Asa and Isha.

It's morning already. King Anarc, Antoine, Samantha, Shive, and Vex went to the north gate. King Anarc is trusting us to protect his 3 young children. Vivi, Kiel, and I start our day by meditating, while Edith and Secra are playing with Silvia, Sinista, and Albert.

At the north gate. Shive is walking in-between the army and the mercenaries and the volunteers, with her black shiny full plate armor and black cape on her back with a horned black helmet, while holding a shield and a greatsword on her waist. Everyone is looking and bowing at her with admiration and respect. Everyone is mumbling something,

"The Hidden Princess is finally going to show us her strength."

"With the Princess leading the armies, we will win the war."

"Her presence already made me feel much stronger."

"Going to war with the Princess is a blessing to me. I can die happy."

Shive says while walking towards the gate,

"Demons! Today we are at war. Our peaceful time is at risk, and the time has come for us to annihilate them, who is stupid enough to show a threat to us. Hence why, fight side by side with me. Give me your strength, and I promise you, that we will be victorious! Those who died on the battlefield, remember this. Because of you, we won the war. Those who live, remember this. Because of your fallen friends and allies, you can witness our victory. Do the impossible and lead us to victory!"

Everyone is screaming with joy and banging on their chest plate,

"VICTORY FOR THE PRINCESS SHIVE!"

All the armies following Shive to the Babylon Mountain to attack the Undead King and his allies. It will take her a week to reach the Babylon Mountain, and if what Zee said was right, the Undead King will be done with the rituals and become the God of the Dead. Which is almost impossible to kill him, as well as his armies. So I asked Zee how to win the war and he said that the sword Shive brought is not an ordinary sword, it was made by the power and ribs of the Elders, or the 7 Devil called Grave. Its ability is to steal the power of the enemy, also their abilities permanently, and leave nothing at all. Her shield Horgarn can nullify all attacks with no exceptions, so the only one who can kill him is Shive herself. I ask,

"So you're saying that Shive can be the strongest person in the world?"

Zee replies,

"Hmm... Don't you think that she's already the strongest person in the world?"

I'm scratching my head and reply,

"Uhhh hahaha... That's kinda scary when I think about it. Is she?"

Zee shrugs and left while grinning. Edith whispering in my ear,

"You want to know?"

I jumped because she startled me. I reply,

"Uhh yeah... I think..."

Edith says,

"Do you believe me if I say that Shive took 80% of our power and became hers?"

I cleared my throat and reply,

"Really...?"

Edith replies,

"Nope, just kidding. But, Shive took all the 7 Devil's power and other Godly beings. Shive was afraid that she will become a monster and then become like DEATH, but when Zee tested her full strength after she took a lot of power. Zee still can easily beat her, and honestly, we all don't know the exact amount of power that Zee has, but we all know that he's still the strongest amongst us. So don't worry Val, Zee even can kill you while he's sleeping, or maybe by his sneeze. Hahaha, that would be funny to see you accidentally died from his sneeze."

I'm scared by her story also by Zee's sneeze now. After we ate lunch, I continue to train with Zee. Zee says,

"Val, it has been 2 months since the last time you tried the swords. I think it's time for you to use them now."

I nod and unsheathed the swords. I still can't control Isha's power, I tried for 10 minutes. Zee says,

"We don't have much time. There are no other options, so you will train using Asa and Isha from now on."

I tilt my head and ask,

"What do you mean, Mister Zee?"

He replies,

"We will go after Shive to the Babylon Mountain a week from now."

I still don't understand why, so I ask Zee,

"I thought we are going to stay here until the war is over?"

Zee replies,

"Things are going to get worse, it's just my feelings. So we can't be wasting our time in here and help Shive, and I already told everyone about it. Vivi and Kiel are getting a harder training from the others."

I nod without asking any more questions. For the first time, I'm using Asa and Isha, and their powers are amazing. My body is overwhelmed by it, and Zee even has to use Depth's Sword, so he can match with Asa and Isha. I hold Isha so tightly, and try to control her power. The black smoke is no longer crawling into my neck. It stayed on my arm. I keep trying to push the smoke back to the blade, but it didn't work out. Zee says,

"That's good enough. Now we can proceed with the training. Get ready."

I nod and readied my stance.

3 hours have passed since we started the training. The black smoke is starting to crawl into my shoulder. Zee keeps forcing me to control it and keep on training at the same time.

An hour has passed.

The smoke is already on my neck, and yet I became insanely stronger. My swords and Zee's sword are colliding endlessly. I didn't feel any pain or fatigue, and the more power I needed, the more power I got. I can keep up with Zee's movements and I can react to them easily. Without noticing my own body. The smoke is almost completely covering my face, and Zee without hesitation used his power to disarm me. I immediately regain my consciousness and realized what just happened.

Zee says,

"Val. Don't get tempted by Isha's power. You're supposed to control her power, not the other way around. A knife when given to a murderer and given to a cook will get different outcomes. One only for self-satisfaction and harm the others, when the other get both the satisfactory for himself and the others. Don't get blinded by the power, or you'll be dead in no time."

Zee sighing and shaking his head then continue,

"Spend the rest of the day by meditating and before you go to bed, meet me and I want you to try to control Isha's power again."

I reply,

"I'm sorry Mister Zee! I won't repeat the same mistake."

Zee gets back inside the castle to meet the others, while I'm staying here and start meditating. In the middle of my meditating, I'm hearing a voice.

"Hey, little brat! Were you planning to die earlier?"

I opened my eyes and I didn't see anyone around. Was it my imagination?

"Hey, brat! Answer me."

It's a familiar voice. Is it Isha? I answer with my thoughts,

"Miss Isha? Is that you?"

The voice replies,

"Of course! Who's else do you think? So? Answer my question."

I reply,

"I'm sorry I didn't know, and how can you speak to me? I thought you can only talk to me in my dream, and about that... I was overwhelmed by your power, so that was my mistake. I'm sorry Miss Isha."

Isha replies,

"Of course I can, because I'm part of you now. I just don't want to talk to you, but now with your reckless acts, I have to warn you. What that guy said earlier is right. Don't you dare relying on my power only, or you will be dead because of your stupidity."

I reply,

"Yeah, I apologized for that. It's just that I have to be stronger, not for me but my friends and your Master as well. She's going to have a hard time soon, I don't know why, but that's what I was told by Mister Zee. Anyway, I thought you didn't care if something bad happens to me?"

Isha sighing and replies,

"Well... If you die, Master will destroy me and send me back to that boring place. So I don't want that."

Isha sighing and continue,

"Fine! I'll help you but with one condition."

I reply,

"Really?! Thank you and what is the condition?"

Isha replies,

"I'll release my whole power to your body if you can manage to control it from taking over your body. Then I'll obey you. But if you can't, your body and mind will break permanently, and nobody can heal it."

So basically it's the same as being dead. I don't know if I want that, and if I only relying on her power. That means I'll make the same mistake again. I reply,

"I honestly want to try it, but I have to decline the offer. I don't know why you suddenly want to help me out when earlier you just warned me to not rely on your power, and if you think that I'm not worthy of your power, I'll give you back to your Master, Miss Isha, and Miss Asa as well, since you both are a pair."

Isha replies,

"So you're just giving up?"

I reply,

"What's the point if you don't even want to accept me? And by your words, it sounded like you are forcing yourself to accept me. I'm sorry Miss Isha and thank you for everything. I'll give you both to the butler and send you both where you belong."