Fifteen floors have been passed through and now they have three floors left to get outta from the Supernatural Realm. ßenlong is running ascending the stairs at his best pace while the others are having chat to break the ice.
"Say Varz," Alfi reminds something. "Is it because we are in the Supranatural Realm that we can't communicate with Arz and the others?" He asked.
"I am not really sure," Varz said.
"What do you mean?"
"Ever since that event, I haven't been able to contact them at all. As if the dimension doesn't exist anymore." Varz explained.
"What are you guys talking about?" Herman looks wondering.
"Oh, my bad, it seems I forgot to tell you guys about this," Alfi said. "You guys remembered when the sages tested us by sending Franz, and us to the other dimension?" He added.
"Oh, that ordeal, eh? Well, I almost forgot about that one as we were made busy by the members of the Swordsmen of the Stars back then." Herman said.
"Then, what kind of ordeal did you encounter there? There are so many things happened afterward that I forgot to ask you about this." Kartika seems worried.
"Well, just let it go, shall we? In the end, we managed to meet again." Alfi tries to console Kartika.
"Well, we do, but why we have to be with these poor and disgusting creatures?" Kartika sighed.
"Excuse us!" She got Cocong, Buriko, and Jeje's nerve.
"Kartika, why did you say that horrible thing? Are you starting to be a jerk like Alfi?" Aoi quipped.
"Excuse me!" She got Alfi's nerve.
"So... Sorry, I am sorry for saying such a thing, ok?" Kartika is getting frightened as those demons are staring at her. "Give me a break, will you! Don't look at me like that! I am sorry, okay?" She looks away as she can't see them staring at her like that.
"Liar. Why don't you say that you want to cling to him or even further like what you almost did when we defeated Leak on the tenth floor." Aoi said in Kartika's mind.
"Don't read my mind!" Kartika yelled at Aoi.
"Hihihihi." Aoi just chuckles.
Yet, her chuckle echos that send chills to spines. Typical demons.
"Don't chuckle in my mind!" Kartika exclaimed as she is holding her fear of Aoi's chuckle
"Can I chuckle anytime anywhere as long as I don't do that in your mind?"
"NO!!!"
"How rude. Laughing is good for your health."
"You are not human! The hell you have something called health?!"
"Hihihihi."
"STOP!!!!"
Those two are arguing in Kartika's mind, yet they can tell the result by seeing Kartika's pale face.
"I think it's just enough." Aoi seems satisfied.
"Serve you right," Cocong said in his mind.
"Serve you right," Jeje said in his mind.
"Serve you right," Buriko said in his mind.
"Serve you right," ßenlong said in his mind.
"Please forgive her. She doesn't mean to hurt you guys." Alfi apologizes for her rudeness. "Serve you right." He said in his mind.
"Please forgive her," Varz said.
"Yes, please. We are friends, right?" Herman added.
"Serve you right," They said in their minds.
"Looks like they hate her pretty much. No wonder they do. It's just how she is, yet I put her a pity." Aoi said in her mind. "Serve you right," She added in her mind.
Serve you right.
Suddenly, the sluggish Kartika is roaring out of the blue aloud, that she ends up losing her consciousness.
"I am sorry, guess I went too far," Aoi said without showing any guilt on her face.
"That's alright." They replied.
"Serve you right." They said in their minds.
Later, Kartika wakes up and apologizes to Aoi, Cocong, Buriko, and Jeje for her rudeness. They are demons, but they used to be human, so manner does matter as they still have their humanity side on them. It's also what makes them satisfied seeing Kartika getting attacked from within, they still have their dark humanity side.
"Say Alfi, can you tell me more about that?" Herman asked.
"Oh, right, so we did encounter 3 strong men there and one of them is Arz," Alfi explained.
"Oh, Franz's brother who was killed by Varz, right?" Kartika added.
"Please don't remind me about that." Varz looks irritated by hearing it.
"It seems we shouldn't bring that here," Alfi said. "Long story short, after dealing with them, we got an advantage to train there anytime and anywhere we want." He added.
"So you'll often leave for training?" Herman looks jelly.
"Nah, we don't need to leave like what you saw before. You can say that our minds and souls are connected to the dimension that we can train there without even having to get our asses off." Alfi explained.
"I got a brain fart." Herman looks clueless.
Varz sighs and says, "To put it simply, we can train and do our daily routine at the same time. So, though you see us talking to you, we actually are training ourselves in the dimension right now."
"Huh?! Is that really possible? It's just ridiculous!" Herman exclaimed.
"Really? Just look at the stuff we have gone through. Is that something you call something 'possibly' to happen?" Alfi asked.
Herman then looks at his surroundings.
"Well, you are right." Herman looks kinda disappointed.
"EXCUSE US!" Jeje, Cocong, Buriko, Aoi, and ßenlong yelled at them.
"Alfi, do you want to end up like Kartika?" Aoi asked.
"Oh, really?" Alfi is seen holding a black needle which is a part of Pukan and he points it to his left hand.
That gesture sends chills to their spines that they remain totally silent.
"So... Sorry." They apologized to Alfi.
"Likewise, I am sorry for that," Alfi said. "And, you did say that you couldn't contact them ever since I was away, huh? Varz?" Alfi averted his gaze to Varz.
Varz nods and says, "I even can't go to the dimension anymore and I dunno why."
Alfi sighs and says, "Kartika, do you have any idea about this? Making another dimension must be something possible for Doki-doki users like us, right?" Alfi averts his gaze to Kartika.
"Hey, she's still passing out," Varz said.
"Oh, she never learns, huh? Serve her right." Alfi said casually.
