The Spirit of Light
Intro: After witnessing the first three pillars of golden lights that have gradually gone not far inside the cemetery, Jaino has tasked Mike—the nude man who's a crow before— to ask for assistant.
The man, Mike, shrinks back to a crow, and it flies.
Gaile, is one of the race of norims. Some of this race can mutated to another form of species. Others became half-breed.
Left alone in front of the tablet—inscribed with a name Mrs. Misisa Diarke—; Jaino speaks, "Let your blessing and our memories that we share strengthen my resolve to move forward.
"Sisa... I still feel the cold in my heart each time I remember that I'd lost you—because of my selfish desire.
"If only I could ignore the feelings of the people involved in my work before; then, me had not cowered from those emotions and the symbol of peace between our clans had not existed.
"I will never forget you... This is a promise...
"...I must go now."
After receiving the report from one of his spies, Second General Tiz Mig, along with his eight companions— including those spies— move again into the path heading to the cemetery. The Second General speaks, "There are times that stubbornness must have its end. Not everything can be gained by efforts alone. Specially if you're standing in the wrong place and wrong path."
"Sire, I can't understand," has stated by one of his man.
"Don't try to understand the words. Remember it and a situation may come. And you can witness the meaning of those words."
Back inside the cemetery,
after gaining contact with Taila throughout Taila's telepathy, Jaino has reached to a hilly side where he can witness another three pillars of golden lights towering from the ground and to the sky.
Around the ground of those pillars, he barely counts the number of people that he has able to see.
He asks, Spirit of dark, is there any of you who can aid me right now? My body is still in pain. But, I need to save them.
He he he, so you can speak out now your feelings. I'm impressed.
What do you mean? has asked by Jaino.
Come on! Do you even need to ask? We are bound to each other now. He he he, let me switch with light. It is what you need.
Switching to light? has thought by Jaino. And he continues thinking.
Hello master, in order to use me, you must enlighten everyone. That is, you cannot lie. Oh, you can't recognize me? I'm your spirit of light.
And Jaino thinks, What the— What I wanted to ask has been answered already...
Master, enough with the confusion, and extra reactions. Build up our bonding instead. Just remember, you cannot lie once our bonding has begun.
—End of Intro.
Inside the cemetery of Jelfyr,
the missy Ritzel— After retrieving her sword, she struggles to stand while she gazes at Illasi, standing near the veteran woman—mother of the boy Shin whose arm is broken.
The missy Ritzel— her weak legs barely give her the strength to stand. And her unbearable painful stomach—suffered from Illasi's unrestrained kicks— torments herself and hinders her body to commit any possible actions. Hearing Illasi's words as the man speaks to the boy Shin—
"You shall bear witness to her death child."
—she obeys her mother's words.
She kneels both her knees while she stabs the black sword to the ground. Despite her face she lies on her upper arm while her eyes are closed, she feels the vortex as she gathers the force onto the blade of the black sword.
Including the tablets of the dead, the surface of the land cracks, tremors slowly, and whirlpools slowly. Surrounding the boy Shin, the pillar of light has been shattered and disappearing.
Illasi's sword has landed onto the woman's elbow's...
...its nearby cracking ground.
In the area, almost of the people have been forced to sit and propped their hands to the ground. Struggling to maintain their balance, they are confused and perturbed with the phenomenon.
Looking at Ritzel, the veteran woman, mother of the boy Shin, thinks, That girl, who is she?
Being idled and struggling by the event, both Illasi's and Hoven have heard the agony of a man. However, the heavy atmosphere surrounding the area and the phenomenon—that occurs the ground surface— restrict their movement. Hoven hears another cry from another one of his companions. And from a different uncertain location, he consecutively hears the noise of agony from another two of his companions.
