Re:START/If {Book 1.0}
Chapter 36: Reese and Rabe 3 of 5 (Part 03)
Odo woke up in the gazebu, immediately sat down with a breath of breath and was completely trembling. Seeing the people around him staring at him anxiously, the young man tried to lower his fear and smiled stiffly.
His mind was still chaotic, the terror given by the black shadow that appeared before was still etched clearly in his mind and made him frightened until cold sweat poured out. The sense slowly disappeared, changing with hundreds of questions that made his mind full.
“What's up, Mister?” ask Fiola next to him.
The young man did not reply, lowered his face and started muttering quickly. Immediately descending from the gazebu, took a few steps forward and he gazed towards the sky. Taking a deep breath, the young man indistinctly shouted, “Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaakh!! Amaaaaaaa!!! It's it!! What are you, you bitch!!! Just wanted to finish this!! But the question arises again!! Torture what people!!? Check people!!!”
Everyone stared at the puzzled young man who suddenly shouted indistinctly like that. Amongst everyone, Fiola who was at a glance read his mind and was shocked by what Odo was thinking at that moment.
Lisia approached, then asked, “You why Tuan—”
“UWHAAAAAAAA!!” The woman snatched Odo.
As the Head Warrior approached and reprimanded, “Oi! No need to snap like that—!”
“UWHAAAAAAAA!!” Odo snapped at him too.
Fiola jumped down from the gazebu, holding the young man's shoulder from behind. As Odo turned his head and was about to snap at him, Fiola directly punched a very hard blow into the young man's stomach and made him lose consciousness. Capturing and lowering her slowly, Fiola changed her body shape to its original form and became an adult woman.
Everyone who saw him instantly was amazed by the graceful figure of that Sacred Beast, but the curiosity why the young man who always looks calm can scream is not clear to make them no one to throw flattery.
“Nona Lisia, can I borrow this person for a moment?”
With a scared face and still trembling from being yelled at, the red-haired female nodded her head once.
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They had prepared and immediately proceeded to the bandit Purge in the territory of the city of Rockfield. Leaving from the village that became transit when the sun began to rise, the group of Mylta city government troops drove the horse carriage to form a group.
The terrain is not as smooth as usual, up and down hills and highlands become the majority of the road terrain that is passed. The view of the cliffs and hills on the left right is common, white dominates under the exposure of the dim light from the overcast sky.
On one of the horse carriages where Lisia, Fiola, Odo and a few soldiers were, the atmosphere felt extremely heavy due to the muttering sound of the young man's hair. Despite having a large body and looking mature, the young man in black hair was sitting on the lap of Fiola who had returned to the form of an adult woman.
“If it is true that the arrangement of the world is like that, it means that the dimensions of the foundation have even less information but the recording of the world should be better there. Anyway, why would he be there? The goddess? Is that the shit that made him there? Wait, what was that before? What is the black shadow that comes out? Why any? Does that have anything to do with them? If they were him, why would they split like that? Why could? He said half-and-half? Whatdoes thatmean? I used to fight the Throne? What throne? The heavens? A deity? The world? The kingdom? Why would I do that? If what he said is true, it means that ‘aku did not die after being hacked with the axe’ and instead lived a long life? In that case, my memories of that moment were erased and the moment I died I was dragged here. Wait, if I live long and don't die by being hacked, how can I die? From what the woman said, that figure called Helena did not want to let me choose. If so, then he won't let me choose death either. Why is it like that? He said the woman was also created from a fragment of my memory. If so, who is he? The elder in the previous village was also very suspicious, did he have anything to do as well? Wait a minute, what does that purple-haired woman mean by redemption? What is the cause and—”
Odo continued muttering and muttering on Fiola's lap, until making the horse carriage they were riding filled with his buzzing voice like a flock of raging bees. It really made Lisia and the other soldiers depressed, feeling that there was something wrong with the young man they considered reliable.
“Is his head okay?”
“Well, this is his first battle on a field full of blood and corpses, I think he's too forced himself.”
“Does he have a mental disorder?”
“I don't think that, you saw him fighting, did you? He must have forced himself and at bedtime a nightmare attacked him.”
“So, yes. Hmm, I think it's natural. When I first killed people also the taste of rice haunted me.”
The soldiers chatted with each other, using the young man who continued to mutter as he covered his mouth with that right hand as the main subject. Odo did not take a single glance despite hearing them, he kept his head down and sat in Fiola's lap while slipping his left leg forward. Although it looks crowded, Fiola did not protest and even the woman who actually dragged Odo to sit on his lap.