Kartika is still laying there with her mouth full of foam. Alfi looks like he has something on his mind while seeing her condition like that.
"For god sake, Alfi. Don't you dare!" Jeje reprimanded Alfi.
"As if you know what I am thinking," Alfi replied casually.
"What's on his mind, Aoi?" Jeje asked Aoi.
Her face turns red and she looks away as she is reluctant to tell anyone about what she saw on Alfi's mind.
"Don't you dare!" Jeje gives Alfi an eerie gaze.
Jeje staring at him like that gets his nerve.
"Please! Don't do that to me anymore, Alfi!" Aoi exclaimed in terror.
"What did you do to Aoi!" Cocong yelled at Alfi.
"CUT IT OUT, YOU WHORE IN NURSE UNIFORM!" Alfi yelled at her.
All of them give him a cynical gaze, yes, including the blushed Aoi who is still frightened after reading his mind about what he is going to do to her. Err, I guess I shouldn't tell ya here, so I leave it to your imagination.
He then clears his throat and gives them a cold gaze.
"Very well, don't get me wrong, okay? Let me explain it." His face starts turning red.
"I..." He explains it and they do listen to him eagerly.
Later.
"WHAT?!!!!" The explanation gave them a shock.
"And, that's what truly is. A... Hahahaha." Alfi looks uneasy.
"Then what are you waiting for? It is the chance to do that." Varz said.
"I am hesitating, not to mention that they had a prejudice that I would do something obscene to Kartika," Alfi replied.
"B... But, that's embarrassing!" Aoi said holding her fear.
"What era did you die on anyway? How dangerous is it anyway?" Alfi sighed.
"And, does he threaten you the same way he wanna do to her?" Cocong asked Aoi.
Aoi just shakes her head without saying anything.
"Well, about that, I will *****, *****, ******, *****, then, *****, ******, ********, *****, ******, ********, *****, ******, ********, after that, *****, ******, ********, *****, ******, ********, and, in the end, I will, *****, ******, ********, *****, ******, ********, *****, ******, ********, *****, ******, ********, *****, ******, ********, *****, ******, ********, *****, ******, ********. And again and again and again." Alfi said casually.
"This guy is the worst." All of them said the same thing.
"May I, Megumi?" Alfi ask.
Megumi comes out from his bracelet.
"Alfi, are you sure about that? If you tell her, it just hurts her feeling." Aoi asked.
"It does, but still, she has to know. She is still my wife." Alfi said. "And don't tell her about what happened on the 14th floor," He told this to Aoi in his mind.
"You are a typical nice guy, but still, with the fact that you hide it from Megumi, it becomes evident that you don't fully love her, do you? You want Kartika to love you yet you still choose Megumi for the escape route of your own hesitation, am I wrong?" Aoi tempted him.
"Can we just stop talking about this?" Alfi replied.
"All right, my bad." Aoi chuckled.
"Honey, may I? It won't take long." Alfi asked.
Megumi just smiles and slowly nods.
"You are okay with it?" Alfi looks doubtful.
"It's all right honey, but..." Megumi just winks.
He just smiles and nods.
"Oh, my goodness." Aoi passed out as she got shocked by seeing what they have on their minds.
"This guy is the worst!" Cocong yelled at Alfi.
"Fuck you!" Alfi yelled at Cocong.
Megumi then jumps back to his bracelet. Now, Alfi is paying attention to Kartika. His heart races fast and cold sweat streams from his head intensely. Everyone is paying attention to those two. Alfi sighs and swiftly closes her lips and wipes the foam around her lips with his soft handkerchief. He then lifts her head slowly and put it on his lap. He sees her beautiful sleeping face. It does make his heart race fast even more.
"Kartika, you are so beautiful, especially when you are so silent." He said in his mind.
"You may behave as if you have no feeling towards her to fool anyone, but you will never be able to fool yourself," Aoi said in her mind.
He looks at her black and straight hair. Somehow her hair does look good for her. Most of Indonesians have black hair. Why 'most' you asked? It's because the boomers do have silver hair. Well, it's just normal for him to see women who have such a hairstyle, but he just thinks that Kartika looks beautiful with her hair like that just like why he could fall for Bunga. Kartika does remind him of Bunga.
He then encourages himself to touch her silky hair. It does look simple, yet the hair does look like a treasure for him. Yes, hair is one of his normal fetishes. He then touches it carefully. Smooth, so smooth, not to mention that it smells like a pomegranate.
"Her hair does smell good, I wonder if her bushes smell the same." He wonders in his mind.
"Oh my God!" Aoi becomes speechless after reading his mind and ends up passing out again.
He slowly strokes her hair gently. The more he strokes it, the more joy he gets. They see him smiling while stroking her hair. The smile they re seeing right now isn't a smirk of an ugly bastard who is about to rape his prey, but it's a pure smile They just get impressed by seeing that. They didn't even know that garbage like him has a bright side like this before. It's just like a devil with an angelic heart.
Meanwhile, in Kartika's mind, she hears Aoi's voice calling her name.
"what is it, Aoi?" Kartika asked.
"Do you feel it?" Aoi asked.
"What?"
Kartika suddenly feels it. She feels something warm and gentle touching her head and hair.
"It's..."
"Yes, right now, you are sleeping on his lap."
Her face is turning red by hearing that.
"It's a lie, right?"
"What do I lie for, Kartika?"
"Alfi, he really is doing it, right?"
Aoi just smiles and nods.
"You know, he does look cute when he tried to lift your head to his lap."
"Tee hee... I guess I won't wake up."
"You do enjoy it, eh?"
"Of course I do! He always makes fun of me and it is my turn to make fun of him. Well, I am so happy that he strokes my hair like this. It feels so warm and pleasant. I do really like it."
