Chapter 56
A hero is a man who does what he can.
Romain Roland
This chapter is dedicated to Kogane1089. Without his help this story will never continue. Bro, please keep reading and supporting till this story ends, you're definitely on my list of thanks.
At the same night as the previous chapter, somewhere inside Juno City…
Juno is a rather cold place, especially since it is located on the sky. That night was no different. Most citizen of Juno has fallen asleep, resting their bodies after a long hard day of working. The streets are empty, only some gunslingers employed by the Rekenber Corporation to protect the town. But of course it is all a fraud, the true intention of Rekenber Corporation, or Jose Martinez to be precise, is to put Juno under his eyes so he can make sure no suspicious efforts would be started against him.
But, it may all change very soon.
A gunslinger, wearing an eye patch on his left eye and a western grace on his head, sighting the Schawltzvalt Republic President's house using a goggle from one of the rooftops of the tall buildings in Juno. He turned on his talkie and start reporting to his captain,
T : Captain Barragan, come in.
E : Come in, Ty. What's the situation?
T : Well, I'm spying on the president's residence right now. I will try to infiltrate the mentioned place in half an hour and execute the mission perfectly, just like I always do.
E : Like you always do? Including your other 'spying'? Or should I call it peeping?
T : I didn't peep, I spied. Peep is a rude term, and I believe the mentioned term should not be mentioned in the same sentence with me, The Master of Spying.
E : Peeping, stop being a hypocrite and admit it!!!
T : No, I'm not a hypocrite and I won't admit it. Didn't you say it by yourself when I was about to join Ropera Squad? That I would be able to find the absolute treasure on earth?
E : Yes, but who would have thought the mentioned treasure is a pair of breasts, for god sake!!! You're a sick freaking minded peeping tom!!! Do you realize you are now forbidden to enter the girl's dormitory for eternity because you peeked all night long on them after last year's thanksgiving party?!!!!
T : Yes, I'm aware of that fact. But The Master of Spying's will is stronger than that. I've placed more than a hundred mini cameras in the dormitory. I can enjoy the view whenever I want, that is the true beauty of being an artist.
E : That is the true beauty of being a psycho!!!!
T : No, I'm not a psycho, I'm an artist, a critics. While it's true I haven't found the absolute treasure yet, I still regard those girls' womanly curve as a sight to behold.
E : You are regarded as a jerk by them, you know?!!
T : Doesn't matter, they can call me anything, but I won't stop admiring them.
E : Peeking on them, you mean.
T : Admiring.
E : Great………don't you feel any guilt at all?!!!
T : I should not. It is the women who should be proud of being admired by me, The Master of Spying.
E : You're a….an asshole.
T : Don't be so angry captain. Once I found the absolute treasure and manage to make it mine, I shall stop admiring and start spreading my knowledge for the younger generations.
E : Oh, really? What are you planning to do? You want to be the first president of Playboy Magazine in Einbroch?!!
T : That's not a bad idea, I'll do that after I find the treasure. My treasure, my…precious. Yes, my precious!
E : Oh, for the love of gods……..you're 22 years old, don't you have something better to do than peeking women?
T : Captain, you are also a man like me. Don't you feel any lust at all for women? Even Elraven has made out several times in Midgard with a goddess like woman.
E : Of course I have some lust for women, but not as gigantic as yours!! Your lust for women is titanic!!! Your lust for women is bigger than every single man in Juno lust's combined!!!!!
T : What's with you, Captain? It's not like I'm going to do something wrong, right?
E : You're not going to do something wrong, you're going to do something crazy!!! Are you going to influence the younger generations with your ideal as well?!
T : Captain Barragan, Romain Roland once said, a hero is a man who does what he can. I want to be a hero in my own right.
E : Well, maybe you should go to Midgard after this mission is over!!! Einbroch is too small for your ideal!!!
T : Ah, that's a good idea. Perhaps I will find my absolute treasure there. I heard they have the good ones on Midgard.
E : Yea, yea, whatever!!! Do your best on this mission, I'm out!!!
T : Thank you, captain. Ty out!
In the headquarter, Emilio mutters, "That guy is hopeless. He will be a total pervert for the rest of his life….".
