The Guardian: The Elementalist

Sheep Settler II

"So, how do you make this man a demon?" ask Ray. "Easy, don't you know who I am?" ask Aqhva.

Ray tried to think though he couldn't possibly guess it so easily. Aqhva also patted the forehead. "Warden and Dark Warden are now very slow and unresponsive" said Aqhva.

"No way! You're.... Argh, what am I really thinking? You can't be the demon lord, can you?" ask Ray. Aqhva also grinned widely. "It seems I don't have to bother explaining," he said.

"What do you want to come here? Shouldn't you sleep in your palace? Why did you suddenly wake up and make a mess?" ask Ray.

"I don't mind if the one who says it is someone else. But you? Are you not self-conscious? You think my life is just for sleeping? Are you not worse than me? I heard you like to fuck a lot of women, besides..... Can you explain this?" Aqhva transformed into another figure, then used her ability to display the screen on the wall. Instantly, the terrible conditions of a continent that were all flattened were filled with black.

"Isn't that what you are? So, who's causing the mess here? There's no way you'd blame me for that, right? Unless you're shameless" Aqhva said. Ray fell silent and thought to make an excuse.

"It was inevitable! The place was filled with people making riots and riots! It wasn't long before they spread all over the world!" said Ray.

"You're sure that place is only inhabited by people like that? What about women and children who know nothing? Did you think about it?" ask Aqhva. Ray was silent again, unable to answer.

"Now in the world out there must be a lot of people talking about you and starting to hate you. Then you settled on this earth to avoid their hatred. Aren't I right?" ask Aqhva.

"Ti...no! You're wrong! All demon humans support me! They must have understood that!" said Ray.

"O young man! You think someone's on your side now? It will not be long before the people of this earth know what terrible things you are doing" Aqhva said.

"You lied! There are still many people supporting me! I don't believe you!" said Ray. Aqhva smiled even more knowing how beautiful the man in front of her was.

"Is this the person you're referring to?" Aqhva transforms into Kaa, leaving Ray shocked, even frightened.

The unconscious man also woke up. Seeing the change in Aqhva form, he ran scared until Ray could not catch up to him.

"What happened to Kaa? What did you just do to him?" ray asked as he pulled the collar of Aqhva's shirt.

"If you mess with her, I won't stay silent!" said Ray. "Whoa! How scary, though,! Take it easy, I didn't do anything. Just copying his ability. Like this," said Aqhva while demonstrating how he copied Ray's ability and changed into himself.

"Is my face as handsome as yours? This body is very fit, I don't seem to have to worry about getting a disease even though many times sleeping with different women" Aqhva said.

"If you just want to play around, you better leave me!" said Ray. "You don't understand what you're doing right now? I came here to offer to support you" Aqhva said.

"The demon king supports me? You kidding? There was no way the demon lord would make such a good decision! I'm sure there's a lot of hidden intentions you want" Ray said.

"The demon king is just a nickname given by people. Basically we are both human. What's wrong if I have good intentions of helping the poor man? I'm talking about my rights as a human being, not a demon lord. What's wrong with me doing good?" ask Aqhva. Ray paused for a moment to think.

"I can't believe you" he said briefly after a few minutes of pensive reflection and left Aqhva.

"You're serious about your decision? Maybe I'll do the same to Warden. If I take her side, then you really don't have anyone by your side" Aqhva said.

He also remembered Alex, but the boy was also disappointed after witnessing such a terrible explosion in Adraksh. As he remembered Kaa, even now he himself did not dare to face her. Finally he felt completely alone, as if Aqhva had just awakened him.

"What's wrong? You're not going? Didn't you refuse my offer?" ask Aqhva. Ray was still silent to think. A few minutes later he raised his face and made a determination.

"Okay, I'll accept your offer! On one condition!" said Ray. "I can't wait to hear what conditions you're going to apply, I hope I can respond to them" Aqhva said.

Ray also showed a small lantern stone from his pocket. Of course it looked familiar to Aqhva. "How did you get that?" ask Aqhva.

"Looks like you know something about this thing! So, what do you think after seeing this?" ask Ray.

"The light seems dim, ordinary people will not notice it. Is that person sick or dying?" ask Aqhva.

"It looks like you know more about this thing than I do" Ray concluded. "Can I see it up close?" aqhva asked, he tried to compare the lantern stones he had.

"You have the same thing, do you belong to that clan?" ask Ray. "No, it belongs to my best friend, he has died not long ago" Aqhva said.

"I'm so sorry" said Ray. "No need, we have been hostile to each other for hundreds of years. By the way, this is very interesting! How did you get this thing? Is this your best friend? Or one of the women you've slept with?" ask Aqhva.

"Don't joke! It belongs to my comrades in arms!" ray said, he started to get emotional. "Hm! How sad! Surely soon he will die, the light in this lantern is no longer helped," said Aqhva.

"No! He won't die! I'll meet him someday! Maybe you don't believe it, but that dim light keeps on for 20 more years!" said Ray.

Aqhva smiled as Ray did not notice. In the end he knew a huge gap from the man before him.

"20 more years? Isn't that a long time ago? It seems like he is still fighting to see you back! You'd better not waste your efforts to date! Make sure you actually meet him!" exciting Aqhva.

"That's right! I'll do anything until I meet him!" said Ray with enthusiasm, he was up to the excitement because it was carried away.

"It looks like even though you're the demon lord, you're not too bad either" Ray said. Aqhva laughed. "Of course, we are both human, it makes no difference" Aqhva said with a friendly smile, but behind her warm smile, there are monsters who are giggling because they managed to trick a person who plays an important role in maintaining balance in this world.

"Alright, since it's already like this, I can do a lot to deal with the mess warden's followers have caused! Then, what's your name?" ask Ray.

"Oh, that's right! Because now that we're on the same side, we should know each other. All right, my name is Aqhva," replied Aqhva.

"Is that your real name? You don't mind if I call you by that name? It's possible that people will hear and know who you really are" Ray reminded.

"Just calm! Even my own followers don't know my name, let alone outsiders," Aqhva laughed. Ray laughed with him. "Is that so? I don't seem to have to worry about that" he said.

"Truly, just worry about yourself! You should be fine before you meet your friend" said Aqhva.