Shiraga: phew, another a long chapter. At first i dont want to put Wally in here at all, why? pure hatred of course, but i just couldnt find any other that fit for the "lowest rank among the highest" antagonist role at all. anyway, enjoy folks. and the part with the (*), the italic letters are Ara thought.

Chapter 11: New Mission

"Excuse me, move aside please. Hurry! Take him to the special treatment room or we may lose him!"—many sound of hurried footstep as the nurses were following the doctor order, they are taking a patient to the destination, and the patient being Add. After he came back with Rena from the demon realm, his body was covered in a blood stained uniform and a lot of wounds all over his body. After a while, the nurses and doctor have reached the special treatment room, they put Add on another bed then started to prepare for the surgery. The others are waiting nervously outside. Meanwhile, Rena is resting in another room nearby with Raven sitting beside her bed. She did not receive any critical injuries, just some bruises on various part of her body. It did not take long until Rena recover and woke up.

"You are awake. Do you feel hurt anywhere?"—Raven asked Rena while giving her a cup of Spirit Water. "I'm okay, just a few bruises, but they should recover fast. So how is general?" "His body took many critical injuries, it a miracle that he managed to keep his live. Let go check the others."—then Rena and Raven left the room and went to the special treatment sector. They met the others at the door to the surgery room. Chung ,Elesis and Amelia were leaning against the wall, Elsword and Lime walking round and round in front of the door nonstop, Eve still remained her pokerface, but others could tell that she is worrying, Ara was praying with her head down, while Aisha was patting her shoulder and tried to reassure her. "Rena! Raven!"—Elesis shouted at the duo while waving her arm. "How is the operation going?" "It should have done 10 minute ago, I hope nothing goes wrong."—Elesis said with a sigh. Then the red 'Operating' light turned off. Adam, the doctor stepped out of the operation room while sweeping away the sweat on his forehead. Ara then rushed toward him. "Doctor, how is the general situation?"—Adam tried to avoid eye contract with Ara, after a while of hesitation, he decided to speak. "His body had sustained too many critical injuries. The surgery can only last his live for 3 more hours. I suggested you all should prepare for the worst."—Ara then collapsed on her knees and burst out into tears after hearing it. Rena gritted her teeth then ran off. After a while, she reached the chamber storing the Els. She requested to goes inside, but Glave insisted. "I told you already, I have a rightful reason to use the Nature El."—but the man in the mask still paid no attention to the elf request. "Whatever your reason is, I cannot let you go inside until we find a safer place to hide these Els."—the argument just goes on and on while time is running out. Then Lime appeared.

"Administrator Glave, I'm the one who found the Nature Els, and according to the agreement with the priestess, the Els belong to the one that found it until the Chosen One came to claim it. So can you please just let her in?"—Lime asked with a gentle voice, completely opposite from her normal energetic voice. Glave remained silent for a while then open the door. "Very well then, you may go inside."—Rena looked to Lime with a wink for "Thank You.", Lime then tilted her head toward the door for "Go, do what you have to do.". Rena then ran inside to the stand holding the Nature El. "If those demons need me as 'The Elf of Resurrection" to bring the Nature priestess back to life, then I must have something in common as the priestess. That mean I have the potential to use the Nature El like the priestess."—with the thought in mind, Rena reached out her hand then grabbed the Nature El, a small glowing jewel in the shape of a green maple leaf. But, unlike Add and Elesis, surrounding Rena isn't a pillar, but a sphere consisted of tree branches, green leaves and flower. "What is this feeling inside me? It….felt so warm and comfortable…"

