Ibaeran slowly opened her eyes to the sounds of roaring waves clashed with one another. Feeling the sharp fine white sand on her face, Ibaeran slowly got up on her two feet only to find that she was currently standing on a sandy shore and ahead of her was vast ocean that stretched far out in to the distance as far and wide as the eyes could see.
“…Kiri Dumo was truly a peculiar and strange world not just because of the strange, bizarre, and majestic creatures that inhabit it be also because of how the world itself was. Hovering from the very top of the Kiri Dumoian, above the vast forest and raging seas, I was able to see the entirety of the world and was I saw was truly a sight to behold. It was a flat world, just like ours, with a single massive continent shaped like a ring that circled the world’s edges and the rest were nothing but vast oceans, and then, placed at the very center of it all was a single lone island. Small and seemingly insignificant, it stood at the very center of the world, it, when compared to the massive continent and raging seas of Kiri Dumo, teaming with life of different forms and kinds, seemed like nothing more than a small insignificant speck which, from my experience, was why it was the perfect place to keep gem of life itself, the Dumo Stone….”
Ibaeran looked out on to the sea before bring out the map and glancing through it. Knowing that she had to be at the very edge of the ring continent and what she sought for laid at the very center of the ocean and had to do was cross the vast ocean before her to get it but that was easier said than done. Ibaeran then put the map away before looking her head on to the horizon, seeing the raging ocean before her and wondering just how on earth she could make it all the way to the center. She considered for a moment, flying across the ocean but upon recalling how the power of the Su Baera had recently failed while she flew all the way to the shore, she thought it would be best not fly. Ibaeran just stood at the edge of the shore were the land met the ocean, looking out at the distance, seeing nothing miles and miles of blue seas ahead, wondering in her mind, just how was she suppose to making it all the way to the island that laid at the very center of the rage sea before her. Ibaeran then let out a deep sigh as she continued pondered to herself, failing to see anyway she cross the immensely vast ocean before her after all, if she tried flying and half way through the journey her wings vanish, she was be sent falling and plummeting down to an ocean filled to the brim with creatures just as savage if not more so than then Balayifribos from depths of the deep who would not hesitate to tear her apart limb by limb, and it wasn’t like she could just….Ibaeran’s eyes then lit up hope and excitement, as she thought of away she cross the ocean, as recalling something she once believed was once impossible which remaindered her that as the Su Baera nothing was impossible.
Ibaeran, looking ahead to the horizon, only seeing a vast blue stretch from as far out as her eyes could see, Ibaeran took a breath before closing her eyes and recalling how it felt when the power of the Su Baera, recalling how she felt blissful, free, and at peace as though she was no longer bound the shackles and chain that bounded her to the world that around her and free to do and be whatever she wanted. Recalling the feeling made Ibaeran smile with a small tear falling down from her eyes, as she allowed herself to believe that she was truly free.
Then the power that laid deep within than manifested itself, making Ibaeran feel as though her body was as light as a feather and yet strong enough to make the earth below tremble and shake. Ibaeran then opened up her eye, seeing the vast blue ahead of her, before letting out a breath and taking a single step forward. As her feet made contact with waters, it refused to sink down and stood firmly on the water’s surface as though it was solid ground. Ibaeran then smiled before taking another step, and just like before, her feet stay firmly planted at the water’s surface. Ibaeran then took another step, then another, and another, moving slightly faster with each and every step she made until she began sprinting on the water’s surface, moving too fast for the naked eye to comprehend. She dash and ran across the waters, faster the wind, not slowing or stopping, not even for a moment.
As Ibaeran ran across the waters, she kept her mind focused on the task ahead, not allowing any other thought to creep in to her head, knowing that she had to remain for otherwise the power of the Su Baera that kept her feet firmly planted on water’s surface as though it was solid ground and allowed her to dash and ran across it, would fade away and cause her to sink down below in a watery grave. Ibaeran knew that above all else, she had to remain focused, so as raced through the waters, she blocked out her surroundings, darting through anyways that came her way, refusing to let them bring her down depths below her feet and as for the creatures dwelling deep below of differing forms and shapes, mouth filled with rolls upon rolls of razor sharp teeth and a hunger for flesh, hearing her foots from deep below rushed out of the waters, leaping and jumping of the deep blue from below Ibaeran’s feet but she was too quick for any of the and moved swiftly moved away before any of the could sink their teeth into her flesh. Ibaeran, even as the creatures emerged from the water below her feet, did not allow herself to fall to fear, having learned from the past and recalling how every single time she gave in to her fears, she be weak, powerless, and vulnerable to the dangers that surround her, and even though she could still sense the fear lingering on in heart, trying its very best to sway her heart and make her fumble and fall, she chose to simply keep running and ignore the dangers that surrounded her along with her fears after all, she had come too far fall due to fear.
Ibaeran, with her head held high, refused to stop even as the creatures of the deep chasing after her from the waters below, and continued running through the waters. Ibaeran dared not to look back not even for a second, and focused solely on the horizon ahead over, a vast stretch of seas which seemed to continue on forever but she knew that somewhere out there, in that vast stretch of blue, stood the island where the Kiri Dumo could be found, the key to hers and her people’s liberation. And so she continued running and running, knowing that with each and every step she took, the closer her and her people would be to freedom. The creatures of the deep could not seem to keep up with Ibaeran’s speed and for a moment even it seemed as though they had given up and on trying to catch, seeming losing interest on her and swimming away back to dark blue depths they emerged from, and for a moment Ibaeran believed that there was truly nothing left to stand in her, if only that was truly the case.
