chapter 16
In an eerie place where there's a haunted mansion like building is located in a barren wasteland, Nefertine arrives and enters in to this building.
While Nefertine walks across the hall, Berserk and Zombistein are loitering around the hall where they lean on the wall, crossing their arms, and with a smirk of their faces when they see Nefertine coming who only just passing by without saying anything to them.
"Well... Well... Look who's back. Did you have fun from your trip?"
"*noticed from seeing Nefertine ignores them.* Aww... What's the matter? You don't look so good."
"Are you in a bad mood?"
" No wait. I think you look so sad? And you like you're about to cry."
"Probably she wants to cry for her MUMMY! Get it?! Because she looks like one!"
"Hahaha!"
Both Zombistein and Berserk laugh, just to mock her on what they describe of her appearance, rather than being concerned for their comrades.
While Nefertine simply ignores, Berserk and Zombistein received a whipped by her binding bandages as payback.
As she almost leave the hall and is about to reach for the doors...
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"Boo!"
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Someone attempt to scare Nefertine who appeared out of nowhere.
However...
She is unsurprised from this who is just not amused.
"Hahaha... You could see your own face, Nefertine! Hahaha..."
It is actually Rei who was floating upside down with her face being close to Nefertine's. As she was trying to play practical jokes on her.
"This is getting old, Rei. You've done this a thousand times already."
"Aww... I'm just giving you a warm welcome from your return. Hahaha..."
Nefertine becomes annoyed from her colleague's antics and leaves the hall.
Once she enters inside, Nefertine is in the throne where Kela is sitting from there.
Once she approaches to her leader,
"Ah, it's a pleasure to see you again, Nefertine. Is there something you want to tell me when you were away?"
"Yes I do, mistress. But first..."
When Nefertine begins to move in one step a distance on the right side,
*CRASH!*
A chandelier suddenly crash to the floor.
Which Nefertine was actually evading from being crushed from the chandelier that she was standing over.
While developed no reaction from this, as well as Kela who only makes a disapproval look.
"Hahaha..."
They hear a wicked laugh. Which they find Xalem standing and leaning on the wall laughing from a far away distance from them.
"Oops! Sorry, My hand slipped. Hahaha...!"
It turns out that Xalem had cast Bad Luck power as a prank.
"That's enough Xalem! This discussion is only between me and Nefertine. Now leave this throne!" Kela scolded her subordinate from her childish stunts then orders to leave the throne so she could have discussion with Nefertine.
Once Xalem left,
"I may had trained you all, but still acting like children... *Looks at Nefertine* Now tell me, have you got any information about the location of planet of dragons?"
"Not quite... But, I have a way that could lead us to find that planet. You just have to wait and see. It's was a part of my plan."
"Well this better be good."
"Just be patient, mistress."
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Elsewhere...
In a place where it's located at some sort of a volcano that is in the middle of the ocean. But it's actually a barrier that has a hidden island inside.
As Jericho and the others are on a quest to find the flower from there.
However...
They are on the edge of the coast with Sukar's space ship had landed over, where they're wearing a scuba diving outfit and carrying their jungle equipment with waterproof bag.
Jericho: well, here we are now. This is the exact picture that Liber showed us.
Magi: I can see it, Jericho. It does look like a volcano.
Sukar: too bad we couldn't get to land over the top of the island.
Yuri: that's right. I had seen through my power as this is a monster's territory of this island. As they destroy anything that flies and floats by from the monsters that could fly.
Jericho: yeah it's gonna be more difficult to enter from the top.
Eelin: well, my radar has located an entrance at the bottom of the island that we could enter there, which leads to the labyrinth.
Mele: but we have to swim all the way through at the bottom of the ocean.
Sukar: yeah. My ship can't turn into a submarine.
Jericho: right. Let's just go then. *looks at his watch to see the time. Which is a count down of a timer as it only shows right now to have 45 hours left upon their arrival* We still have more time before it's late.
So they group proceed their quest, where they put on their scuba diving gear.
Then...
Sukar notice on Jericho who brings something out from his bag which it looks like a hamster ball.
"Hey Jericho. What's that you're holding?"
"Oh, this is a bubble sphere for Coco."
"Coco? You mean your pet space mouse?"
"Yup. And this thing can also help Coco breath inside when we're gonna be on underwater."
"So does that mean, your gonna bring your pet with you on a dangerous mission?"
"Yeah. Coco's been very lonely for a long time, so I decided to bring it with me."
"*Unsurprised*... Right... Oh well, Let's just go to the sea then."
Sukar isn't interested for more questions as he just let him do what he wants. Even the girls allows it as well without bothering for that, as they're more focused on their mission.
Once they're ready, they all dive down to the sea after jumping down from the cliff.
