Encounter the first Demon

Kiwi was excited knowing they are above the cloud. I was trying to walk to the edge of the cliff. I look down and I can still see the wind ring rotating the mountain. But it was below the white cloud.

Grel: "From above the cloud is white. But from below it was dark. I see..."

While Kiwi points to the white cloud she sees the Dai Ca. She was excited to talk about it with her.

I notice my aura from the restroom is slowly depleted and my shield getting heavier. We should keep going.

Grel: "We should keep moving. While we still have our aura flowing with us before it's gone."

I decided to walk first. Then the other girls followed me. Dai Ca forcedly carried Kiwi with her hand. Her head was on the left side seeing the cloud view. After we walked quite a long time, we finally reached the cave Liao Lin mentioned to me yesterday. The cave was pretty deep and I could see there was a small light inside the cave. It was surely the other entrance to get her. The cave was dark and we almost couldn't see anything inside.

Grel: "Alright we're finally here."

Fasmel: "This cave is pretty deep."

While Dai put down Kiwi.

Grel: "I hope Kiwi can help us from here."

I look at the Kiwi. She was confused.

Kiwi: "Helping?"

I smiled at her.

Grel: "Yes... Do you remember when you smelled the crystal when we were at the mansion?"

Kiwi: "Ummm..."

She was thinking for a moment.

Kiwi: "Mansion?"

Ah... I forgot she is still a child.

Grel: "Hmmm... That one big house... Remember?"

Kiwi: "Oooh! Hum Hum." She nodded twice.

Grel: "Did Kiwi smell familiar think like that in here?"

Then Kiwi tries to smell it.

Kiwi: "Ummm... No... There's nothing smell the same as that thick thing."

Dai sound in the background: "It's crystal."

Hmmm... Is it because we are still outside?

Grel: "Then maybe we should try to go inside first, and maybe Kiwi could smell it better..."

Fasmel: "Let's go!"

Then we walked inside to the cave. The light is getting darker and darker. Glad Fasmel's sword is lit up with her red aura. It provided us with some light for some reason.

We keep going deeper and deeper. I believed we were already in the middle of the cave between both of the entrances. But Kiwi still did not react to the smell of the crystal.

Grel: "Did Kiwi still not smell it?" I mention the crystal.

Kiwi shook her head.

Kiwi: "I only smell moist soil."

Yea, the cave soil was pretty moist. Weirdly, she did not smell it yet. Then I stopped my step and all the girls also stopped her step.

Grel: "It should be here according to what Liao Lin said to me."

Arhi: "Then why did Kiwi not smell it here?"

I was thinking for a moment. I probably need to use my senses here.

Grel: "I will try to meditate first, probably I can sense the sealed door from here." While I walked toward one side of the soil wall, I put it down and leaned my shield on it.

Grel: "It will take a little bit of time. You can wait outside or do something else while I'm meditating." I depleted my aura since it's impossible to use power while recovering power.

Then I sit down on the ground and begin my meditation.

After a moment. It was quite long and I'm still sitting on the ground while closing my eyes. The surrounding me was dark since I could not see anything and my body was flowing with a blue aura because recovering. And I still did not sense anything in the dark, and I only heard a loud sound of silence.

Hmmm... This is weird. Liao Lin said it was here.

Flashbacking where Liao talks to me.

Liao: "You will know it quickly once you are there."

Scene back where I still meditating.

Should I notice this quickly?

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I still did not sense anything.

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Hmmm...

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Anything...

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Wait...

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Why can't I sense the other girls? I should sense it easily since Mr. Kim taught me how to do it... How did it disappear?

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Then I decided to stand up but still closed my eyes. The view is still dark and I'm still meditating.

Grel: "Anyone!" I yell out in the dark.

There's no one answering me.

Grel: "Anyone here!" I yelled out again in the dark.

...

I put my hand out.

Grel: "If you could hear me. Touch my hand!" I yelled again in the dark.

It was still nothing happening. Then suddenly I could sense someone was appearing in the dark. There's something like a fire in the middle, it was red. Its size was the same as a human body, but it was not hot. It must be from Fasmel. Then there's another fire of the same size on the right side, but it's yellow. It must be from Arhi. Then there's another fire of the same size on the left side of the red fire, its color is green. It must be from Dai Ca. So, it is true. There's something not right in this place that is blocking my senses. I waited for a moment. Where's Kiwi aura?

Grel: "Where is Kiwi?" I talk but with a normal voice.

Then suddenly the green fire disappeared.

*Floooff... Like a fire gets Extinguished.

And it appeared again.

*Fwuush... The green fire lit up again.

Then suddenly there's a white fire with the same size as Kiwi's body. It was floating in the air within the green fire. It seems Kiwi was getting carried with Dai Ca.

Hmmm... How do I get out with something blocking my sense here...

Then suddenly the red fire disappeared quickly.

*Floooff...

