chapter 18
On a deserted island, there's a person who was trying to fix the damaged ship that crashed. But failed to get the ship working.
Then the latter noticed a pirate ship that was approaching the hidden island.
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Meanwhile...
During night time, Jericho's group are in the middle of the jungle where they set a camp for them to rest after their journey.
Sukar and Mele built a tent, Magi put bandages on Yuri to treat her injuries since their time trying to survive from the booby traps, Eelin is fixing her inventions, and Jericho is cooking a fish like alien creature for the others to eat, while feeding Coco.
"Hey guys. Dinner's ready." Jericho calls for the others where they gather around the fireplace.
As the group was eating their meal together and didn't say anything, until...
"Guys." Jericho is the first to speak.
"Sorry I got you all in danger."
Hearing this...
Eelin: Come on, it's not your fault.
Magi: none of us are aware that there are booby traps on this island.
Jericho: well it's my responsibility because I was the one who decided to go to this place.
Mele: well we all understand.
Eelin: you just want to save Lumi from Nefertine's curse.
Jericho: but Lumi wouldn't get cursed by Nefertine if I wasn't careful enough, since it was meant for me... Also, I underestimated Nefertine... I never thought she would come back to life after we turned her into glass.
Sukar: hey, don't beat yourself up.
Mele: none of us do. We never thought Nefertine would come back from nowhere.
Magi: you still help us out in any sorts of situations.
Jericho: I appreciate it, guys. But, I feel like a burden to you all.
Sukar: why do you think that?
Jericho: ... I may easily ace every test in the class when I first got here, but now... Even after we became friends, I started to feel helpless. Now that I have someone who got my back since everything we've been through becomes more difficult to face it. I wouldn't be able to survive anything without you guys. Since you all have powers, I feel so useless just because... I'm a normal human being.
He became more doubtful of his efforts to help his friends, but they denied it.
Sukar: you're not useless, Jericho.
Eelin: power or not, you're a very brave person to help someone. Like when you helped me take off the slave collar and give me the courage to fight back.
Mele: even when you stood up against the army just to defend the dragon.
Magi: I know how you felt, but still... I'm sorry as well, Jericho. I wasn't very helpful at all.
Jericho: what are you talking about? Of course you help us out.
Magi: remember we told you how we got superpowers?
Jericho: yeah. You got it from a power sphere.
Magi: my magic power may be strong but I'm not very skillful. I also doubt myself because it's so strong that I couldn't control it very well. It happens when I once hurt someone back then. This makes me avoid using my powers because I'm afraid I would mess up like before. But still... I'm sorry for not doing something useful for my magic.
Mele: that's not true Magi.
Magi: but I couldn't have done anything without you, Mele. You're much better at using your powers from a Power Sphere.
Mele: but I do need you, sis. You're the smartest person I know. I don't know what to do without you. Even you helped me out for the quizzes and the exams.
Magi: *smiles* thanks, sis. I just need more time to improve my magic power.
Realizing from hearing their conversation, Eelin felt bad for her attitude when she quarreled with Magi over her denial of magic and was quite insensitive.
"I'm sorry for what I said to you, Magi. I haven't thought I would hurt your feelings from what I said before." Eelin apologize.
"Hey, it's no big deal." Said Magi.
"No, it's just that... When I was captured by Hakai and the League of Ninjas, I didn't got a proper conversation with someone for a long time, besides Hakai and his subordinates. All they do is mistreat me and threaten to beat me up if I don't follow their orders. While I was left alone after they killed my parents..." Eelin recalls her past about being Hakai's slave which traumatized her, making the others feel bad for her. But Eelin is more thrilled to be free now that Hakai's gone.
While Mele and Magi share their pain of losing their families to someone they hate.
This makes Jericho feel the malice within from listening from their conversation, which the others noticed.
"Jericho, is there something wrong?"
"You look so mad."
The others ask as they become concerned.
"Nothing. Let's just sleep already. We have other things to do."
He dismissed their discussion and told everyone to sleep so they could prepare themselves for another adventure.
"Sure. I'll be on the lookout if there's any monsters around. Even my senses will alert me when I'm asleep." Said Sukar.
"Okay. But rather than just monsters... Be sure to look out from a lunatics with knives that might murder you when you sleep " Jericho said bluntly to intimidate the others.
"Will you cut it out already?!!!" Causing both Sukar and Mele to call out on him.
"Well, whatever let's just sleep then" Jericho develops no reaction from that as he goes inside the tent.
