The Adventure Of Lord Lausius

Episode 131

Sean squinted his eyes. From a distance, Sean sees something that should help Sean find that path.

“Yes! That's. I've found it.”

In the air, Sean got more and more eager to get closer and down. Because Sean had found the place he was looking for, the snake temple.

The temple stood in the desert, and there was a rock cliff behind the snake temple. And not far from the serpent temple, the door was. Yeah, Sean's starting to imagine now.

Sean looked around, there was a snake statue inside the temple courtyard. The huge snake statue was firmly standing, while there were coconut trees, an oasis and some small fountains there.

The temple is made of black granite. And there's a little pool there. Sean also remembered that there Medusa had worshiped the serpent god. The woman tells Sean, and with her spirit Sean sets his foot in the snake temple.

“If I have arrived at the snake temple. That means I'm close to that door.”

Sean took a look around the place, mainly in the outer courtyard of the temple. Safe. Sean didn't see anyone there.

Sean walked into the temple, the day seemed to have darkened.

“I'd better spend the night here. Tomorrow I'll head to that exit.”

It felt like Sean's body was getting tired, let alone flying very far across the vast desert.

As Sean was about to head into this jet-black temple, Sean flashed in a sizable pond. And Sean knows, it must have been used by Medusa.

“The water is clear. There are also many flowers here. Surely the snake woman used it as her soaking place.”

No matter what, Sean took a little air—drank it, and.....

“Oh. This water is delicious and delicious!” sean was surprised. Seriously, Sean felt the water in the middle of the desert was delicious. Moreover, the water is cool, even Sean's thirst is immediately fresh even if only drinking a mouthful.

“Should I first clean my body here?”

Sean is starting to be tempted by the coolness of this water. The thought of soaking for a moment inside this pond, lured Sean away. Without thinking twice, Sean decided to calm himself down there.

As if he was in a spa, a place where he always accompanied the mother when she came home from school. Sean felt relaxed there.

One of the purple lotus flowers approached Sean. The beautiful flower was carried away by the wind that blew a little, forcing this floating flower to approach Sean— who was closing his eyes. Sean was aware of the presence of flowers floating on the surface of this water.

“A unique flower,” Sean said amazed at the lotus flower, which in the petals there is fire. “You are made of fire. You're so beautiful, man.”

Sean watched clearly. True, all the flowers that float on this water, inside each petal there is fire.

Sean only realized it earlier, before Sean did not know there would be such a flower in this place.

The night wind was blowing a little. Unlike usual, the night was very cold Sean felt.

Sean's eyes scoured the surrounding—when he heard a noise behind the bushes. His skin started to feel different from before, cold.

“Who's there?”

Sean squinted his eyes, out of the water, toward the bushes that were swaying unruffled. Sean was interested to see, who was teasing him while being relaxed like this.

“Jessica. Is that you?”

Sean walked slowly closer to the bushes, occasionally his eyes narrowed. See well who's behind the bushes.

“Is Jessica there?” muttered Sean slowly. Sean opened the bushes, and damn it......

THE ROARK!!!

Sean suffocated in shock, making him retreat away from those sharp thorny bushes.

“Gort!”

Oh, this isn't what Sean expected. Why are there creatures here, even Sean doesn't know where they're from. They're here, where Sean is. Like, they know where Sean went.

Their number was very large, making Sean forcefully pull the sword he left on the edge of the pool where he was.

With strength in his hand, the sword met its master.

“You tried to scare me apparently!” sean was ready to fight. “However, that's not enough to scare me man. Instead you meet the right person, your life-extracting angel substitute.”

The Gort who resembled a wolf demon and a buffalo was snoring loudly. After making a sound with a loud snore, some Gort attacked Sean.

Sean smiled wryly, the sword in hand was ready to swing. And....

“Trying toying apparently. Hiya...”.

ZRASH, ZRETT

Sean paralyses one by one of the Gorts. But the bad news is. Every one that dies, then there are some other Gort that comes behind the bushes.

Sean's been hard at it, but still. Their numbers are increasing, forcing Sean to work extra.

“Hiya...”.

Sean jumps into the air, with the magic he now has, Sean hits several of Gort's bodies.

