The Guardian: The Elementalist

The Hermit

"Based on the fucking villagers! You all owe me!" he said while laughing out loud. Someone seemed astonished to see the child with a body that looked charred from being struck by the lightning.

Eventually one of them tried to shoot him with an arrow. Unfortunately Baraq pointed at the arrow so quickly that a flash of lightning emerged from the sky and then struck him, that split second interval of lightning reappeared from his index finger and struck towards the dart it shot out.

Unfortunately, the lightning strike continued to shoot up to the person who had just been aiming at him. Instantly the people looked pale they ran off the ridge, but Baraq had just enveloped the surrounding area with a bolt of lightning.

"These people are so weak! It was only fitting that they would attack a village with thousands of troops. How ridiculous!" Baraq.

In the end there was only one person left, he seemed to be holding a sword with a frightened face.

"It's a pity that innocent men like you join the battlefield like this. Your life is very poor" said Baraq with a cold look. His blackened face made him look even more sinister.

"You.... How long have you been at war? Is this your first day of expansion? Then go back and tell your king to create a quality military. It is not arbitrary and immoral" said Baraq, he ignored the soldier and turned around.

The man still looked frightened, he was overcome with doubt between blurring or counter-attacking. Feeling that Baraq was just a little boy and that there were no allies with him, the man decided to draw a sword and slash the boy.

Unfortunately before that happened, Baraq directly pierced his stomach with a sword. "You think when you're about to attack someone else, you can leave your gap open? Just because I'm a kid you move that naively? I think I know exactly what kind of military you are," Baraq said.

"A... What do you mean? do you know what we are?" ask the man who seems to have difficulty breathing.

"Just make it easy! First of all, you are stupid, but you act smart. I gave you a chance to escape, but you chose to attack? Your silly thinking makes you die in vain. If you are stupid, be stupid! Don't feel like you're getting enlightenment and suddenly getting smart in an instant! There's nothing like it. Smart people need to struggle, they need to learn. What you're doing is very rash" said Baraq, as he tried to torture the man even longer so he thrust his sword deeper to hold the blood flow.

"Secondly, you are immoral. Already married, but for the reason of your lust make a woman as a tool? You don't remember your mother being a woman? Do some of you have no sisters or daughters? Or do you also use them as a tool for your gratification?" ask Baraq. His words always make someone quiet.

"I'm too lazy to mention all your traits to someone who's about to die. Be honored that I gave you some valuable lectures. May you not live among those people anymore" Baraq said. The man was still in pain.

"You feel unfair about this treatment of you? Feeling unfair because it's your first day of expansion? Then let me tell you. The ugliness of a person does not only affect himself, it will certainly affect anyone around him. Just so you know, 'anyone' I don't mean just human. So.... do you understand that the ugliness of man has always corrupted the world?" baraq asked, unfortunately the man was lifeless.

"Who? Very impatient! Are his ears hot from hearing my talk?" to his astonishment, he continued his journey.

Soon he found a group of people staring at him in astonishment. Of course because he looked charred even though his clothes had returned to how they were.

"O young man! Are you all right? Did you just walk in that direction?" ask one of them while pointing at the direction Baraq came from.

Baraq nodded making the people even more astonished. "Mom.. aren't there a lot of troops going in that direction? You didn't see them? Or maybe, this is what they did? You look badly hurt! Let's clean your wounds first" said the man, then led Baraq to the river. He told Baraq to lie down while he began to drip water little by little so that Baraq did not appear to be in pain.

But what happened was that Baraq's wound was getting smaller and disappeared, even his charred skin became bright again.

Even so the change made the person creep. Baraq's clothes suddenly turned blue, as did his hair and eyes.

This time the one who took over was Aqua, she looked over and over and looked at that person with her flat expression.

"A... What really happened? Why did your clothes change? Why are you healing in a moment?" ask the guy surprised.

"I? Me... where?" Aqua's face looked pale as if there was no spirit to live on. Eventually the man grabbed his shoulder. "You can ask that of the Great Hermit! Maybe you can rediscover the purpose of your life" said the man.

Inexplicably hearing the advice from the man made Aqua seem moved. "The Hermit.... Where is it?" ask Aqua. "He was wandering, he didn't stay somewhere for a long time, so I didn't know of his whereabouts. You might be able to ask that in the capital! He is very famous in many different worlds!" exclaim that man. Aqua turned lazy again.

"Did? Is that desperate for you, son?" ask the man. "I'm leaving" Aqua said briefly.

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"Do you know who this great Hermit is?" ask Geni. "I don't know, but people keep talking about it" Gord said.

"It looks like he's a charismatic person! What kind of figure was famous among those people?" Rasya.

"This person really can't be spoken to," Gord said angrily. "Baraq and Aqua are not to be discussed! Lately they've been ignoring our message!" geni said annoyed. "I thought Aqua from the beginning had never answered your message, right? Surrender, you look like a fool who wants to talk to a rock" Gord said.

"There's actually one question that's really stuck for me!" gord said as he continued to look at Rasya. "What's wrong? Handsome face? You have a crush on me?" rasha asked with a smile.

"Not that! By the way, how did you get those really powerful vines?" ask Gord.

"I grew it" said Gord briefly. "growing it? Whatchu mean?" ask Gord. "Why are you asking back? You have never seen a natural Elementalist use his power? We can manipulate growth and then control it" Rasya replied.

"Tu.. wait a minute! Can you use your control? Even while in Alesse's body?" ask Gord.

"Whoa! Since when can you do that?" tanya Geni was impressed. "I don't know when I first used it" Rasya said.

"Next time I should try it too!" exciting Geni. "Are you sure it can be done?" ask Gord. "If Rasya can, why can't I? It seems like since Alesse left our situation has become complicated, at least I want my control back," Geni said, he can't wait to take over Alesse's body to try to control it.

"We'd better get back to the original topic again. Perhaps we better find out the whereabouts of this Hermit. Maybe he can answer some things that don't make sense" Gord said.

"Which crazy person would respond to someone else's questions so enthusiastically. I don't think he'll understand what you're talking about. A normal person would immediately call you crazy" Geni said.

"What's wrong with trying. Most great people look beyond reason" says Gord. "Just like me, right? Out of reason. "I'm not talking about you! Anyway, why are you always acting so annoying? Are you a bar woman who likes to flirt with drunk men? Don't do that to me! It's disgusting!" said Gord. Rasya was silent, it made Gord feel guilty, he thought his words were too excessive.

"R.. Rasha.... I mean...." Gord was confused as to what to say, he could not swallow back what he said.

"So... you mean.. You call me a bar lady? Where did you judge that? Is it because my face is beautiful in your eyes?" rasha asked, he looked even more excited.

"Rash! Why do you always tease me like this? Why just me? Why not Geni?" ask Gord.

"Your response when teased is so interesting to him that he likes to tease you. If you had acted like Aqua or Baraq, maybe he wouldn't have approached you" Geni said.

Gord could not apply what Geni suggested. Silencing someone let alone being so cold was not his specialty. All this time on the battlefield he did was shout, laugh, encourage, and embrace the people around him so as not to be discouraged. Even to ignore Rasya's pity he was unable to do so.