Ara was still crying with her face down on Add bed, Raven and the others standing beside her depressingly, while Chung and Eve trying to find for something that they can use for this situation through Chung hologram screen. Add was breathing through an oxygen mask while his heart beat is dropping slower by second. Then Rena returned with the Nature El in her hand. She approached beside Ara, patted her shoulder. "Don't worry, everything will be fine."—she said with a warm smile, then started to cast a healing spell. "Gaia, the master of earth, possessed the richness and warmth of land. Every lives came from soil, or in other word, came from Gaia and will return to her one day, both human and elves. So by using the power of the Nature El combine with the nature spirit, at least it could save the general live."—the glowing orb of light in Rena palm resonated with the Nature El, the bright light filled the room. After the light had faded, all the injuries on Add body disappeared, and his heart beat started to rise and finally returned to normal. Adam checked the monitor screens and everything again, even for a doctor who had served in the military for a long time and had witnessed many life and dead matter, this is the first time he get to see something like this. "At first seeing someone with such injuries managed to keep their live, this is even more unbelievable. His wounds disappeared like they were never there on the first place."—Adam said while scratching the back of his head. Ara then stopped her crying and turned to hug Rena tightly. "Thank you Rena…Thank you…"—Rena then returned the crying girl with a hug. The other have threw their depressed face away. Elsword sighed in relief, then he noticed that Rena and Ara 'things' were pushing against each other. Elesis and Aisha gave him a knocked in the head.

"I owned the general a debt, this is the least I could do to return it. But I've only heal his body, his mind still haven't regain conscious yet. So just let him rest."—the gang then left the room. During the dinner, Rena told Ignia about the difference when she took the Nature El. "So that is why I sensed the Nature El resonating. And according to what you said, it was a sphere of tree branches and leaves right? Hm…..I don't think this is just a coincidence, but the way the El accepted you is the same as how the El accepted the Nature priestess. And back then what did we call her...hm…we used to call her by a title as the way she got accepted was different from the rest of us us…oh yeah, 'Gaia beloved daughter', I think that also suited you a lot."—Ignia said with a smile.

-Meanwhile, back at the special treatment room—

Ara was sitting beside Add bed, lying down onto the bed as she was exhausted from today battle and from all the crying. His dynamos were also resting beside his bed while self-repairing themselves. She then soon fall asleep, but still holding Add hand. Then suddenly, even though unconscious, Add hand slowly closed to hold Ara hand.

The later morning, all soldiers from all units were gathered at the main hall. Luto then announced the mission for the whole 'Guardian' HQ. "As you all already know, we have managed to gather all the 6 Els. So this base has already become a big target for both the demons and 'Knowledge Hunter'. If both sides attack us full force, we will have very little chance to fight against them. So today I have a new mission for all of you: search for place that we can use to hide the Els that don't have their Chosen One yet. But it would be meaningless if the demons found out about new hiding places. So we will divide into 2 groups. Groups 1 consisted of all the frontline combat unit, will stay at the HQ, this will make the demons think that we still have the Els here. Group 2 is the rest of the ambush and sneaky tactic unit, will go and search for new place. Specific order and details will be sent to the one with highest rank in your unit, now dismiss."

5 minutes later, the specific order and detail were sent to Raven through his communicate device as Add is currently resting. He turned on the hologram screen to check the order. Only a small group, max of 20, will search for hiding place, while the rest will stay at the HQ as they will need all manpower that they can get to fight against the demons. So Raven picked his team: Elsword, Elesis, Rena, Aisha, Ara, Eve, Chung, Noel and 4 more soldiers. Then a girl with long silver hair, greatly resembled Eve appeared. She wore pink casual costume, and the len on her forehead is pink instead of blue like Eve. " , everything are ready." "Hey, I've met you before, on the first day."—Elesis said while pointing at the girl. "Her name is Apple, she is my assistance. I've created her base on the data about the Queen of Nasod that I managed to gather from Altera Core on a field trip. Can you take her along Vice Commander? She is pretty good about disguise and hiding stuff."—Raven then nodded. They all then started to discuss about where to hide the Els, and just like how the yesterday meeting end, the discussion is leading nowhere. "How about the Elf Forest?"—Lime then joined the discussion. "The Elf Forest is protected by the Tree of El and the blessing from the earth spirit. Not even demons can easily go in and out as they willed." "But isn't your unit are suppose to stay?"—Aisha asked. "The elves formed an alliance with the 9th Sky Division, not with the 'Guardian', so technically, the Forest Ranger is now under Raven command. And I know that forest like the back of my hand."—Lime said full of confidence. "Then it is decided. We will hide the Light El at the Elf Forest."

