Ibaeran found herself face to face with a colossal beast that stood above the entirety of Kiri Dumo, the embodiment of every single form of life across all the infinitely countless and the living manifestation of life itself, and yet, instead being frozen by the overwhelming fear that consumed her body upon hearing to face such a formidable opponent, Ibaeran charged straight for the beast with a blade made of light. The monster that stood above the Kiri Dumo, seeing Ibaeran charge straight for it, let out a roar, primal in nature that echoed all throughout, and was great enough to shake the world right down its foundation. It then rose up one of its hands so massive that it split the sky in to two as it raised it up. Then, sprouting out of its hand, fleshes, bones, and hides that came together to form hordes upon hordes of savage monsters and beasts of varying shapes and kinds, all with a single hunger and desire, to claim the life of the Su Baera.
The beast that sprouted out of the hand of the world towering monster made of roots and flesh, then began, by the hundreds and thousands, rain down from its hands, descend straight for Ibaeran. Ibaeran, spotting the beasts and pouring down from hand of the monster, was unfazed and continued flying straight for the world towering monster, slicing through each and every beast the blocked her path. But as the beast kept pouring on like a never ending well Ibaeran found herself slowly beginning to be overwhelming by the sheer numbers of beast that kept coming for her again and again, and eventually the beasts were able to grab hold of her and pull her down to the waters below.
Down in the deep of the Kiri Dumoian oceans, Ibaeran struggled to free herself from the grip of what seems to be a thousand monsters, feeling the tentacles, claws and appendages of all kinds grabbing hold of her and sinking down deeper in to the depths below. As she continued while still struggling to free herself Ibaeran looked up, seeing the surface slowly drifting further and further away from her and kept sinking down, her body bearing the combined weight of a thousand beasts and water rushing in to her lungs as she continued to struggle to free herself, and yet, even at that very moment, she could still hear her voice, the very same voice that led her down that path, beckoning on her, telling her the very same thing that pushed her that far, “Try”.
Ibaeran’s body then began to glow with a radiant light her power began to rise, hearing that word repeating in her mind over and over again along with her voice, reminded that come what may, whatever obstacle that laid before her, all she had to do was try. The entire ocean shook, wave clashed against wave before finally, the ocean erupted, and what emerged out of the waters was none other than Ibaeran, her body brimming with power and glowing with a radiant light enveloping her entire body.
Ibaeran mind looked up at the towering monster that stood before her, a being so massive that it stood above the sky and reached the very edge of the world. Hovering about the waters, Ibaeran couldn’t help but compare herself to a grain of sand before the colossus before her, small, tiny, and insignificant and yet… “Try”…her words still echoed in her head, reminding her that it didn’t really matter how massive the monster was, she was on a mission, had a duty, and a promise to keep, and that was exactly what she was going to do even if meant face up against the colossus that stood before her.
Ibaeran then took in a deep breath, feeling the power of the Su Baera flowing through her entire body, unsure if that power would enough when facing such a being but she couldn’t submit to her doubts and fears, not anymore, not after everything she had fought for, everything she had been through, and everything she had lost. She was going to fight with every ounce of strength and power she could muster, and if she fell in battle, then at the very least she would fall knowing she kept her promise to the person she loved the most. Ibaeran then let out the breath she took in and upon doing so, with the of light still held firmly on her hand, flew off to battle, moving so fast that to the naked eye she appeared as nothing more than a ray of light racing across the sky.
