The Life I Gained From Dying

Chapter 48 - The Fall of Aestus Part III

"Think you could handle this?" Mai asked.

"Yeah, it should be easy enough." Kaden replied while holding one of his hands up towards the water.

"Kade!"

Hearing his name prompted Kaden to look up to where he would find Aaron, who was holding an unconscious kid in his arms.

"What's going on? Is the village under attack?" Aaron questioned as he landed next to Kaden and Mai.

"There's, ugh... no time to explain." Mai replied while her arms began to shake. "Kaden's getting us to the outside."

"Oh wait, give me just a few seconds."

Very cautiously, Aaron rested the unconscious kid onto the ground.

"I saw that explosion earlier while I was looking for you. When I went over to investigate, I found this kid and another completely knocked out. He isn't far at all, I'll be right back."

"Aaron, wait -" Kaden tried to say before Aaron flew off.

"Miss Mai, look!" Kumori exclaimed.

Just over the trees, Mai and the others were able to see the first bubbles ascending into the mass of water.

"Not good, ngh... we need to go." Mai stated.

"Mister!"

Kaden turned around once again to the voice of someone who was calling out to him. This time, it was Nakayla and the others.

"Mano!" Sayu shouted while pointing at the unconscious boy on the ground.

That was when realization hit, and Kaden noticed that the kid was one of the three Jayson was looking for. Avery ran over to him and gave him a quick inspection. He had no visible injuries.

"He's alive. What happened to him?" Avery asked.

"No clue." Kaden replied. "My friend found him and brought him here."

"Was there anyone else?" Nakayla questioned.

"Well, he just went ba-"

"Coming through!" Aaron announced as he landed in with Tanner on his back, also unconscious.

"Tanner!" Sayu exclaimed.

"These two most likely need immediate medical assistance." Aaron concluded.

"What about Camie?" Nakayla questioned.

"AGH!" Mai groaned loudly as she dropped to one knee.

Water began to leak out of the giant mass as more and more people made their way out of Aestus.

"I can't hold this anymore!" Kumori cried.

"Kaden, please!" Mai shouted.

"We need to get out of here!" Aaron exclaimed.

"E-Everyone gather around!" Kaden ordered while raising his hands again. "I need to get this right first time. There's nine of us, so this bubble needs to be big. C'mon Kaden, c'mon."

Kaden closed his eyes and concentrated on all of the water surrounding this group. The water above them. The water beneath them. The water falling around them.

"Calm your heart." Kaden remembered as he focused. "Calm your heart."

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A plethora of emotions were pulling Elder Aira in all sorts of different directions, but she somehow managed to stay level-headed as she flew over on Ondo to get a grasp of the situation.