After an hour, the group had reached the Elf Forest. The group took a small ship armed with the same stealth function like the mother ship. After the ship had landed, Raven, Chung and Apple followed Lime and Amelia to see the Elder and to discuss about where to hide the El. The elder then leaded them to an underground altar, below the Tree of El. It was a place used for training for the next generation of the village Elder. Chung placed 6 small devices around the temple while Apple inputting the commands through the hologram screen. "I've created these things based on general dynamos as how his dynamos can harness his power to control Time and Space to a certain point. These devices can harness the power of the El and prevent the power from leaking, this will also prevent the demons from sensing the power." "Good. And sorry for disturbing you Elder, but we will be staying here for couple days to observe the situation."—the Elder shook her head with a smile. "Don't say that, and beside, the kids always love to have outsiders visit the village."—the group then returned to the ship. After a while, a bunch of around middle school elves ran toward the group and immediately surrounded Lime, Amelia and Raven. "Big sis Lime! Big sis Amelia! Big bro Raven!"—the kids yelled in happy while surrounding the trio. "Oh, you all have grown up so much!"—Lime said while lifting a kid up. "Big sis Amelia, who are they?"—a kid asked while pointing at the rest of the group. "Oh, they are big bro Add teammates. And they are going to stay here for couple days."—the kids then shifted their attention toward them. "But where is big bro Add?"—a kid asked after looking around to find the general. "He is currently taking some day off. I'm sure he is being a lazy ass somewhere."—some kids stuck their tongue out and teased Lime. "Just like big sis Lime!"

"So we found a place to hide the El, I'll report back to the HQ. Meanwhile, why don't you all go for a tour around the village? I'll catch up with you later."—Raven said then went back inside the ship to report back to HQ. Lime and Amelia then took the group for a tour around the village. Just like when Add and Raven first got here 2 years ago, the people are friendly, sun shining bright, wind blowing gently. Then they all reached a river. The water was clear and pure like crystal. Many fishes were literally flying in the water. "This river is the main source of water for the whole village. The water was blessed by the water spirit so it can heal the wound that normal medical can't."—Amelia said then signaled the others to have a drink. Just like Amelia said, the water help the group relax and clear their mind. Ara poured some water into a small bottle. "Maybe this can be of some help for Add."—then the group finished the tour with a party at the main dining hall of the village.

Days later, the group then returned to the HQ. The past few days, no sign of demons activities, meaning that their solution worked, or so that what they all thought. That night, on the day that the group returned, a portal was opened in the underground altar, a figure with 2 black wings, wielding a scythe took the light El away.

1 hour later, the group returned to the 'Guardian' HQ. The other groups that responsible for hiding the Els have also returned. When they were about to deliver the specific report, the alarm went off.

"Warning! Enemies detected! Warning! Enemies detected!" "Again? That is the 13th wave since yesterday."—some soldiers started to moan while picking up their weapon. "These demons sure are persistent. The others have fought hard while we were away, now it our turn to fight!"—Raven encouraged the group. The rest then agreed in union and rushed to the battlefield.

"Aging! / Saber-Extinction! / Space Wrench! / Spell: Thunder! / Gungir!"

"Ignition Crow—Napalm! / Sword Fall! / Artillery Strike—Missile Shower!"

The moment when the 9th Sky Division joined the fight, the waves of demons quickly got rid of. The soldiers that have worn-out because of continuous battle for the past few days finally manage to get some rest. When there is only about ¼ the amount of demons, another portal opened. Stepped out from it is a wolf-like giant demon, his body glowing with strange pattern on various part of it body and a giant red demon with a stone mask and a giant stone axe in his hand.