“That's his revenge if you dare to fight me!” lirih Sean is satisfied.

From behind, Sean did not realize that there were actually some Gort who had been waiting for this exact moment.

Without realizing it, Sean managed to compose, until Sean's body crashed on the ground.

It hurts, it hurts so much. Moreover, Sean's back is not wearing clothes, so it creates a scratch wound there.

“Oh. They managed to beat me!” sean complained in pain.

Not long after he complained, some Gort came closer. Sean's eyes widened as one Gort swung his axe, ready to hit Sean.

Do they want to kill me?

Sean could not escape, as a result, he was only fixated when the dagger-like sharp axe landed on his face.

“No..... Mother....”

Sean yells. His breathing panted, with coercion Sean opened his eyes. His chest was pounding, as if this was his first time nervous and trembling.

“Is that just a dream?” sean said drifting.

He checked his whole body, all right. No one was hurt.

“True. It's just a dream,” he said again rather relieved.

Sean's eyes wanted to circulate, where he fell asleep. When he lifted his head, Sean was shocked.

“Akh.. you..”.

Not only shocked, Sean increasingly agape when the tongue as sharp as thorns licked clean face.

Sean's eyes were forcefully rounded, as the black one was present in front of him.

“You..... Since when is it here?” ask Sean.

Stupid Sean, in fact he asked will not be answered. Ligong, he's not even talking about Sean. She was just cool on Sean's face, licking him, also gently stroking his head on Sean's body.

Shortly after acting spooky, Ligong hardened on Sean's body. Yeah, Sean just realized. If he falls asleep in a rather dark temple. Unless there are some fire lights installed in the mouth of the snake statue.

“Ligong is here. But why don't I see Jessica and the others. And...... Since when have I been asleep in this temple. Why didn't I realize I was already inside this dark place.”

Right, if Ligong is here. But nothing else, just this glowing tiger in front of Sean.

“I know, you're not here with them. You'll be with me, buddy. We'll get out of this place.”

Sean gently rubbed Ligong's head, the submissive animal looked a bit smug.

****

Fire torch stuck in the snake statue, Sean take. Circulate it, browse the classical buildings that condition the meaning. As long as Sean looked, there were only snake carvings. And....

“Oh. What are you doing?”

Sean turned his head, Ligong was biting his butt. This glowing animal, it looks like it's showing something. I don't know, Sean doesn't understand. He just pulled Sean, biting slowly on the teenager's arm, heading to the corner of the temple. Near the door.

“What are you showing me, man?” asked Sean curiously.

Ligong pointed angrily towards the wall that was in a perfect chisel. Sean followed his instructions, and..... Sean squinted his eyes when he saw this beautiful picture. Relief, Sean sees it as relief.

“Isn't this me?” sean said stunned. Sean could not be wrong, the image that was carved beautifully on the walls of this jet-black rocky temple, was indeed his self that was clearly drawn there. Sean's fingers touched the picture on the wall, a second later, there was light coming out of it. “Wow...”.

Sean blinked his eyes a few times, his mouth wide open. The white light shows the story in dark times.

Sean's little story, the story of where he was a toddler. In a spoiled team by the Mother, even Sean looks cute there.

More like a movie theater, there's just a slight difference. Sean was not in a dream—where he was nostalgic in childhood.

“Mother..... Isn't that me?”

Ligong, the glowing creature gently rubbed his head on Sean's shoulder. Signifying, perhaps justifying Sean's remarks. That's his mother, and so is he. They're playing.

Sean glanced at Ligong, his eyes glazed over, as if he were wailing. Sean smiled, his one hand gently rubbing Ligong's head.

“You just calm down. I will not be sad at this time. I'm sure, soon I'll be back to see my mother.”

Okay, Sean understands Ligong's feelings. He must be feeling what Sean is feeling. Separate from those he loves the most.

Sean turned his face away, wanting to re-watch himself in childhood. The mother's face did not change, Sean recognized the mother's face.

However, the image of the Mother in front of him, now changed. Sean blinked his eyes a few times, a strange image.

“That dream....”.

Clearly, it was a dream in the time when he had yet to enter this place. The dream that scared Sean was half dead. A dream in which Sean sees the death of his parents, a dream that forces Sean into a valley of horror.