"What a lovey-dovey."
"Aw, come on, stop tempting me already."
"Hihihihi"
"Ka-"
Suddenly, Kartika feels something bulging her back head.
"Aoi, what is that?" Kartika asked.
"What?" Aoi asked.
"Something is bulging my back head."
"Ah, it seems that's his wood. Well he does give you a lap pillow, right? Yet, he doesn't take a seat properly like how one's give another a lap pillow. He takes a seat cross-legged so that you are sleeping on his crotch."
"What?"
"He takes a seat cross-legged."
"Not that, what is the thing that touches my head?"
"His wood?"
Kartika remains silent. Just like a burnt-out bulb, she looks as if she lost her consciousness. What she hears is just Aoi saying this stuff,
"His wood?"
"His wood?"
"His wood?"
"I have to get up," Kartika said in a flat tone.
"What?"
"I HAVE TO WAKE UP," Kartika exclaimed.
Kartika is getting panic as Alfi's wood is getting bigger and bigger.
And... I have no idea what to write.
Kartika opens her eyes slowly. She sees Alfi smiling at her. Alfi looks charming with that smile on his face. She could have carried away that she would hug and kiss him passionately and end up getting laid just like the AV you watch either legally or illegally.
"Alfi," Kartika calls his name in a soft tone.
"Yes?" He replied with a smile on his face.
"Come." Kartika pleaded.
His head then gets closer to her face.
"Closer." She said gently with her beautiful smile on her face.
His face then slowly gets closer to her. He sees her smiling at him and the smile makes her more beautiful. His heart races faster as he is too close to Kartika already. Everyone is shocked by what this couple is about to do before their very eye.
"Finally I have my own romance route. Desope, thank you." His lips are coming to her lips.
Closer.
Closer.
Closer.
And.
SMACK.
She hits his face really hard.
"Ah..." What a letdown.
Kartika smacks Alfi brutally as usual while swearing around that her swearing need censoring and if you ask me to write the dialogue, it will be 5000 lines full of '*'.
Hint: fanged beasts, man's genital, demons, stupidity.
ßenlong who just keeps running ignoring them sees a door on his sight.
"We are here!" ßenlong exclaimed.
"Kartika! Kartika! We arrive already, please stop it!" Alfi pleaded.
"DC6EEEBD219DBE854307862EE0461C7E33352B04!" She is still smacking him.
What? Well, you might be bored with '*' mark as the censor so I decide to encrypt it.
"Hey! Little help!" Alfi exclaimed.
"Rp. 10.000,- ($0,71) for Kartika." Herman exclaimed.
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"Rp. 20.000,- ($1,4) for Kartika." Jeje exclaimed.
"Rp. 50.000,- ($3,6) for Kartika." Varz exclaimed.
"Fuck all of you!" Alfi yelled at them.
"5822FF3256CB71E9183AABCF9B7EDE40164B0321!" Kartika is still at it.
ßenlong just keeps running to the door ignoring what is happening right now. He just doesn't want to get involved.
They have arrived on the sixteenth floor. They find themselves in a room resembling a Dojo. There are so many caligraphies in Balinese script on tapestries on every corner of the wall. The selves full of wooden swords, kimonos, and clothes are aligned on their left. The wall, floor, and ceiling are made of wood just like typical Dojo. ßenlong keeps walking exploring this floor. Varz looks uneasy ever since they entered this floor. Alfi who realized it tries to ignore it as he feels the same. ßenlong keeps walking that they reach the end of this floor. They see familiar faces for humans. They are on cross-legged position aligning there before them as if they have been waiting for them.
"No surprise we can't contact them," Alfi said.
"All of them are here," Varz added.
The on the front gets up and welcomes them, "Welcome, all of you. I'm impressed that you have made it this far."
"Arz." Alfi and Varz are getting agitated by seeing him welcoming them.
"What? Arz? He is Franz's brother?!" Kartika gets shocked by knowing that the guy in the red Kimono is Arz.
"He is not the only surprise here." The guy in blue kimono beside Arz gets up.
"Franz!" Kartika and Herman are getting agitated.
"Too bad. To know that something like that would turn out like that." A guy on the rear in white Balinese garments and an udeng (headband), and number "2" on his forehead, it's Made. He gets up followed by the other three beside him who wear the same garments with a different number on their forehead, 1 (Wayan), 3 (Nyoman), dan 4 (Ketut).
"Looks like we had overestimated you," Wayan added.
"But, you even can't defeat them. Nope, you are even not their match." Nyoman added.
"And, who expects that this Alfa is the one blessed by demons. What a blasphemous disgrace." Ketut added.
Hearing that, Alfi remains silent and he has no guts to see them. What they said is painful yet that's the truth. He does know that becoming an Alfa isn't just for goofing around. It's a great responsibility that puts all lives on the line. What happened in Bali is the evidence that Alfi does encounter a great peril that comes from his fate that he shoulders. And with the fact that he lost, he can't say a thing and let himself burry in regret of being unable to do his job as the Alfa.
"Shame on you!" Made yelled at him.
"What a disappointment," Wayan added.
"He is just ignorant and it's just enough to be the proof that he can't be the Alfa," Nyoman added.
"Even the world itself loathes him. Not to mention that his life is full of sorrow. This guy is not the Alfa, he is just a loser who is waiting for the time to be rotten in vain." Ketut added.
Alfi just grits his teeth. Their mockery does get his nerve, but he can't do a thing to fight back. Seeing Alfi being mocked like that also gets their nerve, yet they can't do a thing before the sages of Bali, but...
