Chapter 29 - The Tres Marias

Mount Arayat is a mountain range outside the internal and outer capital of Egyptia, from these outskirts it was the mountain that consumed the lives of those who walks the dark forest of this mountain, it was then rumoured to have been haunted by the enraged sister of Makiling who also swayed the feelings of Makiling from loving a mortal, it was then evident that enraged guardian of this mountain was inverted, and through that inversion, the lives of the people were taken, it was a myth that was consumed by a creature, the creature that became the storyteller and reflector of that myth, it was none other than the Anticleseus itself.

"My prince, I'm here" he says through the invisible ear piece of high tech object place on his ear, it is ear piece that can be used to communicate although most people use their bracelets but this invisible ear piece was plugged into Chris in an earlier event in the past and this ear piece was only known by Chris.

The prepared captain in suit was now ready, he was stationed at the the front of the Mountains of Makiling. The Mantolongon forest can be located at the outskirts of the outer part of the city but there is another part of the forest it was the forest that stayed on the six mountains of Makiling, these too were called the Mantolongon forest.

These were once joined with the forest of the outskirts of the city, the one big forest that connected the six mountains and one mountain that is bigger and through these trees they are combined as one but were destroyed by the intervention of the humans, the humans that were may bore the name of 'greed' and reflect it to nature itself and that being the reflection was the destruction of nature.

Maybe the rage of the beings of the past are being displayed at this moment, this moment where the night glows pale, the moon with it's brightness of the lesser light of the celestial bodies. It was then the corp's army is positioned at the center of the internal city while the others were positioned at the outer part of the city. In the monitor of Alistair, two dots of yellow and one dot of orange is in the light screen, these coordinates of dots is where the squadrons of the corps lay down waiting for the right moment, it was then the difference of orange and yellow were B-Class and C-Class.

"I should get ready as well, Chris are you at the outer part of the city?"

"I'm here already as you ordered"

"I see, I'm already here at the inner city" uttered Alistair through his own invisible ear piece.

"Oh my, if isn't the prince"

An amused woman was piercing through the crowd.

The irises of the prince glanced the direction of a captain in the crowd, she had the long white hair that is the twin of the falling snow, her skin cloaked in the embrace of the colour of the whiteness of milk, as her body is wrapped by the protection of her own armour with suit colour of high rank like Chris.

"What is the Saintess of the Western continent doing here?" Alistair frowned at the surprise as if this person was not supposed to be here.

"Nothing to be alarmed of, we're allies here" she chuckled "To be frank I was having a nice day of having a picnic but it seems voices of echoes were DESTROYING my own private time"

Alistair sighed "You can continue on enjoying, however I do apologize, the western continent doesn't operate this way correct?"

"I suppose, it's quite an earful after all"

"Then you'll joining us tonight?"

"That seems so"

The night was young and the city's outlook is like a haunted city without the lights of the city then at that point, Alistair flicked his fingers, the result was the emerging lights that covered the low altitude area of the streets, this woman of pure white held a quite amused expressed throught her face.

"Wow!"

The members being 20 per squad were distributed that were cut into two forces, twenty five members waiting near the Mt. Arayat while thirty-five in the inner area of the city.

Ten Hercules users were divided equally, seven Messiahs and eight Banshees were on the side of Chris.

While here was the leftover of thirteen Messiahs and twelve Banshees with one extra on the game board.

'I hope that no one dies in this predicament' Alistair thought.

"So when will the festivities begin?"

Yawning of this woman.

'This woman, Saintess of the Western continent, the woman who showed her skills by slaying an A-Class Anticleseus with ten other combatants, successfully killed the A-Class creature however upon close observation, it might be a pseudo A-Class but still that would be remarked as a great accomplishment, her name is Layla Smith Crestfield. If this woman dies here, then I'd face a credibility of negativity from other countries since my presence is present on the battlefield she's, not only that with her position as the Saintess very much given by the people of the western continent would give me the cold shoulder, per the agreement of me being the Prince of the world.'

The feeling of raindrops was felt by Alistair, he watched the dark sky filled with ominous dark clouds surrounds the sight of firmament above it, he frowned from the sight of this occurrence and leaped on the wall of a tall building. He used glue magic on both of his hands and feet as if like a lizard attached to a wall.

"Everyone jump and look for something to attach unto" he spoke in a stoic tone through the bracelet connecting to all combatants.

"Everyone listen to your commander!"Layla shouted to the crowd of twenty people behind her "Or else you'll die" she coldly expressed.

They nodded and leaped unto the walls doing the same with Alistair, attaching themselves on the sides of the walls of the buildings while wearing anxious expressions on their faces.

But there was one left on the road, he was annoyed that wore a smug face. Layla clicked her tongue while the man was digging up his ear with his pinky finger.

A sudden stream of water rushed to the streets as the dumbfounded faces of the thirty four combatants along with Layla who watched that man, the stream like river gushing on over the streets were gnawing all the sides of the city were flooding and were exiting through a small passage to the sea. The man jumps high while there was a humanoid with dark skin tone was riding on a golden barge through the rushing river, a creature who had the features of an agile warrior with dark tattoos that governed both of her hands as the resemblance of victory she won, in fact those tattoos increase with the more heads she cuts. A grin escapes from her mouth and leaped as well in the midair as her spear cuts the head of the man who jumped to avoid the rushing stream of water.

