The Assassin In The World of Duastra

Retaliars

Eda

Tulala akong tinatahak ang palabas ng gubat kung saan matatagpuan ang Keros cave.

I nearly died two times.

But here I am, leaving the forest unscathed like nothing happened. I still couldn't believe that I've met a real God. He is indeed powerful.. And it's kinda making me want to become powerful enough to punch his glorious face. I'm not going to forgive him for trying to kill me two times. And what's with his freak black fire power? No matter what I did, that fire couldn't be quenched. I want that kind of fire! That is so cool.

Napahinto ako ng makaramdam ng mga presensya malapit sa bungad ng gubat. Mabilis ako naging alerto at nagtago sa isang puno. Bahagyang lumiliwanag na ang paligid dahil malapit na ako sa bungad ng gubat at doon ko nakita ang sinag ng araw.

Naningkit ang mga mata ko sa crest na nakaukit sa kanilang kausotan. It's not a crest of Amera kingdom neither from Roanza kingdom. That crest is not familiar to me.

"Bungad pa lamang ng gubat ay kakaiba na. Nakikita mo ba kung gaano kadilim at halos hindi naabot ng araw ang loob ng gubat? Gusto ba tayong patayin ng Emperor?!" Sambit ng isang binata.

"Magtigil ka, Shoyo. Alam mo naman taon-taon nagpapadala ang emperor ng mga Retaliars sa pag-aasam na makuha ang kapangyarihan sa gubat na ito. Walang mapapala ang pagrereklamo mo." Sambit ng isa.

Retaliars?

Sa pagkakantanda ko mula sa mga nabasa kong libro ni Ama, ang mundo ng Duastra ay nahahati sa limang emperyo. Ang emperyo kung nasaan ako nakatira ay tinatawag na Retalia Empery. This Empery consists of eight kingdoms. One of them is Amera kingdom where it is being lead by King Argus Ruenzo Amera II, my real father to be exact. Retaliars are the ones studying from the Retaliare Academy.

So the Emperor is sending Retaliars in this forest to obtain power? I wonder what kind of power can be found--

Nanlaki nag mga mata ko at mabilis napatingin sa bagay na nasa kamay ko.

I'm currently holding the flower stone in my hand. It's a flower made up of different kinds of gemstones. It's the most beautiful flower I've ever seen in my entire life. I wonder what this flower can do? And what will be the exchange for this flower?

Nevermind. I dont want to think about it for now. Sa ngayon, masaya ako dahil malapit na magamot ang aking Ina.

Muli ko naalala ang huling sinabi ng nakakainis na Diyos ng kadiliman bago niya ako patalsikin palabas ng kweba.

"I don't know why you need this flower stone and I don't care as well. But let me remind you. This flower can kill thousands if it's use in a wrong way. It has a power that no ordinary human can handle." wika nito at kinumpas ang kamay para patalsikin ako sa kweba. Literal na pinatalsik dahil bigla na lamang ako lumutang at mabilis na lumipad palabas ng kweba dahilan para mabasa ako sa waterfalls. Buti nalang at may kapangyarihan akong hangin. Instant air dryer, how cool is that.

Muli bumalik ang atensyon ko sa flower stone.

How can this beautiful thing can kill thousands of lives? And he mentioned that no ordinary human can handle the power of this flower stone, then why did he gave this to me?

Ugh. That Keros god is so hard to read. I don't know if he's just unconcerned or maybe he's plotting something. But I'm guessing it's the former. Judging from the way he looked at me and how he often calls me 'lowly being', it seems like he has a deep grudge to humans and he was obviously taking it out to me.

I thought that one of the god's characteristics is being merciful and kind. But meeting that god of the underworld, my whole concept about god changed completely.