The drenched scenery in the woods was varnished with slashes, craters, trees debris and the tied large sacks of diamonds collected from the Bounty collector laid perfectly on the ground, invoked Azra and Aguda to inspect who or what did all these and why to Aghogho and every other Expat who betrayed them at the city of the bounty hunters; the sacks of diamonds here only means it was never a theft got wrong making every questions asked directed to why?
Staring at Aghogho's cold body amidst the piles of body on the bloody floor and on the branches of the trees round about them, Aguda walked around heavily until his legs slowly failed him, though they were the ones who broke the trust and loyalty between them however the Expats laying before him were once beings he called friends and that could never change the good memories he had with them.
His big body fell with a knee and a lowered face dispirited also appeared to be praying for the deceased.
Behind the dispirited, praying Beast being was Azra having knotted his long dreadlocks held Aghul's talking head.
"I need a name, who did this?!" Azra asked angrily holding Aghul's head to his face.
Aghul laughed. "Well… this is embarrassing. Every parts of my body were thrown out from me until I fell with only a head on the ground… and here I was hoping you came here for revenge."
He rolled his eyes to Aguda.
"It pains me to see the sadness on the horse's face."
"Just tell me what did this to you guys, Aghul?!" Azra interrogated once more.
"Chillax, Azra Miller. I will tell you everything that happened since I'm the only one alive thanks to my ability." Aghul said.
Aguda stood up, "I don't. See Ade. Or scent his body. Among them."
"Hoo~ That, that's where the whole commotions started from."
He rolled his eyes to Azra.
"Be that as it may, we planned to end Ade's life at this very location fearing he would double-cross us since he was the closest to your team unfortunately for us it backfired." He said smiling then got serious. "An injured child covered in colorless slime stopped us or let me say he alone massacred every one of us you see here, we were no match against such brute force ranting about how little gifted we are, that hurt my pride thinking about that after everything we did to make rich see what it leaded to."
Suddenly Aquila appeared near Azra.
Aghul rolled his eyes to her.
"Is good to see you among the living, Aquila."
He rolled his eyes back to Azra.
"The disguised child called himself a messenger to the supreme beings, I thought firstly he was Inhumane as he appeared like one during the one-sided fight however that was not the case… is it possible, when I mean by supreme beings, I meant—"
"The child or the being you saw was not Inhumane but an entity outside our world." Azra completed Aghul's words.
"Bingo, Azra Miller. While my body was being thoroughly separated from my head I thought of something, a messenger of the supreme beings, the beast in the bottomless hole, Dragons, Immortals what if they are all real? What if that so-called Jared the Divine Humane was right about them? That must mean everything written in the book is real."
"… Aghul. Your thoughts. On that. Is right." Aguda said, since they were talking about an entity out of this world that means Ade probably was no more.
He talks yet again. Aghul said to himself with a smile.
"Certainly, we are not the only ones who had come to the truth in all this." Azra said.
"What. Should. We do now?" Aguda asked.
"Hoo~ before you take any vengeance or not, could you guys kindly find where the bastard tossed my parts to." Aghul pleaded, "I'm nothing without them."
Azra turned to Aquila as she joined her legs together and put her hand on her chest.
"I found out Azra Miller's families… moved to the kingdom of Humanes many years ago. It seems the rumours about the King of their land unifying foreigners under his reigns were true."
"A trip to the Humanes, count me in!" Aghul beamed.
"And Aguda's families?" Azra asked.
"They… they remained at the suburbs and they are really in a bad condition… I left something for them before coming back."
"Huh?" Azra gasped.
"Azra Miller…" Aguda called.
"I know what you need to do, go see them." Azra said.
Aguda puts his legs together and his hand on his chest towards both of them,
"Thanks. Aquila. I promise. To repay your kindness. One day." then he walked away with a sack full of diamonds given by Aquila.
That much would be enough to bring his families out from the unconducive lives they must have lived at the suburbs part of the Beast kingdom.
"Will he ever make it into the kingdom unseen?" Aghul questioned.
Azra turned as Aquila also while holding two large sacks full of diamonds in the directions to the Humanes Kingdom.
A lot of words were needed to be told from Azra to Aquila however Azra kept his mouth shut because none of it will never stopped the woman from ever following him.
"Uhm, guys what about the plan on finding my parts?..." Aghul asked as his head was shoved into one of the sack with diamonds.
"Oh, come on! This is a head abuse!"
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The hissing and groaning of the desert-beast reptiles were listened to as they agilely matched through the sand under the cold night, the blankets of small illuminous dots still twinkles across the dark skies seemed they multiplied as the hours passed.
Sniffia yawned, Node yawned after while sitting on one of the desert beast as Lazarus directed in front of him.
Sniffia gently rested her head on Peirce's back with her eyes closed. Peirce looked behind to Sniffia now dozing off behind him then he looked straight ahead calmly directing the desert-beast reptile.
