english translations chapter 11
While all of this was going on, the Ronins, Kaye, Mia and the two tigers were trying how to figure out not only on how to reunite, but also how to get out of the gauntlet. "Man this gauntlet is like some kind of maze, but for some reason the settings for in here are exactly like they are on the outside." thought Rowen as he was taking in the sites. Rowen kept on walking, until something made him turn around to see what was going on.
"Take it easy Rowen, just because you have no idea of what is going on, there is no need to get jumpy." thought Rowen as he noticed that nothing was there. So he shook his head and continued on his way to finding the others. Out of nowhere, a dark fog began to creep slowly up behind Rowen as he was making his way through the gauntlet.
"When did it suddenly get cold around here?" thought Rowen as he kept on walking. Just then sounds were coming from all around him. Rowen stopped in his tracks to try and figure out what they were saying and where exactly they were coming from.
"Hey who are you, what do you want? If you're not a coward, then come out and face me!" yelled Rowen as he got into a defensive position. Just as he said that, Rowen turned around and faced the fog that for some reason has stopped right where it was.
"persona non grata, persona non grata!" said the voices again as it threw out an energy attack towards Rowen.
"Hey watch it, I might not speak your language pal, but I get your drift. Just for curiosity though what the heck did you say?" asked Rowen as he dodged the attack with no problem.
"Unwelcome person, we said unwelcome person." replied the voices as they began to materialize from the dark fog and into a solid form.
"What the heck are ya, and more to the point why did you attack me?" asked Rowen as he got ready for another attack.
"Sorry about that, you see we don't get many visitors in the gauntlet. We are morphers, and to your question of why we attacked you, well that is our purpose. We attack the intruders that are how to put it, oh yes, that are escorted into the gauntlet." replied the morphers.
"How many of you are there?" asked Rowen as he kept his eyes on the morphers.
"We are everywhere, we only exist within the gauntlet. I have a question for you. Why are you and your friends participating in the gauntlet trials?" asked the morphers.
"It wasn't by choice I can assure you of that." replied Rowen.
"It's never by choice, now I ask again. Why are you and your friends in the gauntlet trials?" asked the morphers starting to get angry.
"Well I suppose that I could tell you. I can't believe that I'm explaining why we're here, but I guess. Fine ok it seems like these two trackers named Nunzio and Nahilus decided to throw us in here because they thought that one of my friends had the white book and the amulet. My friend has one but not the other, we chased someone named Liber back here, he's the one that has the white book, not my friend." replied Rowen.
"Interesting, but I do see a flaw in your story." said the morphers.
"Oh really what's that?" asked Rowen who was now starting to get a little angry.
"You see, Liber is in prison. So there is no possible way for him to have what you say he has." replied the morphers as they got ready to fight.
"That's what those two trackers said, but I know for a fact that Liber has somehow gotten past your security and retrieved the white book." replied Rowen as he noticed that the morphers were getting ready to attack.
"He maybe speaking the truth, especially since the city's defenses have been going off line for some time now. It doesn't matter though, now it's clear. We know what we have to do, it's time to get rid of our so called guests." thought the morphers as they launched another attack towards Rowen.
"Man these morphers are more stubborn than both Kaye and Kento put together. They won't even listen to reason. Well I guess they want to do it the hard way. I better hurry up and fight these guys so I can find the others." thought Rowen as he blocked the attack.
The fight between Rowen and the morphers began to intensify by the minute. Neither side was showing signs of giving up. "This fighter is good, too good. If something isn't done soon, then everything will be lost." thought the morphers as they saw an opportunity to deliver a different attack at Rowen.
The morphers began to retreat from their fight. Rowen kept his eyes on them the whole entire time. "Man I don't like this, they're definately up to something." thought Rowen as he got ready to defend himself for whatever attack they had planned.
THe morphers split into two morphers. One morpher stayed in front of Rowen and the other materialized behind him. "Ok now this is definately not good." thought Rowen as he got into a different fighting position.
"Well now what do you think of these odds?" asked the morphers as they got ready to deliver an attack at the same time with Rowen in the middle.
"You want to know what I think, I think that two against one isn't exactly fair." replied Rowen with a smirk.
"You know something, you're right, but also we don't really care either. So that's just too bad." said the morphers as they launched their attacks. Rowen was ready for this, he knew that they were going to attack at the same time, so he waited for the two attacks to come closer. Then when he thought that they were close enough, he quickly stashed his bow and jumped out of the way. The two attacks hit each other which caused one heck of an explosion. When the dust from the explosion settled, he opened his eyes and saw that there was no traces of the morphers anywhere.
