Chapter 35
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Seven figures leapt out from a humongous flying beast. The morning sun rays illuminated their figures as they came into view of a small village. Four middle-aged men and two old men welcomed the group.
"Junior Uno, the leader of the mission pays respect to everyone." Uno clasped his fist and bowed, followed by the group behind him. He handed over the scroll to the one with the deep brown eyes elder.
The six figures smiled awkwardly. The attitudes of the students shown in front of them made them a little uncomfortable and they also felt the not so ordinary energy coming out from all of them except for the petite figure behind the group.
The old man with the deep brown eyes read the scroll and was stupefied.
As people outside the kingdom, they were regarded as non-existence nor not worth of any value. They decided to entrust their problem to the school instead of the authority because they did not have the needed funds to pay those authorities.
The school accepts task of any kind without payment, but the trustee needs to wait till the students accept it with their own volition. It might take weeks or months depending on the extremities of the mission.
He just entrusted the mission a week ago, so it was natural for him to be stunned.
"I'm Pito, the head of the Village Syete. This is my neighboring friend, Anim, the head of this village known as village Sais.
"The scroll says that six students will do. May I know how your group ends up seven?"
Salamuyak did not wait for her companions to point her out. She stepped forward and said, "My esteemed elders, I volunteered to be part of this mission. I hope you don't mind," her ethereal voice rung to every ear of the elders.
"Ah...Its... no... we don't mind." Pito scratched his head.
"We stopped here to gather information of the current situation of your village," said Uno.
The old man parted his lips and said, "The beasts were numbered around 10. Their body is that of human and their head and feet are that of a horse. They have a strong body and fast speed. We aren't match. Half of our warriors ended up wounded. Fortunately, there's no death toll," the old man clenched his fist resisting the urge to spit out swear words.
Uno listened to his every word.
Gaining some insight, their group continued to Village Syete.
…
Their group landed on top of a cliff where the whole landscape of the village Syete was observable. From afar, the group saw a hundred of those unknown kinds of beasts.
"Did we hear wrong from Pito's statement?" Salamuyak asked.
Uno immediately altered their earlier plan, analyzing the strength of the beasts, and listing the pros and cons before they start to move.
Fortunately, the companions he has weren't just ordinary elite warriors of the school.
They were the cream of the crop!
"Remember your assigned task," seriousness decorated Uno's face.
The group approached the den discreetly.
Unexpectedly, five of the unknown beasts bumped on to the hiding place of their group. They hastily wielded their weapons against those humans they bumped into. They were the patrol group that was assigned to the said area.
Unfortunately, their combined strength was just so-so compared to Salamuyak who stepped forward, unsheathing her sword on its scabbard and defended her groups.
"Swirling sword!" Halimuyak shouted. The surrounding winds were disturbed leaving the nearby bushes swayed by it.
Caught off guard, the unknown creatures thought that it was their end. They didn't anticipate that those damn young humans will able to retaliate.
But before her attack could land to the unknown creatures, it was dispelled by an invisible force. A force that both sides did not foresee.
In front of her was Tala who was standing still with his back on her. She stepped back with quivering lips. Even the others were surprised too except for Kalipsi.
'How can...?' Halimuyak knew how powerful that attack was. It is one of the strongest attacks of hers; it is strong enough to eliminate those weaker and slightly stronger than her.
"I recognize them," Tala's calm voice reached their ears.
Tala parted her lips and started to talk to a foreign language.
Her group's jaws dropped whilst their bulging eyes were incredulously looking at how Tala converse with the unknown creatures, even the unknown creatures were no far from them.
"We are here to take this land. The owner of this land needed their home," Tala said using the unknown creature's language. Tala's voice was tranquil. It did not contain any tinge of malice, anger or order.
The creatures were surprised. 'How could a mere human know their language?' Suppressing his emotion, he stood up straight and said, "We needed this land for the time being. Don't worry, we will leave this place sooner. We just need ten days more," Taas, the bulky among them voice out.
The nearby creatures gathered all their tropes to investigate the powerful energy they felt that suddenly vanished.
The sight over their eyes astonished them all.
A young man talking to their vice-captain casually?
Who the hell could do that?
