Elementalists
Chapter 52 - Cat and Fox
In a place filled with reddish light and hot aura in the air, a silver-haired man was coolly preparing his tent. He casually tied the rope of the tent while humming softly.
As his work was about to finish, he suddenly gasped in shock until he almost made the tent tear into two pieces when he heard the annoyed cries of the person he knew so well.
"Timothy! Keep this shitty hedgehog of yours out of my territory or I'll—"
Without waiting any longer, he immediately got up and shot towards the direction the sound was coming from. Timothy held up the little creature with pointed feathers on its body while hastily moving away, the sharp gaze of a red-eyed girl following his movements.
"Don't I tell you to stay away from there Spike!!!" hiss Timothy was agitated.
The silver thorny hedgehog only looked at his master in confusion as he tilted his head, Timothy could not imagine what would happen if he were to late pick up the creature. His steps immediately stopped when a slow voice sounded.
"Is there anything you want to say?"
Timtohy turned slowly with a pale face "M.ma.ma.sorry me Asuna, she was just curious. You know they just have a physical body so.ya so hahaha"
"Then?" asuna's black hair had already started to lift into the air as if it looked like a blazing fire.
"SORRY! I WON'T LET IT HAPPEN AGAIN MISS!" Timothy said firmly even though sweat had poured all over his body.
"Good, because if it repeats itself. Prepare yourself mentally to eat a roasted porcupine as dinner, even if it is not too charred" whispered Asuna cynically as she gave her eyes.
Timothy gulped as he replied in a choked voice "Ready to do it!" and instantly disappeared from Asuna's sight.
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At dinnertime, Timothy obediently brought food to the place where Asuna was sitting staring at a tall building in the distance. The building stands on a very steep slope with a lava river around it.
"It's dinner for you" Timothy put one of the bowls in his hand close by.
"No need, I've eaten" Asuna replied without looking at it.
Hearing that Timothy just shrugged his shoulders and poured the contents of Asuna's bowl into his bowl. Every time Asuna refused, she could get an extra portion to gain weight.
This was the third day they passed after finding the location of the Fire Temple. The two reached the spot a few days ago after Timothy had made a contract with Spike, then suddenly the teleportation device both activated and brought them to this foreign place.
In just a day, Asuna managed to find the Fire Temple and decided to spend the night around it.
"When?" timothy asked while chewing on his mushroom soup.
"Tomorrow morning, lest I should wake you up" Asuna warned in a cold tone of voice.
"By the way, do you know what your Elemental Beast is? From the Vision Guide you saw"
"Stop that..cat...maybe"
"Pff! ku—meong...."
Timothy then only meowed softly after noticing Asuna's sharp glances at him. He gulped with difficulty then tried to change the subject.
"Egr....Asuna's? Do you really have to limit our camp area like this?"
"Of course, I don't want you wandering around me at rest" Asuna replied while putting on a disgusted face.
"But...to make a line like this? Isn't that a little bit berlebi—"
"Reverse" Asuna ordered with her eyes lit up.
Timothy, who was about to point a line at the ground before him, quickly pulled both of his arms. The fire began to rise from the line.
"Waa..hot hot! Do you always do things like this? Even the Captain?" Timothy moved away while blowing his palm.
"No, this only applies to you" Asuna said briefly.
"Huh?! What kind of injustice is that?!" timothy shouted in disbelief.
Asuna shook her tired head "Arya is different, she almost never sleeps when we go together. Why would I make a barrier for him?"
"Isn't that more dangerous?! You let a man know around you while you're asleep?"
Asuna sighed before replying "Listen Lord Iron Karatan Not Beguna Sok Tau, there are three reasons why I did that"
"You called me ap—"
"First, the distance that separated me from Arya while in the camp was at least 5 meters. Believe it or not, whether he did it intentionally or not. Second, Arya is not a person like you, and lastly. My father believed in L—eh?! Wait up! Forget the third part!" errat Asuna hurry.
"So the point is...I'm an unbelievable person?" ask Timothy hampa.
"Do I have to answer?"
