ARC 3 part 5 The Elementals of Zethros

They hear the loud roar from the direction of the cave.

Daiman was slightly worried "were almost there hurry up"

Jaina looks at him "don't worry about it too much"

Jaina pulls Molotov and throws it behind them

Daiman looks at Jaina "nice thinking "

Jaina "smirks this will buy us at worst few minutes, as soon as the rain start which from looks of it will soon bear will run past this"

Daiman looks forward "great, ships just up ahead"

As soon as they get to the ship it starts raining, they quickly get back on board and set sail.

Jaina turns around and to the check, if there is any elemental near" right on time, let me check if there is anything else dangerous around"

Daiman checks for the bear "looks like it gave up"

Daiman goes to the sail and ties himself to it with the rope "alright let's go back"

Jaina heads down "alright ill go to my room and read the alchemy book and try to find something"

Daiman proceeds to though the weather, having a bit of trouble but holding out fine, as the weather gets stormy"

Meanwhile, Jaina looks around the rooms for a book all over the ship, she found it in the kitchen on the fridge.

Jaina grabs it "alright then, I should really find a better place for this book"

Jaina marks the island and what they found on it, and then heads to her room and lies on the bed.

Jainas opens the book reads the first few chapters " huh so word from reader bla bla bla "

The first thing in the book Jaina finds useful is the nature of the elements.

There are 4 basic elements Fire Water Earth Air they all have different factors destructive capability, utility capability, energy potential, transformative factor.

Destructive capability shows how much death and destruction the element is capable of, this category including everything from large disasters to poisons and ways to kill everything is compered between the elements and viewed together.

Utility capability refers to help make our lives easier and as a tool to complete machines and constructions, the tools and machines used in various jobs through the island and citys are taken into account in this category, later on, we'll get into the detail of specifics about some of them.

Energy potential refers to elements capabilities as a power source it's one of the most used parts of the elementals, second only to Utility capability, the energy potential other than obviously bringing power to our buildings also refers to fuels and batteries.

The transformative factor is the ability of the element to change the structure of the substances it uses, there are 2 categories that are accounted for in this factor basic and advance manipulation, however, will explain them later on in the book in greater detail.

Fire element is known for having destructive power and as good utility, it is also can be a decent power source, but it has almost no transformative potential, fires destructive capabilities are somewhat limited because of heat resistant materials, and the fact the more individual master's fire element the less effect fire and heat have on them.

Water element the water is very well enough for its transformative effects its natural ability is to transform into ice water can be a very good source of energy, and due to its abundance in the world its most used one, they users of water element can potentially learn to breathe underwater, most of the destructive factor of water comes from ice and very large and powerful water attacks but water element, for the most part, shines as utility and with its transformative factor.

The earth element is known for utility and has very large transformative potential, it has rather low destructive power compared to what other elementals can do, It also can strengthen materials and organic tissue, it helps in created higher quality materials and in combat earth alchemy and magic is very valuable to have around in the field.

Air Element high destructive and energy potential it has notable transformative potential, and only notable use as utility is helping small towns and villages who don't have access to great energy supplies if they have enough supplies and if weather conditions are right, with high mastery and right weight it is possible to even fly.

Jaina sighs and looks sad "this would really good if I could even use the magic, but that's not even what I'm looking for"

Jaina flips the pages trying to find what she needs, after going half of the book Jaina finally discovers passage about creating power source.

Jaina smiles 'aha found yea"

The crystals made thought alchemy that we use to power devices we use are known as power crystals, they would come in various shapes and sizes, they can be made out of all elementals but most commonly are made out of air and water.

Important note if not careful the crystals can blow up.

The crystals can be made even with most basic alchemy set but they require control and knowledge,

the large alchemy crystals are used in very special cases they were recently created and their true capabilities are still unknown, however tiny crystals square crystals and medium-sized crystals are used daily in our lives.

Jaina sighs "well I got my answer I guess but still not what I was looking for, well I better get up and prepare something for Daiman "

Jaina opens and smiles and picks 2 cans with food "this will do"

Jaina turns the cooker put a and put a pot filled with water and put cans in there.

Meanwhile, Daiman was struggling a bit with the weather.