Before they would go to their tents while Jericho was asleep...
Eelin: geez... Was he always this scary?
Magi: well... He sometimes makes weird comments that actually scare me...
Eelin: I see... well other than that, was he always like this?
Magi: like what?
Eelin: the way he walks out, he looks like he was in a bad mood.
Magi: oh...
Sukar: leave him be. He would rather not talk about it. It's his business, not ours.
Eelin: but why?
Mele: because his amnesia really bothers him.
Eelin: oh, right...
She remembers the truth when she first joins Alphas Operators after meeting each other.
Eelin: I wonder what his background would be.
Magi: same. I also want to know how he could detect superpowered gems. I thought he was a normal human being.
Mele: if only there's a way to discover who he really was... Hey Yuri.
Yuri: hmmm?
Mele: you've been quiet the whole time...
Yuri:...
Mele: anyway, you can read minds right?
Yuri: yeah?
Mele: how about you try to read Jericho's mind right now.
Yuri: ?!!
Magi: Mele! It's not a very nice thing to do!
Yuri: she has a point. I should've never done this before. I don't want someone to hate me for doing something like that, including Jericho.
A disgusted Yuri went to the tent and began to sleep.
"*Sighs* come on let's go to sleep." Said Sukar.
Which the others decided to go in their tents just to prepare themselves for their next adventure.
Once they went to their tents and they went to sleep, Coco was still left outside eating the grilled fish that Jericho had cooked. Then decided to return to its owner after finishing eating its meal Where Coco enters the tent where Jericho sleeps there.
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Meanwhile...
It is located in the sick room from Alphas Operators headquarters where Lumi is still in the coma.
While Mei is nursing where she uses a thermometer to check on her temperature.
But then, To Mei's horror...
Lumi's forehead suddenly turns red as her body starts to heat up from a fever. Which causes the thermometer to explode from an increased temperature.
Then, with the temperature builds up, this heats up the whole room where it sets on fire. Not even the fire hazard couldn't put out an intense heat.
Realizing that the curse has started to increase...
"Felisa! Liber! Go bring some fire extinguishers! We have to put out the fire!" She orders, which they left to get the fire extinguishers.
Mei begged the others to return with a last source material in order to activate Curebot, as Lumi's condition becomes worse.
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On the next day...
Jericho's group had already resumed their quest
Where Yuri leads the others with her clairvoyance power to locate the flower. But they have to avoid getting into fights from the monsters so they won't waste their energy.
Until, they see a giant temple. Yuri explains that her power tracks down the flower which is inside of this place where they arrive.
"Are there any booby traps in there?" Eelin asks.
"Oh there will be once we get inside of this temple. Now come on." Yuri replied and proceeded to enter inside the temple.
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Once they enter inside the temple, they see many paths of the hall.
Wondering which one to pick, only to see the hall that's filled with deadly booby traps (fire bursting out from the floor, arrows, buzz saws, pit filled with lava, etc.)
"Alright guys, leave everything to me." Mele said confidently where she cracks her knuckles as she claims that she'll deal with the booby traps herself.
"Actually. I think I know another way" said Yuri as she tells Mele to smash the wall.
"Really? Are you sure?"
"Trust me. I know a short cut"
"Well, okay then."
Mele started to smash the wall with her immense strength, leaving a huge hole in it.
"Follow me." Yuri said as she takes the lead with the others through.
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Soon...
A wall suddenly bursts from the blow.
Which is Jericho's group that they came out from the wall after Mele punched the wall open.
Then they found themselves in the tunnel which Yuri informed that the flower is straight ahead.
Before they resume, they see something shiny. Which came from the left side of the tunnel. Curiously, they decide to check on where it came from.
Once they get closer from following the shining light, everyone becomes surprised by what they have discovered.
"Wow!!!"
The shining light that the group follows has led them to the room filled with treasures.
Eelin: woah!
Magi: look at those treasures.
Mele: come on! Let's go get some! *Her eyes start to shine as she becomes excited to get treasures.*
Jericho: wait! *He halts Mele from approaching the treasures.*
Magi: what? What is it?
Jericho: I think I know why this place has booby traps. It was set to keep anyone from trying to take those treasures.
Mele: well, at least we made it all the way here... Let's just take it then!
Jericho: no! I don't think it's a good idea. I don't know if something will ever happen, but I have a bad feeling about this. There might be more booby traps.
Sukar: he's right. Our only priority is to look for the flower, then get out of this place safely. Okay...
