Adolescence

I continued walking with him into the forest, all colored with lots of grass, flowers and towering green trees.

On the other hand, Astela continues to try to find disaster crystal stones in that place. However, he never found it at all.

"Duh... actually I have to look somewhere else... I don't see any crystals left in this ruin..."

He moved some of the rubble that had been piled up.

"Hopefully I can find something here..." Astela managed to move him.

However, he was shocked when there was a corpse of a man wearing a black robot armor buried beneath him.

"What? Who is this person... This doesn't look like the equipment of a royal military soldier..."

He pulled his body to the other side.

"I think the others have already taken all the bodies of the residents here."

1 headless male corpse. Astela who saw it was not surprised, she already knew that the monster did it.

"Tch.....just like them, huh." Astela turned the man's body around.

1 disaster crystal stuck to the man's chest.

"Purple crystal?... Is this what the doctor meant to me..." Astela tries to pull it out.

So.....

Someone quickly ran towards Astela and kicked her so hard that she hit the wall of a destroyed building.

"Akhh...."

*BRAKK*

The building collapsed when Astela crashed into it. Someone wearing invisible combat technology that couldn't be seen clearly, took the man's body and tried to take it away.

Astela didn't stay silent, she immediately moved out.

"I won't let you take it..."

Astela stood up, she immediately ran while taking a gun from her right waist. He aimed it at the mysterious man and fired at him with small steps.

5 bullets were fired at the mysterious man. The man noticed and turned around. He used the man's corpse as his shield.

Astela who saw it couldn't believe he would do something like that.

"Show me who you are..."

The man gave Astela a 3 bullet warning.

*Darr.. Darr.. Darr!*

Astela swiftly took out her sword quickly and slashed the three bullets. 3 red flashes from the sword managed to cut him which made the man annoyed.

*Ting Ting Ting*

"Tch..."

The man immediately ran towards the forest without further ado.

"Wait!"

Astela immediately ran after him, walking 5 steps. However, his steps were immediately stopped by a bullet with a very loud sound that shot at him from the top of the tree.

*DARRR!*

Astela was immediately shocked when she saw a bullet quickly aiming at her. "What?"

Her eyes managed to see the speed of the bullet, Astela had time to dodge and turned her head to the left. The shot was dodged and made the impression that the ground was destroyed when it hit.

A female soldier wearing the same combat armor as the previous corpse was lurking on top of a tree. He uses an Anti-Material Sniper gun with a red lens.

"Retrieval mission completed...."

"Good, come back..."

"Yes."

He immediately stood up and disappeared.

Astela realized this and looked at the tree.

"Tch... Actually, who are they? Their movements are very suspicious... Are they the ones who took the disaster crystal?... I have to immediately inform Doctor Mirellia-sama."

Astela didn't know that she had been abandoned by me and Doctor Mirellia. He was surprised when he looked behind him and there was no one.

"Eh... Doctor Mirellia?... Where did they go?" He tried to call him. But, no one heard the scream. "Doctor, Doctor!... Hmmmmm... it looks like that man took her away. Watch out, you pervert..."

Astela thinks Yoru is the main cause.

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Avelux Infinity force command center, everything ended with a calm that made everyone feel refreshed. There was no fear left in them.

Commander Bristina was sitting at the back with Hansen next to him. Bristina sighed.

"What's the situation there...?"

"I still don't understand, it's a little complicated. We still haven't found their whereabouts at all... It seems like they're still deep in there."

"Okay, continue... We here will try to analyze the spiked ice chunks."

"Yes, I ask for help"

"If anything happens, call us again..."

"Yes!" Kazim cut off his communication channel with the center.

"How?" Leylia asked.

"They are still trying to find a way to destroy and analyze the structure of these ice floes."

"I see. So, now what should we do?"

"I don't know... I don't understand why this place suddenly looks like a cave..."

Kazim, Leylia, Sevila and Kevin were already inside the spiked ice. Everything looked very unusual and unbelievable to them. Everything had changed from what they had seen before.

1 chunk of spiked ice grew bigger and formed like a cave with so many other paths that made them confused about which one to choose.

Everything looked snowy, walls of ice like glass and sharp thorns frozen all around the path.

Kevin sighed. "How about we just split into 2 teams?"

"Hmmmm... that's true, it seems like it will save time. Alright, I'll be with Sevila. You'll be with Leylia."

"Okay… Come on—"

Leylia, who heard this, didn't like it and didn't want to walk alone with Kevin. "Ha... Why should I be with him? I could be with Sevila."

Kevin had tears in his eyes when Leylia said that.

"Never mind Leylia-san, you should be with him once in a while."

"What are you doing together! He and I have been with him since childhood..."

"Since childhood...?"

"B-be... be-.." Leylia was nervous, embarrassed that she couldn't say it.

"That's right. Leylia and I have had the same dreams and goals for the future since childhood," Kevin answered very loudly and bravely.

"Oh, I'm happy if it's like that"

"It turns out that's how it is, you deserve to be called a unique couple."

Kevin grinned happily. But not Leylia who suddenly became angry.

