Junta & Wizarding World

#28 Sorz Forest

“Junta, I will ask you once again, are you really sure you will enter the Sorz forest?”

“I'm not forcing you to iku Zonya”

“Right sister, we don't force you at all, if you don't want to come then you better keep watch in the village”

“I don't want to carry the guilt of letting 2 people of class 0 go in there..”.

In front of Junta, Kou and Zonya, there was a forest overgrown by tall and large trees, the forest was so dense that the sunlight could not fully enter it.

After removing 2 seeds of plants, Zonya began to dig 2 holes that are quite deep and put 2 seeds into 2 different holes.

“What are you doing?”

“Just in case Junta”

It only took a few seconds and the seeds of plants grown by Zonya began to grow into thorny plants, some grew into purple flowers, some became ordinary thorny plants without flowers.

“So…. What is this?”

“The plant that has this flower is one of the magic that I just created, this magic will shoot some kind of explosive magic towards the air and whoever the Association members saw the explosion, it said, will definitely report directly to the Association”

“Oh, similar to the beacon normally used to request help”

“I don't know what a Kou beacon is... But more or less that is how it works”

“So when you feel we are in danger you will activate that magic?”

His zone was silent for a moment while staring at the flower.

“No, this magic only activates when my heartbeat starts to weaken”

“What? Why did you create a magic that you couldn't activate manually?”

“As class 5 I've been through a lot, and there comes a time when you have to do something without Mana mu”

“Wait a minute, if this magic you designed to be active without using Mana, does that mean that in the Sorz forest we can't use Mana?”

“I just heard the rumor Kou, that in the Sorz forest we can't use our Mana, but since it's just a rumor then I don't know if it's true or not”

“Be careful is not a painful thing”

“Then, how about the other plant?”

“It was to absorb Mana Kou, the job of the plant was to absorb the Mana that was around here and give it to ku”

“Then what if the rumors are true? What if we can't use Mana when we're in there?”

“As Junta said, being on guard is not a painful thing, that is why I used these 2 magic, if we cannot use our Mana and we are in a cornered state, that is why I am using this magic 2, if we cannot use our Mana and we are in a cornered state, then this flower will be active”

His zone walked closer towards the forest while saying.

“But if we can use our Mana, then maybe I can use the teleportation magic”

“Wait first! You never said you could use teleportation magic!”

Kou shouted like a person who felt lied to while walking closer towards Zonya.

“I really don't want to use this magic because the Mana needed is too big for me”

“I think more or less we already have a plan”

Junta said that while walking closer towards Kou and Zonya.

“So, are you guys ready?”

“I'm ready anytime Sister”

“I think I've done all the things that it takes”

“Baik”

The junta began to walk into the dense Sorz forest followed by Kou and Zonya.

After about 5 steps walking into the Sorz forest, suddenly Junta, Kou and Zonya were greeted with a very thick fog.

“It's not good, we have to get out of here while we haven't gone too far and start putting together a new plan”

Kou and Junta felt that what Zonya said was correct, so they simultaneously stepped back backwards.

But, even though they had taken 15 steps back, they remained in the forest.

“Sial”

The book stopped and said that.

“This fog is too thick, I can barely even see the Zonya behind you Kou, can you do something?”

“I don't know Brother.. Maybe we can blow this fog off?”

“You can do it?”

“But I need help Brother”

“Baik”

Kou walked closer towards the Junta and held his hand.

Right after Kou held his brother's hand, a strong wind blew against them.

But unfortunately, the strong wind could not remove the fog that covered their view.

“Hmm I feel a little trouble in removing my Mana to make the wind earlier.”

“Zonya, can you use your teleportation magic?”

“Will I try”

His zone took the hands of Junta and Kou, after which he said something that the Junta did not understand, along with those vague words, a green-colored magic circle appeared below them, but the circle broke and at the same time Zonya suddenly went limp and almost fell.

“Are you okay Zonya?”

“It's okay.. What Kou said was right, it seems like this forest is disrupting the Mana system in our body so we have difficulty in using magic”

“Kou, do you feel anything about this fog?”

