Ch-21 I Promise (1)

"Stop panicking and remember the lessons I have been giving for the last two weeks. We have to conserve our energy as much as possible and that means you are forbidden from exclaiming and shouting. Getting rest is as important as battle. Without rest your battle capabilities will fall."

"Yes, yes Jennifer how can I forget it when you have been yapping the damn statement repeatedly for the last two weeks."

Jennifer had a wry smile on her face " I am sorry for making you go through all of this hardships."

Jasper expression softens at his sister's sincere apology," There is no need to be sorry and its not your fault I ended up in Arcane World. If anyone is to be blamed then it can only be me. Anyway, what are we going to do about our current situation."

Jasper kept a brave face but he was bone weary and exhausted after the continuous dog-chase. He felt that right now he was no different from a fugitive running from one place to another.

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This mess started after the siblings left Vestalis City. The siblings were travelling in the Parallel Harmony headed for Dragon Rainbow Academy when they were ambushed by three space jets without any warning and the only way out of the desperate situation was to abandon Parallel Harmony.

The siblings left Parallel Harmony using its safety mechanism under the three space jets noses. Jennifer was ruthless in her decision making and exploded Parallel Harmony without a second thought destroying the three space jets and killing their pilots.

After abandoning Parallel Harmony, Jennifer tried searching for clues to get out of the place they had ended up in. Unfortunately, the map containing the information of almost all the places in the Arcane World was left behind in the Parallel Harmony. So, they had to search their own way out of this place.

If Jasper had been lost in a forest alone then it would have been a disaster but he was with Jennifer, a veteran expert who had immense experience in the forest and she took care of all the basic necessity without any problems. He was so impressed by Jennifer's skills that he entertained the idea of settling in the forest forever.

However their rest was short lived as a rather nefarious group known as the Graveyard Troupe started pursuing them. Jennifer would have had no problem dealing with them in her optimal condition but because of their circumstance she never got enough rest and energy to return to her optimal state.

She decided to take the wait and see approach expecting their pursuers to leave after some time. However, contrary to her wishes the pursuers didn't leave making her regret her decision.

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After continuously travelling for another 3 days she was in a condition worse than before. The situation had turned from bad to worse and Jennifer was not sure she could come out out alive after a battle with their pursuers.

"Jasper I am sorry for keeping you in the dark and I will share everything with you the next time we meet. Remember, that you are more precious to me than my own life and it makes me overprotective about you. But you have a fate that is greater than mine and I know for a fact that you will be the greatest person this cosmos has ever seen.

Its important that as your elder sister I should guide and help you on your path of greatness instead of deterring. Everyone has there own paths to pursue and I want to be a part of your life as you achieve this greatness.

I am going now but do not worry for I promise to come back."

Before Jasper could react the weakened Jennifer rushes towards the enemy leaving behind her dumbfounded brother terrified.

Jennifer words felt like her final words to Jasper and this prompted him in rushing towards in Jennifer's direction. However, he was unable to move an inch. He tried rushing forward again and again but failed to accomplish anything.

Jasper realized that Jennifer had cast a barrier around him restricting his movements. He tried breaking it with all the strength he could muster but it didn't have any effect. When all his attempts at breaking the barrier turned out futile, he fell on his knees and went into a daze.

Jennifer reached the location of the team leader in seconds and launched a sneak attack. After observing the enemy team for 3 days she had a rough estimation of the teams strength. The team leader was the strongest his powers rivalling hers.

He was the reason Jennifer had decided to escape. The other member of the team's strength varied from mid to low level ranked warriors and could be dealt easily.

Jennifer had the option of dealing with the team back when she was still in better condition but it was a very risky endeavour with high chances of losing.

Losing the battle meant certain death.

Anyone would not leave its enemy alive unless there was another motive or a major reason in its interest.

If the low-ranked warriors fought alone then they were very weak but if they gave support to their team leader then they would divert some of Jennifer's attention making the battle harder.

After considering many factors and points she decided to wait but it turned out to be a very bad decision. Now, they were in a situation where they could neither retreat nor advance.

The sneak attack attracted the attention of the team leader who realizes just by receiving a single blow from Jennifer that his life was mortal danger. It was an unexpected outcome and he was not prepared for it.

When the Team Leader accepted this mission, he was not informed about his life being in any kind of danger or else he would have never accepted it.

But he knew from experience how unpredictable life and death battle were. They would find you when you least expected it but you have to fight them none the less. If you don't then your death is certain. He took immediate action to counter such a situation.

Jennifer sneak attack contained heavy punches and kicks enough to take down an elephant but surprisingly the team leader was able to counter it without receiving any damage.

"You are strong. I don't want to fight when there is no need for it and I have something important to do right now. If you leave now then I will treat it as we have never met and not trouble in the future. I might even help you. What do you think?"

Unfortunately for the team leaders his appeal for peace was ignored and he enraged Jennifer by indirectly admitting that he was pursing Jasper. She attacked him with a fire spell ' Tier Two, Fire, Burn'.

Burn was an elemental attack which used the fire element. It gave the fire a few additional properties and worked on the principal of concentrating the fire at a single point and increasing the temperature to burn everything. It was the upgraded version of Tier 1 fire spell.

The attack was a 2nd Tier powerful spell and should have dealt some serious damage to the team leader, but the enemy had his own skills and used 'Tier 2, Water, Cold' and managed to completely nullify Jennifer's attack.

Cold was the nemesis of Burn. Working on the principal of concentrating coldness at a single point and cooling everything. Jennifer who used the fire element was at a very big disadvantage from the start as her opponent wielded the opposite element.

Jennifer assessed the situation and turned to using her physical prowess. She attacked in different ways with her staff 'Spirit' while the team leader kept trying to block all of her attacks with his swords. However, Jennifer's skills and techniques were superior to him and she managed to deal 25% of heavy damage.

This bout also gave the team leader a glimpse at Jennifer's strength and he started fighting with more powerful attacks. Since his physical power was completely suppressed he kept using magic spells.

He attacked with ' Tier 2, Water , Burst ' which worked by forming a water balloon and bursting it in front of the enemy. The force behind the burst was enough to deal considerable damage but Jennifer's reaction time was so quick that she used all of her strength to just pop the Water Balloon with her staff and stopped it from bursting.

After this failure, he immediately followed up with sword attacks but Jennifer's terrifying reaction time didn't allow him to capture any advantage. He tried attacking her with a few more attacks and managed to deal some damage but it was not enough to take her down.

While Jennifer physical attacks kept dealing him heavy damage and now he was down to only 50% of his strength. Suddenly, he came to a sudden understanding and his eyes became cold.