“Keep, why is he sitting on Miss Shieal's lap? Can't it be true that Miss has a crush on him?” one of the soldiers told his comrades. As they glanced towards Lisia, the red-haired female showed a different expression from what they had imagined.
Lisia looked anxious, continuing to stare at Odo even though the young man had not glanced at her since riding the horse carriage. The atmosphere became silent for a moment as the soldiers became awkward after being aware of the expression, the carriage was filled only with the buzzing sound of Odo accompanying the journey. Trains occasionally shook because of the lack of surface of the road that was passed, even so they remained silent.
Fiola who was sitting in a row looked over from behind the young man he was holding, then looked at Lisia with a flat look. At first glance, Huli Jing knew what she wanted to say, but she did not prevent it and felt that it was okay for her to say that.
“Mr Odo ..., are you okay?”
The passengers on the horse carriage were shocked when they heard the name, as well as the coachman sitting in front. Lisia only realized she had made a mistake, immediately shut her mouth and looked panicked at calling Odo by his name instead of Nigrum.
“Nona .., your word earlier ... The odo? Why did Miss call your fiancee like that?” ask the soldier sitting next to Lisia.
Lisia immediately looked frantically at Fiola with an expression asking for help to him. Huli Jing in the form of a beautiful woman with blackish brown hair sighed slightly. Staring flatly at the soldier who asked, he said, “This young man is indeed Odo Luke, son of your Master.”
Fiola tightly hugged the body of the young man sitting on his lap, making the soldiers and Lisia a little surprised. The red-haired woman looked away for a few reasons. While glancing slightly to see Odo's reaction when hugged, the young man remained unresponsive and continued to shut his mouth with his right hand while muttering.
“What ... do you mean? Isn't she Miss Lisia's fiancee?” ask the soldier next to Lisia. Seeing such a scene, Fiola knew that the soldier was a ranking officer and was quite close to the Head Warrior when he heard his slightly similar manner of speech.
“It was just a lie that Miss Lisia made,” Fiola replied lightly. Smiling faintly, he explained, “Tuan Odo actually only needs to hide his identity until his plan is complete. This form ..., My lord is using transformation magic. You know that, don't you? You have also seen that ...”
Fiola further hugged Odo, sniffed the scent of the young man's hair from behind and stared flatly at the soldiers. Seeing that clearly, they had no choice but to believe it because there was no way a Shieal would do that right in front of the woman he said was the young man's fiancee.
“Sorry ..., Miss Fiola,” said Lisia regretfully.
“Not a problem, such a thing if it is hidden continuously will definitely be free. After all, his condition was like this .... Even now I want to bring Mr. Odo home if I can ...”
The atmosphere returned silent, doubts and questions filling the minds of Lisia and the soldiers. They stared curiously, but the anxiety at some things made them undo the intention to ask.
As if ignoring the atmosphere, the soldier sitting holding his weapon and helmet next to Lisia asked, “What? Said the illness that Master suffered was a hereditary disease, and Mr Odo was also exposed to it?”
“What disease do you mean?”
“It .. his personality. Maybe this is very rough, but there are some rumors that say that his mental Master is a little disturbed and often relapses.”
Fiola was a little surprised, he only found out that there were rumors like that circulating among the military. Staring flat, he denied, “They are mentally and physically healthy. I don't care who spreads those rumors, but I suggest you don't spread such obscure rumors if you don't want to be dismissed.”
“Of course I dare not do that ..., but ...”
Following the figure that seemed to be their representative, the soldiers stared at Odo who was sitting on Fiola's lap. The young man kept his head down, covered his mouth with his hands and continued muttering. The look in his eyes seemed to indicate that his soul was not in the body, completely empty and very different from the young man they had seen over the past week.
“You guys call me crazy, yeah. How brazen.” Odo stopped muttering, closed his eyes for a moment and let out a long sigh. With a slight annoyance, the young man said, “And I thought this for you guys, but this is what I got?”
They did not reply, only surprised to see Odo's rapidly changing countenance. Not caring about it, the young man stared intently at Lisia. “Nona, next time you don't have to pay me,” he said firmly.’
“I'm sorry, Mr. ..”
Stop closing his mouth with his right hand, the young man said, “There is no need to apologize. More importantly ..., now I will advise on the change of his plan ...”
“This time we will go directly to the center of the bandits.”
