The Journey of Eternity

The Fire Maid – V

Putting on a satisfied face, Daniel floated right in front of Arlo and pulled back the sword blade that neatly cut off Arlo's arm and was about to slash it again. But it was suddenly restrained by Arlo's scythe being thrown along with his left arm. In a depressed state, he tried to pull back himself to retreat and keep his distance while holding back the rest of his severed arms.

“Hoh? What was it just now, the scythe was moving by itself? You're very attractive, Mr. Arlo.” Daniel looked surprised by slightly holding back his amused heart.

Stretching his body, Vion again raised the scythe beside his Master. But he was restrained by Daniel's words and discouraged his intention to return to fight.

“Sorry if it feels demeaning. However, if this is how you are surprised, how about this?”

A moment after Arlo's sentence ended, the rest of his left arm seemed to pulsate for a moment. While his left arm that was lying not far from where he was seemed to start melting a thick red and hovering in the air, moving back towards him. Like a mold, the liquid began to re-form his left arm, even including his black suit that was also torn into pieces.

With an increasingly surprised face, Daniel was stunned for a moment and his eyes glared sharply at Arlo. Suddenly he laughed so hard that it made Vion a bit confused.

“Excellent! this is so awesome! You are! you ate the cursed fruit, right?” he cried with a loud laugh.

So quickly, a pair of sword blades were already on both arms of Daniel with his boisterous laughter. While Arlo just stared intently at the man and fixed his position before the opponent came and hit him.

Looks Vion who was silent from his place by staring at the behavior of his master who was somewhat different from usual. Clearly his current obsession was poisoning his entire mind.

“Well, now Arlo, how can I kill a creature like you? How does it feel when your body has been cut off, back to the place by itself. Hihi...” Daniel stared intently at Arlo in front of him right after they were piercing each other with their respective weapons.

“I don't really understand what you mean. But just so you know, it hurts too!” arlo exclaimed by throwing both swords against him.

In a hurry Daniel again lunged at him until he was pushed far enough from where he stood. He banged hard and lunged at the huge trees that were behind him. Grimacing with pain, he tried to lift his body up. But when he realized, Daniel was standing firmly before him with the same smile.

“Arlo.. Arlo, I don't have time to wait for you to wake up from such a comfortable place. So come on, make something fun... with me!” daniel violently stepped on Arlo using his leg until a very loud impact was heard.

The thick dust that was blocking slowly began to be erased by the wind that blew, revealing an empty spot before Daniel. Aware Arlo had already stepped out from before him without being scratched at anything.

“Hei! I'm here.” A sword slashed at Daniel very hard but was held back by Vion's scythe which quickly turned it over to Arlo.

He seemed to be standing some distance away holding another sword in his hand. With an uncomfortable face, Vion stared at Arlo with a sense of alertness. The look on his face did not change until Daniel gently patted his left shoulder.

“Listen, just let me handle it, take care of the kid and don't let Arlo take it again.” Whisper Daniel as he stepped closer to Arlo from a distance.

Vion was removed from Daniel's presence to carry out his task. With a sharp gaze, Arlo did not take his eyes off the opponent in the least. Simultaneously they started playing their weapons and fighting quickly here and there. Sparks of fire dripped everywhere as the impact marks between each weapon.

As Daniel's weapon is as special as the Wepoun Soul, so the two blades of his sword did not leave any scratch marks. In contrast, Arlo's borrowed sword seemed to be tangled almost to pieces, leaving a thick middle.

“Why did you fight with that toy sword. Show me your precious scythe, are you underestimating me?”

“There is no time to play around with it. What do you think will happen if you exceed your own limits, Daniel!”

In an annoyed tone, Arlo slid the rest of the shattered sword in his hand and followed up his darting self along with his sharp smoldering red scythe. With all his might Daniel held back the sword blade that was enveloped by an alluring dark aura. The two swords in his hand instantly broke into two as the dark aura burst out before his face.

“Peach that mouth and how to talk, before death that will silence him!”

The scythe that was tightly bound on Arlo's body glided over in a blanket of the same aura and caught up with the sword behind him. The scythe violently struck another metal that had suddenly appeared before Daniel. The metal broke into pieces as they collided with each other, while the scythe was ejected onto the other side.

“Akh! Cih!” blood gushed out from within Daniel's mouth as Arlo lunged at his stomach from above.

“Now, Liya..” The gentle whisper of Arlo.

His scythe, which bounced off after clashing with Daniel's weapon, floated quickly up to his side. He slashed Daniel's neck and rolled his head on the ground.

“Ending... now. Where are you, Leonardo..”.

On a flat rock with strange carvings. There is a round hole with a total of five circular points between the lying Leo. It appears to be filled with a point filled with a dark blue ball with a purple point in the middle and splashes that evaporate around it and on the other hand there is a circle that is the same as the point on the the bottom of Leo with a red-smelling orange warana in the middle.

“The process is almost complete, the core of the fire core is indeed very different from the core of the water core. Quickly finish your fight, Mr. Daniel. Before the interesting part ends, haha..” oceh Vion who stood not far from the stone.

Not long after, from behind came the footsteps of someone who walked up to the two of them. With a crisp face, Vion immediately turned his body to welcome the return of Daniel he had been waiting for.

“Welcome back, Sir. Looks like you've already finished that little fight..” He said shortly after turning the body.

The look on his face changed drastically when he found that the person standing in front of him with a sickle right in front of his neck was not the person he was waiting for.

"Sorry to make you look disappointed, Vion. But I'm not the Daneil you've been waiting for,"

“Cih! Oh…! Where's Mr Daniel?!” exclaim Vion in an annoyed tone.

“Are your eyes blind? Of course he's been beheaded.” Said Arlo with a cynical look.

