63 Unknown opponents

"Need help?" Zeolite asks approaching the remaining girls near the plane. "No, just wait until the others come back." Chiharu replies, still busy with repairing the broken machine, "Alright. Is Ashley out too?" He asks, since he didn't hear her craziness since he woke up. "Yeah, I tell her to get some woods." Chiharu said and bring her hand out as Celine hands her the tool she's holding.

"Phew, I think it's enough!" Ashley said and dropped the woods she gathered. She stretched her back and let out a yawn, "I'm getting sleepy. Better get this to the others first then sleep!" She said and was about to pick the woods up until she was kicked away, hitting a nearby tree with her back.

"Urgh! It hurts…" Ashley groaned and rubs her back, trying to sooth away the lingering pain. She tries to look for any sign on who kicked her, but she didn't see a thing, just the empty night. 'Weird, where are they?' She thoughts, and stand up, still wary of her surrounding, she cannot be sure if the enemy is already leaving or not.

"Come out." Ashley said activating her Ice Magic and put both of her hands in front of her. Without her knowing, the enemy punch her head, making her stumbles, as she quickly turns around and punch the air, then again, the enemy kicks her stomach and when she got the impact, she spit out blood, she drops down to one of her knee, wiping the blood on the corner of her mouth and tries to see her enemy.

"How are we supposed to get out, huh?" Hector mumbles, while sitting on the ground hopelessly, he already tries multiples times, trying to get out from this maze that keeps mirroring him to get back to his current place, and that's makes him frustrated, irritated, and more desperate to get out, but he knows, he will have to get his hope and patience up if he's gonna continue this.

"Like I know, I'm just a fox." Arkus shrugs and lays comfortably on Hector's laps, "I thought you were Magical fox." Hector said plainly. "Of course I am, just a fox with an extra abilities, that's all." Arkus mutters, and slowly fell asleep. "Ah, jeez." Hector groans frustrated.

'Oi. I think I got the trick.' Iris said, interrupting his frustrated moments, "And what is it, old hag?" Hector asks, completely loses his noble attitudes, 'Don't call me old hag, you shitty noble.' Iris said annoyed, "Yeah, sorry." Hector apologies, 'You want to get out from here, right?' Iris asks, "Of course I want to! And you better be useful!" Hector said, wanting to get out from this maze as soon as possible.

'Destroy the forest then.' Iris replies simply, "Destroy the forest? You crazy? The nature is amazing! How can I destroy such an amazing thing?" Hector said, doesn't believe her words. 'You said you wanted to get out, bah, you're too silly to exist.' Iris sighs and leans on her throne. "Ugh…Is there's no other way?" Hector asks, in the edge of giving up.

"Trust me. This is not a real forest.' Iris said, since she have meet the exact same user of the illusions magic as the one Hector facing. "What do you mean? Not a real forest?..." Hector trailed off, his parted lips were replaced with a wide grin. "Alright, old hag! I believe you!" He said and stand up, putting Arkus above his head and pulls both his swords from it scabbards.

"Haa!" He shouts and slams his swords down, creating an earthquake, he put both of his sword back into their scabbard and raises his head to watch the forest rots away, and when the forest were cleared, he can see the bright moon at his side. "You're right! Old hag you're goddamn good!" Hector cheers and pumps his hand out.

'Stop calling me that. Or I'll take over your body again.' Iris said threatening him, "Yes ma'am!" Hector quickly said and tries to seal his mouth off, hoping he will not say 'old hag' anymore.

Hector looks at the moon, as a question fly past his mind. "Oh, right! Iris! How do you know the forest was fake? Did you know it from the start?" He asks, curious on how she know about it. 'I have live longer than you, so it's pretty fair if my knowledge pass your understanding.' Iris replies, not telling him the real reasons, "That doesn't even what I'm asking for…" Hector mumbles, 'Doesn't matter, hurry. Meet the others, there might be some things happening to them.' Iris said, reminding him about his friends.

'They're invisible!...How am I gonna defeat them? If I can't even see them?' Theresa thoughts, while avoiding the knifes flying to her directions. 'Think, Theresa, think!' She thoughts trying to forces her brain to works.

