Grizzled
#S2 Episode 22
Because there is no opponent, finally someone in the middle of the combat arena there asked for provided obstacles and supporting tools to practice parkour. He has been practicing more and more since yesterday afternoon, since the departure of the mission to the Grey World is getting closer. Well, I should also be training my physical abilities, but at best it's just running and muscle stretching. Don't compare myself to the Eagle who's used to weight training, please!
Seeing my friend so zealously, the awareness of one thing immediately whipped me. Although not as strong as the Eagle, at least my ability should not be far below it. I don't want to be a burden on the mission. The only thing I can count on is the gift power of my bloodline, that telekinesis technique. Do not want to waste it, without being with Kak Garuda, sometimes in the room I also train alone. Everything is still difficult. Moving heavy objects is exhausting, while moving small particle objects is too easy to the point that I can not control the direction of movement.
Just like the Eagle who has not been satisfied with his current physical abilities and endurance, I want to reflect on him, not planning to get tired and give up.
“Come, Laaaang! Always!” I shouted at the edge of the arena, feeling like watching Ninja Warrior show. Ever since I was my classmate, I knew Eagle was part of a martial organization, but still my astonishment and admiration could not be held back from seeing him quite good through every obstacle. For a moment I regretted my scream because the Eagle had glanced at me, probably losing focus for a few seconds and ending up falling head over heels on a lucky runway bending like a trampoline.
“Eh, ma .. sorry, you're okay ‘right? No injuries ‘kan?” I was worried about approaching him who was still on his back to catch his breath, maybe a bit surprised.
“Padahat only given the spirit, immediately lost focus,” said Kak Garuda appeared out of nowhere.
“Who is this girl, Gar?” asked the Eagle who sounded like he was hitting me.
“I just haircut and you're not familiar, ha?!” protest's bad. No, the Eagle wasn't exactly unfamiliar, I knew it was just a mockery.
“Who told you to?!” ketus tanyanya.
“No one should ask first? Love my heart, dong!” my answer is no less ketus, trying to boast my new short haircut, “no longer we leave for the battlefield, you never know it feels complicated to be bothered with long hair!”
“Why, anyway, Ang? Shira stays sweet, you know! Look, deh, his cheeks even look puffed up!” timpal Kak Garuda when the Eagle only looked bad.
“That doesn't sound like a compliment, deh, sister,” I replied hesitantly fingering the cheek. If it does look like that, after the mission I'll be downing a lot of hair-growing nutrients. Eh? Or should it be ... a healthy diet?
“Huh, make remember the same Dinara only!” grunts Eagles.
“Hey, Shira is definitely not the same as that bar-bar chick, you know! Where are your eyes?!” reply Brother Garuda.
“Who's country?” my question does not understand.
“Our cousins are in class with Aang. A thug-looking girl that I totally disagree with when likened to you!”
“Oh, don't-don't make the Eagle angry time in the edufair is yes?” guess I was right.
“Sial, the last time with him I was the one who threatened that he did not wander and go home on time, but it turns out that until now I have not also come home,” said Eagle apparently could be restless, he said, “how many days have we been here? Can't you call papa or mama?”
“Um, about Dinara I have done ‘something' so he does not say-mama or papa who is still abroad,” said Kak Garuda emphasized the word ‘satu thing' what I'm guessing is that hypnotism is like Luska did to my family,” the point is that I've created a variety of dramas so that no one is suspicious during your disappearance, including people at school, assistants at home, etc, everybody! Thank you for making Brother bother, Ang!”
“Sama-sama! That's not my will either!”
“But soon Luska and Aquila will be sent to Nigra ‘right? Everything will be more normal with their roles!” my answer.
“Yes, I was assigned to supervise both of them while in Nigra, so I will also go home,” said Kak Garuda.
“Oh, right, please keep an eye on Aquila especially yes, Sister. Tell her not to push herself if she can't stand my life and the people around me,” I replied remembering the thing last night that obviously tormented her. It must be troublesome to be someone else who is very different.
“Um, why not tell him directly? Coincidentally I was loaned a wrist tab that is connected to everyone's communication device in Alba,” said Kak Garuda showed something on his wrist, like a dark-colored watch, but very thin and flat, said Kak Garuda, just like metal plate –or somehow apa– material which stick flexible in the skin, “ini the previous generation communication device. They lent me to support the surveillance duty, but I'd better try it first now.”
“Wah, wow! Can too!” reply enthusiastically.
“Don't go anywhere, Ang! You must also want to say one or two things to Luska ‘kan?” said Kak Garuda while fiddling with the hologram screen from the object.
“Please tell me, do not tarnish my reputation by doing as you please as long as you have a face similar to mine. That's it,” replied the Eagle left.
“Sell yourself!” my reply immediately pulled him before he got far. The eagle just grunted.
