The Guardian: The Elementalist

Demon

Three days passed, but Alesse did not return. Sanay was getting more and more uneasy knowing that reality.

"Where's this? If it continues like this Alex will probably realize that the one with him all this time is just a metal plate!" sandy panicked.

"What did he do to not go home? On a school day like this makes us worry!" Salsha.

"We can only get together like this after school. If we get caught approaching the Probe at school, maybe Alex will beat us all up" Sanay said.

"Maybe he'll eat us with the tiger's face" Sandy said. "This is no time for jokes! Alesse hasn't come home yet!" salsha Reprimand. "Sorry, I just want to improve the atmosphere" Sandy said.

"Probe, does Alesse vacation often do this? Went away for days without coming home?" ask Sanay.

"No, the last time he left the longest was when I replaced him going to school in Junior High first" Probe said.

"It's been a long time!" Salsha. "But at that time there was something odd about his departure" Probe said. "What's wrong?" ask Sanay curiously.

"I did not trace Alesse's departure, but I found the history of the signals that Jawara had emitted ending up on the Black Hall hill, as if they had simply vanished there, and there, but there was not a day when they returned home. The next day they also left again in the morning, and returned after nightfall. But I can't trace their departure three days ago, probably because the distance wasn't covered by me" Probe said.

"Hmm? Black Hall Hill? Oh yea! The day after Probe replaced her to school that day, Alesse suddenly talked about the Abyss crack to me alone! He cornered me until I turned into a demon" Sandy said.

"Oh? So the next day you confessed that you were a demon, was it because Alesse told you to admit it?" ask Salsha. "Well, that's it" said Sandy.

"But from that day on we couldn't even get close to him anymore because he was busy going to the library" Salsha said.

"Black Hall Hill? Isn't there an Abyss crack, too?" ask Sanay. "Yes very right! Could it be that he went there at that time and started to be interested in asking me? He even knew that I could turn into a demon. It looks like he's also making observations there" Sandy said.

"Observations? Observing demons? Is that possible? He could have killed him first" Salsha said. "No, when I turn into a demon, he can also hold me well" Sandy said.

"Devil? Abyss Fissure? The observations? It seems Alesse did do that, he was too easy to be curious about unnatural things" said Sanay with a pale face.

"That means.... did he plunge into the Abyss crack?" ask Salsha. "It's possible, he's a reckless person" Sandy said.

"Hey, Sandy! You can turn into a demon, right? You're from there, right? What's the place like? Is it like a hot crater and so on?" ask Salsha.

"I don't know, I don't remember ever being there, I've been adopted by my family since infancy" Sandy said.

"It looks like we need to make sure of it ourselves! We need to get there!" sanay. "Isn't it dangerous? We can't do anything!" salsha was afraid.

"Quiet down! There's a probe, he can protect us" Sanay said. "So, are we really going there? When?" ask Sandy.

"Maybe it's Sunday tomorrow, all of us wait for Alesse to come home or not" said Sanay.

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Sunday came, but Alesse did not return. The four children finally gathered in front of the school gate.

"Actually I don't want to do this, but since Alesse doesn't come home, what can I do! We have to check the Abyss's crack!" sanay.

Finally the four of them got on the bus and asked to stop in the middle of the forest, right on the right side of the hill.

"It's wider than I thought! It looks like the city will have a hard time finding the Abyss crack" Sandy said.

"I don't think so, look at that!" sanay said while pointing at the police barrier. "It looks like we're close" Salsha said.

They climbed the hill, but found nothing. They kept going around here and there until they finally reached the top.

"The view is very beautiful up here," said Sandy, he seemed to enjoy it while stretching out his hands. "That's right! I can't believe Alesse kept us a secret from this good place" Salsha said.

"Where's Sanay and the Probe?" ask Sandy. Salsha looked over and there. "I thought they were following us" said Salsha. "Sany! Probes! Where are you guys?" scream Sandy.

"Is it okay to scream like that? What if some wild animal comes?" Salsha's alert. He tried to call Sanay.

"Sanay didn't answer the phone" Salsha said with a pale face. "When the signal here should be good! What lest......" Sandy's face was pale. "It's so weird! This place is too quiet!" Salsha. Sandy grabbed Salsha and ran down.

"Something happened between the two of them! You recall? Probe once said that he lost a signal from Jawara around here!" Sandy. As the two of them continued walking, they did not realize that the sky had already become dim.

"Sandy, what's going on? Where are we at?" ask Salsha in fear. All around them was filled with fog. "Salsha, don't let go of my hand!" sandy was alert.

"Sandy? Sandy! Where are you?" tanyanya fear. He felt the water content in the thick fog, finally he tried to eliminate it with his control.

