Chapter 14 - Ambush

"Who are you? Show yourself!" Luis shouted as he looked around and his stance changed as if he's ready to fight.

"No need to be wary kid! I won't hurt you!" The deep voice ribbed as a white light suddenly appeared out of nowhere and slowly changed into a silhouette of a man.

The man has the same height as Eroditus but this man looks like a human as a whole.

"Yeah, right! Who won't be wary when someone suddenly spoke, 'I am free finally!' then laugh like a maniac?" Luis sassed and mimicked the words the man said annoyingly.

"How dare you kid to mock me, Skyrion, God of the Skies? How disrespectful of you!" Skyrion exploded.

"Oh! Then how dare you for interrupting our burial rights for this little bud's mom? Are you really a God? How come you don't know how to respect the deceased?" Eroditus fumed as he doesn't like the arrogant way Skyrion stated.

"Shut up! You don't have a place here you... you... Cow-man!" Skyrion mocked.

"Argh! You're really pissing me off, you immoral self-proclaimed God!" Eroditus bickered back.

"Want to go now Lil bud?" Luis asked as he carried away the wolf pup and left the two small beings bickering against each other.

"Wait for me, Luis!" Eroditus shouted as he hurried towards the young man.

"Now that you are officially my partner, what should I name you?" Luis pondered.

"I suggest you name her, Sky!" Skyrion suggested.

"Pass, I don't want to name her after you, arrogant God," Luis spoke in a poker-faced manner.

"You little brat!" Skyrion fumed.

"I have a suggestion!" Eroditus exclaimed.

"What is it? Make sure it's good!" Luis responded.

"Let's name her... Charapakboomboom!" Eroditus exclaimed while waving his hand up high as if his gesturing, an invisible plaque.

"..." Luis, Skyrion, and the wolf pup stared at Eroditus intently as if they're looking at an idiot.

"What? It's a good name!" Eroditus exclaimed as he had no clue why did they look at him like that.

"Charapakboomboom? Charapakboomboom? Seriously Cow-man? You want to name this cute thing CHARAPAKBOOMBOOM? ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR MIND OR YOU ARE JUST STUPID!" Skyrion burst out.

"What's wrong with you self-proclaimed God of the Skies? Why do you need to shout?" Eroditus cluelessly asked.

"You... Want to name a Celestial Wolf... CHARAPAKBOOMBOOM? Do you want to die? Name the purest breed of Heavenly wolves CHARAPAKBOOMBOOM?" Skyrion was so infuriated to the point that his face was boiling red.

"Stop you two! You act like immature kids! Bickering here, bickering there! Would you please act like grown-ups!" Luis scolded the two as he continued to walk back to the riverside.

Luis came back to the camp where spikes are still protruding all over the place. He sat down in front of his tent while holding the wolf pup with his hands.

"The moon is so bright tonight. It's so beautiful and soothing, it looks as white as your fur, wait... I think I should name you, Luna! Do you like it?" Luis suggested to the wolf pup.

The pup wagged it's tail as it licked Luis's face.

"Then Luna it is! I'm so happy that I had you, I don't know what to do if I was left alone with those two." Luis exclaimed and looked at the two small beings still bickering against each other.

Luis slept for the rest of the night and beside him is his newfound partner, Luna. The two, Eroditus and Skyrion, are still bickering against each other outside of the tent.

The sun rises and a small amount of light passed through the holes of the tent that woke up Luis.

He stretched and sat up.

"I didn't know the tent has a hole, the fight yesterday might have scraped it." Luis pondered as he stepped out of the tent to prepare for his breakfast.

He saw Eroditus and Skyrion sleeping on the ground, cuddling each other.

"They probably got tired from their endless bickering last night." Luis thought as he grabbed the spiked branches he made to manually catch some fish in the river.

He caught some big juicy fishes and then checked the traps. He got three fishes and a rabbit, which is more than enough for him and Luna.

He was quietly preparing the foods when an odd rustling of the bushes can be heard.

"Earth Domain: Earth Sphere!" Luis exclaimed as a half-sphere of semi-transparent aura emerged that covered the whole camp including the two sleeping small beings and the tent.

A loud explosion as a large crack appeared on the barrier and the two sleeping beings and Luna jolted up.

"What's happening? Whaa! Why are you cuddling me you dirty Cow-man!" Skyrion exclaimed as he looked around and pushed Eroditus aside.

"You are the one cuddling this fluffy man, self-proclaimed God!" Eroditus pushed back.