Mele: *childishly becomes dismayed and sighs.* Okay...
So the group decided to leave the treasures there and continue to Walk across the tunnel.
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It won't last as Yuri has tracked down the flower.
"Alright everyone, this is it."
When the others look closer, but to their surprise, there's only a single flower in this area.
"Is this the one we're looking for?" Jericho asked.
"Yes." Yuri confirmed.
They realize that it is the last remaining flower in this area.
But when they see a liquid that drips out from the flower (that looks like a tear), Jericho begins to approach the flower where he uses a glass tube to obtain its liquid.
As the liquid drops into the glass tube, the flower suddenly wilts.
Jericho is surprised and he realizes that this is the last moment of flower as it's dying, and loses most of the remaining liquid.
Although it's only half of the liquid inside the tube, Jericho assures that there will be a chance to activate Curebot with a remaining flower liquid.
But then, Jericho spotted something shiny in this area.
When he picks it up, it is a small gem that is color green.
Jericho: guys look. I found another gem.
Sukar: another gem?
Yuri: so what kind of a gem that you found?
Jericho: I think it is the shape of a leaf. And this might have the power to manipulate some sort of plants or nature.
Eelin: I see.
Magi: that's great. Now you have found 2 gems on this island, and this would keep from anyone to use it for the wrong hands.
Mele: right!
Jericho: Now that we have got what we need, we should head back.
To which the others agreed they left this place.
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After obtaining from the flower, especially the leaf gem, Jericho's group went in the opposite direction of the tunnel where they tried to leave the place.
Until they stop themselves, which they're near the treasures that they pass by from earlier, as they're worried for Lumi. So Jericho uses the Alpha License to contact Mei.
While they gather up, Mele who is at the back of the group begins to look at the sight of the treasures.
Once Jericho gets the call from Mei...
"Hey Mei! How's everything going? Is Lumi okay?"
"(over the Alpha License) Well... You're not going to believe it..."
"Why? What's wrong?"
As the group sees Mei through the screen of the Alpha License, they notice that the room is on fire.
"Mei, Why is the room on Fire?!" Sukar asked.
"*with Felisa and Liber who put out the fire with a fire extinguisher* It's one of Lumi's curses! it's getting worse!" Mei informed much to shock the others. "Not only the curse would burn Lumi's body, her fever also heats up the temperature it causes the whole room on fire."
"But what about Lumi?!" Magi asked.
"Her entire body turns red from a high fever." This shocked the others much more from the news. "It's okay. She isn't burned alive. We managed to keep her from being engulfed by the fire as there's still an hour before the curse would reach the limits. But, did you get the sample for activating Curebot?"
"Yup. Right here." Jericho showed her the tube of the sample from the flower that he got. "But this is the only one left."
"I see. But this is the only chance to save Lumi, and you have to come back before it's too late. The whole place is gonna blow up from the fire." Said Mei.
"Don't worry! We'll be there as soon as possible!" Said Jericho and ended the call with Mei and put the tube in his backpack.
Before the group would leave this place, however...
*RUMBLING!!!*
"What's happening?!"
"This place is gonna fall!"
The tunnel is suddenly rumbling where the rocks from the top part of the tunnel are falling.
"Come on let's get out of here!"
They try to run towards the hole on the wall that they came out from earlier. Only a rushing lava that suddenly bursts out from the wall that blocks their way out.
Now the group struggles to find another way to escape from the debris, Magi begins to step forward.
She attempts to use her magic to stop this debris. However, she doesn't have enough strength to stop it.
"Sorry guys. The debris is too strong for me to stop." Magi apologize.
"It's okay. I'll try to look for a way out of this place." Said Yuri and uses her clairvoyance power to locate a way out. "Come on! Let's get out of here."
Yuri leads the others through the tunnel and evading from the falling rocks. She explains that it would be easier to leave this hidden island safely, rather than going back to the booby traps or facing the monsters.
While Magi uses a magic barrier to shield the others from the falling rocks, Mele smashes the rocks to pieces.
Then when they see the light, the group realizes that it is the way out. While running as fast as they could away from the rushing lava that's chasing them.
Once they reach the way out...
"Everyone! Jump right now!" Yuri orders which they all do.
The whole group is outside of the hidden island, but...
They all fall down to the bottom.
"Ahhh!"
Seemingly falling to their doom...
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But then...
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"Woah! Woah! Woah!!!"
Something flew up to the air.
It turns out that Jericho's group has started to fly because there's some sort of energy wings that are on their backs.