Back in Juno, Ty is preparing for his assault inside the president's residence. The president's house is a big castle like house with a garden surrounding it. It has three floors with the president's room in the second floor. At least two dozens gunslinger guards are guarding it. "This will be a long freaking night" He said to himself with a little smile on his lips.
Inside the president's room…
Antonio Salazar, the young unreliable president of Schwaltzvalt Republic, is seen sitting on his bed. His face is pale and he looks so tired after a day of long work. Although you can call it a long work, his days of work consist only of being manipulated by the minister, especially the High Minister Jose Martinez for their own good, mostly by making the people in Juno suffer such as being a volunteer for Rekenber Corporation experiment which resulting on their deaths, but using the president's name of course, making him look bad in front of his own people.
It is always like that for the last two years. Antonio hates his own pitiful self for being such a weak being. But just like the other weak beings, nothing he can do about it. Not even the slightest of things.
"Knock, knock"
"C,c,c,come in" Antonio said as he heard someone's knocking on his door, it was Jose Martinez. "H,h,h….high mi,mi, minister? Do,do you, you need some…something? Ca,ca, can I help y,y,yo,you?" The president trembles when he speaks almost in front of everyone, especially the cunning high minister. Perhaps this is the result of being intimidated and manipulated the whole time.
"Oh, it's nothing Mr. President", the sly looking man answered, "I just wanted to make sure you're alright. Sleep well, good night". With that, the high minister leaves, leaving the young nervous president all alone in his room, still trembling.
Outside his room, Martinez whispers on the commander of the guards, "Keep your eye on that pathetic brat. He is a very useful doll for us after all". "Yes, sir" The commander nods and with a cunning smil on his face, Martinez leaves.
Inside his room, Antonio is still trembling. Tears start streaming on his face when he puts both his hands on his face, "I'm scared!! I'm very scared!!! I don't want this job, I don't want be a president anymore!!! I don't want to hurt my own people!!! God, please help me!!! Help me, anyone would be fine!!!".
Right after he finishes his praying, an explosion echoed on the house, piercing the dark night of Juno.
DUAAAAAARRRR!!!!!
"Aaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhh!!! Wha, wha, what is t,t,t,that?!" Antonio screamed and quickly hid under his bed. In the corridor outside, the guardians are busy. "Intruder alert!! We are under attack!!! Someone attacked us with a grenade!!!! Don't keep your guards down!!" The commander shouted as he and his men rush to the source of the explosion.
When they nearly arrive, someone, a man, emerges from the smoke with a double barreled revolver on his left hand. Noticing their enemy, one of the gunslingers asked loudly, "Who is tha…", but before he even finishes asking, the man suddenly appeared beside him and shot his head in a point blank, instantly killing him. "Twenty three men left" The man said, noticing six soldiers are trying to shoot him.
Not wasting any other time, the man quickly throws two grenades towards the rushing soldiers in front of him. Upon realizing the grenades landed among them and it is too late for them to retreat, "Shit!!", one of them shouted as the grenades explode and retire them.
"Wha, what?! Unbelievable!!" The other soldiers hold their horses as the man jumped and landed among them. Before the soldiers could reacted, the man shoots his gun in an unbelievable speed while spinning among the soldiers, hitting their vital parts at one single strike, and killing half of them in less than twelve seconds.
Running out of bullet, the man quickly reloads as the remaining gunslingers prepare their stances to take aim and shoot. But they realize something horrible, they are surrounding their enemy. If they start shooting they will hit each other instead of their enemy. Seeing his chance to seize his remaining adversaries, the man spins one more time while shooting, this time killing all the remaining guardians before they even knew it.
Perhaps some of them didn't realize their own deaths until they woke up in another world. Their numbers appeared to be their weakness. It's as if the man who attacked them perfectly knew every single weakness and lack they possessed. The man leaving only the commander all by himself, standing in disbelieve.
"One man left" The man mutters while reloading his gun. The commander trembles when he sees the man, "No, no way!!! Two dozens men in an instant?!! What are you?! W..wait, you are?!", the commander seemingly recognizes the assaulter as the man looks into his eye.
"Left handed man with an eye patch on his face using a western grace, you…you are The Gray Seraph!!!! The member of Ropera Squad from the Military of Einbroch!!! That must be it, you are The Gray Seraph!!!" The commander recalled loudly.
"And you are dead" Ty, the man called as The Gray Seraph replies, aiming his gun on the commander's face, and shoot.
