Chapter 57
All for the sake of harmony (2)
Location: frozen remains of what was once the Bulgasari mountain.
A peaceful and serene blanket of ice sparkles under the gaze of the full moon. glittering particles of frozen dust dance in the air like stars in the night sky as though the Heavens extended its arm to comfort and soothe the Earth after its injury.
Above this blanket of ice, The rain which continues to fall endlessly all over Kim Sungta is replaced by gently falling crystals of snow that are carried on silent and chillingly cold gusts of wind.
Four hooded figures emerge from the dark forest surrounding the blanket of ice, their camouflaged suits which had previously blended seamlessly with the forest behind them, are now in stark contrast with the blanket of ice, thus revealing the position of the hooded figures.
But that contrast only lasted a moment, as the camouflaged suits soon transformed to match its new environment.
But a moment was more than enough.
ROOOAAAR
ROOOAAAR
ROOOAAAR
Multiple powerful and distant roars echo in the heavens as though calling to one another, and then the vision of the hooded figures goes dark.
before the hooded figures can react or comprehend what is happening, they hear a massive explosion and the sound of the ice shattering into pieces as something massive lands on the ground.
A massive green tail covered in scales gently unwraps from around the hooded figures returning their vision and revealing nine enormous creatures standing in small craters.
Noticing the destruction around them, the hooded figures tremble as they realize that if one of the creatures hadn’t protected them with its tail, they would have been vaporized by the shockwave created by the creatures when they landed.
the leader of the hooded figures gulps then with trembling hands, he takes off his spell rifle and throws it on the ground.
-throw your weapons-
The leader of the hooded figures commands.
-but sir-
-throw them now-
He shouts at his subordinates and they throw down their rifles as well.
The leader of the hooded figures looks up and gulps again then bows respectfully.
- M,Mighty guardians of the world, esteemed dragons, how could we help you?-
The oldest of the dragons, a white yong with a long flowing white beard and hair and massive deer like antlers that emit a serene blue glow, opens his mouth.
-you are the seers unit, correct? You came to know what happened here, we also want to know what happened here-
A green yong with emerald green scales that sparkle as gemstones adds.
-normally, we would not concern ourselves with the fights between sapiens but what happened here is a clear threat to harmony –
-of course, esteemed dragons, we will start the spell right away –
The leader of the seers unit responds and then begins to activate his spell with his subordinates.
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The seers unit are all light mages and they use their magic to trace the path of the light in the area to see what happened.
A small sphere appears displaying the Royal Guards entering the cave of the Bulgasari but the upper portion of the sphere is blacked out.
-why is the upper portion blacked out?-
-we are not sure sir, it seems something erased the traces of the path of the light in that area-
The silver yong asks and the leader of the seers unit responds.
The sphere shows the Royal Guards meeting a girl with glowing red eyes and silver hair and then they begin to fight her.
As the fight progresses more of the blacked out area appears and it seems the blacked out area takes the shape of a cone.
At some point, the battle between the girl and the Royal Guard is taken to the air and they enter the blacked out area, then the girl can be seen falling from the tip of the cone and extending her hand upward and it becomes obvious that whatever caused the blacked out cone came out from her hand.
-Hotu?!-
-she finally revealed herself-
-is that why the strike team escaped?-
-no, they shouldn’t have known about her identity-
-it doesn’t matter we must recapture her-
-she is the biggest threat to harmony, she can’t be left free-
The dragons argue among themselves while the seers unit watches them with bewildered expressions.
They already had a rough idea about the identity of the girl from the briefing they received.
They knew that the girl was a living weapon, probably one of the earliest ever made, and that she escaped from the world government but even if that is the case, it still shouldn’t have meant anything to the dragons.
After all the dragons lived in seclusion from the rest of the world, they took no sides in any war and didn’t care about what happened between the sapiens, only getting involved in matters that threatened the world itself.
‘but if the dragons are aware of her, doesn’t that mean she is a threat to the world itself, I must report this to the king’
The leader of the seers unit thinks to himself.
The sphere shows the girl burying the remains of the Royals Guards and then getting into a car with three other individuals before the car drills underground making it impossible to know what direction they went.
ROOOAAAR
ROOOAAAR
ROOOAAAR
The dragons roar again in anger, afraid they will lose track of the girl again.
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Location: a cave on the outskirts of Sinchin, Kim Sungta.
Saiko wakes up and carefully gets out of the car to avoid waking up the others. When she does, she notices Ken sitting alone on top of a rock seemingly deep in thought.
She walks closer to him.
_Shouldn’t you be asleep? You are the one who needs sleep the most among us_
Ken turns around to see her then looks away.
~ I can’t sleep…hey think we can talk for a bit ~
_Sure, but not here if we talk here we will wake the others up Let’s go outside _
~ Alright ~
The two of them exit the cave and start walking through the forest.
~ I wanted to apologize for what happened ~
Saiko raises an eyebrow at Ken and looks at him.
_ok _
~ I am really sorry about the Royal Guards~
_ok_
~I know you were against it but it was the only way to do it ~
Ken recalls his conversation with Noai and decides to correct himself to not lie to Saiko.
~well, it was the only way that was quick enough ~
_ok_
Ken looks at Saiko with annoyance.
~well, do you forgive me? ~
_ of course not _
~what? Why? What should I do so you forgive me? I will do anything~
Ken looks at Saiko with confusion and desperation.
Saiko looks at him and then sighs.
_Ken, you are not sorry, that’s why I can’t forgive you, you are sorry your plan failed but you are not sorry for killing the Royal Guards _
~I mean, I won’t deny that, but I am sorry I upset you, that part is true ~
_yeah, but you don’t care why I am upset _
Ken shrugs his shoulders.
~hey, I can’t fake remorse what do you want me to do? I could pretend I care about the Royal Guards but that would be a lie ~
_haaa _
Saiko lets out another sigh.
_But that’s the problem, the problem is that you don’t care and you don’t care to the point that you didn’t just rob multiple people of their life but their death too _
~hey, that’s not true, not saying I wouldn’t do that if I had to, but that wasn’t part of the plan, the ritual was only supposed to absorb their life, not their souls, I checked the ritual, a portion of it was erased by the wave of decay which is what caused it malfunction and absorb the souls, I didn’t think you would use decay, you didn’t use it even when you were about to die, so I didn’t account for it ~
_ugh, you are completely missing the point, the problem isn’t whether or not it was part of the plan, the problem is you see nothing wrong with it _
she shouts in frustration.
~no, I get the point, but again, I can’t fake caring about them… I mean I could fake it but well it would be faking it, it would be a lie ~
Saiko takes in a deep breath to calm herself down.
_you know what, do that, fake it, pretend to be good _
~what? ~
Ken blinks repeatedly and looks at Saiko with bewilderment.
She smiles at him.
_Virtue and vice are habits, if you “pretend” to be good long enough who knows you might be good eventually _
She makes air quotes with her fingers when she says “pretend”.
_You are smart enough to know what’s right and what’s wrong and when I say the right thing, I don’t mean what you think is beneficial to your plan, in fact, if you have to choose between what’s right and beneficial, you should choose what’s right _
Ken stares at Saiko looking even more bewildered.
~… that’s so dumb though ~
The heavy rain continues to fall on Kim Sungta.
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