Sapphire Saga

BAB 26

"So tell me again how are we getting out of here?" Al menyoal.

"There's must be a mission that we need to accomplish, on a reason why we in here" terang Laila.

"Reason? I think its because of you" Zain membalas.
"We chased the Orc to save you and now we're here" tambahnya lagi.

"Macam mana Orc tu boleh tangkap kau?" Aku tersasul bahasa.
"I mean, how did you get capture by the Orc in the 1st place" ulang aku semula.

"Aku tahu, pelat nak cakap melayu english kan, tulah feeling aku masa bercakap dgn 'kau tahu siapa' haritu" Laila membisik sebelum kami tergelak.

"We're looking for a gemstone actually" Laila memberitahu.

"Lily" Akmal cuba menghalang.

"Its alright, we can trust her. She's my friend" yakin Laila.

"Its not her that we concern about, its them" Yonece berbisik tapi jelas juga gaya dia tengah mengata Al dan Ed.

"Great, somebody recognize us" sinis Al.

"The popular and talented twins, the Kingses of thief!" Bangga Ed.

"Kingses?" Kami semua sudah tergelak.

"Queen Sapphire ask us to find it" sambung Laila.

"Queen Sapphire?" Aku tidak faham.

"Their the four musketeer" Ed menyiku aku.

"Don't touch me" aku terus memberikan jelingan tajam.

"Eh, but you touch my hand just now" ujar Ed kembali.

"Its between death or alive" jelasku lagi.

"I know the fact you four are the musketeer, Lily already told me. But why the Queen wants you to find the gemstone? Wasn't the Queen a computer, I mean control by AIC." Aku menghiraukan Al dan Ed.

"The King consume by the zombie" ujar Al perlahan.

"How did you know?" Yonece sangsi.

"Well its a long story..." laju Ed menekup mulut Al.

"He must be confuse with another King, heh heh" Ed tersengih.

"Black Pearl" aku terus mengangkat kayu sakti.

"Just tell them already!" Al membisik.

"You want them to kill us?!" Ed membalas.

Mereka berdua sudah bergelut sesama sendiri, kami hanya memperatikan dua beradik kembar itu.

"Actually" Al memukul-mukul badan yang berhabuk.

"Technically its not our fault" Ed menambah.

"Just spill the beans already!" Yonece tidak sabar.

"Oh gosh" aku yang faham dengan reaksi Al dan Ed mengeluh.
"Don't tell me you're the one that kill the King?" Soalku terus.

"WHAT?!!" mereka semua terkejut tatkala Al dan Ed mengangguk.

"Why?!" Akmal behrang, depan baju Al dia genggam.

"It was an accident" Ed cuba menerangkan.

"He was an AIC, he can't just possibly die, right. We thought he gonna come back alive like all AIC do" Al tersengih-sengih.

"Well now he's died and just turn into zombie, congratulations" ujar Zain pula.

"The gemstone?" Soalku pada Laila. Masih tidak memahami misi mereka.

"We need the gemstone to recover the King, since the King is an AIC, 3 specific gemstone need to be collected. For now we have 2 already, 1 more in the hand of the Orc" terang Laila.

"Untuk apa? Aku tak faham, kenapa korang nak selamatkan raja pula, dia tu komputer kot. Dah jadi zombie pulak tu. Bukannya tamatkan permainan ni lagi pentingkah?" Aku masih bingung.

"Sebab scroll gemstone, Queen Sapphire will reward us with the scroll if we manage to save her husband" Akmal menerangkan.

"Scroll gemstone, kalau dapat kumpul 7 skrol ni. Kita boleh mintak apa saja hajat, termasuk..." Laila menghentikan ayatnya

"Keluar dari sini" sambung aku.

"We were ask for the same reason, if we kill the King, we get the scroll but it was a lie!" Terang Ed laju.

"I can't believe this, we're doing the mission because of those two" Zain bengang.
"If they didn't hesitate to kill the King, they won't hesitate to kill us too" Zain, Yonece dan Akmal sudah berundur.

"Are you a zombie?" Soal Akmal perlahan.

"Eh what?!"
"No!"
"Of course not"
Laju mereka membantah.

"Leona, tell me about the Sapphire King and Queen?" Aku membiarkan meraka.

"King Sapphire and Queen Sapphire, their kingdom located in Hades, Gate Level 70. They're not actually ruler of Sapphire Saga, but just only in Hades country. There no mystery now who kill the King, since the twins confess. But as the history tells, the King and Queen didn't really in a good term. That's makes me doubtful why she ask for the musketeer to find the gemstone. But the game did changes after you all trap in there, maybe she loves her husband and now want him to recover" terang Leona panjang lebar.

"Ada sesuatu yang tak kena" aku berbisik sendiri. Setiap AIC ada jalan cerita dan memori kehidupan masing-masing. King dan Queen Sapphire memang tidak menyukai satu sama lain, ramai pemain selalu terserempak dengan askar mereka semasa bertempur. Dimensi Hades yang sentiasa berperang.

"If weren't for us, there will be no mission and the Queen wont be giving you the scroll" Ed marah.

"Your not just thief, but a killer as well" Zain mengeluarkan buruhnya.

Mereka semua sudah masuk ke mode berlawan.

"Eh, wait!" Laila cuba menenangkan.

"So you protecting an AIC more than a living life, pathetic!" Al geram, pedang dan perisai bila-bila masa sahaja boleh digunakan untuk bertempur.

"You call yourself a living life? But killing without hesitation is same as the zombie!" Akmal melawan.

"Mia..." Laila memujuk aku untuk menghentikan mereka.

"Let them be, you can heal them if they injured, right?" Yonece memeluk tubuh dan terus berdiri disebelah aku.

"Ehhh, Yonece!" Laila terkejut.
Yonece tergelak.

"Guys, let's stop all this nonsense and finish the mission" Yonece terus menarik pedang Akmal dan menolak buruh Zain.

Selamba!
Aku dan Laila berpandangan, memang perempuan ni boleh tahan hebatnya. Tidak takut langsung jikalau terluka atau terbunuh.

"Al, Ed" aku selaku wakil Al dan Ed turut bertindak mengarahkan mereka untuk berhenti.

Tapi tak sama macam Yonece buat tadi, aku langsung tak berani nak maju depan dia orang. Silap langkah, Ada jugak yang tertikam. Naya, naya, so guna suara lebih memadai.

Al dan Ed berdengus, senjata terus disimpan.

Akmal dan Zain pun turut sama menyimpan senjata mereka sebelum mengekori Yonece untuk meneruskan perjalanan.

Kami bertujuh menyusuri dunia fantasi dimensi Orc.

"Leona, tell me about the gemstone scroll?" Dalam perjalanan aku mendengar penerangan Leona.

"Tunggu Danny, akak lambat sikit" dalam diam aku berbisik.

-to be continued-