Arz took Vincent and Frans to a house near the sages house. It's just a simple stilt house decorated with beautiful flowers on its entrance. They three took the entrance stairs and stopped in front of that great wooden door. The great door had 12 animals of Chinese zodiacs on it. Those animals were aligned from the bottom to the top as the order which is, boar, dog, rooster, monkey, sheep, horse, snake, dragon, rabbit, tiger, ox, and rat.
'Err, Arz, isn't it off limit?' Vincent asked.
'It is, but it's time for you to enter.' Arz said.
'Yeah, Vincent. You are the best in pandanus war, right? That's why the sages approve you to enter.' Frans said.
'Wait a minute. 12 animals of Chinese zodiacs. Don't tell me!' Vincent was realizing something.
'Just like what Wayan's prophecy. Your birth is a sign of the rise of that legendary army.' Arz said. 'Since you reached the age of 15, the sages had discussed whether you deserve to be one of us or not. And as you can see, you are chosen to be parts of us.' He added.
'Us? So there are some people have been chosen before me?' Vincent asked.
'Yup, it's still 11 of us, and since you are chosen. We are complete already.' Arz said smiling.
'Then, what will happen if the army is complete?' Vincent asked.
'You'll see.' Arz said opening the door.
Vincent saw the sages sitting there surrounded by 9 people he recognized. Some were giving him a gaze of hatred, some were ignoring him, yet there were some being casual. Vincent then approached 3 people who were sitting on the right corner.
'Dini, Haris, Lucas! You guys are chosen?!' Vincent felt glad as he could be in the army with them.
Dini averted her gaze from Vincent immediately. She felt embarrassed and happy as she could be with him more often.
'Dini? What's wrong?' Vincent asked.
'I... I... Am fine' Dini answered stammeredly.
'I'm sleepy.' Haris said.
'I'm hungry.' Lucas said.
'Guys...' Vincent said smiling at them.
'Oh, so this bastard is chosen, eh?' Somone in singlet cut their conversation.
Vincent did know this voice. He was the man who hated Vincent most. Well, everyone did hate him, and all he could do was ignore them. It was a miracle for him to have some friends like those three.
'Oi, are you listening to me? Are you deaf or something?' He asked approaching Vincent.
Vincent just ignored him. Dini, Haris, and Lucas looked vigilant. He became pissed off and kicked Vincent in a sudden that he slammed the wall. Those three helped him immediately.
'Show me some manner, bastard!' He exclaimed.
'Irwan! Stop it! You have been gone too far!' Dini exclaimed scolding him without showing any fear on her face.
'"Irwan," you said?!' Irwan looked pissed off even more.
'There, there. Don't waste your time for this girl.' A girl patted his shoulder.
'Kamila?' Irwan said.
'Just kill those bastards already!' She exclaimed.
'Splendid!' Irwan exclaimed.
Suddenly white feathers were flying around both of them. As time goes by, they both fell asleep.
'These doffus... Gimme a break please.' Haris sighed sheathing his sword.
'Enough, all of you!' Arz reprimanded all of them. 'The sages have something to tell you guys.' He said waking those two by hitting their heads with his sheathed sword.
'Thank you, Arz.' Wayan said. 'As you guys have gathered here, I'll just go to the main topic.' He added.
They became so tense as they were wondering what would he say to them.
'Well, once, humans in the past had a power bestowed by a god. The power allowed them to do anything they wanted even the most impossible ones. At first, they just used it for their own purpose, yet as time went by, humans were overwhelmed by the greed of their power that they lost their mind and started a holocaust and the god who gave them that power just enjoyed the chaos he had made. Realizing that, the other gods were wrathful and immediately arrested and punished him. They also annihilated all of the power users so that no one would ever be able to use that power. But, the power user named Slamet (Lit. meaning: Safe) was safe from the gods' wrath. He used his power to erase his very existence so that the gods would not be able to kill him. So, he became the one and only power user in this world and he passed it to his descendants for generations.' He added.
'With such fact, there's a chance that the same holocaust will happen for the second time.' Made added.