Glancing at Kevin. "Hmmmph...." He turned to the right, leaving Kevin behind.

"Hey, wait for me..." Kevin ran after him.

"Stay away from me..."

"I can give you warmth and keep you safe from anyone."

"I can do it myself!"

Kevin complained and kept trying to stay with him.

Sevila's face lit up when she saw the behavior of the two of them. "I didn't expect to have cute friends like them..."

"It's true, adolescence is very fun. Where everyone can experience something they've never had before. Getting lots of experiences is more important than feeling sorry for yourself just because you don't want to develop for the better."

"That's right, did the chairman have a pleasant experience?"

Kazim scratched his head. "Well... I don't know, I forgot. It seems there is... Maybe..." Kazim said it in a low tone at the end.

"Possible...?" Sevilla was confused.

"No, forget it. Come on! We have to immediately save them." Kazim smiled slightly and started walking ahead of her.

"Okay... I hope everyone can find their own happiness."

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Kevin is still trying to catch up with him.

"Oy!... Leylia..."

"Why do I keep feeling like this, what is really happening to me. Why is he trying so hard to be with me?" He thought.

Several sharp ice spikes on the ceiling directly above Leylia shook and fell.

*Krrrrkkkk*

"Leylia!"

Kevin, who saw him, immediately ran fast towards Leylia to save her.

Kevin jumped towards Leylia which surprised her and made them both fall forward.

*BRUKK*

A shard of ice thorn fell and stuck him below. Like a trap that accidentally happened to both of them.

Kevin sighed because he managed to save Leylia. "Almost..." Kevin looked at him. "Why is your face suddenly red like that?" He answered confusedly.

Leylia's face turned red with embarrassment because of Kevin's gaze looking at her from above.

"Don't come near me..." Leylia pushed Kevin, causing him to fall backwards.

Leylia immediately got up and left Kevin alone again.

"Eh...?" Kevin was shocked and didn't understand. "Why is Leylia-chan always like this to me?" Her face filled with tears and she wanted to cry. "But, I can't just give up here. I have to be the best for him." Kevin got up again and ran excitedly to catch Leylia.

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Several hours later they had already gone through the cave. Kazim, who was worried, contacted them both.

"Kevin, Leylia. Are you okay?"

Kevin answered it. "Leylia and I are fine. Well, although there was a little incident."

"So that's how it is. Thank goodness you guys are okay."

"Yes.."

Kevin was already near Leylia and glanced at her. A sullen and annoyed look appeared on his face which made Kevin a little worried.

"Do you guys feel something strange?"

"So what...?"

"My feeling is that this is not an ordinary cave..."

Kazim and Sevila were already in front of 3 other cave passages which were waiting for them to be their next destination.

"Sevila and I have found another path. However, this is a little suspicious. Suddenly, there are many other passages visible. In front of me there are already 3 different paths."

"What..?" Kevin was shocked and looked at his surroundings. "But, Leylia and I didn't find another way."

"It looks like you are on the right path... just keep going. We will find a way to overcome this."

"Okay, we will keep going"

"Please take good care of yourselves"

"Yes" Kevin cut off their communication.

Sevila was worried and asked Kazim. "How is it, what should we do?"

"Hmmmm.....? Looks like we have to contact the commander"

"Right, it seems there's no other way but to contact them" Kazim immediately connected his communication to the center.

"Commander, can you over there hear me?"

"Yeah, what's wrong? Did something happen in there?" Commander Bristina managed to answer it.

"There seems to be something strange in this place..."

"What do you mean?" Commander Bristina, who was sitting down, was a little worried and leaned forward.

"Sevila and I are like we are in a cave that has no boundaries. It's like an infinite tunnel that keeps branching out."

"What...? Branching you say?"

"Yeah. I don't know how to explain it, have they gotten any information about this place?"

So.....

Angie was very surprised, making everyone worried when they heard it. "Impossible!......"

"What's wrong? Did you find anything?" Commander Bristina suddenly stood up and glanced at Angie.

"Commander... Surely you won't believe it..."

The hologram screen shifted, showing 1 vast ice world that branched out in all directions. The hologram screen could not depict the entire structure of the entire area, only showing a wide, branching plain descending downwards.

Commander Bristina was shocked when he saw him. "This has to be a lie, right?"

Kazim who was listening was confused. "What's wrong commander?....Did something happen?"

An area that was originally 207,000 m2 in size, like a football field, suddenly turned into a 1-dimensional ice world with no visible boundaries.

Commander Bristina couldn't believe it and wondered who had done all this with a cynical face. "Actually, who are they..."

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A woman was walking on the surface of the boundless blue ocean. His footsteps continued to walk, the blue ocean became frozen as his footsteps stepped on the ocean, he stopped.

He sighed and looked at one of his hands. "Is that too much?". His hands were cold. "I think I need sleep... Where should I look..."

He turned to look towards the royal city of Wizteria which he had left very far away.

The woman wears a white hooded jacket with short silver hair with a blue streak, decorated with a jewel necklace and very beautiful dark pink eyes.

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