Iron Bear (Sixth part)
Vernora and Vimo almost falling from the tree branch that they were currently sitting and watching the view. "Ah, my eyes! Before using such a move, at least inform us ahead of time." It takes a long time before their eyesight finally returns to normal. Both of them also learn their lesson from the first explosion, so they no longer look toward the campsite direction. Vernora cursing this formation master in her heart. If William knew the might of this flash bombs, he would be incredibly happy with it, because he can finally return to Rosa in one peace.
These spirit beasts might have stepped on something that this formation master has placed to defend their campsite.
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A while later after they throw the new bombs to every corner in their surrounding, everything finally settles down as most of the spirit beasts already lost their eyesight or become cripple.
"You stupid pig, get the f****ing hell up." Both Carone and Benak continue to kick Nacorn's butt. "Do you know that because of you everyone's life was on the redline." Carone continues to curse Nacorn with his foot still kick on Nacorn's buttock.
"What! Are you not surround by wolf pack?" Nacorn seemed to be in a state of dizziness when he replies Carone with a question of his instead.
"And I was fighting with their leader to save your ass! What is your problem to have this kind of attitude?" Nacorn tries to remember what's happened after that but there is nothing coming to his head no matter what he tries to think.
Both Benak and Carone almost choking when they heard Nacorn last question. "Look at your surroundings before you ask another question." Without even looking at Nacorn, both men move very fast to gather the equipment from their campsite and they already left Nacorn to sit alone with a blank expression.
"Let me piggyback William." Benak already tokes William on his back and both of them left their campsite as fast as possible without caring about the loot at all.
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Nacorn finally comes to his senses when he sees how devastated the place and spirit beasts in their camp surroundings. If someone were to told him, that there was a group of spirit beasts battling with a very powerful expert and no even a single spirit beast was able to leave alive, he would be without a doubt believe it. Because the view in front of him proved how devastated the battle was. Yet no one would expect what has happened in front of him that there is no need to become a strong expert, you can also kill the spirit beasts with ease. "What! What the heck! Can someone tell me what has happened?"
Nacorn was speechless when he looking at the sorry state of William currently in and both Benak, Carone running without caring about the loot that left behind from these spirit beasts. No, he needs to get going to before more spirit beasts start to attract to the smell of blood from here. Nacorn doesn't even check on what element did he possess after breakthrough from last night. However, when he runs passed any death spirit beast body, he always loots something from them and stores it inside his little space ring.
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"Where are those bastards?" Because there is no more explosion that can be heard, so both Vernora and Vimo turning themselves back to look at what will happen next. Yet, there is not even a single soul can be found in the place where it used to have four people. Can someone tell her what is going on?
"Vernora, what should we do next? I want to check that place." Vimo wanted to experience the might of that formation master left behind.
"No, I will not permit it. I only have you as a big sister now, we are a family remember that. I don't want anything bad to happen to you. We don't even know what kind of sorcery that formation master left behind at that place." Vernora shakes her head after she heard what Vimo wanted to do.
"We cannot stay here anymore, as it will become more dangerous to stay here. Maybe that formation master already gets what he wanted and already left this place."
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After running for the entire day, the trio decides to get some rest. Nacorn who was left behind already caught up with both Carone and Benak, his speed is already faster than before and he could catch up both of them if he wanted to. When the pairs that currently trying to catch for their breath, looking at how leisure Nacorn running phase. They really wanted to hit him into a puppy.
"What... are we... going... to do...?" Benak tried to adjust his breath with great difficulty because he was carrying the unconscious William for the entire noon. Carone is better than him, yet he still finds it hard to catch for his breath, too.
"We... should be... rest here... tonight." Carone voice becomes coarse, too. He would never want to experience such a situation again. They also need to recover their energy, in case any spirit beasts have followed them. They should already run far from that area.
"Hey, both of you! why are you in such a hurry this noon? Just a single night of sleeping..." Without even waiting for Nacorn to finish what he is going to say, Carone already slaps his face with his very exhausted body.
"A single night... of sleeping... @*#*@!" Carone already frustrated when they could not wake up Nacorn no matter what they tried for almost an entire week. Yet, when he had gotten up this morning, he still believed that he only sleep for a single night. With his almost white eyes, Carone no longer looks at Nacorn. It is already good enough that he does not reprimand him, yet he still spouts out bull sh**. No, it is not he does not want to curse Nacorn, it was he just exhausted to the core, now.