BANG!
The last shot was the last thing Antonio ever heard from the hallway in front of his room. After that the hallway suddenly fell quiet. "N,n,n,no!! T,t,t,that must b,b,b,be a mu,mu,murderer!!! I'll die!! I,I,I'll d,d,d,die!! I w,w,w,will be k,k,k,killed!!!" Antonio mutters to himself as he suddenly listens, someone is walking and stops right in front of his door.
Ty slowly opens the door and enters. His head is quickly busy looking everywhere in the room, trying to search the president in every corner, not knowing Antonio is trembling under the bed. "Where is the president? I'm sure he has not left his room yet" Ty mutters when he noticed some odd voice, a trembling voice. Ty slowly walks to the bed and lift it, revealing the trembling Antonio.
"Noooooooo!! P,p,p,please don't k,k,k,kill me g,g,gunslinger!!! I,I,I,I, If you are t,t,t,t,the family or t,t,t,the friends of p,p,p,people in J,j,juno who was t,t,t,taken by R,r,r,rekenber, p,p,p,please d,d,don't kill me!!! I didn't m,m,m,make the d,d,d,decision!!! It w,w,w,was the high m,m,m,minister!!! Not m,m,m,me!!!" Antonio blabbing as he covered his face with his hands, trying to hide himself absurdly from Ty, who got confused after listened to him.
"Woa, woa! Chill out Mr. President!!! I'm not here to kill you, I'm here to save you" Ty slowly explains and puts his hands on the president's shoulders, trying to calm him down. The president lifts his face to get a better look on the The Gray Seraph. "S,s,s,save me? From w,w,what g,g,g,gunslinger?" Antonio asks.
"You are being used by the High Minister Jose Martinez, right? I'm here on a mission to get you to a safer place, so you don't have to endure this hardship anymore, upon requested by a secret client" Ty answers and helps the president to stand up. He notices some noises in the hallway, "That must be Martinez and The Pythons, I better get out of here fast".
Ty looks at the president and said, "Mr. President, I'll explain why am I here very soon. But it's not safe ion here. Come with me quietly, alright?". Not knowing what to do anymore, Antonio nods.
Several minutes later, Jose Martinez, Red Valdes, and several gunslingers arrived on the president's room only to find the room is now empty. "Damn!!! We're too late!! The assaulter has taken the president away!!!" Jose Martinez swore as his troops checked the room thoroughly, only to find no clue.
"Search in the town!! They can't really be that far!!!" The high minister ordered his troops as they quickly left the room to do their order, leaving Jose Martinez and Red Valdes alone.
"What are we going to do now, sir? Are we going to find the president for real?" Red Valdes, seemingly notice the true intention of his employer, asked the high minister who responds with a smirk. "Of course not. Why would I care about the safety of a trash? I don't know why would someone abduct him and who abduct him, but this is the perfect chance for me to claim the president's throne!!" Martinez answered happily.
"Do you want me to find the president and his abductors, and then kill them? And then make it look like an accident where the abductors killed the president before we manage to found him?" Valdes asked again. "No", the minister answered, "I agree we should kill the president and his abductor, but we have to make it more realistic. If we finish the president like you advised, the bastards from Einbroch will start suspecting us killing both of them in purpose, and I don't want to take that risk. So, we'll do it with this", the high minister throws bloody branch, revealing a Darktroce.
But different from the Darktroce that Fiorentin defeated in Payon, this one has iron claws
on his left hand, a gigantic butcher knife on his right hand, and mechanical left eye.
Some parts of his torso are also made of metal. "Valdes, let me introduce you to Metal Darktroce, the newest invention from the somatology laboratory of Rekenber Corporation.", Martinez proudly said as Valdes takes a good look at the monster. "Not bad", he said.
"Now, Metal Darktroce, I order you to find the president and his abductors. Kill both of them. And to make sure no one will ever found their bodies, eat them after you kill them. And you can also kill and eat the troops in case they are interrupting you, am I clear?" The cunning high minister orders the monster, which answered with nods and quickly jumps out of the building, searching for his prey.
"Now, let's wait for the good news" Martinez tells Valdes as the two left the room.