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“….emerged out of the sea, wearing watery that covered its entire body, enormous and the size of a mountain, it buries whatever prey that dares to cross its path in a watery grave. It’s a creature that almost every creature that lives within the great Kiri Dumoian seas to tremble and flee away I fear for it was…”
Ibaeran looked ahead with widened eyes spotting something unbelievable ahead of her. It looked like a massive tsunami, a wave so great, it resemble of mountain made of water but what shook the most wasn’t the towing size of the way, no, it was the fact that she could see blood red piercing eyes and a gaping mouth filled with rolls of razor sharp teeth ready to devour her whole. The beast looked mighty and strong, and it seemed as though the reason the other creatures fled wasn’t because they gave up on catching Ibaeran but because the massive watery beast approaching, for it was a great beast so mighty that inspired fear in to the hearts of the creatures for it was… Ingani Minjaria, the Ocean’s Wrath
Ibaeran seeing the towering watery beast making it way towards her, felt the fear within her begin to grow, and all though she tried her best to fight it, she couldn’t stop it from continuing to grow and as it did, she felt the power within her begin to shrink and slowly fade away. She tried her absolute best to ignore the pain and focus but she could not ignore the hungry face on the water that made it way towards her and because of that Ibaeran began to feel her feet began to sink down in to the water’s below and before she entire body was submerged in to the waters.
Ibaeran, struggling to keep her body afloat and a void drowning down to the bottom of the ocean, looked ahead and was no longer able to hold back her fears and allowed the feeling dread and complete and utter terror envelop her she saw before the massive watery monster known as Ingani Minjaria, the Wrath of the Ocean, a creature that almost all creatures of the deep feared and dared not to cross it’s path. Ibaeran then felt a pull from the waters below, a strong current dragging towards the watery beast. Ibaeran then, out of sheer horror and desperation, began to try and swim away, using her hands to try and paddle away against the current but, try as she may, summoning all the strength she could muster, it still wasn’t enough to break free from the currents pull on her. But still, persisted, thrashing through the waters as she tried desperately to swim away even though she knew in her heart that it was futile and current was far great for her to swim against. And as this grim realization dawned upon her, Ibaeran then thought to herself, why was trying to fight the current, was it out of fear or to preserve her own life. Feeling her pounding underneath her chest and sensing the fear within, she knew she was afraid but of what, losing her life? Thinking back through her past, she knew her life wasn’t really worth living, after all she spent all her years as slave who only lived to serve her masters, there was nothing more to her existence than that so then why, if she had only lived the life of a pathetic slave up until that point, why was she still scared? Why did the thought of her demise fill her heart with so much dread and fear?
As she pondered those questions in her mind, images of her people flash in her mind, suffering under oppressive boot of the Uha Tamunaran, struggling to make it past a single day, day after day, as she once did back when she served her Uha Tamunaran masters, she then saw Ton’Onama along the people of , and although they were Uha Tamunarans, they were suffering just like her people were, under the rule of a tyrant of a king. As those images flashed in her mind, the fear within Ibaeran began to fade away, slowly vanishing and disappearing, and in its inferno of rage and fury erupted out of her.
Ibaeran then stopped fighting against the water’s current and then turned to face the Ingani Minjaria with a look of fury and rage in her eyes. And as she looked at it, she saw it watery face began morph and change, first in to the face dreaded Uha Tamunaran masters that tormented her people and the source of all the anguish, pain, and misery Ibaeran had had to witness from both her people and the Uha Tamunarans, king Datubo, the king of all Uha Tamunarans. Ibaeran felt her blood begin to boil with a form of rage she had never felt before but at the same time felt oh so familiar, like it her always be inside of her, growing from within every time she had to watch her people suffer in misery and even when she found out even the Uha Tamunarans were not spared from their king’s wrath and cruelty. There was a time when she lied to herself that she was content with her life as a slave, a life of misery, where you are tried not better than livestock, a life of being a tool which others used as they please, a life of having to bow and down to heartless monsters, believing that she had to was bear with it and that was all she could do, as she, like the rest of her people and even the Uha Tamunarans themselves, were powerless in the face of the true evil that ruled over them. That was a lie she kept telling herself over and over and over again until she believed it but now, she had to face the truth.
Ibaeran then took in a deep breath and closed her eyes.
She was never content or okay with her life or having to see her people suffer...
She then felt the power of the Su Baera flow through her body once again.
…in fact she hated every single moment of it...
The power then began to build up from inside of her.
…she hated feeling powerless and helpless, having to watch as her people struggled and suffered each and every day, without a single of ounce hope for better days to come, she hated having to watch as they all dropped like flies in the hands of the Uha Tamunarans, she had the way the Uha Tamunarans who the kind deemed useless were treated, she hated having to witness the person she loved the most die right in front of her, and above all she hated being a slave….
Ibaeran’s entire body then erupted with power.
…back then she was powerless, she was weak, and could do nothing but watch with a bitterness she chose to hide deep within the depth of her soul but now…
She crushed her hands in a tight fist before staring at the Ingani Minjaria dead in its blood red eyes.
…she had the power…
Ibaeran then repealed herself out of the water using nothing power her sheer strength and power, launching herself straight for the watery beast before with fist stretched out, brim with overwhelming power.
…and she was tired of just watch.