20: Elemental Demigod Zephyra
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The Majarlican Demigod
Chapter 20: Elemental Demigod Zephyra
"What?" I blurted out as Zephyra spilled why she was out here.
"They are after us, Ally. We must get there to protect dad!" she added.
The sound of an explosion captured our attention for a second.
"W-wait, wait, wait, you guys. Stop." Talia said, "What's going on?"
"It's a long story, Talia. I will tell you later," I answered.
"Ok. I'll take that as a promise, Ally," she demanded.
I sighed, "I promise that I will tell you later."
She smiled, and we continued chasing after the boundary. I don't know what help can I be in this situation. I can't even fly by myself. We now can see the horses of the military chasing down the attackers. Zephyra went down. Talia and I followed her.
The unknown songstress is singing again in the woods. I'm confident that since Father is not really a mortal, he will not fall into that trap, so Zephyra and I. Talia can use the fireball to protect herself from hearing the voice. My sister found the mind-master, but there's a guy in full body armor who suddenly appeared and was about to attack Zephyra, so I used my sonic speed to stop him. I immediately kick him from the back to stop him so Zephyra can continue running towards the songstress. He falls down right away.
I don't know how to really have a fistfight since no one taught me how to, but I bend on my knees with my left foot back to give the signal that I'm ready to fight. He stood up and began attacking me, he threw a punch on my face, but I was set to absorb his force. Luckily, I did not fall down, so I kicked him hard on his stomach that caused him to fall down again. He stopped and got on his feet, but this time he multiplied into ten more. My jaw dropped in surprise, but I can't back down now. I put all my concentration all together so I can absorb any force it will throw on me.
Five of them began attacking me. I let the enemy hit me because it didn't hurt at all. After 3 minutes of them kicking and punching me, I have absorbed all of the energy they emit, and he paused. I guess he wondered why I'm not fighting back.
"My turn." I signaled. I stomped on down the ground that it shook, so they all stumble.
Talia, who is fighting the other imitation of this guy, threw a baton fire on me that I could use. I must say that I'm good with flipping batons. When we were kids, I didn't know that this skill would help me even back then.
I attack them using the blazing baton to kill them all, but the guy keeps producing himself. I will get tired and eventually will lose against him if I can't kill the main one. I'm almost close to the main person, but he keeps his distance and produces more imitation.
Then I see Zephyra stand behind him and start moving her hands like controlling him. He screamed in agony.
"Zephyra, what are--" I mumbled. She's... she's doing water commanding. She's controlling the blood of this person to either stop flowing or run faster than it should. That's against the law of Kingdom Majarlika. It's equivalent to witchcraft, "Zephyra, don't!" I warned her.
"He's going to kill you, Ally!" she answered.
"But you're blood commanding. This is against our law!" I reminded her.
"I'm not under that law, and you know we're not. We are Zephrias's daughters. We need no law." she kept on until she let go as the person fell to the ground and turned into dust. He's also an imitation, just one of the main.
"It's still wrong, sister." I insisted.
"That's just an imitation, Ally. I will only be guilty once the person is an actual Majarlican." she walked out on me and flew.
Talia is done killing other imitations, too, so we continued following Zephyra.
"Your sister is unstoppable, Ally." She said.
"I know." I responded, "We just can't put a lid on her. She's very strong-willed."
"She's not just strong-willed. She knows how to use her powers that make her strong," she added.
Talia is right. Zephyra is so much younger than me, but she can control her powers very well that I don't. I have to work harder to unleash the full potential of my ability. We ran and stopped when we saw the carriage and the horses of the first district's officers. The boundary is still awake, or shall I say, they were awakened by the chaos. I see my father negotiating with the investigators while the residents are on standby. My father wouldn't die here since he is a celestial guardian, but there might be people who would die if the attacker kept on.
I heard footsteps from my back.
"Talia on your feet!" I shouted as I turned around.
The same guy is going to attack us with his copies. Talia shoots them with fire daggers, so it will be easier. When all of them were taken down, he produced even more clones. He is really pissing me off!
"Hit me with a blue fireball!" I asked Talia.
"What? No!" she responded.
"Just do what I say!" I insisted. "Make sure that it's full of energy."
She stepped back and hovered heat from the ground like she was taking out fire all the way from the underworld. She screamed as she blasted out the fire on me. I was more than ready to receive it. The moment the fire penetrated my skin, it was like a newly boiled water being poured out on me. I felt like my eyes were going to fall off my face. I am slowly absorbing the blast and its energy-- I'm becoming more powerful... I can feel it in my veins now. As the rage of fire continues flowing inside of me, I suddenly feel like a part of me is going to explode until Talia stops. I'm closing my fist hard to fully absorb all the energy and heat. I'm sweating to my eyes.
There were more than fifty that I am facing now. I used the fire like a laser to the enemy through my eyes. It's tingling. My eyelids feel burning as I let the fire tear down all the enemy I can see. I finished them in a minute, so I ran after the main person, but it ran... He didn't know that I could be sonic. He stopped when he saw me in front of him. I drew fire around him so he could run.
"Who are you? Why are you destroying the city?!" I asked.
"West was meant for destruction after its guardian betrayed the heaven to be with the goddess of the fatal diseases. The entire Majarlika will have a new god, and it will be Artes!" He answered.
He sounds like someone I know. I just couldn't figure it out.
"Sister!" Zephyra called me. She's with a masked person too, "Here's the songstress." she's controlling its blood.
Talia ran to her and unmasked the songstress. We are in great shock to see her face.
"Oh goodness!" Talia muttered. "Are you sure that she's the songstress, Zephyra?" she asked my sister.
"She's the same person I saw in the palace. This girl is with Artes." Zephyra responded.
“Let go of her!" the masked guy removed his helmet.
"You!?!" Talia shouted. "I knew it! Why are you doing this?!"
The Holsters are the real traitors of Kingdom Majarlika. I knew it from the start. The way Imman asked and made statements about Artes is more than just being curious. He knew him and churned to him.
"Let go of my sister!" Imman screamed.
Zephyra lifted the girl up in the air with rage and locked her up in an airball. Then she looked at the brother, "You are done here." then she started controlling his blood again... His face was all red like a bomb going to explode with his veins going all obvious on his throat.
I'm scared that Zephyra will a***e her powers to kill this person, but I know that if she does not end his life now-- he will end us... If not us, the whole nation. Then a big metal fishnet captured all of us from above. Zephyra didn't let go of what she was doing to the guy despite the difficulty. A black smoke hovered the area and blocked our eyesight. The smell of it makes me dizzy, and I can only cover my mouth and nose.
In more minor or more minutes, my eyes were shut, and I fell asleep. My body can't respond to what my brain is telling us— to move, or we will be captured. I'm too weak to move like I forgot how I should absorb their power.
I'm hearing footsteps coming to us...
(To Be Continued)
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