"Enough! All of you!" Kartika exclaimed. "Have you no decency at all?! You were chosen as the sages to protect the civilians on your territory, right?! It means you are also protectors just like him, right? Why can't you support him like the way you did back then?!"
"We, the sages, we have a limited ability, not like the Alfa. We do care of the civilians, and we always watch our manner. But, look at this guy!" Made points at Alfi. "He shoulders a cruel fate as the world protector. With him around, you don't need us right? So, he has to shoulder our fate too! We are tired of waiting for his arrival, and when he appeared, we just have to toss our job away to him."
"So, you just give him trouble without doing anything to help him?! Where are the manners you were talking about?" Kartika yelled at them.
"Lady Kartika! Watch your mouth!" Nyoman yelled at Kartika.
"Looks like he has defiled her that she has no manner at all." Ketut just worsened the situation on purpose.
"Then, I have to-" When Nyoman is about to release an Iru orb from his palm, suddenly, Kartika, Varz, Franz, and Barz have surrounded him.
Kartika is about to jab Nyoman yet Barz and Franz stop her. Barz who is about to stab her neck with his dagger and Franz who is about to behead her with his sword are being blocked by Varz's swords.
"I see..." Nyoman sighed.
"Kartika, Varz, retreat." Alfi said briefly.
"But." Kartika and Varz said.
"I said 'retreat'!" He yelled at them.
Kartika and Varz retreat without saying a thing. Alfi then walks towards them saying, "I did lose to Waku-waku, yet I have no intention to quit. I am here trying to reach the top floor so that I can do my job as the world protector. Therefore, please, let us pass through."
"Don't you know that it is useless? How many lives should be wasted just to see you get defeated by them?" Made asked.
"Honestly, I don't care about casualties. Sacrifice is something inevitable here."
"You've got balls to say that before us. Where is your manner, anyway?"
"Manners, you say? Should I consider it before the ones who mock me? Not to mention that they are weaker than me." Alfi smirked.
"Alfi! What are you doing?!" Kartika yelled at him.
"Oh, so you underestimate us?" Wayan said.
Suddenly, Alfi finds himself surrounded by the late members of the Swordsmen of the Stars, Arz, Barz, Carz, Franz, Garz, Irz, Jarz, Karz, and Larz.
"Larz, not you too!" Varz exclaimed.
"Oh, ganging up, eh?" Alfi said casually.
"Didn't you say that we are weak?" Irz said.
"I have hated this guy in the first place, let's just kill him already!" Jarz exclaimed.
"A protector blessed upon by demons? What a joke. Just perish already." Carz exclaimed.
"You've wasted our deaths. Just perish already!" Larz exclaimed.
They are advancing to Alfi. Alfi swiftly pulls Pelidi from his iron bracelet and spins himself sending all of them flying.
"You asked for it, right? You bunch of old geezers!" Alfi yelled at the sages.
"WATCH YOUR LANGUAGE, DUMBASS!" Kartika, Herman, and Varz yelled at him.
"What?" Wayan replied.
"If I can defeat, no perish them, I may pass through to the next floor, right?" Tanya Alfi.
"Well, if you can," Nyoman replied.
Alfi just smirks. The black silver Iru envelopes Pelidi turning it into a black Tachi with an emperor butterfly motif craved on the handle and the blade.
"Then, I just need to finish all of them off," He said.
Karz and Irz suddenly advance to Alfi at a high speed. Karz is ready with her claw and so is Irz with his sword. Alfi can't swing his sword nor evade in time. Yet...
Suddenly Kartika and Varz appear. Kartika jabs Karz face really hard and Varz blocks Irz sword with his Doraduo sword.
"Is it okay for you to assist me, Varz?" Alfi asked.
"Stop that hard-boiled vibes of yours already. You even almost got yourself killed by these two." Varz replied.
Varz with all of his might swings his sword downward dismantling Irz and sends him flying crashing the wall.
"They are dead already anyway, so I have no responsibility to protect the dead, right?" Varz said.
"He's right," Kartika added. "Your job as the Alfa is to protect the world not listening to the mockeries of the dead who hid behind your back!" Kartika lunches a strong scratch to Karz that Karz falls before Kartika
"That's why..." Kartika said.
"That's why..." Varz said.
"We have to get outta here!" They exclaimed.
"Varz! Lady Kartika! Do you realize what you have done?!"Wayan enraged.
"Of course." Kartika gives him a serious gaze.
"Lady Kartika, I think the guy you choose isn't the figure you had been looking for!" Made is pointing Alfi out. "The Alfa isn't apathetic and pathetic garbage like this beast. An Alfa is a figure that will do anything to protect the world and the inhabitants. The figure and it are just two sides of the coin!" Made exclaimed.
"Then, he can't put an end to Waku-waku, right? Aren't they the inhabitants of the world? So, what is it that you expect from this Alfa?" Varz asked.
"Varz, do you have a brain or something?" Irz said while getting up with all of his might.
"That strange for the one who doesn't have any to say such a thing," Varz said casually.
"Yes, they are, but they are a threat to the world that needs to be exterminated. You should know about that." Nyoman said.
"Then, you are the ones that need to be exterminated," Kartika replied.
"As you intend to "exterminate" the Alfa, the world protector," Herman added with fire flares all over his body.
"Like you are the one to talk," Varz said cynically to them.
Herman looks so pissed off now.
"Don't you listen to us?! He is not the Alfa!" Wayan yelled at them.
"That's not the problem, to be honest," Kartika said.
"We don't give a shit whether he is the Alfa or not," Varz added.
"It's because he is our friend," Herman added.
"WE WON'T LET ANYONE OFFEND HIS PRIDE FURTHER THAN THIS!" They exclaimed.
