Daniel's two cores of the universe had opened slightly, like the eggs breaking a shell. Their shiny and sturdy inner cores were now visible as if massive radiating energy but still could be under control.
Fuliath and the others were still spitting water and light energy from their hands, conducting it to Daniel's three cores of the universe which were still spinning endlessly. At the end of the vortex, the two cores of the universe that used to belong to Algeros and Nerodus had been successfully reawakening quite easily, but Daniel's natural core of the universe that was born with his first life was difficult enough for the Awakeners to awaken.
"Now what, Fuliath? If we keep imposing our energy on the three cores, the two cores that have been reincarnated will open up even more." One of the Awakeners whispered in his position, telepathically, over the jet of water that was quite strong. Her eyes were transparent, soft-faced with hair that resembled white tendrils flashing around his cheeks. An aura of water and light surrounded his body, not much different from the Healers who were still waiting patiently below.
Meanwhile, Fuliath gritted his teeth. He struggled with the uncertainties as well as the flow of energy still flowing through his hands. If the two cores of the universe were forced open, then Daniel would have quite bad side effects, considering that his body was still not ready to get a large enough burst of energy. However, if the cores of the universe stopped flowing with energy, Daniel's natural core would not open at all. This would prevent Daniel from being able to be brought back to life.
"Fuliath?" said one of the other Awakeners, who seemed to have started to get tired because of the very draining process of activating the core of the universe. "The gold core is the most superior. It will need a lot of strength from us to get back up. After all, it had never been resurrected at all. The natural core that will be reincarnated must be resurrected for a long time, and use up the energy of the Awakeners throughout the universe. This can't be tolerated, Fuliath. We will lose."
But Fuliath still insisted. He was still energizing Daniel's three cores of the universe. After feeling terrible fatigue Fuliath said, "Keep flowing with energy, at least until the natural core awakens and recovers. If we can't unlock the power energy then it doesn't matter. But it still has to be resurrected."
All of the Awakeners seemed to sigh when they heard Fuliath's order. As children and also the people of Fuliath they would still obey him.
Meanwhile, the Healers stood in line like elegant warriors on the ground. While waiting for the five Awakeners to do their duty, they created a wave of energy by drawing water from the ground, then crawling between the ground and taking all the pieces of Daniel's body that had been crushed outside the parapet around them.
Waves seemed to be gushing out of the cracks of the rocks, the tips of it formed fingers and drowned out the pieces of Daniel's body. During that wave of water energy, Daniel's grain had sunk into the ground, twisted, and then appeared in the air, on the plain where the Healers now stood. Daniel's remained have been secured and were ready to be rebuilt once the lives of the three cores were brought back to life.
At the other end, the armies of the Euros nation had been fighting non-stop with the stone monsters. They were in armor, dropped their feet on the ground to overthrow the monsters, while others stood at each of the portals to suppress their energies so they could be closed completely.
The mist and dust fought as one, they were fighting silently amidst the screams and shouts of the monsters.
Brok who looked strong had fallen miserably. His body exploded after one of the soldiers of the Euros Nation slashed him with a sword. Dust scattered, rained down on them who were always flat and cold. They were like heinous murderers, only they had to be protectors in the world of Sotah.
Their leader was now narrowing away from a distance. His burly body with a body that looked like sturdy steel could only monitor, regarding the process of awakening the universe core which turned out to be under control. Realizing this he gave orders to his men to keep closing the existing portal before several monsters managed to escape into the world and messed up the awakening procession.
But their efforts were not very successful. Some of the soldiers of the Euros Nation still possessed rudimentary strength. When they had to fight the energy of the monsters who had awakened by inhaling the universe core in Corrux's body, they ended up losing.
Several new portals were successfully created, and opened, followed by the appearance of several monsters in them. Claws emerged from within a colorful vortex in several places, followed by a body that looked disgusting and blistered. Some portals elsewhere would spawn a monster's head first, the one with the crooked neck and the long fangs.
"They're out of control!" shouted one of the soldiers from the Euros Nation, throwing a sword from his hand to attack the monsters that were starting to appear everywhere. Some soldiers would come to help, some tried to close the existing portal, it's just that they were already getting overwhelmed by the energy bursting from outside.
The leader of the soldiers of the Euros Nation, named Bozak, now began to run from the position where he was standing. His most armored body had shot out like a rock cutting through the wind. His body leaped violently, putting strength in his sturdy legs. In mid-air, he would raise his sword with a steel handle bearing the symbol of Sirus star. In one hit, he had paralyzed the swamp monster that was already dead with its body melted and caused puddles in several places.
Flames gushed through the air, at a portal flaming red. Shortly after that, several giant fire monsters appeared with red flames on their bodies.
Some of the soldiers dodged the attacks they got, in the form of flames from a fire monster whose body was completely flames. Flames rose from the bodies of the monsters, licking through the air brightly.
When the swords parried their attacks, they would move quickly to put up a fight. The flames licked up, like windblown hair.
On the other hand, a monster with a body like molten lava was now crawling over the ground, burning all the rock. Some of them swallowed up the soldiers by creating waves and then crashing violently.
One of the soldiers dodged it, then he slashed his sword and created the water element from the weapon. The fiery lava monster had evaporated and disappeared with its roar of defeat.
In another corner a fire whirl appeared, emanating from the fire portal behind him. A monster airs like a genie that came out of a magic lamp. He twisted but did not try to attack the soldiers of the Euros. Instead, he moved to target the partition wall created by the Awakeners.
Bozak noticed immediately. He shot out in the form of puffs of white smoke in the air, to move and chase the monster. In the midst of it all, he shouted, "He wants to stop the awakening procession! Hold him!"
And behind him, the terrible battle was still going on.
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