"I was hoping that would work. Luckily for me those morphers don't get out much, otherwise they would have seen that coming. Well I better hurry up and get back to finding the others and getting the heck out of here." thought ROwen as he continued his search.
Meanwhile in a different part of the gauntlet, Sage was having just as much luck as the rest of them. "This is just crazy, why wouldn't those two jerks take our word for it that Liber has the white book? Don't they realize that if we did have them, then we would of handed the items over?" thought Sage as he stopped for a little while.
"Who dares enters the land of the Harpies?" they asked. Sage turned around and saw a creature that had the characteristics of a bird and a woman, with long claws and a sharp beak.
"Whoa there lady, it's of no concern to you of who I am, but the question is who or should I say what are you?" asked Sage as he got himself ready to fight.
"Fine if you're going to be difficult, then so be it. You obviously don't know your Latin legends. As you can see I'm half bird and half woman that uses my long claws and sharp beak to hunt my prey, my name is Harpie." she replied as Harpie got ready to attack Sage.
"Oh great, it looks like she means business. I don't have time to mess around, I have to find the others." thought Sage as he kept his eyes on her.
Then suddenly Harpie launched an air attack towards Sage. He barely got enough time to get out of the way before she was coming back again.
"This is going to be fun, it's been a very long time since anyone has entered the gauntlet trials." said Harpie as she was diving for Sage.
"Sorry to disappoint you, but I don't have time for your games. I have to find my friends and get out of here. Now if you don't mind, I'll take my leave." replied Sage as he struck out at her. The harpie barely avoided Sage's attack, she reached over to her arm and pulled back her hand. Harpie saw that she had blood flowing down from her arm. She threw Sage such an angry glare, she knew what had to be done.
"You hurt me with that attack, I'm surprised, not very many humans actually come close to injuring me. I'm so going to enjoy destroying you." said Harpie as she began her attack.
"Well get over it, and besides I've heard that speach so many times that I know you would be just wasting my time." replied Sage with a smirk.
The harpie was so angry by Sage's statement that she went at him in full speed. That reaction was exactly what Sage was hoping for, "thunder bolt cut!" yelled Sage as he delivered his sure-kill. It hit Harpie dead on, then she fell to the ground barely moving.
Sage took a quick glance back at the harpie, and then he decided to continue his search. Just before he left, Sage heard a groan from behind. He turned around and saw that she was slowly getting up from the ground. "No way!" thought Sage in amazement while he turned around in a defensive position.
"Well done stranger. I'm surprised that a human like yourself could harness such power. I'm also impressed at the same time, I didn't think that it would be possible for someone to do an attack like that." said Harpie as she faced Sage.
"If you liked it so much, I'll be more than happy to do it again. Unless of course you'll let me through so I can find my friends and find a way out of here?" asked Sage as he keeps his eyes on her.
Harpie knew that she had only one chance to get back at him for his attack. So she slowly moved out of his way. Sage was taken back by her actions, he decided to go ahead but he stayed alert to make sure that she didn't do anything foolish. He was just about there, when all of a sudden Harpie struck out at Sage, slashing at his back. Luckily for Sage, he barely got out of the way, when he was far enough away from Harpie, he looked back and saw her grinning at him. Sage threw a glare in her direction and got ready to deliver his sure-kill again.
"Hey what was all of that about, you said that I could go through?" asked Sage angrilly.
"I didn't say anything about you leaving, you only assumed the idea. Now I suggest that you give up." replied Harpie as she was about to attack Sage.
"Forget it, there is no way that I'm going to give up to someone like you. Thunder bolt cut!" yelled Sage as he delivered his sure-kill again. Sage was surprised to see that the harpie didn't get out of the way of his attack, she just stood there. The attack hit it's target right on and the harpie fell to the ground once again.
This time Sage made his way slowly and cautiously to the harpie. He was only a few feet away when she began to slowly stir. Harpie lifted her head and looked into Sage's eyes, he now knew that she wanted him to deliver that attack of his again, that way she could save her honor. Then the harpie's head dropped to the ground one last time and then she vanished from the battle ground. "Ok now I know that I definately have to hurry up and find the others. I'm wondering if they are running into the same kind of trouble as me." thought Sage as he continued on.
