C 2. Swatting A Fly

The tremor that the King Gale turtle sent was to inform that it was going down.

It did not land but hover about 100 meters above a giant lake. The lake is the largest within the continent and connects many rivers.

Instead of wind ravaging the forest, and sending waves on the surface of the river, it was calm, as there was no wind blowing around.

The Ancient turtle opened its mouth and closed. At the middle lake, a whirlwind started to spin, steadily increasing in speed.

The whirlwind increased in speed and gradually absorbed water from the lake. It served as a tube sucking water till it reached the ancient turtle face.

Under the watchful eyes of some elders on the turtle, the humidity around the turtle was increasing.

…

Daniel was gestured to leave by his mother, he had a mental sigh and straightened his back and strolled out.

By the time he closed the door his shoulders slope down, and take in good air. 'Finally, I'm out!'

"So, how does it go?" 

A person was leaning on the wall. His facial features are similar to him but a bit older.

'I forgot I wasn't the only one who went against the book.'

"I was given further burden," Daniel said. He turned around leaving his brother taking a deep breath to calm his mind. As he is preparing to enter the room.

Daniel strolled out of the long corridor.

There was a commotion happening outside, a lot of people were going out of the palace to look at the sky.

Being out of the building and standing under the open sky, he saw nothing special.

He called one of the people outside and asked what was happening. The answer was; as they currently stand, Uncle Moo, the King Gale Turtle, is making a cloud, and it's expected to rain.

Even though they were raised in a clan that has a lot of ancient beasts with great abilities, Uncle Moo was one of the oldest.

If not for the leader of the clan was willing to accompany them to the Maze entrance, Uncle Moo will not care to bring these puny kids here.

"That was quite rare, did one of the elders beg him for that."

"No, it's said there was a giant lake that is almost his size under us. So, he just  started sucking the water."

"Is it not very dangerous? It was said this is one of the most dangerous forests in the world. Wouldn't that provoke some beasts here?" A young boy holding chocolate asked. 

"Don't worry little Li. I doubt there is any beast in this territory who will be idiot enough to attack him." Monroe said. The same person who Daniel asked about what was happening.

"Actually I want us to be attacked. First, the clouds that are forming if observed by those who want to master air manipulation, will get a lot of understanding.

Also, if a fight breaks out, we will get to see how these overlord beast exchange pointers." Daniel said.

"I believe the fight will be over before we even blink, so it's not worth it. Even in these clouds, he was begged to slow down so that we will observe."

"Come and collect your own, it allows you to see the air movement. 

Come and collect your own… come and collect your own."

"Little Li, collect two for us," Monroe said.

Little Li ran to collect the glasses.

The glasses are tainted black and glow, they can colour the motion of air. 

They wore the glasses and watched attentively how the air is twisting, turning and moulding the ever-increasing humidity in the air.

…

Uncle Moo continues sucking water from the lake and converting it to humidity in the air. And the water level on the lake visibly recedes. 

Deep within the lake, a giant eye opens then another one. It looked up toward the surface, all the smaller fishes around froze and became rigid.

But the moment the beast gazes at Uncle Moo turtle body, it hurriedly closes its eyes, and the surrounding fishes return to normal.

Many beasts responded with a glare to what the Ancient turtle was doing, but all let it be after seeing who it was. Because they were able to perceive the danger from it.

About two kilometres away from the lake, an earthquake hit that section of the forest. 

A massive Anaconda burst out of the ground. Its head is the size of a house, and the body is 500 m long.

With rage and hissing sound it thrust forward to attack the Ancient Gale Turtle. In an instant, the giant anaconda broke the sound barrier.

Its mouth wide open, dark green smoke coming out of it. Any vegetation that the smoke touches withered and turns to ash.

The smoke morphed and increased in size that reached almost the size of the Ancient turtle himself. 

Flashes of lightning snaking through the smoke, and gradually the smoke condensed to become solid. 

…

"A FIGHT. UNCLE MOO PROVOKE A GIANT SOMETHING." One of the older servants shouted.

Everyone abandoned the cloud forming and ran to the southeast of the turtle. From the distance they see an unknown black creature dashing toward them at breakneck speed.

Some were happy, some were worried, some were even jumping in the excitement of the upcoming fights.

The ancient turtle lazily veered his eyes to look at the attacker. He then brought out one of his front legs. 

Air begins to weave around the paw. The weave thickened and condensed to an almost visible glass, and it extended till it reached the length of an adult human. 

Before he pushed it lazily towards the upcoming monster.

The air weave disappeared, but its effect was apparent, all wind vanished.

Daniels and the onlookers saw that one time a dark monster was coming, the next moment the monster disappeared.

There was not even a sound. 

All the hype died down, and people began to ask what happened?

"I told you the fight will end without us seeing anything," Monroe said.

Daniel shook his head and said, "This is not a fight. Uncle Moo was just swatting down a fly!"

The kids might not see what happened, but the elders saw it clearly.