
“Mr. Kraz! We have to stop him! Alpha is cornered!” Ursa panicked with anxiety.
“No, Ursa. Looky. Alpha is still standing. Do you think he wants to be stopped?” Kraz asked back.
Ursa did not answer. However, he knew that of course his best friend did not want to be stopped. The proof is that he is still trying despite being battered and knows his opponent is much stronger than him.
“The young man is strong. Who is he?”
“Arcturus Bootes. One of the members of the Spring Triangle special squad and The Great Diamond. He is also a Hunter Warrior.”
Ursa's forehead wrinkled deep. “Hunter Warrior?”
Duuars!
The explosion occurs again, diverting Ursa and Kraz back into a fight between Alpha and Arcturus. This time Alpha was already lying helplessly in the courtyard. His body is battered. Blood flowed not only from his lips, but also his head. From his movements that look full of pain can be ascertained if some of his bones are broken.
“He's lost?!” Ursa gasped in disbelief.
“Arcturus is a very strong man. He's a white badge holder. He was also a genius in the military. The mission he runs with his team almost always succeeds and it's all a big mission.”
“She's that great?”
Kraz. “But, recently he failed a mission. I'm sure it was unimaginable to him to the point of making him so upset like this.”
Hearing that left Ursa flabbergasted. “So you mean he vented it on Alpha?”
“Entah.” Kraz pulled his shoulder. “Maybe because of that or maybe just because he doesn't like mixed humans. Or even both. However, what I clearly know is that the mission he failed to complete was to uncover the truth of Anser Vulpecula.”
Ursa turned around in disbelief. Indirectly Kraz said that they were the cause of the failure of the mission Arcturus. When combined also with Arcturus' dislike of mixed humans, it is clear that the fights are only the moons of Arcturus against Alpha.
“That young man is already floundering! He had no intention of forgiving Alpha!” ursa's screams watched Arcturus who was about to hit Alpha with his legs layered with the power of light.
Alpha rolled to dodge. Then he jumped to his feet. “Delta Velorum : Hammer Crash!” the thrill of making a big hammer from the light which was then struck on Arcturus.
However, his opponent did not flinch. A shield over the head protects it from the onslaught of the Alpha hammer. Arcturus made the arms of light. He punched Alpha with the big arm, sending the mixed young man slamming far into the street.
Hop.
Alpha is not falling. A chain of light that tied his neck suddenly appeared and pulled him. Alpha's limp body was captured by a large light arm gently.
Algollah. He saved Alpha. Algol handed Alpha to Okul who also came with him to be guarded while he walked closer to Arcturus. He raised both his hands to not want to fight.
“Arcturus,” call him without frills of modesty like mister or lord.
Arcturus, who recognized Algol and knew his woes in the military, soon lost the power of his light. He did not take it with the attitude of Algol who did not give him the treatment of respect for his status which was not only more elite in the military but also because he was still someone from a noble family. Arcturus assumed that Algol considered him nothing more than a talented young man.
“Mr. Algol. I don't want to make excuses. If you accuse me I have made your subordinates my moons, then yes, I will admit it.”
“Nice to hear you say honestly,” says Algol. “I don't want to prolong this matter, so I'll ignore my bad thoughts that you're the one who deliberately started all this.”
Arcturus knew the phrase meant to satirize him, but he paid no heed to it. “Thank God that you intend that,” said Arcturus as he passed Algol.
But he did not come out of the courtyard of the originally magnificent house because a group of soldiers came to him at the gate. “Don't go! You guys are responsible for this commotion!” said one of them.
“This is just a regular fight between friends. You do not need to interfere,” reply Arcturus cold.
Ursa was sick of hearing the word friend called by Arcturus. He sneered at the young man without a sound. ‘From where was a friend for his actions earlier?!’
The soldier who spoke earlier was not convinced to release Arcturus. He glanced at the house behind which was badly damaged by the fight earlier. “You have damaged the property. You guys should replace rug—”
“Ah. Don't think. That house is mine. I did plan to destroy it from the beginning because the house was old.”
“Ta-but, the house belongs to the noble family Bootes.”
“I am Arcturus Bootes. One of the members of the noble family of Bootes. I have every right to do what I want with that house. Stop looking for busyness here. Go,” peppered.
The soldiers who turned into drunk because they had blocked a Bootes was immediately wrong. They looked down apologetically and then left immediately.
Arcturus glanced at the now unconscious Alpha, then turned to Ursa who happened to be nearby. “I'll finance—”
“No need, Friend. Just save your money to buy some fancy new clothes in exchange for your broken clothes today. After all, my friend does not need treatment just because of such injuries, ” sergeant Ursa was cold while gripping Arcturus' shoulder.
Arcturus did not respond to any rejection based on that self-esteem. He went out into the street, approached his horse-drawn carriage which was still waiting and went from there after letting the coachman to take his horse quickly.
“Kraz. You have an obligation to explain this incident to me and Captain Algol,” Okul demanded.
“Understanding.”
...***...
Ccricks. Ccricks. Ccricks.
Alpha pouted all the time Diphda tidied up his back haircut. Now he has short hair, but his front hair that dangles to the extent of the cheeks is left to remain long. Alpha insists it does not want to remove the aqua color of his hair that lives a little.
Agol who had heard the full story from Kraz kept trying to hold back the laughter. He had laughed, but could not eliminate the tingling that perched on him after judging that the fight that resulted in the young man being battered was ridiculous. Just because the hair is cut, repeated tingly not bored.