Not far from the town, in Juno field…
Ty and Antonio are riding a jeep, with Ty in the driver seat of course. They are trying to find somewhere safe to hide. Inside the jeep, Antonio's face looked pale in disbelieve. Ty has just told him about Valdomir Kingdom, Beelzephir The Chaos, and a shocking truth that High Minister Jose Martinez and Rekenber Corporation are the loyal followers of the white high wizard. And not to mention perhaps they were they one who killed his father.
"I,I,I,I,I,I, Impossible!!! They are t,t,t,t,the followers of Valdomir K,k,kingdom?!" Antonio tried to assure. Ty nods, "It's the horrible truth. Perhaps the people in Juno they took for their experiment had something to do as well with Valdomir Kingdom, although we don't know the detail yet".
"W,w,w,w,what shall we d,d,d,do gunslinger?! W,w,w,w,we have to tell t,t,t,this to everyone r,r,r,right?! T,t,t,t, this is horrible!!! T,t,t,this is h,h,h,h,horrible!!!" Antonio panicked and shouted uncontrollably. "I'm afraid that's not possible, Mr. President", Ty answers as the president listens, "apparently, Jose Martinez and Rekenber Corporation have used your position cleverly. Now, your people think it was you who ordered Rekenber Corporation to take them and used them as their experiment tools. I'm afraid your words will not have that much effect for now".
Antonio looked down and kept silent, not believing how fool he was. The evil has done their things 'cleanly' using his hands, or to be more precise, his cowardice and uselessness. He felt devastated. Ty looked at him and tried to comfort him, "But there's no need to worry Mr. President, that was not your fault. Upon realizing this, I and several more people are trying to take down Jose Martinez and Rekenber Corporation secretly; of course one of my fellows is the secret client that requested me to ensure your safety".
Antonio chinned up and looked at Ty, still with his devastated expression, "W,w,w, who is this c,c,c,c,lient you were m,m,m,mentioning gunslinger?". Ty sighed, "I'm afraid I can't tell you who. But trust me; you will meet him very soon". Antonio didn't reply, but nodded afterwards, agreeing with Ty.
Not long after that, they found a cave and parked there. "Let's sleep here for the night. Tomorrow morning would be a long journey, Mr. President" Ty said as he prepares a bonfire and the two sat near the fire quietly. But none of them could sleep, reasons unknown.
Still sitting in near the bonfire, Antonio asked The Gray Seraph, "Gunslinger", Ty looks at him, "c,c,c,can I ask you s,s,s,something?". "Sure, Mr. President. What do you want to ask?" Ty politely responds.
"Y,y,y,y,you killed the t,t,t,t,troops g,g,g,guarding the hallway right?"
"Yes".
Upon knowing the answer, Antonio puts a little smile on his face, "I,I,I,I,I,I envy you. Y,y,y,you are strong". Ty, trying to be modest, shakes his head, "Not at all. I was just doing my mission. Whenever I got a mission, I would do it wholeheartedly. I guess that's the secret of being successful".
Antonio seems to remember something. He stares directly to the bonfire and start talking, "I,I,I,I am a loser. W,w,w,whenever I did s,s,s,something, wholeheartedly or not, I,I,I,I, always fail. I c,c,c,could not do s,s,s,something right". Ty recalls Emilio once said the guy he is talking with is a pathetic guy. Perhaps that's wrong, he's not pathetic, and he's just yet to find his courage.
"J,j,j,just look at me r,r,r,right now", Antonio continues as tears start showing form his eyes, "I,I,I,I,I,I was being used by the people w,w,w,who killed my father. A,a,a,a,and I didn't even n,n,n,notice it. M,m,m,m,my people hate me b,b,b,b,because of my own foolishness. I,I,I,I,I am really pathetic". Seeing Antonio cry, Ty shakes his head. The western graced gunslinger stood up and walked to the jeep to get something, leaving Antonio cries alone.
Ty returns with a long metal box and bag of weapon. "Mr. President", he said as he sat beside the crying president, "if you stop crying, I will tell you something interesting". Antonio slowly stop his cry and pays attention to Ty. "I have a dream", Ty starts, "I want to find the absolute treasure for myself".
"An a,a,a,absolute treasure? W,w,w,what kind of treasure?".