"Guys..." Alfi is startled by hearing what they have just said.
The demons and deity walk forward and stand forward beside them, but Aoi who is crawling on ßenlong.
"It's getting heating up, eh?" Ketut said.
Suddenly, Herman, Cocong, Buriko, Aoi, and ßenlong get sent flying. Realizing that, Kartika swiftly jumps grabbing the edge of Cocong's shroud and slams his body to that wooden floor.
"Ah~ ecstasy." Cocong does look full of ecstasy.
Now it's just Alfi, Varz, Kartika, Jeje and... Cocong.
"What just happened?!" Alfi is getting uneasy by what just happened.
"Looks like you do defy us, the sages of Bali. And with our authority, we officially challenge you on a battle royale!!" Ketut exclaimed with the members of the Swordsmen of the Stars surrounding him.
"And the condition is we are only allowed to use swords as our weapon, right?" Varz asked.
"That's right," Ketut said.
"But, some of them don't use swords. Why are they allowed to join?!" Varz exclaimed.
"You have no right to complain! Know your place!" Nyoman said.
"That bastard!" Varz sighs.
"Now, now, Varz. Life is not fair, so we just have to get used to it." Alfi said.
Pelidi's blade is channeled by his black silver Iru.
"Guess you are right." Varz unsheathes his sword and summons a wind sword on his left hand. The blade of the sword on his left hand is channeled by a roaring electric current.
"Things seem to be more interesting here." Jeje extends his right arm and his hand turns into a beam saber, a great saber with a fire-flare-enveloped-blue blade.
"Does Kartika has a sword?" Alfi looks curious. "Or, don't tell me-"
*SMACK*
Kartika smacks his head really hard.
"Of course not that 'sword', you idiot." She said it with her reddening face. "Kage bunshin no jutsu." She makes a goat hand seal.
Cakra emerges from her pendant with two blue greatswords on his hands. Claymore on his left hand and Durandal on his right hand.
"What a weeb," Jeje said.
"Cocong!" She exclaimed.
Hearing that, Cocong trashes around and jumps to her hand. Kartika grabs his head hard and his body turns into a wooden greatsword full of spikes on the blade.
"The Cursed Sword: Morning Wood!" Cocong exclaimed.
The sword emits golden light around the blade.
"CAN YOU NAME IT BETTER THAN THAT, YOU ASSHOLE?!" Alfi, Kartika, Varz, and Jeje yelled at him.
"What? I think it sounds cool," Cocong replied.
"Right, let's get it started then." After Ketut said that, the whole room suddenly emits dazzling white light,
And when it disappears, Alfi, Kartika, Varz, and Jeje find themselves got separated already. Kartika, Cocong, and Cakra are on the top of a skyscraper. Jeje is in an abandoned industrial area. Varz is in a forest full of tress. And Alfi is on an open space that looks like an arena with spectators in every direction as the eye can see yelling 'KILL THAT FAKE ALFA!' They were separated by Ketut.
"YOU'VE GONE TOO FAR!" They can hear that fearsome voice of Wayan's. "WE ARE GOING TO FINISH ALL OF YOU OFF!"
After hearing that, suddenly some members of the Swordsmen of the Stars appear before their very eyes.
"I won't hold back. This time, I will defeat all of you without giving him any trouble." Kartika is encountering Garz and Jarz. "Watch my back, Cakra." She added.
"Of course." Cakra puts his battle stance.
"I do not know you, but I won't let you kill Alfi!" Jeje is encountering Carz.
"And in the end, I just have to kill all of you, eh?" Varz is encountering Franz, Irz, and Karz.
"Then... There's no way back, eh?" Alfi is encountering Arz, Barz, and Larz.
Meanwhile, the rest is just watching them through that white Iru orb that is floating in the middle of the room. They can't do anything but wish Alfi and the others luck on this battle royale.
"BATTLE ROYALE. THE SWORDSMEN OF THE STARS VERSUS THE TWERPS, BEGUN!!!"
"They do underestimate me, eh? Why should I fight against a cheap big toy like this one?" Carz sighed.
"Who you call 'cheap big toy'?!" Carz does get Jeje's nerve.
"Oh well." Carz advances to Jeje with his hand which nails are extended ready to scratch Jeje.
"Carz, the tiger!" Carz exclaimed.
Seeing that, Jeje spins pointing his saber to the front cutting those long nails.
"Beam saber, a saber with a blade made of laser that cuts anything it touches. I use my Mana to manifest this sword just in case something like this would happen. Don't ever think I will lose to the likes of you!" Jeje exclaimed.
Carz extends all of his fingernails.
"My nails are not mere nails. One is as strong as a sharp long sword. And so, technically I wield 10 swords here.." Carz rushes to Jeje.
As he is close enough to Jeje, he back-dashes and launches 3 nails to Jeje. Seeing that, Jeje launches some beam missiles from his head bursting those nails. The atmosphere goes silent out of the blue.
"What?! Why?! Why didn't you get devastated?!" Carz exclaimed in disbelief.
"As I thought. You got me cornered just to make me launch a long-range attack that a sword can't do, right?" Jeje said. "From the way you said it, I can tell that I will get some kind of 'penalty' if I use something other than swords."
"Tsk."
"As I thought." Jeje comes to Carz and strikes him with a hard bash.
Carz evades it swiftly with three fingers. He immediately jumps to the sky and launches a drop blow with five nails pointing downwards to impale Jeje. Seeing that, Jeje cuts those nails with his saber and thrust to the sky to pierce Carz's head, yet Carz manages to evade it by spinning himself horizontally and he ends up landing smoothly. Carz launches his blow again, and Jeje blocks it with his saber and swings his saber upwards that shoves Carz to the back. Carz who is about to get up sees Jeje coming to his direction ready to split him into two. Carz gets up quickly and launches a blow to Jeje.