Murmurs of fear escaped the mouths of combatants while Layla herself grit her teeth as the feeling of suspicion crawled upon her, it wasn't the suspicion that was subjected to the prince whatsoever but the suspicion of her mind to the event that was happening.

"That smug brat he deserved that shit" grumbled of Layla, she watched the prince on the opposite side of the street he's into "Hey You! Wasn't that way too quick?!and the mana capacity!" She screamed as the howls of the wind of raging storm continued along with the raindrops.

"How about just say 'I'm lucky that it wasn't my head that was cut off' "

"You fiend!"

"Calling your prince a fiend breaches the law you know?"he glanced back to her.

"Not shread of passion aye?And since when did that law was made up huh?!" She grumbled in aggressively with annoyance to her voice.

"Just now"

She clenched her fist tightly as her annoyed expression with a scowl on her face glared at the prince "I'll kill you someday!"

Now the river was overflowing the streets of the city, of course under the submerged lower surfaces of the city the buildings auto locks the entrances for such events if one were to occur. Next up was the golden of a woman riding it was coming using the stream and had thrown darkened peaches on all combatants.

"Say that when you can dodge that fruit"

When Alistair said that, all combatants leaped higher from their positions while Layla was still staring to the peach being thrown.

Her blade like katana sliced half the fruit while realising something with her widened irises, she jumped but at that distance with the cut fruit made her avoidance to not enough time to evade it's result.

"Shit!"

Booom!

All fruits exploded like grenades, the smoke from explosion, where Layla was from clears and from that leap, a dash like frontal assault was made as golden barge still moved through the stream.

Clang!

The colliding sword and blocking spear created a banging sound of metal as the sparks around the two raged, exchange of swinging of an agile Anticleseus and the swift Layla were conveyed through their weapons. Layla had no intention to stay mid-air because the golden barge was way too small, the reason was the Anticleseus was a only a several metres of four, in human height that would be impossible while in the Anticleseus society or form in the Anticlyidea was not informed of such size of Anticleseus before. Layla used a tile step magic in the air and gone back to her position as the Anticleseus continuously ride her golden barge through the stream.

"That bitch! I'll kill her!"

The partial area where they are in quakes, the rising barrage coated the front where the golden barge is going to, the golden barge had gone slow as the side open streets were also opened to divert the stream from other areas.

"Messiahs!Do it now!" Alistair shouted as they murmured incantation for a simple spell.

The tension was growing and the Anticleseus who rode the golden barge, her face were cloaked in fear while she shuddered from his presence.

GRAAAAAAAH!

She screamed held tightly on her spear.

"The hell was this your plan all along?!"

While the signature weapon of Alistair appears being caught by his hand, he clenched his grip on the hilt and held a scowl on his brows, he was quite angry, but that rage was the fuel of his sword.

"Don't engage on a war you can't win"

The irises of Layla widened with a gaped mouth breathing in a gasp.

Clang!

The force of the two engaging battle of two creatures were colliding, the blows were quick as this scenery was a scenery that made the stunned expressions of the squadron fell in awe of their prince, it was then the finished activation of the murmuring casters finished their incantation.

"Immobilize!" They shouted simultaneously.

The swinging spear vertically was stopped, the Anticleseus gritted it's teeth and then howled a scream from its stature of the inevitability to cross weapons with the prince hence the result was the struggle of the screaming creature, Alistair frowned as if disgusted from the sound and cut her head.

"Forces! Get out now! And glue yourselves in the walls at once!"

The stiffness of the combatants from the sheer of his stern voice were agitated, this feeling was let them shudder, the voice of the prince that spread rumour of his voice really a shock that would send shivers to their spine this they obeyed that order, albeit for different reason Layla stood there untroubled.

"What's the point of your forces hug?!"

"As I said don't engage in a war that can't win against, or do you want them their lives to be taken?" At that point with the cold reply, Layla's expression turned into a fluster of sorts.

Then Layla and Alistair jumped as the barrages were turning back into the ground, the streams of the blocked parts once again raged the streets and resumed their gushing force.

"Then what's the opponent's name?"

Shocked filled the faces of the combatants were watching the drifting body of the Anticleseus with the golden barge disappearring into dust as it becomes one with the streaming, the rage of cold raindrops was still raining. It was then at this reveal was the body of that humanoid Anticleseus turned into a peach, in their vigilance, the combatants jumped higher as the big splash of water splattered to the walls, in relief of this their faces watched the stream where this disguised Anticleseus came from, it was another Anticleseus similar to that before.

"Those peaches are fruits given to the river gods whenever an overflowing occurrence of the river guiding the golden barge to the river gods, the guardian of the dark woods Mantalongon she was..." Alistair who paused at the moment was staring to that direction where the creature who was more bigger than before was approaching and so he continued.

"<Maria Cacao>"