The Borders
Section 64 – Attacks in Oasis
Kashel began cooking the raw provisions he had brought from the previous city. Rainer only paid attention to what Kashel made because before if he had done almost the same mission as this, he had only cooked instant food that he brought or hunted and cooked it in a perfunctory manner.
Since Kashel was with him, Rainer felt that he always had a decent meal, he really considered the boy like his own family not just words in his mouth.
That night the sky looked bright, the stars scattered in the night sky with enough moonlight to give its light to the forest that night. The light reflects off a water source in the middle of the desert. So that green plants appear shiny because of the reflection of light from the water source.
Suddenly silence came to them. Indeed the atmosphere was silent at the time, but for Rainer it was an unusual silence.
"What's up, Uncle?" kashel asked Rainer, who stopped his dinner, felt an unusually quiet night, unaware of nothing and continued to eat after. He thought it was just his feelings.
GAP!
BYUUR!
"Uncle Rainer!" Kashel shouts in surprise because suddenly something pulls Rainer into the water causing Kashel to panic, he pulls out his little sword and puts on his spirit glasses intending to help Rainer sink into the water, but don't know what to do. Kashel doesn't know how to swim, to help Rainer.
"Uncle, don't die." Kashel muttered down looking at the water source that pulled Rainer to the bottom, there he only saw the reflection of his shadow.
"I won't die that easily Kashel." Rainer said jumping out of the water, apparently he can free himself from the entanglement of the Spirit of Darkness the inhabitants of the water source.
"Thank God." Kashel looked happy, he was very worried that if anything happened to Rainer.
It turned out that the Dark Spirit was in the form of a tendril whose core was at the base of the water source and was quite difficult to defeat it because cutting the tendril it would grow back.
However, attacking him bit by bit could reduce his attack power, as it depleted the Dark Spirit's magic energy.
"Although it was exhausting for Kashel, we simply cut the tendril continuously." Obviously Rainer.
"No, Uncle." Kashel excitedly continued to slash the tendrils that were originally fast coming at him slowly his attack slowed down.
"Fortunately the Spirit of Darkness that dwells within this water source is not so strong." Said Rainer, not long after the tendrils began to stop attacking.
"We made it, Uncle." Kashel was happy he could finally sit back. His strength has not fully recovered, Kashel still needs a rest.
"Stay Kashel, I cannot relax and remain vigilant." Rainer sat in front of the bonfire, then by his magic he dried his wet clothes.
"Well, it turns out magic can be useful like that too Uncle. It is suitable for use during the rainy season to save electricity costs." Kashel instead envisions how fortunate it would be if he did not have to wash his clothes in the wash or use the washing machine, it would save him a lot of money.
"What are you talking about, use your magic for important things only. Don't be selfish if you have a different power than everyone else." Rainer knocks Kashel on the head, thinking about the advantages of using magic for himself.
"By! I wouldn't do that Uncle, anyway I'm not a magic user." Kashel stroked his pulsating head.
"If you can magic in the future, use your abilities to protect others Kashel." Rainer spoke to Kashel looking at him seriously.
"I can protect others, even myself my Uncle is protecting them." Kashel said then put his hand in front of the bonfire to warm it up. Kashel also did not want to think he would be able to magic.
While Rainer he burned his cigarette and sucked it with pleasure. Enjoying the smoke coming in through his lungs while staring at the starry night sky.
"You'd better get some sleep, Kashel." Tell Rainer who can't bear to see Kashel like that. Kashel who was very sleepy then immediately laid himself to fall asleep soundly.
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In his sleep Kashel dreamed of seeing someone with complete armor, shiny silver, his whole body covered with iron very tightly. Even his face was not visible at all only visible white dots between the lines of the mask where the eyes see which is at once the protector of his head. Kashel did not know what kind of creature inhabited the armor, from his bright white eyes he did not seem to be human.
However, what Kashel was concerned about at that place was. He lived in a pitch-black cave, around which a lot of black energy tried to get closer but could not get close. Because of the light that is on his body and the objects behind him, although the light is not so bright but can reflect the approaching darkness. The light that stuck on the stone mound was shaped like a sword algae.
"Kashel, hey wake up." Rainer woke Kashel up so that the young man woke up quite surprised.
"We must continue the journey of Kashel," Rainer said tidying up his belongings.
"Why are you looking at me like that, did you have a weird dream?" tanya Rainer looked at Kashel as usual after waking up.
"Ah I can't seem to distinguish the real world and dreams, Uncle. Fear even happened like in the cave at that time. I'm exposed to illusions." Kashel said he was still wary of what happened.
"Do you dream of something that makes you unable to distinguish reality and dreams?" Rainer asked Kashel.
"Umm, I had a dream to see someone I had never seen before, Uncle. Then, behind him I saw an object that glowed like a sword." Kashel remembered his dream.
"It looks like you have a vision of the sword Kashel. Because we've been in the territory of the sword we've been looking for." Obviously Rainer.
"Why did I get chosen to see it, Uncle. Shouldn't Uncle be able to have that dream too?" Kashel asked curiously, because Kashel felt he was not that good until he was given the clue to see the sword they were looking for.
"Maybe you were chosen Kashel. Because to the owner of the sword you are a good-hearted child." Rainer said looking at Kashel.
"But I'm not that kind of person Uncle, Uncle might be even better than me because Uncle's job is to protect everyone." Kashel explained while looking at Rainer's face, but Rainer did not respond.
"So how does it seem that the sword is stored?" Rainer turns his talk on, Rainer knows he is not entirely pure human. He did not deserve that hint as a representative of the Light World.
"The place was dark, and only the man and the thing were glowing, the place felt damp and stuffy. However, the pitch black that was around him was the Dark Spirit trying to get close." Kashel explains how the place is.
At least Rainer got some certainty about how the place was, which Rainer knew must have been inside a cave because only such a place was so dark. At least he was not just told to walk west with an unclear purpose.
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