The Explorers of the Universe

Battle of Saga

Saga dodged the snake's attack nimbly and he was able to slash the snakes easily. His sword also managed to stab and tear the tiger that attacked him. The dead beast became light and then vanished.

In the fight against the elephants, Saga was overwhelmed. The elephant is very strong. Until finally he slashed an elephant's trunk with his sword until it broke. The elephant also disappeared into the light. The other elephants were defeated by Saga in a tense battle.

Facing beings who had no face, Saga began to be overwhelmed. Those creatures cannot be slashed with their swords. The sword that was unsheathed and released pierced through and passed through the creature without injuring it.

“Sials. This way I won't be able to win!” saga.

Saga gets attacks from the faceless creature. Body fell. He felt pain and pain in his body. “This is unfair. I have to deal with a creature I can't touch.”

Saga took a few steps back. He was looking for a way to defeat him. He looked for the weakness of these faceless creatures. Looking at the faceless creature, Saga tried to think about how the creature could figure out its existence and give him a counterattack.

Some creatures attacked again. Saga cannot escape. The creature knows exactly where Saga is. Out of all those attacks, Saga got a lot of attacks on his face and head. I don't know why the creature always attacks his head.

“Ah, could it be that he was aiming for my head?” think Saga. “Why is he after my head?”

Saga dodged and tried to analyze the attack patterns of the creature. Saga suspects the creature can detect the contents of his head. “Mind!” Saga dumbfounded.

Getting such a guess. Saga finally kept quiet. He tried to lose his mind. But for a second his mind could not be forced to stop. There was always something going in and out of his mind.

Saga has an attack. Then he tried to dispel the thought of the creature in his head. Saga closed her eyes. He focused his head.

“Don't think of this makhuk,” his inner self.

A few minutes of Saga holding up. There was no attack. Saga opened her eyes. The creatures are now unable to figure out Saga's whereabouts. They're drifting indistinctly in his direction.

“I don't have to fight this creature. I just didn't think about it enough. Then this creature can not attack me,” said Saga.

Saga also ignored the existence of faceless creatures. As long as the creature was unable to read its existence, it would be free to move to further defeat the stone monster that looked strong, tall and definitely troublesome.

Saga looked at those stone monsters. What kind of power would he have to defeat the monster? The height of those monsters exceeded the height of the trees present in the Forbidden Forest.

“But I won't lose. I will defeat these damn monsters!” saga said firmly.

Saga also recalled the map of the forest he had explored. Recalling every corner of the place he had entered during the first month in this forest as he searched for the Forest Guard Spirit. Saga got an idea.

Saga shouted at the stone monsters for them to see. He pelted the creature with wood. After the stone monsters saw Saga, Saga ran quickly between the trees.

Saga maneuvered through tree by tree. Descending valleys, rivers, and manaiki hills. On top of the hill, he could see the creature clearly. Their heads are round but irregular. Their faces had eyes and mouths with an unfinished sculptural shape. They don't have noses.

On top of the rock hill, Saga laughed at the monsters. He challenged them. “If indeed you are strong beings, then destroy me in one blow!” that's how Saga challenged them.

The huge monsters with the physique of the stone simultaneously raised their right hand. Prepare to teach Saga a lesson. Seeing the bait succeed, Saga prepared herself. He glanced at a piece of wood near his feet.

The stone monsters also gave a hard blow to Saga who was standing on the hill simultaneously. With a quick movement, before the monster bogeman hit him, Saga pushed the wood beside him with her legs to fall. As the wood slid on the ground from the top to the bottom, Saga jumped up and stood on the wood. He glided along with the wood as if he was skiing. Luckily, Saga can move fast. A little too late he could be crushed by the blows of the stone monster.

The saga passes through the rocks and trees in front of it using wooden skiing. It keeps sliding. Rocks from the top of the hill began to fall and collapse due to the fierce impact of stone monsters that have super large hands.

Saga stopped his wooden skiing after being quite far from the hill. Then he turned his body. Looking towards the hill.

The monsters fell down and squeezed each other. Saga is winning!

Not long after the Forest Guard Spirit came. “You are not only able to fight. You have intelligence and speed. I acknowledge your victory,” said the Forest Guard Spirit that was only heard in Saga's ears.

Saga smile. “This is all I did to be your friend, Forest Guard Spirit,” Saga replied. Although the Forest Guard Spirit said within Saga's ears, Saga still spoke in a normal voice. Like someone talking at a different distance.

“Happy to be your friend. What should I call you?” ask the Forest Guard Spirit.

“I want to have a new name, namely Volcano. But that name is only appropriate if I have one ability, which is to remove the fire liquid contained in the mountain. Fire that has a thicker liquid and can harden when cold,” Saga said.

“It is with great pleasure that I will give you that ability. That name is very fitting for you, my friend,” reply Forest Guard Spirit.

“And I want to be like you too. Have the ability to fly,” said Saga.

“Alright, buddy, I'll give you two abilities as you want.” The Forest Guard Spirit then raised his left hand.

Slowly the saga lifted into the air. The atmosphere and wind around the Saga are heating up. Saga endured the heat. The talapak of Saga's hands and fingers suffered many cracks. Inside that crack, flowing molten embers, that was the lava from within the mountain.

Saga's eyes were reddened. From within his body emanated a reddish orange glow. The saga increasingly held the heat flowing in his body.

After that process was completed, the Forest Guard Spirit lowered Saga. Saga's body had returned cold. The crack in his hand had returned to how it was. And her red eyes were back to normal. There is only one obvious change that is now visible, namely some of his hair is orange.

“Now, try to feel the flow of power flowing in your body. And you can try your new abilities,” said the Forest Guard Spirit.

Saga felt her body lighter and more comfortable. He could feel the power flowing in his body. Without thinking for a long time, Saga tried to float.

Saga's body slowly lifted into the air. Saga stands on the trees. He looked at his palm. Then he tested his volcanic abilities. He warmed both his hands. He tried to throw something out of his hand.

As a result, liquid fire was thrown from both hands and burned the tree. The pitch-black forest was brightened by the light of its volcanic flames.

Saga is back on the ground. “Now you can call me Volcano, man. Thanks for this ability.”

“By pleasure, Volcano. I promise to be faithful to be your friend,” said the Forest Guard Spirit. “I am destined not to break my rules. Everyone who has successfully completed my exam, his request must be granted. And now you get me as a friend for your success,” he continued.

“A happiness can be your friend, the Forest Guard Spirit. Now let's go back to the palace,” invite Saga who now has an alter ego as Volcano.

“I can't go with you, Volcano. My form will be recognized by those who have seen me here,” said the Forest Guard Spirit.

“Then you can make yourself invisible. Or you can be another form so that I can still know your whereabouts,” suggested Saga.

“Alright, I will transform myself into an animal that can follow you wherever you go.” The Forest Guard Spirit turned around and turned into an eagle with sharp eyes.

Saga smile. He liked the taste of the Forest Guard Spirit beasts. They left the forest for Ghanda's palace.

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