*CRASH*
Their blows are clashing that it makes a great crash. Both of them are still at it.
"Why don't you get devastated already?!" Carz is getting pissed off.
"I don't really understand what you mean by 'devastated', but I have used my Mana to manipulate my beam molecule into daggers which means my beam is technically considered as dagger thrust," Jeje explained.
"What a sly fox. Just like your leader, that fake Alfa!"
"Everything is acceptable in a battle, right? I just can't stay idle if you keep insulting my friend like that!"
"Rubbish!" Carz extends his nails and launches a barrage to Jeje.
Jeje is trying to block that barrage by swinging his saber to cut those long nails, yet they just keep growing really fast. Jeje has no choice but focusing on defensive mode as Carz keeps on that bizarre offensive mode of his. Jeje keeps cutting those nails that he is getting overwhelmed. Without even realizing it Jeje puts too much force on his saber that he sends it flying.
"Gotcha!"
"Dang it!"
Suddenly, all of Carz's nails are being enveloped by black Iru. He then exclaims, "Ultimate Technique! Macan Kumbang (Black Panther)!"
Carz keeps launching his blows like crazy at an incredible speed to Jeje without showing any mercy on his face at all.
"You are finished!" Carz impales his nails to Jeje's body and drags his body to the wall in front of him.
His body slams the wall really hard and Carz bursts Jeje's body by putting force on his hand to expands his arms. In the end, Jeje's body is scattered everywhere. Carz sees Jeje's head is falling from the sky. He points his right hand to the sky letting the head falls to his nail that the nails pierce it.
"Jeje..." Buriko and the others are speechless.
Buriko, Aoi, Herman, and ßenlong remained silent by what just they saw.
"Speaking of a letdown. Guess, I have to crush that fake Alfa right away." Carz impales his nails on his right hand that still have Jeje's head to the ground and drags them as he walks in this industrial area.
"Why did pick such a weakling as my opponent anyway?" Carz sighed. "Do they underestimate me? Nah, even that Alfi isn't a worthy opponent for me. Considering his friend is such a weakling, I can tell how weak he is. What a bunch of clowns. I should just finish that fake i-"
*STAB*
Suddenly Carz feels something sharp impaled on his body.
It is something like a wooden cone-rod with a sharp edge piercing his abdomen.
"Gah!" Carz coughs blood from his mouth.
"B... Blood?!! Impossible! A Doki-doki user isn't supposed to have bleeding!!" Carz exclaimed in terror. "Wa... WAIT!!! Does my blood look like this?!" He is shocked by seeing that his blood looks mahogany not red.
Suddenly, more rod is coming from every direction to his body. They pierce his shoulders, knee, waist, even his forehead.
"What... Is... Hap... Pen... Ning..?" His vision is getting blurry.
Even so, he barely sees Jeje standing before him. He just stands there without wielding his saber at all.
"Unforgivable. You that I am weak, right? I can tell as you keep saying that. Then, how about you try my new power which was awakened by your own arrogance!" Jeje exclaimed.
Blue Mana is seen enveloping Jeje. He extends his right arm to the front and a lot of wooden rods launched impaling the other parts of Carz's body.
"Gah!"
"Wh... What is happening?! Aoi!!" Herman seems puzzled.
"Jeje, He hasn't vanished yet." Aoi is getting tense.
"Herman, look." ßenlong said.
"In this supernatural realm, the shelter of the wandering spirits like us, if one spirit gets killed here, he will never respawn. To make it simple, you'll turn into something so-called 'nothingness.'" Jeje explained.
Suddenly a set of lumber appears in the sky and falls impaling Carz's body and the ground making him unable to move at all.
"As Alfi has taught me much, I can make use of my power effectively. Technically, Doki-doki and mythical power have the same foundation, it's imagination!"
The mana that envelopes him is getting tenser that makes him bigger like a giant. That blue Mana envelopes his right hand turning it into a massive beam saber. His head which is a carve of Gundam head on a coconut shell turns into a real Gundam head made of coconut shell.
"JK, Jeje Kaizer!" Jeje exclaimed. "You said that I am a weakling, right? Then, you will be fine by my attack on this mode, right?"
Carz is frightened by Jeje's current appearance.
A pair of great blue wings appear from his back, and he soars to the sky and comes to the surface with his saber pointing to Carz's direction.
"Jeje Kaizer: Giri-giri Ai Moe Kyun-kyun Critical Drop Down Finish!" The saber crushes Carz's body and his body vanishes before his very eyes.
"Oh my god. What kind of name is that?" Herman, Buriko, Aoi, and ßenlong sighed.
"Welp, it can't be helped, right? Ever since we met Alfi, he got a friend to talk as they have the same hobbies and delusion." Aoi added.
"Carz dropped out!" Everyone in that dimension can hear Wayan's voice.
Jeje then returns to his normal form. He is about to fly to the sky to assist the other yet he falls for exhaustion.
"Dang it, Looks like I can't fight like the way he does, eh? Alfi, you always get up and fight even when everything turns into a disadvantage like this, right?" Jeje said.
The white light appears and catches Jeje taking him back to the Dojo where everyone is waiting for him. Jeje appears in front of Herman, Aoi, Buriko, and ßenlong. Jeje sees all of them and says, "I'm sorry, I can't assist them."
"Now, now. At least you defeated him!" Buriko said.
"Yeah! You were really cool! Can you transform into Jeje Kaizer again?!!" Herman said excitedly.