And their vice-captain seems like wary to the humans.
Their group of near fifty approached their vice-captain.
"Vice-captain, do you need our support?" One of them said.
Their vice-captain shook his head. Without the approval of their vice-captain, their group stood by ready for any turn of event.
"We can't wait. We have only two more days," Tala pondered for a moment and said, "May I talk to your captain?"
Taas frowned. "We don't know all of you. How could we trust you?"
"We do mean no harm."
"We can't!" Taas insistently denied her.
"You can't? Even if you can't, you need to." Tala gazed at Kalipsi seemingly telling him to do a thing.
Kalipsi nodded understanding the words of Tala. He call forth his energy coating his whole body of it. His might as an elite warrior disturbed the surrounding winds and the dust violently swirled around him.
He suppressed his energy to a certain limit that his companions could match to.
The robes and hairs of his companions flew while the unknown creatures raised their hands near their eyes to ward the violent winds of the surrounding.
"This is bad!" Taas clenched his teeth.
Is Kalipsis going to strike?
Uno, Apa, Lani, Salamuyak, and Talon could only come up with this question in their heads. Without a second thought, they did what Kalipsi did.
Showing off their strength!
In just a second, the surrounding energy became heavier suffocating the unknown beasts.
The unknown creatures were alerted.
"This is really bad," Taas could care less about himself, but his kinds would not be able to escape even if he sacrifices himself to buy time and there was their captain too, lying unconscious without a way to survive of his own.
Feeling the overwhelming might of the youths behind Tala, Taas surrender. His stubbornness will result in nothing, so he decided to lead the youths inside a small bahay kubo where their leader was lying, hoping no harm befall to them.
The bahay kubo was just a tiny house. Its walls were made up of bamboo mats with a tall and steeply pitched, ending in long leaves roof and a bamboo slat floors. Its windows were held open by a wooden rod.
This kind of structure was famous outside the kingdom, 'cause inside, the structures were a little bit different. People use solid rock as the foundation and the steeply pitched roof were cut into half its tall.
Though the other half above the overall structure hasn't much difference.
And most of these buildings were tripled in size inside the kingdom, depending on the income of the home/building owner.
Taking his footsteps inside, Kalipsi scanned the place.
There was only a wooden table paired with a wooden chair on the right side. Across it was a wooden bed where an unconscious unknown creature was lying emotionless.
Tala grabbed her pouch and tossed one pill to Taas. "Feed it to him."
Not knowing why, Taas felt the chill hidden behind those words.
Even though Kalipsi couldn't understand a single word of their conversation, he has a bad premonition seeing the pill. "I don't know if you understand me, but I advise you to do what he asked."
Taas looked at Kalipsi in puzzlement. Although he couldn't understand his words, Kalipsi's gestures tell it all.
"Don't worry, it's not poison. I swear with my life." Kalipsi raised his right hand and twinkled his eyes.
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Seven figures leapt out from a humongous flying beast. The morning sun rays illuminated their figures as they came into view of a small village. Four middle-aged men and two old men welcomed the group.
"Junior Uno, the leader of the mission pays respect to everyone." Uno clasped his fist and bowed, followed by the group behind him. He handed over the scroll to the one with the deep brown eyes elder.
The six figures smiled awkwardly. The attitudes of the students shown in front of them made them a little uncomfortable and they also felt the not so ordinary energy coming out from all of them except for the petite figure behind the group.
The old man with the deep brown eyes read the scroll and was stupefied.
As people outside the kingdom, they were regarded as non-existence nor not worth of any value. They decided to entrust their problem to the school instead of the authority because they did not have the needed funds to pay those authorities.
The school accepts task of any kind without payment, but the trustee needs to wait till the students accept it with their own volition. It might take weeks or months depending on the extremities of the mission.
He just entrusted the mission a week ago, so it was natural for him to be stunned.
"I'm Pito, the head of the Village Syete. This is my neighboring friend, Anim, the head of this village known as village Sais.
"The scroll says that six students will do. May I know how your group ends up seven?"
Salamuyak did not wait for her companions to point her out. She stepped forward and said, "My esteemed elders, I volunteered to be part of this mission. I hope you don't mind," her ethereal voice rung to every ear of the elders.
