Sorry for the super f**king late update. Like I mention in my profile, I got 'doesn't have passion to write a story for more than 3 chapters' syndrome so if this really get published, it means I have finally breakthrough this annoying syndrome.
Note:I know that there is already a Fairy NPC call "Wing", just ignore it because the Fairy "Wing" is not going to show up in this story.
About Evan, I try to make him a kinda funny character since he is a teenager and I am too myself, so I hope that I will succeed in making Evan looks more interesting.
By the way, I wish that I can mix Chinese in it but it'll kinda mess up so I drop the idea. But in the future maybe I'll add some Chinese words in it if I really need to.
Anyway, enjoy the chapter~~
"People are afraid of what they don't understand."
That was the first time Freud appears in my dream.
"They always do and they always will."
He told me those two sentences before that day.
The day Kritias appears.
The game changed completely after Kritias appeared.
I was sent to investigate Kritias. When I arrived there, I agreed with Freud's words.
The Frozen weapons almost killed me when I was too frightened to do anything.
Luckily Mir was able to drag me away.
After I found Queen Ione and know that Kritias is the last piece to Black Mage's plan, I went back to Ereve immediately.
Then, it happened.
When I arrived at Kritias for the second time, everything was destroyed.
Oh, and one more thing, I lied to Emily. Lie about what you may ask, well it's kinda shocking.
I DIDN'T hear the battle between Wing and Black Mage from other people because I was there to witness the whole thing.
The battle was overwhelming. I saw the battle between the original heroes and the Black Mage in Grand Athenaeum. But it is nothing compare to when Wing is fighting against the Black Mage.
The battle lasts for an hour. What is even amazing is that while Wing is battling, he still can resurrects the dead citizens and move their body outside the battlefield. After Wing land his final blow, the Black Mage retreats and said that he will remember this.
A few seconds after Black Mage left, Wing suddenly turns his head to the direction I was hiding. I was scared that he was going to do something to me but all he did is point at a house in rubble and he fainted.
I came out from the place I hide and I ran towards him. Although he fainted but he looks pretty unharmed. Then I went to look at the direction he pointed. I saw a girl lying on the rubble of a house. Well at that time I didn't know her name is Emily, so this part I didn't lie.
I carry her to an open space and I let her lying on the ground. After that, I set up a Recovery Aura there to heal her. When the reinforcements arrives, well, since there is no enemy left to fight with, so we carry all the injured civilians to the nearest temporary recovery camp located at the army camp (all three of them.)
Then I set up Recovery Aura at those camps, carrying people all night long, starving until the next morning because I can't find any food, bla bla bla. And for some reasons I forgot to carry Wing to the recovery camp.
After that I got busy with other errands sent by Neinheart (which I think he is abusing me to do random jobs just because I'm a hero and because I'm a kid.) and I didn't have time to go to Kritias, until know. Five years passed quickly. Time flies.
Now then, let's get back to the meeting room where people are making either a F6 or a F3 expression.
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"Is this supposed to be a joke?" I could feel that Phantom was furious since I'm seeing his anger aura surrounding his body going wild. Well, it is understandable because today he was suppose to spend the night besides Aria's grave.
"My queen, I found a bottle outside the room, I think it is from that person." The soldier that opened the door said while he is grabbing a transparent glass bottle which has smoke inside it. Wait, smoke?
"So it seems that I am not the only liar that is in this room. Now, if you excuse me, I would like to leave this bullshit meeting. Have fun listening to voice that you don't know who he is or what he is." He then use To The Sky and return to his ship. I never actually saw Phantom acting like that since he was always cool, dashing and charming.
Queen Ione stayed silent for a while and sighed.
"Open the bottle, soldier."
"Yes, my queen." The soldier opened the bottle and a voice came out.
"Testing 1 2 3. Man, this is so troublesome. Can I not do this? This week's Weekly Shonen Magazine is released today y'know? I don't want to miss it again." What the hell is he talking about? (Sweat)
Another voice came out.
"Will it kill you to JUST SAY A FEW FREAKING SENTENCES?! Don't you dare finish the message with some half assed stuff or you can forget go to the festival and have a $# %&."
Wait, what was the last word?
"Alright, for the sake of $# %&, I shall put my best in recording this message."
Seriously, what the hell is that word?
"Well, everyone knows what I mean right? You all would do the same when the time is right."
No, I do not know what you mean. Why is everyone nodding their head, even the queens?! Seriously?! Am I the only that doesn't what the **** he is saying?
"Well let's get to the point. The reason that I didn't come is because…
…I was embarrassed."
What the hell?!
"Do you see my face? Just thinking of meeting so many important people is making me embarrass."
F7, dude we can't see your face.
"Alright, time to get serious. I didn't come because I can't. I have to keep my identity confidential so that the people that I am chasing don't get a head start in escaping from me.
Someone is pulling the strings in the shadow. Although they haven't made a move until now but I think that they can't and they won't wait any longer. I know that they are planning to do something big on the final round of the Battle Royale.
All the incidents that will happen for the next six months and for the past three years are NOT related to the Black Mage or the Black Wing in any way."
What?
People in the room starts to questioning about his statements.
"How would he knows what will happen in the next six months? More importantly, if the attacks for the past three years aren't from the Black Wings then, who did?" Queen Cygnus asked.
