The Story of the Wind Wanderer
Zephyra #1

The world is so beautiful, with a vast expanse of greenery, lush forests, and rivers flowing underneath with clear and refreshing water. Mountains are everywhere, and lakes and biomes vary. The world is vast, not all places and regions are touched by humans. Still sustainable with nature that is so beautiful and various kinds of animals that live in it.

Behind the vastness of the world, there are so many wonders and secrets that not many humans know. Humans are one of the living things that have approximately twenty-one properties, one of which is the greedy nature that becomes the source of destruction of everything. But in a world full of wonders and secrecy, apparently not only humans who live on the face of this earth.

This world is a very large place, even divided into various nations and continents. Not only the human race, in this world full of life also lives other nations besides humans, of course with the characteristics that are characteristic of them and the various wonders that are behind it.

In the middle of the vast expanse of sand, there was no water, and no source of life. Seen a group of people were traveling from one country to another country by riding the camels they brought. Hunger is not too pronounced, but dry throat and thirst seem to kill them.

Some of them almost fell in the middle of the journey, coupled with dwindling water supplies. But they continued to travel, because there was no other choice and were already in the middle of a vast expanse of sand as if to rival the vastness of the ocean. Step by step they climbed one of the dunes, and continued to travel eastward.

As they were climbing the dunes, one of the young men on the top of the hill suddenly shouted, "water! I saw the lake there!"

A grown man stepped up to her, and looked in the same direction. His two eyes also saw what the young man saw. From a distance it looks like an oasis that is very refreshing and soothing. There is a lake with clean and clear water, around the lake is surrounded by grass and shady trees that look very refreshing and suitable for use as a resting place.

But the adult man did not believe much in what he saw, "is it possible that what we see is a mirage?" he said he wondered to himself.

"We'd better get close and check it out in person!" exclaimed the young man, then ran down the hill towards the oasis that looked amazing and tempting to approach.

"Tu-wait! It can be dangerous to recklessly approach something we don't know!" shouted the adult man, but his words were not ignored by the young man.

Feeling no other choice, the man led his group of three adult men and two young men to walk towards a visible oasis. Not only did he see the oasis, his teammates also saw the same thing. It certainly further undermines his suspicions that the oasis he saw was only an illusion or mirage.

The group of wanderers continued on their way to the oasis they had seen. The closer, the oasis was the more clearly visible, even enlarged. This convinced them that the oasis was genuine. The young man who at the beginning saw him felt very happy, even he stayed a few steps away to be able to step on the oasis grass that looked refreshing with its green color.

"This is an oasis!! This is not an illusion!" the young man cried out in excitement, and immediately ran towards the refreshing water source with the intention of wanting to drink it.

Not only the young man, but the group of wanderers who followed behind him also looked very happy and grateful to find a source of water. They got down from the camels they rode, and then ran towards the lake with calm and very clear water. Some of them also do not forget to bring their drinking place to be replenished by water as supplies.

When some of them have been drinking and refilling their drinking water supplies. Something strange happened to the lake. The lake water that was previously calm, suddenly rippled and caused waves like something was moving in it. Seeing the strange that happened, it certainly made a group of wanderers frightened and immediately moved away from the lake.

The lake water is increasingly unable to calm down, even to the extent that it soaks into the surrounding grass, and the color of the water slowly turns black. Rumbling sounds also rang out and came from within the lake. In a very short time, it was suddenly that a huge creature that looked very much like a dragon snake with dark purple scales appeared from within the lake. The creature gazed at a group of wanderers who took and drank the lake water, and the next strangeness occurred.

"ARGHH ...!!!!"

A group of wanderers who drank the lake water suddenly collapsed and nausea released a blood red liquid. Their skin slowly turned into dark and dark colored scales, and each of their eyes instantly turned red with irises like snake eyes.

Pain, pain, maybe that's how they feel. They were constantly screaming, whimpering in pain, and asking for help. But no one could hear their cries, screams, or requests for help.

The large creature that looked like a dragon but was snake-shaped just silently stared at the group of humans who were in pain. The gaze of the light blue colored eyes continued to emit light. The more the light shone, the more pain the people suffered, until their moans and voices could no longer be heard. Their bodies looked limp, slumped, and lying motionless at all. A lot of blood flowed out of every hole in the human body.