Four down, has thought by Jaino. His feet barely reach the land surface. As the person of Hoven's allies unconsciously lies onto the ground, he poses his stance. He closes his eyes. Despite he is feeling the agony that torments the boy Shin, the veteran woman, and the missy Ritzel, added by his painful body being stressed by his forceful movements; he fades and he lands onto the back of another man of Hoven allies.
With his hand, Jaino knocks that person's head to the whirling and cracking land surface. He punches the person's back where the man's heart resides. A heart stop makes the man lost conscious. I hope they can recover quickly to avoid complete death.
A voice of a woman, his spirit of light, speaks, Master, watch out!
I know, has responded by Jaino as he revolves himself to see,
with their hands holding their short swords on their waists; two women in the midair have prepared to loose their attacks.
Jaino ducks. And to the left, head first, he hops down himself. Gathering the force in the air above the moving ground, his hand lands onto that gathering force and he draws himself to avoid their attacks. Followed by readying himself to spring back archly to the right—
Those women throw their swords to Jaino.
—he springs back himself as he fades quickly.
Onto the back of those women he appears and thinks, Combining the light speed and my line 'n arch technique for stopper shocks my body and nerves. Jaino swings both of his hands.
Confused by the disappearance of their target, those women suddenly lose conscious.
It's hard to restrain an attack, has thought by Jaino.
And his spirit of light speaks, But your body finds it pleasing and soothing.
What do you mean?
Striking someone, that's what I mean.
If I don't do it, I could lost conscious and start killing random people again.
It's nice to be honest, right?
Feeling dismayed after one of his secrets revealed; at the same time, he notices the land surface has stopped moving as those two women have landed lying on the ground.
Jaino's feet have landed onto the ground. He stands firm. His gaze he turns to see the scrambled cracks of land surface. And down the slope he sees the missy Ritzel with her swords moving windingly and waveringly —the missy swirls and walks spirally uncontrollably. Jaino hears her loud yells,
"Get away those who want to live! I can't control it!"
Jaino thinks, Releasing the force wasn't on my instructions.
And his spirit of light speaks, Oh? Then, it may be a revenge.
Lowering his eyelids, Jaino gazes down. "Yeah, I can feel her hatred and desire to retaliate."
Despite of her shaking legs, each time the black sword winds spirally and sinuously in the air, she keeps the gap of her feet maintaining the balance of her stance.
She moves sideways. Her feet have been forced to walk forwards. While she has forced and struggled to walk spirally, she glances at Illasi.
Jaino fades and disappears. To the veteran woman, he kneels, and both of his hands he grabs the woman, who speaks,
"Jaino, what has taken you too long?"
Unable to speak his problem, he smiles at her. He speaks to Illasi, "You there, if you want to live, better get away."
So, he is Jaino... has thought by Illasi. Silent as he stares at the missy Ritzel. Dismay from something that he feels a mistake.
Not able to receive a reply, Jaino walks to where the boy Shin is. However his heart pulsates fast as the hatred—from someone that he also feels—commands his blood to run fast inside his veins.
Still confused by the event, Hoven has stood and he gazes at Jaino.
With the remain of her strength and feeling the heaviness on her head, Ritzel swings her black sword to Illasi, who thinks,
I deserve such a thing. I guess this is the end of my time. Hoven, good luck to your ambition.
And to where Illasi is, a sudden burst of pressure widely digs the ground and pushes outwards the people nearby.
Feeling relieve on releasing the gathering force in the black sword, her hatred has drained out also. The missy Ritzel closes her eyes. However, she remembers Jaino's words,
"These swords had ceased countless of lives. Please use it oppositely. By the honor of the Lightning Clan, use it to save anyone as possible."
I made a mistake. And she remembers her mother's words,
And by the time you unable to control it, strike it at once to your oppressor.
She falls in the ground. Suffering the ache of her head while her view twirling repeatedly, she forces herself to realize that something has messed up. She thinks, Mom, why? Feeling the cold on her chest, she cries.
An angry male of Hoven's allies has stood nearby the missy Ritzel. He unsheathes his sword and he prepares to stab the child.
