Chapter 10
Followers of Vioarr
~ EVIL EYES ~
Ken waves at the girl and smiles
~ HEY EVIL EYES WHAT TOOK YOU SO LONG?~
a vein almost bursts on the bounty hunter girl's forehead as her expression quickly changes from calm to furious
'Don't let him get in your head '
she takes a deep breath to calm herself down
~ HEY EVIL EYES EVIL EYES EVIIIIIIIIIIIIIIL EYEEEEEEEEEES ~
- DON'T CALL ME THAT YOU BASTARD -
the girl shouts angrily her attempt to calm herself completely failing
Saiko looks at Ken confused
_Do you know each other?_
Ken's lips curl into a smile
~ oh yeah, that's evil eyes she is a bounty hunter, I guess you can say we are colleagues ~
he waves at the girl
~HEY EVIL EYES YOU ARE GETTING RUSTY WHY DID IT TAKE YOU SO LONG ?~
Ken waves more at the girl who is no longer able to contain her anger
- IT'S DAXIA, DAXIA, HOW MANY TIMES DO I HAVE TO TELL YOU NOT TO CALL ME EVIL EYES-
Ken shrugs his shoulders
~ why it's a cool code name it's better than most of the names of the other bounty hunters, you know~
- YOU PICKED THAT NAME YOU JERK NOT ME YOU KNOW I DON'T LIKE IT -
~ ain't I amazing? you should thank me for coming up with such a cool nickname for you ~
Ken looks at the female hunter smugly
- I AM SO GOING TO KILL YOU -
Daxia lifts her two hands up and a ball of lightning manifests above each of them
Ken shrugs while walking up ahead of Saiko
~meh you were going to do that anyway, isn't that why you are here? ~
Daxia launches the two balls of lightning at Ken.
Ken smirks pulling out the book of knowledge and using it to block the ball lightning in an attempt to drag Naoi into the fight.
he then hears a calm ethereal voice from behind him
- I told you before my only concern is the book and nothing else -
the book disappears from Ken's hand and appears in front of Saiko floating in the air
Saiko looks at the book startled by its sudden appearance
Ken shrugs then smiles
~oh well, it was worth a shot ~
he pulls out the demon sword and activates the horns of the skull while holding the sword in front of him.
the horns of the demon skull emit a faint glow as they produce a magnetic field that catches and then deflects the balls of lightning.
'What did I just see?'
Daxia looks in disbelief at what her eyes just saw.
her eyes could see what Ken and Saiko couldn't see, but just because she could see it, doesn't mean she understood what she saw.
to a normal person's eyes, it would appear as though the book just disappeared and reappeared somewhere else but to her eyes rather than teleport, it seemed the book exited space and reentered space in a different location.
The narrative has been illicitly obtained; should you discover it on Amazon, report the violation.
not only that but Daxia with her eyes, is able to see how the book is floating in the air.
Gravity.
Gravity which no magic known to sapiens could affect, gravity which continues to be a mystery to science despite science’s many advancements, that same gravity that seemed to be an absolute unchanging law is now bending around that book.
Daxia watches what only she can see, she watches gravity waves bend around the book, as though gravity decided not to attract the book.
' I have to be careful, I should keep my distance '
Daxia decides to use long range attacks to keep a safe distance from whatever is happening to space and gravity with that book.
'If lightning doesn't work then'
she raises her hands again and small rocks rise up from the ground and compress to form arrow-head-like shapes, then in front of and behind each rock a wind vortex appears.
the ones in the front are to remove air resistance, while the ones in the back are to propel the rocks further.
_ this doesn't look good _
Saiko moves to block the attack with another ice wall but is stopped by Naoi
- that won't be necessary -
_huh? what do you mea-
BOOOOOOOOM
before Saiko can question Naoi a loud explosion erupts.
in an instant, the rocks powered by earth and wind magic seemingly vanish with a speed even Saiko with her enhanced sense couldn't see.
the sound of explosions and impact craters left behind from the collision are the only evidence of them ever existing, and yet when the dust settles Ken is standing still unharmed having not even moved a single step.