"An ancient and extremely dangerous organization that was formed without anyone knowing its existence—Crimson Darkness."
Everyone in the room was shocked.
"Th-This is supposed to be a recording, right? Then how did he know what Cygnus is saying?" Mercedes asked.
"That is because-"
"—I can predict the future."
! (Only my eyes are turning Ray (as in the expression). I don't understand why everyone got paranoid.)
"I see you all are getting a bit nervous. Now, for the question you all wanted to ask."
"What is the Crimson Darkness, right?" I decide to speak up.
"Right. Wow, I didn't think The Evan's voice is this low. Must've been the puberty."
I didn't know what to say so I just kept quite.
"The Crimson Darkness, don't waste your time to find them and I also won't tell you anything about them."
"B-But why?"
"Cuz that's my problem to solve, not yours kid. The Alliance should protect the city but don't try to butt in and start investigating things on your own. If you go too far, you won't even have your corpse left to bury."
Everyone stayed silence out of shock and fear.
"The organization will ONLY attack Kritias, especially during the festival so you all better keep your guards up. For the record, you can't catch any of the Crimson Darkness's members. Don't ask how and don't ask why. To be frank, I was warned at first NOT to contact you and give you the information from five years ago. The Alliance was supposed to face these threats unknowingly but things have changed. This is no longer your problem to solve. Till next time fellows."
The smoke inside the bottle disappears after he finished his sentence.
"…"
Can someone just say a freaking thing already? I still want to go to the festival with Mir.
"That is the end for this meeting. Parma, please send our guests to their rooms. We will discuss about the security measures to prevent this, Crimson Darkness attack our country." She stood up and starts walking towards the door on her right.
"Queen Ione, do you really believe what this man said?" Claudine asked.
"…" She stops walking.
"This man is too suspicious. Although he has helped you for the past five years but there is no guarantee that he is telling the truth all the time."Looks like Athena Pierce really don't believe this guy.
"…"
"Ione, do you really trust him?" Queen Cygnus looks really worried about Queen Ione.
"…I'm afraid my answer will disappoint you Cygnus." She looked at Queen Cygnus and gave her a bitter smile.
Well, after that most of the people didn't plan to go to the festival and decide to go straight to bed , because the journey to Kritias is actually quite tiring since the monsters around the area are all 190+ level and they spawn like a gunshot (not a very good metaphor).
X
So, what happened in the meeting Master? What does the 'mysterious ally' looks like?
"He didn't show up." I shrunk Mir into his 2nd growth size to prevent him destroying the festival with his large body.
"Man, these gyozas are delicious!"
Don't ignore me Master. What really happened there? I can't get in because the guards there said that 'Pets cannot enter . Who do they think they are? I am not a pet! I am the great descendant of the Onyx race! I—
"Here's a gyoza. Stop talking for 10 minutes."
-will eat the gyoza first.
Then I put a gyoza on my palm and Mir eats it happily. What can I say? I like gyoza, so does he.
Evan.
What was that? Who is talking to me?
Listen, you've got to protectEmily.
What? Who are you? Who the hell is Emily? Why should I protect this person while I still have three gyozas left to eat?
Who cares about your bloody gyoza?! Emily is the girl you saved 5 years ago on 'That Day', not to mention you like her the first time you met her and for God's sake she was not even awake.
How do you know about that?! I didn't even tell Mir about this!
Just shut the hell up and listen carefully. No questions.
"…stay until the preliminary round ends. I'll be going right now."
That voice sounds familiar.
"Wait Wing!"
!
"Can I have three plates of yakisoba?"
"…You can have four."
"Yes! Thanks Wing."
"Just don't lose your money. Take care of yourself Emily."
And there she is. She looks even prettier, no?
She looks even cuter than five years ago…Wait! I mean, she—
-Looks even better for you to seduce.
What?! NoNoNoNoNo. I just want to become her friend you know? Since I don't have many female friends…
Is Mercedes too old for you to chase after?
Well you can say it that way… Would you stop teasing me already?! (Crying while smiling.)
Just keep an eye on her. Don't forget to observe your surroundings, the Crimson Darkness might take their move.
! How did you know about this?
I am someone related to Ray. That is all I can say. By the way, if you plan to make some dirty move on Emily, don't forget to blame it on Mir after you got expose. Ta Ta!
…Is he a dirty old man? He definitely is! He must be! Dammit. Who is this guy? Never mind that, I better keep an eye on Emily first. Where is she? Let's see…
I turn back and I saw her standing in front of the yakisoba stall. She can eat four plates of it? I have to say that she got some rather big stomach capacity.
In fact, her stomach capacity is making my jaw drop right through hell. One plate of the yakisoba is like a mini mountain, I cannot imagine how is she going to finish all of it.
"Are you sure you can carry this? It's going to fall you know." The old lady in (or behind) the stall asked.
"It's better than holding four plates of it while put all of it in one plate." I see. For the moment I thought she is going to look like a pregnant woman when she finishes four mini mountains of yakisoba.
Master, isn't she the girl that you saved five years ago on 'That Day'?
Ten minutes passed already?
Yes it has. Master, you still haven't finished your gyoza. Are you going to eat it or…?