"Ah...Its... no... we don't mind." Pito scratched his head.
"We stopped here to gather information of the current situation of your village," said Uno.
The old man parted his lips and said, "The beasts were numbered around 10. Their body is that of human and their head and feet are that of a horse. They have a strong body and fast speed. We aren't match. Half of our warriors ended up wounded. Fortunately, there's no death toll," the old man clenched his fist resisting the urge to spit out swear words.
Uno listened to his every word.
Gaining some insight, their group continued to Village Syete.
…
Their group landed on top of a cliff where the whole landscape of the village Syete was observable. From afar, the group saw a hundred of those unknown kinds of beasts.
"Did we hear wrong from Pito's statement?" Salamuyak asked.
Uno immediately altered their earlier plan, analyzing the strength of the beasts, and listing the pros and cons before they start to move.
Fortunately, the companions he has weren't just ordinary elite warriors of the school.
They were the cream of the crop!
"Remember your assigned task," seriousness decorated Uno's face.
The group approached the den discreetly.
Unexpectedly, five of the unknown beasts bumped on to the hiding place of their group. They hastily wielded their weapons against those humans they bumped into. They were the patrol group that was assigned to the said area.
Unfortunately, their combined strength was just so-so compared to Salamuyak who stepped forward, unsheathing her sword on its scabbard and defended her groups.
"Swirling sword!" Halimuyak shouted. The surrounding winds were disturbed leaving the nearby bushes swayed by it.
Caught off guard, the unknown creatures thought that it was their end. They didn't anticipate that those damn young humans will able to retaliate.
But before her attack could land to the unknown creatures, it was dispelled by an invisible force. A force that both sides did not foresee.
In front of her was Tala who was standing still with his back on her. She stepped back with quivering lips. Even the others were surprised too except for Kalipsi.
'How can...?' Halimuyak knew how powerful that attack was. It is one of the strongest attacks of hers; it is strong enough to eliminate those weaker and slightly stronger than her.
"I recognize them," Tala's calm voice reached their ears.
Tala parted her lips and started to talk to a foreign language.
Her group's jaws dropped whilst their bulging eyes were incredulously looking at how Tala converse with the unknown creatures, even the unknown creatures were no far from them.
"We are here to take this land. The owner of this land needed their home," Tala said using the unknown creature's language. Tala's voice was tranquil. It did not contain any tinge of malice, anger or order.
The creatures were surprised. 'How could a mere human know their language?' Suppressing his emotion, he stood up straight and said, "We needed this land for the time being. Don't worry, we will leave this place sooner. We just need ten days more," Taas, the bulky among them voice out.
The nearby creatures gathered all their tropes to investigate the powerful energy they felt that suddenly vanished.
The sight over their eyes astonished them all.
A young man talking to their vice-captain casually?
Who the hell could do that?
And their vice-captain seems like wary to the humans.
Their group of near fifty approached their vice-captain.
"Vice-captain, do you need our support?" One of them said.
Their vice-captain shook his head. Without the approval of their vice-captain, their group stood by ready for any turn of event.
"We can't wait. We have only two more days," Tala pondered for a moment and said, "May I talk to your captain?"
Taas frowned. "We don't know all of you. How could we trust you?"
"We do mean no harm."
"We can't!" Taas insistently denied her.
"You can't? Even if you can't, you need to." Tala gazed at Kalipsi seemingly telling him to do a thing.
Kalipsi nodded understanding the words of Tala. He call forth his energy coating his whole body of it. His might as an elite warrior disturbed the surrounding winds and the dust violently swirled around him.
He suppressed his energy to a certain limit that his companions could match to.
The robes and hairs of his companions flew while the unknown creatures raised their hands near their eyes to ward the violent winds of the surrounding.
"This is bad!" Taas clenched his teeth.
Is Kalipsis going to strike?
Uno, Apa, Lani, Salamuyak, and Talon could only come up with this question in their heads. Without a second thought, they did what Kalipsi did.
Showing off their strength!
In just a second, the surrounding energy became heavier suffocating the unknown beasts.
The unknown creatures were alerted.
