omnious: I don't know what should I say...
Sion: Well, you have been absent for months.
omnious: *sigh* Withouth futher ado, here is the chapter. Sorry if it is not good.
Chapter 9: The Potential
There was a survivor of the Silver Knight beside Jin. She was found on The Ruins of Silver Knights. Her name was Sion. She followed Grand Chase to Serdin and being tested whether she would fit in Grand Chase. The result was favorable. She was in Grand Chase together with Jin, one of her kind. Training together with him was like being back at her past, the time of Silver Knight-age. She was then sent for a mission together with Lire, The Archer of Grand Chase. How is the mission? And what will happen? Let's begin!
Sion's POV
I am told to do recon and fix any problem arise at Orc Temple. I am with Lire, the elven archer of Grand Chase. We got to the designed place in a blink of eye with someone called Mari's portal. I don't see the temple, only mountainous area. In any case, I should be on alert.
'Why this Mari person didn't set the portal near the temple anyway?' I think. I mean, it will be less time-consuming if we were directly reach the temple.
Lire gives me a signal to follow her. I nod as the response. She looks so cautious. She looks ahead and it seems she finds what she is looking for. At a moment, she quickly jumps while readying her bow, taking an arrow and sets it on her bow. She does some maneuvers here and there which I quickly try to follow. She is fast. It seems like she already knew this place for so long. While I am trying to follow her, something trips me and makes me fall flat on the ground.
"Ouch!" I let out a voice, singing my pain. Then I look forward, searching for Lire. "Oh great… Where has she gone?" Right, I can't find her in front of me. I survey my surroundings, but no sign of her anywhere. Only mountains are here, no trace of her or the temple. "Ugh… What should I do now?" I am panic for a moment. Suddenly I feel several energies gathered on my right, not too far from me, after I calmed myself. I move to near a rock and see what is happening.
'A lot of Orcs gathered? What are they doing? I should go nearer to them first.' I think when I see a lot of Orcs at structured rocks or maybe this is the temple. I sneak from one rock to another rock. I manage to get nearer so I can see them clearly. But, something bothers me. I feel like someone watching me from different direction. When I try to look for the source, the feeling disappears, as if it was just my imagination. 'Well, whatever… I should focus on my mission for now.'
I see some stronger Orcs raise a plate that is enough for me to sleep at. On that plate, I can see… "What the hell! Is that a human child?" In surprise, I shout accidentally. I even let myself being seen by the Orcs beyond the cover. "Damn it. I have no choice then."
They are around 200 in number. The stronger ones are around 50 with hammers and stone axes. They march to my side. They seem mad. Maybe I am disturbing them in the middle of something. Well, I will not let them do anything hostile to that child anyway.
I am ready with my battle stance. I search for an opening to get through the army. Just then, an arrow flies and hit the ground in front of an Orc. It looks distracted and I find it as my chance to break through. I dash to it and give it an uppercut, sending it to the sky. I make my way by attacking nearby Orcs with my fists and kicks. I ignore the rest of them on my back. I keep on pushing forward until an axe is being thrown to me. I block it with my both hands, but as the consequences, the Orcs near me press me with their number. I keep on beating them.
"I can't stay here for so long." I talk to myself. "I got no choice then. Thousands Blooming Fists!" I use my most powerful skill. I unleash 40 punches and kicks in front of me and finish it with a big chi wave. I can see a little clearing ahead. But, it is not for long since the Orcs fill on the gap. "What should I do then… I can't move forward like this." I almost lost of hope. I keep on holding my ground. I think of a way to deal with this situation. I don't want to lose now. I will definitely save the child.
In the middle of fighting, I remember one of my days at Silver Knight.
'Teacher, we learn the basic of Silver Knight's martial arts, but it seems the moves only fit for one on one.' One of my subordinate stated.
'Hahaha, you noticed it. For us, it is a grave mistake to go into a swarm of enemies. However, our great teacher has found a way to deal with it.' The teacher at that time gave some compliment and responded calmly.
'Oh, I know! It is called Burning Mode, right?!' She cut the teacher's explanation.
'Burning Mode?' I think for myself. Then I remember:
'Yes, it is. Burning Mode let us to attack stronger and enable Silver Knight skill with wide area. But only several of us could achieve that.' The teacher gave out more explanation about Burning Mode.
