Mickey listened to me attentively about Kerbaros's plan in catching Zie and about Zero zone. It seemed that the grey animal was not surprised about it. He had known the presesnce of zero zone in this city and the possibility the white dog chased the spirit in that marionette.
Zie was on the contrary looked confused. He kept asking what would happen if Kerbaros was able to catch him.
"As a matter of fact, I have met him," Mickey looked so calm. "Cool down, he will not be able to take you to the realm spirit. Zero zone will not help much. Zie, you just need to stay away from that place, no matter what," That cat told Zie that the spells he had so far were strong enough. And also about Kerbaros who would not be able to take the spirit that was connected to a body. "As long as you have this doll and not in the zero zone, Kerbaros will not be able to bring you to the realm spirit."
"Mickey, what are the use of the crate and the soil," I remembered two things prepared to catch Zie.
"Zero zone, hmm…." Mickey spun around and looked confused. "Actually the naming of that place is not quite suitable," He tried to sit down but got difficulty due to his fat tummy. "When you call it 'zone' it means that the area itself that has magical power to neutralize magic. It does not work that way. It is not the area that makes magic paralyzed, but the soil of that place. This truth is not widely known. When Zie touches the land in the zero zone, my magic will be paralyzed so that he will not be able to use the body I used to seal him. But he will go back to his previous condition when the soil is taken away from him," The explanation of that fat grey animal sounded logic and made sense enough for me.
Perhaps that was also the reason Kerberos kept sniffing as if looking for something the first time we arrived there. And father dug in one place that night, the place the white dog had dug in the afternoon
That explained to me that there was a possibility not all the area in zero point was able to neutralize magic, there were some areas gave no effect at all because it was just ordinary soil. …
I arrived home late at night. When I checked my cell phone it was 11p.m. From distance, I saw some people were at my father's house.
I was right. There were around 20 persons were in the front yard. They were wearing weird outfits. Some were wearing black hoods with big cloaks of the same color. Some were carrying a sword in one hand and an iron shield in the other hand.
Honesty I felt uncomfortable. It felt like I was going back to Stone Age or to the country of nowhere, where technology was yet invented. 'hello! Don't they know pistols and such stuffs?'I am sure they are more effective," I thought.
Something pulled my clothes and turned around quickly. Kerbaros bit the end my my lower clothes, signaling me to leave the house as quickly as I could.
"Who are they?," I asked in low voice, in case they heard me. Kerberos did not reply, he asked me to just follow him.
We headed to the forest, without any light. That white dog ran so fast that I got difficulties to keep up with him. After some time running in the darkness and we were sure it was far enough, he asked me to stop.
"Who are they?? Cave men?" I was meaning to tease by mocking their odd and unfamiliar performance in the modern era .like
"Miss, emm…they," Kerberos looked unable to find easy for me. terlih, "It can be said they are your father's seniors," he tried to find the right words to continue his explanation, there might be something I did not understand. "But they are not from good fraction. There is a possibility they will cause me trouble or all of us to send that spirit home."
I frowned, "What do they want?" I was curious.
"There are many possibilities crossing to my mind, but the biggest possibility is about that spirit and how it can come here," Kerberos hesitated,. But from that explanation I knew the point. They would not make things easy for us but on the contrary. "Miss, if they know the ways how the spirit could get away from me, they will surely learn it. And if they have understood, they will know how to stay immortal. When their spirits are separated from their bodies, they will possibly move the spirit to other bodies or to the marionette like the one we are facing now," He looked so much worried, "If it really happens, there will no balance because there is no death."
Listening to Kerberos's explanation did not make me pleased but on the contrary. I believed that death was not something to be afraid of or to be cried for. It was something we needed to be grateful that death existed. You could imagine if life was immortal, would you like it when a criminal had done so many kilings or had committed other crime, but he kept alive and among us? Sometimes, his death was better for us all.
"Kerberos, will you promise to me?" I asked him politely. Kerberos sat down in front of me and nodded. "Promise me, will you?" before I could speak further, that white dog stood up and alerted.
"Miss, we have to go now,"Kerberos started running. I followed him closely. Faintly I heard branches of trees were broken, but I did not hear footsteps.
…
I could not remember what had happened, it was just I realized then I was surrounded. Kerberos barked furiously to them. Never had I seen such monsters in my life. Their bodies were covered by dark black cloaks each of them was holding a sword and an iron shield, or spear pointed at us. Hardly were their faces revealed, but a pair of burning shinning red eyes.
I had no courage at all, as if it was all ripped out of my body. I was standing still, while Kerberos was still growling and barking fiercely.
Suddenly I saw a small gap between them. With all the rest of power left in me, I pulled Kerberos out of that circle. Then we fleeted like crazy.
I could no longer feel the pain of branch's scratches on my body. Again and again my feet stumbled on protruding tree roots on the ground, but strangely I did not feel any pain at all. All were swollen by the great fear in my heart. I kept running and relied heavily on my instinct because I was map-blinded, did not know where the right direction to go while Kerberos was quite far from me. Suddenly a place crossed to my mind.
"Kerberos, to the station!" I yelled at him who was quite far from me.