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Chapter 27 - Order 27: Bye Loipetras

Achlys, Cryo and Lecia were standing in front of an old grocery store with a wooden infrastructure. Seeing those crates and baskets filled with fruits and vegetables, Achlys and Lecia started browsing through the variety of eatables offered by the store.

"CRYO...!! They look so good! Can we buy these!?" Achlys and Lecia lusciously looked at those apples like red fruits that they were holding.

"No, we can't."He looks around and spots those big purple fruits lying beside the huge shelf filled with Jagbages. "What we need to buy is something like this Gruiva fruit, really healthy, nutritious and one of this could fill the mouths of a whole family of six members." 

He turns around while holding the Gruiva fruit and notices Achlys and Lecia munching on those Lappo fruits. With an awkward silence of two seconds Cryo screamed with anger. "Achlys, Lecia...!? What the hell are you doing?" He threw the Gruiva fruit at them while screaming.

Both of them dodged flawlessly but the fruit got smashed at the face of the owner. With the two slices of the smashed fruit falling down from the face of the owner and the juice spreading all over the face, those three saw the eyes equivalent to that of an angry demon. 

"Get the hell out of my shop! RIGHT NOW!!" owner screamed, kicking those three out of the shop.

"Why did you do that, Cryo? It's your fault that we got kicked out and in the end we couldn't even buy anything."

"You guys think this is my fault!? It was your useless brain cells that thought of eating in the shop without paying for it" Cryo busted out looking all annoyed.

"You shouldn't have thrown that fruit in the first place...Argh!!" Lecia started stomping the ground and whining about the incident. Cryo freaks out and charges at Lecia, punching her.

"Lecia! Achlys! Do you understand now?" Cryo asked after continuously beating both of them to a pulp. 

"We understand... We won't do it again" Achlys and Lecia nodded in agreement. 

Cryo smiled in satisfaction and transformed back into his phoenix form. "I need some rest now." He sat on Achlys' head and started snoring in a matter of seconds.

Achlys sighed while petting him, making him feel safe as they continue to walk through the mountain pass. 

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The Hazel Jack mountain ranges behind Mura No Ana had an extreme nature. The winds were riling up as the clouds started to gather around the ranges. Piercing through those extreme winds and typhoons, there was someone who making their way across the mountain range.

As Tiabishi continues to make her way across the mountains and pacing herself up more than usual, a town, still few mountains away comes into view. She formed a pair of wings with her magic from ice and with using her initial momentum; she took a huge leap and glided over the wind. 

"Where the hell is the moron of a partner!?" she screams in anger as she jumps across the mountains and makes her way to the nearby town. "Argh...!! Guess I'll have to ask around in that town. I swear the moment I find him, he is really done for!"

A while later, she arrived in the town and noticed a giant hole in the middle of the town and tourists guide flaunting about to the tourists and passerby's, "Damn! That's a really big hole...just what could have made such a huge hole in the middle of the town?"

"It is said that there was an angel that was banished from the upper realm and fell down here in her attempt to the kill her god." The lady greets Tiabishi and continued "She was found by a young boy and some sort of bird looked like same as the Ice Phoenix."

Tiabishi turned around and greeted the lady. "Oh...so where is this boy now? Is he still here?"

"I don't think so, he left without saying anything." 

As the lady replied, Tiabishi noticed something odd. She saw some sort of marking at her face that looked like a pickaxe. Soon she realized what that was and instinctively jumped back. "You are an Order!?" she unsheathed her sword and pointed it to the ladies face. "Did you kill him!? My beloved...?" her thinking hastily made her anger grew out of her control. "I swear I'll kill you even if you put even a single scratch on him." 

"That's not the right move here, little girl." The lady feeling no fear smiled at Tiabishi and continued, "No harm was done to him...instead..." she sighed and touches her face "I was the one that got hurt, this scar is the result." 

Hearing that Tiabishi immediately pulled her sword back and bowed down to apologize, "I am really sorry for what happened..." 

"No, it's alright. Let bygones be gone."

"Thank you so much for sparing him. I am really gonna beat some sense into him." Clenches her fist and releases some real murderous aura. 

"Oh my..." 

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Achlys suddenly felt some chills out nowhere. Lecia and Cryo who noticed his sudden change in expression, laughed at his scared face. 

"What happened, Achlys?" Cryo asked. 

"Nah, it's nothing. It felt like someone was cursing me." 

Lecia jumped at Achlys, giving him a hug. "Don't worry, Honey! I'll protect you, no matter what!" 

"Get off me, witch! You are far too old for this!" Achlys pushes her away. 

"Oh, come on! Age is just a number." She continues to hug him while getting pushed away. "Me is young! You are ancient!" 

Achlys finally pushed her and put her down.

"Fine...! You win." She started pouting.

Cryo staring at both of them regretted his decision. He sighed. "Just why did I join you guys??" Achlys hearing that replied "You chose me as your master, stupid bird." 

Cryo looks at the sky and sighs. "Please, god of curses! Just kill me here and now!"

"Hah...? Did you say anything, failed bird? Lecia head butted him. "You are still a molten icicle who is used for shower!"

This did not set good with Cryo, he stood up and head butted her back. "At least I am somehow useful unlike you, Heaven's rejection!" 

They continued with squabble. Achlys with a sigh, continued to walk. 

"My life with Cryo is much more fun now that he is not my servant, instead my friend." He said with a smile and ignored Lecia beating the shit out of Cryo. Cryo fought back and kicked her in between the legs. 

"Argh! That hurts stupid bird!!" 

Achlys looked behind with a disappointed face still ignoring their deadly battle.

"Bye...Loipetras."

Lecia and Cryo finally stopped, "We will protect him with our lives." They said in sync and continued their way into the mountains with him.

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The country of Libertatis, also known as the flying city is famous for its unique culture and rare humanoid species that live there. The whole city is connected to the ground via a single root that grew from the tree of hisperia. This root is now used as stairs for the people that live on land can visit this beautiful and lovely city of glaspic flowers.

Somewhere in this city lied an underground room with throne in it. A young man made his way to the underground throne room in a hurry. 

A man with an eye patch and many scars of battle on his neck and face sat on the throne. The crown on this head, resting on the pink hair he had shinned as the light incident from the small holes and crevices on the jewels of the crown. 

The young man came running inside and knelt down in his presence.

"Lord, the prophet...has prophesized a disaster, an event of doom."

The man on the throne sighed with frustration. "What more did she say?" 

"She said the card will arrive here, in this city and bring the destruction along with him. He will be the one that will be responsible for our world's end." 

"What about the time? How many years from now has she predicted?" 

The young man started shivering; his fear of world end caught his tongue. 

"Speak!" 

"S-she didn't tell about that..." 

"I see...that's unfortunate." He sighed again and covers his face in distress. "You may leave now..." 

The young man hearing that ran as his heart fell apart like a breaking glass from the fear that got instilled in him the words of the prophet.