Chapter 14
At the same time with the previous chapter....
The Sagramore group have walked from Alberta to the Forest of Payon for at least 3 days. "It's the Forest of Payon. We arrived earlier than I predicted." Fiorentin said opening the conversation.
"Wow, finally. I'm tired of walking all day long." George expressed his feeling.
"Not your muttering again George, I'm tired of it. Didn't you say you're not a chump anymore?" Olivia teased.
"I wasn't muttering. I was grateful" George shouted. He and Olivia stared at each other.
"Oh come on, guys. Don't fight right now. The journey wasn't that tiring." Felicia, who was riding Salvador, tried to calm down the two.
"Of course not, Felicia. You rode Salvador the entire time." George replied cynically. "Kwak,kwak" Salvador said loudly.
"Well, maybe you should get one peco for yourself! It wasn't my fault you have none!" Felicia shouted.
Now, the two sisters and the peco have a stare down competition with George. Elraven and Fiorentin watched them silently.
"Are they always like this, Fio?" Elraven asked. "Pretty much. If you have known them for a long time like me, you wouldn't be surprised to see this almost every week." The green eyed girl replied.
Fiorentin walked to the three, and said "Guys, let's get this over with. It's almost afternoon, we should find something to eat. I'll set up the tents, who's going to collect woods and water?".
"I will" George said after some moment of silence.
"I will help you to set the tents" Felicia replied.
"I will get us some water" Olivia answered.
"Then it's on" Fiorentin said.
Fiorentin proceed to set up the tents with Felicia after Felicia ordered Salvador to have some rest, George entered the forest to collect woods, while Olivia, brought a basket with her, heading to a river not far from the forest. Elraven just stood by, doing nothing.
"Why don't you go get something for us to eat, El? You've been a very great chef this last 3 days" Fiorentin asked him calmly.
"OK, I'll hunt some big foot." The gunslinger replied while grabbing his shotgun.
"Big foot?"
"Yes, why?"
"Are big foots edible? What are you going to make with big foot?"
"We are all edible, Alexandria. I'm going to make big foot steak for tonight" Elraven answered calmly and then he walked through the forest to do some hunting.
"His chicken steak is good, but a big foot steak?" Fiorentin muttered to herself.
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Later that night....
"I'm back" George said while bringing woods with his hands.
Not long after that, Olivia came back with the water in the basket she brought with her.
"Thanks, you can put the water and the woods in there, beside the pot. You both can take some rest in the tents for now. Felicia is sleeping in the tent." Fiorentin thanked them. George and Olivia walked to their tents quietly. They usually have two tents to rest, one for the boys and the other one for the girls.
Elraven finally came bringing a big foot with him. He lifted the monster and brought him in his shoulder all the time from the forest to the tent. Fiorentin looked at him in awe.
"Wow, you really brought a big foot! You carried him all along?" She asked.
"Yes."Elraven answered as he put the big foot on the ground, preparing to cook the monster.
"The big foot was very heavy right? Do you have an inhuman strength?"
"Not really. I can only managed to lift anything not more than a half ton."
"Half ton?"
"Yes. In Shcwaltzvalt, a bigger man than me usually able to lift even a ton." Elraven explained calmly.
"A ton? Not even a champion could do that. What are these gunslingers, really?" Fiorentin thought to herself. "I really hope it's edible".
After Elraven finished his cooking, Fiorentin called her remaining comrades (including Salvador) to have a dinner.
"Here you go guys, a big foot steak" Elraven said while giving the steak to his comrades one by one.
His comrades accepted the steak with a worry written on their faces.
"Is this edible?" Felicia thought to herself.
"Big foot? Maybe next time he will make Sandman as a steak..." George muttered slowly.
"I hope this contains no poison at all" Felicia said slowly. "Kwak" Salvador muttered.
"I can't die eating this food, I can't die before defeating Valdomir!" Fiorentin thought to herself.
"Enjoy the food everybody!!" Elraven said loudly. And at the same time, the group taste the steak for the first time.
They fell silent for a second.
"It's delicious!" Olivia shouted. "Tastes good!" George said loudly.
"KWAK!" Salvador shouted happily. "This is great!" Felicia continued.
"It's edible! Thanks god!" Fiorentin said to herself. "Of course!! Didn't I tell you?" Elraven said proudly while readjusting his purple glasses.
"Summon : Devi!" Olivia chanted and Devi came out. "Here, eat with me. This is delicious!!" She said eagerly while giving Devi some of her food.