'Waku-waku, A mysterious group in polka dot. Their objective is to destroy this world in order to reset it into their very own Utopia. We presume that they are the descendants of Slamet, and it's from his pure patrilineal bloodline. (It means a bloodline from the father passed to his son, then to his son, then to his son, then to his son, then to his son, then to his son, then to his son, then to his son, then to his son, then to his son, then to his son, then to his son, then to his son, then to his son, then to his son, then to his son, then to his son, then to his son, then to his son, then to his son, then to his son, then to his son, then to his son, then to his son, then to his son, then to his son, then to his son, then to his son, then to his son, then to his son, then to his son, then to his son, then to his son, then to his son, then to his son, then to his son, then to his son, then to his son, then to his son, then to his son, then to his son, then to his son, then to his son, then to his son, then to his son, then to his son, then to his son, then to his son, then to his son, then to his son, then to his son, then to his son, then to his son, then to his son, then to his son, then to his son, then to his son, then to his son, then to his son, then to his son, then to his son, then to his son, then to his son, then to his son, then to his son, then to his son, then to his son, then to his son, then to his son, then to his son, then to his son, then to his son, then to his son, then to his son, then to his son, then to his son, then to his son, then to his son, then to his son, then to his son, then to his son, then to his son, then to his son, then to his son, then to his son, then to his son, then to his son, then to his son, then to his son, then to his son, then to his son, then to his son, then to his son, then to his son, then to his son, then to his son, then to his son, then to his son, then to his son, then to his son, then to his son, then to his son, then to his son, then to his son, then to his son, then to his son, then to his son, then to his son, then to his son, then to his son, then to his son, then to his son, then to his son, then to his son, then to his son, then to his son, then to his son, then to his son, then to his son, then to his son, then to his son, then to his son, then to his son, then to his son, then to his son, then to his son, then to his son, then to his son, then to his son, then to his son, then to his son, then to his son, then to his son, then to his son, then to his son, then to his son, then to his son, then to his son, then to his son, then to his son, then to his son, then to his son, then to his son, then to his son, then to his son, then to his son, then to his son, then to his son, then to his son, then to his son, then to his son, and so on.)' Nyoman added.
'Actually, it had been foretold by our ancestors that there was a time when the world was about to be destroyed by a group of polka dot folks, and the only one who can stop them is Alfa, a guy who wears an iron bracelet as his weapon.' Wayan explained.
'Iron bracelet? Is this guy a pinhead or something?!' Irwan cut the explanation in underestimating tone.
'I guess you aren't aware yet, are you?' Wayan said ignoring Irwan. 'You are also Slamet's descendants, which means you are able to use that power... Just like us.' He added.
Irwan and Kamila cheered excitedly.
'It means I can steal as many bananas as I want without anyone noticing it, right!' Irwan exclaimed excitedly.
'You dumb ass! Why don't you use it to rob a bank? We can live without working, you know!' Kamila exclaimed excitedly.
'Good idea! You are a genius, Kamila!' Irwan exclaimed excitedly.
Suddenly their bodies were floating and slamming the wall hard.
'Stupid Doki-doki users.' Ketut said casually.
'Doki-doki?' Vincent was wondering.
'It's called Doki-doki. A power focusing on one's imagination. The swords you wield or planted in you are your Jowa. A Jowa is a thing that becomes the source of your power. Every time you use this power, it costs your Iru that your Jowa produces.' Wayan explained.
They all looked not understand. Realizing that, Wayan asked Arz to give a demonstration. Arz stepped forward and unsheathed his sword. He plunged his sword to that wooden floor and pulled it back. The blade had turned into a boulder which made it look like a giant hammer.
'Well, you can do like this, more or less as long as you can manage your Iru management. If you are out of Iru, you won't be able to use your power temporarily, yet you can recharge it. How? Too bad, I can't elaborate it as it depends on you as the users.' Arz explained. 'And...'
Arz summoned Pix from his sword. A figure of red rat Ribo came out from his sword.
'It's called Ribo, an incarnation of your Jowa. If you succeed to summon it, you are gonna be stronger even more.' Arz explained.
They were amazed at his power. Wayan then told Arz to return to his seat.
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'And since you are chosen as The Swordsmen of The Stars. Your main duty is to assist the Alfa in his journey to protect the world from the threat of Waku-waku.' Wayan explained.
"Protecting the world? What for? Will protecting the world change my life? What a bullshit." Vincent sighed in his inner.
'Excuse me sir, has the Alfa been found?' Haris asked. 'My father said that the Alfa comes from the missing link bloodline.' He added.
'You got a point there, but the ancestors were sure that the Alfa would come when this world need his presence, and they had sent a maiden to find him.' Wayan said.
"Yeah, a maiden hag, of course." Vincent thought.
Wayan opened a scroll showing a picture of Kartika's face. When Vincent saw it, he remained silent. His heart raced and he was blushing.
"She is... So beautiful." Vincent was falling for her exquisitely beautiful face.
Vincent felt something weird. This was the first time he felt horny, err I mean fell for a girl.