I snap from my daydreaming and realize that I make a mistake. I am trying to bring out Burning Mode, but of course I fail. I don't have what it means to use the Burning Mode. I keep on holding my enemies from every direction. 'I can't use Burning Mode. Now what should I do? Jin… Wait! I know!' I realize my only substitute for Burning Mode. Jin gave it a name Twilight Mode. 'It must be it!' I got my determination stronger and hope, the only thing that enable me to use Twilight Mode.
I do a spinning kick to make those Orcs back away a little and give me space to unleash my power. I relax my body and think of my days before the Silver Knight got crushed. I fill my heart with joy and hope, enabling my chi to flow to my entire body. When I feel my body lightened, I unleash my chi and go into Twilight Mode. Similar to Burning Mode, I cover my body with surging chi, but the chi type is different. Burning looks like a flame and Twilight looks like stars in the sky.
"Let's get this done." I say full of confidence. I punch one Orc in front of me and send it flying several meters with its friends. "Wow, I don't know Twilight Mode can be this powerful." I comment myself dumbly. Then I press back the Orcs until I reach the 'Temple', facing Stronger Orcs.
"… Would you mind handing over that child to me?" I ask them. Of course they won't answer me politely. One of them swings his hammer to me. I block it with my right arm. Thanks to Twilight Mode, I don't feel too much pain. Then I continue, "Well, then. I'll just beat you all and take him back with me."
I attack them with my skills. I have trained it with Jin's directions. "Twilight Chi Blast!" I punches 4 times with small chi covering my palms and release them forward. "Next! Twilight Fallen Petal Dance!" Instead of dealing any physical hits, I make my chi spins around me violently. It deals 6 to 9 hits and I explode it. Jin told me that calming violent chi was hard and it was easier to let it explode. With 2 skills, I almost lost all of my power. But, the enemies got reduced until only 10 remains, 4 with Hammers and 6 with Axes. I can feel my Twilight Mode gets canceled too. I can't hope for more than this. I am ready to fight with all I have left.
"Okay, everybody! That's enough!" I hear a familiar voice shouts. I see at the source and it is Lire. She is in front of the Orcs. She realizes my stare and gives out a smile.
"What is all of this about?" I shout at her. I am confused here. I look at the child and shocked because the child is only a doll. So well made to the point you won't realize it is a doll until you got near it.
"Sorry, but Knight Master ordered me to keep this trial a secret. I kept my eyes on you this entire time." Lire explains to me.
"Huh? Trial? Why? For what?" I ask her with consecutively while walking to her side.
"First of all. There are several members that still don't acknowledge you. They want to see how much is your true powers." She explains more. Then she comes to an injured Orc. "Well, sorry about this. You must be in pain. But thank you for your coördination."
"No problem, it is our service toward Grand Chase. We can't say this is enough to repay that invasion." It replied with joyful face.
"So, the entire Orcs here are just acting?!" I am a little angry. I am near Lire now.
"But everything worked nicely. When I report this event, I am sure they will acknowledge you fully." She smiles.
I let out a sigh and sit on the ground. I am exhausted after using my new skills. I need to get a little rest.
"Sis, I heard that you can dance." An Orc is approaching me. "Well. Yes, I can. Want to see my dance?" I ask back and I see it and its comrade nods happily. 'I guess I don't have any choice…' I think while standing.
"This way, please." Another Orc leads me to a higher rock. It seems that they have prepared the stage.
"You owe me one for this!" I exclaim to them before starting. I could see their happiness by looking at their faces. I, we, with Lire, stay there until the sun ready to set. We get back to the mansion with the same portal.
Lire went to Knight Master to report the mission and I am going to my room to have some rest. But I am too tired to even recognize my room door. I open the door which I think that is my room's and someone shout in shock.
"Sion?!" I hear a male voice.
"Huh?" I respond bluntly.
End of POV
Another chaos was going to arise. Who was he and why he got shocked that much? Just wait for the next chapter.
omnious: Well, then... I am rusty.
Sion: What's with the end of the chapter!
omnious: That... well... bye! *run away*
Sion: Hey! Come back! Oh right. Please R&R. *chase omnious*