"Stop bickering you annoying creatures! We are in danger! Luna, come here!" Luis scolded as he picked up Luna and placed her in his robe its head peeking at his collar again.

"Well, well, well... I didn't know that the one who comprehended the Book of Chaos is cautious. A trait that one should expect from an intelligent one." A voice echoed behind the bushes.

"Who are you? What do you want?" Luis cautiously asked. "Damn! Too many things are happening in these exams. Is this supposed to happen?" Luis cursed behind his breath.

"It doesn't matter to know who I am. Just give the Book of Chaos willingly and I will spare your life." The voice behind the bush stated as a shadowy silhouette appeared behind the bushes.

"I don't know what you are talking about?" Luis cluelessly replied as his mind is wandering whether he encountered a book that was titled as Book of Chaos.

"No need to play dumb kid, I know that you already comprehended the Book of Chaos. Sonic Wave!" The shadowy silhouette exclaimed as a blast wave hit the barrier that causes it to collapse and for Luis to receive a backlash.

He was thrown to the river by the force of the backlash, he vomited blood as he felt that his insides were crushed.

"Damn that hurt!" Luis exclaimed as he struggled to walk back to the land.

"Earth's Blessing: Natural Cure!" Eroditus exclaimed as a greenish aura enveloped Luis and alleviate some of the pain he felt.

"Thanks! Terran Weaponry: Earth's Saber!" Luis chanted as a sharp saber appeared and hovered from the ground.

He grabbed the saber and rushed towards the shadow.

"Sonic Blast!" The shadow chanted as a compressed ball of air appeared and rushed towards Luis.

"Earth Manipulation: Earth Wall!" Luis chanted as a wall blocked the compressed air.

"Vapor Clones!" Skyrion chanted as another Luis appeared beside the real Luis and they circled the wall where one goes in the opposite direction where the other is going.

"A clone? Haha! That's useless!" The shadow laughed.

"Earth Defense: Solid Armor!" Eroditus chanted as metallic armor covered Luis.

"Monarch's Decree: Sylph's Harmony!" Skyrion also chanted as a white aura enveloped Luis and gave him a boost in speed.

"Pebble Bullets!" Luis chanted as a series of pebbles fired towards the shadow.

"This is pathetic! Hahaha!" The shadow laughed as it dashed towards another direction but he was bumped into a wall.

"Earth Manipulation: Earth Wall!" Luis chanted when his diversion tactics succeed.

"Earth Threads: Vine Grip!" Vines rose from the ground and the walls as it pinned the shadow towards it.

"Great! Great! This is exciting! I won't show mercy then!" The shadow maniacally exclaimed as he freed himself from the vines with brute force.

"Air Domain: Vacuum!" The shadow exclaimed and a wave suddenly spread around him and Luis.

"I... ca..n't... bre...a...the..!" Luis struggled as he kept on trying to breathe.

"You're struggle is futile kid!" The shadow mocked as he strolled towards Luis who was crouching on the ground struggling to breathe.

Luis's vision slowly became blurry as he just saw the shadow approached him and touched his head.

"Mind Manipulation: Memory Devour!" The shadow chanted as a pinkish-white aura was emitted from its hands.

"Argh! Stop! It hurts!" Luis screamed as pain coursed through his head as if his head was being split into tiny pieces.

"Stop! You will kill him!" Eroditus exclaimed.

"I demand you to stop!" Skyrion demanded as he faced the shadow.

"I won't! I gave you the chance but you forced me so I won't show mercy!" The shadow refused as he kept on activating the spell.

"If I say stop. You should STOP!" Skyrion raged as the skies turned dark and masses of raging clouds gathered as lightning flashed and thunder roars.

"Rage of the Space: Void Sphere!" Skyrion exclaimed as a pure black ball appeared from his hand as he tossed it towards the shadow.

It's so fast that the shadow doesn't have the chance to dodge it and it hit the shadow on the head as this ball wrecked a straight line of the forest and hit the mountain from afar. A loud explosion boomed as one can see a deep pit suddenly appeared at the mountainside.

"Cow-man, bring us out of here. I ran out of energy from that last attack. Hurry!" Skyrion asked as he slowly fades and turned into energy that entered Luis.

"Earth Manipulation: Earth Traverse!" Eroditus chanted as the earth swallowed the four of them and they appeared away from the place the battle took place.

Luis was still unconscious from the pain that he had suffered from the spell cast on him. Luna was still on Luis's chest refusing to leave him. There were still no signs of Skyrion, and Eroditus was guarding their area if ever another ambush was awaiting them.