The Life I Gained From Dying

Chapter 12 - Arashi Activity

"A living storm?" Kuria asked.

"I learned a bit about them from Elder Aira." Mai stated. "They usually appear in the Autumn season, but I thought they spawned closer to the border between the water and air continent. How is it this close?"

"What do we do about it?"

I want to fight it. Mai thought to herself. If I could defeat an Arashi on my own then that'll prove that I've gotten stronger. I can deal with it before it becomes a problem.

"...Miss Mai?"

"Be my support Ria. We can deal with this before anyone else has to."

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"If I'm not mistaken, I believe there's an Arashi directly outside of Aestus." Elder Faye informed the others.

"Wait, did you detect the kids going back in this morning?" Elder Treya asked.

"No I haven't. They're still outside somewhere."

"We're about a days journey away from Aestus." Damien stated. "Even if we hurry, we probably wouldn't make it back before nightfall."

Aaron looked over to Via in confusion of what was happening. She then gave him a look back which told him to stay quiet. Both of their hands were locked in a special ice that Damien applied to them. It wasn't frozen because of a low temperature, but instead was being held together by Damien's essence.

"Mai wouldn't engage in combat with an Arashi if she has a child like Kuria with her." Treya stated. "She even has someone who can't even use essence yet."

"If it's only in stage 1 then they should easily be able to avoid it." Faye added.

"In any case let's hurry back to Aestus." Damien said. "If the Arashi is in stage 3 then it will pose a threat to the village."

"Your right Damien, let's move quickly."

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"It's pretty far out in the water so I'm counting on you to do your part Ria." Mai said.

"What about Kaden?" Ria asked looking over to him as he was still sleeping heavily under the tree.

"He'll be fine, we're dealing with it before it gets close to the shore. Let's go Ria."

"Yes ma'am."

"..."

The Arashi aimlessly hovered across the lake, paying zero attention to its surroundings. The vortex of wind which it was at the center of, extended outwards several yards in every direction. With no distinguishable physical features on its partially transparent body, the best way to describe it would be 'an expressionless ghost'.

"Now Ria."

On signal, Ria created an upward funnel of water which surrounded the Arashi. It stopped moving forward as the water slowly began to close in around it, and in seconds it was completely engulfed.

"It should easily be able to escape." Kuria stated.

The surface of the water began to bubble and release the Arashi piece by piece.

"Like I thought, it doesn't have a physical body." Mai said. "Since air is less dense than water, then it's just going to rise to the surface whenever we submerge it. Let's move on to step two."

After the Arashi fully reassembled itself, it hovered in place over the water for a few seconds. The vortex of wind which was surrounding it then suddenly dissipated.