Chapter 313 (1/2)
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[The curse land]
[Kana point of view]
The curse land, a land brim with Mirage, Light and Dark mana everywhere. On soil, on air, on the river, even on their inhabitants, as they especially have one of the three elements of magic just to survive. Countless rumour about this place, and yet so little is known or confirm, but for all the rumour, there are few interesting facts regarding this land
It shares few striking similarities with the ”exchange land”, as in
1) Both locations have rich content of mana of the three elements
2) Both, whether coincidence or by the goddess will, is a land neighbouring two super religious countries, with the exchange land neighbouring the Holy Palace of the old follower and the curse land neighbouring the new headquarters
3) Both aren't govern by anyone at all, although the exchange land is brim with transaction after transaction, both legal and illegal. What sort of transaction? Plenty, from information broker to slave trading
4) Both locations are said to play an important role in the creation of Achalasia, or at least something similar to it
”We are supposed to meet Saint Louis and Seraph somewhere around here right?” [Kanji]
”That's the case, so we should start searching, but do exercise caution” [Jacks]
”Understood!” [All]
”Birdie, can you scout the sky for us” [Kana]
~Soft screech~
Just like that, Birdie is off, flying gracefully in the sky. We theorized that the Holy Beast of Wind, The Rampaging Garuda live somewhere here, or at least near the curse land, so if Birdie can actually find the holy beast quickly, that will be great. As for us, we focus mainly on covering the ground. Going from one ancient ruin to the other.
”Just how old is this ruin?” [Kanji]
”From Saintess Rumia teaching, it's said that the civilization here date back to the original ten heroes” [Seo Ah]
”That old. Gosh, stuff here must be super valuable” [Kana]
”That, if you can find something. Most are already excavated by the former noble of the new headquarters country” [Kana]
”That's right, the noble who shamelessly run away and come back once the country get back on their footing through the effort of Saint Louis himself” [Jacks]
It's a fascinating story, one of which also involved the Rampaging Garuda. As we scour through the endless ruin, Birdie land in a hurried manner, and keep screeching at us. This could only mean
”Take us there now!” [Kana]
~Screech~
Something happen, and a bad one. I wonder what. As Birdie take Seo Ah into her back and make Kanji, Jacks and I float in the air using it wind magic, it begins to fly at such frightening speed, to somewhere far from our starting point, and from a far
”Giants?” [Kana]
”Looks like there is a fight there. One involving a devil... A high ranking devil in fact” [Jacks]
”Could it be the ten commanders of the fallen god!?” [Kana]
”Most likely! Prepare for battle!” [Jacks]
As Jacks said that, he gather around a compress air onto his feet, before launching off by himself into the devils. It's a surprise attack, one he successfully landed. We are still far, but I can tell that the devil commander actually take a heavy and life threatening injury from his surprise attack, as it retreat back with it army of canine. There's Cerberus, hell hound, poison dog and more, but all retreat back to safety of their goddess embrace
Once we get closer. We can see not only giants, but also vampires and...
”That is!” [Kana]
”No way!” [Kanji]
A pair of twin using scythe as their main weapon. A girl with a black hair, with clothing similar to Ash, but instead opt for white colour, and her white hair twin brother with the exact same clothing as Ash
”LARA! NARA! What are you doing here!?” [Seo Ah]
””Seo Ah!!”” [Lara, Nara]
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