It was then that he witnessed a stretch of barren and dark land, there were some large rocks blocking his vision.

In a moment of confusion, suddenly a demon appeared before him. Salsha was surprised not to play, but her body felt stiff instantly, she was so shocked that she could not move her body in the slightest.

The demon shouted, making him unable to stand up anymore. He fell to his knees with a pale face while the demon continued to corner him. Another demon appeared butting the demon that was facing Salsha.

"Salsha? You okay?" Sandy's voice came from the Devil's mouth. Salsha still looked pale.

"Sorry Salsha for having to see my body change like this" Sandy said. He wrestled with the devil and broke his neck. His body was finally covered in blood.

He breathed a sigh of relief while staring at Salsha from a distance. "Salsha, now that it's safe, you'll be fine" Sandy said. Unfortunately while talking like that, a demon appeared again and butted his stomach.

He was stabbed by the devil's horn until blood gushed out soaked Salsha's face. Salsha became even more pale looking at the sight. He's really depressed.

"Calm down Salsha! You're gonna be fine! Hang in! I'm okay! Wounds like this don't matter to me" Sandy said as she tried to smile. He was worried that Salsha would go crazy when he saw her covered in blood.

Sandy continued attacking the Devil incessantly until she finally saw a hut in the middle of the barren expanse.

He immediately held Salsha in both arms and ran to the hut. Unconsciously he was already standing in the middle of the stream.

"It looks like we're back! We survived Salsha!" sandy said, his body was back to how it was. The horn on top of his head disappeared. He sat Salsha on a stone and began to clean her face.

"It looks like your face is too dirty! If this is how people will think you just killed," Sandy said, jokingly trying to make Salsha feel calm. The girl continued to gulp, she also tried to hold back as hard as she could. She finally cried.

"Calm down, you're fine. No problem though! We both survived!" sandy said while hugging her. "Go home" said Salsha briefly.

"But we still don't know where Sanay and Probe are" Sandy said. Salsha kept pulling Sandy's sleeves. "All right, I'll take you home" Sandy said.

He went to Salsha's house and entered her room through the window. He laid Salsha on the bed and went out. Unfortunately Salsha continued to pull up her sleeves.

"What's Salsha?" ask Sandy. "Can you stay a while? I'm scared," said Salsha. "Alright," Sandy said as she sat on the chair. Salsha continued to cry.

"Why else is Salsha?" ask Sandy in astonishment. "Faraway!" Salsha. Sandy recalled how Salsha kept clasping her hands tightly, but still remained apart. "She was afraid it would happen again" thought Sandy.

"Just relax, Salsha, we're at your house! We're safe" Sandy said as she sat on the bed. "Lay down! Keep me asleep" said Salsha.

"I can't Salsha! A man can't sleep one bed with a girl!" Sandy. "Then I won't think of you as a man! If there was Sanay, I would have told him to accompany me until I fell asleep" Salsha said.

"All right! Just until you sleep! After that it will go!" sandy had to. He laid his body down with an uncomfortable feeling. He tried to keep as far away as possible from Salsha and turned his back on her.

"Sandy, is Sanay going to be okay?" salsha asked, she had started to calm down while hugging her doll. "I think he's fine, he's with Probe, it's gonna be okay!" Sandy.

"What if the two of them were separated?" Salsha's getting restless. "Don't think of anything weird, you just get enough sleep" Sandy said.

"I'm scared!" salsha said sobbing, the longer her cries got heard. Sandy was confused as to how to deal with it. "Calm Salsha! It'll be fine!" he said once again.

After a calm and quiet atmosphere, Sandy tried to turn around to check if Salsha was asleep.

He was shocked because his face was directly faced with Salsha. I don't know why he didn't want to get out of bed. He kept looking at Salsha's face while she was still sleeping. Subconsciously her hand had already caressed the girl's slightly bluish black hair.

"What am I doing? Have I gone crazy?" Sandy tried to wake herself up. He got out of the bed and out the window cautiously.

A few minutes later his phone rang, he picked up his phone. "Sandy? You all right? I can't get in touch with Salsha!" sanay said on the phone, he looked agitated.

"Salsha and I are fine, she is sleeping in her house" Sandy said. "Is that so? Thank goodness! I'm so worried about you two!" sanay.

"You how? Are you all right?" ask Sandy. "Oh, of course! The Probe protected me well. He slashed all the demons easily, even I just sat back as if watching a thriller," said Sanay, so there was no problem he had joked.

"Oh? That so? Thank goodness!" Sandy. After a few words, Sanay hung up.

Sandy clenched her hands tightly. The fact that he was unable to protect Salsha well was extremely embarrassing for her. He was also determined to become stronger.