Chapter 5

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Outside Izulde City, Prontera field.

“What are you doing” Drake nearly fainted when he saw Alicia pouring large amount of oil onto the frying pan. “Are you trying to burn us to death” he asked as he snatched the frying pan away from her.

“Opps Sorry” Alicia grin apolitically as she passed the bottle of oil to Drake.

Crystals look on at the scene sighed and looked at the night sky. What should have been a three-hour walk from Izulde to Prontera had become a full day walk partly the fault of Alicia and Drake arguing along the way.

“This is not an excursion do you know that?” she had told them before but they doesn’t seems to heed her at all. She sighed again and looked back to the heated argument-taking place.

Abyss merely set away from the argument trying to do his share of the cooking, which he was assigned to do and not bothered by the argument-taking place at all.

“Alicia, do you even know how to cook?” Drake asked as he tried to save their dinner.

“Er not really, I usually order delivery or I goes out to a nearby inn for dinner.” Alicia said. “But I did cook once in awhile” she added.

On hearing that, Drake pulled whatever she was doing away from her and ordered her to start up a campfire instead. Soon, the party was asleep and two of the member was found sitting around the campfire occasionally throwing dried branches into the fire to keep the fire burning.

“Who are you anyway,” Drake asked Abyss who was doing guard duty with him as he throw another stick into the fire.

“I am not suppose to tell you” Abyss said as he stared into the bright light of the campfire, “besides, Crystal forbid it,” he added.

“I am not sure if I trust the both of you at all” Drake said as he lay down on the soft grass staring up at the night sky.

“You don’t have to” Abyss replied.

Drake was about to ask why when they heard rustling of bushes around them.

“Did you hear that?” Drake whispered

“Yeah” Abyss replied, “Guard the girls” he said as Drake moved towards their tent holding out his shield while Abyss conjure a sword out of thin air ready to hurl it at anything that comes at them.

They waited for awhile and Drake was about to called to Abyss to tell him that maybe it was just a false alarm when a sudden hordes of whisper boss appear out of thin air and glided quietly through the night air towards them.

Drake threw his shield like a boomerang towards the hordes of whisper knocking them away from the tent while Abyss ran into the midst of the ghost and started slashing at them as if he was cutting paper. He conjured another sword out of thin air and swinging both swords at the whispers slashing any upon contact. Drake slam at the oncoming hordes of whisper with his shield while performing a series of holy skills such as grand cross to kill off any whisper that enter the range of fire.

Alicia and Crystal, who had been awakened by the noise, were helping out in the battle against the whisper. Alicia jumped out of attack of a nearby whisper and threw her spear like a boomerang at it. She caught the spear while it return and smash her spear down at the hordes of whisper, causing a tiny explosion, burning and killing those whispers nearby.

Crystal had conjured the same wall of light that had protected her against the harpies. She picked a few well-chosen spells and started her assault on the whisper summoning ice bolts and fire bolts to rain down on the floating ghost. However this was not the main of their problem.

The whispers that they had killed had transformed into ghouls and zombies and were advancing on them without backing out of fear. Further more, each time a ghoul or zombie was killed, the corpse of the dead ghoul or zombie would split into two or more undead.

“They are increasing” Alicia shouted as she fights to push a ghoul away from her. “Do something Drake,” she shouted.

“I can’t” Drake shouted slashing at a ghoul with his prize weapon, the Excalibur. “The ghouls are preventing me from performing holy spells”

Crystal hurled a fireball at her ghoul before conjuring the pink wall around Drake. “That should buy sometime,” she shouted to drake as she hurled another fireball at an advancing group of ghouls.

Drake nodded and began chanting the incantation when an arrow hit him in the chest. He looked up to see where the arrow had came from only to see a flock of gargoyle approaching. He pluck out the arrow from his armor and continued with the chanting but was disturbed by the gargoyle and was forced to switch to a defensive skill.

Just when the party seems to be losing, holy spells started smashing themselves at the hordes of undead. The group turned and saw Angel who was passing by, casting holy spells and throwing them at the undead. The undead seems to understand that Angel could wiped them all out and decided to attack her instead of the foursome giving time for them to recover from their damages.

Angel sensing trouble, summon a thin layer of invisible wall, basilica to protect her from harm while she concentrate on her most powerful skill. She chanted the incantation for the spell and the ground begins to glow. “Magnus Exorcismus” she shouted directing the spell area to grow. The undead flee as they saw the spell, killing any of their kind instantly while the gargoyle watch on helplessly as their allies was wiped out. The remaining of the monster tried to flee from the scene but was wiped out by the foursome in a matter of time.

Once the battle was over the foursome thank their savior.

“Thanks a lot” Alicia said while shaking Angel hand.

“Its nothing” she replied smiling at the others “But those monster aren’t suppose to be found here either is there a reason for this unexpected event?” she asked.

“I am not sure…” Drake hesitated

“It because they are the chosen successor of the 12 guardian” Crystal replied suddenly.

Drake and Alicia turned and looked at Crystal in shock.

“I thought she say we are not suppose to tell anyone who we are?” Drake whispered to Abyss but he merely looked bored.

Drake unable to figure out the reason turned and asked Crystal herself. 

“I thought you say we are not suppose to tell anyone who we are?” he asked trying to corner Crystal.

She merely smiled at him and said to no one in particular, “She is one of the chosen successor, the guardian of light”