The group had a great dinner that night. Thank to the big foot steak, the fight they had earlier today was all forgotten. They ate with happiness and laughs. Salvador performed a Peco dance in front of them. They laughed even harder as Salvador slipped himself to the ground. Devi passed out after eating to much.
After they had their stomachs full, they begin to speak.
"Oliva, Felicia. Sorry about today. I was so shitty." George apologized to his two friends.
"No, I apologize. I shouldn't have said anything to you in the first place." Olivia replied.
"I'm sorry, too. I lost my patience." Felicia said. And then three smiled.
Fiorentin and Elraven watched their comrades with smile. "So, looks like your big foot steak managed to save the day, huh?" Fiorentin asked while smiling to the man sitting beside her.
"You can say that again". Elraven replied.
"By the way, don't you want to tell us more about yourself?"
"Me?"
"Yes. You only told us about your gunslinger squad. I personally want to hear more about you, if you don't mind." She asked calmly.
Her eyes met his eyes. Elraven fell silent for a second, before answering "Ok, I'll tell you a story about me."
"Guys, sit here. We're about to listen to some personal experience from Elraven" Fiorentin said to the Olivia, Felicia, and George while smiling.
The group assembled and sat around Elraven to listen to his story.
"Ok, I'll tell you about myself right now." Elraven said to his comrades who were listening quietly.
"Six years ago after The Fall of Rachel which shocked the entire world, a group of Schwaltzvalt Republic soldiers came to Rachel to find out if there existed any survivors. After seeing there was nothing left from Rachel, they came to a conclusion that no one survived and spread this news to the entire world." Elraven started his story.
"I'm sure you all knew about this. But the truth is, there's one survivor from The Fall of Rachel...me".
"What?!" Olivia shouted in disbelieve. "You are the survivor from Rachel?!" George shouted too.
"Impossible! If I'm not mistaken, almost the whole Arunfeltz continent was destroyed because the explosion during The Fall of Rachel?!! How could you survive?!" Felicia asked loudly.
"For the love of gods, El? This is no joke, right?" Fiorentin asked in disbelieve too.
Elraven didn't reply for a second. "This is not a joke, this is a truth." He finally said. His friends were to shocked to reply.
"During The Fall of Rachel ,a tower of light which could be seen from the entire Juno, pierced across the sky and then the last thing people ever remembered, the Arunfeltz continent destroyed into pieces. There was no survivors. This incident killed even Ktullanux, the guardian of Ice dungeon. This is the news that the Schwaltzvalt Republic spread to the entire world. But, that was not the truth at all." He continued.
"They found someone, a boy, lied motionless in the depth of Rachel Sanctuary. That boy was me."
The group didn't reply or to be exact, they couldn't reply. They were still in shock.
"The Schwaltzvalt Republic spread the false news in order to find out the truth about the incident and solved it by themselves. I presumed they didn't want to tarnish their pride even more after the loss of Rachel and Arunfeltz goes unnoticed by them. So, they intended to use me as their source of information regarding the Fall of Rachel." Elraven continued.
"But, one problem occurred. That boy...I mean me, had an amnesia. He forgot about his past and himself....until now." He said while readjusting his purple glasses. This shocked his comrades even more.
"Amnesia? That means...you don't know who you really are?" Fiorentin asked slowly.
"Yes. I still have the amnesia even now. It has been 6 years and the only thing I managed to remember was...a temple in the sky".
"A temple in the sky?" Olivia asked.
"Yes. The only thing I managed to remember so far, was a temple in the sky. I was sitting inside that temple, in one of the corners. Clouds surrounded the temple and sunlight made the place bright. It was very warm in there. When I was enjoying the view from the temple, a girl around my age came and asked me to dance with her. She smiled at me as I accepted her request. We were having fun while dancing." Elraven answered. His tone gave an impression that he was remembering things.
"What did she look like?" Felicia asked.
"She was the most beautiful girl I had ever seen. She has a blue eyes and long white hair. Her face was...gorgeous. Her smile made my heart feel peace and calm. It was almost like....she was a goddess." He continued while smiling.
"A goddess?" George asked.
"I don't have any other words to describe her look" Elraven replied. The group still fell into silent.
"OK, I'll continue my story. After the Schwaltzvalt Republic found out about my amnesia, they decided to make me as one of their soldiers. Hoping someday I would regain my memories, so they could take the business of Rachel into their own hands. But, two years ago an unpredicted event occurred. This event made the Schwaltzvalt Republic gave up about Rachel".
"What events?" Fiorentin asked.
"OK. I'll tell you about what happened".
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Next chap is a story about Elraven. There's going to be a fight against MVP monster, longer and better than Elraven vs Drake!! Hope you enjoy, please R & R.