“I don't feel anything Brother.”

“It's bad, this fog is too thick and we never know what's around us”

“We can't get out even if we've only entered a few steps, the only way is to walk forward until we find a way out”

“Zonya is right, we have no choice anymore”

“Alright, we'll walk close together, I'll be in front, and the Zonya guard the back of”

Junta, Kou and Zonya started to step their legs slowly, they walked like people who were slacking.

This was because of the thick fog that enveloped them, even the Junta could barely see some trees located not far from it.

While walking through the fog, Junta looked around, although the thick fog was really disturbing, The junta must still look around because understanding the battleground is an important thing that Junta parents always emphasize.

So far the Junta has heard nothing but the sound of their footsteps, no animal sounds or suspicious sounds.

This forest was completely silent, and something too quiet was usually not good.

“Kakak”

Kou pulls off Junta's robe signifying that he wants his brother to stop.

“What's up? Did you feel anything suspicious?”

“Does Big Brother feel like we're not going around in circles?”

“Pivoting? But we did not turn at all during this trip”

Junta sees Zonya behind Kou, although Junta cannot see her Zonya clearly, but Junta knows that Zonya looks confused.

“I understand, I will freeze some trees as a road marker, am I allowed?”

“I don't think it's okay”

Kou started touching the tree beside him then with a flash the tree froze.

Surprisingly, after freezing the tree, Kou looked a little exhausted.

“Are you okay Kou? Supposedly freezing one tree would not be a problem right?”

“I'm fine Brother.. It's just that I feel like I've exhausted our family magic.”

The junta who understood Kou's intent began to put on a suspicious face and quickly looked around at what was around him.

What is meant by Kou is pure magic created by the Rayka family.

Or in his incantation, commonly called Family Magic.

Because the magic is purely a creation of the Rayka family, only Rayka family members know and can use it.

And Junta understands very well that Rayka family magic is not light magic.

In other words, something within this forest affected Mana Kou so that Kou could not use his Mananya efficiently.

“I don't think you need to freeze all the trees we've been through Kou, you should save your Mana for more precarious situations”

“... I understand”

While walking back through the forest with that thick fog, Junta thought again.

First, Zonya attempted to use teleportation magic, but failed, after failing that she looked like she was about to faint.

Second, After Kou froze the tree, Kou also looked exhausted, even though the magic was a very light magic for Kou.

Junta thought, did Zonya fail in activating teleportation magic because that magic requires too much Mana? And this forest made the use of Mana so inefficient that the Mana needed to activate teleportation magic became more numerous than usual?

That meant they couldn't use magic that consumed too much Mana, because inside this forest, it was, there was an effect that made their Mana ineffective so that it multiplied the Mana they needed to cast magic.

This was evident by Kou's freezer magic, it was light, but it could still be realized, even with an unnatural amount of Mana, whereas Zonya was trying to activate teleportation magic, even though it was an unnatural amount of Mana, which of course requires Mana which is not small, failing in activating that magic.

If what this Junta was thinking was true, it meant that they could not use the great magic that required a lot of Mana, so their fighting abilities were completely limited within this forest.

Junta wanted to try it himself to prove whether he was right or wrong, but somehow he could not think of a magic that did not involve his element of fire.

Of course the Junta did not want to burn this forest, because being inside a burning forest was much more dangerous than inside a forest shrouded in thick fog.

While thinking what Junta can do to get out of here, Junta looks back to check on Zonya.

But, after Junta looked behind Kou, Junta immediately jumped backwards while pulling Kou.

He quickly took out the rusty sword he had bought before this journey began and pointed the sword towards the human-looking monster.

“What did you do to Zonya?!”

“Kakak? Why are you?”

“Didn't you see him Kou?! Didn't you see that black horned figure with his long hands touching the ground?!”

“What do you mean?! There's only Zonya!”

The junta who was feeling puzzled looked at the black figure once more.

And of course to be seen from any side, it was not his Zonya, it was a monster!

Junta thought it was possible that he was being exposed to an illusion, but, a new question arose.