Daiman was holding tight the steering wheel "well at least it isn't as windy anymore"

Daiman thinks back on what they found "honestly it doesn't seem like they had anything to do with the weather, but how did they make all that without ever being noticed, one would think people would at least somewhat try to travel to different islands to explore"

Daiman looks down "maybe it would be best to check how much do they actually know about the place where they live in"

Daiman looked up "weather looks clear for now "

Daiman looks back at the island "but if they didn't seem to trigger elements into this state, then what did"

Daiman "maybe they have some kind of element expert on the island, knowing how they behave normally would really help"

Jaina comes up "hey lunch will be ready when we get back"

Daiman turns smiles "alright ill come down then, also when we get back let's ask people about what they know about the other islands"

Jaina looks at Daiman curiously "about specifically"

Daiman "well anything including rumors, ill go to mayor first before we head to lilith"

Daiman looks frustrated "someone here is hiding something important, and I don't like it, firstly how come mayor didn't tell us anything his people noticed while they were here, and then there's Lilith I got the impression shes was eavesdropping in on us, ill confront her about that later "

15 minutes later Jaina finished preparing lunch and finished taking notes about everything she learned so far from the book, Daiman stopped the ship just offshore it got Jiana curious.

Daiman can down only to be met by confused Jaina

Jaina "hey why you stop here"

Daiman "to eat and to plan out our next move little better"

Jaina smiles " either way the foods ready, let's eat then hear you're next master plan"

Daiman rolls his eyes "give me a break"

Jaina "excuse you, you basically went straight into the enemy port expect them to just accept us with open arms"

Daiman "I know it was a bad idea, but we went over this, I couldn't just let my home get destroyed like that"

Daiman walks past Jaina looking a bit frustrated "I feel like someone is lying to us, there's too much going on even with just checking out islands from the distance not to notice"

Jaina looks at Daiman "perhaps, but then again seems like a lot of people came before and tried"

Daiman "even so, you saw what was back there an entire freaking cave system, and a whole base seemingly inside "

Jaina gets to the table with canned food prepared and tomato and cucumber salad, the canned food seemed to be primarily beans but with some vegetable mashed together inside.

Daiman looked up "yeah I'm definitely buying a recipe book next time"

Jaina giggles "aww, my cook's pride is hurt"

Daiman smirks lean back and point fork at Jaina "eye for an eye then"

Jaina laughs "I was only speaking the truth, but recipe book be nice"

Daiman smiles "considering what we usually cook it won't help us "

Jaina looks at Daiman "maybe you could, put more effort "

Daiman smirks "well I am the does most of the work cooking wise, I mean common when did you cook anything decent"

Jaina gets annoyed and kicks the chair-throwing Daiman off-balance Daiman didn't fall but tomato piece he was holding with fork fell to the ground "don't be an asshole"

Daiman smiles "alright I didn't mean to insult you"

Jaina sighs and rolls her eyes"you are little too blunt for your own good sometimes"

Daiman "either way this salad tastes nice though it's a little too salty"

Jaina smiles and leans back "alright, next time you won't get so easily "

Daiman "anyways back to the topic, we should try to explore the island they are on as well"

Jaina looks seriously at Daiman "what are you hoping to find"

Daiman gets up "I was just want to confirm the theory, maybe they did not leave the island, perhaps theres large underground cave"

Jaina gets up after finishing dish "in that case they would be throwing material in the water next to the island, if they found some underwater entrance"

Daiman "yes and from there build from underground up, it would be rather difficult but not impossible to make"

Jaina "either way there's only one to find out, we need to get those dam batteries "

Daiman "also I want to ask few more things to Lilith"

Jaina "I'm not sure if I agree that shes lying to us, she is little suspicious yes but shes only person that was fully open with us, well ok not fully open but at least she helped us the most"

Daiman "alright anyways ill stir the boat to the beach "

Daiman finished the lunch and headed back up but first put the jacket in his room, the weather outside shifted to very sunny, Daiman and Jaina pulled up the water anchor and were on the way back.

Daiman "ill try to see if the town has an anchor"

Jaina stands next to Daiman "I'm pretty sure they do they, would have to rely on fish as their main food source"

Daiman "alright fair enough, hopefully, will be able to fit in"

Jaina smirks "don't worry we ain't that big"

after he gets to the port it anchors it seems they are expanding it but they haven't finished yet, the ship bearly managed to fit in the anchor.

Jaina smiled "seems like well be bearly able to squeeze in"

Daiman looked at Jaina with smiles "yeah and also don't forget the plan"

Anchor worker came out of the small wooden building after he has seen a pirate flag he was 35 years old, he had short hair and a pretty long full chin beard that extended down to his shoulder he clearly wasn't muscular and he seemed to have pretty large stomach too.

