*Niam Henka*
Mete led the way to the Nordic camp. Behind Mete, in order, Amar, Luca, Lorenzo, Mul-Soo, then me and Tsuki. Between each of us was a space of about 2 meters.
I looked up, at the pitch-black sky. No stars were visible only the waning crescent moon. ‚No stars even though light pollution is at its all time low?' I wondered.
Only seconds later, a distinctive smell made its way up my nose. ‚It's going to rain!' I realized. Even when fire was obviously „weaker" than water, I couldn't calculate how strong the Fire-Bearers fire was. I didn't know if their fire needed a source to burn or just Mana from the user. Either way, I wasn't going to end this mission. Tsuki's ability only said that someone from the Piranha School was going to die.
I got closer to Tsuki and spoke in Japanese to her. [„You can speak Japanese, right?"] I asked.
Tsuki was confused for a moment, but she realized fast enough that speaking in our mother tongue would help us communicate in secret.
[„I understand it somewhat."]
[Good. I don't know if you noticed, but it's going to rain soon.]
When Tsuki heard this, her eyes widened in surprise.
[„Im guessing you won't tell them?] She guessed.
[Congrats, you managed to guess right.]
„We reached Sky Plaza, they're here!" Mete said and signaled us to stay as quiet as possible.
When I became a Bearer a few days ago, an instinct was awakened within me. This instinct allowed me to grasp the foundation of my Salan ability. When I wanted to use my Salan ability, focusing on inanimate objects was enough, but when I wanted to use them on living organisms, I had to touch and send my Mana into their body. I could increase and decrease the earth's gravitational pull, create my own gravitational pull by sending high amounts of Mana into certain places that would become a gravitation points, and make the thing I imbued Mana into, gravitate towards it. And when I concentrated while my eyes were closed, I was able to see my surroundings in my head. The inanimate objects were all pitch-black, but they also had dark-grey lines on them that looked like fishing nets. I figured out that, the more stretched-out an inanimate object's net is, the heavier that thing was. Living organisms were like shadows, I could see them and acknowledge their presence but nothing else.
I decided to call the gravitational pull manipulating ability, „Supreme Control". The ability to see a 3D map, I named „Galaxy-Sight". And the ability I could use to create a gravitation point, I named „Independent-Control".
I activated Galaxy-Sight and concentrated on Sky Plaza where our enemies were. I could see that there were 4 tents. In 3 of the 4 tents were 2 Mana-Wielders. The only tent where there was only one Mana-Wielder, was the most spacious and most decorated one, as it had a table right in the middle of it. I focused more on the main tent, with the only person inside. My focus then turned to a long object with a sharp end, a spear. I could feel the heavy Mana radiate from this spear. The craftsmanship of this spear was highly superior to my Katana and Shotos.
„The tent in the middle is the leader's. In the other 3 tents are 2 Mana-Wielder or Bearers each. From the main tent, at 1 o'clock, at 7 and 10 o'clock are the other tents. Mete position yourself at 12 o'clock, Amar 9 o'clock, Luca at 3 o'clock. Lorenzo, you're with me at 6 o'clock." I instructed and signaled the Fire-Bearers to come closer. „Let me send Mana to your forearms. That will help me signal you, so if you feel your left forearm get heavy all of a sudden, start to create a ring of fire around Sky Plaza."
The Fire Bearers nodded and stretched out their left forearms.
„Independent-Control!"
Mana appeared in their forearms. They noticed and started getting into position.
„Tsuki, you'll stay with Mul-Soo as we planned." I said.
She nodded and looked over to Mul-Soo who was looking at me for specific orders.
„Mul-Soo, if I see Tsuki hurt, not only you, but everyone in Piranha School will suffer. Do you understand?" I threatened with a whisper. My voice carried the calmness of the wind, but my emotions carried a rage of an upcoming storm.
Mul-Soo nodded in understanding and walked back with Tsuki.
It was time to strike, and the faster we were, the better. I couldn't calculate the rain into this plan, but I could gamble and predict the downfall to begin after our battle.
I activated Galaxy-Sight again and noticed 3 dark-brown points glow in my sight. These points were the Mana I had just imbued into the 3 Fire-Bearers. The Bearers were all in position and the Nordic Mana-Wielders were still in their tents.
‚I have to signal and attack them.' I thought. ‚Im confused. Why is it that I don't feel any excitement, fear, nervousness or bloodlust? And why do I feel cold now?'.
„Supreme-Control!"
I activated my Salan ability and made the Fire-Bearer's arms ‚heavier'. Immediately, I jumped into Sky Plaza and felt a huge heatwave hit me. The temperature rose at least by 30 degrees Celsius.
„I hate warmth!" I heard a powerful, deep voice yell. The sound came from the main tent.
I unsheathed my Katana and imbued Mana into my limbs and blade whilst activating Supreme-Control to make myself ‚lighter'. I dashed to the tent that was located at the main tent's 6.
I cut through the black tent. I saw 2 young men around my age, standing in the middle of the tent. The 2 Mana-Wielders in front of me, dumbstruck and unprepared for our ambush They had dark-brown hair and wore modern military clothing, their faces covered by a mask that had the Nordic Alliance's flag on it, a compass with a bullet in the middle.
It felt like mere seconds for me, but for them, standing in front of my blade that reflected their defenselessness, it must have felt like hours. I cut the guy's head on the right clean off, his head didn't even fall down instantly from how precisely I had cut him, and the only way you could tell I took his life was by looking at my blade that was smeared with fresh, hot, crimson-colored blood. The gaslights that lit the room wavered for a second before calming down after I had stabbed the second guy's heart, killing him instantly.
I exited the tent and saw that Amar and Mete burned the tent at 10 o'clock down together.
Luca was focusing on the tent at 1 o'clock but was struggling, now that the 2 Mana-Wielders stepped out.
„Amar, Mete! Help Luca!" I ordered.
They responded back, but the crackling noises all around us were too loud to understand.
„Let me go too!" Lorenzo said, almost in a pleading tone.
„No! You're with me, remember?" I answered.
Lorenzo gritted his teeth and nodded. He took out a hunting knife and poured Mana into it, making it possible to make it erupt into flames when he pleased.
A tall figure stepped out the main tent. The figure was about 210 centimeters tall and very big. He was built like a mountain, the depths in his muscles, picture perfect. He was wearing black cargo pants with black boots and a leather west. He was bald but had a long red beard that reached his upper chest. His ice-blue eyes looked like glaciers, making everyone that saw them feel small.
„You dare kill my brethren while they weren't holding their weapons? Because of you, they can't enter [Heaven]." He yelled angrily at me.
‚He is way stronger than I am.' I realized after his with Mana mixed killing intent crashed down on me.