Mirror of Nightmare
Chapter 17: Lost Undersea City
At 3:00, Terrus and Soryl wakes up and looks around the room. (In the inn at the Phyrine Town, everyone except Glacia stays in the same room to lessen the cost.) Maxnet is still sleeping (and snores) while Jedi, Ordin, Nardal and Ellisk are sleeping.
Usually, they would wake up at 5:00 but yesterday, Terrus told Soryl that they will go to bed early and wake up today early too, because they need to investigate something.
They start searching something in Jedi's, Ordin's, Nardal's and Ellisk's bag. (They know that searching something in the bag while the owner of the bag didn't allow isn't the right thing, but…) They wonder about the reason why they decide to be the Sacred Childrem…
After five minutes had passed, Soryl finds a strange letter in Ellisk's bag. He unfolds it and shows it to Terrus before they start reading it.
The letter is dirty and looks like that it was written in haste. There are several spots on the letter… the spot of tear…
Dear Ellisk
If you receive this letter, it means that I will never see you again. I wrote this letter and let my close friends keep it and send it to you if I died.
While I am on the battlefield, I thought of our past. When we were young, we were living together, in happiness… Four of us, dad, mom, you and I. But one day, the war started, our mom died because the soldiers that invade our town killed her, ignore the fact that she is just an innocent citizen. Our father saw that it will be dangerous for us if we stay in our old village any longer, so we escaped from our village. But while we were escaping… Our father sacrificed himself to protect us.
We grew up in the new village, with only two of us, but it is not the same as before. We lack parents, but I tried so hard to protect you, because we only have each other left in this life.
But two months ago, the war starts again, and they want me to join this war too. I still remember your tear when I have to leave our house, but we had no choice about this. I managed to send you to the Irtha Legend College to keep you safe. Are you happy to stay at that place?
After a month, several of my friends get killed in the war. I knew that I will never go back and see you again, so I wrote this letter.
Ellisk, I want you to grow up and be a good man. You are the last one in our family. But don't worry, dad, mom and I will look after you even from the Afterlife…
Love and Farewell
Your Elder Brother
Terrus and Soryl swallow their saliva. They finally understand the reason why Ellisk acted hostile at the first time that they met him.
"This is the reason why he hates the war and wants to stop the war." Soryl says.
"…" Terrus says nothing and folds the letter and puts it back into Ellisk's bag.
"I think that all of them are holding a grudge against something. Ellisk is against the war…" Terrus mumbles.
Both brothers look at four Sacred Children, who are sleeping on the bed. They couldn't believe that they have such a sad past…
-Tomorrow
After the breakfast, Terrus shows everyone a tool that he had just invented last night.
"This tool will create the air bubble to surround us, enable us to travel to the seabed without any ship or submarine." Terrus says.
"Fantastic!" Jedi says.
"But… This can use only in the large place such as the sea or bay. It will not work for such a small place such as the small pool of water indoor." Terrus says.
"That is enough! Because exclude me, no one can swim!" Nardal says.
"Hey! Terrus and I can learn surf!" Maxnet says.
"But you are not a water type Pokemon, and a fatty Pokemon like you will tend to sink instead of surf." Nardal says. His word makes everyone (Include Terrus, Glacia and Ellisk) laughs.
They leave Phyrine Town and go to Phyrine Beach. At the beach, Terrus turns on his machine to let them travel underwater freely.
They walk underwater, trying to search for the ancient ruins of something. Glacia told everyone yesterday that there must be the underwater ruins that once is the great city. But for some reasons, it sank into the seabed…
After searching for two hours, they found the ruins of the lost city.
Dungeon IV: Lost Undersea City
They are amazed when they see the ruins of the ancient city, because although they are old, but they look so fantastic!
Luckily, they have found the air hollow in the main hall of the city. So they are sure that there must be someone that lives here. They start searching for the Legendary Pokemon that shall lead them to the god's place. In the dungeon, they found a hammer, enable them to smash the rock or stone that gets into their way.
Three more hours, they step into the place that looks like the main hall of the city, with four Pokemon…
All of them are in human form, which look like the group of musketeer. Three of four get injured!
When they step into the hall, all of them look at the group of Sacred Children.
After a long stare, the oldest Pokemon, which looks like a gray goat greets them.
"Welcome, Sacred Children."
"Hm? They arrive already?!" The muscular Pokemon that looks like a brown bull says.
"Finally, this day comes." The feminine Pokemon that looks like a green deer says.
"Are you the Legendary Pokemon that lives in this place?" Glacia asks.
"Of course!" The childish Pokemon that looks like a blue colt, who is the only one that doesn't get injured, says.
"I am impressed that you have found us so soon… Ugh!" The gray goat says and moans while he tries to move.
"Cobalion! Please don't hurt yourself!" The blue colt says.
"It's fine…" The gray goat says and stands up before he turns his attention to the group of Sacred Children.
"My name is Cobalion, the leader of The Sword of Justice." The gray goat introduces himself.
"Terrakion, one of The Sword of Justice, is my name!" The brown bull introduces himself.
"My name is Virizion, the member of The Sword of Justice." The green deer introduces herself.
"And I am Keldeo, the youngest member in The Sword of Justice!" The blue colt introduces himself.
"We have waited for you in this Lost Undersea City and we shall guide you to the Palace of Legend, the place where you will meet the god." Cobalion says.
"However! Before we guide you, we must test you if you are worth enough to meet the god!" Terrakion says.
"But… You are injured." Ellisk says.
"We are the musketeer, those injuries are not the obstacle to our work." Virizion says.
To Be Continue…
LD: Again, you end the chapter before the boss battle begins…
Pokedragon: So, the next chapter will be the battle with Mewtwo, the boss of 3rd dungeon, and The Sword of Justice, the boss of 4th dungeon.
LD: Pokedragon, I wonder how old are main characters?
Pokedragon: Link is 28. Rucas is 27. Jedi, Ordin, Nardal, Ellisk and Glacia are 18. Soryl is 20. Terrus is 22. Maxnet is 24. For Diasol, Xynnia and Yterval, they are over millenniums years, but if I count their age compare to normal Pokemon's lifespan, Diasol is 23 while Xynnia and Yterval are 25.
LD: They are so young…