'Her name is Kartika. An envoy of the ancestors to find the Alfa, and the only one destined to be the Alfa's partner.' Wayan said.
"Pa... Partner?!" Vincent was shocked.
"What happened to Vincent? Does he fall for that girl?" Dini looked jelly.
'As the only approved members are Adam, Bari, Carol, and Frans, we have to test you guys out first.' Ketut said.
Suddenly they felt a great tremor like an earthquake. The house parts were expanding, and stretching out. Wooden walls emerged from the floor separating Vincent, Dini, Haris, Lucas, Irwan, Kamila, Gatot, and Jajat like a maze.
'Listen up. You are divided into 2 groups and I am pretty sure you have decided it in the first place. The last group standing wins the game. Please don't ever try to commit murder, or I'll curse you eternal nightmare and misfortune!' Nyoman explained.
"Then my group probably will be Dini, Haris, and Lucas. I've gotta find them before the other group does." Vincent dashed exploring the maze.
Varz was still exploring the maze hoping he would find his friends.
"I hope they are ok. I don't need to worry Dini as I'm sure she must be aware of this situation. What I concern most is Haris and Lucas. I hope they are not lazing around right now." Vincent was worrying about them.
'Gatot and Jajat, dropped out!' Wayan exclaimed.
'Guess I don't need to worry about them too much either.' Vincent said in relief.
Suddenly, he was ambushed by a giant with a giant sword.
'What the hell?!' Vincent was shocked seeing it standing before him.
Not to mention there were some walking behind it.
'To make it more challenging, we have sent some giants for you to kill.' Wayan said.
'FUCK YOU!' Vincent shouted irritatedly.
It swang its sword to him, and Vincent managed to dodge it by performing a back rolling.
'Guess I have no choice. If I lose to the likes of them, how could I be an Alfa?' Vincent said about to unsheath his sword.
But, the hilt struck his hand. Duo was the one who set it up so Vincent couldn't wield it. He would never let Vincent wield the sword.
'Tsk, this bastard dragon...' Vincent sighed summoning his wind sword and massacred them in no time.
Meanwhile, Haris and Lucas had shackled the sleeping Gatot and Jajat up with the iron bars from Lucas' sword.
'We might not as strong as you, but we are smarter than you.' Lucas said.
'Let's go. We have to find Vincent and Dini before Irwan and Kamila find them. I'm pretty sure they will attack together. In addition, I'm not sure that we can beat at least one of them. Irwan is too wily and Kamila is too fast. Quick!' Haris said.
'Alright.' Haris and Lucas dashed leaving Gatot and Jajat.
Gatot and Jajat were wrapped to where the others were. Meanwhile, Irwan and Kamila were running through the maze like beasts hunting their preys.
'Tsk, they both are useless!' Irwan sighed.
'2 on 4. Are you scared?' Kamila tempted him.
'The hell with that?! Our preys are just 4 brats, no it's 3 brats and 1 bastard.' Irwan said.
'Are you thinking what I'm thinking?' Kamila smirked.
'Absolutely. Let's kill that bastard once and for all!' Irwan smirked.
Meanwhile, Vincent was busy massacring those giants. A giant was about to hit Vincent with the hilt of its sword, but Dini suddenly made in time sending a dragon kick to its abdomen and moved her leg to tear apart its abdomen in no time. She landed not too far from him.
'Are you alright, Vincent?' Dini asked worrying him.
'Yeah, I am. Thank you, Dini.' Vincent said.
A horde of giants is coming from every direction. Dini was darting many shivs from her hands stabbing them.
'Now!' Dini exclaimed.
'No need to remind me!' Vincent exclaimed slashing all of them in no time that no one of them could stand anymore.
'Guess we are too late, eh?' They heard Haris' voice from behind.
'Haris! Lucas! Good grief you guys are ok.' Vincent said in relief.
'Hold your horses, kids...'
'That voice! They are coming!' Vincent said being vigilant.
'The game is just started, Kamila!'
Kamila took a leap towards Dini. Vincent who was about to save her was distracted by a slash from Irwan, but Vincent managed to block it with his wind sword. Lucas spread iron bar from his sword blade to shackle Kamila. Kamila jumped over it, kicked Haris who was about to unsheathed his sword and bit Lucas' neck.
'Arrrgggghhhhh!' Lucas screamed in pain.
'Lucas!'Vincent, Dini and Haris exclaimed.
Kamila bit his neck deeper and cornered him to the wall. She dragged him against the wall and slammed him to the dead end. Lucas' body disappeared suddenly wrapped to where the others were.