“Eh? Aren't we going to turn around first and clean up the little bases? That's what you said during the meeting ..” Lisia was completely confused, neither bemoaning nor guessing the reason Odo changed the plan in such a 180 degree manner.
“We are running out of time, they may have already run away and destroyed.”
“Wait! Why do you talk like that?” ask the soldier next to Lisia. He was a little annoyed at the unreasonable advice of the young man who had muttered indistinctly.
Glancing flat and intimidatingly, Odo firmly said, “I know .., I understand and I can predict it. You doubt me after what I've planned so far?”
“But ...”
“Reason, yes ...” Odo said it as if he had expected the soldier to refuse, then in a flat tone he said, “If I call the reason a Perverted Flow, would you believe it?”
“A—!” The soldier immediately panicked, as did his comrades. “You mean the Perverted Stream that always wreaks havoc with their Summoning ritual?”
“Ya ..”.
“Why ... You suddenly said that?!”
“Let's know, that's all I can estimate. If you don't believe me, please just use my original plan .... It also does not really matter to me, basically the purpose of this trip has been reached when we reach the transit point.”
Odo got up from Fiola's lap, asked the woman to shift and sit in the corner curled up. At first glance glancing towards Fiola, he said, “Please tell them not to spread my identity to others ...” Fiola only looked on with a hint of a sad expression, clearly understanding what the young man was thinking.
“What do you mean?! Why are you saying that you don't care?!”
“It's true! Even though Miss Fiola said you were Odo Luke, I don't believe it completely!”
“Jawab! Don't even mumble again!”
As if he did not care about the surroundings, Odo again immersed his mind in the question and answer cycle and ignored them all. Instead, Fiola answered their questions one by one and asked everyone in the carriage who heard the young man's identity not to spread or talk about it during the plan.
As Fiola explained that to them, Odo who was sitting curled up slightly peeked out from between his hands that were folded over his knees. Staring sharply at the speeding horse-drawn carriage in front, three of the five Miquator witches were seen there. As if he had understood something, he re-inserted his face into the gap between his folded legs.
“If the Elder is removed from my selection of estimates, then only they are suspicious.... Well, life or not it's none of my business ..”
Odo curled up again, closed his eyes and in his mind rearranged the question and answer cycle to find a suitable way out of the situation he was faced with. In the mutter, a sentence came out of his mouth, “Actually weakness and anger are formless enemies, then understand yourself before getting to know the enemy coming from outside.”
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On the same day, on the trade route to the city of Rockfield. The two hills that were the main headquarters of the Tenebris Tox Bandit Group had actually been ravaged by those black-robed people. The cabin house was set on fire, corpses were scattered and blood was flowing on the snow-white surface.
The corpse decomposed faster despite being in a low temperature, blackened and its skin and flesh began to be gnawed at by maggots from within. Right on the two hills that had previously been the headquarters of the bandits, there were several magic altars made from pieces of people's bodies arranged to form a place of such terrible rituals.
Intestines taken from the corpses of bandits were used as magic circles in the field of the bandit headquarters, it was supplied to the ground with bones and heads arranged as the median points of a combined magic circle formed into an altar by the Devils.
The decomposing bodies are one of the effects of the Invoke Ritual, using the life energy sucked from the corpses on both hills. The six ritual sites are spread out in both places, with one as the center placed in the middle of the trade road route. There a small throne of the arrangement of meat was formed with the position of blocking the road.
The foundation is made of pieces of hands and feet, the intestine as a rope that unites between parts, the head as a decoration, the body as a stage, that is the form of a throne full of madness built by the children of Korwa. Although the bandits deserved to die for what they had done during their lives, but treating their corpses in such a manner also included blasphemy to the heavens.
After a few days of building a place for the ritual that would be a task for their wishes, the Korwa children who were only a few dozen people left started the ritual. A black-robed purple-haired woman stood before the throne with her siblings, stretching her hands forward with an expression of euphoria full of madness.
“Ah, this is the moment we have been waiting for. Daddy's! Oh, our Dad! Please meet these filial children! Give us a gift in the form of this promised meeting!! Free us from the chain of destiny of this cursed world!!”
The flames started to flare at the altar points on both hills, burning red and slowly turning into a bright blue without making any smoke at all. Some of the korwa standing near the altar and operating it were burned, but they smiled with relief as if they were free without suffering and crushed to ashes in a blue blaze.