"If you weren't exhausted, we would bring you back anyway." Made said.
"We won't let you win!" Nyoman added.
"You." Herman gives them a cold gaze.
"Want me to perish you?" Wayan shows his blackened hand to Herman.
"Tch." Herman is pissed off.
"There, there, Herman. Just let them be." ßenlong said. "Now, we just have to heal Jeje." He added.
"Yup, and let me heal~you." Aoi touches Jeje's head with her index finger gently.
"Please be gentle," Jeje said in a strange tone.
"I am next! I am next!" Herman and Buriko exclaimed.
"Calm down, everyone will get their turn." Aoi teased them.
"I am next! I am next!" Wayan, Made, Nyoman, and Ketut exclaimed.
"WHY THE HELL ARE YOU HERE!" Herman, Buriko, and ßenlong yelled at them.
"Give me a break, will ya?" ßenlong sighed.
"One down, eh? I can't lose then." Kartika and Cakra are quite overwhelmed by fighting against Garz and Jarz.
"That Carz, eh?" Garz said.
"Heh? So he lost, eh? No surprise. He is just unable to hold himself when he is on a fight. And such recklessness is his weakness. What an idiot." Jarz said arrogantly. "Don't you think that you can defeat us that easily!" Jarz flaps his red fur around his pullover launching a lot of red sword to both of them.
Seeing that, Kartika put a batting stance by using Cocong, or the 'Morning Wood' as the bat. Then, She puts a lot of force to it and swings the sword against those swords bursting them in a jiffy. She pants heavily as Morning Wood consumes a great amount of her Iru.
"Kartika, don't push yourself too hard," Cakra said.
"Cakra! Look out!" Kartika exclaimed.
Garz is coming to Cakra's direction with four of his swords ready to slash Cakra. Cakra manages to block that surprise attack with both of his swords, yet Garz keeps attacking by jumping everywhere while launching a strike once in a while. He keeps striking Cakra's guard by the strike from the sword on the right hand, followed by the sword on the left leg, left hand, and right hand. Garz keeps attacking Cakra with that irregular pattern and suddenly he jumps and strikes Cakra's swords by four of his swords.
"Guh!!" Garz's strike is quite strong that Cakra gets overwhelmed to block it.
"Cakra!" Kartika exclaimed.
Those swords are coming to Kartika really fast. Seeing that, Kartika parries them with Morning Wood blade.
"I am your opponent here!" Jarz keeps flapping his fur launching more swords to her.
Kartika who chooses to guard decides to run to evade those swords. She does so as she hears a heavy breath from the sword she wields right now. She thinks that Cocong has taken too much damage.
"Cocong! Can you hear me?" Kartika tries to contact Cocong in that form while running to evade those swords.
"*Pant*, *pant*, *pant*, what is it, Kartika?" His voice sounds heavy.
"Are you alright? Did that hurt?" She asked in a panic.
"Yes, I could feel the damage from the way you use me. Those swords were stabbing my body deep. At this rate, I... *Pant*, *pant*, *pant*. " Cocong explained.
"I'm sorry, Cocong. If only I-"
"I'VE NEVER FELT SUCH GREAT ECSTASY!" Cocong said in ecstasy.
"Huh?" The panic and guilt that Kartika vanish out of the blue.
"I mean, come on, when will you be able to feel such exiting pain? Ah, I still can feel those sharp irons grinding against my backbone every time you swing me. Ah~~~. As I thought, turning myself into a sword was a perfect idea." Cocong keeps his blabbering as he feels the ecstasy.
"Then, I wonder... ARE YOU WEAKENING OR STRENGTHENING ANYWAY?!" She yelled at him.
"Sorry, can't hear ya. this ecstasy just feels good."
"GIVE ME A BREAK ALREADY!!!"
Kartika keeps running that she almost falls as she has reached the edge of the skyscraper. She can't run anymore as the swords keep coming from every direction that insists her keep on her defense mode as she has no time to fight back.
*BANG*
Blue beam flies really fast bursting all the swords. It's Cakra who shot it with his gun.
*STRIKE*
Dazzling light appears before them.
"Kartika, are you alright?" It sounds heavy yet gentle for her.
"Cakra!!!" Kartika is startled by seeing Cakra's condition before her.
Cakra looks sluggish as he is the one struck by that thunder. He closes his eyes and falls on his knee. The reason why he can't go back to her pendant is that Cakra persists not to go back so Kartika won't fight by herself.
"Wh... What is happening?!" Herman exclaimed.
"Anyone uses any weapon but swords will be penalized like that," Nyoman exclaimed.
"Then why didn't you use that to Carz?! He doesn't use a sword, right?! He uses his nails not swords!" Herman enraged.
"Why should we do something that gives something disadvantaging us? As long as it gives us an advantage and gives our opponent a disadvantage, we'll do it." Ketut said casually.
"You coward!" Herman just clenches his right fist.
"There, there, Herman, let's see what will they do. I'm sure they will win." Jeje soothed him up.
Herman sighs and sits back with his friends to watch how the battle run.
"Cakra..." Kartika falls on her knee by seeing him laying there.
Everything goes silent. Jarz and Garz then walk to approach her.
"Why? Why did you do that? Don't tell me that you did that just because it's your job to protect me. I don't want to always be protected. Ever since we met for the first time, you have been protecting me in the battle we've gone through. No. No more." The guilt corrupts her mind.
She always blames herself in such a situation. Her beloved one suffers just for protecting her. Seeing that directly is just enough to hurt her fragile mind. She just wants to protect her beloved ones even if it's just once in her life.
"Come on Kartika. You can do it!" Aoi exclaimed.