Saiko looks on confused
_ did she miss?_
Naoi's lips curl up slightly finding himself feeling oddly proud of the insolent child
-no, she did not miss -
Daxia looks at Ken in shock.
even though she expected it, she can't help but be shocked.
once again gravity changed, it was nowhere near a big change as the one with the book, but a change nonetheless.
the direction of gravity changed for the arrow-shaped rocks, rather than falling downwards toward the ground they fell to the left and right of Ken.
it was only a weak change but it was enough to make them miss him completely.
Daxia squints her eyes at Ken trying to think how she could overcome the gravity manipulation.
'perhaps ligh-
~ as if I would give you time ~
Daxia's thoughts are interrupted by Ken who points the demon sword at her as its blade begins to split open.
_NO _
Saiko recalls the destruction that the sword caused in the forest earlier.
How it scorched the ground and vaporized everything in its path leaving only ash and destruction behind.
She immediately jumps into action not wanting to let Ken kill the bounty hunter nor destroy the beautiful forest full of life.
millions of water tentacles spring forth from the river, as though the river itself came to life and decided to swarm Daxia.
Daxia immediately begins to dodge the swarm of tentacles but the tentacles change their direction and continue to chase her.
' what is this? '
Daxia’s eyes allow her to keep track of the numerous tentacles and react to them despite their high speed. However, something else piques her interest every time she dodges, she sees an odd light in the water, a familiar light, she saw it many times before.
'Where did I see this '
as she continues to dodge, the water picks up speed and the light becomes more frantic and chaotic, and then she realizes where she saw it before, she saw it all the time around sapiens.
- ARE THESE THOUGHTS -
that single moment of shock was enough for the water of the river to finally catch her, but rather than kill her or crush her, the water of the river forms a massive hand around the bounty hunter and throws her away toward the forest.
Ken looks at Saiko with a slightly annoyed look.
~ you know she will be back, right? She is the best bounty hunter out there, well behind me that is ~
his lips curl up into a smug smile
Saiko raises an eyebrow at him.
_ do you always have to brag? and it doesn't matter, that's a problem for the future _
Ken shrugs his shoulders.
~ suit yourself ~
_ why was she able to use so many types of magic by the way? she looked human I thought only elves could use multiple types of magic _
Ken starts walking and responds
~ she is a member of the Xia family; she possesses evil eyes, among many other things they allow her to copy any magic that she sees performed in front of her~
_ well, I guess that explains the nickname _
Saiko picks up the book of knowledge and follows behind Ken
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elsewhere in the forest.
Daxia watches the duo leave.
despite having miles of woods between them she is able to see them clearly as though they are right in front of her.
she recalls the last thing she saw.
she recalls the river water that seemed to come to life and think and how it even seemed to get agitated by her dodging.
whenever a sapien thinks, that thought is projected out of the brain in the form of electromagnetic waves and the eyes of the Xia family are able to see these waves as light.
Although Daxia is not yet skilled enough to read someone's thoughts, she is certain that the lights she saw from the river water were the same lights that represent people's thoughts.
- water that thinks and magic that controls gravity, this is going to be a tough mission -
Daxia begins to formulate a plan on how to deal with the duo of thieves.
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Location: followers of Nature hideout, Iland
Date: 22nd of Jan 5027
a hooded figure with a green scarf wrapped around his neck sits in meditation in the middle of a large circular room.
Root like extensions come out of his body connecting him to the ground and to the world as a whole.
Through the eyes of a bird, he watches Saiko and Ken come out of the labyrinth and watches their fight with evil eyes.
- the first missing living weapon inherited the Book of Knowledge –
His lips curl into a smile
- fate is such a curious thing -
A member of the followers of nature kneels behind him
- master should we send someone to capture them-
- no, there is no need to rush, let’s wait and see how the government is going to react to this news first –
-as you command master –
The member gets up and leaves.
The hooded figure looks up his vision shifts from the perspective of the bird to the perspective of a Squirrel sitting on a tree branch in the garden of the presidential palace.
- now what are you going to do my old friend –
The hooded figure smiles as he watches his childhood friend through the eyes of the squirrel.