“Not...... Oh, Mom,” cried Sean.

His one hand tried to reach the woman before him. The woman who holds her son in a hug is as if she is protecting a little toddler in her arms. Meanwhile, there was a man with a sword in his hand—trying to protect the Mother.

“Dad,” says Sean again. “Dad protects Mom from gort. Is Mom protecting me.”

Sean reached out his hand, unable to reach the mother, Sean tried to run towards the mother. Sean tries to penetrate the dimension, where there is a separation distance between them. The distance of the temple is dark, limited by the dimension of clean white.

“Mother, this is Sean Bu,” cried Sean.

The mother turned her head, turning her eyes to Sean. When Sean had entered this dimension filled with white light, suddenly the dark temple that limited the place as white as cotton disappeared.

“What is this?”

Confused, Sean was clearly confused. Even Sean rotated his body, looking for where the black temple had disappeared, also with Ligong.

“Ligong. Mother. Daddyh. You guys where!”

All disappear, as Sean panics trapped in an all-white place. They disappeared without a trace, as if disappearing with the loss of the snake temple.

A place that only displays this white color, then turns into a...... Oh, the temple above the clouds.

“It....” Oh, Sean remembers, he was in this place once. At that time, he met an old man in..... “Isn't this on..... Nebula Palace?”

Right, Sean clearly remembered the place. But the difference is, this time Sean is not in that place. Where he awoke, greeted with a narrow view. This time Sean stared at this vast place, everything was above the clouds.

“Welcome to the palace Metis.”

As Sean was widening his gaze, the voice came from various directions. He echoed, his voice high-octane.

“Who are you?” ask Sean. But his gaze was still the same, searching, searching for the source of the sound.

Sean turned around, looking for who the figure said to him was. “Who are you. Get out quickly, you don't hide.”

From behind Sean, that jarring voice came, through the light. Ah, they are so great, even from the light they can come in an instant.

“Nak.”

Sean turned around when there was a raucous voice, followed by a hand that touched the skin of his shoulder.

“You?”

Old man. He nodded as Sean looked at him in surprise. The corner of his lips grinned with a friendly smile, one hand gently massaged the long feathers of guessing, which hung on his chin. White hair, Sean knows, he's the guy who met him at the time.

“You..... It was not you who met me at that time.... Nebula?”

“You didn't forget me apparently.”

“Obviously I didn't forget,” reply Sean. “Even I remember the details of your face. Also...... This spot. It was different to what I saw when we met earlier.”

This old man snorted, followed by a smile that was again very friendly waiting for him.

“You're at the palace of Metis. The place of the heavenly glorified.”

Proudly, the old man Sean knew as Shutanhamun, told Sean where he was.

“Oh...”.

“This is the second time we met. And the third time, you will arrive at the real Metis palace.”

Sean scrunched his forehead, between confusion and worry, as if bringing Sean crazy thinking about the words of the man before him.

“What.... L'm...... Destined to meet you for the third time?”

The man nodded, turning his body, he stared at the slow moving clouds before him. Meanwhile, many buildings were floating in the air, as if there was no earth gravity in this place. Every side wakes up in this fantasy world, they are connected to a ladder that is not long because of it. One and the other, stretching to unite every magnificent palace lined perfectly.

“You are destined to be a knight in this land of prosperity. Of course, we will meet at that time.”

“Where? When?”

Sean asked hunting, approached the old man, and the old man twisted his heels. He was very dignified, one hand folded to his back, and the other patted Sean's shoulder kindly.

“You are the pillar of creature life in the land of prosperity. Behind the Metis cloud, your name is on!”

“Then? Why should I. Why did you tell me!”

“Because you are a descendant of light. You are my granddaughter. You're the one I've been waiting for all these years. Your destiny is set.”

Wait, Sean was a little clueless over this old man's words. Sean wants to demand a lot of questions, but is not. He had no right to ask many things, which is clear, Sean did not want to be involved in the story of the old man in front of him.

“OK. You say whatever it is up to. Just so you explain why I saw my mother. And also, I saw my father. They seem to be being attacked by these disgusting creatures. You must know something about them!”

The old man snorted a smile, looking at Sean affectionately.

“You.....”.

TB