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While swimming from the underwater, they're all awed from seeing a sight of the coral reef. Also seeing many alien like sea creatures that surrounds them.
While Jericho holds Coco by the small bubble sphere.
Then, Eelin has spotted an entrance that leads to the labyrinth, which they had reached to the island. So they approach towards the entrance.
However, unbeknownst to them, something comes out from the underwater cave upon seeing the group passed by.
Which is an alien creature of the sea that resembles of a loch Ness monster, and begins to attack them.
"Look out!"
Only Sukar alerted them upon sensing an assault.
Which they turn look out and surprised to see the monster as it tries to attack them by breathing an energy beam.
But Magi cast a magic shield to block the attack.
Then tries to swim as fast as they could just to escape from the monster.
Only it continues to breath beam at them. While they keep evading from the attacks.
Like Sukar saved Eelin from the beam by pushing her off.
Yuri shields herself by using her umbrella.
Then Jericho begins to approach towards the monster to let himself to be chased by it. As this is a plan for buying the others for an attack.
Once Jericho stops swimming while looking at the monster as it's about to devour it's prey, Mele intervened who grabbed by it's tail with her immense strength. Where she swings the monsters in circles then tosses it.
Allowing Magi to use her scepter to blast magic beam directly to the monster. Causing to be send flying.
With the monster gone, they rush themselves to enter inside the bottom of the hidden island.
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Once they enter inside after coming out from the water, they found themselves in the empty space of the underground.
Yuri begins to activate her clairvoyance power.
"... Alright guys. We're all clear. There aren't any monsters around. So we're all safe." Yuri confirmed after finding the results.
"Yup. She's right." Sukar stated from his senses.
"No monsters here." Eelin said when she used her radar device.
Before they would begin their journey in the underground, they have to go to a separate spot for them to change clothes.
Jericho and Sukar went to a place for them to change together and also drying themselves up.
Once they're done where they wear their jungle explorer outfit then releasing Coco from the bubble sphere and puts it in his pocket of the shirt, they're about to regroup with the girls, Jericho noticed something sparkling on the ground that's infront of them.
"Wait Sukar. Look at this."
"What is it?"
When he picks it up and begins to look closer, he becomes a familiar with it.
Which is a gem that is a shape of a water.
"Sukar, I think... This is another gem just like the rest of them."
"Really? Just like the rest of the gems that you found? And does that mean this one have powers?"
"Yeah, I think it could. And this one might manipulate water because it looks like one."
"I see."
"Now let's show this to the others."
Once they regroup with the girls, who are now wearing their jungle explorer outfit as well, they show them a gem they had found.
Mele: Jericho, is that a gem like the rest of the others that you found?
Jericho: yup it is. And this one could manipulate water.
Eelin: really? It can?
Jericho: I think so. *Begins to tap on the gem, which it shortly leaks out the water. Surprised the others from seeing this.* See?
Magi: interesting.
Yuri: now you have found another gem.
Jericho: Right. So that no one would use it falls on the wrong hands.
Sukar: but, can you sense anything if there's more?
Jericho: hmmm... Nope. There's nothing else but this gem.
Magi: by the way, does this mean the gems are magic?
Eelin: Magic? Don't be silly. They don't exist.
Magi: what?! You don't believe in magic?!
Eelin: come on. Magic are for kids.
Magi: oh yeah well, then, how does a gem would even work, huh? As this has some sort of a power. This might be magic.
Eelin: but isn't obvious? This might be the work of SCIENCE! As magic are nothing but illusions.
Magi: hey! Says the one who has that kind of power! Me!
Mele: ummm... You do remember that you got magic powers from a power sphere?
Eelin: see?! Your power was made from science, with the use of technology like the power sphere! So they're not real.
Magi: of course they are!
Eelin: is not!
Magi: is too!
Both: *begins to glare at each other while growling*
Eelin express her disbelief of magic makes Magi feel insulted as she's the one who wielded this kind of power, which led them to argue with each other.
While Sukar and Yuri only make a blank expression on the sidelines without making any comments. Since they both share their apathetic nature.
Mele is left to be speechless as her sister was known to be shy and geeky, but seeing her expressive and tries to be defensive on a certain things she's interested in, is a new thing.
Until their bickering ended by Jericho who karate chopped both on their heads, to which they're fallen to the ground by their faces.
"That's enough both of you! This isn't the time to mess around! We're all in this together because we needed each other to survive from this dangerous island so we could save Lumi from dying. Are we clear?"
Jericho remind everyone about their important task after scolding the two, making him act like a boss.
"*both stands up* We're sorry Jericho."
"*Sighs* It's okay. Now come on. Let's go."
So they proceed their journey for the flower.
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