Chapter 56 - After Battle

Shannon Petrini Point Of View

Dinala kaagad kami sa hospital, magkakasama kami sa isang maluwag na kwarto nina Senju at South. Magkakatabi din kasi ang mga higaan namin.

Tapos na akong gamutin ng mga doctor gayun din sina Senju at South na mahimbing ang mga tulog. Ang sabi sa akin ng doctor ay baka abutin ng isang buwan bago sila tuluyang gumising na nadalawa dahil sa over fatigue at mana over draining.

"Angas talaga neto. Hindi nawalan ng malay." Sabi ni Sheina sa akin na kasama ko ngayon sa kwarto pati na ang tatlong Sarimanok Guardians.

"Plano kong matulog. Bago 'yon, kailangan ko munang maka-usap si Rodeo. Siyempre, ikaw na muna din ang bahala sa tatlong iyan."

"Okay-okay. Ipinaliwanag na din naman nilang tatlo sa akin ang sitwasyon...sa inn na nirerentahan ko na muna sila papatuluyin." Sabi naman ni Sheina na naunawaan ako.

Ngumite ako sa kaniya. Para naman siyang siraulo na kinilig. "Oh my gosh..." Maharot na sabi niya.

"Shhhh...sige na iguide mo na sila sa inn na nirerentahan mo nang makapag-pahinga din sila, nasaan na ba si Rodeo?" Saad ko.

Bigla namang bumukas ang pinto ay iniluwa nito si Rodeo, speaking of the Devil.

"Rodeo, she's looking for you." Sabi naman ni Sheina kay Rodeo.

Lumabas sina Sheina kasama ang mga Sarimanok Guardians. Naiwan kami nina Rodeo at ang dalawang walang malay kong mga kaibigan sa kwarto.

"Pasensya kana, inasikaso ko lang ang papel niyong tatlo sa hospital na ito." Sabi niya sa akin.

Iniupo ko naman nang dahan-dahan ang aking katawan. "Rodeo, I have a request from you." Panimulang sabi ko agad sa kaniya sa pakay ko. "Gusto kong ito ang ianunsyo mong resulta ng nangyari na pagatake sa Palkia City...hindi ang Don kundi dalawa lang sa mga tauhan nito na mga 'Don Commanders' ang sumugod sa Palkia City para samantalahin ang pagkakataon na wala ang Imperial General at Wing Commanders sa bayan. Kung paano nila nalaman, sabihin mong hindi pa tukoy... sabihin mo din na hindi namin nagawang talunin ang mga Don Commanders, bagkos ay umabot sa tamang oras ang Imperial General at Wing Commanders sa labanan at tinapos ang kaguluhan."

"You want me to cover up what really happened...for what benefit will it give you? The credit will go to Calcheese, Mary."

"Don't call me by that name, Rodeo. I'm Shannon Petrini." Pagtama ko naman sa kaniya sa pangalan kong tinawag niya sa akin. "He deserves that credit anyways. You don't want Gangsters to be the acting heroes right? That's not a good thing. Considering a Don lost to a nobody gang like us. If you announced what really happened, a high possiblity that the Dons will get pump up for wanting to face the one who defeated Don Nervoz and a war will definitely happened in the Palkia City. I don't want the future generations of Adventurers to die in a pathetic way which cause was me. Kahit na mga toxic ang mga walang hiyang mga studyante na mayroon sa Asteromagus Academy, may tsansa pa silang magbago." Matapos kong magpaliwanag ulit, bumuntonghininga si Rodeo.

"Hindi ko mabasa ang tumatakbo sa utak mo, Shannon Petrini...pero sige, susundin ko ang gusto mo bilang reward mo na din sa pagtalo sa Don na tinuturing ng Guild na kundi pangalawa ay siyang pinakamalakas sa lahat ng Dons."

"Halimaw si Don Nervoz. Kung walang Healing Potion na naka-reserba ang Sarimanok at kung hindi siya nakita nina Senju at South, malamang, patay na ako. Sa isang tira lang ng kamao ni Don Nervoz na binalutan niya ng Nuclear Energy, tinamaan ang kalahati ng mukha ko na nawasak. Sa pangalawang pagsapak niya ay nagawa kong ipansalag ang espada ko pero nasira ito at nadamage parin ako. Nabasag na parang isang babasagin na baso ang mga buto sa katawan ko. If my fighting spirit was weak, the moment half of my face was blown up, I'm dead." Kwento ko sa kaniya.

"Bakit parang hindi kapa satisfied sa panalo mo?"

"TSK! He ran out of mana, while I'm not only healed by the potion, my mana also regenerated quickly. How can that be a fair fight... though I boasted to him before the start of our fight that I don't care of he tires himself or not battling in the labyrinth before facing me."

"That's okay. You won, nothing will change."

"Tama ka."

Matapos naming mag-usap ni Rodeo na parang hindi ito ang muli naming pagkikita ay nagpaalam na siyang umuwi. Malalim na kasi ang gabi at ako naman ay natulog na din.

*****

Sarimanok Point Of View

Hindi ako makapaniwala...nagawang tuluyang angkinin ng Ace na iyon ang kalahati ng mana mayroon ako. To think that one of the Finnes Clan's Chaos Magic, Elasticity Molding Level Flame can steal mana. Because of the elastic and of course flame property of that Chaos Magic, my mana stick with it. Since his Chaos Magic is basically a rubbery flame that can also be molded into any object.

