The Rune Knight (Monster Tamer)

CHAPTER III The Deleted Legend

3.2 Zodiac Stone.

I saw instructor Johan talking to Mr. Wayan. We are now in front of the east gate. Look at the people who come here and there are sometimes people who say hello to us. The residents are busy working hand in hand to repair the city's infrastructure that was destroyed in the previous Zeref attack.

Finally we say goodbye to Mr. Wayan and the townspeople who gathered in front of the gate to deliver us.

"Be careful on the road, yes" said some residents shouting enthusiastically.

"Almost again yes" said several other residents who also shouted.

Waving our hands we walked out of the city. Me, Elric and Mr. Johan walked on until the city was out of sight.

"Hey Kenang, we'll go to the island of sulawesi. So please call Escanor to take us," said Mr. Johan. Indeed to cross the sea the three of us usually ask Escanor to help us.

Shortly thereafter Escanor appeared and and the three of us rode on Escanor's back. After that we chatted over Escanor who was flying slowly.

"What's so great about this stick?" ask Mr. Johan to ask my opinion and Elric.

The stick shown by Mr. Johan is a stick owned by Mr. Wayan. Mr. Wayan left it to Mr. Johan for fear that the same thing will happen in the city. So he took the initiative to give the stick to Mr. Johan who might in his mind can keep the stick.

"Sorry instructor I don't know" replied Elric who was also confused.

"May I hold it sir?" ask me for permission from Johan sir.

After that I received the stick that Johan carried with me with both hands. I saw every corner and side of that stick. Truly a beautiful stick I said inwardly looking at the stick with some carvings. When I looked carefully it turned out that there was a snowman writing on one of the stick carvings.

"Sir Johan," I said calling Mr. Johan who was watching me.

"Yes" said Mr. Johan, answering my call.

"Do you know about Snowman?" ask me to Mr. Johan who is curious about the snowman race.

"Snowman yes. I've heard it from someone. But I think it's just a myth because there's no evidence that they actually exist" replied Johan casually.

"Ehm so yes. But sir look at this stick" I said as I stretched out the stick I was holding and pointed at the side that read the snowman faintly.

At that time, Mr. Johan only realized there was a faint snowman writing on the stick. Then Elric who was also curious finally approached us trying to see the writing.

"What is a snowman sir?" asked Elric who had never heard of the snowman.

"Snowman is a myth where they are a human race who are very skilled in making weapons and armor. But there is no evidence that they exist" said Johan, who also does not understand.

After that, the three of us were silent for a moment. I became more curious about this snowman race. While Merlin said I was also a snowman race. It really confused me. So that I ruffled my hair irritated that there was no definite information about this snowman race.

"Ehem ahem," suddenly Escanor let out a strange coughing sound.

"Why Escanor?" I asked Escanor curiously.

"You guys don't think that's enough to prove that the Snowman race existed?" ask Escanor in a serious tone.

"We need more evidence to substantiate the existence of this snowman man" Johan said after pondering for some time.

"Then if you have time to stop by the mythical forest. There is a lot of hard evidence about the existence of the snowman race in the past" said Escanor advises the three of us to uncover the mystery about the snowman race.

Ha......, why speak up now if the evidence is strong in the mythical forest? and five years ago I was with him in the mythical forest in my heart saying as my face turned irritated and trampled on Escanor's back with my right foot.

"Maybe after this mission is completed" said Mr. Johan who was careless.

"Mission?" I said and Elrik was confused.

"Ehh, ummm. Yes I will tell my true mission. My fault is also negligence" said Mr. Johan, holding his head.

"What kind of mission is that, sir?" ask the curious Reminiscences.

Then Mr. Johan took out some red, orange, light green, dark green, light blue, white and brown stones. The stone has carvings that form the zodiac symbol in it.

"This is the Zodiac stone. These stones are said to be the key to entering the kingdom of Atlantis. We need twelve zodiac stones scattered in the majapahit kingdom first. This is a mission I received directly from the king of Harlequin," said Mr. Johan, explaining his mission.

"The Atlantean Work?" I said confused by the explanation of Mr. Johan because it was the first time I heard the name of the kingdom.

"Oh yes. I explained a little about the kingdom of Atlantis" said Mr. Johan, inserting a stick in his hand.

Finally, during a trip to Sulawesi, Mr. Johan told the details of the mission and the history of the kingdom of Atlantis he knew.

The kingdom of Atlantis was the first kingdom in the world. But because of the change in human attitudes that occurred in civilization at that time, the entire people of the kingdom of Atlantis followed the instructions of its king to shut himself up. Reportedly they confine themselves by sealing their territory so that it is lost from the sight and touch of other humans. The seal produces the zodiac stone as the key to entry.

But Mr. Johan does not know the exact reason the king of Harlequin wants to collect the stone. In addition, Mr. Johan also does not know why the stone can be in the majapahit kingdom first.

It's just that Mr. Johan Wonder with the king of Harlequin who knows all the places where the zodiac stone storage. Therefore, Johan easily got 7 stones.

After long telling about the mission of Mr. Johan, we finally reached the island of Sulawesi precisely in the city of Palu. Escanor descended slowly from the sky towards the city designated by Mr. Johan.

After successfully landing we were surprised by the state of a very quiet and messy city. There were a lot of cracks in the buildings and the ground around us landed. Not only that, many buildings were destroyed and collapsed.

We decided to check out the city. I ran west while Elric went east. Mr. Johan was walking leisurely towards the city center.

When I explored this place it turned out that there were many human corpses lying around. An unpleasant smell began to smell from the corpses. I think these bodies have been around for a few days.

Why is no one evacuating these bodies I said in my heart. After arriving at the western end of the city I finally decided to go downtown.

It turned out that after entering the city there were some people who were evacuating the bodies. In the city there are many corpses lying. I am really amazed by this situation.

Soon I saw Johan and Elric walking towards me. They asked some people and it turned out that the city had been hit by a natural disaster. Natural disasters are earthquakes and tsunamis. If we look to the east there is indeed a stretch of sea that forms like a bay.