Timothy was like receiving a loud slap on his face, had all these female Elementalists seen him like that? Is it that bad in their eyes? He stood up and walked away lethargic.
"Why do you look so rushed anyway?" chirped Timothy from far away.
"There is no particular reason" Asuna flicked the entrance of her tent.
"Ehm.., if you want to quickly meet the Captain better not be too hasty. We don't know if he's back or not"
"mmm? You have a point ju—wait, I don't want to meet him!" asuna shouted while sticking her head out of the tent.
"Huh? Didn't you just say your father entrusted you to the Captain?"
"Timothy? Have you ever seen the process of melting steel before?" Asuna exited the tent with Amaterasu Range Mode ready for hand.
"Melting steel? Never, for ap—wait a minute. What are you setting up for Ama—OAA....PLEASE....!!!"
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Arya's eyelids moved slowly, her sleep was very good. For a long time he had not felt that wise sleep. He had no intention of opening his eyes and wanted to continue sleeping.
Then involuntarily a memory before he lost consciousness crossed his mind. Arya immediately opened her eyes and got up from a lying position without paying attention around.
JDUKK!
"Aw....?!"
There were two voices overlapping each other, Arya grimaced softly while trying to see what she was doing.
Turns out right next to her, Lexa also with watery eyes stroking her forehead, Arya did not think what the girl was thinking until she put her face in front of the person who was asleep.
"Why did you wake up without such cues anyway?!"
"I should have asked you what you're doing?"
When the condition of his head had improved, Arya realized they were still in the field where she lost consciousness last night. Lexa tells her that she and Rake have been looking for Arya for a few hours, as Arya disappears without leaving any message for them.
"That's the story, so....what are you doing here?" ask Lexa while looking around.
Arya then recounts her meeting with M, Lexa listens carefully but the longer she hears Arya's story her expression changes the worse.
"You... Aren't you sick?" Lexa put her hand on Arya.
"Of course not"
"I suspected! Your body temperature is very low! You must be sa—"
"I am an Ice Elementalist Lexa, my normal body temperature is indeed this way" Arya said tiredly.
"But—"
"No buts, by the way where's Rake?"
Lexa pointed a small bulge at her robe, the bulge trembling slightly like a cold creature.
"I don't know why either, but from the moment he woke up he didn't want to be exposed to cold air anymore. I think he's the flu" explains Lexa.
"Huh? How nice?" reset Lexa.
"Well, you've heard the saying that fools never get the flu?"
"Oh, but....what does this have to do with this?"
"Are you getting the flu now?"
Lexa shook her head with a plain "No" facial expression"
"When was the last time you had the flu?"
"Mmm.I don't remember"
"Pff! So....?"
"Wait a minute! Why am I upset?" timbrung Lexa while frowning.
"Here it is, you better forget it" Arya smiled trying to hold back the laughter that almost made her pee explode.
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They travel through Winter Hollow to find the Ice Temple, but to no avail. Arya also wonders to herself where M is? There's no way that hungry little girl can survive in a place like this, right?.
Arya also still did not understand who and what exactly the girl named Aurantiaco was, what did she mean by the first one? It continued to fill Arya's head until lunch hour had finally arrived.
Lexa who noticed Arya's changed attitude as if she had not been with him since this morning started to try to resuscitate her.
"Hey Arya? Do you know why this place is called Winter Hollow?"
Arya awakens from her daydream and turns to Lexa who looks at her curiously "The word Winter is taken from the season here, and Hollow is taken from the name of the creature that inhabits this place. If I don't remember wrong"
"What is a Hollow?"
"Hollow is a kind of mysterious spirit, no one knows for sure what they really are"
"Huh? It's so weird" Lexa commented as she bribed food into her mouth.
"You know the five types of Witch, right?" Arya asked back.
Lexa swallowed the food in her mouth while nodding slowly "Universal, Exorcist, Warlock, Shaman, and Necromancer right?"
"That's right...."
There are five types of Witch in the world today, all five have different abilities and functions. First Exorcist, this type of magician focused himself in demon exterminator magic. They were the eternal enemies of the Demon race.