You can eat it. After you finished, check if there is anyone carrying negative energy nearby.
Master, did something happen?
Yeah, the girl I saved is called Emily. Apparently she is in danger right now. Someone just use telepathy to tell me that someone from a dangerous organization is targeting her. I'll explain later.
Okay, I'll finish the gyoza first.
I keep following her after she finished her yakisoba (which she finished in just five minutes) while Mir uses his Dragon Sense to detect anyone with ominous aura.
The moment Emily stopped walking, I heard a loud scream.
Master! I saw him! He is at the rooftop!
Got It. Let's hurry—
Master! He just summon high level monster throughout the whole Market!
Shit! Then we'll just let him go this time. We gotta save the civilians first. The monsters aren't here yet, I guess Emily won't get hurt since it will take some time for the monsters to reach here. Let's go Mir!
Right!
I ran towards the closest monster (The monsters are all Dark Cornians) and use Magic Flare to prevent hurting the surrounding people while attacking them.
I ran around the Market and eliminate every Dark Cornian I saw instantly. It's lucky that I remember to bring a substitute wand in case of emergency. After defeat every Dark Cornian in my sight, I saw a person wearing a black coat standing on top of a building grinning evilly towards me. I quickly use Dragon Blink (I manage to remove the 'random' part of the teleportation. I can now use this as long range teleport, but only for places that I went or saw before or at a town area.) to teleport to the rooftop.
The person in black coat starts free running from building to building. Even with my Teleport, I still can't catch up to him. He (I guess that person is a male) has some pretty strong muscle. When I finally caught up to him, I grabbed his shoulder. He forcefully swing his arm and push me down to the that part of his coat get ripped off. When I try to catch him again, he was long gone.
Master, even his existence disappear from the town and there is no trace of magic used by him to flee.
"Never mind that. Since Emily and the town is safe we should call it for the day. But I'm sure he will be back for round 2."
I looked at the piece of clothing on my hand, it was a crimson sun with a black 'X' in the middle of the sun.I looked up and stare at the starry sky.
"Crimson Darkness, huh. I've got a really bad feeling about this."
Master,that sentence is too cliche to be cliche.
"Shut it!"
After that I made sure Emily return to the Inn safely and i went back to the palace. I was planning to tell the others about this matter but since it's already midnight and I don't want to wake everybody up from their sweet dreams (Checky keeps saying the candy it's too sweet in his dreams) so I thought it won't kill anyone to tell them about it the next day.
But of course I totally forget about it because the delicious breakfast mind wipe me and all I can think is the food. Poor Mir since he can only eat everybody's leftover cause his a 'Pet'. But he didn't say anything as long as he got something to eat. (and also because the food is like 5 star delicious, then again why would it have leftovers if it's so delicious? It's so confusing.)
After that, I went to check on Emily and I got discovered by her. I got to admit that she is pretty good because I even set up an Invisible Aura around me.
Well anyway, I promised to keep her secret and went back to the palace. I reported the "Crimson Darkness" attack to Queen Ione and handed in the piece of clothing I obtained. So she showed everyone the symbol of the evil organization and told them to stay alert for whoever has that symbol and must quickly alert the heroes.
A few days passed since then and it is time for-The Rune Stone Festival Battle Royale!
I'm very excited about this because I, I mean, WE (Heroes) got to see many different awesome skills that those contestants have that came from all 3 worlds. That's right, even Kaiser and Angelic Buster came, of course with the other Novas. Of course not to forget Hayato, Kanna and Ayame. The duo pirate, Jett and Zen is pretty cool too, although it's hard to imagine both of them are partners, but it's probably because their skills are so similar.
I got bored of waiting on my seat since there is still thirty minutes until it starts, so I made an illusion that I am still sitting there and I sneak out. It's pretty obvious that Luminous already saw through my illusion but he let me go, that's why sometimes I just like him. If it's Mercedes she will make sure I will not move an inch until the contest starts because we are the Heroes and we got to appreciate what people do for use by doing what they hope us to do and something like that.
To be honest I have a hard time trying to understand what she meant because I didn't save the world from the Black Mage, Frued and Afrien did, I'm just Frued's reincarnation and I didn't do anything great so far. Yes I saved many people but it is nothing compare to Frued's sacrifice and I don't feel the people of Maple World appreciate me that much. They think I'm just a brat, I'm nothing but Freud's reincarnation and only a substitution for the empty seat that Frued left. When the other Heroes look at me, they see Frued, not Evan; They see the Dragon King Afrien and not Mir. I know It's a little harsh to say things like these but it's the truth. But I don't want to disappoint them, I don't want to disappoint Freud, that's why I worked so hard, studying magic, learning non-magic combat skills. I want them to see me as The Dragon Master Evan and not who I was once.
Enough of my boring complaints, let's get back to reality.
So I sneak out and I am now teleporting myself to the front gate. Of course I cast an illusion spell to disguise myself and as for Mir, well I turn him into a wolf (since he wanted to try becoming a wolf so that Aran's wolf would talk to him) and we just walk around the entrance and see all the people that is entering the Coliseum.
"Hey, Evan!"
I immediately turn around to see who is calling my name (because I don't want to get caught and getting a lecture from Mercedes which lasts for hours) and I see Emily waving her hands to get my attention.