“Wah, rejected video call. We only connect with voice calls,” said Kak Garuda.
“Sorry, Luska and I have started making-over. This room does not allow recording pictures or exchanging photos,” replied the voice of the woman across there.
“Aquila! Aquila, are you okay?” serbooks.
“I'm healthy, Your Grace. Apart from last night, well, human emotions are indeed exhausting. I still can't figure out how Your Majesty or anyone can survive such a depression,” Aquila replied.
“Hm, honestly I am inexhaustible how you always avoid such depression,” said Kak Garuda, “though both flat face, my sister can also occasionally ..”.
“The leak of your mouth really cannot be patched huh, Gar?!” cut the Eagle glared at his brother. Oh, right, regarding Luska's temperament last night when the Eagle's memory entered, I still haven't stopped curious.
“Oh yes, hello, Luska! You're still there silent? Don't pretend you don't know! I also connected this call with you!”
“Whisper, Garuda!” luska sounded lazy.
“Hai, how are you, Luska? Already improving?” my many.
“I am always fine, Your Majesty, but the owner of the memories I borrowed was not, even to this day. There are still threads of anxiety clumping in his head.”
“You have an obligation to keep everything in my head a secret, remember?!” eagle Sergah.
“Ah, yes, deh, yes ... Whatever! I'm not happy to keep other people's secrets,” replied Luska, “if allowed, I prefer to go to the battlefield with His Majesty.”
“Eh, su .. already, dong! I thought you guys had agreed with each task,” I replied breaking the chain of bickering that could be continued to extend this.
“I heard, Your Majesty and the Great Knights will be coming down to the surface in a moment huh? To search for that crystal sword?” ask Aquila.
“Iya, the Head of the Board and some bodyguards will also be ushering in,”, I replied rather stubbornly considering that.
***
Fifty kilometers to the southwest, toward the clean area of ten kilometers that I liberated a year and a half ago. Our small entourage is heading there –only me, Eagle, Head of the Board, and a number of retainers. Although according to the story of the Eagle, the Grey World we defeated was only limited to the other side of the school, it turned out that the clean area in Alba could reach that size.
According to Professor Cakra's report, some monsters from the Grey World still roam the clean area despite having installed a magic antidote. That's why there's no new construction there yet. There was only a green forest surrounded by a dark atmosphere. Our paxii steeds down to the center of the area in the middle, a bit of a difficulty when penetrating the branches of the large trees that began to form a canopy, blocking the light from entering the forest floor.
“Welcome to the land of liberation, Your Majesty. This is the place where our glimmer of hope to get rid of the Grey World, where the discovery of moon crystals as the life pulse of the whole of Alba,” said Ladra who first came down from paxii, set his feet on the same damp ground with the scent of air.
“As I recall this place is only a vast field after everything has been reduced to light dust,” said the Eagle circled his gaze around. I did the same thing while swiping my palms, driving away the cold with the heat of my own body.
“True, Great Knight. Over the course of a year and a half, vegetation quickly spread and sealed off the region, but on the edge of the region it was still arid. Monsters that roam often go berserk and ruin many things.”
“Monster huh? How many of them?” my many.
“Not much, Your Grace. There are not many who roam during the day like this, but it still exists even if it is only one two,” Ladra replied.
“Or stay the same because this place is minimal sunlight,” connect Eagle, “we should not linger.”
“It turns out that even in clean areas it does not guarantee that it will be completely safe!” my comment spelled out the steps of the Eagle.
“Yes, Your Majesty! Real peace and security is the cessation of the entire Grey World, ” Ladra replied then he again checked the map.
We have agreed to comb this area little by little in the order we have determined before leaving earlier. If within a radius of one kilometer in the center we have not found any sign of the sword, then we will head north, then move clockwise to the east. Maybe this search will take all day because it really has to be done manually.
It sounds like micro-cameras are being deployed all over promising the easiest and most efficient way, but Professor Cakra has made sure no electronic device can work around the negative energy field of the Grey World. It was also thought to divide the existing troops to check in the four directions at the same time, but according to the old records that Miss Yastra studied, it was not, the crystal sword was capable of camouflage and only revealed its true form around the Eagle. So, the sword will not meet if it is not sought with its owner –unless the Eagle can double to four, but obviously he cannot.
“Oh yes, Lang ... By the way, what does the sword look like? How was it in your hands?” my many. Perhaps by knowing the answer, I had the idea of finding a way to find the sword faster.
“Then, the sword came to me,” said the Eagle, “last time in my hand, it was so awesome as it was made of clear crystal with a glittering soft light enveloping it. The first time I saw it, it wasn't that beautiful. Just an ordinary wooden sword, lying next to me when one night I woke up in the Grey World. Next I understand he can turn into the assortment of weapons I want.”
