I didn't wake up at first, but when he slapped me, I woke up

"Well..the meteor!" I woke up feeling restless.

"You can't do anything, Rakka. The meteor has fallen and destroyed everything."

"You..." I looked around and what he said was true, there was already nothing around here.

"Why did he do all this? Everyone here doesn't know anything, but why did he kill them all."

"As Rick predicted."

"What say! As expected of her. So all this time you've known that everyone here is gonna die."

"true."

"What! Why didn't you tell me before!? If you tell me maybe I can stop this disaster from happening!"

"You can't, you're just gonna get crushed by that meteor and you're gonna be stuck in there for years. Besides being trapped you'll also die and live endlessly for years under that meteor."

"Then you saved them, instead of you being strong, the proof is that you survived the meteor fall."

"No way, if I do that, Rick's plan will fall apart."

"It turns out you can save them, but you're letting them die instead and you'd rather put your stupid plan to the core."

"It's not a stupid plan, sometimes we have to sacrifice someone to save more people."

"Someone!? You said someone! You never learned mathematics. You're not sacrificing anyone anymore, you idiot! You've sacrificed 1 million people just to carry out your stupid plan."

"THE CUBICLE WASN'T A STUPID PLAN, GODDAMN KID! You don't know anything about Rick, you don't know anything about us, you don't know anything about what we've been through. We've had a life harder and crueler than yours. We used to think the same as you, we wanted to save everyone, we wanted to make people happy, but we're not gods, we're just ordinary people who only have the power of borrowing." The calm looking man suddenly shouted loudly at me, he looked very angry at me, but somehow he also looked sad and it could be seen because his eyes were shedding tears.

You...?" I tried to tell her that her eyes were tears, but she was conscious first.

"I'm sorry. I got too carried away." He wiped his tears. When the man was still wiping his tears, I suddenly spoke something.

"Sorry." I apologized because I felt bad mocking about his plans, without knowing what they had considered.

"Hm.nothing. The important thing is that now that you understand, we can't be heroes, we can only be ordinary people. Help is what you can help, let go of what you can't. It hurts, but we have to be strong."

Actually I don't want to admit it, but his words are too realistic to make me unable to argue back. At that moment I just nodded my head.

"Ah, we're so far off the real topic. Is the black book still on you."

"Hmm.. wait a minute." I held my whole body and I realized that I was naked right now.

"Oh yeah, my clothes are on fire. Wait, then don't let the book burn too." I started to panic.

"No way, the book's been given an anti-fire spell."

"Then, it must have fallen around here." I walked here and there, holding the ground, who knows it was buried under it. Even though I searched here and there, but I still did not find the book

"I don't think it's possible, I'm sure the book was taken by the masked man."

"No, quite the opposite. Rick's plan has been very successful." The man took out a black book from his robe.

"Lho. So you brought it."

"Yes, I brought you from the first time we met in the dungeon."

"Cock from there."

"Since the beginning of the book you brought it was not the original book, but a fake book I made." When he said that, I knew immediately about his plan

"so yeah. So you purposely gave me a fake book so that the masked man would take it."

"That's right and arguably his plan was a huge success because he was completely fooled."

"It's so great of you."

"It's not me, but Rick. He's the one who planned all this. Okay, since the first plan was successful, now we'll go to the second plan, which is you'll have to find five sacred tree fragments." The man gave the black book to me.

I accepted it and just stared at the book for a long time. I did that because I felt I could not do this task, I felt still too weak and timid. At first when I got my new sword, I felt really sad because I had great and powerful strength. I feel that if I have that power I can beat anyone, but the truth is not. There are still people stronger than me and that is my own enemy.

"What's Rakka?"

"Can I do it? What if I fail? Wouldn't it be better if you were the one looking for her."

"Rakkah...Rick chose you. So all you can do is you. Trust Rick's words, trust yourself. I'm sure you can do this."

Great words to motivate, but honestly it's still lacking.

"Are you coming with me too?"

"No."

"You mean not that, are you just watching me from afar?"

"No Rakka. My job is just to get here. After this I'll go back to Rick and wait for the next order."

"so yeah. Too bad." I'm getting less excited.

Looking at the disheartened me, the man patted me on the shoulder with both hands.

"Hey Rakka, listen to me. I know you'll be lonely, but I'm sure you'll meet a lot of creatures and maybe if you're lucky, there'll be 1 or more who'll come with you."

"Actually I'm a little afraid of adding more friends, I'm afraid they die like everyone else."

"Hey.don't be afraid of making friends, I know it hurts a lot in a friend's stay, but keep adding as many friends as possible, because it's friends who make us strong and make us not lonely. even if they die later, they're not going anywhere. They will always be by your side, take care of you, and give you strength. So never be afraid to be friends."

When she said that, I somehow imagined that, Uncle Tapoc, Mama Viona, Syo, Vivi, Grandpa and Rika were by my side hugging me tightly. I knew it was just my imagination, but somehow it felt real and made me feel like crying.

"You're right. Why am I this? Why didn't I realize it? They all turned out to be nowhere, they were always by my side, supporting me to keep going. Thank you, thank you for awakening me. I'm not going to retreat again, I'm going to look for the shards of the sacred tree and I'll make sure it works." My eyes fiery.

"Well, then I have to get the hell out of here, but before that, I'll give this to you." The man gave her a bag, it contained a pair of clothes and pants, a robe, a map, and also some survival gear, such as flint and steel, lanterns, and a few other tools, and also a small knife for skinning animals.

"Okay then I'll go first." The man was ready to leave.

"Wait, I don't know your name yet." The man's steps stopped.

"Actually my name's been thrown away, but you can call me L."

"Well, I'll see you, L."

"Hum..then I'll see you." I nodded and then he left in an instant.

When L left I looked up and said.

"I don't know what's going to happen in the future, but I hope I can make a lot of friends." I looked up at the sky and there were a lot of clouds covering the blue sky. But because the meteor fell before him, the cloud was hollow and showed a beautiful blue sky.