"Evan, why are you here? Aren't you suppose to be abopgfuidh..." I quickly walk towards her and cover her mouth. I grab her hands and run to the nearest resting room and lock the door considering the other contestants are watching us. Mir use the Invisible spell and fly to the sky since his real body couldn't fit in the door.
"Evan, aren't you suppose to be sitting at the VIP lounge? And why no one pay attention to you and Mir when you are walking around the entrance?"
When I was about to ask her how can she see through my illusion, then I remembered that she saw through me even with my invisible aura covering me.
I don't know what to say so I just stand there and looked at her.
Now when I look closely at her, she really is beautiful. Her cyan eyes reflects the purity of her soul and I simply can't take my sight out from her eyes. I am drawn to her eyes and it feels I will do anything for her if she asked.
"Is-Is there anything on my face?" Her face slowly turns into apple red.
"Yeah, I'm seeing an apple." I said soullessly.
"W-What?" She lower her head and said shyly.
I immediately snap back and correct my sentence.
"No,No. What I mean is your face is red like an apple since you are, well, blushing." What the hell am I saying?
A moment of awkward silence. Dammit, why am I acting like this?
"To all participants, please gather at the center of the Coliseum for briefing."
"It's your call. I gotta go back to my seat or it's going to be troublesome. Amaze me with your skills, Emily."
I smile at her and teleport back to my seat.
"Evan...was so close to me." Said Emily to herself.
She shake her head for a few times and slap her self on her cheek to clear her mind and cool down. She stands up and open the door.
"You can do this Emily." She said to herself.
X
"Finally back, huh?" The first thing I heard from Mercedes when I deactivate my illusion and sit perfectly on my chair (which is, by the way, only takes a split second.)
I quickly lower my head because I don't want to face her wrath.
"You're gonna tell me where did you go or I'm going to make you say it."
I start sweating on my head and I feel like I am going to receive a death punishment.
"SO! Where did you go..."
I swallow my saliva down to my throat and close my eyes, readying for the worst to come.
"...Phantom?"
I was like F6 for a moment to get what the hell just happened.
"You wanna tell me where did you go for the last few days or-"
"Worrying about things will make you old, my queen." He smile softly towards Mercedes. Mercedes pout at him with an annoyed face and sit down.
"Now for all contestants, in the preliminary round, will be separated into three sections which is sort by your levels. For the lowest level section ,'Charlie', the contestants will have to defeat 500 monsters, that is obviously not going to be your average monster, to be the first 15 people that will advance to the next round. The next section, 'Bravo', will have to collect 100 marbles which will drop from the monsters to enter the next round. And finally, the top adventures section, 'Alpha', will have to defeat 250 monsters and collect 50 marbles."
"Where did they catch all those monsters? And surely they aren't just regular monsters that can be trained to do these kinds of thing." I mutter.
With the power of the Novas and the ancient magic of Kritias it's possible to summon them from other dimension. Don't tell me you forgot about that already Master.
"Mir! I totally forget about you! Where are you at now?"
In the sky, watching from above.
At this moment, everyone notice that Mir is at the sky and look at him, thinking that the mighty Onyx Dragon is blessing them to win. (I got the Super Hearing Magic when I was 13 to listen what the other Heroes think about me, of course with other magic that enhance my senses.)
I look at the Coliseum trying to find where is Emily. Emily was looking at Mir for awhile and she saw me looking at her. She Sweetness (expression)at me and give me a thumbs up meaning that she will make it to the next round. Then she turns around and look at the speaker in the middle of the Coliseum, trying not to miss what will the speaker announce next.
I didn't do anything to tell her that I catch what she was trying to tell me because 1) I got a lot of female fans (though it's not even 1/10 if Phantom's) like Emily and 2) I don't need the Heroes to ask me a bunch of question later then since I promise not to tell anyone about Emily (I know it's only her power that I should kept as a secret but I scare that I might spill it out accidentally because I was still thinking what is that power.).
Suddenly three walls emerges from the ground and splitting the Coliseum into three parts. Then, the contestants rapidly gets teleport to their respective sections. Three portals appear in three sections with the words "Front" "Middle" and "The Peace".
"Contestants are given three choices to decide which part of the battlefield to go to. "The Peace" part of the battlefield is to give contestants that doesn't want to fight with other contestants. But~~there is a catch. The monsters there are 5 times stronger than the original ones so if you don't have the confident to defeat them please don't choose it~~"
"Maybe I should go for "The Peace" since there aren't many that will choose that portal and I'm positive that the "Front" and "Middle" part's monster will spawn quite slow. My skill range aren't that big but I'm confident in my strength. All right! It's decided then." Emily thought. She smile at "The Peace" portal while a few drops of sweat come down from her forehead. She tightens her grip which grabs her katana and ready for a sprint.
"I probably didn't realize just now but isn't her clothes not suitable for fighting? Didn't she thought of this when she came?" I am quite worried about her because all of the clothes that is for battle have a magic on them so that when monsters attack them their clothes won't get rip apart so quickly. Oh man, the thought of her being naked on the battlefield is making me-
Feel a little bit naughty? Hmm? Don't worry about it, it is natural for all growing boys. I had a time like this once you know.