The blazing blue flames spread rapidly, connected to each other and the six points formed a gigantic magic circle with the exact center on the throne between the two hills. The fire does not melt snow, it does not burn trees and it only burns brightly with its blue light under the cloudy sky.
As the flames started to extinguish and the giant magic circle disappeared into the sky, a rain of blood descended profusely replacing the falling snowflakes. It completely flushed the place in red, dyeing the two hills white with a glowing color of fresh blood.
A terrible voice began to sound. Moans, screams and moans began to fill the entire place between the two hills. The flesh that became the throne began to twitch, hands waved and heads began to open their mouths with screams.
The children of Korwa smiled with relief at the results of the ritual, what they were looking for was truly accomplished. Of the thousand korwa created since the time of the Great War first began, all that remained at that point were thirteen of them. The twelve of the Korwa were in the ritual right in front of the monstrous throne, gazing towards the sky and stretching both hands to the sky as if expecting something.
““Kakanda! The promised time is coming soon and the meeting will be fulfilled! Oh, Adinda's in this place waiting for you! You are the one who is promised a place to stand next to him one day! Choose between us to come with you, O life first created by Ayahanda!””
The cloud began to spiral, forming a black hole in its center that was connected to another dimension. Unlike the summoning ritual they had once performed during the Great War, what happened now was an absolute success as there was not a single one to interfere. The bandits are just a tumbar, their brother is just a catalyst for the summoning of the figure.
A giant skull hand began to come out from the center of the cloud that coiled spiral in the sky, a piece of rotten flesh that was around the giant bone was in the form of a screaming person full of suffering. The Ancient Demon King, Odrania Dies Orion, is the world's most notorious bearer of doom. Catastrophe runs, a symbol of destruction and is chaos itself.
Although only the hand shape of his figure was called, instantly the corpses of bandits scattered in the ritual zone were immediately lifted into the sky and one by one stuck to the hands of the giant skull. Uniting, moving back and entangled in the life-and-death cycle that became the power of the Ancient Demon King.
Being quite far from the summoning ground, the few bandits who saw the Devil coming out of the cloud circle were shivering with despair. Although they managed to escape thanks to following their Chairman, Tox Tenebris, with his wife and children. But when they were faced with the reality they saw, the bandits lost hope of counterattacking and completely lost the chance to escape.
The child in Isla Tenebris's arms cried, the little ones began to pull their parents to leave immediately. Even so, the adults continued to stare at the skull hands that came out of the sky as if their souls were sucked and made the body unable to move.
In the opposite direction from where the bandits were, the Rockfield City troops who had seen the irregularities since a few days ago had only been investigating with several troop platoons. Yet not a day had departed from the city, what awaited them was a form of calamity.
The troops with full armor and equipment descended from the horse that was already unwilling to advance forward again, staring fearfully at the hands of the giant skull in the sky. The Warrior Chief from the mountain town stepped forward, pointed to the sky and said, “It was ... the same demon as when in the Arid Valley of Sianama?”
He who is one of the veterans of the Great War knows the skull palms with rotten flesh around it. The demonic hand that came out of the sky was indeed a Devil that even Mavis and Dart could not eradicate, either, a figure that had been indestructible since the Ancient War and could only be overcome by being thrown into a dimensional gap.
“When is this ...? Mr. Dart and Master Mavis do not exist .., it is impossible for us to face such a monster to buy time .... We're done ..., we'll be the demon's fall.”
The Soldier's head knelt down, dropping his sword and tears flowing behind the helmet worn. The soldiers who were in his command were speechless about it, they were too frightened and could not even make a sound. Despite only seeing that figure, the terrifying sound and aura felt up to a radius of dozens of kilometers made them completely numb and unable to move the body.
The huge palm of Odrania Dies Orion's broad hand could fill the hill continued to stretch down, then finally touched the surface of the world and that was when the seal that bound him in the dimensional gap shattered. The chains that bound the giant hands were broken, scattered and scattered, destroying the trees in the hills.
One of the chunks of chains that floated while breaking up landed on the ranks of the soldiers of the town of Rockfield, overrunning one existing platoon and annihilating them. The Warrior Chief who saw that could only fall silent and shiver in fear, the gigantic chunk of chain started to change shape into an iron Golem monster with a strong inherent demonic aura.
Taking the corpses that had been crushed, the Golem ate them like a snack. The flesh from between the joints of the Golem was getting more and more, moving around writhing like tentacles and actually making the lump of iron no longer just a lump of iron.
“Last already .... The beginning of the chaos really started.”