The Cursed Paradise (Edentia Online)

Chapter 15

"Yuca, yuca do something !" somebody shook me.

"Sssshut up ! I need to concentrate !"

I slept soundlessly, but I heard some faint voices around me. The sub guild leader touched my forehead, a breeze sensation tingling, slowly I opened my eyes. Everyone was there staring at me, I woke up with confused look.

"Izvatya ? are you okay ?"

"Where the heck have you been ?"

"I'm I'm okay...I'm from.." I rubbed my head, still felt dizzy.

"Just let me explain" Grimm interrupt. He tell what events that have passed last night, or called it last time passage. After a short conversation. Yuca said that all of my teamates worried about me, they even searches whether where I'm going, when they knowing I dealt with the centaur, they demand Yuca to teleport us to the meeting point.

"And I think you missed this" the sub guild leader gave me a piece of iron. I touched it then an information popped.

[Broken keys] 5th piece now stored into your storage.

"Wha what ?" I shocked.

"You found it.. it's better to keep it on good hands right ?" the leader smiled at me, I sheepishly nodded. "Up we go.... great" then he raised me up. He swinged his staff in triangle, the blue orb on his staff emit violet light, the line tracing formed a teleport tunnel, twirled around. "Teleport ! [Gladiolus]" after he said that a picture of a fighting arena appeared, it was a circular arena made from stone, there also a holographic barrier formed a dome above it. When we entered the teleport tunnel, some swirling colors passed us; like the beginning of the game.

The swirling color slowly build a [Gladiolus] a fighting arena in Edentia. The circle arena has 10 feet diameter and 3 feet tall, the arena actually descended to ground. The arena floor made from stone with strange circular pattern, the pattern moved like orbital system. The arena's wall which made from marble stone with carvered hieroglyph, but when you see it clearly it was several strange numerical codes stacked and layered. Then another portal opened on the other side, one by one people came out from it, begin from the leader. [Sword knight] sub guild, has a female leader, her endowed body covered in blue metal armour, her hair is white and braided, her strong hand clenched the big sword in her hand. Illia ! after her a man with silverish hair stepped, Jotan.

"You've wondered what this test about huh ? It's a sub versus sub fight..the last training. Only the one who acquired biggest point in hunting yesterday could be chosen" Yuca explained. "Actually you were chosen, but since you were knocked down last night take rest just enjoy the show." he patted my back.

When everyone was there, the wall spinned around, as the orbital picture on the floor moved rapidly, the ground shook then ascending bring us a level as the ground. After that it suddenly stopped. The clear dome opened partly in hexagonal shape. As both of the sub guild stepped into the center of [Gladiolus] a hologram keyboard appeared. Both of the leadet typed, when they finished they shook their hand.

"Deal ?" Yuca said.

"Deal !" Illia accepted.

We stepped back to behind the circular borderline, out from the arena. Just Grimm and Jotan remain there, they tapped at the hologram button and prepared their weapon; an introduction. The floor descending back to its place, a crystal clear dome covered the arena. Their [Health point] above them changed into blue color. A number counting down from 10, the number came to zero as they prepared themselves. Jotan took both his swords from it's sheath, Grimm took his spear clung on his back. They rushed towards each other. Jotan swinged his swords with ease, while Grimm still figured out the spear. Grimm seem unable to handle Jotan's attack that flashed like a light, so he jumped into the air. Grimm pointed his spear up, tried to hung on the dome, but as the point of the spear touched it, it only deflect the spear resulting Grimm bounced. Grimm glided fast on the air.

"Slicing style! Flying Sword !" Jotan raised his sword, stepped on the ground and jumped to the air.

"Ice slash !" Grimm while still glide in the air, swinged away his spear, a blue arch lurched down to Jotan. They came nearer and closer, the slash was powerful until Jotan's attack deflected by it. Jotan sent to the ground landed with a loud thud, while Grimm landed lightly on the ground. "What power is it.." he took a glance at his spear, gleaming in white.