His magic when effective to eradicate dark creatures like them, next is the Warlock. This witch had excellent melee fighting abilities, perhaps that sounded ridiculous to some.
What is a witch fighting for? But that was how the Warlocks were, they had physical abilities combined with magic. Usually they fight with other physical supporting magic tools.
They were always in the front row to fortify their friends, the most appropriate opponent for the Werebeasts. Later Shaman, this type is more focused on providing assistance to other types of magicians.
His abilities such as restoring, giving additional strength, casting curses on enemies, and others. Everything is done with certain rituals, the type most targeted by the enemy during the war that they.
Then the fourth is the Necromancer, they are magicians who use spirits and corpses as tools. The ability to make the undead army that is difficult to eradicate is one of its advantages.
It also makes them the target number two after the Shamans during the war. And the last one is Universal, this type has a very high level of scarcity. It is even said that only about 5% of the entire Witch is of the Universal type.
A Universal-type person is said to be able to use all types of magic, and automatically become the top of the food chain among other witches. Until now no one has known the limits of the magic abilities of Universal types.
"The Hollows are said to be one of the creatures to train the Necromancers, that's why Winter Hollow used to be a place for Necromancers to educate their students" Arya told Lexa.
Lexa's gaze was fixed on something behind Arya, her eyes widened and then stammeringly began to ask "A..ap..do you know how they came to be?"
"Mmm I don't know, the book isn't very explained. Perhaps a monstrous black creature with a gaping hole on its body. Why why?" Arya looked at Lexa with raised eyebrows.
Lexa's face grew pale, she pointed her index finger behind Arya's head. Just as he turned his head, his face was already faced with a monstrous black figure. From the creature's eyes came out a dim light that made people hypnotized.
"Lexa!" arya shouted and immediately turned around to run.
The understanding Lexa had already darted before any order from Arya, the black creature let out a deafening roar. Arya and Lexa did not care about it, the most important thing now was that they had to run as far away from the creature as possible.
"Aryans! He chases" Lexa's sweat with a gasping breath.
"I know" cried Arya and then pulled Mandalika from her scabbard.
He slashed down some of the trees they passed through to hinder the creature, but unfortunately it was all for nothing. The fallen tree trunks had nothing to do with the black creature, as if they were passing through shadows.
"Free, they don't have a physical body" Arya muttered annoyedly.
Lexa's breathing grew heavier and made Arya worry, they had to get out of this dire situation immediately. Just as they turned at the end of the road. There was a little girl with an orange umbrella in her hand.
"M?!" arya said gasp.
"Hai kaka—"
Not yet had he replied, Arya had already pulled the girl into his arms. Then swiftly jumped to avoid the lunge of the black creature with Lexa. Not given a pause to breathe, the Hollow headed back towards them.
Arya who was ready to install the body to hold the creature was shocked when the black shadow bounced away when it came into contact with the umbrella belonging to M. M had already opened her umbrella to protect them all.
"Hollow level 5?" m said with a frightened face.
Arya did not understand what the girl was saying, but she seemed to know about the Hollow. So Arya immediately got up to prepare for the next onslaught.
"M'S? Can you handle it"
M looks doubtful "This is the first time I've met level 5 so...."
"I was expecting it, then Lexa. Get as far away from this place as possible with M"
"What about you?" ask both at the same time.
"It's okay, I'll catch up with you guys soon" Arya replied as she turned towards the two with a calming smile.
The black creature rose and raged towards them. Arya prepares with Mandalika in her hands.
"Go!"
"But—"
Lexa and M are suddenly lifted and dragged by the ice around to get away. The hollow roared loudly while raising a hand filled with sharp claws. Arya had resigned herself and closed her eyes preparing to receive the attack.
But it turned out that the attack never landed, when he opened his eyes it turned the Hollow turned towards the shady trees that grew there. There was a faint sound from around there.
A white Fox stared at the Hollow furiously, Arya immediately recognized the beast.
"You....The fox at that time....?"
AUU....!!!
The sound of howling echoed all over and made the feathers of Rome whoever stood up to him. That's when Arya started to wake up.
"It turns out you...You're not a fox!? You're a Wolf!"