"This is really bad," Taas could care less about himself, but his kinds would not be able to escape even if he sacrifices himself to buy time and there was their captain too, lying unconscious without a way to survive of his own.
Feeling the overwhelming might of the youths behind Tala, Taas surrender. His stubbornness will result in nothing, so he decided to lead the youths inside a small bahay kubo where their leader was lying, hoping no harm befall to them.
The bahay kubo was just a tiny house. Its walls were made up of bamboo mats with a tall and steeply pitched, ending in long leaves roof and a bamboo slat floors. Its windows were held open by a wooden rod.
This kind of structure was famous outside the kingdom, 'cause inside, the structures were a little bit different. People use solid rock as the foundation and the steeply pitched roof were cut into half its tall.
Though the other half above the overall structure hasn't much difference.
And most of these buildings were tripled in size inside the kingdom, depending on the income of the home/building owner.
Taking his footsteps inside, Kalipsi scanned the place.
There was only a wooden table paired with a wooden chair on the right side. Across it was a wooden bed where an unconscious unknown creature was lying emotionless.
Tala grabbed her pouch and tossed one pill to Taas. "Feed it to him."
Not knowing why, Taas felt the chill hidden behind those words.
Even though Kalipsi couldn't understand a single word of their conversation, he has a bad premonition seeing the pill. "I don't know if you understand me, but I advise you to do what he asked."
Taas looked at Kalipsi in puzzlement. Although he couldn't understand his words, Kalipsi's gestures tell it all.
"Don't worry, it's not poison. I swear with my life." Kalipsi raised his right hand and twinkled his eyes.
Seven figures leapt out from a humongous flying beast. The morning sun rays illuminated their figures as they came into view of a small village. Four middle-aged men and two old men welcomed the group. "Junior Uno, the leader of the mission pays respect to everyone." Uno clasped his fist and bowed, followed by the group behind him. He handed over the scroll to the one with the deep brown eyes elder. The six figures smiled awkwardly. The attitudes of the students shown in front of them made them a little uncomfortable and they also felt the not so ordinary energy coming out from all of them except for the petite figure behind the group. The old man with the deep brown eyes read the scroll and was stupefied. As people outside the kingdom, they were regarded as non-existence nor not worth of any value. They decided to entrust their problem to the school instead of the authority because they did not have the needed funds to pay those authorities. The school accepts task of any kind without payment, but the trustee needs to wait till the students accept it with their own volition. It might take weeks or months depending on the extremities of the mission. He just entrusted the mission a week ago, so it was natural for him to be stunned. "I'm Pito, the head of the Village Syete. This is my neighboring friend, Anim, the head of this village known as village Sais. "The scroll says that six students will do. May I know how your group ends up seven?" Salamuyak did not wait for her companions to point her out. She stepped forward and said, "My esteemed elders, I volunteered to be part of this mission. I hope you don't mind," her ethereal voice rung to every ear of the elders. "Ah...Its... no... we don't mind." Pito scratched his head. "We stopped here to gather information of the current situation of your village," said Uno. The old man parted his lips and said, "The beasts were numbered around 10. Their body is that of human and their head and feet are that of a horse. They have a strong body and fast speed. We aren't match. Half of our warriors ended up wounded. Fortunately, there's no death toll," the old man clenched his fist resisting the urge to spit out swear words. Uno listened to his every word. Gaining some insight, their group continued to Village Syete. Their group landed on top of a cliff where the whole landscape of the village Syete was observable. From afar, the group saw a hundred of those unknown kinds of beasts. "Did we hear wrong from Pito's statement?" Salamuyak asked. Uno immediately altered their earlier plan, analyzing the strength of the beasts, and listing the pros and cons before they start to move. Fortunately, the companions he has weren't just ordinary elite warriors of the school. They were the cream of the crop! "Remember your assigned task," seriousness decorated Uno's face. The group approached the den discreetly. Unexpectedly, five of the unknown beasts bumped on to the hiding place of their group. They hastily wielded their weapons against those humans they bumped into. They were the patrol group that was assigned to the said area. Unfortunately, their combined strength was just so-so compared to Salamuyak who stepped forward, unsheathing her sword on its scabbard and defended her groups. "Swirling sword!" Halimuyak shouted. The surrounding winds were disturbed leaving the nearby bushes swayed by it. Caught off guard, the unknown creatures thought that it was their end. They didn't anticipate that those damn young humans will able to retaliate. But before her attack could land to the unknown creatures, it was dispelled by an invisible force. A force that both sides did not foresee. In front of her was Tala who was standing still with his back on her. She stepped back with quivering lips. Even the others were surprised too except for Kalipsi. 