WA! It's you again?! What the hell is wrong with you man?
This time I'm going to ignore you because the Crimson Darkness is on the move, obviously. She choose "The Peace" portal and that is the perfect place for them to get her.
What?! Wait, how did you know she will choose "The Peace" portal?
No time for answers boy. I gotta go.
Wait! Why the hurry when you can help me?
I can't help you since I'm not missing the last episode of Naruto so shut your mouth and do your job!
What the hell...? He can't help me because he doesn't want to miss the last episode of...whatever that is?!
"Ready!"
Dammit, It's beginning already?
"Set!"
"Mercedes I'm sorry but I'm not feeling too well. I'm going to the bathroom. I'll be back soon!" I quickly teleport to Mir's back and command him to fly to "The Peace" of Emily's section
"Go!"
X
"Wait! Dammit. I told him not to eat 10 hamburgers in one go but apparently he didn't listen to me! It's only his fault that he'll miss the show." Mercedes was too slow to catch Evan so she take back her hand and cross her hands over her chest. Angrily.
Luminous looked at Evan's chair for awhile and thought of something. So he stood up and walk towards the ladder's entrance.
When Mercedes wanted to say something again, she saw the expression on Phantom's face. It was only a moment before she knew what is coming. She looked up to the sky and saw the dragon fly to "The Peace" part of the Charlie section.
When she was about to stand up, Aran pull her down and make her sit on her chair. Mercedes look at her and she sees Aran shake her head. She then realize that if she also go after Evan that would mean something is wrong because the Heroes aren't sitting here watching the show and it will cause a lot of trouble.
So Mercedes bite her lips and look at the dragon's shadow before it disappears in the forest. She wish that nothing horrible will happen.
X
Now I'm watching Emily using her flash jump to find monsters in "The Peace".
It's kinda dark because there are many trees and all of them are tall with lots of leaves blocking the sunlight from entering.
Her Flash Jump has a Traditional Chinese of "Fly" (same as Rogue's) in the middle and it was surround by eight katanas in the shape of Octagon (the katana's are placed at the points of the Octagon). The tip of the katana is face outward and all of it is in a circle with ancient words between the (very small) gap of the inner circle and outer circle. There is only azure colour for the whole flash jump.
"Hmm? There is no monster at all?" When Emily stop moving, she starts looking for monsters by observing the whole area.
"Pardon my intrusion but I've seem to forget to tell all contestants that when someone complete the quest it will announce the name of the section with the contestants name's behind it. Monster release countdown in five!"
"Four!"
"Three!"
A person in the shadow ready for his deadly blow.
"Two!"
"Hitokiri-"
"One!"
"Strike!"
"Zero!"
A flash of light passes the whole bunch of monsters the moment they spawn in front of Emily.
"Alpha Destiny."
"Bravo The Traveler."
"Charlie Hayato The Samurai."
"What is this?! The moment the monsters appears and in each section someone has already completed the quest! Unbelievable!"
All the monsters in front of Emily instantly fall down and a person walk out from the shadow.
He return his katana back into it's sheath and smile at her.
X
At Alpha section.
"Am I seeing this correctly?! The contestant Destiny complete the quest in an blink of an eye! On top of that, the monster's marbles just fly to his hands the moment they were defeated! What overwhelming power!"
That person wears a hood and a robe to hide his identity. The person put back his sword onto his back and walks towards the portal that leads to the resting room.
"Overwhelming you say?" An enormous flying ship suddenly appear from the clouds. The person in hood stop walking and look up to the sky.
"This is overwhelming. Meltdown Explosion." The ship fire full blast laser and hit the whole then extant his sword and grab all the marbles that was drop by the monsters. The person in hood then look at Xenon.
"Alpha Xenon."
"Wh-what is this?! Such powerful laser was shot and yet all the contestants didn't even have a scratch on them!"
"You, whatever you name is."
"Y-Yes?"
Xenon raise his head up and look at the speaker.
"He isn't the only one that have powers that are overwhelming."
"That includes you too right?" A person appear from "The Peace" portal.
"Alpha Kaiser."
"That is correct. Kyle."
Kyle slowly walk towards Xenon and stand beside him, put his arm around Xenon's neck and look at the mysterious person with him.
"Who is this dude?"
"...Get your hands off Kyle." Xenon give a cold look to Kyle.
"Alright. I assume that the guy in hood is the first one to complete the quest right?" He put down his arm and ask.
The mysterious contestant look at Kyle for a moment and continue walking back to the resting room.
"HEY! My name is Kyle! What's your name?(!) Don't worry, I won't bite!" He waves his hand at him and shouted.
The mysterious contestant step into the portal and disappears without looking back even once.
The other contestants starts fighting monsters when they spawn back.
"Did you notice?" Kyle's face suddenly turn serious.
"How could I not? He is clearly not human or Nova."
"Not only him, they are also many that sneaked in. And I wonder why the so-call Heroes couldn't defeat the Black Mage, they can't even tell who is what."
"Do you think is it possible that 'It' is opening?"
They both remain in silence.
"Only time will tell."
X
Meanwhile at Bravo section.
"This...is not possible! The person that finished the quest didn't move an inch! Who the hell is he?!"