'Lucas, dropped out!' Wayan exclaimed.
'Tsk, they ruin my playtime again.' Kamila sighed.
'Kamila. I heard that your parents intentionally broke your teeth and replaced it with sharp blades that you are known as the bitch of Tenganan. Is that true?' Haris said coming to her with Dini.
'What? What's with that look on your face? Are you mad? What a spoiled brat of a Brahmanian can do, huh?' Kamila provoked him.
'Shut the hell up, bitch!' Haris exclaimed unsheathed his white sword. 'Dini, go help Vincent. She's mine!' White furs from his coat were flying around him.
'Ok!' Dini dashed back to help Vincent.
'Interesting!' Kamila showed her big smile.
Kamila took a leap towards Haris. Haris swang his sword clashing with her teeth.
'Blocking it with your teeth? What kind of dog are you?' Haris said.
Those white furs were covering her.
'Sleep!' Haris exclaimed.
Kamila didn't look sleepy. She sent a scratch to Haris and came closer to bite him. Realizing that, Haris quickly kicked her cheek and hit her abdomen with his elbow to make a distance.
'No way!' Haris was shocked.
'Surprised? It's because I have had 5 cauldrons of coffee so your technique won't affect on me.' Kamila explained.
'...'
'...'
'Are you a wazzock, or something?' Haris asked casually.
'Shut the hell up! Now, just let this bitch enjoy her powerless prey.' Kamila said.
'Who? Dogs don't hunt sheep. You are a bitch, not a wolf.' Haris said.
'Cut the crap! I am a bitch.' Kamila said.
'Yeah, you are a bitch.'
'Yeah, I am a....'
'...'
'...'
'DIE, BITCH!!!!'
Kamila sent scratches to Haris, and Haris was just able to nimbly dodge them.
"If what she said is true, then her stomach will react in a few seconds." Haris thought.
Kamila managed to strangle him and she was about to scratch his face, but those white furs kept blocking his face.
"I have to keep it up till it reacts. I hope they will buy me some time." Haris was getting cornered.
Those furs were broken. Haris didn't have anything up his sleeve left.
"Shit!"
Kamila licked his cheek and stroked the other one. She gave him a devilish smirk.
'Die!' Kamila said about to send him her scratch.
BURP~
Kamila stopped all of sudden. She touched her stomach, and she looked pale.
'Why? Why now? My stomach... It hurts!!!' She screamed in pain.
Haris took the advantage by penetrating her stomach with his sword in no time.
'It's over.' Haris said.
'You son of a bitch! How dare you doing this to a girl! Don't you have any common sense?' Kamila asked irritatedly.
'You are the one to talk, bitch. You dared to do such horrible things to Lucas, and you also tried to kill me before, right? Who doesn't have any common sense now? Using gender equality for your own purpose is really disgusting.' Haris said pulling out his sword and the white feathers were falling piling her body.
'Sleep.' Haris said.
'Kamila, dropped out!' Seru Wayan.
Her body was warped to where the others were. Haris then dashed to help Vincent.
"I hope I'm not too late. Irwan is really strong. Guys, hang in there." Haris was worrying about his friends.
Vincent's wind sword and Irwan's sword were clashing. No matter how many times he tried to slice Vincent up, Vincent would always block it precisely. Realizing that, Irwan dropped a banana peel near Vincent's footing. Irwan back dashes, and Vincent was about to slash Irwan, but Vincent feel for it, he stepped on it and slipped up. When Irwan was about to Slash Vincent while Vincent was still in midair, some shivs were being launched stabbing Irwan's body. Vincent fell on a pile of white feathers.
'It's...' Vincent said.
Dini and Haris helped him stand up, and then Irwan stood up.
'So, you beat Kamila, huh?! Tsk, She's so useless! I'll kill all of you bastards!' Irwan exclaimed.
Irwan summoned some banana peels and scattered it around those three's footing.
'I dare you!' Irwan exclaimed.
'Are you stupid or something!' Dini exclaimed darting a shiv towards him.
'Don't!' Haris exclaimed.
When a shiv was almost hit him, suddenly it turned back and flew towards Haris. Haris summoned some white feathers to block it, but it turned zig-zag passing those feathers penetrating Haris' body and bounced stabbing Dini's back.
Vincent looked shocked at what just happened.
'Vin... Cent... Don't lose.' Dini said vanishing with Haris as they were wrapped to where the others were.
Vincent fell on his knees. He didn't know why he couldn't save his friends.
'Terrible, isn't it? Still wanna fight?' Irwan underestimated him.