"How's the fuel? Is it good?" Chiharu asks, "I've just refill it!" Celine said reporting back to her, "Good. How about the food supply?" Chiharu asks once again. "Uhh…it all have bitted hole in it…And I'm not very sure why…" Celine said giving her an example of the plastic bag with the hole. Chiharu grabs it and examine the bitted hole, and accidentally inhale the displeasuring smell on it, "Eww…" She distant the plastic bag away from her face and turns to Celine, "Did you have any person in mind who has done this?" She asks, Celine thinks for a while, before shaking her head.

"These are very sharp teeth, all of my friends doesn't have teeth like that, and for Arkus, if I remember correctly, he's aren't fond of these type of foods, he always eat meat." Celine said, telling her what's her opinions, "Hm…Who could it be?..." Chiharu mumbles and rubs her chin, trying to find out who is behind the extinct of snacks in their food supply, she then remember the creature they meet, she look at the bite mark and tries to remembers what does the creature's teeth looks like.

"Ah! I know it!" Chiharu yells, surprising Celine with her sudden raised voice. "…Who?" Celine asks, wanting to know who did it.

Meanwhile with Zeolite, he's putting light card on the surrounding of the plane, since he can't resists the darkness around him and the others, it just feels sickly similar to the darkness in his past.

"Active." He uttered as the cards he places on the ground all brightened, "Goodbye darkness." He mutters and sit on the ground, gazing over the starry sky. 'Where are the others?' He thoughts, wondering if they're all okay.

"Ugh! Show yourself, coward!" Ashley yells and randomly shoot her ice, "Argh! C'mon!" She groans and makes her surrounding covered in ice. She looks around, trying to catch at least a glimpse about her opponent, as she accidentally sees a glimpse of shadow. 'Shadow? Is that my opponent?' She thoughts and quietly aims her palm at it, she focused on it and when she was sure, she'll hit it, she releases the beam she's holding, she wait for it to hit her opponent, and it actually did!

When her attack her opponent, the stealth system wear off, and shows a shadow creature, who is holding their head in headaches. "Cool! I did it!" Ashley cheers happily and do victory dance, though, she was not done yet with her opponent.

"Oh, right. Enemy." She said to herself when she realizes her opponent were standing in front of her, "Seems like you didn't turn stealth again, huh? Did it wear off completely?" Ashley asks, with an intentions to mocks it, as her opponent didn't say a thing and rush at her.

"Whoa! So rude!" Ashley shouts in surprises and blocks her opponent attack with her ice magic. The shadow creature leaps behind and bend their legs slightly, looking for an opportunity to attack her, Ashley smirks and raises both of her arms up, ice shoot up from the ground, the shadow creature stares at the ice, without knowing what will happens to them. Ashley runs up the ice stairs she made and jump up, creating ice gauntlet on her right hand, punching the shadow creature's head. The temperature has drop every seconds, thanks to Ashley's passive, dropping the temperatures around her each seconds.

And because of the temperatures, and Ashley's ice fist above it, the shadow creatures instantly freeze like a statue, unable to move anymore. Ashley lands on the ground in front of her and looks at the freezing statue. "Now, this is art!" She cheers looking proud of her unintentional creation.

"Where the heck did she go?" Hector asks, still trying to look for Theresa. 'Dunno.' Iris shrugs and drink the wine on her hand, "I didn't asks you." Hector sweatdrops, 'I know.' Iris replies, "Ugh, then close your mouth-" Hector was cut off when a big explosions happens near him. He quickly looks toward where the explosions happens and notices a familiar fire. "Theresa!"

"Damn, where did it go?" Theresa asks herself out loud, and tries to look at her opponents in the middle of explosions she make, she continue to look around until she hear noises above her and when she looks up, she can see the tip of the sword very close to her eyes, she quickly rolls to the side and throws another explosive crystal at their positions, she quickly pulls her left hand behind, an arrow appears when she pulls her left hand behind, she shut one of her eyes to improve her aiming and let go of the imaginary string when she aimed right at the explosive crystal, triggering another explosions.