Rubber can be sticky when it is deteriorating. Since he suffered the consequences of borrowing strong amount of my mana, maihahalintulad ang kaniyang katawan at magic sa isang nabubulok ng goma kaya naging madikit ito, sa lakas ng potensyal mayroon ang isang Chaos Magus, dumikit ang mana ko sa kaniya ng permanente, hindi na ito babalik sa akin. And it was my biggest mistake of lending them my mana to them.

He easily became Stage 0 where as I, need to train again to get achieved the same level of mana I lost.

Nakaupo ako ngayon sa harapan ng bolang crystal, pinapanood si Shannon Petrini na kausap ang isang lalaking mayroong dilaw na buhok sa isang hospital...I'm actually not that frustrated losing half of my mana, I was also happy to meet Shannon Petrini, the current Grace of this world. I may be able to watch Shannon Petrini for now but in the later, after many days, my vision of her might disappear because of my weakened mana that helps me have vision using this crystal.

Naabala ng kaunti ang panonod ko kay Shannon Petrini dahil mayroong tumawag sa Contact Orb na nasa ibabaw lang din ng malaking bolang crystal.

I used my Magic, that has a flame property and created a flame hand and grabbed the Contact Orb.

Sinagot ko ang tawag sa akin.

"Anong kailangan mo?" Tanong ko agad sa tumawag sa akin.

"We read some news, Media members that are in Palkia City have reported to their news and publishing companies that Palkia City was attacked by a Don..."

"Hindi ba't plano niyo naman ang bagay na ito? Bakit parang nagtaka pa kayo?" I asked back.

"Watch your mouth, don't be rude, Ember." Saway agad sa akin nang kausap ko. "Anyways, say to me who's the current Grace?"

Tumawa ako nang malakas sa aking narinig. "Like hell I will say it to you idiots..." Mapang-asar kong sabi. "Lame assholes like you who can't even do anything against the Dons should fuck off."

"Ember!! You bastard-"

"I'm leaving your shitty group." Anunsyo ko. "I already closed the entrance in this labyrinth, so there's nothing you can to me. None of you can use Dimensional Magic." Pangaasar ko lalo. "I'm not an original member of your councilor's shit anyways. I'm just an replacement for the one you guys killed."

"You will regret this Ember-" Pinatay ko na ang tawag at binasag ang Contact Orb.

Now that I finally so the person I'm looking for so long, the person who can give me the entertainment I want to see. The person who can show me how she will dominate the whole Vlade Empire, why would I continue doing some shitty schemes of those idiots?

Una, ipinain nila ang compass na kanilang natagpuan sa Uzbane City sa nasa malapit lang sa lugar ang Hideout na si Don Celestial Mañokaw. They did that to lure out the Grace whose purpose was to collect the 8 compass pieces in order to locate the Giftia and bring the Legendary Aces to it. Don Nova even bothered to go in Uzbane City for the compass piece but it looks like she failed. The one who defeated Don Celestial got the compass piece instead and now, they bait the compass piece I am holding to Don Nervoz. They knew Don Nervoz's Magic is terrifying that it was able to locate the compass piece that was in this labyrinth which have a strong protective barrier from being noticed from the outside world. Don Nervoz went after the compass piece and so as the Grace. The Grace defeated Don Nervoz and now, the compass piece was taken away. Ngayon, sigurado akong pagduduhan nila na si Shannon Petrini ang Guardian Grace kapag lumabas na ang bagong update patungkol sa insidenteng ito. But it's up to Shannon Petrini now and the people in her surroundings on how will they handle the issue. Sigurado kasing, lalo na ang mga Don ay hindi magugustuhan na malamang isang Don na naman ang natalo. Kapag nagkataon, baka magkaroon ng malaking digmaan sa Palkia na siyang bubura sa bayan sa kasaysayan ng Elementacia.

With this perfect body with a perfect Chaos Magic, I'm content in watching the world from here.

*****

Around 600 years ago, the Second Generation of Guardian Grace was killed by one of those idiots. Kasama ako sa pangyayari na iyon, kung saan malubhang nasugatan ang Legendary Aces na si Sarimanok. Dahil namatay ang Grace, nawala ang marka sa palad ng Sarimanok. Indikasyon na siya ay hindi na Legendary Ace ngunit hindi ibig sabihin non ay hindi na siya magiging isang Chaos Magus.

Dahil malubha ang kaniyang kalagayan, ginamit ko ang Magic ko sa kaniya. Ang 'Person Parasitism' kung saan magagamit lamang ito ng isang beses. Ginamit ko ito sa Sarimanok, I invaded his body and have stolen everything from him. His body, his personality, his magic. I even acquired his memories except for his memory about the Giftia.

His Chaos Magic was from the Finnes Clan, same with that brat earlier who's a member of Finnes Clan. The body of the user makes it able to transform into a giant bird that have different colors made of fire.

After stealing the Sarimanok's body, I encountered a strong 'Magic Zone' in the area outside of 'Maranao Kingdom' which is now called Palkia City. Magic Zones are places filled with a ball of immense amount of mana. Without human intervention, Magic Zones will remain as an immense amount of ball of mana and will explode as time goes by.

I touched the mana ball and used my imagination. I created the Magic Zone into a labyrinth which I became the ruler of it. Since I'm a member of a secret group, the idea of me hiding was favored very high by those idiots. I captured a lot of mutant animals and gathered a lot plants and trap them in the labyrinth.

Then one time, a idiotic, the first human who entered the labyrinth holds a compass piece. Without knowing what's the purpose of the thing he's holding, I killed him and got possession of the compass piece.

Itutuloy.