232 The Faint Voice Of Kaora (1/2)

Arkhoz concentrated his gaze at the direction of the door and true enough, it is there. There is a wooden door below the island.

However, one thing that made Arkhoz confused was that the door did not look exactly the same door as what Kaora showed to them on the vision. On one of the memories, the door was made of black shining materials.

Also, the one showed to them was not found in the middle of a tree nor an island. The Kaora's door they saw in the vision was standing alone in a wide white stone pedestal while beings of light surrounded it not far away.

”Perhaps an exit door out of this place?” It was Arkhoz's guess.

In order to find out, he must go and open the door himself. However, right now is not the right time. The rest of his crew is currently battling the two white serpents just to shake him off from the power of the divine fruit's temptation. If anything happens to them, it will be his responsibility!

Thus, Arkhoz hurriedly swam back up and resurfaced.

Flash!

Arkhoz came out at one of the further edges of the island. That water current Danna used to push him contained a force not to joke with. Luckily she was his company, or else he would have lost his head from that attack alone if the mermaid changed the shape of the current to a smaller compressed version.

Swooooogh~

QUIAAAAAH!~

A powerful wind came over and made Akhoz kneel in guard. It was an unintended wind shot by Unos who is currently battling against one of the serpents.

”We thought you were dead. What took you so long to come out of the water?” beckoned the heavily injured golden eagle who is now almost thrice his normal size.

”What do you mean for a long time? I came out as fast as I regained my consciousness!”

”Heok~ seriously though, we were about to -hueok!~ give up, you know!~heok!” Unos added while dodging the tail swipes of the white serpent.

Arkhoz did not understand what the bird meant. When he was thrown to the water, he was pretty sure he did not stay there for more than twenty seconds.

”Hah! You are alive?! I am happy. haa.haa.” the tired little fairy Katri heigved a deep sigh. She looked as if she was looking at a dead person.

Katri used her golden golem to drag one of the white serpents out of the water and engaged it in a herculean style. In the process, she has to spend a great deal of earth elemental essence just to keep the golden golem in a single piece against the white serpent.

Danna, on the other hand, was supporting them by using her healing abilities and shouted at Arkhoz,

”We really thought you have died and felt really guilty because I might have killed you accidentally. But seeing you know, I am really glad that you are alive.” A beautiful smile appeared on her face.

”Do I look like I am that easy to die? I hunted thousands of Dragons in my whole life, I won't die because of a measly water splash.” Arkhoz proudly replied. But deep inside, he knew how terrifying that water current was.

While talking, Arkhoz analyzed the situation and decided what he was about to do to ease their burden. However, his eyes caught on to the remaining time before the full lunar eclipse.

”five minutes?! I thought we still have more?” Arkhoz finally realized why they thought he was dead. He himself pretty much knew that they still have about thirty minutes before the lunar eclipse.

”Could it be staying in the white river accelerates time?” Akhoz concluded. He estimated his stay back at the water was roughly twenty seconds after trying to confirm the presence of the wooden door hidden under the island.

”Could it be..the ratio of time difference while in the white river is 1 minute of actual time every 1 second of stay underwater?” Arkhoz mumbled. He was never knocked out in the first place, he was just delayed but during all those times he spent underwater, he was fully conscious!

”We need to hurry.” Arkhoz swiftly recomposed himself. Recalling their objective, he prepared this time. He did not remove the possibility the Kaora's door might just be really hidden in one of those fruits.

After all, the Elder Guardian told them before departing to trust the beings of light due to the fact that they are a special race that never lies just like the Guardians.

”Kaora's door should be somewhere among one of those fruits.” He mumbled to himself. He remembered the first two fruits that were picked up by Unos while under the temptation of the fruits.

Arkhoz scanned the surroundings and immediately found the scattered pieces of those fruits... they were completely damaged by the water torrent Danna sent.

He raised his head to look at the tree, this time he is much closer so he can see a better view of the fruits. True enough, not one of the colorful fruits looks and smells the same.

However, the more that Arkhoz focused his gaze, the weaker his mind becomes. Each of those fruits has their own voices promising him different powers and abilities. They were like beautiful women calling his name and promising him an exciting and promising future.

And true enough, they were very tempting to a struggling warrior just like him.

SPLAASH!~