[Chapter 11] - Wings of Liberation - Part 1

Year 952, day 317, Elfen territory , Predator forest, 09h.

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– Very well, you already know how it works. Dodge and defend yourself as if you were going to die. Attack keeping in mind that you don't want to be hurt. – Roldi raises his arms and lowers them suddenly. – Start!

Kalui distorts the air in front of him, forming a horizontal blade of wind about the same size as him.

At the same time, Kahyu raises his arms and a big wave of earth appears behind Kalui . He notices the huge shadow in front of him, lessens the gravity around his body and uses the air to fly above the trees. At the same moment, the earth wave sharpens and follows Kalui at high speed.

"Annoying land!"

Instead of deflecting, the boy shoots a strong and concentrated wind at the earth, destroying it like a rain, but he is thrown away with the power of his own power, because it is very light.

– Hahahaha ! Watch out for Kalui , Kalui ! Hahahaha !

The boy's skin turns red with shame.

Kahyu moves his arms, gathering the earth again, but is interrupted by a small and strong gust of wind from above. The air hits your chest like a punch and knocks you to the floor.

Kalui makes a circular movement with his arms and creates a vortex around the girl, taking the air out of the area and increasing gravity very slightly, making it more difficult to get up.

"That bastard! You can't attack it when it's in the air! "

The boy, concentrated on using his two powers at the same time, cannot perceive something out of his field of vision. A fast stone pillar emerges from the ground and hits its back in full. He swirls away for a few seconds, releasing Kahyu from his prison and shortness of breath.

"He keeps on floating ... I was sure he would fall with that!"

With a defiant smile on his face, the boy with long black hair drastically reduced the severity of the entire area. The land raised by the battle begins to float without end. Roldi and Kahyu rise slowly. The girl tries to cling to the earth, forming a roof so that she does not go up to the skies, but her opponent undoes all her attempts using air blades and at the same time passes them flying towards the ground, releasing winds from both hands. He fixes his foot on the ground, points his hands high and uses his power to launch Kahyu even higher.

Far above the trees, the distance is long enough that the girl cannot control the land.

– Do you give up? – Kalui screams.

– No! – She responds from heaven.

Enraged, she gathers all her strength to attempt one last attack even from so far away. The small grains of earth near Kalui begin to shake and move very slowly. Realizing this movement, the boy relaxes his arms and takes a deep breath. Her hair stops floating and the small grains of earth in the air around her also fall with Kahyu and Roldi.

The boy raises his right hand, directing his power only to his master, gradually lowering him as Kahyu falls down screaming.

Kalui positions herself next to where the girl is about to fall. A few meters before the shock, he activates his skills and stops her in the air with her face less than two meters from the ground. The wind with the dust makes her close her eyes and, when she opens them again, she is already on the ground with Kalui holding her arms behind her back with her hands and her legs with her knee.

The boy gets up and extends his arms to his friend.

– You were great, Kahyu ! I'm all sore! – He says, laughing.

The girl smiles and replies:

– Me too! Next time I win.

"I wanted my parents to see how much progress I am making ... " , Kahyu thinks .

Roldi claps a palm and says:

– Kalui ! Now it's attack and dodge training using its elements. You stand and attack and Kahyu must defend or dodge. Then Kahyu attacks you and you must defend or dodge. Once you're done, you'll rush to your new sensei to start learning how to use your future new weapon.

The curious boy asks:

– I'll go I'll go. Leave it to me. I just didn't understand how I'm going to train with him without chains ...

– Probably he will teach you the techniques in theory and demonstrating. Besides giving you some specific exercise, maybe. Stop being boring and start soon!

– Yes, Mr. Roldi! – Children respond.

A few kilometers away, on the other side of the forest, Whiger looks at the body of a gorilla next to Lucy.

– You understand how it works. It is not just the size of the muscles that generates the strength. You have managed to increase your muscle density, but you cannot be satisfied with just that.

With a dull look, the boy replies:

– Clear.

– You can become a quadruped animal much bigger and stronger than a human, in addition to having a completely different structure. You may not know it, but compared to that, increasing your strength and size without leaving your natural shape is much easier. – He says, gesturing a lot.

– I understood. I must keep in mind what I want, focusing on not breaking anything in my body. Leave it, I can do it.

Lucy strokes the child's close hair.

– I know you can do it. Remember, in the first few attempts, be extremely patient, slow and calm. If you try to transform fast, you can end up breaking up a lot of things in your body. Slowly, you will feel every little connection and can stop at the first problem.

Whiger looks at his sensei with a very angry look. He turns on his back to avoid eye contact and replies:

– The basics, I know, right!

With her serious and peaceful countenance that Lucy always has, he says:

– Sorry.

– Sensei ... – He says, dejected, looking down. – Can I ask you something?

– Say.

– How do I reduce the hatred I feel?

Lucy's face conveys sadness at hearing such words.

– I'm always pissed! I need my revenge but do not even know who mat -... Who killed them. – He squeezes his hands tight. – I hate myself and even more hate someone that I don't know who it is! I want to know who to hate ... I want to smash the bastard who ordered my parents killed! But ... At the same time, I don't want to lose my remaining family. I feel like I'm getting farther and farther away from my sister. I don't want to be like the father of a friend of mine, that the family just put up with him but nobody loved him!

The man sits on the ground, supporting his back against the tree.

– Whiger , have a seat . First I want you to know something. I fully support your revenge. If I could, I would help you hunt and kill that bastard, I swear. However, you have to understand something ... From what you told me, the one who ordered you to be kidnapped was a large organization from the underworld. Think of all the atrocities they have done and continue to do. If you haven't been caught by now, the chance for someone like you, alone and without influence, to discover something is almost nil. I will not tell you to forget your revenge ... I just advise you not to live for it. Being able to kill the client should be just something extra in your life and not the reason for it. Or are you really going to end up like your friend's dad ...

The unhappy boy asks:

– But how am I going to do that? How will I live with this anger inside me ?!

Lucy leans forward, looking deep into Whiger's eyes .

– You haven't gotten over it yet, Whiger . And neither will you get over it now. The death of parents is a terrible thing in anyone's life. The death of your parents, then, is much heavier and difficult to digest. Do not hate yourself, it is not your fault. One day, who knows tomorrow, who knows in 1 year, one day you will overcome their death and then, I ask you to live for life and not for revenge. But if you're going to forget your revenge or not, it's up to you. However, under no circumstances , live for it. Go ahead, Whiger ! For your sister! By your friend! And for your current caregiver who loves you, Roldi.