Jaino appears behind that man. He punches the person's back where the heart resides. That man loses conscious. And he falls to the ground.
Hearing the sudden cracking and grumbling of land, Jaino bares witness to a massive piece of land floats above the ground. The piece of land hovers slowly heading to where the boy Shin and the veteran woman are lying. Searching for the manipulator, Jaino sees, one of Hoven's allies, a woman, rising her hands up high. Before he could act, he hears a strong voice from a man,
"I prepare if you refrain from your actions," has said by Hoven. "Or this child will die."
Jaino glances to the missy Ritzel—with both hands she is trying to remove the ice on her neck. He hears her struggling to speak,
"Urg... it pains... It's cold... urg..."
Feeling her misery, Jaino speaks to Hoven, "Sire, let's in our conflict here. We're just killing each other."
"How dare, you address me such a thing. Is that an insult?"
"You know I'd done my part. But, whatever we'll both do, it's fruitless. Considering what you have done here, you have ruptured my trust. And if you're going to use force — I will speak this once, it's futile." What am I talking? Why am I provoking him?
And his spirit of light speaks, Master, I told you, you can't lie.
Hoven replies, "So, you can now talk big. I hope you have something that can back up your words." And to the woman whose hands are held high, he commands, "Kill both the woman and the child."
Fear overwhelms inside the veteran's woman heart, she knocks her fist to the ground. She just gazes at her boy Shin who struggles to crawl nearing to her. Wanting to speak a loud protest, her wound inside her body inflicts her with fear to do such a thing. Silent, as her speculation she feels hopeless. She hugs her child, who speaks,
"Mom. My arm is hurt."
Forgive me my child. I have done what I can.
Above them the massive piece of land begins to fall.
In fist, Jaino swings his hand at that massive piece of land. To Jaino, Hoven yells, "I said don't do unnecessary actions!" A deafening sound thunders from something that collides.
The boy Shin closes his eyes while he hugs her mother — who hugs back and covers him despite of her hopeless expectation.
Scattered dust rains from above, the massive piece of land bangs as it slams on the ground...
...away from where the boy Shin and the veteran woman.
Retaliating to Jaino actions, Hoven gazes at the missy Ritzel, lying in the ground. Impossible... His eyes widen to see the ice— supposed to be frozen in the neck of the child — has been shattered to tiny pieces. He hears Jaino speaks,
"Sire, let's both stop and accept the decision of the higher ups. For you to know, why? Even the kingdom doesn't have power to command the Exceptional Generals." My mouth... please... stop... This cannot be exposed in public.
Exceptional General, is a title given to an individual, chosen by the royal family as certified assistant for community services. For the purpose that the kingdom shall bear responsible for their actions.
"And you're telling me such a thing when the prince had actually chosen you as the third."
Realizing that she and her child are alive, the veteran woman gazes to where Jaino and Hoven talking.
One of Hoven's allies, the woman who has used all of her psychic strength to float a massive piece of land—she sits. And a man appears to her side and sits also. They chat while they listen to Jaino and Hoven's conversation.
Jaino replies, "Sire, the exam that I had passed cannot be undertaken by someone belonged to the third seat's division. Why? These divisions are just merely aid from the kingdom for the exceptional generals. The true duty of the Third Seat lies on its personal guild."
Confused by the sudden revelation, Hoven mumbles, "No. You're just spouting nonsense... You're wrong..." He speaks, "How do you think so? I have been with my father. I'd been working harder than you do, you who only appeared in the division briefly. I've more knowledge than you. Your presumption is unacceptable! Guild — nonsense! Surrender your life and hand over that title to me!"
Closing his eyes, shaking his head, thinking for something to reply, Jaino states, "I'm sorry sire. But I have more people to protect than running away from our conflict. Even it means I have to fight you personally."
"Then you shall die," has declared by Hoven.
In everything that we commit
In every fault that we have made
An outcome must be accepted