While all of this was going on, the Ronins, Kaye, Mia and the two tigers were trying how to figure out not only on how to reunite, but also how to get out of the gauntlet. "Man this gauntlet is like some kind of maze, but for some reason the settings for in here are exactly like they are on the outside." thought Rowen as he was taking in the sites. Rowen kept on walking, until something made him turn around to see what was going on.
"Take it easy Rowen, just because you have no idea of what is going on, there is no need to get jumpy." thought Rowen as he noticed that nothing was there. So he shook his head and continued on his way to finding the others. Out of nowhere, a dark fog began to creep slowly up behind Rowen as he was making his way through the gauntlet.
"When did it suddenly get cold around here?" thought Rowen as he kept on walking. Just then sounds were coming from all around him. Rowen stopped in his tracks to try and figure out what they were saying and where exactly they were coming from.
"Hey who are you, what do you want? If you're not a coward, then come out and face me!" yelled Rowen as he got into a defensive position. Just as he said that, Rowen turned around and faced the fog that for some reason has stopped right where it was.
"persona non grata, persona non grata!" said the voices again as it threw out an energy attack towards Rowen.
"Hey watch it, I might not speak your language pal, but I get your drift. Just for curiosity though what the heck did you say?" asked Rowen as he dodged the attack with no problem.
"Unwelcome person, we said unwelcome person." replied the voices as they began to materialize from the dark fog and into a solid form.
"What the heck are ya, and more to the point why did you attack me?" asked Rowen as he got ready for another attack.
"Sorry about that, you see we don't get many visitors in the gauntlet. We are morphers, and to your question of why we attacked you, well that is our purpose. We attack the intruders that are how to put it, oh yes, that are escorted into the gauntlet." replied the morphers.
"How many of you are there?" asked Rowen as he kept his eyes on the morphers.
"We are everywhere, we only exist within the gauntlet. I have a question for you. Why are you and your friends participating in the gauntlet trials?" asked the morphers.
"It wasn't by choice I can assure you of that." replied Rowen.
"It's never by choice, now I ask again. Why are you and your friends in the gauntlet trials?" asked the morphers starting to get angry.
"Well I suppose that I could tell you. I can't believe that I'm explaining why we're here, but I guess. Fine ok it seems like these two trackers named Nunzio and Nahilus decided to throw us in here because they thought that one of my friends had the white book and the amulet. My friend has one but not the other, we chased someone named Liber back here, he's the one that has the white book, not my friend." replied Rowen.
"Interesting, but I do see a flaw in your story." said the morphers.
"Oh really what's that?" asked Rowen who was now starting to get a little angry.
"You see, Liber is in prison. So there is no possible way for him to have what you say he has." replied the morphers as they got ready to fight.
"That's what those two trackers said, but I know for a fact that Liber has somehow gotten past your security and retrieved the white book." replied Rowen as he noticed that the morphers were getting ready to attack.
"He maybe speaking the truth, especially since the city's defenses have been going off line for some time now. It doesn't matter though, now it's clear. We know what we have to do, it's time to get rid of our so called guests." thought the morphers as they launched another attack towards Rowen.
"Man these morphers are more stubborn than both Kaye and Kento put together. They won't even listen to reason. Well I guess they want to do it the hard way. I better hurry up and fight these guys so I can find the others." thought Rowen as he blocked the attack.
The fight between Rowen and the morphers began to intensify by the minute. Neither side was showing signs of giving up. "This fighter is good, too good. If something isn't done soon, then everything will be lost." thought the morphers as they saw an opportunity to deliver a different attack at Rowen.
The morphers began to retreat from their fight. Rowen kept his eyes on them the whole entire time. "Man I don't like this, they're definately up to something." thought Rowen as he got ready to defend himself for whatever attack they had planned.
THe morphers split into two morphers. One morpher stayed in front of Rowen and the other materialized behind him. "Ok now this is definately not good." thought Rowen as he got into a different fighting position.
"Well now what do you think of these odds?" asked the morphers as they got ready to deliver an attack at the same time with Rowen in the middle.
"You want to know what I think, I think that two against one isn't exactly fair." replied Rowen with a smirk.
"You know something, you're right, but also we don't really care either. So that's just too bad." said the morphers as they launched their attacks. Rowen was ready for this, he knew that they were going to attack at the same time, so he waited for the two attacks to come closer. Then when he thought that they were close enough, he quickly stashed his bow and jumped out of the way. The two attacks hit each other which caused one heck of an explosion. When the dust from the explosion settled, he opened his eyes and saw that there was no traces of the morphers anywhere.