"It works! It actually works!"
It turns out that Magi has cast wings in order to save them from falling. Which she celebrated for it.
Mele is amazed and proud for her sister, while she starts to have fun flying with the wings.
Even Eelin took back what she said about magic and is amazed as well.
With everyone safe,
"Come on. Let's go before..."
Before they would head back, however...
*KRAAACK!!!*
The group hears a thunder sound.
When they look around to see, there's an incoming storm cloud that is coming towards them. Then they get themselves showered by rain.
But then...
A huge fog that surrounds them which they had lost sight of where they are
"*Growl!!!*"
They hear a sudden noise lurking, causing them to feel more cautious from their surroundings.
Until, Suckar's senses alerted him.
"Everyone... Move!"
As he tries to warn everyone, there's something coming out from the fog.
There's a giant tentacle that's coming towards the group to give them a strike.
Causing them to move aside to dodge the attack.
"What was that?!" Said Eelin and wondered where the tentacle came from.
Then, something is coming out from the fog. Which shocks the group because they realize there's an incoming threat that they're facing.
It appears to be a giant size squid, but it looks like a kraken. And begins to attack the group where it uses giant tentacles to give a strike. Only they fly away to evade it.
While Magi tries to subdued the kraken by blasting an energy beam at it. But it's not very effective then the kraken attempts to give a strike back on her with its tentacle. Forcing Mele to fly towards to push her sister aside away from the attack.
Eelin brings out from her bag which are the firearm weapons where she tosses them to Jericho and Sukar, while she has her weapon as well as they use it to fire at the monster in attempts to take it down. However, not even the bullet would take a shot on the monster.
They continue to face off against the kraken, but when they hear a thunder sound from the storm clouds, it begins to strike lightning, which it was blasting on the group.
Causing the group to move away to avoid it. Then more lightning strikes cause the group to evade more incoming blast.
This gives the kraken a chance to attack the group where it raises the tentacle to whip the whole group.
Jericho's group is sent flying after receiving a hit, only they manage to stop themselves from being thrown and they're still flying with the energy wings.
They noticed that they are in a far away distance from the kraken. But then, the rain shower became intense and it overwhelmed the group including the strong wind, as they tried to keep themselves flying from the overwhelming storm.
However...
The powerful wind causes few of the group's belongings to slip out even from their backpacks. Which happened when the tube that Jericho had put the sample of the flower inside of, has slipped out from the bag, leaving it to be thrown through the air away from the group.
This causes Jericho to drop the gun and rush himself to retrieve it, as this is the only chance to save Lumi from dying, where he flew off as fast as he could.
The others try to catch up as he ends up being separated because he's now in a far away distance from them.
But before they'll do, however, the same kraken that attacked the group had faced, has reappeared. And begins to strike at the group by its tentacle.
Being unprepared, this leaves the group to scream in terror.
"Ahhh!!!"
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Somewhere else...
Jericho rushes himself to reach the tube, where he flies across through the air. Until he successfully catches it from falling to the sea.
"Alright! Guys! I got the-"
When he turns around, Jericho realizes that he ended up being separated from the others.
But then, the energy wings that were on his back disappeared. This results causes Jericho to fall into the sea. Also noticed that he's now in a place with sunny weather.
Once Jericho comes out to breathe, he still holds the tube which still has the sample of the flower inside.
After putting it back inside his bag, he sees the storm clouds from a far away distance, realizing the others are still out from there but he couldn't see them through the fog.
Before Jericho would think of a plan to reunite with the others, he noticed something through the sea.
There's a giant fin coming out from the water and starts approaching Jericho at full speed.
Once it gets closer, to his shock, it reveals it to be a great white shark-like monster where it jumps out to tackle Jericho.
Only Jericho managed to avoid it by swimming down to the sea.
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Now he swam under the sea, but the shark still chased after him.
Trying to look for a place to hide from the monster rather than going back to the top surface, Jericho spotted an underwater cave and tried to swim as fast as he could before the shark would catch up.
Until Jericho has managed to reach the cave as he enters inside, while the shark crashes on it. But it's still persistent as the shark begins charging at the cave several times.
As the shark continues to attempt to break into the cave, Jericho is trying to hold his breath longer so he won't drown himself. Since he remembers his training from Angsa where she taught him to breathe from under water much longer.
But then, a flashback in his mind suddenly triggers. It's like he remembers something familiar. Like when he was once chased by a viscous monster until he escaped from it by entering into a narrow tunnel as the monster couldn't get inside because of its large size.