As quickly as possible Vion dodged the scythe around his neck and kept his distance from Arlo. His place stood very close to Leo and glanced at him silently.

“Quick release the child! then I will spare your life,” snapped Arlo by tucking his scythe.

“Pardon?! Ahahaha.don't joke with me, Arlo. Do you think I'll believe the words you say. Mr. Daniel can't be easily defeated. This time we admitted defeat. Wish you luck next time..”.

Vion simply vanished after his sentence ended with a dagger in his hand.

With a sigh, Arlo walked up to the stone to save Leo. The figure of the woman in the same red dress, standing floated beside her walking.

“Master, it looks like you are igniting a huge blaze, I hope you are careful.” Whisper, then he just vanished.

“Somehow will happen, as long as my destination is complete, I don't care.”

“Isn't there something blue here?” he murmured curiously, but he just screwed it up.

Even so, to be sure, he smashed the stone into pieces and left it just like that.

...(----------------)...

On the banks of the same river, a twilight light seemed to illuminate the calm flowing water. Looking at the figure of the man in a black suit and the pitch-green horn that loomed on his forehead, the sedan sat leaning under the riverbank tree.

A little boy with blond hair and his thin-looking body dried up, was lying weakly in front of him. The man seemed to glance at her for a moment, yet he turned his gaze again.

Not long after, the boy woke up and glanced at the familiar figure beside him. With all his might he lifted his weak body sitting down and stared intently at the man filled with guilt.

“I'm sorry to have troubled you so many times, Sir. I'll go and not bother you anymore, and thank you once again for bothering to save myself.” Said the boy, he lowered his head without daring to even catch his face.

He stood up from his seat and was about to walk away. His thin, dry body felt heavy to stand on, yet he continued to force himself to lift his body. Until in silence, Arlo grabbed his arm and pulled him back to sit right in front of him.

“Are you sure of your decision? At least there's no way you can stop dealing with those thugs? it feels like you will really die anytime!” chirp Arlo with a sharp look at the boy.

“I don't think it's necessary, I'll leave soon. I think after death, it would be better.” said with regret.

“So you mean from the beginning I didn't have to bother saving you, did I?”

“No-no! That's not what I mean, it's just..” Leo's sentence is stuck on something.

“Listen young man, I don't understand what your suffering is like. But somehow, it feels like I can't just let it die. So at least what can I do for it?”

Leo was silent for a moment and thought about Arlo's sentence, until he finally said the possible way to realize Arlo's intentions.

“Contract?” Arlo was somewhat surprised after hearing Leo's explanation for a moment.

“Ya, Sir. I heard that the contract between demons can be as entrenched as a master and servant. That way whatever belongs to the servant will also belong to his master, so that the power stored in the servant will be transferred entirely to the master. So that the thugs you mean cannot easily reach my strength. It's just, there's something to sacrifice for that,”

“What to do for it?”

“Half of his master's strength and energy should be given to the floater for his ritual key, but it looks like it will be-”

“Let's do! For this time, let's do the ritual so that your power is connected to me. After, that you can go and I will finish my goal.”

“But, Mr... You will-“

“What to do for the ritual?”

“His master as the master must drink the servant's blood, that's all that needs to be done and the contract will start to connect,”

“Quick give your blood drops.”

With a feeling of force, Leo reached out his thumb to Arlo so that the blood could be drunk directly by Arlo. In a few gulps, a dim light shone on Arlo's little horn and it just ended. Slowly, Leo's dry body began to recover with his missing wounds.

“Already? The ark! Ehuk…! ehuk...!” suddenly, Arlo coughed and vomited a lot of blood from his mouth.

“Master! Are you okay..?” Leo looked so anxious.

“Ark! I'm fine, take it easy. All right, I have to go back before dark. You should also immediately find a place to shelter. Goodbye..” Said Arlo with a warm smile.

Staggered, Arlo walked while enduring the pain in his chest. Until suddenly his step was stifled by Leo's hand from behind. Suddenly the boy shed tears in front of Arlo to the point of making him quite surprised.

“Wait, Sir! I'll come with you, whatever…! whatever your orders I will follow! Let me come with you, sir! Let me come with you... I don't know what I should do, at least let it serve you as the purpose of my new life..” The little boy ended up slumped in front of the feet of Arlo Sabil continued to cry sobbing.

Carefully, Arlo sat back in front of Leo while gently stroking his blonde hair. Looks like a warm smile scratched wide on his lips.

“Just lengthen this blonde hair, I think it will be good...”.

“Eh…! aye! According to your command!” Leo looked so happy and looked at Arlo with his teary eyes.

“Basic, those kids are always troublesome, huh... By the way, I haven't introduced myself to you, have I? Meet the young man, I'm Arelo Voltar, the eldest master of the Soul of the Dark region. Serve me well yes, Leonardo.”.

“Pa-Prince! You are a prince?”

“Ya... It's dark like we should be back soon. But I think the castle is quite far from this place...What do you think?”.

“Aa... anu, I've previously seen a large house standing not far from here, Mr.” Leo said excitedly, he extended his hand to Arlo and helped him stand up.

“Alright, let's go there..”.

...(----------------)...

In a dark room with a small lighted candle in the center, a headless body sits cross-legged on a stone with something round in dark blue and a purplish core. Not long after, the circle began to shine brightly and illuminated the entire room.

The headless figure slowly started twitching slowly, until something popped out from inside the neck. Slowly, his form began to appear clearly in the form of a head with two large horns with a deep black color, towering between his hair.

“Hah... This is quite interesting, the man will be very interesting. In addition, the water core also began to react with the fire core. After this, what are you going to do, Arlo..”.

...... ~ Contract ~ ......