Jotan landed roughly, even his body imprinted on the ground, dust swarm over him, his [Health point] dropped into half. He barely even walked, with both of his sword he stabbing the ground using it as walking support. With shaking feet he rushed to Grimm, his body glowing in whita aura, flowing to the sword. Grimm shoot some ice spheres to him, aiming with the tip of the spear. Jotan dodged it with ease, he online stepped to the right or left. Grimm then swinged his spear powerfully, resulting several snow spheres changed into big needles, the needles rocketed into the sky and started to fall upon Jotan. Jotan didn't realize what will happen to him, he just averted the attack from Grimm. As the swift wind blew over Jotan, he gaze upward; too late. The needles dropped surrounding him, it formed an ice prison, while Grimm shot out an ice fragment to Jotan hands, it froze his hands and formed handcuffs, both of Jotan's sword fell; unable to move.

Then something strange happen, a swarm of black fog emerged from outside the dome, it easily penetrate through the crystal structure, it rolled above Grimm, twirled and oozed into his skin. The bluish aura came out from him along with his agony scream, the black and blue aura then twisted in harmony. Jotan coughed really hard, the black fumes intoxicates him. Suddenly the black fog disappeared, but a strange creature stood in the place where Grimm was. A tall man with pale white skin, his face covered with the black hoodie that Grimm wear. The man with skinny build, look weak but could extract the spear in front of him. He began to chant some strange words, and made some weird noises from his mouth. The chant he spoke is louder than before merely like a song, then stabbed the ground with the spear. From the stabbed ground a snowy pattern came out, it spread all over the [Gladiolus] arena and frost it in no time. Everyone was furious seeing that scene, including me. I tried to knock the dome with my sword, but it no use the frost has strengthen the dome guard. The man stepped closer to Jotan, with his frosty forefinger. His cold touch changeed Jotan slowly into an ice crystal statue.

"Hold on Jo !" I screamed. At that time my fiery aura risen to a huge flow, it all gathered in my hands. With a slap I touched the dome. The ice that covered the dome thawed, leaving a crack. The crack on the dome grew wider and larger, then it all broke, crystal pieces scattered in the air, the other player covered themselves from the shards. "Grimm ! don't lose yourself !" I jumped into the arena.

"Izvatya ! no.. don't get there ! you're not in fighting mode." Yuca warned me, but I didn't care.

"I.... Iza.. help help me" Jotan cried in agony, his blue [Health point] bar changed into its original; the red one. Only a slight chance of life could save him. "You..you must kill this guy.. ." he coughed. "He's over control..with.. the hacker." he let out his last breath, after that he completely frozen; with solid ice.

"Jonathan ! no !" I ran to him and give a hug. That would not make a change..kill Grimm, and its over.

"Izvatya.. nice to meet you again." the man spoke. His tone reminds me of the [Howling wolf] leader.

I bite my lip, holding my sword nervously. The man pointed his forefinger to me, I turn around swinged the sword, his left hand was sliced because of me. "Slicing style ! Beaming Sword !" in a flash my sword has penetrate through the man chest. He let out his vile smile, the black cloud bathed his body and vanished. He changed into Grimm. Grimm stared confused at me, then his body scattered into pixelised dusts. Jotan back to his form again, he collapsed I tried to support him. He hugged me back, he whispered thank you.

"A player killer." Yuca murmured. "How dare you.."

"Both of you ! get out from here ! and don't come back !" Illia warned.

"There isn't any solution for this !" I said. "He couldn't overcome that power."

"Just go away ! you're the real monster here !" Yuca banished me. "And I should have leave you die, instead of healing you." All of my sub guild team were booing at me and Jotan.

"Iza.. let's go. Let them leave you, but I'll go anywhere with you." Jotan whispered softly.

"Tha.. thank..you" I hugged him tight.