The night is getting late, the sound of night insects becomes the most loyal lonely filler in Naara and Niin's journey. They had left Alnafera shortly after Naara handed over the Dzi's corpse. Even though Alma and the others offered to stay, Naara wasn't interested.
All the way past the village border and into the forest, neither of them made a sound. They are lost in their own thoughts.
Naara remembers about Dzi preferring to die than having to give information about General Thougha. In addition, he also thought of the ACE formed by General Thougha.
What exactly is he planning?
His brows furrowed, showing that he was really thinking.
***
Far away on an island that not many people know about. One third of the land is wilderness. Just by looking at it from a distance you will be surprised by its face which is not like the forest you are used to seeing.
Maybe more like an ancient forest. Where all the trees and plants that grow there are very large. The sun's rays couldn't penetrate the thick leaves made it very dark, damp and foggy inside. Every now and then a strange sound like kunti lanak's laughter echoed through the tree trunks. The sound that is supported strongly by the darkness of the forest always manages to make the shiver feathers.
While the rest of the land above it stands dozens of towers that form a vortex. Of the tens of towers, there is one tower that is the tallest, the peak of which is barely reachable by the eye, namely the central tower.
Against the backdrop of the night sky, red hair can be seen fluttering in the wind. It was the hair of a middle-aged man standing at the top of the central tower. Her pair of ruby eyes stared far ahead as if the whole island was reflected there.
Not long after, the sound of footsteps accompanied by the appearance of a blue-robed youth from the darkness. He glanced at the young man who had taken a sitting position with one knee bent and his head bowed, a sign of respect for the leader. "You called me?" said the youth who had hair color like lavender.
"Have you found the girl yet?"
"Ready. The last news I received, he is in a small village called Alnafera. It is in the west of Aladian Country. Besides, he is currently with Naara the Blind Sword."
"Naara." whispered the redhead, looking straight ahead again. His expression was so level that it was hard to tell what he was thinking.
"Do you want me to catch him too?" asked lavender.
"It is not time yet."
"What?" Lavender raised his head. The eyes that matched the color of his hair looked confused.
"I just need the girl."
"O-alright." Lavender stood up and left the place.
Moments after his subordinates left, the red hair figure slowly faded and disappeared like steam and a second later he appeared in an empty black space, where there was omly a pillar of white light shining. In the center of the pillar, a youth with thick white hair and white clothes was fast asleep. A few strands of his hair danced with the thin ripples of blue light moving around him and his face, when you looked at him, you would feel like you were looking at a sleeping angel, so peaceful, serene and very calming.
The redhead stepped closer to the pillar and stared at the figure sleeping inside. "Just be patient a little longer, you two will see each other soon," he smirked.
***
The sound of the flapping of the wings of birds that go hunting for insects can sometimes be heard in the night sky. Naara's footsteps followed by Niin's continued to advance through the bushes and past tree roots sticking out of the ground.
Anxiety haunts Niin's feelings. Since then she has not calmed down when she thinks of ACE. A flashback of her young self in the tube flashed through her mind which made her eyes feel hot. She tried to convince herself that nothing would happen, but maybe fate said otherwise.
The surrounding wind suddenly blew violently, causing green leaves to flutter.
Obviously it was a sign from nature that made them stop walking.
"This feeling..." Niin's eyes widened and her breathing seemed to stop.
"You feel it too?" asked Naara who did not get an answer.
The girl was too afraid to speak.
Naara closed his eyes and concentrated. "Mha. Watch out!" He quickly reflexively turned around and pushed Niin down with him just before the enemy's attack hit them.
After the effects of the enemy attacks stopped, Naara immediately got up followed by the girl beside him.
"Y-they..." Niin's face grew even paler when she saw the three men standing in front of her. Two people with spiky black hair, they are twins ,and the other one standing in the middle is lavender.
"You know them?" asked Naara unanswered. Niin didn't budge like she was a statue.
"Careful." Naara pulled Niin behind him and warded off the pointed chain like arrows thrown by lavender
"Who are you?!" Naara said coldly.
"We are Aceblue."
Hearing 'Aceblue's ' word, Naara smiled happily. "Hah. Finally you came too," he said.
Lavender seemed to raise an eyebrow, surprised by Naara's attitude as if he had been waiting for their arrival but a few moments later he turned to look at Niin who immediately hid behind Naara's back when he saw his gaze. "Naara the Blind Sword, nice to meet you," he said as he looked at Naara again.
"Hmm. Me too."
While listening, Niin snuggled closer to Naara's back, her body shaking and breaking out in cold sweat. Naara who felt it asked what was wrong with you but Niin didn't answer.
"We were ordered by General Thogha to bring the girl. So just leave her to us," said lavender which made Naara confused.
Bringing Niin? Not to avenge Animan's death?
"So you're here not because I killed Animan?"
Lavender sighed tiredly. "We are too busy to take care of anchovy criminals like them. We just let them use the name Aceblue as a protector.
Hmm. So it's just a bluff.
Naara frowned, thinking why General Thougha wanted Niin. As he turned slightly to the girl behind him, he could feel that she was still very frightened. What had General Thougha done to her?
He turned towards Aceblue who was standing about 4 meters in front of him. "What if I don't want to?"
Lavender sighed again tiredly, complaining to himself that the work couldn't be done quickly. "That means there's no other choice," he said, pointing his weapon.
Naara smiled sarcastically and told Niin to stay away and find a hiding place but when she ran to find hiding one of the twins blocked her path which made her freeze. "D-don't come any closer." She slowly retreated shakily and just as she felt like she was about to be caught, suddenly a burst of blue light appeared around her feet which quickly rose up and formed a cage.
Mha. This... Master ....