"Damn~ This is too easy. Should have made it harder. Didn't even need to use mah skills~" A teenager with hazel hair and pupil smile at the defeated monster said.
Who is this kid? Is the adventurers now this strong? Or am I still too weak?
A person with long black hair wearing a traditional-looking clothe watching the teenager.
The teenager turn back and walk towards the portal he came from. When he passes the person, he whisper something to him.
"Eunwol,The Forgotten Hero. Meet me at The Forest That Disappeared after you finished the first round if you still want to defeat the Black Mage."
Eunwol startled when he heard his name was mentioned. When he came back from his shock, the teenager is almost at the portal already. He turn back and see the teenager is looking at him. The teenager grin at him and put his index finger in front of his mouth. Then, he walks into the portal and disappear.
Eunwol stare at the portal for awhile and turn back, walking towards the battlefield to find out who is the one that knows his long forgotten name with determine eyes.
X
"Mister Hayato I'm your big fan! Could you show me other skills you have?" Emily's eyes are shining while looking at Hayato.
Hayato, who is taller than Emily 30cm, has to look down to see her face clearly.
"...What is your name?"
"My name is Emily."
"Do you know Emily, in my country, before I came to Maple World, when you want to become a famous and strong warrior's follower, you have to show your skills to impress him or her."
Emily didn't get it for a moment, then her face turn red out of embarrassment when she get what Hayato is saying.
"Then, If I impress you with my skills, will you show me your other skills?"
"IF you can." Hayato smile.
Emily give a big smile to Hayato and walk towards a monster. She take a deep breath and stand on her battle stance.
"Azure Style:One Sword Technique-Half Moon Slash!"
She pull out her katana and give a full swing. The energy on her katana is release and is form into a blue shockwave.
The shockwave hit the monster but it didn't do much damage.
She quickly appears behind the monsters back and use her flash jump to reach the monsters head.
"Azure Style:One Sword Technique-Moon Ripper!"
She use her flash jump to jump around (beside) the monster's body, from the top the bottom while slashing it in high speed.
And when she reach the ground, she finish off the monster.
"Azure Style:One Sword Finale-Back Flip Slash!"
A blue line is seen in the middle of the monster when she finished executing her skill and the monster split in half.
"So, what do you think?" She turn back and look at Hayato.
Hayato walks towards her and say,
"You lack of power and,"
He draws out his sword and cut down the monster that is about to attack Emily. Emily crouch down while using both of her hands to cover her head when Hayato swings his sword and she look back when he is done.
"Awareness to your surroundings. Never underestimate an enemy or it shall be your downfall."
"Even if the enemy is a slime?" She look at him with watery eyes when she ask the question.
"Even is the enemy is a slime. It might suddenly become an enormous slime that will squish you like a bug." Hayato's face turn serious.
Emily gulp down her saliva.
Then suddenly Hayato's serious face turn into smiling face and chuckle a bit.
"You sure are interesting girl."
"My name is Emily, not girl." Emily stand up and look at him. She is a bit angry.
"C'mon. Can't you take a joke? Or can't you accept the fact that all famous and powerful warriors (he meant fighters, not just warrior) are just humans?"
"..."
"...What I just said, about lack of power and awareness is not your weakness. These things will increase as time passes by. But you do have three major weakness."
Emily becomes nervous and asks,
"What is it?"
"First, your sword. You need a custom made katana, since you are using one, that suites you and ONLY suites you. Only then your skills can reach the peak."
Emily has a feeling that she heard that from someone before but she can't remember.
"Second, your style."
"My, style?"
"Yes, your style. Obviously your skills have no relation to your style only when you use it your katana will turn into azure colour."
A few drops of sweat comes down from her forehead because she is afraid that Hayato might know of her power.
"And you shouldn't just name your style with the colour of your energy because-"
Emily hold her breath to prepare what comes next.
"-many people's mana (energy) are also azure and it is not special enough."
Emily sigh and is relief that he didn't find her power weird. But...
"You mean that every people has their own unique mana colour and not just one?"
"Of course! Different people have different attributes that is why the colours are all different. "
"Oh~"
"And the third is..." Hayato suddenly stop talking. He lost in his thoughts for awhile and said,
"No. You should discover it yourself. There is no meaning in it if you don't discover it yourself."
"But...!"
"And isn't there more important things to do?" He point at the board that is floating high in the sky.
Emily look at the direction he is pointing and realize that there is only six spots left in in this section! She turn and look at Hayato, not knowing what to say.
"I will teach you something special if you manage to pass this round. Good luck!" He walk past Emily and headed to the resting room portal.
He stop when he is halfway to the portal.
"Just so you know, level doesn't mean much to me, that is why I'm in this section. I'm more focus in my original strength. But to Kanna and Ayame it's something different since they can't be more stronger with just push-ups and sit-ups." He resume his walking after saying that sentence.
"Alpha Kanna."
"Bravo Ayame."
Emily is in panic and is walking in circle to think what to do.
"That is it for Alpha and Bravo section! Now only five spots left in Charlie section because the tenth spot has been taken by Kizo, one of Cheeky's apprentice!"
Emily calm down and think.
"I shouldn't have taken 'The Peace'. I thought the Exver is strong enough to kill the monsters in one hit but..." Emily bit her lips and think harder.
