The Divine Eye, the Connection of the Sun and Moon

Balance in Light and Darkness: The Anniversary/part 2

Ragonus walks quietly through the forest, marveling at the landscape. Ahead, about 50 meters away, is a suspicious cart filled with semi-animals. These are a distinct race from the animal-people. Semi-animals represent an evolution of animals, able to walk and talk like humans, but their appearance has more animal features than human. A werewolf is 90% wolf, while a lycan is 50% human and 50% wolf. Werewolves are part of the semi-animal race, while lycans are considered animal-people or beast-people. The entire group of semi-animals, including their leader, the tiger, seems to have no good intentions. Ragonus knows this but passes by them without giving much attention.

The tiger taunts Ragonus: "Pretending you don't see us, huh...? You don't pass through here without getting your pockets checked." Ragonus stops without saying anything, standing with his back to them. The tiger forces the bear to check what Ragonus has on him, but when the bear touches his shoulder, he feels a chill and suddenly seems to see another place, as if he has been teleported into darkness. From that darkness, VatWu's eyes emerge, and his mouth salivates for food, with fangs ten times larger than the bear's. Terrified, the bear snaps out of the hallucination, quickly retracts his hand, and runs back to the cart. The three semi-animals question the bear's strange reaction. The bear whispers in the tiger's ear what happened, and the tiger, furious, tells Ragonus, slowly drawing his sword: "I don't know what you did to Fred, but you won't get away unpunished." Ragonus firmly replies, "Your path is one of wrongdoing, whether due to poverty or laziness to work, you've become robbers. But I can show you another way, just prove to me that you deserve it!" And the fight begins.

The wolf jumps with two knives towards Ragonus, but he dodges with little effort. The fox with the bow tries to hit him, but in vain. The bear tries to punch him, shaking the ground, but Ragonus dodges effortlessly. Ragonus remains unscathed. Confidently, he looks at the three and says, "It's my turn." A dense light appears, and the three are defeated in less than 2 seconds. The three are positioned in a tower formation, with Ragonus standing on them, dusting off his shoulder. The tiger yells at them, calling them incompetent, then takes a strange pill and suddenly, the semi-man tiger becomes very tall and his eyes have a vortex pattern. Ragonus senses the tiger's powers increasing, but not enough to worry him. The monstrous tiger tries to attack Ragonus, but he dodges and punches him, sending him 200 meters away. Ragonus says with a smile: "If I hadn't held back, that punch would have made you circle the planet 6-9 times." Hearing this, the tiger roars at him: "Are you mocking me?!" Ragonus gives him a slow punch, enough to put him to sleep, and then continues on his way.

After the fight, Ragonus calmly continues on his way to Red Frog Mountain. The crow continues to watch Ragonus. After a while, Ragonus discovers a beautiful waterfall and sits on a rock, gazing at the cascading water. A rustling sound comes from a bush. Ragonus turns his attention to the bush, watching closely. The rustling continues, but suddenly it stops, and out of the bush emerges the small creature that helped him a long time ago in the castle when the wizard tricked him into thinking it was a sick girl. Ragonus is delighted to see it but notices a note. It appears that the prince and the king sent a letter wishing the two "Happy Birthday." The creature doesn't leave, and Ragonus finds this strange. He notices the additional text on the note: "Our gift is this little creature. When you three left, it searched for you throughout the castle, so we decided to give it to you as a gift. This way, it's better for it. With love, the Prince and King of the Loghna region."

The creature, with ears like a rabbit's, a fluffy tail, and red fur, climbs onto Ragonus's shoulder. He observes that it has a black spot on its forehead and yellow lines around it. He thinks to himself: "Hmm...? What should I name you? Eclipse sounds pretty interesting, especially since you have a black circle like a moon and yellow lines like the sun behind the moon. And your red fur color clearly seems like an eclipse! Alright, little one, your name is now Eclipse!" The squirrel-faced creature is extremely happy with its new name. Now, the two head towards Red Frog Mountain!

