The Book Of Flowers

The Unexpected Meeting

"RAH!"

Darwin almost scratched me, but Zaphir managed to take me away from him

Verdea again threw magic, but this time it was stone magic. The stone that formed in his hand looked very small, but when the stone had already darted and touched Darwin's body...

*slats!*

Darwin's blood is in disarray. He crashed not far back, with a hollow chest, making him fall and not move for a while

"Damn! I miss" Gerutu Verdea with her eyes closed next door

He returned to chanting with his right hand. Jael attempts to thwart the spell, but Veskal again attacks Jael and blocks him

Seeing that opportunity, I told Zaphir, "Help the brunette. I'm going to the black-haired boy"

Zaphir looked hesitant, but he still nodded

I quickly moved to Verdea

Verdea looked at me with a big smile on her face

"How are you?" She asked

"I'm fine. But, let's just save this conversation for later" I replied

"alright... By the way, why are you even here? Didn't help them both?"

"Huh? I have a plan to end this you know?"

"... Yep... Now what do I have to do?"

He looked at me with a face full of questions

...

Huh... This brat...

His mind could not match me at all long ago. Only her body grew bigger

"Hold my back with your right hand. And make sure you can stand my magic"

"... For a-"

"Just do it, or I'll beat your head with this stick!"

"Alright, alright. Basic aggressive"

He put his right hand on my back. Ensuring his readiness, I began to point my staff at Yael who was fighting back

"Oh, great spirit of nature. Give me your strength and protect us from the criminals who plague us. Shower them with your great petals. Fatal Bloom's"

Realizing my magic recitation, Veskal and Zaphir immediately dodged into the air to avoid being exposed

A flower-shaped Energy formed at the end of my spear. In a short time, the flower fired energy bullets in a row at Yael

Panicked Yael immediately tried to dodge, but the energy bullet followed him and tried to hit him

He also tried to throw them with his robe, but instead made his robe perforated instantly

And in the next second, he was struck by all those energy bullets and hollowed out his body. He spouted blood from his mouth after that

He fell to the ground, while Veskal and Zaphir were breathing an irregular rhythm when they landed in front of Jael's body

"Whoah! Great too!" Verdea said

"... She's not dead yet?"

Jael got up slowly. This made Veskal and Zaphir again alert and ready to return

Verdea and I are also ready to cast the next spell

He managed to stand up, but not yet straight at all. His head suddenly twisted 90 degrees with the sound of his joints bones that could be heard clearly

"... Damnit... I don't like this..."

His head returned to its normal position. He looked at me directly with wide red eyes that were burning brightly

...!

He's gonna-!

Just as I thought, he was suddenly in front of me. But I quickly took Verdea away before we could get hit

He did not give us any space. He attacked us as fast as lightning once again with his right hand coated in black magic

I directly swung my staff to repel the attack, but I nearly crashed because the magic in his hand exploded

Veskal and Zaphir immediately tried to help us by darting quickly towards Yael

While I, before Yael could strike again, I tied Verdea's body with my hand and began to concentrate Mana at the end of my wand. When I swung it at Yael's body, my mana exploded and made the area covered in smoke

Without a second thought, I immediately took Verdea away from her

Seeing that we couldn't fight him with such an incomplete effort, I began to prepare another plan

I then cast earth magic and threw it at Yael, but it managed to escape. However, I only used that earth magic to buy time

Zaphir and Veskal jumped behind Yael, ready to split him. But, Yael once again dodged quickly and took a distance far enough that the two people who had run out of steam could not catch up anymore

...

"alright. I think I should be a little rough. Come Verdea"

Zaphir and Veskal looked at me behind them. I just moved forward ahead of them with Verdea behind me

Feeling ready, I pointed my wand at Yael while closing my eyes. Verdea placed her right hand on my back and was ready to resist the impulse of my Mana wave

"Eye of Storm"

A ball of water formed at the end of my stick. But, instead of being thrown, the water ball actually floated into the air and touched the clouds

Realizing what I was doing, Yael tried to escape with Darwin and Edwin who were unconscious

However, when he tried to fly into the air with his black magic, he crashed back into the ground, along with his two friends

"A-!? Magic Protector Area!?" Yael panicked

With that magic of mine, they won't be able to get in and out unless I allow it. My magic is as powerful as Seren's, only the area is smaller

He was trying to find a gap in my magic like a mouse who wanted to escape to save his life. But his efforts were in vain. The black clouds had already begun to billow and let out a loud rumble, while the one who was trying could not even make a single hole in my magic

"Down from this area! Hurry along!" I ordered Veskal and Zaphir

After looking at the sky for a while, they nodded their heads in my direction, then left as quickly as possible from my magic range area

My magic this time was strengthened by Verdea. I don't know how powerful my magic will be. I'm worried about the safety of Verdea who's still here with me for a while

The rumbling in the sky began to turn into the deafening sound of strong winds. Not long after, numerous hurricanes struck the ground violently and destroyed anything nearby

Oh wow! My magic is dozens of times scarier than what I expected

Seeing that the typhoons had already fallen to the ground, I immediately carried Verdea away from the area. I knew that the typhoons would disappear if I got out of the area, but I couldn't let Verdea get hurt by my magic

"WAIT-WAIT!"

Yael tried to chase after me, but he was blocked by my protective magic. He knocked on the magic barrier many times aggressively and shouted loudly at us who were running out of the magic area

One of the hurricanes approached them as Yael's wrathful screams grew louder

"VERDEA! VAINZELS!"

Huh!? Why are Veskal and Zaphir still here!?

...!

"Hurry up, Vainzel!"

Uncle Zer!

I accelerated my pace towards the three of them while continuing to carry Verdea. Some of those fierce hurricanes almost took me flying

Uncle Zer extended his hand as he could towards us. I immediately extended my hand to be able to hold it

And just as our hands touched...

*ZAP!*

*BRUK!*

I coughed because of the pain that suddenly appeared in my chest

Our... It was forced teleportation by Uncle Zer apparently...

Uncle Zero is amazing. His teleportation ability could not be underestimated at all

Verdea!

I immediately walked towards him to help him get up from the ground

"Are you okay, son?" I asked

"It's okay. Least... We're safe" he said while accepting my help

...

I just found out that he likes to endure this kind of pain

He obviously seemed barely able to breathe, but he tried his best to look as though he was fine

This teleportation would eat a considerable amount of Mana depending on the distance. And because of that, Verdea's Mana might be drained out right now

Substantial. I knew that he lied a lot and wanted to always look fine, but I didn't expect that he would try to hold back to that extent

Putting Verdea aside for a while, I looked towards Veskal who was lying on the ground with a gasp of breath

Well... As I recall he did not have a large enough Mana. Even though I can tell him which one belongs to a little more than Verdea, he'll still have a hard time lifting his body

Huh... I have to cure these 2 people later

Zaphir and Uncle Zer looked fine, just like me who probably only felt pain for a while

I also look around us. And as I expected, Uncle Zer did take us to the Dwarven underground city

The city of Bargalos is more precise. This place is Uncle Zer's hometown, and I still recognize it because I often go in and out of this city when invited by Uncle to stop by

The Dwarves are gathering around us. There were some whispering when they saw me and Zaphir

And in the middle of that Dwarf...

Frank and Artorius came to us on a half-run walk

"Verdea!"

Frank immediately hugged the boy, embracing him in his arms. Veskal and I stayed away a bit to make room for the two men

Meanwhile, when I looked at Artorius, he just stood there with a sad, grateful face

Ah, these old faces can still be seen apparently

Huh... My journey to continue to survive this long apparently not in vain at all