"Yeah! Come on Kartika! Beat those two! Show them how strong you are!" Herman added.
They are cheering her.
"What a bunch of idiots. There's no way she can hear you. It's just futile." Nyoman said.
Even so, they keep cheering her ignoring Nyoman cynical words. Meanwhile, Kartika actually can hear them. She can hear her friends are cheering her. They are rooting for her.
"They are rooting for me?"
She feels glad to hear it. She remembers her reason to fight so far. She fights for one thing. Something simple yet essential. It's...
"I fight to protect the world." She said it with full of determination on her eyes.
"Garz, the horse."
"Jarz, the rooster."
Both of them are about to send their finishers to her, yet she swiftly grabs Morning Wood and runs to their directing ready to send them a thrust. As she manages to thrust them, with all of her might, she swings it horizontally sending them flying passing the edge of the skyscraper that they end up falling to the ground.
Seeing that, she rushes to Cakra and touches his head channeling her Iru to him.
*STRIKE*
She falls sluggishly by that thunder strike.
"No healing," Nyoman said.
"You!" Herman exclaimed.
"If you can't keep your mouth shut, then I'll perish those in there!" Wayan exclaimed.
Herman remained silent. The sages just give them a smirk.
"Just sit nicely there and watch your friends perish one by one." Made said.
"I can't. The thunder paralyzed me. As I thought, I am useless." She sobbed. "I'm sorry, Cakra. I'm sorry, Herman. I'm sorry, Varz. I'm sorry... Alfi." She regrets and blames her uselessness.
At the same time, Jarz and Garz are seen flying in the sky. Jarz is flapping the red fur around his pullover that he looks like flapping his own wings. Garz is holding Jarz's left leg.
"Kartika! Get up!" Herman exclaimed.
"It's amazing to see that you could make us fall, lady Kartika. Therefore, please let us give you a special honor by finishing you off." Jarz said.
"Come on, Jarz!" Garz exclaimed.
Jarz lifts his left leg throwing Garz to the sky. A whole of Garz's body is enveloped by black Iru and when his body is in front of Jarz, the black Iru is getting thicker as Jarz channels it to Garz's body that his body ends up turning into a black gigantic great sword.
"COMBO TECHNIQUE: PEDANG HITAM(black sword)!" Jarz flaps his wing and the sword is coming to their direction at an incredible speed.
But, at the same time, she remembers something.
"Thank you." It's Alfi. "For giving me a new reason to live in this world." He added.
"Alfi... What do you mean by 'a new reason to live in this world'?" She said in her mind. "You are an odd guy. You always let anyone underestimate you and hide the fact that you are powerful. You are always afraid but you always push yourself to face it. You always get up no matter how many times you fall. Alfi, I wonder what would you do in this situation."
"No." She said. "No more. If I want to protect them, I have to fight like him. I have to face my own fear and keep getting up no matter how many times I fall. I will protect you, Alfi!"
She grabs Morning Wood and swings it upwards diagonally splitting that black gigantic greatsword into 2. The sword turns back to Garz whose body is separated from his legs.
"Garz dropped out!" Everyone in that dimension can hear Wayan's voice.
"What?!" Jarz just can't believe what just happened before his very eyes
"Cocong, no hurt feeling, kay?" She points Morning Wood to the sky and starts healing Cakra.
The thunder keeps striking Morning Wood without knowing when to stop. The roaring keeps coming as she is persistent to heal Cakra.
"What is this?! How the hell that sword doesn't break at all?!" Nyman swore.
The intensity of thunder striking Morning Wood is getting bigger and bigger yet that doesn't stop her at all. Then, Cakra opens his eyes and he sees Kartika who looks anxious.
"Kartika?" He said.
She smiles and hugs him.
"Cakra! Thank goodness!" She said.
"That was bold of you, Kartika," Cakra said.
"I told you, she can do it," Aoi said.
Jarz comes to their directing while launching swords to them from his wings. She grabs Morning Wood and swings it to destroy those swords. Cakra then advances and sends Jarz a quick barrage with both of his swords. Without she realizes it, Morning Wood has got bigger ten times than its normal size and it turns into blue.
"ECSTASY!!!! THIS IS IT! CURSED SWORD: SUN RISING MORNING WOOD" Cocong exclaimed. "Let's finish him off, Kartika!"
Kartika nods.
"Cakra!" Kartika exclaimed.
Cakra keeps striking Jarz at a high speed and sends him flying. Kartika points the Sun Rising Morning Wood to the sky and with all of her might, she is dropping it.
"SPECIAL TECHNIQUE! CAHAYA MATAHARI TERBENAM! (Sunset Light)" Kartika, Cakra, and Cocong exclaimed.
Jarz is trying to get away from its range, yet the sword is too big that it covers the sky making Jarz have nowhere to escape. The sword bashes his body and crushes him.
"Jarz dropped out!" Everyone in that dimension can hear Wayan's voice.
Kartika, Cakra, and Cocong won. The white light catches them and returns them to the Dojo. Herman, Jeje, ßenlong, Buriko and Aoi give them a warm welcome.
"Wait, why are we back? The battle isn't over, right?" Kartika asked.
"No, it isn't. Just look at what happens to your friends there." Made said.
They watch from that white Iru orb. They are startled to see Alfi and Varz get overwhelmed by fighting against three members of the Swordsmen of the Stars.
"They are encountering the strongest member of the Swordsmen of the Stars. And you won't be able to do anything!" Nyoman said.
Kartika grits her teeth. Herman who is about to launch his blow is stopped by Kartika.
"Don't worry," Kartika said. "Alfi and Varz will..."
They look at Kartika.
"Will win this battle!" She said it with full of determination on her eyes.