KEEP BUANA (Rise of Darkness)

Protecting Yourself

Gentayu and Princess Nakano stepped carefully as they began to enter the forest. They can sense that as they step into the forest their hair and hair on their body starts to stand up as a result of the induction of electric current.

"Be careful" Gentayu said as Princess Nakano hurriedly pulled back her hand that had accidentally touched the trees accompanied by a small scream.

"Awas.tree and grass in this place contain lightning energy although small" Princess Nakano reminded after she experienced it herself how the electric shock felt when her hand accidentally touched the trees.

Gentayu only chuckled to hear it because he had also experienced it himself before.

They continued to go deeper into the forest while avoiding coming into contact with any object in it.

The pressure on the energy in their bodies began to be felt when in front of them were seen trees and grasses had threads of lightning wriggling out from the trunk.

But such pressure is still small and not a threat to both. They only felt the energy in their bodies react in the form of light scale fluctuations.

The more they headed towards the center, they slowly began to look and found more and more electric threads visible in the leaves on trees and grasses.

It was quite dense because almost every tree and grove of grass had lightning threads that wriggled out and disappeared, then appeared in other parts.

The tiny, thread-sized glint danced in some parts of tree trunks and grass, but was more dominant in the foliage.

With great care and Princess Nakano continued to step up, they also began to put energy on their bodies in anticipation of anything unexpected that they might encounter.

'Home..!'

The sound of a lightning eruption sounded not far from their ears. Gentayu had seen the movement of the lightning before striking a nearby tree so that it could react as necessary.

That little lightning turned out to jump from one tree far enough before it hit the tree on the side of Gentayu and princess Nakano stood up.

"Little lightning only. But it seems that we have started meeting the real master of this place" Princess Nakano said.

Gentayu just shut up. But his vigilance increased.

They did not stop and continued to move forward until they reached nearly a hundred meters ahead.

Gentayu's eyes glanced and swept around when he realized there was a slight change in his surroundings standing now.

His head even began to look up as he walked, and found that in this place, the lightning energy tendrils began to look increasingly clear.

The size of the lightning ripples in this place became twice as large as the original one that was only the size of a thread.

Shortly after they realized the changing conditions in the surroundings, Gentayu hurriedly ducked down and his hand also forced the back of princess Nakano's head to duck down.

'DUARR!!'

The loud sound of another lightning strike exploded and struck another tree right beside Gentayu's ear.

This lightning seemed to be targeting Gentayu and Nakano's daughter. Luckily, their response was pretty quick.

'DUARR!!'

Another explosion followed and hit the ground at the foot of Gentayu. This time Gentayu was forced to avoid it by tiptoeing backwards.

To his surprise, the sound of this lightning was slightly larger than the first and second lightning striking them.

Gentayu took his eyes to check the condition of the tree struck by the second lightning.

A hint of surprise flashed across his face as he found the tree unburned. Not even injured at all after receiving the lightning strike.

It was seen that the residual tendrils of lightning absorbed into the tree disappeared.

'Lt's amazing! Doesn't that mean the trees and grass in this place are capable of absorbing lightning energy?'

Princess Nakano only reacted a little unconventional when Gentayu's hand grabbed her wrist before finally choosing resignation as Gentayu began to pull her forward half dragging her.

They stood among the giant trees. Their hair and body hair were currently completely standing up due to the influence of the electrical energy of this place.

'Awas!!'

Gentayu pushed Nakano's daughter to the right side while she threw away her left side's body when a finger-sized lightning bolt struck towards them.

'DUAR..!!'

The lightning also ended up hitting the ground and vanished. Leaves a small charred on its surface.

Gentayu was just about to apologize for pushing Nakano's daughter just now, but more than five lightning bolts suddenly shot towards the two of them from all sides.

"It's not good!!"

Gentayu cursed before he and princess Nakano again dodged the lightning strikes by tiptoeing and occasionally jumping.

But those five threads of lightning were not the last. When the five lightning bolts failed to meet their targets, dozens of other lightning bolts followed and struck them.

The sound of explosions due to lightning strikes continued to be heard many times without pause afterwards.

Neither Gentayu nor Nakano's daughter seemed to have any other ideas at the moment other than avoiding those thunderbolts at the moment.

"Retreat! Let's retreat! We have to get back to the edge now!!" Princess Nakano saw the situation unfavorable to them and invited Gentayu to hurry back.

Gentayu did not refuse. He simply did not have any idea whatsoever on his mind at the moment to deal with these thunderbolts.

He and princess Nakano immediately turned around and turned into two different lights that shot rapidly towards the edge of the forest, at the starting point they entered earlier.

" It is absolutely ridiculous to enter this forest without preparation! Little brother, you better convey now your idea of facing those thunderbolts or forget your intention to help us and your training plan here!"

Princess Nakano exploded in anger when she realized they would end up helpless if they continued moving like that.

Hearing Nakano's daughter begin to abuse him, Gentayu simply rubbed her nose before finally saying, "I definitely have a plan for myself. But I really can't do anything if I have to be forced to protect you again!"

"Protect me said you??!" Princess Nakano rode apople to hear Gentayu's reply.

According to him, they moved together and warned each other of danger, how could Gentayu dare to declare that he was protecting Nakano's daughter?

Gantayu did not answer. Instead of replying, he had instead leaped forward towards those fleeing earlier.

Gentayu's arrival was immediately greeted by small lightning bolts on the edge of the forest that struck him.

But this time Gentayu did not dodge. Instead he went deeper and allowed himself as if bathing in a small lightning strike the size of a thread that excitedly struck his body many times.

Princess Nakano's eyes opened upon seeing Gentayu completely not dodging. The small lightning with the sound of a weak explosion as it hit him did not harm him at all.

Only his hair and body hair were standing due to the influence of that lightning energy.

Gentayu was not hurt at all!

"Bb.. How is that possible?"

Princess Nakano seemed to realize that Gentayu's words that made her angry actually had a very strong basis.

With a face reddened in embarrassment, Nakano's daughter for the first time felt amazed by Gentayu's ability which she momentarily called as a little boy.