228 Barrier Against The Proud (1/2)
One day before the day full lunar eclipse and the opening of the realm gates to the Dark Elemental Realm, the team led by Arkhoz has finally reached the border of the mysterious world of Tunga.
This is after barely escaping countless difficult challenges along the way.
THUD!~
Along with Danna, Katri, and Unos, the once shimmering mech that Arkhoz was piloting is now looking like a pile of a mutilated robot. The joints are barely connected, the shining light from the robotic face is long gone - no, in fact, the whole face is gone! The six booster thrusters hanging at the back is now down to one, while the left arm is missing.
The only things that remained in the whole piece are the bluish crystal found at the center of the mech though it is currently filled with countless cracks and the four passengers inside. Their faces are unkempt while dark eyelids surrounded their dead-tired eyes.
Before them is the wide expanse of land filled with nothing but golden grass. And yes, it was a real grass made with gold despite its unusual flexibility. grass leaf stood as long as 12 inches and swayed gracefully to the calm wind.
The land they are currently standing is called the Golden Border of Tunga.
According to the explanation in Kaora's memory, it was a safe land filled with golden grass.
After witnessing the view before them, everyone's' eyes finally gleamed with awe despite their current pathetic looks.
Their haggard images were caused by the unbelievable journey they went through the long dark abyss to the land of the Tunga.
”Are...we finally here?” asked the tired Danna whos complexion has become pale after exhausting herself.
”Judging from those bright buildings from afar and the golden grassess, I think we have reached the border of Tunga.” the little fairy replied. Her usual pink glow has faded a little due to her drained energy.
”Piok~ughu! I want to die.” the previous beautiful golden brown feather of Unos are mostly gone after being stressed beyond his expectation. Not to mention, his voice has gone husky after shouting almost all the time.
”If you really want to die, I can go back yourself. I am tired of your endless yapping.” Arkhoz coldly replied. His eyes had gone bloodshot after overexerting his focus throughout the journey. His eyes checked the overall condition of the mech and sighed.
After being spotted by the mother worm, they were forced to move faster down to the bottom trying to escape the ruthless grinding mouth of the mother worm. Thanks to Arkhoz's skillful control and smart judgment, they were able to avoid getting caught by the mother worm by forcefully creating their own hole and hide.
With the help of the mother worm, their next journey downward was much safer and quite because the lurking white worms were attracted to the mech's booster sound only to be sucked by the chasing mother worm.
As a result, the mother worm never came back, probably due to its full belly.
An hour after that, they have to cross a cave of glowing hot lava. Fortunately, the mech was equipped with extreme heat resistance and was able to pass through the hot magma unscathed. It was then followed by more lava caves and underground waters.
However, their peaceful journey was only shortlived after they crossed paths with a rainbow-colored giant crab that can shoot a homing claw that was harder than steel.
After being cornered, Arkhoz decided to engage the rainbow-colored giant crab in a close combat fight. It was a thrilling battle that made Danna, Katri, and the golden beaked eagle dizzy to the extent of falling unconscious.
Thirty minutes later, Arkhoz managed to win against the massive creature after a close battle. This is in exchange for expending about thirty percent of their total allotted energy for the whole travel. Unfortunately, Kaora was lucky enough not to meet this creature, else they could have prepared a lot better.
To make matters worst, their supposed to be path has been blocked by the falling rocks and they were forced to take more detours which means, more giant and weird creatures to face.
Thus, the current state of the mech is the result of those battles. Fortunately, they were able to make it alive, although they are not sure if they will be able to make it out back to the surface.
”I guess this is where we have to start walking.” Arkhoz pressed the open button and the crystal sphere that was covering them finally open up.
”Can't the giant robot take us any further? To be honest, I am too afraid to go out right now. Not after what we have just gone through.” Katri said with pleading eyes.
”I am afraid that was the last of the fuel we got. We wasted too much of our energy thanks to the multiple detours we have to do after going through the worm land's labyrinth. At the moment, it would take another forty-eight-hour before the mech can fully recharge.”
Arkhoz explained while gearing up. He put on his gloves, weapons, and the cool-looking Arkhan armor. His eyes gazed at the remaining hours for their target day and heigved a deep breath before continuing.