The monster, seeing Ibaeran making her way towards it, simple let out a breath and from it formed an army by the hundreds of thousands of vicious and savaged winged creatures of varying kinds. The creatures then descended down upon Ibaeran with claws and talons, monstrous fangs and razor sharp teeth, with wings strong and as shape as a stainless steel blade. Ibaeran, seeing the winged monsters approach her, took in a deep breath before readying her blade, recalling all the monsters she had to face up until that point, her Uha Tamunaran master, King Datubo, the Queen of Chaos, and even the beasts of Dumo Kiri, recalling how each and every single time she faced them she was either powerless or held too tightly by her fears to fight, those were moments where she didn’t have the power or didn’t understand and was too gripped by fear and doubt to know to what extent the power she possessed truly laid, and so she each and every time she faced them, she either submitted to them or froze up becoming either their prey that could only run and flee or tool for them to use as they pleased. Ibaeran had always know fear each and time her gaze met theirs and even when she stood before them, feeling helpless and powerless before them even after gain the power of the Su Baera. It was a suffocating and agonizing feeling which she detested and yet she could not help but feel it each and every time stood before them. But then, at the very moment, as she looked up at the winged beast’s descend down to her, claws, talons, and fangs with razor sharp teeth, Ibaeran let go of all her fears and doubt and allowed herself to believe that she was no longer powerless and had the power to fight. And, with the blade on her hand, shining as bright as star, she unleashed a powerful clash with the power of Su Baera flowing out of the blade engulfing and completely obliterating the winged beasts in a flash of light so intense that could be seen from the world’s edge.
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The light from Ibaeran’s blade was intense that blinded the colossal monster, making it see nothing but a blank haze. But then, just as its vision was returning, it was able to make a faint figure make its way to it, and as the figure came closer, the figure changed in to the silhouette of what resembled some kind of angel with wielding a blade on her hand. Then, before the monster could even react, it felt Ibaeran pierce through its chest all the way through the other side and took what cherish above all else.
Ibaeran then let out a deep breath before unclenching and unraveled her fist to reveal the Dumo Stone which held on the palm of hands. The battle was won, it wasn’t easy but yet despite it all she come out victorious and had claimed the Dumo Stone. In her hands was the key to freeing her people from years upon years oppression and slavery. She had finally accomplished her mission and yet she couldn’t help but feel a sense of sadness from within, tainting whatever sense of triumph claiming the Dumo Stone brought her as she felt as though that victory was hers and it belonged to another and she was simple a tool used to achieve that victory.
Ibaeran turned around and the colossal beast that stood behind her with a hole on it center which she created, and then watched as its body began to slowly fall apart and decompose before her eyes, and slowly form an island down below at the exact same spot the previous one stood. Looking down below to the small patch of dead and rotten flesh and roots, Ibaeran couldn’t help but let out a deep sigh as she thought about what she just did. She had just taken a life, granted it first time she had soiled her hands in the blood of another living creature but during each of the previous times she did so because she didn’t really have a choice in the matter as they were beast and monsters that that had tried to make a meal out of her and all she did was defend herself but this time she had take the life of a being that never tried to hurt her in anyway. Recalling the words of the entity before it transformed in that colossal monster, “Life simply wishes to be, to live is the true reason every creature that can draws breathe, feels and comprehends the world around it, does. It’s why the fear of death is a universal thing across all works of life, no one truly wants to experience death and as result they are willing to do absolutely anything to stay alive”.
The entity was simply trying to fulfill its purpose just like single living creature including her wished to, live and it was doing so peaceful before….Looking down at remains of the monster, Ibaeran couldn’t help but wonder if that was the work of the Su Baera or simply a slave doing her master’s bidding.
Ibaeran then looked at her body; it filthy and cover had to toe with the green blood of entity she had just slain. She then looked at the Dumo Stone in hands, feeling the overwhelming power of life itself flowing through it before letting out a sigh before thinking to herself, was it for her people, for the promise she made to Preyina, or was it just out of fear that she was willing to take a life, recalling how the entity gave a chance to leave and walk away but she refused.
She had no choice. It was for her people. She made a promise. Were those truths or simply excuses Ibaeran told herself during that moment to help lessen the shame and guilt she felt for herself during that moment. Ibaeran then let out another sigh before telling herself, what’s done is done, and consoled herself with the thought that she and her people would soon freed from the oppressive reign of Datubo and the Uha Tamunarans, that was what she told herself at least to alleviate most of her guilt.
Ibaeran then turned the blade on hand in to small box and then placed the Dumo Stone inside it. She then looked down at the dead island below before letting out a final sigh and vanishing in a flash of light, returning to her world to give the Dumo Stone to the king and free her people.