Looking at how his best friends experience, Nacorn no longer says anything further. He starts to look for a better place to construct a temporary camp. After he prepared everything, he starts to create fire to cook something for the rest.
"Have both of you catch your breath yet?" Nacorn knows that it was his mistake that they had to face such a dangerous situation. If it were not his mistake, how could Carone wore such angry looks when they talk just for a brief moment this evening.
"Yes, after some rest we finally have enough energy to make a puppy from you." Carone's coarse voice can be heard again when he replied Nacorn.
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After placing William in a tent, so that he could have a better place to rest. The rest gathered at the campfire, Nacorn already cooked something for all of them. Without waiting for the meat to get warm enough, Carone and Benak already take their share. Like a hungry wolf, they both finish it before Nacorn even finished his share. Look at how hungry both of them, Nacorn could only give his share to both of them. Since he takes some of the spirit beasts meat with him when he leaves their previous campsite so he has plenty for all of them.
"Take your time, buddies, I still have plenty more."
"You seem to be able to think more for the future now, Nacorn." Carone is really angry with Nacorn, even the way he talks now also in a form of sarcasm.
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William currently facing the worse nightmare he ever had in his entire life, he just sees a man who is very similar to himself in this lightless world. Yet the man seems to have lost something very important to him because of his lifeless walking appearance. When the lifeless man walk passed William, he seemed to glance at William and a mocker smile could be seen on his face.
'You will lose everything that is dared to you.' With the man's lips movement, William could tell what he is talking to him.
"NO! ..." Suddenly there is a voice coming from William's tent. The trio gets to him as soon as possible. However, when they open his tent, William is still in his unconscious state. The sight in front of them, let them speechless because it was likely he had just experienced something like a battle of life and death with sweat all over the place and his body shaking none stop.
The scene in front of William this time changed from a lightless world with a lifeless man to a world where William had never seen before. Flying mobile cars, high buildings that are higher than the Adventurer guild, wherever he looks at is beautiful scenery. Not long the view in front of him changes again. This time he is inside a lab, the lifeless man that he first met also in there. Yet this time, he is currently performing surgery on a human. After coming closer to the surgery table, William seems to remember seeing this female when he sees her appearance. However, he cannot remember her name no matter what he tries to remember.
"You finally come, have you found what I had asked for?" The lifeless man starts to talk all of a sudden, yet in this room, there is only him, William, and the unconscious woman. William starts to reply to him, but there is not even a single sound that can be heard by his own ears.
Suddenly the door of the surgery room exploded with a loud sound.
"Hand over the artifact!" Many men in the black metal suit shout at the lifeless man, and they are pointing their weapons at him.
The scene in front of him changed again, this time the beautiful world becomes a wasteland. There is not even a single soul of human could be found, everywhere is a machinery waste. When walk passed a junkyard, he heard something. "Grandpa! Grandpa! Grandpa" The sudden crying of a young girl in her rage clothes, next to her is a lifeless body of a man with the same attire. The young girl has a skinny appearance, she is very young. Her age should be around 8 to 10 years old. Not long after, a skinny young boy appeared in front of the young girl. He hands her something that likely a dirty bread, and he tries to smile at her. When William takes a closer look at them, he found out that the young girl seemed to be the woman who was on the surgery table and the boy is a bit similar to his younger self.
Time is spinning very fast, many similar scenes occurred again and again. Many different worlds with many different kinds of scenarios, but William always meet that pair of man and woman who always had a tragic end.
"We ought to never meet each other in the first place, but fate will bring us together no matter what..." The lifeless man appeared again beside William and he seems to talk to himself or he is talking to William.
William has many questions that he wanted to ask that lifeless man, but there is not even a single sound come out when he starts to speak.
"..."
The view in front of him changed again, this time the woman is in his embrace personally. Yet a part of her body is already missing, this will be the last moment of breath in the world for her. She whispered something to William's ear, she tries to give a beautiful smile face as much as she can to him.
"NO!" This is already the third day that only one word can be heard from William's tent in his unconscious state.
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"What should we do?" Trio already out of their wit now. Because William will always cry out the word "No", and no matter what they cannot wake him up.
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'System critical error, memory breach occurred. Processing... Error... Error...'
Something also happened to White Drake as his form also constantly changing from one to another. From a snake to a cat, from a cat to a bird, from firefly and to butterfly...
To Rosy, it is also a nightmare for her, she basically cannot sleep at all for three days straight. Our cute little Rosy's eyes are already bloodshot, she has to do something or else this nightmare will never pass.