The animal named Eclipse proves to be very efficient; he finds the tastiest and most filling fruits in the forest. Ragonus is delighted to see a new delicious fruit every 5 seconds that he can eat. The two entities within Ragonus begin to speak to him: "It seems you've found a little helper for procuring food," says Wu with his eyes closed and sleeping. "Hehe! I would make him my slave, bringing me food like that. I wish I could control the entire magical world and have it cater to my whims!" says VatWu, smiling. But Ragonus scolds him a bit, saying, "He is not a slave, I didn't even ask him to do this; he does it willingly, and that's how it should be. If he wants to help, I let him help. Not how you want, VatWu, to turn him into a slave and use him!" But VatWu, frowning, says, "Pfoo... You don't know what you're missing." "Putting that aside!" Wu changes the conversation: "You know there's not much time left until the Deavols arrive, right?"

Deavols are ancient demons from when the magical world was just created. The Terranovas fought against these Deavols until the Nova revolution of destruction. A race similar to the Terranovas, but more volcanic and rebellious. Since then, the Nova Deavols have formed huge groups and are waiting to attack. Ragonus responds calmly but seriously: "I've already thought about it. The plan remains the same, especially since Shan and Fhiorr have agreed to let me train them." Then Wu responds relieved: "Very well, we will follow the plan as before." Then he falls asleep, and the conversation ends. Ragonus and the culinary helper, Eclipse, reach a statue of a frog holding a stone that reads: "Without wind, the water does not create waves. Hmm...? What does it mean?" Ragonus wonders.

What these words mean is that without motivation and the help of those close to you, dreams do not come true. With the help of the wind, water creates waves, just as, with the help of motivation and loved ones, you can achieve your dreams. Solving problems alone makes you stronger, but not strong enough. Our loved ones encourage us and motivate us to fight for our dreams, no matter how mundane they may be. Ragonus realizes the significance and agrees. Without his friends, he wouldn't have made it here, and the magical world might have been in even greater danger. He is grateful to have friends who encourage him and never give up; such friends deserve to be cherished for life.

Then, after taking a short break on a path, he sees a crow, two, ten, hundreds, thousands of crows surrounding Ragonus. More crows begin to merge, creating a humanoid figure, and a voice says: "Haha...! Sorry to bother you, but this forest belongs to me, and... messing with my subordinates?! That kind of makes me angry!" Ragonus responds calmly: "I'm not here to cause harm; I'm looking for something for someone, that's all." But the voice responds in an irritated tone: "You're kind of messing up my plans, and you're annoying, staying so calm as if nothing is happening around you!" Ragonus replies: "I'm not someone who scares easily. What do you say? Maybe if you show yourself more, you might make me feel a chill down my spine." Then, the crows complete the fusion, and a person with long black hair, wearing a robe with crows drawn on it, and a vortex pattern in their green eyes, appears.

Ragonus, smiling, says: "Finally, you show your face, but sorry... you didn't even manage to give me a chill down my spine." Then the person with strange eyes makes 5 hand symbols and says: "Very well then. Crow technique, 'Killer Crows'." Suddenly, the thousands of crows' eyes light up, and they attack Ragonus. Ragonus cannot defend against all of them, the crows being too fast even for his eyes. But he draws his sword, shouting: "Nova Sword!" And the sword begins to shine brightly, sending out light waves that tear through the crows. He approaches the robed figure and looks into their eyes; then a sharp sound is heard, and Ragonus finds himself in a very dark world.

In the darkness, the greatest fears manifest, but Ragonus remains unaffected. VatWu is also caught in the illusion's trap and takes two steps back, accidentally bumping into Wu, who was peacefully sleeping. Wu wakes up and realizes that his friends are trapped in a grim illusion. Ragonus watches helplessly as all his comrades lose the battle with Zagon, who then brutally decapitates them. VatWu witnesses his transformation into a slave of another world and his inability to do anything about it. Wu, with a firm clap, wakes both of them from the illusion.

Then, the figure in the dark red robe declares, "No. There's no way anyone can escape my illusions so easily!" Ragonus looks at him with a wise laugh: "When you have trustworthy friends by your side, anything becomes possible. You are one, but we are three." The dark-robed figure is confused and asks, "What do you mean by three?" Then, he understands by looking through Ragonus's eyes and seeing two much stronger entities. His expression reflects a mix of shock and fear. In an act of desperation, he flees, transforming into ten crows that fly into the distance, shouting, "This isn't over. I will come back stronger." Ragonus laughs as he calmly continues his journey.