Who is really exposed to illusions? What's Junta? Or did Kou think the monster was Zonya?

While the Junta was thinking what really happened, the monster jumped towards the Junta!

Of course the Junta dodged it and slashed its rusty sword towards the monster.

It was unexpected that the monster turned out to be quite shrewd, so he could dodge the Junta's attacks very easily.

“Sister! Stopit! What the hell are you doing?! You want to kill Zonya?!”

“Kou! Can you use magic-”

Not yet finished Junta spoke, Junta saw the long hand the monster was about to touch Kou, so in immediately running and slashing the monster's hand.

And of course the monster can avoid it even though the fog here is very thick.

“Sister! You really want to kill Zonya?!”

“Use the illusion-canceling magic on me then on you! Fast!”

Kou who seemed to be aware of what was going on directly touched his brother's back and his hands began to glow even though it was dim.

Junta was still looking at the monster sharply, the black-colored figure was visibly silent standing there, as if he was preparing to attack the Junta.

“I'm done Sister”

Junta looked at Kou who had just released his lighted hand from his chest.

“Have you applied that magic to me?”

“Already, and I've applied that magic to myself”

Even though Kou said that, nothing has changed.

Junta could still see the monster, and Kou also still saw the monster as his Zone.

Who here is right? What's Junta? Or Kou?

The junta did not understand what was happening, did this mean that Junta and Kou were not exposed to illusion magic?

Then what happened? Did the monster use illusion magic to change its form to look like its Zonya in Kou's eyes?

The monster was still standing there silently, Junta was at a loss as to what he should do, so he was still standing in front of Kou as he pointed his sword towards the monster.

No one knew who was right between Junta and Kou, the Junta thought that letting the monster go was a bad thing.

What if the monster is real? What if the real one exposed to the illusion was Kou? Who knows what's going to happen? Kou cannot use his magic because there is a mysterious effect that makes him unable to use Mana efficiently.

So it could be said that Kou could not help the Junta in this fight.

And it would be even worse if the monster started attacking Kou with full force.

The junta chose to take the decision that he thought was right, so he moved swiftly towards the monster and slashed at it forcefully!

The monster easily dodged it by moving sideways, then it clawed at the Junta with its long hands!

The Junta quickly repelled the attack and jumped backwards to take some distance.

“Stop it!”

The junta that saw the monster move towards Kou who was running towards him, leaving the Junta with no other choice but to seriously fight him.

With an extremely fast movement, Junta was already in front of Kou and startled the black monster.

Not wasting any more time, the Junta instantly flashed a few slashes and the black monster took out a black wall as well, so that the Junta's slash did not hit him.

“Sister! You would really kill Zonya if you were serious like this!”

Kou pulled the Junta robe firmly with the intention of pulling the Junta back.

But the Junta seemed to be unaffected and was increasingly focused on the monster that began to reveal itself after the black wall that protected it sank into the ground.

After learning that this monster can respond to Junta's attacks quickly, Junta gets more serious in his fight.

As he was about to advance his attack, Junta no longer looked at the monster after he blinked.

Except the one standing there is Zonya.

“Zonya?”

“Finally you realize”

His zone walked towards the Junta cautiously.

“What possessed you Junta?”

“I don't know.. What I saw was a long-handed monster.. I'm sorry”

“It seems that in addition to this forest disrupts our Mana, this forest also puts illusions.”

“I don't know if this is an illusion or not because Kou has already given me an illusion-canceling magic, and it doesn't seem to work”

“Hmmm”

The room seemed to think hard.

“I'm sorry Zonya”

“Nothing Junta, I understand your feelings that only want to protect Kou”

“Sister, I don't think it's good if we continue to be here, we have to get out of here somehow”

“You're right Kou, let's continue the journey, I don't want any of us exposed to the illusion again like Junta”

Junta, Kou and Zonya continued on their way, this time they were walking like people in a hurry.

As he walked, Junta still thought about what had really happened.

Could it be that the troops that Zonya had once told of all died because they killed each other?

Were those forces also exposed to Junta-like illusions?

But, Kou had already applied the voiding magic to the Junta earlier, and it didn't work.