“Hunter Warrior, they are the chosen ones who have dangerous missions. Ordinary warriors only fought inside the city area or the furthest up to the border of Padgontry and Darkotry, but Hunter Warriors usually went deeper into the Darkotry realm to hunt for ramplite.”
“Not just any ramplite, but they are the leaders of a group or also the first group ramplite, even the perfect ramplite,” Okul continued. “The last decade of this ramplite is experiencing rapid development. They are getting organized in small groups. That way they plan an attack that is not easy. To handle that Hunter Warrior was formed.”
“Hunter Warrior is a special forces under the direct command of Sir Puppis. He also formed the army shortly after serving as supreme commander. The members chosen to enter it were elite people with abilities whose prowess did not need to be asked anymore. Arcturus Bootes, whose Alpha opponent today is just one of the many great people there,”.
“Quick,” murmur Ursa.
A sour-faced alpha. He does not know at all that his opponent has a good capacity. Challenging Arcturus with his abilities is now like volunteering as a boxing samsak. Alpha clenched his hand in annoyance.
Diphda ruffled his waist with the cut to Alpha hair. He smiled with satisfaction. “It's done.”
Alpha saw his new look in the hand mirror he had been holding since. She looks more masculine with her current hairstyle. Although he was very regretful to have lost his blue hair, but the appearance was not as bad as he thought.
“About that, Mr. Algol, weren't you a member of Hunter Warrior?” diphda asked as he swept the remnants of Alpha's hair on the floor.
“Eh?! Captain ever?” Ursa surprised.
“Shortly. Very briefly. I came out because those missions were too dangerous for me,”.
“It has proven that you are a strong person.”
“I'm not as strong as you imagine, Ursa. If I am strong then I will not lose to Enceladus at that time,” said Algol.
The Alpha retracts the memory of their time fighting Enceladus. The two of them were indeed completely wiped out by that extremely mysterious ordinary human.
“Ah—Enceladus!” Algol suddenly exclaimed. He even stood up because of it. “Since hearing his name I have always felt that the name is not foreign. Now I remember it! I heard that name when I was a member of Hunter Warrior. He's one of the hunted,” cuss Algol.
The man who was in his late thirties was walking closer to Ursa. “Luxco says that Enceladus was the one who led the attack on your village, right?” tanyanya shook Ursa's shoulder.
“Y-ya.”
“Predicted Sir Puppis turned out to be right! From the beginning, long before Mayall Village was attacked, he already had a hunch that the village was storing something that caught his attention. It was based because Mayall Village was very closed. So, it is not surprising that he also directly handled the problem of attacking the village specifically.”
“Which means, Captain, it makes us no less elite than the Hunter Warrior army?” Kraz tried to put forward his thoughts.
“Hahaha! Aye! Not wrong again!” his reply. “I used to wonder why it was you and I who were appointed in the mission to watch over the child-only captives, now I understand why. After all the three of you are great people.”
Alpha grunts sanctions. “Really? I thought you were just people who were not very good at carrying out the mission so assigned with this trivial thing.”
Diphda shouts Alpha's head with a broom she holds. “You who don't know anything don't just talk. I might not be too great when compared to them, but Captain Algol, Okul, Kraz, they—”
“It is useless to say it.” Okul cuts, not interested in indulging the past to be exhibited. He looked straight at Alpha. “From that, are you okay, Alpha? We'll be back in the Milky Way tomorrow. If your situation is not possible then we will be forced to—”
“No need to delay. I feel like I've been in this town enough. Tomorrow also we can still leave for Milky Way,” said Alpha tangkas.
“Don't you admit that some of your ribs were broken? You also feel your right leg has a crack,” said Kraz.
“Indeed. But, if I piggyback on one of you I'll be fine. If it's just a broken rib and a fractured bone I can still move. I can also handle it a bit with my light strength.”
“Huh?” Kraz was confused, failing to understand the meaning of the word Alpha.
“As Guardians we are not allowed to feel sorry for ourselves, especially just because of broken bones. We've been given the knowledge to outsmart it, which is by supporting broken bones using the power of light. Because if we are not able to do that when we are in a fight then we can lose. Therefore, the first handling of yourself becomes a basic ability that must be mastered by us as a member of Guardian.” Alpha exposes.
“Wow. That's cool,” praise Diphda thoughtlessly.
“Surely!”
“You weren't taught that as warriors?” ask Ursa.
“Taught, but only very basic things, not to that extent,” replied Kraz. “And usually in one squad there must be at least someone who has medical ability.”
“But in this squad no,” sergeant Ursa.
“Because this is not a squad like in general. But a small group devoted to watching over you, the captives.”
“But, since there is an Alpha in this squad we don't have to worry anymore, right?”
“You're wrong, Ms. Diphda. I can only use my abilities on myself. The rest I know about medical knowledge is also nothing more than you.”
“Ha... how a pity.”
“Again, even if I can use medical techniques I don't want to use that ability to heal you guys, because that's when it's a good opportunity to escape,” Alpha added.
“When you can use any medical ability, we will not ask for help from you, because instead of helping us you may actually damage our bodies more,” Algol cynically replied.
Alpha meyeringai. “Surely... because we don't really trust each other. Anyhow our relationship is a watchdog with his captive.”
“Just like you said.”
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