Chapter 73
It was quiet, quieter than anyone had ever heard since the war had started. As the five partners and Mia entered the castle grounds, they were greeted with an eerie silence. "It's way too quiet," Melissa whispered.
"No kidding," Jazalyn responded. "Do you hear any music?"
"No," Melissa answered, shaking her head.
"Do any of you hear music?" Mia asked.
"Nope," Sarah replied.
Suddenly the "wind" picked up. At first, it felt like a gentle breeze, but slowly, it grew into the equivalent of a hurricane force wind. "WHAT THE HELL IS THIS?" Sarah yelled as the wind began to physically push her towards the center of the castle grounds.
As the "winds" gusted harder, Melissa heard the strange music again, "That's it!" she remembered, "That's the music I heard playing while we were waiting outside the castle gate."
With the "wind" pushing everyone towards the center of the castle grounds, Jazalyn tried to go in the opposite direction. All she ended up with was a backlash of wind, and her bruised arm stinging even more. "This wind is alive," Jazalyn grimaced.
"This isn't wind," Brian countered.
"What makes you say that?" Mia asked.
"Look up," Brian responded.
As everyone looked up, all six non-combatants saw Nether Spirits floating in the air, playing musical instruments.
"That's it," Melody sighed, "I'm dropping Music as my major."
As the winds continued to push them forward, all Mia and all five partners saw the trapped Ronins. "RYO!" Sarah yelled in complete horror.
"CYE!" Brian yelled in shock.
"So," a sneering voice laughed, "you came just in time to watch your pitiful partners die."
Everyone turned to find Dais hanging upside down from the center of his spider web.
It was quiet, quieter than anyone had ever heard since the war had started. As the five partners and Mia entered the castle grounds, they were greeted with an eerie silence. "It's way too quiet," Melissa whispered.
"No kidding," Jazalyn responded. "Do you hear any music?"
"No," Melissa answered, shaking her head.
"Do any of you hear music?" Mia asked.
"Nope," Sarah replied.
Suddenly the "wind" picked up. At first, it felt like a gentle breeze, but slowly, it grew into the equivalent of a hurricane force wind. "WHAT THE HELL IS THIS?" Sarah yelled as the wind began to physically push her towards the center of the castle grounds.
As the "winds" gusted harder, Melissa heard the strange music again, "That's it!" she remembered, "That's the music I heard playing while we were waiting outside the castle gate."
With the "wind" pushing everyone towards the center of the castle grounds, Jazalyn tried to go in the opposite direction. All she ended up with was a backlash of wind, and her bruised arm stinging even more. "This wind is alive," Jazalyn grimaced.
"This isn't wind," Brian countered.
"What makes you say that?" Mia asked.
"Look up," Brian responded.
As everyone looked up, all six non-combatants saw Nether Spirits floating in the air, playing musical instruments.
"That's it," Melody sighed, "I'm dropping Music as my major."
As the winds continued to push them forward, all Mia and all five partners saw the trapped Ronins. "RYO!" Sarah yelled in complete horror.
"CYE!" Brian yelled in shock.
"So," a sneering voice laughed, "you came just in time to watch your pitiful partners die."
Everyone turned to find Dais hanging upside down from the center of his spider web.