"Seems like I have no choice to use my last resort. I just wish Wing won't scold me for this."
Emily clear her mind and take a deep breath.
X
Master, I don't see or feel the enemy is here. Are you sure it isn't just in your head?
Don't talk to me, I'm trying to concentrate.
Master, no offense but I don't think you can use the "Future Prediction" skill yet.
That's why I'm concentrating!
Hmph.
Mir continue look for enemies when he sees Emily is doing something weird.
Master I think you should see this.
What is it?!
It's Emily.
I quickly open my eyes and stand up. I look down and I see Emily is focusing her energy into her hands.
Master I don't think Emily is going to make it into the next round if she is still not fighting monsters.
Wait, I saw that before. I think there was a book that says if you focus your energy in your palm and...!
"Mir! Fly down now!"
Master, but that's-
"Do it now!"
Yes Master!
"Please don't be what I think it is."I pray in my heart.
Master, look! A monster is trying to attack her!
"Full speed!"
I am!
Emily starts to move her hands and she stop moving her hands when her palms are facing her chest.
"No!"
When the monster's attack is about to hit Emily, something I never seen before happen.
"Azure Secret Technique:Infinite Boost."
She push her power-concentrated palm onto her chest. An immense power of shockwave was released around her and the monster behind her is...incinerated.
"Shit! Dammit, I was too late. Stop flying towards her!" Mir immediately stops his wings and quickly maintain his position.
Emily's eyes turn azure and her body is covered by a powerful azure aura.
What..is this Master?
"Just watch...for now."
Emily suddenly disappears and a dozens of monsters are instantly cut into half or in pieces.
"Charlie Chris."
"Four left."I said to myself inside my heart.
Emily moves faster and faster that I can't even see her attacks on the monsters.
"Charlie Jenny."
"Three spots left y'all! Three spots left!"
Emily is fifty percent finish with her quest.
"Charlie Darkspot."
"Two left! Two!"
Emily suddenly stops and jumps up to the sky.
"Charlie Smith."
"Last spot people!"
When I thought Emily is not going to make it, she falls down from the sky with her katana aiming down. When her katana pierce into the ground, her katana shattered into pieces and a wave of energy is release. The moment it touches monster it gets vaporized right away.
"Charlie Emily."
"That is it folks! Thanks for coming and we will see you real soon!"
The aura surrounding Emily dispersed into the air. Her eyes also turns back into it's original colour.
"Thank Transcendent that she pass. Mir quickly fly down."
Yes Master.
I sprint towards Emily when Mir landed.
"Emily! Are you alright?" I grab her shoulders and ask. She look extremely exhausted and is about to faint.
"Hey..Evan. I..huh..made it...into the next...round. Is-isn't it great?" She smile tiredly.
"Stop talking and rest. We can talk later."
"Good...idea."After finishing her sentence, she faint and fall into my arms. I quickly read her pulse. I am relief when I know that she fainted only because all of her energy is drain out and she is now sleeping to recover.
I slowly put her down and let her lie down on the grass. I sit beside her and look at the sky.
Mir slowly walks towards me and lies down beside me.
You want to tell me what she did just now Master?
"What Emily did just now was focusing all the energy inside her body and move it to her palms. As you know, the mana inside us are useless but if we convert into something else it will become powerful. In short, the energy on her hands is that 'something else' and she put it back into her body. So, what do you think it will happen?"
It-
"It will temporary supercharge up all your internal organs and system to make you into a superman for a few minutes."
A person wearing a hood walks out from the shadows and stand behind them. Evan's instinct reacts faster than he knows. When he notice there is a person standing behind them, they were already teleported to a farther place. When he stand up and look back at the person, he scold himself for being careless.
"It's you, from a few days ago." Me and Mir stand on our guard and prepare for the next move he will take.
"But, if the user's body could not take the energy, the user will suffer a heavy inner injury. Worst case scenario, the user dies." The man grin.
"Thanks for the unneeded info." I point my wand at him.
Not complete unneeded.
Mir!
Just saying.
"This is my lucky day. Now that the girl is out of power and only a pesky brat is in the way."
"Don't underestimate me." I'm ready to give this bastard a real hard attack any moment.
"Oh how could I?" He suddenly put both of his palm facing each other. A small black dot is form and it's getting bigger by the second in the middle between his palms.
"I will make sure you and the girl die this time. That is why I'm killing you with my best attack, The Darkness Burst."
I cast a level four thunder spell on him simultaneously for five times. Mir uses Flame Wheel to make the attack more effective. When the smoke is clear out, he didn't even budge! His small black down has turn into a football size black sphere.
"No way.." My voice is trembling a little and sweat is coming down from my head. I never saw someone or any monster that can survive that kind of attack.
"You need to do it better boy." He grin again.
When I was about to cast a stronger spell, Mir stop me from doing it.
What are you doing Mir?!
Master, we only have fifteen seconds left before he fire that thing! We don't have time for another attack!
Then what do we do?!
We use The Barrier!
What?! But only Freud can cast it! I didn't master the skill that much yet!
Five seconds!
Looks like I don't have a choice.
I chant the spell for three seconds and it appear in front of us, but it looks weak.
Transferring all my power to Master.