"It is something that only one man can have, a precious thing. In my journey on finding it, I went through a lot of hardships. My friends discourage me, a lot of people in a certain dormitory hate me because a childish reason, and whenever I try to look for the treasure, I ended up beaten so bad. But I won't give up, because I always do anything wholeheartedly, whether it's successful or not. Because I know, on day, I will find that treasure" Ty explains without mentioning what kind of treasure he is looking for.
Antonio narrowed his eyes as he stares at the bonfire again, "Y,y,y,you can say that because y,y,y,you are strong. I,I,I,I am weak. I,I,I,I, cannot do anything". Ty shakes his head again; "wrong", he said, "you're wrong, I'll tell you why".
Antonio looks at Ty as Ty continues his story, "Romain Roland once said, a hero is a man who does what he can, as simple as that. Doing something you could to its fullest, that's the secret of being a hero, being strong. Now tell me Mr. President, do you think a hero should have to sacrifice everything he has to become a hero? Do you think a hero should lose his loved ones to be a hero? No. A big no. Just do what you could, wholeheartedly, and you'll find a true power. When the time comes, you will be strong. That's it".
For the first time in his life, Antonio heard encouraging words instead of the discouraging ones. He felt as if something, a burden, inside his heard, has vanished. Ty picks something from the weapon bag and hands it to him, it's a Garrison.
"Please take it Mr. President, it's for you".
"I,I,I cannot use a gun!" Antonio exclaims but Ty grabs his right hand and put the Garrison firmly on it, "I will teach you how to use a gun. In order to be strong, you will have to protect not only yourself, but also your loved ones. I'm an orphan, so I regard my friends as my family. That's why; I will protect them with my life. Because they are my loved ones. If someone dares to mock them or hurt them, they will have to face me face to face with their lives".
Upon listening him, Antonio firmly grabs the Garrison by himself. Ty, smiling, releases his own hand. "T,t….thank you, gunslinger. Thank you" The young president said as he shed little tears. For the first time ever on his life, looks like has found a friend for himself.
"How touching!!! Are we interrupting?!"
The mocking sound from their behind quickly makes Ty pulls out his revolver and aims it to at least three dozens of gunslinger, armed with assault rifles. "Oh, no!!! Rekenber soldiers!!!" Antonio shouts and hides behind Ty.
"Give it up, gunslinger!!! You've been surrounded! Now, just release Mr. President slowly and we might consider killing you fast" Said the commander of the troops, only to be replied by a smile from Ty. "Mr. President, close your eyes and get down" The Gray Seraph states as he throws a light grenade to the mass of troops, who was too shocked to avoid the impact.
CRAAAANK
"Aaaakh!!!" Losing their ability to see for several seconds was more than enough for Ty to quickly seize his chance as he jumped above the troops and gives them at least six grenades, which of course explode before they were unable to run cause of their momentary blindness.
DUAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRR!!!
"Uwaaaaaaakkhh!!", "Aaaaaaahhh!!", "Gyaaaaahhh!!", the soldiers let out a long wail as the grenades put them out of their miseries. Ty landed smoothly and turned his back to adore his work. "Perfect" Ty mutters as Antonio sees him in awe. "Strong, he is really strong!", the president said to himself.
Ty slowly turns his attention to the president, "Mr. President, it's too dangerous in here. Maybe they followed our track road alongside the Juno field. Let's go somewhere else saf…aaakh!!!". Before Ty manages to finish his suggestion, he could feel an iron claw thrust his stomach from behind, as blood start pouring down from it.
"Gunslinger!!!" Antonio shouted seeing the sudden attack. Ty, still in pain, slowly turns his head to witness the Metal Darktroce on his behind, explaining the sudden attack. Ty mutters, "Im, im, impossible!! I didn't feel anything at all!!! Aaaaaaaaaah!!", the gunslinger screams as the metal monster lifts him using the iron claw, which is still inside his body, and slams him to the ground, knocking him out cold.
"Gunslinger, no!!" Antonio shouts again, only to realize that Metal Darktroce is coming for him now.
"Uh, I don't want to die!!" Antonio runs inside the cave, as fast as he could to protect his live. Darktroce chase him from behind, not wanting to let his prey live. As he goes deeper and deeper inside the cave, Antonio found himself in a little lake placed inside the cave. "What? What is this place?! I can't hide in here!!" Antonio quickly tries to find somewhere to hide, but he couldn't swim or dive, so there's no way he could come across the little lake.