But it appeared again quickly. At the same time, the yellow fire disappeared.

*Fwuush. *Floooff. *Fwuush. *Floooff. *Fwuush. *Floooff. *Fwuush. *Floooff.

Both these fires keep disappearing and appearing within a few seconds. It all appeared again for the last time.

Did Fasmel try to say something?

Suddenly the white fire disappeared. Then I heard something like a fire lit up behind me. I check and look behind me. It was the white aura from before. It seems Kiwi was holding my leg in the back.

Did she try to say something?

The white fire is moving back and forward. It seems she wants me to follow her.

Then I put down my hand and the other fire extinguished at the same time. Leaving there only white fire in this dark view. We both walked slowly and I followed her while I'm still meditating. Then after a moment, she stopped.

Did she smell it here?

Suddenly the white aura disappeared. Seems she did not touch my leg anymore.

I was standing there and did not see anything except darkness.

Hmmm...

I try to reach out to something I don't even know in front of me while I'm still closing my eyes. I can probably feel the door in here.

I move my hand slowly to the right. Then I touch some of the surfaces. It feels like the soil wall in the cave. I tried to move my hand again slowly to the right.

Then I noticed something different.

Grel: "This..."

I tried to feel what I'm currently touching right now. It was a door. A door was hidden in this cave!

I tried to find the middle of the door, trying to find the seal. But suddenly something appeared. It was the seal. It appeared after I moved my hand to the right and it showed up after the slide.

There's a word on the seal. It's saying "Kirin" in Japanese word. The yokai of Japanese.

Now I should-

Suddenly I sensed something coming toward us. It was distracting my senses a lot and it moved so fast. It is coming from my left side. No... They are still running below us...

The sound the things make while they run is scary. Especially when I did not see anything... It was coming closer and closer.

Then there was one dark fire that appeared in my vision, it was already near us. It was a Demon! The dark fire got bigger and bigger as they got close.

I quickly opened up my eyes and my vision went back to normal. Famsel, Arhi, Dai, and Kiwi looked at me open up my eyes.

Fasmel: "Ow! You wake up!"

Without even thinking about her words, I quickly grabbed my shield and cast my power. Dai looking at me realized something was wrong. She also quickly grabs her weapon on her back and makes a steady position. While she grabs the weapon, she tries to alarm the other girl.

Dai: "Something is coming toward us!"

The girls realized we were in a dangerous situation and quickly grabbed their weapons and made a steady position. The girl looking around still doesn't know where the threat was coming from.

Grel: "Level 6... Defensive aura!" My body flows with a blue aura again and it flows to my shield. I lift up my shield with my left hand. And I turned around toward where the Demon was coming from. Kiwi was scared. Dai tries to protect her while she is hiding behind her.

Grel: "Get ready. It was a Demon from there!"

Then the girl turned toward where I'm looking from.

Then suddenly someone jumped off from below the surface.

???: "AHAHAHAHA!!" It was a girl sound and they landed right beside the cave entrance.

We could see clearly it was a girl and she laughed like a psychopath. She wears something we have never seen before. The dark firing aura became her outfit. She did not bring any weapons. But there's a dark aura covering her palm. Then the other part of their hand did not get covered up until her soldier. Then the belly also does not get covered up. And her face was also not covered up. The other is completely in the dark fire. And we could see the Romawi number on her left chest. Its number was I X.

I X: "I've been waiting for this incredible opportunity to KIIiiLL... Ehehehe..." She said it with a psychopathic voice again while looking at all of us. She smug smiling showing her teeth. She decided to walk slowly toward us.

This is bad. Are we ready for this? I look at all the girls. She still makes her steady position. Fasmel was so ready to blow up the girl, Dai was remaining calm while holding her weapon, Kiwi was hiding behind Dai's leg, and Arhi seemed scared.

*I Squished my hand grip. We should be ready no matter what the condition is.

Grel: "Quick. Tap me just for a second." I whispered to the girl so the Demon did not hear us while she was walking toward us. She is still far and just entered the cave from the entrance.

But then she quickly dashed toward me.

Then she appeared in front of Arhi's face with her right fist ready to hit me. Her eyes are wide open looking so excited about the fight. It was quick but gladly I already used my defensive aura with me. Then I quickly moved between them and her fist hit my shield real hard. It made a loud sound plus we were inside the cave making it even louder. The first blocked but the air force was not. We all got knocked far enough and stopped at the other entrance of the cave.

Kiwi almost fell from the cliff. Kiwi was also almost falling, gladly Arhi noticed it and grabbed her hand. Kiwi looking down at the cliff. It was pretty high. Arhi quickly lifted her up again.

I was so shocked at how strong the Demon was. It's only one but we got knocked this far away.

Grel: "Arhi... Quick use your speed aura and leave her with Kiwi from here! Tries to alert the other people about this! And go back here as fast as possible!"