23 Ensure Goal

Not long after that rain began to fall heavily, and the elves were lucky to find a cave. There they could take shelter, it rained once the bees were accompanied by several claps of thunder.

They are worried about Arzlan. Arzlan has not returned for three hours. The air is getting colder and the sky is starting to show a bright light.

It was already morning, but there was still no sign of the man.

"Will he be all right, won't he?" The young man asked the elven girl who kept her eyes on the sky.

"I have no idea!" She replied in a languid tone. "I hope that he will be fine!"

***

Arzlan continued walking, after finishing off the soldiers he wanted to catch up with the residents as soon as possible, but not enough strength to catch up with the time that had rained quite heavily.

"I don't have high hopes that they are still waiting for me!" Too many times his heart had received disappointment, now that his heart had become cracked, he could no longer feel the warmth of the world.

From a distance he saw a ray of fire in the darkness of the night. There would be no light of fire that could live when the rain was still so heavy. With the knowledge in his head, he was certain that it was elves.

The rain kept pouring down Arzlan's body. It was as if they hated Arzlan, rumbling like shouts of words that he always heard from other people's mouths. Arzlan's emotions rose rapidly.

"Damn, why do I have to remember their faces again!" He had tried many times to forget the faces of the people who had always made him suffer, but their faces kept dancing in his mind.

Her ears moved after hearing the sound of someone's footsteps, her body spontaneously stood up.

"What was that?" She asked inwardly, her eyes darting around to make sure no one was out of the cave. It didn't come from the people there.

Dark shadows began to appear, his footsteps continued to approach. The woman was holding the hilt of the sword, afraid that it was her enemy who was trying to approach the cave.

When the fire light had shone on the figure's body, only then did she let out a happy breath because it was Arzlan.

Se put on a happy smiling face. The one who noticed Arzlan's presence besides the woman was a young man who often interacted with Arzlan.

"M-Master, are you all right!" Immediately he approached Arzlan.

"Yeah, I'm fine! Are you guys still okay?" Arzlan was worried that some of the elves would get hurt due to haste to move.

"Nothing, everything is fine!" replied the young man excitedly.

Arzlan glanced at everyone who was still sound asleep.

Then Arzlan took off his cloak.

"Don't you want to change your clothes?" asked the elf woman.

Arzlan glanced sharply then said, "It's okay, I can still survive even though the cold continues to attack my skin!"

Actually Arzlan didn't feel cold at all. His body is like a doll that can't feel pain, Arzlan understands maybe this is all he has to pay for the power he has got.

"Oh, I see!" The woman couldn't force Arzlan to comply with her wishes, even though she was quite worried about Arzlan's condition who always fought for everyone.

***

Arzlan tried to rest, but after just a few minutes he closed his eyes the sunlight was already shining on his face.

Arzlan immediately turned to the light. "I really had completely forgotten what it was like to sleep well without suffering!"

Before when he was still in the modern world he always thought sleep was the thing he wanted most. Seeing a world that is always cruel, Arzlan has lost faith in the happiness that exists in the world.

Arzlan saw that everyone was still sleeping, even the elf woman was fast asleep. Her face looks so cute when her eyes are closed.

Arzlan then stood up and came out of the cave. Just when it was morning the rain stopped the clouds started to leave, who know where they would stop and rain again.

Arzlan looked for a comfortable place to sit and enjoy the view of the sun that had just risen.

"Hmmm… now what should I do? Where will I take these elves? They put dreams and hopes too high on me! Yes, maybe by being their leader I will be able to build a world without pain and cruelty."

"Uh?" The woman heard a strange sound from inside the cave. Her eyes opened and his body prepared to attack. "What was that?" She looked towards Arzlan's place. "Uuh… where is he?"

Immediately that woman came out of the cave after seeing Arzlan suddenly disappear. After that, she became relieved when he saw Arlzan sitting on a rock with his eyes fixed on the sun.

Arzlan looked back after hearing the sound of approaching footsteps.

"Hey!" said the woman with a gentle smile.

"You are!"

"What are you doing here?"

"I just want to think for a moment. Because seeing the sun just rising makes my heart calm!"

The woman looked at the sun. "It is true! The morning sun gives a light that is able to give encouragement!" Surprised himself after witnessing what Arzlan said.

"Sir…."

Not long after that, another person came over to them, and it had disturbed Arzlan's calm in enjoying the warmth of the morning sun.

"What's wrong? Why are you so noisy this morning?"

"Forgive me! I just wanted to tell you that we heard a strange sound from inside the cave!"

"Huh?"

"Right! I came here also wanting to say the same thing! I also heard a strange sound, I didn't dare to check it because it was most likely that the source of the sound was an inner cave-dwelling monster."

Arzlan had no other choice, he quickly checked what the two people said was the truth or just the sound of the wind entering the cave.

Everyone was already outside the cave, they had worried faces. When Arzlan came all eyes were on him.

"Hmm… what exactly did they hear? Why are their faces so worried?" Arzlan started to step into the cave.

The woman wanted to follow Arzlan.

"You stay here! If anything happens to me, you can guide them all!"

"But…." She couldn't deny Arzlan's words, because Arzlan's eyes were full of sharp glares. "W-Alright! I will fulfill your wish!"

Arzlan continued to enter a very dark cave, inside the cave he heard a strange sound.

The sound was like a rumbling sound that was quite scary due to echoing in the cave passage. Arzlan is not afraid to keep moving forward. In a few moments Arzlan saw a light. When come a bit closer, the light came from the other side of the mouth of the cave.

"Uh…!"

__To Be Continued___