Vincent remained silent.
'Are you sad? Pfft... So this is how a sad demon looks like.' Irwan hit Vincent's head with the hilt of Irwan's sword.
"HEY LITTLE BRAT."
"Oh, so it's you again."
"DO YOU WANT TO BEAT THAT ASSHOLE?"
"Nah."
"WHY?"
"What for? What do I fight for? If the world is at peace, will I be happy?"
"BUT IT LOOKS LIKE YOU HAVE FOUND SOMETHING THAT MAKES YOU WANNA LIVE A LITTLE LONGER. KARTIKA, ISN'T IT?"
"..."
"YOU WANNA BE AN ALFA SO YOU CAN BE WITH THAT MAIDEN, RIGHT?"
"I... Want..."
"WHAT DO YOU WANT?"
"I WANT TO FUCK KARTIKA TILL THE LAST OF OUR BREATH!!"
"I KNOW THAT HUMANS ARE BAD, BUT YOU ARE THE WORST HUMAN I HAVE EVER SEEN. I DO HATE YOU BUT SEEING THE DEPRESSED YOU LIKE THIS IS SOMETHING I HATE EVEN MORE. I'LL LEND YOU MY POWER TILL IT'S OVER. YOU CAN HAVE THIS POWER ONCE YOU MATCH ME SOMEDAY."
Vincent opened his right eye. It was glowing purple, and he unsheathed his sword. suddenly, a thunder struck Irwan. Vincent dashed and he was quickly slashing Irwan. Irwan tried to block it, but his sword went broken by a single slash.
'Vincent! Has he awaken Doraduo?!' Arz was shocked.
'Sir Wayan, is it bad?' Bari asked.
'I... Don't know.' Wayan said. 'Wrap them here if he went out of control!' He added.
Vincent was standing in front of lying Irwan.
'Please... Give me some mercy. I give up.' Irwan pleaded.
Vincent sheathed his sword, and suddenly Irwan appeared behind him ready to slash him.
'How naive!' Irwan exclaimed.
Suddenly, Vincent ducked and quickly punctured Irwan with both of his swords. Vincent pulled them out and rose them ready to finish him up.
'Please, I give up. Please, I won't trick you anymore.' Irwan pleaded.
Thunder was roaring and wind was blowing insanely heavily. His purple eye was glowing brightly making Vincent look frightening. When Vincent was about to finish him, they both were wrapped to where the others were immediately.
Irwan felt relieved as he had been wrapped back, and Vincent fell asleep as he was exhausted. Using such great power did drain a lot of his Iru and stamina.
Irwan got up and exclaimed, 'You monster! I'll kill you right now, you bastard!'
Dini, Haris, and Larz got in his way.
'Step our dead bodies first! We won't let you kill our best friend!' Dini said firmly.
'You-'
Suddenly, Arz appeared behind Irwan with his sword nearing Irwan's neck.
'Step on my dead body too.' Arz said.
'Tsk, ok, I give up.' Irwan said upset.
"Vincent, you have found some good friends there, I'm glad to see that." Arz said in his inner.
Then, they were gathered in the living room.
'Well, now you are parts of the Swordsmen of the Stars. Lucas!' Wayan exclaimed.
'You are bestowed by the star of the boar. Your name is Larz.'
'Thank you.'
'Kamila!'
'You are bestowed by the star of the dog. Your name is Karz.'
'Thank you.'
'Jajat!'
'You are bestowed by the star of the rooster. Your name is Jarz.'
'Thank you.'
'Irwan!'
'You are bestowed by the star of the monkey. Your name is Irz.'
'Thank you.'
'Haris!'
'You are bestowed by the star of the sheep. Your name is Harz.'
'Thank you.'
'Gatot!'
'You are bestowed by the star of the boar. Your name is Garz.'
'Thank you.'
'Dini!'
'You are bestowed by the star of the rabbit. Your name is Darz.'
'Thank you.'
'Vincent!'
'You are bestowed by the star of the dragon. Your name is Erz.'
'I don't want it.'
Everyone was surprised. Some did scoff at him. I don't need to write the doers, do I?
'Then, what do you want to be called?' Nyoman asked.
'Nyoman!' Wayan exclaimed.
'Come on, he won the game, right? A privilege to pick his own name won't hurt, right?' Nyoman asked.
'Alright, what do you want to be called?' Wayan asked.
'Varz.'
"And a week after that, Arz asked me to kill him as there was nothing I could do. I... Had to kill my own beloved brother. And since that event, everyone had ignored me again."