But before he could decide anything, Darktroce has arrived from his behind and slash the giant butcher knife. "Nooooooooo!!!" Antonio dodged it by get himself down, as the knife cuts the above parts of the cave, nearly destroying it. "He, he is a monster!!! I must get out of here!!!" Antonio tries to run to the entrance of the cave again, but Darktroce has another idea.
The metal monster shoots a laser from his left eye, and manages to scratch Antonio's left leg, knocking him down. "Aaaahhh!!!" Antonio grabs his left leg in pain, as Darktoce rushes towards him and slashes his butcher knife, trying to end the president's life. Antonio closed his eyes as he prepares to meet his maker, but suddenly…
DRANK!!!
Ty, come right on time, blocked the butcher knife using his long metal box. "Gunslinger, you're alive!!!" Antonio shouted happily upon seeing Ty. "It will take thousands of that little attack to make me meet my maker" Ty said with a smile as his long metal box crumbles because of the impact of clashing it with the butcher knife, revealing a long railed cannon.
"What? What is that?!" Antonio says in awe as Ty opens his eye patch and revealed a weird looking red eye, staring right into Darktroce. "Soul Eye, activated" He slowly said as he aims his long railed cannon to the metal monster and activates it. "Target, lock on" Ty continues.
Darktroce, seeing his enemy standing, try to attack him first only to realize he is unable to move even an inch. His right eye looks confused; not knowing the 'target lock on' magic caused this.
"Ecledsia, activated" Ty said again as the long railed cannon name Eclessia start glowing. "Mr. President", Ty notify Antonio, "don't go anywhere, just stand behind me". Antonio nods and witnesses the magic.
"You're going down" Ty said as he launches Ecclesia's attack, a purple glowing light which moves in an unseen speed, hit Darktroce perfectly.
DUAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRR!!!!!
"Gwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaakkkh!!!" Darktoce shouted as his body slowly vanishes and the cave area behind him destroyed into bits, making the cave crumbles. Ty quickly grabs Antonio and uses butterfly wing to teleport to the jeep, saving their own lives from the crumbling cave.
Upon arriving outside, both Ty and Antonio dropped to the ground. "Gunslinger, are you alright?!" Antonio quickly checks on Ty's condition as the mentioned gunslinger smiles. "No worries, I drank a lot of white potion. The wound has closed" Ty said as he tried to sat.
"Good job, Mr. President" Ty said to Antonio. The president looks confused, "Good job? On what?" .
"Upon protecting your own life till I came to save you. See, if you do something wholeheartedly, you will not fail anymore. That's a true power. You've become stronger, Mr. President. Even before I teach you how to shoot. And you're not trembling anymore, you're strong" Ty said with a big smile, as Antonio shed a little tear and replied him with a smile too.
The next morning, on the corner of Juno field……
Ty parked the jeep as he and Antonio come out from the jeep and walk several steps to a little river. In the river, someone in a boat has been waiting for them. Ty pointed out, "That's my client. He wants to see you. Now, get in the boat, Mr. President".
Antonio nods and walks several steps before stopping, he forgets something important. The president turns his head to Ty and asks, "Oh, gunslinger. You haven't told me your name".
Ty raises his brows, not realizing he forgot to introduce himself all night long. "Oh, pardon my rudeness, Mr. President. My name is Tyrael Seraph. My friends called me as The Gray Seraph of Ropera Squad from The Military of Einbroch" Ty finally inroduces himself to the president.
"Thank you, Tyrael. I won't forget your kindness. When we meet again, I'll become a lot stronger than I'm now" Antonio states as he walks to the boat after seeing Ty gives him a thumbs up, finally meets the secret client who has been waiting for him.
Ty, finishes his mission, walks to the jeep while remembering, "Oh, yeah. Captain said we will eventually go to Midgard. I wonder if I will find my precious there?", with a big smile on his face.
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Yup,that's it for this chapter!! I wonder why in the last five chapters I had to write more than six pages per each, but it's a good thing though (^^).
And for mi amigo Kogane1089, I hope I got the Eclessia using right. If there's a mistake I apologize,I'll fully describe about Eclessia later in the story., I promise.
On storyline note, this chapter is meant for showing Ty-Antonio friendship and a major storyline regarding Juno, not the battle scene. So, I apologize if the short battles did not please u.
Thank u for reading, see u next chapter!!!