"I was hoping that would work. Luckily for me those morphers don't get out much, otherwise they would have seen that coming. Well I better hurry up and get back to finding the others and getting the heck out of here." thought ROwen as he continued his search.
Meanwhile in a different part of the gauntlet, Sage was having just as much luck as the rest of them. "This is just crazy, why wouldn't those two jerks take our word for it that Liber has the white book? Don't they realize that if we did have them, then we would of handed the items over?" thought Sage as he stopped for a little while.
"Who dares enters the land of the Harpies?" they asked. Sage turned around and saw a creature that had the characteristics of a bird and a woman, with long claws and a sharp beak.
"Whoa there lady, it's of no concern to you of who I am, but the question is who or should I say what are you?" asked Sage as he got himself ready to fight.
"Fine if you're going to be difficult, then so be it. You obviously don't know your Latin legends. As you can see I'm half bird and half woman that uses my long claws and sharp beak to hunt my prey, my name is Harpie." she replied as Harpie got ready to attack Sage.
"Oh great, it looks like she means business. I don't have time to mess around, I have to find the others." thought Sage as he kept his eyes on her.
Then suddenly Harpie launched an air attack towards Sage. He barely got enough time to get out of the way before she was coming back again.
"This is going to be fun, it's been a very long time since anyone has entered the gauntlet trials." said Harpie as she was diving for Sage.
"Sorry to disappoint you, but I don't have time for your games. I have to find my friends and get out of here. Now if you don't mind, I'll take my leave." replied Sage as he struck out at her. The harpie barely avoided Sage's attack, she reached over to her arm and pulled back her hand. Harpie saw that she had blood flowing down from her arm. She threw Sage such an angry glare, she knew what had to be done.
"You hurt me with that attack, I'm surprised, not very many humans actually come close to injuring me. I'm so going to enjoy destroying you." said Harpie as she began her attack.
"Well get over it, and besides I've heard that speach so many times that I know you would be just wasting my time." replied Sage with a smirk.
The harpie was so angry by Sage's statement that she went at him in full speed. That reaction was exactly what Sage was hoping for, "thunder bolt cut!" yelled Sage as he delivered his sure-kill. It hit Harpie dead on, then she fell to the ground barely moving.
Sage took a quick glance back at the harpie, and then he decided to continue his search. Just before he left, Sage heard a groan from behind. He turned around and saw that she was slowly getting up from the ground. "No way!" thought Sage in amazement while he turned around in a defensive position.
"Well done stranger. I'm surprised that a human like yourself could harness such power. I'm also impressed at the same time, I didn't think that it would be possible for someone to do an attack like that." said Harpie as she faced Sage.
"If you liked it so much, I'll be more than happy to do it again. Unless of course you'll let me through so I can find my friends and find a way out of here?" asked Sage as he keeps his eyes on her.
Harpie knew that she had only one chance to get back at him for his attack. So she slowly moved out of his way. Sage was taken back by her actions, he decided to go ahead but he stayed alert to make sure that she didn't do anything foolish. He was just about there, when all of a sudden Harpie struck out at Sage, slashing at his back. Luckily for Sage, he barely got out of the way, when he was far enough away from Harpie, he looked back and saw her grinning at him. Sage threw a glare in her direction and got ready to deliver his sure-kill again.
"Hey what was all of that about, you said that I could go through?" asked Sage angrilly.
"I didn't say anything about you leaving, you only assumed the idea. Now I suggest that you give up." replied Harpie as she was about to attack Sage.
"Forget it, there is no way that I'm going to give up to someone like you. Thunder bolt cut!" yelled Sage as he delivered his sure-kill again. Sage was surprised to see that the harpie didn't get out of the way of his attack, she just stood there. The attack hit it's target right on and the harpie fell to the ground once again.
This time Sage made his way slowly and cautiously to the harpie. He was only a few feet away when she began to slowly stir. Harpie lifted her head and looked into Sage's eyes, he now knew that she wanted him to deliver that attack of his again, that way she could save her honor. Then the harpie's head dropped to the ground one last time and then she vanished from the battle ground. "Ok now I know that I definately have to hurry up and find the others. I'm wondering if they are running into the same kind of trouble as me." thought Sage as he continued on.
