9

"You're right. Diavolo. Devil. Doesn't Diavolo mean devil? Does that have something to do with our middle names?" Leo said, crouching right in front of the obelisk. Stare carefully at every symbol that is there. Even though he didn't really understand the meaning of the symbols, "The river that exists between two forests is dangerous. The river is more dangerous than the forest. The river flows, just like our middle name that continues to flow from generation to generation. What is that something related?"

"Hm, I didn't think that someone like you could think that far," muttered Zeo, "Yes, Leo is right. That must have something to do with our middle names. I think our middle names have something to do with the center of civilization and the center of the world. Where do the two places intersect? Opposites like hot and cold or desert and snow. So what does this have to do with the Diavolo?"

"Didn't it say from the previous obelisk that the city of gold is in the center of the world that is straight with the center of world civilization to the North. The city of gold is said to be destroyed because of people's greed. Does it mean that it sank to the bottom of the sea and was replaced by a field of snow or desert?" Steve tried to connect every common thread in the two obelis, "But in this world there are lots of expanses of snow and deserts. We still need other information,"

"After a long time I can finally see the person reading this Obelisk," a voice made the three of them silent. Staring around for the source of the sound. Up to a python whose size may be fifteen meters long. Soaring high in the sky. It really made Leo weak and he suddenly leaned on Zeo's shoulder, "Young man. You are extraordinary children. I did not expect to meet humans again after a thousand years. With extraordinary abilities. You are the destined Diavolo,"

"That snake is talking," Leo stared at the snake closely, "Strangely I'm not creeped out or scared. Its's nothing like those wriggling, amused snakes."

"I am Cobra. I am the king of this forest. We are assigned to guard this obelisk from anyone who intends to destroy it," said the giant snake, "I have made you forget your phobia. So you will no longer be afraid to see snakes,"

"Ah yes you're right I'm not afraid anymore," Leo smiled broadly, jumping up and down while looking around. He was no longer afraid to look at the snakes wriggling around him, "But Cobra, why did you say you were tasked with guarding this obelisk from being destroyed by anyone who intends to destroy it. Is there anyone who wants to destroy it? Isn't the obelisk the only site containing the history of the world?"

"Of course. Don't you know what happened a thousand years ago?"

"No. And if you find out don't say anything. All the evidence regarding what happened a thousand years ago is destroyed as well as old stories. No one knows and we want to figure it out so we will decipher the whole history on our own. But please tell us what you know about this obelisk," Zeo answered quickly.

Steve nodded in agreement "We didn't come to destroy this obelisk. Because this thing is the only source we can trust. The only source and evidence of what happened in the past. And we want to explore this world to read all the obelisks there is,"

"If you want to get information from me, you have to beat me first. Because I only give information to people I respect. And people I respect are people who can beat me," Cobra immediately answered, hissing looking at the three youths who were there in front of it.

Leo smiled crookedly, flexing his muscles before stepping forward, "In our group, Steve's job is to think and Zeo's job is to build anything. Also solve problems. Then I'm in charge of fighting. Steve has used his powers to uncover what happened in here. Then Zeo has used his power to take me flying. Now let me use my power," he said casually.

Leo jumped high, then made a small tower of ice as a foothold. Making his height now equal to the giant python.bLeo snapped his fingers causing the ground beneath them to tremble. Then in an instant it split right under the python. But Cobra swiftly immediately stretched his tail towards a tree branch, immediately wrapped his body there. Leo chuckled, returning the ground there as before, then formed a rope from the flames that came out of his palm, threw it towards Cobra but again the animal was able to dodge it easily. This made Leo chuckle in annoyance. Raising his hand in the air, twirling his forefinger to form a symbol.

But Steve and Zeo quickly stopped the young man, "Don't drop the meteor. This obelisk will be destroyed if you do that,"

"Ah, you're right," Leo nodded slightly, realizing the movement behind him, the young man immediately made a circle of ice then quickly threw it towards Cobra, right into the animal's neck. Leo grinned, clenched his fists and in an instant the cuff-like circles tightened making Cobra groan in pain. It all happened so quickly that even an ordinary person wouldn't notice what had just happened.

Leo chuckled in satisfaction, created a chain using ice and then linked it to the handcuffs around Cobra's neck and then held on to the ends so that Cobra's movements were now becoming more and more limited. The young man clenched his fists, jumped into the air and then with all his might threw a punch at Cobra's body until the animal vomited a mouthful of blood, "I give up. You are amazing,"

"No. I still have to work on my speed. I'm still a bit slow and still need a lot more practice. Only with this I won't win against strong enemies," Leo replied.

Steve tapped Leo on the shoulder, giving a stern warning to the young man, "Remember Leo don't use your meteor power unless it's a critical situation. Because if you use it carelessly, you're going to cause a really big mess,"