After the men lay down and fell lifeless. The large creature slowly came out of the middle of the lake, approached and circled the bodies of the people, and then slowly carried them and dragged them into the lake.

The previous oasis situation was extremely chaotic, slowly regaining calm. The blood that had splattered in the grass, slowly faded and disappeared due to the splash of water created by the creature swimming and returned into the lake. When everything calmed down again, the lake also returned with its tranquility and charm that was very tempting anyone who passed by. The water that was previously black, now quickly turned clear and refreshing.

In a country that is so beautiful and fertile and very broad, has a vast expanse of green, forests, mountains, and coastal areas. The land is called the Land of Zephyra, is under the rule of the Kingdom of Zephyra led by a King named Aiden Zuhair Zufar, a handsome man with a pitch black hair, and the Queen named Caitlyn Zemira Zanitha, who has a beautiful black hair, beautiful woman with light brown hair.

The kingdom is so prosperous and peaceful, with people who look very happy every day. Very rarely seen the existence of homeless people or poor people, almost all who live in this country are prosperous, especially in the period King Aiden led the kingdom. Everything is very well managed.

A young man was seen spending his time as usual, to take a walk to enjoy the atmosphere of the city. With simple and casual clothes, a cream-colored shirt and a brown robe, dark brown trousers and a belt and a sword sheath hanging around his waist. Yeah, just the scabbard of his sword, there's no sword aka he didn't bring it.

The man is seen walking and begins to enter the market area, an area that became the center of trade in this kingdom. While walking around the area, the young man is seen covering his head with a hood attached to one with the robe he wears, covering his pitch-black short hair.

The atmosphere of the market is very crowded, there are various transactions in the region. The voices of the merchants offering their merchandise, and the buyers negotiating prices with the merchants. It is also seen that not only traders in the country are seen offering their merchandise, but also monitored by many traders who come from abroad, of course after passing various provisions for them to be able to trade within the royal area.

A few steps led him to a merchant who was seen selling fruits. The fruits look very fresh, there are apples, oranges, pears, and much more.

"Welcome, please!" said the man who sold the fruits very kindly welcomed his prospective buyers.

"How much does this apple cost?" asked the young man with eyes that were not too visible because they were covered in the hood of the robe he was wearing. The man pointed to a basket containing lots of fresh red apples, next to which was also an apple basket but with a fresh green color.

"One piece is enough two bronze coins," the merchant replied.

"Well, I bought one ...!" said the young man, then the transaction he did, paying the price for one red apple he chose.

After the transaction, and an apple is now in his hands. The young man continued walking. Several times he saw many royal guards who were on patrol, several times he was also seen forced to cross paths with them. But he felt lucky that the guards did not pay much attention to him, and his face was not too visible either.

"Totally," the young man murmured, walked towards one part of the royal wall, and then climbed onto a tower that was on that high wall.

On top of the tower, the young man stood and leaned against one of the pillars while looking out at the outside view of the wall by enjoying the sweetness of the apple he had bought from the merchant.

The wind during the day suddenly blew softly, hitting the hood worn by the young man, making his black hair dance in the wind.

Both eyes are deep black irises like the color of his hair continues to look at every stretch of green and forests that look vast and far away. Several times he sighed, several times also the wind hit him, only himself and around him. The wind that was blowing softly was as if it did not want to go all the way from where the young man was.

The young man suddenly let out a small laugh and said, "about anything out there, huh? Did you figure it out? I'm sure you've been exploring places out there, haven't you!" he said speaking by himself.

A moment after speaking, the wind again blew gently around his body, as if giving a response and an answer to the young man's questions.

The young man smiled and said, "sometimes .. I feel like you, being able to blow and fly with the freedom to explore various places out there."

The wind again blew gently to make one of his hands slightly interested and raised. Again it was as if the wind around him could know as well as talk to the young man.

The young man laughed again and then said, "not literally flying, if I literally knew you could take me flying with ease. But what I mean is that freedom."

"Not always having privileges is fun" he continued with a tone that sounded low and slow.