8. The Rumored World

The first fight is about to begin and the crowd start to clamor again cheering around the arena.

Vibrating as the wealthy man sits in his chair along with the others. Karl and Calis is on the risers too.

Then hunters on each corner appeared in the opened wall. roars and taunting each other. The Dual Dula again is about to begin.

The hunters on the Left side where both strong and wielding a long but thin two-handed sword and the other one hold a short thin sword on his right hand having a spring chained to his hand so he can easily stab it and pull it quickly within mid range.

On the right side of the corner was also strong looking man but as buffed as them both wielding weapons with two handed broadsword and the other one is two short daggers on both hands.

As the hunters running to clash in the middle of the arena, the people starts bidding furiously.

The wealthy man just sits calmly and watch the battle. Karl and Calis also watch silently but casually glances to the wealthy man for suspicious movements.

The fight starts with a brutal and harsh beggining with the broadsword being smash on the broken chair that throws it away to the incoming hunter who wields two short daggers as he jumps and knockdown.

But being able to standup like it didn't hurt him and can still fight then the long but thin twosword handler swings in high speed trying to cut thier body in half from their waist but eventually evaded.

Both teams works great as if they were coincide on each other, as teamwork is also composed of mere understanding and essential instinct.

The two daggers hunter throw one his dagger to the broadsword handler but the chained sword release his sword piercing the dagger and quickly pulled it back to his hands.

The crowd cheers louder and staking of money commencing to pass around.

As the battle became more intense.Karl notices something strange on the wealthy man's skin a dark blue fading on his forearm.He was not surprised as he was right about it. He looks to Calis and nod.

Calis stood up with the crowd and goes to see Montul, he reach the corridor and gave the group the signal that Karl saw something so they need to be alert of the next signal for coup' d'etat.

While he walks to the corridor knocnking five consecutive times to each door to the involve person of the group after doing it a few times, he was knocking five consecutive times as a signal in the door before Montul's, he saw a strange bird, with a parrot-like face but a combination of a blue,red,green,and yellow colors up to its one meter tail.He looks at while he pass through it and the bird also staring back to him, But he ignores it and continues to walk along.

The bird then flew like an owl without making a noise so Calis was unaware.He knocks at Montul's door and he opened it in flashing speed.

"You saw the bird?." Montul asks

"Yes, its a strange bird, isn't it?. Calis says in wonder.

"I belive its a tiktik, never seen that one before."

"Quite coincides it as Karl gave the signal."

"We don't move yet, not yet." Montul says like a mad man."Restrain the signal."

"But the wealthy man .." Calis shuts interupted by an unknown man knocking on the door.

"If you don't introduce youself i might as well kill you immidiately after ill open the door.", Montul says.

"If you don't open, we both be killed." Kasel jokingly said.

"Kasel!" Montul opens the door and grabs him and look at the corridor and after knwoing that no one is in there he closed the door.

"Calis, go." Montul orders as Calis was about to open the door he stoped by Montul."Wait, i did not saw the bird."

Calis and Montul staring each other out of fear that if the bird is a tiktik then they are in a big trouble.Montul then push Calis out of the door as sign of "go hurry".

Calis then walks out in a rushing speed leaving both Kasel and Montul alone.

"I saw a letter by the way, i wan't to know more about it." Kasel says in a hurry as he handed the letter.

"I'm sure the woman also wants to know more about this letter, this leads to another world if thats what they say, in such beauty , perfectly made , but it's like another dimension." Montul read the word of the said letter and explains further."Enchanto, these are not creatures but more of a spirit a guardian of their owned world ,just as this letter its like enchanted, But no one knows if this really exist, people talk about it but one thing, i have a question for you , if you live in a pefrect world where freedom and facile desires, but will stuck you in an eternal life, would you still willing to live in it?.People might have been in this rumor for a long time yet no one still knows if it existed.In simple explination, people were living in difficult situation and dream about it as an metaphysical world to forget the certitude." Montul bows his head as he finishes.

"Metaphysica...wa...what?." Kasel asks in confused."So tell me, are you looking forward to it.?

"The Celestial World that made everyone obsessed." Montul sadly said."And the only way to talk to your love ones that has been gone."

"I see you are willing."

"And the only way to know about the truth of the mark." Montul says and both of them touched thier mark."I also been unconcious before the mark was made, i never saw the other guy but only your father, who entrusted you about saving humanity and gain the most powerful gift of all."

"And what is it?." Kasel eagerly asks.

"I don't know too.That we should find out." Montul says as he prepare to go out."Just play the game, fight and win, leave the place find out the lead of the mark."

"We should leave together we have a lot to talk about." Kasel says as he gets out first and quickly get back to his room.