"It sure is rare to see Berthe and Waldo coming together."—when the word 'Waldo' came from Raven mouth, Ara hair suddenly turned white, 9 white fox tails started to form behind her and 2 fox ears popped out on her head. "Waldo...So you are the one that gave Add all those injuries."—then she rushed toward the giant figure without hesitation. Seeing how it opponent is not having even the slightest concern on it, Berthe swung it claw toward Ara, but was stop by a white nine tails fox. "Eun, I'll leave him to you." "Aww, it been so long since I get to summon, at least let me have both of them at once."—Eun pouted back with telepathy to Ara. But the usual innocent girl expression is now full of anger. "Not this time Eun, but I promise it will be next time."—Eun the chuckled and continue to deal with Berthe.

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"Furious Shredding! This…Energy Wave!...Is for…Secret Art: Pulverization!...hurting…Secret Art: Night Parade of One Hundred Souls!...my Add!"—waves after waves of ferocious attacks landed on the giant body of Waldo. And shortly after, the demon collapsed to the ground. Ara was stomping on the demon body, the angry expression on her face had finally ease a bit. "I have never seen you fight like that before, and those thoughts in your mind when you delivered the attacks, is this what you human called 'love'?"—Eun teased Ara through telepathy. The fox was sitting on Berthe beaten body, for a thousand years olds millennium fox like Eun, a demon like Berthe was a piece of cake. After what Eun said, the angry expression completely disappeared on Ara face and got replaced with a blush. "It…what…it not what you think!"—then from behind, the other girls, except Eve of course, rushed toward Ara, gave her a big hug and many compliments on how she dealt with that Waldo. "I couldn't have done it if Eun wasn't there."—then the millennium fox approached as Ara signaled her to come close. "Everyone, this is Eun, the Fox Spirit of my family." "Soo fluffy~~~"—Aisha and Rena said while brushing through Eun fur with their hands, and Eun seemed somewhat to enjoy it. Then Raven received some news through his communicate device. "Everyone, let head back. Look like general conditions have improved a lot since yesterday."—Ara immediately turned her head around toward Raven, and then they all rushed back to the base. They zoomed pass the hoard of dead demons, through the main hall and to the special treatment sector. Ara slammed the door to Add room opens, Add was sitting on the bed, with his left hand on his forehead as he still got a little headache. Then he turned around when hearing the sound. "Seriously, can't you let a patient have some quiet moment?"—the shrunk Drabaki was crawling on his shoulder to welcomed back it master.

But not minding about the complaint nor the crowd, Ara rushed toward Add, hugged him tightly and burying her face in his shoulder, causing the general to wobble a bit. "Good to have you back General."—Raven said with a frown. "Kek, now I want to go back to sleep after seeing your faces. Anyway, anything good happened when I was unconscious?"—Add complained then asked about the situation. "We have hid the Light El in the underground altar at the Elf Forest. Chung have placed some devices to harness the power, and demons have been attacking us nonstop for the past few days, so we can be sure that the plan to made them believe that the Els are still in this base had worked."—Add nodded after Raven informed him. Then he was about to say something, but was disturbed by Ara 9 fox tails keep tickling him. "Eun, I know that it was you who is currently controlling Ara body, stop with the tickling for the sake of El."—Ara's tails then stopped. "Aww, you are no fun at all."—the millennium fox pouted like a child even though she had been more than thousand years old. Then Aisha pushed the team to leave the room because she saw Ara still hugging Add tightly even though Eun is not controlling her. "Finally, some peace and quiet."—Add sighed then patted Ara head. "And how much longer are you going to hug me?"—after being pulled back to reality, Ara immediately pushed Add away with a massive blush on her face. The room then filled with awkward silent, Eun sighed then used her tail to take the bottle of water from Elf Forest out and handed it to Add. "This girl had saved for you some precious water from the Elf Forest, but she was too shy to give to you so I have to become a messenger."—Ara then pouted and started to yell at Eun. Add took the bottle with a smirk, then drank the whole bottle. Add then stood up and stretched his muscles. "Time to get back to work."—when he walked passed Ara, he whispered a word 'thanks' to her ear. The duo stepped out of the special treatment room and back to their ship. Add dynamos have completed their self-repair phases and ready for battle.