Although Junta kept thinking what was really happening, he was unable to find the answer.

This forest was very strange, and the Junta now felt no surprise why people were so unwilling to approach this forest.

If indeed this forest could create such an illusion, then even if a group of 5th classes went inside, the Junta was unsure whether they could all come out safely or not.

After walking for about 1 hour, Kou noticed that there was a small beam far ahead.

After telling the existence of the beam to the Junta, they immediately rushed towards the direction of the beam.

And it was true that the light was leading them out of the foggy forest, even though the Junta did not know how Kou found the light, which obviously now they were no longer in the dangerous forest.

After they came out, the first thing they saw was a large river on their right.

The river was bigger than the black river that Kou purified, the river water was flowing down with a rush to make the Junta realize that they were now on a higher plain than before.

Even though they were on a plateau, the Junta did not remember if he had gone through an uphill road during the journey, the Junta walking in the forest was like walking on an ordinary plain.

It was another strange thing that the Junta instantly realized.

Although Junta, Kou and Zonya wanted to reveal how easily they could get out of the forest, they chose not to.

This was because they saw a huge spider monster that was emitting a black liquid from its mouth.

The monster was so big that its legs touched the two lands on the riverbank, maybe if it wasn't a monster, the Junta would think it was a bridge.

The spider monster was pitch-black with 8 red eyes, a black-colored liquid flowing out from its mouth so that the color of the river water turned black.

There's no mistaking it, it's the monster that pollutes the river.

When Kou wants to come forward to kill him, Junta gets in his way.

“What's Brother?”

“This is too weird, the monster is quite big and has 8 eyes, why does he seem to not see us? Why is he silent?”

“Junta is right Kou, I think after we get out of the Sorz forest then everything will be easier..”.

“Silver, all we need to do is kill him, the monster took out some sort of black liquid from its mouth and the liquid instantly fell into the river water, there is nothing we can refute anymore, there is nothing we can do about it, that monster is the culprit!”

“I know, but this is too suspicious”

“Either the monster reacts or does not react, we must kill it, Zonya, do you have any information about the monster?”

“That's why I agreed with Junta Kou, I've never seen that monster before and the monster's behavior was too suspicious”

“Eh? Class 5 didn't know?”

　

　

”I'm serious Kou, I've never met such a monster before”

Kou who seemed to think hard started picking up a stone that was the size of an adult fist, he picked up the stone and threw it at the monster with a very strong force.

All of that happened quickly, to the point that Zonya did not understand what was happening.

Zonya only understood that Kou had thrown a stone from behind Junta.

But now Kou was already in front of his brother by holding both of his weapons in both hands.

Not only that, there were like small stones that were around Kou.

“What I said, the monster is too suspicious Kou”

“I didn't think she had reflective magic”

“Now you understand that the spider can return anything you throw at him, so, don't do anything sloppy”

“From that, even though I already threw it with a rock, the spider did not budge” at all

“That's because reflective magic is like a wall that protects the wearer, he doesn't need to move his body just to return the stone you threw earlier”

“That's not what I mean by Big Brother, what I mean is how can the spider not budge even if I've thrown it with a stone, I mean he must have felt some danger or something

Right after Kou said that.

Suddenly a person wearing a black robe appeared.

That person wore a gray mask and was on par with an adult, probably on par with Hako.

That person just stood beside the spider silently while staring at Junta, Kou and Zonya from behind his mask.

“This is critical, I think he is one of 10 Fingers”

“What is it? What does this have to do with The Fingers?”

“Don't I tell you a few days ago The Fingers problem?”

“You didn't tell us about 10 Fingers Zonya”

“Intinya he is one of the leaders of The Fingers, I have only heard the rumors but his appearance is now really like one of 10 Fingers”

“I don't think it's a good sign”

After Junta said that, he started to prepare himself, he felt that surprise attacks could happen at any time.

On the other hand, Zonya looks relaxed, but when viewed carefully, Zonya is holding the seeds of plants in both palms.

And lastly, Kou had already made a ready-to-fight pose with the two knives he held in both hands.