"Time to die, Dragon Master Evan." He shoot the ball of black matter and is heading straight for us. The ground that it passes is vaporized.
When it hit The Barrier, I almost let go of my wand. What power! Even though The Barrier is incomplete but it can still withstand Arkarium's ultimate attack, The Shattered Dimension. But this is totally on a whole different level!
The man slowly walks towards and he stops in front of his dark energy ball.
"Goodbye, you useless human." He stretch his arm and aim his hand at me. A black energy appear on his palm and he shoot it at the weakest point of The Barrier.
The Barrier shatter and Mir and I fall to the ground. The ball of dark energy keep heading straight for us.
I close my eyes and prepare for the worst to come. But it didn't.
"Blinding Pillar!" A strong force push me, Mir, Emily and the man away.
"Light of Heaven." Luminous swiftly stand in front of the dark magic ball and neutralize it instantly.
"Impossible! Only-"
"Light Pillar." He point his shining rod at the man and a strong pillar of light shine at him from the sky.
The man vanish after letting out an angry scream.
"Lu-Luminous. You saved us." I said that when I recover from what just happened.
Luminous grab my shirt and lift me up. Then he give me a heavy punch at my cheek, resulting me fall hard to the ground. I touch my swollen cheek and look at him, not knowing why I got punched on my face.
"You little piece of shit! What do you think you are doing, huh?!" He said angrily.
"Wh-what are you saying?"
"You could have used any light magic to repel him, even with Flash Shower! Why didn't you use it when he is charging up for his attack?!"
"B-but I didn't know he has darkness attribute before he use that attack. And I-I was too shock to think what to use-"
He crouch down and punch me again. Then he grab my shirt again and pull me towards his face.
"You were too shock you say? Well, while fighting with the Black Mage you won't have your life after you have a bloody shock!"
"I-"
"And not to mention, you could have use the Attribute Detector spell to know what kind of skill he uses! You could have died from that do you know that?! You should be more flexible and not acting like an amateur! You disappoint me Evan."
His wrathful eyes look right into my soul and I have no words to say to him.
"Freud could have done better than that."
I feel a surge of rage bursting from my heart when he said that sentence. I grab his hand and shove it away. I am angry. Always, ALWAYS comparing me with Freud.
Luminous stand up and look at me with cold eyes.
"Who is this girl, Evan?"
"...None of your concern."
"Is she the reason why Crimson Darkness is attacking the town?"
"...Are you going to kill her because of it?"
"I'm not anything like Black Mage. Go back to the palace after you calm down, when I...calm down. You got a lot explaining to do. Tonight will also be one if your toughest training yet, so come back before ten or Mercedes will handle your punishment. You too Mir, because you are obviously better than this." A shiver went down my spine when I heard "Mercedes".
Luminous teleport back and I just left my mind blank.I come back to my senses when Mir call me loudly.
Master! Are you there?!
I didn't react much after he shout at me. I look at the sky and I realize it's already evening. I turn to my right. Emily is still sleeping soundly. I look at the sky again for a few minutes and I stand up.
I send Emily back to the Inn stealthily and left. After that, I walk around the food stalls that is set up for the Festival and bought some food. I bring the food to Mir and we eat together.
I'm sorry,Master. I should have done better.
I stop eating and put down my hand.
"You know it was not your fault. As the reincarnation of Freud, I have failed today."
But Master...
"I know, but I shouldn't run away from reality. I am THE Freud's reincarnation and only I have the power to seal Black Mage when it comes down to it. But to prevent the tragedy from 400 years ago from happening once again, I must work hard, harder than Freud ever did. Until I finally found a solution to all of...this."
Mir look at me for a short moment and continue eating his food. It's so great to have a partner that can understands you so much. Then I continue to eat my food, only faster.
X
"Cool down already?" Luminous look at me. He is leaning against the wall next to the main gate.
"I should ask you the same." I smile.
"Good, then let's get started. Training or talking?" He stand up and walk through the gate.
"I think I'll go with training first, because talking is going to take all day."
I follow him and walk right through the gate. This night is going to be looooong.
To be continued...
That is it folks! Ah, nothing feels better than finishing a good chapter.
Now it's time for a little additional info. First, don't care who is speaking through the speaker, but it is surely that all three announcer for all three sections are different person.
The things that Hayato said to Emily about 'follower' is all made up because I think there is really something like that?
In case you didn't know, level 130~170 contestants are in Charlie section, level 180~210 in Bravo section and level 220~250 are in Alpha section.
I choose to put Alpha, Bravo and Charlie because I don't know what else to put. The idea of putting those three names just came across my mind and I decide to fill it in.
I know that the skills that Luminous isn't in Maple Story. I can't follow everything exactly according to the game because it's really hard to make the fighting scenes better and it will be boring and might be a bit weird if I only use the original skills.
Feel free to ask questions if you don't understand anything in this chapter or something weird because, to be frank, I completely forgot what I wrote for the last two chapters and some parts might not add up. Also, remind me if I have done any mistake.
The next chapter will be a special one. I think I'll do a special chapter every 3 or 6 chapters. I will also write one about all Emily's skills to save my time describing the skills every time she uses one.
Please review! I seriously mean it or I don't know where to improve. I'm treating this whole writing story thing as an improvement for my English.