But it won't last as Jericho regains his focus because the shark is almost breaking into the cave, but the smashing causes to create debris inside as the rocks are falling over.
So Jericho flees through the tunnel of this cave to find a way out. While avoiding getting crushed by the falling rocks.
However, Jericho is caught up by the large rock as it falls over his left leg, then more rocks fall over. The more weight leaves Jericho to be stuck where he tries to get his feet off the rocks.
But things become more difficult as the shark has managed to break inside the cave and begins to charge towards its prey.
Now Jericho has to rush to free himself as hard as he could before he would face his demise from the shark. But is struggling to lift up the heavy rocks.
While Jericho becomes stressed out as the shark is getting closer where it opens the jaw to devour its prey.
Until Jericho has managed to free himself from the piled up rocks. Then swims to the right side of the tunnel. Which he evaded from being devoured. Leaving the shark to be crashed onto the walls then gets buried from the rocks in process.
Jericho finds a way out where he swims to leave this cave. Once he got out, however...
Jericho thought he managed to escape from a monster, but he's proven wrong...
A giant electric eel monster appears and starts to attack by charging towards it.
Jericho has to think fast to survive from another incoming threat. But it became worse because Jericho couldn't hold his breath much longer.
He thinks there is no chance to escape from the monster as he's about to drown.
Only he becomes familiar about almost drowning in the water from before, like when he and his group are caught up by the water during their time on the hidden island. To which Jericho remembers about how they escape from drowning.
When the electric eel is getting closer, Jericho quickly picks something from his pocket. Which is the water gem that he had found from the hidden island and manipulated the water to send the eel away.
After that, Jericho begins to use the water gem which creates a huge bubble and puts it over his head. This helps him breathe so he won't drown himself.
"*gasp!*... It actually works...! *exhale* I managed to make a bubble...! *exhale*"
As Jericho is relieved that he managed to keep himself from drowning and the giant eel is further away...
But there's something approaching which came Infront of him.
When Jericho looks, he sees a giant fish and it seems to be harmless.
"*Puff!*"
To surprise him, the giant fish's body starts to blow into a balloon and also grows out spikes all over it's body as it's actually a porcupine fish. Then it shows its vicious side and prepares to attack Jericho.
Before Jericho would do something, he heard something shrieking, when he turns around he sees the electric eel that comes back for its prey.
Now being surrounded by 2 sea monsters as they're both charging towards their prey for an attack.
But when Jericho sees the eel that has an electrician on its body while the porcupine fish is charging over from the other side, he decides to swim at full speed to avoid it. Causing the eel to electrocute the porcupine fish after charging at it instead.
As Jericho continues to swim as fast as he could escape, he sees an incoming black spike, Causing him to dodge it.
When he checked where the black spike came from, to his disbelief, he saw a giant urchin that was on the coral reef which shot spikes as it was aiming for him.
"Seriously?! Even an urchin wants to kill me too?! Are there more things that are coming after my life?!" Jericho becomes more frustrated from struggling for survival.
To which more misfortunes that are coming after him.
The electric eel continues to chase after him, including the porcupine fish that has recovered from its electrocution. What's much worse is that the same shark that attacked Jericho from earlier has returned after breaking out from the cave and resumed to chase after its prey. While the giant urchin prepares to shoot more spikes at Jericho.
But that's not all...
A giant crab has arrived and it's coming after for Jericho as well, attempting to catch him by its giant claws.
"I think I should keep my mouth shut..."
Now Jericho is surrounded by vicious sea monsters that he has to face, and has to think of a way to escape from them.
Only when he noticed there was seaweed on the ground, which gives Jericho a plan.
He brings something out from his pocket which is a leaf gem that got from the hidden island as well, and tries to activate its power since it would have the power to control any sorts of plants.
Which works as it manages to manipulate the seaweeds, where it starts to grab all of the sea monsters.
Once the sea monsters are all wrapped up by the seaweeds as the sea monsters are struggling to free themselves, but it couldn't.
Then Jericho decided to swim away from them, not sure if this power would last from holding those monsters down.
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Soon Jericho spent his time swimming through the sea as he was searching for a surface for him to rest, until he saw a deserted island. So he decided to swim all the way there.
Once he arrives at the shore of this island, (where the bubble on his head disappears after getting off the sea), Jericho collapses from the exhaustion.
Jericho is left lying down on the shore, then someone is approaching him...
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