'How can...?' Halimuyak knew how powerful that attack was. It is one of the strongest attacks of hers; it is strong enough to eliminate those weaker and slightly stronger than her. "I recognize them," Tala's calm voice reached their ears. Tala parted her lips and started to talk to a foreign language. Her group's jaws dropped whilst their bulging eyes were incredulously looking at how Tala converse with the unknown creatures, even the unknown creatures were no far from them. "We are here to take this land. The owner of this land needed their home," Tala said using the unknown creature's language. Tala's voice was tranquil. It did not contain any tinge of malice, anger or order. The creatures were surprised. 'How could a mere human know their language?' Suppressing his emotion, he stood up straight and said, "We needed this land for the time being. Don't worry, we will leave this place sooner. We just need ten days more," Taas, the bulky among them voice out. The nearby creatures gathered all their tropes to investigate the powerful energy they felt that suddenly vanished. The sight over their eyes astonished them all. A young man talking to their vice-captain casually? Who the hell could do that? And their vice-captain seems like wary to the humans. Their group of near fifty approached their vice-captain. "Vice-captain, do you need our support?" One of them said. Their vice-captain shook his head. Without the approval of their vice-captain, their group stood by ready for any turn of event. "We can't wait. We have only two more days," Tala pondered for a moment and said, "May I talk to your captain?" Taas frowned. "We don't know all of you. How could we trust you?" "We do mean no harm." "We can't!" Taas insistently denied her. "You can't? Even if you can't, you need to." Tala gazed at Kalipsi seemingly telling him to do a thing. Kalipsi nodded understanding the words of Tala. He call forth his energy coating his whole body of it. His might as an elite warrior disturbed the surrounding winds and the dust violently swirled around him. He suppressed his energy to a certain limit that his companions could match to. The robes and hairs of his companions flew while the unknown creatures raised their hands near their eyes to ward the violent winds of the surrounding. "This is bad!" Taas clenched his teeth. Is Kalipsis going to strike? Uno, Apa, Lani, Salamuyak, and Talon could only come up with this question in their heads. Without a second thought, they did what Kalipsi did. Showing off their strength! In just a second, the surrounding energy became heavier suffocating the unknown beasts. The unknown creatures were alerted. "This is really bad," Taas could care less about himself, but his kinds would not be able to escape even if he sacrifices himself to buy time and there was their captain too, lying unconscious without a way to survive of his own. Feeling the overwhelming might of the youths behind Tala, Taas surrender. His stubbornness will result in nothing, so he decided to lead the youths inside a small bahay kubo where their leader was lying, hoping no harm befall to them. The bahay kubo was just a tiny house. Its walls were made up of bamboo mats with a tall and steeply pitched, ending in long leaves roof and a bamboo slat floors. Its windows were held open by a wooden rod. This kind of structure was famous outside the kingdom, 'cause inside, the structures were a little bit different. People use solid rock as the foundation and the steeply pitched roof were cut into half its tall. Though the other half above the overall structure hasn't much difference. And most of these buildings were tripled in size inside the kingdom, depending on the income of the home/building owner. Taking his footsteps inside, Kalipsi scanned the place. There was only a wooden table paired with a wooden chair on the right side. Across it was a wooden bed where an unconscious unknown creature was lying emotionless. Tala grabbed her pouch and tossed one pill to Taas. "Feed it to him." Not knowing why, Taas felt the chill hidden behind those words. Even though Kalipsi couldn't understand a single word of their conversation, he has a bad premonition seeing the pill. "I don't know if you understand me, but I advise you to do what he asked." Taas looked at Kalipsi in puzzlement. Although he couldn't understand his words, Kalipsi's gestures tell it all. "Don't worry, it's not poison. I swear with my life." Kalipsi raised his right hand and twinkled his eyes.
