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Chapter Four: The First Drop
"Leave her!" bellowed Kratos. "Mizumi is only paralyzed. The Giant Crab must have cast thunder on her."
The caravaners turned around to find the crustacean looming over them. Sparks emitted from the crab's enormous claw.
A hand jerked Takashi backwards, and on the spot where he once stood on a mere moment ago, a bolt of lighting hit, leaving only burnt grass and flowing, blue sparks. Takashi looked back to find Kratos pulling him away from the crab.
"Be careful!" exclaimed the Selkie. "One person paralyzed is more than enough! If you become immobilized too, your wife's sacrifice will be in vain!"
Takashi nodded and ran in a different direction than his Selkie friend.
Once more, the group attempted to damage the crab with a barrage of attacks, but the Giant Crab seemed to be growing immune. The magic had little effect on the hard surface of the creature, and whenever one of the physical attackers got near it, the crab would send them flying by bashing them with its claw.
"This is getting us nowhere!" yelled Kratos. "We need another plan of action." Kratos thought as he dodged the lighting blasts from the crab. Finally deciding on something, he yelled, "Rouki! Dark! You have to distract the crab!"
The two Yukes did as they were told. Using the same type of magic that they had used at the festival a month before to create the magic fireworks, they created images of people walking around the crab; the images just walked along, not even seeming to notice what was right next to them.The Giant Crab averted its gaze from the caravaners to the figures around it and tried to grab them, but its claw went right through them as if they were just apparitions. The creature continued attempting this futile task.
"Bane! While it's distracted, use your ax to cut the claw off!" commanded Kratos.
The crab lifted its claw again, getting ready to attempt to strike the figures one more time. The Lilty saw this chance and leapt up, ax ready. Then, in one swipe, Bane successfully severed the colossal claw from the body of the beast.
"Now, everyone! Attack the legs! We have to make it lose balance!'
Together, the caravaners knocked the Giant Crab off of its feet, making it fall over onto its back.
"Takashi! Would you like the honor of finishing it off?"
Takashi leapt up into the air, ready to attack. When he was descending from his jump, he quickly drawing his sword when he was a few feet above the monster, then drove his weapon into the crab's body.
All of a sudden, a blue light emitted from the spot where Takashi's sword was embedded in. The crab began to dissolve and disappear, each part of its body turning into mist, starting from its legs.
Takashi fell to the ground where the Giant Crab used to be, the grass wet with dew and the air most from mist.
The Clavat stood up and sheathed his sword; he then walked over to where his wife's body lay. He kneeled down and held her hand. Soon, the rest of the group was standing beside Takashi.
Dark put his hand on his friend's shoulder, and Takashi moved aside. Dark waved his hand over Mizumi's body. A bright light then surrounded her body, and what seemed like a tiny angel fell upon her pale face. The angel dissolved into thin air and the light faded. Mizumi jerked up and looked around.
"Wha-?" she gasped. Seeing her husband, she wrapped her arms around a relieved Takashi.
Once the couple stood up, the group ambled over to the myrrh tree. As soon as the crystal chalice was placed on the alter in front of the tree, the crystal shard on the tip of the chalice began to glow. The tip of the tree dangling above the alter began to moisten and began to form a drop of clear liquid. The drop of myrrh fell onto the crystal shard. Suddenly, the chalice began to fill up until it was about one-third full of myrrh.
"We actually got the first drop of myrrh, already!" said Laila cheerfully.
"Wow," said an amazed Ayame, gazing at the crystal chalice. "It is holding the myrrh like magic. None of it is leaking out of the gaping holes on the side, and its perfectly shaped into part of a sphere... This is amazing..."
"Hey! How much do you think this is worth?"
Everyone turned around to find Rouki holding up the claw of the giant crab, the only remains of the creature.
"You just had to go and ruin the moment…" sighed Kratos.
"Why do you have to study everything!" yelled Laila.
"I just wanted to know!" said Rouki rather weakly.
"No! You can't bring back the feeling..." said Ayame in an annoyed tone.
Roukiputhis head down in shame and sighed. He dropped the claw and walked over to the tree to celebrate with the others over their achievement.
Well, as you read, the group got their first drop of the sacred myrrh! YAY THEM!