Anya POV:
I followed Zola all the way to the castle while asking her questions the whole way. "You say that the Light Sphere you found was outside of the town. Did it happen to be guarded at all?" I asked.
"There was a man nearby that said the sphere would grant me power to overcome stronger enemies," Zola said.
"And what did this man look like?" I asked again.
"He looked unlike anything I had ever seen before. Completely purple, his body very old, and residing in a floating chair," Zola said.
"Sorry to say this, Zola, but that man is the same one that turned me into a robot-human half-breed, froze my entire village's denizens in ice, destroyed Talta Village with a robotic Land Shark, and poisoned the Devee of Lago Village with the Miasma Bloom flower," I said, Zola stopping in place in front of the castle when I said that.
"He did all of that? Are you positive?" Zola asked.
"He hides his misdeeds by having these incidents occur during an intense storm of violet clouds that hides his flying fortress. He's killed thirty residents of Talta Village over the years and he is also the one that causes a tsunami to flood Jibral every year... and... uh-oh..." I gulped.
"What is it?" Zola asked when I said that.
"What day is it today? On the calendar?" I asked.
"The 17th of April, why?" Zola asked.
"The 18th of April is always the day that he causes the tsunami to attack Jibral!" I exclaimed.
"You don't need to worry. We are prepared," Zola said, me confused at what she meant by that.
"Um... how? How are you prepared for this tsunami?" I asked her.
"Go and get your friends. Meet with King Jibral, then we will explain the plan," Zola said.
"Okay... but before I do that, can you let your shadow out for me? I want to tell you how far along your magic is," I asked her. Zola looked at me with a smile and nodded, her letting out the shadow in the hallways of Jibral castle. And when I saw her aura, I gasped.
"Your aura... it's a rank 5 in Assassin, Rank 3 in Sword Master, Black Magic, and White Magic, and you have rank 4 in Generalist! All you need to do is reach rank 6 and then I can train you to be independent from Nene's magical soul within you!" I smiled.
"You can do that?" Zola asked.
"Trust me. I've been the owner of a magical shadow since I was 16, almost 18 years ago. I've had quite a lot of experience under my belt and I know a lot about magic," I smiled.
"I see... go collect your friends. Then I'll give you an audience with King Jibral and we'll explain the plan," Zola smiled.
"I shall do so immediately, Captain Zola," I smiled as I politely bowed and addressed her by her rank. She smiled at that as I then went off to collect my allies.
Shu POV:
Once Anya returned to us, so insisted that King Jibral wanted an audience with us, so she led us to the throne room where we encountered the owner of the Killer Bat shadow, Zola. "Follow me," Zola said as we proceeded forward to the throne.
"I'm so nervous..." Jiro admitted.
"Yeah, I mean, it's not like we're city people," I frowned.
"Take it easy, guys. Just let me do the talking. I have experience with speaking nobly," Anya smiled calmly as we approached the throne and we followed Zola and Anya in kneeling to King Jibral.
"Your majesty, I have brought Shu and his friends," Zola said.
"Thank you, Zola. Talta Village residents, please state your name," Jibral said.
"Shu," I said.
"I'm Jiro," Jiro said.
"My name is Kluke, your majesty," Kluke smiled.
"Marumaro!" Maro smiled wildly, making Jibral smile.
"Well, looks like we have a lively one here. Tell me, how did you happen to receive your magical powers and what brings your village to Jibral for shelter?" Jibral asked. I was about to speak before Anya glared at me. I sighed and let her talk.
"They received their shadows from the one that is causing chaos across the world and are using them to try and take him down. The man in question is Nene, the last of the Ancients. He has poisoned the Lago Village Devee tribe with Miasma Bloom toxins, demolished Talta Village with a Land Shark robot, frozen all of my fellow Noluta village residents in ice, turned me into a robot, killed thirty different Talta Village residents, and I have a suspicion that he is the reason for your tsunamis that have occurred once a year... and I think this city will be his next target, as he always makes the tsunami flood Jibral every April 18th," Anya said, Jibral looking surprised at all the evil that Nene was doing, but gasped audibly when Anya said that the city would flood tomorrow because of Nene.
"Then you know of the Tsunami Vortex already... hmm... I would like to ask you to come with me," Jibral said as he got off of his seat and we followed after him to the topmost balcony of the castle, where we overlooked a large watery inlet by the sea. And in the sky were 6 cube shaped water containers in the sky.
"Is that the Tsunami Vortex?" Jiro asked.
"Yes. Every year, as Anya says, those cubes fall into the water and devastate Jibral with a massive flood that floods our streets and washes unlucky bystanders out to sea. But this time, we are prepared," Jibral said.
"How so?" Anya asked.
"Our team, 6 months ago, succeeded in shooting down a flying ship sent out by the fortress that comes from the flying clouds. And with it, we found an intact Eternal Engine and figured out how to harness its energy. When the clouds come tonight at midnight, the cubes will fall one at a time. We will send out a ship with the Eternal Engine on board to destroy the cubes and save Jibral from this madman's wrath," Jibral said.
"No, that would only make him agitated. He'll probably bring out his mothership in an attempt to flood your city with robots!" Anya frowned.
"I know, and that is our plan," Zola said, me looking at her in confusion, but Jiro smiled.
"I get it. You want to call out the Mothership so that you can trap it and have us go in there to take out the power source! That's genius!" Jiro smiled.
"It is, but that will be quite difficult. The robots in that fortress are quite strong, especially the 4 generals. Nene only calls them out in case of emergency, but they are all strong in their own right. Turbulent Mai, Heat Wave Sai, Silent Ku, and Raging Kesu. All of them are dangerous in one way or another, but with our combined magic, I think we can defeat them and I can finally get some legitimate payback on Nene for turning me into this.. this thing!" Anya growled as she pulled out her fingers and fired shots at the sky on purpose, Jibral looking at her with a frown, but letting her fire until she had calmed down.
"You're quite trigger happy, aren't you?" Zola asked.
"Only when she gets mad or when she's attacking monsters," Kluke said.
"So you say that you were turned into a robot, right? How long did the process take? Just curious," Jibral asked.
"It only took 3 months time, but he kept me aboard that ship and tried to force other codes into my body to make me a robotic maid. But he can never erase my memories... the only codes that happened to succeed were that I can only address him directly as Master Nene and I am forced to always reveal the truth," Anya frowned.
"Nevertheless, we will begin our assault tonight at midnight, then. I suggest you get some rest and join us in the battle," Jibral said.
"You got it!" Marumaro and I smiled.
"I'll set an alarm before I go to sleep mode so I can get Shu and the others to wake up in time to join the battle," Anya said.
"Okay, when it comes to midnight, I expect you to be here before the cubes fall into the water," Jibral said.