“Wah? Really?”
“Yes, you yourself also had time to know, Shir, that the sword was once embedded in my back after I used it to kill myself. I can't use it anymore, but instead my physical endurance is getting stronger. The sword continued to be embedded in my back until the night of the third full moon, after a peak battle with darkness in each of our hearts, until finally the sword could be reused.”
“It looks like the sword itself knows when it should be used huh!” my comment, “but why after that you don't care, heh?! Why did you just leave her?!”
A moment later the Eagle looked at me with his half-sleepy eyes, a little while before finally answering, ”Because back then there was something else I had to care about .. which I guess was more important than any magical power.”
The muttering of the Eagle sounded more and more subtle until it became more and more obscure at the end. My ears were too late to catch what he said just now. There were other things he had to care about, I asked him to repeat his words, but the Eagle instead shook my head, saying I was a prankster and all sorts of things.
“Nothing, but I clearly understand Miss Yastra's concern about the fall of the sword into the wrong hands! While you who lost it even relaxed like this!” reply upset.
“Casual how do you mean?! What am I doing now?! I was looking for him too, you know!” replied the Eagle grumbling. I didn't realize that the Head of the Board was a little anxious staring at us in turns who were fighting a bacot. Once conscious, I became embarrassed myself for making a fuss in front of the Head of the Council and the retainers ....
My heart felt almost dislodged as soon as I realized another worrying thing. My hands did not have time to think, leading to one of the retainers with a terrible grin rising on his face. A shuriken-like weapon he let go for a moment after successfully dodging my empty wind, slipping through the neck and shoulders of other retainers. The head of the Council groaned loudly after the sharp side of the object hit his right eye. I couldn't help but panic because of this sudden attack, not expecting the retainer ranks that were escorting us from earlier, to be infiltrated by bad people.
“Damn it! Who are you?!” asked the cold Eagle staring sinisterly at the figure of our attacker who had moved to the top of the branch. Only the Eagle was the only one still standing after the others fell. There were blood spots on the chest of each retainer whose back was torn apart by the sharp weapon earlier. It's really not good for my sanity to see them get killed in one short second.
“Halo! I always look for opportunities to greet you. Finally there really is no barrier anymore,” replied the figure still with a grin. Don't-don't ..he was the one who chased me with Kak Garuda and Aquila back then?
The eagle had pulled out the only steel sword he had brought from the castle, prepared for all possibilities while I seemed to gather all my strength in the palm of my hand, immediately taking it off before the person continued to attack us again. Perhaps my easy-to-read movements, the figure still easily jumped here and there like a cat, dodging my attacks, even returning them.
The wind I took off seemed to have a form that the eyes could see, like a thin sheet of light slicing through the air, slightly injuring the person's arm. The next second the wind turned around, hitting the ground which immediately choppy me and the Eagle. A rock abortion would have rained down on me if the light shield had been too late to protect me and the Eagle. The shield was not made by me, but by another newly-appeared man, who momentarily stepped on it to jump on the wicked man.
“Cih, occasionally get tired of playing with kids!”
“Garuda ..” muttered Eagle does not believe his brother can be here. It is not impossible, but has not Garuda gone to Nigra with Aquila and Luska?
“You're the one who should get tired of blocking me!” reply the evil figure attacked Kak Garuda, little by little can not cover the original figure. No longer human-faced, the person looked more like a Griseo with thick black patches of skin like asphalt spills extending all over his hands, neck, and face. He deliberately did not dodge when Kak Garuda threw a kick that immediately made him crash on the ground, spewing blood that is not small. I thought he would die or at least faint after that, but apparently instead took the time to show off a grin while saying a line of words, “Have fun!”
Afterwards the blood-soaked trail expanded on the ground, becoming a dark atmosphere that drowned me and the Eagle instantly. Before being swallowed by the black, endless space, all I could hear was the anxious cry of Kak Garuda. The next second was completely concentrated wrapping around the view, so dark, so silent. As if I was blind, I couldn't even see my own hands or feet, but I could feel them. I could feel my hand as the other fingers grabbed it, tethered even stronger after I felt gravity without permission pulling my body to a single point.
“Lang ..?”
“Ya?”
The voice that responded a little relieved me. Thank goodness this is indeed the Eagle. No matter a million, all I want right now is not alone. Speaking of blind ....
“Either why I remember you being able to see in the dark,” I said without knowing Eagle smiled.
“Please remember the rest yes!”
Then the sensation of gravity ended just like that, without the cushion that made the spine break or the whole body crumble as I imagined when falling from a height. Me and the Eagle had been standing in the middle of a vast field with a hostile black sky. I will remember the rest, the remnants of this familiar sight.
“You know this place, Shir?”
“Grey world huh?”
“True.”
.Seriate.