Even though she was confused, she knew that the light surrounding him was Naara's qiwer. She saw the back of Naara who was standing facing the other two Aceblue.
One of the twins who reflexively jumped back stared intently at the light of the barrier protecting Niin.
From afar, the other twins and lavender seem to be doing the same thing.
"Son, you help San. Leave him to me," ordered lavender.
"Fine. Be careful, Levi."
After Son left, Levi immediately threw his weapon but Naara dodged easily. After the attack failed, the two exchanged attacks.
Levi fiddled with his weapon and pointed it at Naara.
Naara ran to dodge but Levi changed the direction of the attack, he threw his weapon in the air, controlling it until it fell.
Slesh
The weapon stuck to the ground just a few steps in front of Naara.
Luckily Naara still had time to feel it until it stopped before the weapon hit the ground. But there was something strange, from the ground there was a roar that slowly rose to the surface. And sure enough, the ground beneath Naara's feet suddenly rose gradually.
Naara jumped back, but he was chased by the ground so he was caught between the ground waves, he seemed to be limping trying to escape from the waves.
"YOU'RE TOO FOCUSED ON THAT!" From the front, Levi's voice echoed, he shot with a kick.
Naara bounced into the air. Levi jumped up and when he was taller than Naara, he dealt a heavy blow that made Naara fall to the ground.
Pain ran through Naara's bones when his body hit the ground, he had not had time to get up, from above Levi had thrown his weapon but he rolled, got up and immediately jumped back. An explosion immediately occurred as the weapon sank to the ground. Earth debris and some other material bounced off in all directions and produced a cloud of dust that obscured the view.
Levi spun his weapon again in the air and aimed it again at Naara before the effect of the explosion ended
He controlled the chain and tried to catch up to the speed of Naara who was running to dodge his attack.
"What?"
He was surprised when Naara ran towards him with chains chasing him.
Naara jumps up and throws his sword at the opponent.
Levi jumped to dodge, but a second later Naara's fist landed on his face.
Now they are back in a physical fight.
***
Niin screeched every time the twins tried to break through the barrier Naara had set up. The two of them tried various means but their strength was unable to break through the barrier, instead they felt weaker every time they got closer.
"What kind of barrier is this really?" they thought breathlessly.
Intense tension naturally overtook Niin as she watched the two men attempt to break the barrier.
In the previous place, Naara and Levi making distance each other
after receiving attack. Both were battered and both exhausted.
Out of breath, Levi glared at Naara and glanced at his two comrades who were still trying to break through the barrier surrounding Niin. In his heart he thought how Naara could make such a strong shield. He knew very well that it took a lot of qiwer. It shouldn't be hard to beat Naara due to most of the qiwer he used to make the shield but in reality, Naara was still strong and was able to keep up with him.
Smiling he said "You are great, I really enjoyed this fight but I don't have much time."
His body was instantly enveloped in indigo light and the clouds above suddenly darkened.
The clouds began to rumble and create thunderous branches of lightning.
A great commotion was created when thousands of lightning bolts struck and destroyed everything in existence.
"Now. Let's end this." Levi is quite confident with his lightning.
The twins and Niin were silent for a few seconds watching the lightning cloud that Levi created above them.
"Looks like Levi already wants to end it."
"Then so are we."
Gray Qiwer appeared on the bodies of the twins, Niin could feel a very strong pressure from them. The two of them were now back trying to break the barrier. Different from before, their attacks were noticeably stronger and began to gradually weaken the barrier. This of course scared Niin.
Moments later the twins stopped to catch their breath. They were drenched in sweat but the shield had not broken yet. San looked again at the shield in front of him then focused on the ground beneath Niin's feet. The most important thing is the girl.
"Brother, I have a plan," he said. He gathered the qiwer in his palms and feet then began to dig like a mouse.
On the other hand, Naara ran to dodge a random lightning strike. The fallen trees and craters caused by Levi's weapons were countless. The view of the location is really chaotic.
"MASTER!!!"
Niin's shout made his focus shift slightly. He didn't see but he knew that the annoying girl was in danger. "Thirty, second gate." he thought as he continued to move to avoid Levi's lightning. Dug ... dug .... For a moment he felt a attack in his heart. He felt pain and heat in his chest.
From a distance Levi noticed Naara's movement slowed and several times seemed will falling.
On the other hand, the shield that was holding back Niin was getting thicker and brighter in color. San who had already entered the prison and wanted to take Niin suddenly sat down holding his head.
Ah!!
Now he was rolling on the ground like he was enduring excruciating pain. Seeing his young brother in pain, Son immediately went into the hole and was about to get San out but it turned out that a barrier had penetrated into the ground thus preventing him from passing.
In a panic, he came back and tried to break the barrier from the outside but the more he tried, the more solid it became. while San is already unconscious.
With frustrated he called out to his young brother while trying to destroy the shield. Seeing that, Niin felt pity but her fear is bigger.
Over time, Son fell began to weaken and had reached his limit. He felt his body being skinned slowly.
Ah!
He fell to knees, large amounts of blood coming out of his mouth, nose and ears. "San ...." he whispered for a moment before his body fell.
Realizing that they were over, Niin feel to knees from numbness. She still felt empty but her consciousness was attracted by the sound of a powerful electric shock accompanied by a very strong wind and how surprised she was when she saw a giant ball of electrically charged clouds begin to descend to the ground.
Meanwhile, in the opposite direction, a giant blue wind ball was ready to fight him.
The screams of the two skill owners rose into the air for a moment before the two giant balls collided with each other.
WUSSSSTPLTAKKKKKBOMMM
An ear-splitting loud explosion occurred, making the ground tremble. For a moment there was only a blinding light that enveloped the place.
After the explosion ended and all the effects had worn off, a large hole was seen in the ground.