Guess riding the desert-beast reptiles was really simple than it looks.
"You have been looking over there ever since we left the Torzillas territory. You could ask for a change of position, if that's what you want." Lazarus said to Node about staring to the direction where Peirce and Sniffia were.
Node blinked as he looked away, flustered.
How did he know? He said to himself; was I been obvious?
"Can you feel it?" Lazarus questioned.
"Feel what?" Node was confused.
"The misinterpretation of young love," Lazarus answered.
"What?" Node faces slightly blushed yet confused much more.
"To me it seems both of them are just close friends nothing more, I'm actually talking from that boy's point of view."
Lazarus took a glimpse at Sniffia then Peirce.
"I don't still understand… you—" Node's eyes rolled to Sniffia.
"Have you tell her how you feel?" Lazarus cuts in.
"Did I? Yes…?" Node reluctantly spoke.
Lazarus sighed. "You are going nowhere if you don't probably signify your love to her, believe me, the Shadow Inhumane is speaking from experience."
"Humm. Thanks…?" Node lowered his eyes.
Does he have the courage to?
"… Be vary of the boy, he is on another level in terms of attitude and virtue though there should be no bad blood among the two of you, that is to be a very good friend of him, you may not know when he will be of help or the other way round." Lazarus told.
Node eyes slightly widened then his eyelids lowered feeling uneasy about those words of Lazarus.
"… I once bullied him…" Node truthfully said not too loud but Lazarus heard him.
The babysitter sighed.
"You once bullied him, the girl once tried to kill him yet he is still himself, see what I mean." Lazarus said as Node cautiously optimistic about Peirce been on another level from him in terms of attitude and virtue then he nodded.
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Ahead the one that leads them reduced his desert beast pace. "You came into the desert when everything seems serene, most of the times the desert can be unforgiven." He mentioned as his desert beast was now on the same side with Peirce's desert beast.
"Thank you for your friendliness," Peirce thanked. "My grandma said so many good things about your tribe."
The Leader bowed his head with a smile. He removed his head cloth as his two long fluffy pierced-ears sprung up.
"Is good to see you lived through that."
Peirce blinked, he didn't understand, staring to the eyes of the Leader.
"From your glow, I knew right away who you are and are you connected to the sudden green pillar of light that shone towards the sky twice many days ago? The tribe's elders talked about something almighty awakening." The Leader inquired.
"I, I—I…" Peirce stammered.
"It was true your grandma met us while she travelled across the desert… but have you ever asked, why she did?" The Leader changed his question.
"… …" Peirce couldn't answer yet again.
"You were badly wounded in your grandma's arms that very night, she asked if we ever knew how to cross the pink lake to see the Nymphs before they were separated." He revealed, "I, on the other hand was first frightened by her appearance and the green glowing injured baby not crying or moving in her arms and her clothes she wore that night were soaked in red and I know at that moment the baby needs healing from the Nymphs."
Peirce's eyes dilated while staring at him, the Leader stopped for a bit but the looks on Peirce's meant he needed to hear more of the story.
"… I really don't think a baby could survive such injuries so I calmed myself about telling her how she should cross the pink lake then a Torzilla came from the ground, this time it was the mother above the sands to feed. There is nothing I could do but piped to alert everyone while running away from the Torzillas' mother. Fortunately your grandma and I escaped by traveling through the pink lake on my boat, there I told her everything about the deserts and the desert's beast living in the sands before dropping her off at the Nymphs' continent never have I heard of her and the child until now."
Peirce gently rubbed below his back where he had the scar with a smirked, he now knew the reason he had it.
"Chai, that's given. Untold to me my grandma saved my life and I'm so grateful for that… did she say anything why and how, I was at that state?"
The Leader shook his head.
"Not at all, child. I was afraid to ask and I got this feeling if I did she won't have tell me but you survived, never in my years have I live to see such."
Peirce forced a laughed. "Yeah, that's how she is." His teeth were shown so brightly as he laughed awkwardly.
The leader's eyes lightly lowered then he smiled at him.
This child… what did he went through to be this calm after hearing such gruesome story about when he was a baby?... I'm not in the position to know but at least he is surrounded by those who love him. He thought glanced at Sniffia asleep behind him with her face on the other side of his view. Is she really asleep during the conservation?
Then one of his long fluffy pierced-ears turned to the side then he looked from afar, also Peirce followed his eyes.
He could see wigwams few meters apart having a glowing white crystal filled in sands at the top that reflected the glows inside an object that looked like a glassy-jar illuminating the oasis surrounded by palm trees and fertile vegetations, small fences were constructed in canes and dried leaves around each wigwam.
Peirce, Node and Lazarus saw few beings standing within the oasis staring.
The Leader smirked.
"Welcome to the home of the Rogogal tribe." He said.
Peirce eyes widened with a smile.
"Confirm!"