After a while, Add had done with changing from patient clothes to his general uniform. Rena then approached him and returned him his coat. "General, your coat."—Add took the coat and realized that there were some torn spot on the coat. He gritted his teeth into a massive grin. "This coat was given to me when I got promoted into a general…Those demons are gonna pay 10 times much more for this."

Many days later, waves after waves of demons still continue to attack the 'Guardian' HQ. But Raven realized something. The waves and number of demons were getting fewer and fewer by days. At first he thought that maybe they are giving up or getting low on numbers, but those thought were threw away immediately as they received many reports on the disappearance of the El.

"What do you mean by 'disappear'? We have hid the El in the places that only those that hid them knew, and you are saying that they just disappear?"—Noah shouted in the meeting that was held shortly after they receive the report. "None of the entrance to the hiding place seemed to have any damage, that mean the demons have used their portal. The problem is where did they get the information about those places from?"—Lime asked while looking at the report on the disappearance of the Light El at the Elf Forest. Add just silently scan through the reports without a words. "Look like we have some spies among us."—Luto decided to speak up something that no one wanted to hear. His words gained him the attention from all the leaders, including Add. "Are you assuming that someone had given the demons the information about our plan?"—Add asked. "Yes, and here are my theories. First, they may have hi jacked into our communicate network and eavesdropped on the reports about the locations. But I don't think the demons have enough knowledge on communicate technology that can cross over dimension, but they are a intelligent race so this theory had the least possibility. Second one are what I just said, we have some of their spies lurking among us for information." –the meeting then soon turned into a fight as everyone started to blame and suspecting other. "Kek, Luto you pathetic, for a leader and in a time like this, those words are unnecessary, and the way you speak up those words sound like you want this 'Guardian' to fall apart."—Add though was interrupted by a creepy laugh. When they all looked up, a holographic figure appeared in mid air. "Hahaha, nobody would have thought that the famous 'Guardian' is just a bunch of rats fighting each other."—the holographic figure had nothing out of original, except for his hair—an afro. "Normally, the 3 Creators of the 'Knowledge Hunter' never show their face in public, but you decided to show up here, in the middle of a meeting, what a pathetic showoff bastard."—Add smirked at the holographic figure, his face was expressed with pure irritation. "Knowledge Tyrant—Wally."

"I'm not here today chit chat, so I'll go straight into the main thing. We have the 3 Els: Wind, Light and Water. We will resurrect the Ancient Wyvern using the power of the 6 Masters of Els. You all should feel grateful because I told you this information, so you will know what hit you when your doom comes."—then the hologram disappeared, leaving the speechless meeting hall behind. "Ancient Wyvern, the very source of the Great War? They are going to resurrect that thing?"—Noah asked in worry after hearing the name that had been haunting both human and elves race when hearing it. "Apparently, yes."—Glave who was standing beside Luto, threw 3 cubes that looked like his Time and Space cube in the middle of the table. The 3 cubes then forming a hologram screen, showing a 3 heads dragon, but it entire body is only bones, covering in dark demonic energy. It was going rampage, destroying everything in it path. "These images were recorded in my cubes of Time and Space. What you all are watching, are the horrible history of the first stage of the Great War."—every eyes in the meeting hall just stared at the images in silent. Then Glave retrieved his cubes. "As you all have already know, the 'Knowledge hunter' are going to resurrect the Ancient Wyvern, so they will need the power of the 6 Masters. They have already got 3 Els, so they will come and take the rest."—Glave then was cut off by Add.

"Or the 3 priestesses."—now all the eyes then turned toward Add. "And what made you think of that possibility, General Add?"—Glave asked with his monotone. "Wally said that they are going to resurrect the Ancient Wyvern, using the power of the 6 Masters, meaning they will need something, or someone with many similarities, and in this case, are the priestesses."—Luto then smirked slightly and spoke up. "Very well then General Add. Now the new mission had been decided. From Luto—Leader of the 'Guardian', I've a special mission for you all: protect the priestesses at all cost, even if you have to cost your life for that."