The Guardian: The Elementalist

expeditions

At last they all arrived in front of Atlas' house, the man looked very pale. "What makes you so nervous, Atlas?" ask Kaa.

"The number of people who are being slaughtered is increasing! Unfortunately not only were humans of the demon race, even ordinary humans were slaughtered as well! It seems like the figure we are fighting is not a joke! Is this the next Warden?" Atlas looked frightened while biting a finger.

"Ordinary humans were also slaughtered? Do you have any other leads? As small as that! I thought it would be useful" Kaa said.

"According to the reports I got, the ordinary humans they slaughtered were elementalists! This must have been Warden! Only he can face the elementalists alone, let alone just give an incision to his victims" Atlas said.

"We put aside the culprit first, we're still not sure if he's the Warden, just a guess!" kaa.

"It is precisely the most possible only him! If we want to defeat him, we must have something that has great power, such as...... Dark Warden" said Atlas.

"You mean Ray? I disagree," Kaa said. "Why again? Why do you hate Mr Ray so much?" ask Atlas. Kaa glanced at Alesse at a glance, but immediately turned her face away before the child realized it.

"Anyways we don't have to deal with that guy! He's getting dulled and stupid" Kaa said. "Huh, how great are you to call Dak Warden blunt and stupid?" ask Atlas.

"Originally you know, I used to babysit her too. At that time he was a very stubborn and reckless teenager" Kaa said.

"So the rumors are true?" ask Atlas. "What kind of rumors?" ask Sandy. "People say that when Ray was young, he went with his friend to find an heirloom object that could be used to defeat the Warden. Unfortunately, he returned without his friends. People suspect that his friend was killed for his negligence, they say that Ray swapped his friend for his own power" Atlas said.

"What kind of rumor is that? Do they have evidence?" Salsha seemed to be in disbelief. "I don't believe such rumors either, but they continue to spread to different worlds" Atlas said.

"Dam! why did you suddenly get upset about that?" asked Sandy did not accept, he did not expect Salsha still continues to admire Ray. "Yes that's wrong! We can't just believe the rumors!" Salsha.

"I don't believe such rumors, because I was Ray's own parent. But about the heirloom that can beat the Warden. Maybe it's the solution to dealing with a madman who dares to do this kind of vile thing" Kaa said.

"Do you know where that thing is?" ask Atlas. "Of course, at that time I only managed to save Ray, while his friend immediately disappeared swallowed by the black hole" Kaa said.

"Ja... So it's in a dangerous place? black hole you say? Can humans be swallowed into it?" ask Sandy.

"Yeah, even so, with Alesse's vehicle, I think we can reach it easily. At that time Ray and his friends were just primitive humans traveling on both feet, but we were different, we had a more powerful vehicle!" exclaim Kaa.

The three children seem to disagree about boarding Levy, they are reluctant to deal with Alesse again.

"What is your problem? Why are you acting so in front of Alesse?" tanya Kaa was astonished.

"That kid is not a good guy!" Sandy. Alesse finally opened his voice. "As far as you know, I never admitted that I was a good person. I thought I was like this a long time ago, neat why are you guys just avoiding me now? Why not from before? Aren't you guys weird?" ask Alesse.

"I don't agree to go with him! He is a very bad man! It's possible that the perpetrator of all this murder was him. We don't know anything, let alone he went without news for months, it's certain he did something suspicious" Sandy said.

"I made sure it wasn't Alesse! This happened while Alesse was in his house" Kaa said.

"All right, that's great! Then what's the reason you're watching me? If you knew I was home then, you would have been watching me. So, since when? Why so many people, are you watching me?" ask Alesse. Kaa could not answer, she could not say why she had suddenly checked Alesse's whereabouts.

As the atmosphere became colder, Alesse sighed. "Yes, I don't think it matters. So, where do you want us to go?" ask Alesse.

"Earth with the most advanced civilization" said Kaa. Hearing his words, Alesse became interested, finally he opened Levy's door with pleasure.

"I invite you to go whenever you want" said Alesse. "Patience a little! We're not leaving today" Kaa said.

"Then...what kind of heirloom are you looking for?" ask Sandy. "I don't know exactly what it looks like, but Ray said it's shaped like a stick" Kaa said.

"How can a stick be an heirloom? How do I beat the Warden with just a stick?" ask Atlas of astonishment.

"I also asked Ray about it, and he replied that we would understand when we saw it in person, this means that we can recognize the object even though all we know is a stick" Kaa said.

That night the four of them stayed at Atlas' place, but only two empty rooms remained so that Sanay slept feeling Salsha while the other three people had to sleep in one room.

In the end Alesse chose to sleep in Levy, he felt calmer and safer there.

"Where is the boy?" ask Sandy. "Oh, Alesse? He chose to sleep in his vehicle" Kaa said. "Thank God, he could have killed us sleeping here" Sandy said.

"Why did you suddenly become so hateful to him?" ask Kaa. Finally Sandy opened her collar and showed the scar on her chest, she also showed a scar on her palm.

"This is what Alesse did? You sure?" ask Kaa. "Why am I not sure? I faced him face to face, and had a good talk. Unfortunately his original character was seen as well, he was very resentful of the elementalists and intended to kill them all. I don't think there's a more appropriate perpetrator for the massacre of the bodies than Alesse" Sandy said.

Kaa also tried to pay attention to the incision wounds on Sandy's chest and palms. He did find the same scars as those on the bodies.

"Hm! We better wait for what the outcome will be. You're not wrong to suspect that child. We all do not know the unexpected. However, there is one thing I want to tell you about Alesse. He's not that bad! Even if you apologize to him, he won't hold a grudge. Of course if you don't tease her, the child is too sensitive, " Kaa said with a laugh.

"Your jokes don't make me tasteful. I don't agree that you're saying that kid is a good kid" Sandy said.

"Yeah, it's okay, but if the truth and reality have been revealed, you can't stubbornly deny it. I will hate you" Kaa warned.

"Well let's see who's right! I thought you'd be sorry for over-complicating the boy" Sandy said.

"You want to argue with someone hundreds of years older than you? Also pretty confident of yourself. It would be nice if it is used to defend a really good person and can forgive others easily" Kaa said.