Anchor worker "Hey come there you lot help me they are back"

After Jaina and Daimans ship got close they docked and prepared to get out

Daiman he approached where the ladder was and pulled them out of the way, meanwhile, Jaina pulled the door where ladders were revealing that stairs were actually pulled in there, she then pushed them down after which they automatically got in contact with wood board and grabbed and pushed up the metal rods which were connected by rope.

Jaina thinks to herself "I will never get used to that, ah well Hey let's get going"

Daiman and Jaina get down and Anchor worker with his 2 friends proceed to secure the ship

Anchor worker "Wellcome back I hope you had more luck than others "

Jaina nods feelings very confident and somewhat proud "plenty of it, we're on a good track but however well need to ask few questions"

Anchor worker "maybe we can help in some way"

Daiman looks at them "we need some more information about infected animals if you know anything"

Anchor worker stretches his head "sorry I hardly venture outside of our little town, as you can see from my weight my destinations are pub anchor and house heh"

Daiman sighs "ah well it was worth a shot, guess will have to ask around"

The people seemed relaxed and trusting around them this time around, it was a pleasant surprise for Daiman but he still decided to go along with the plan, The new details they found out from the people about animals did help.

For example, animals do seem to have completely switched to drinking salty water when infected, the infection seemed to have manifested in different ways depending on where the animal was bitten or cut.

Jaina and Daiman split up and asked around they ended up meeting up together again an hour later near town hall, they were gonna go into mayors office.

Jaina smiles "they were more open this time, it's probably because they were afraid of us a little bit"

Daiman looks at Jaina however will have to look more into why are they avoiding regular water"

Jaina smiles "Well we could always ask Lilith she has much more outside information than anyone here"

Daiman "alright also we should check where the animals are bitten, perhaps will get more clues there"

Jaina "also what about the mayor"

Daiman looks, Sirius " Mayor clearly did not tell us everything, it is pretty frustrating honestly how does he expect us to solve this and help them if he's not willing to tell us everything he knows"

Jaina smirks "pretty much, although to be fair from all I have seen it makes me think they tried every apple that fell of a tree foolishly"

Daiman "you think someone tried to rob them"

Jaina looks at him "exactly, but maybe something happened that we don't know about too"

Daiman and Jaina begin walking to mayors office "which is exactly why I want to talk to him"

They enter townhall and go straight into Mayor's office, the mayor turns around surprised.

Mayor David looked Sirius and crossed his arms "we need to talk"

Mayor David looks at them "alright, have a seat"

Jaina sits down and smiles but Daiman stays up

Daiman looks at Mayor "why didn't tell us everything you knew about what was happening, we discovered so much more on other islands then what you have initially told us"

Mayor David sighs and gets up then turns and looks through the window "I did not mean to leave out information from you, but understand we have had some terrible experiences wit outsiders"

Jaina thinks to herself "the fools must have thought they had treasure somewhere in there"

Jaina smiled "I thought so, in that case, tell us what you really know about other islands"

Mayor David turns around "elementals hardly venture outside of the middle island, but then they do they seem completely enraged, however, the fisherman did notice that they actually calm down further away from it they are and then come back in there for some particular reason"

Jaina looks at Daiman "all the more reason to check the beehive"

Daiman nods "we can't go there with the ship, however, there cave system connecting all of the island"

Mayor David looks down "Interesting what makes you think that"

Daiman "what we found on one of the other islands based on the notes, it seems there's the whole facility in the underground cave it may artificially connect the other islands"

Jaina gets up "its suspicious that all of the islands were hit by this thing all at once out of nowhere, which makes me this was planned however we will need to make a power source"

Mayor David "hm, Lilith surely can help you there, I will make a search party and send them to look all over the island for anything that is potentially a cave entrance"

Daiman nods and looks at Jaina "alright then let's find Lilith and see if she can help us"

Jaina gets up "it was nice talking to you "

Mayor David nods and then Jaina and David leave the town hall and goto Storage where they have last seen Lilith.

After they got to storage at first it seemed like Lilith wasn't there but later she opened the door.

Lilith smiled "sorry I was a bit busy in there with moving a few crates, come in"

Jaina and Daiman get inside Lilith noticed the look in Daimans eyes he didn't fully trust her clearly, however she turned around and smirked

Lilith smiles "back so early, did you find anything interesting"