Chapter 2:

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a minute becomes an hour, an hour becomes a day, a day becomes a week. it’s been a while since ryusen and Kinasle left their village. The realm of the sky is just so wide. It was uncountable at this point of how many sky islands and birds they meet. they hunt and rest in a place they never knew before.  However, their journey isn’t only packed with a fondle memory. Once in a while, they caught up in an argument about simple things that ended up ignoring each other till dinner. but in fact, those arguments just put a little more color on their journey. annoying but never disappointing.

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Sometimes Ryu thinks that if he didn’t go searching for The Farthest Sunken Sky with Kinasle, he would be doing his life just like he told for the rest of his life. Although it's tiring, finding his happiness with Asle will be remembered as an unforgettable experience. Kinasle is the same. flying with Ryu, her best friend, made her very happy even though she experienced it before with her father, this time is different. She is so excited because she will find the happiness she has been searching for in her life.

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today feels a bit longer. It was high noon. they feel the need to rest. Kinasle notices a very stunning waterfall in the floating island near them. “Ryu! a waterfall! let’s get there. there isn’t any in our village.”, said Kinasle while pulling Ryu hands without thinking. “oh wow looks who's excited here. you said you were tired but right now your flight speed has doubled from before.”, said ryusen while shocked about the sudden spirit from kinasle. “that’s the point! we could replenish our stamina there. let’s go, we are near!”

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the sounds of waterfall soothe through their ears. The stream wasn’t so heavy, clear, and there were a few fishes in its mouth. “perfect!” said Kinasle in her mind. she is very excited. this is her first time in a while playing at the waterfall. she refreshen her stamina in an instant. Ryusen washed his face in the waterfalls as well. He looked around at the beautiful view. He then flew a bit high to view the scenery a bit clearer. suddenly he started yelling at kinasle.

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“KINA! KINA! QUICK COME HERE. THERE'S A PACK OF YEOLI BIRD THAT YOU LOVE SO MUCH” shouted ryusen. Even though kinasle is a hunter, there is one particular bird that she adores so much, Yeoli bird. It has a colorful feather, a pair of pretty big wings. the birds will trust every human even if they are being hunted, that’s why the birds are pretty rare. Kinsale said she once found and freed yeoli birds in the forest near the villages. Kinasle flew towards Ryu. “WHERE IS IT?''. after hearing what kinasle said, Ryusen laughed hysterically. “why did you laugh? damn you ryusen the swindler, there isn’t any yeoli bird right?”, asked kinasle. Ryusen nods while still laughing. “hahaha! I did it because you were too carried away while playing at the waterfall that you didn’t even notice I flew away.” said Ryusen while still getting himself together. Kinasle mad at Ryusen so she turns around. she notices something at the view she sees. “Ryu, look. do you see a temple there?” asked kinasle. after hearing what kinasle said, Ryusen went back to focus. “yeah I see, let’s go there check maybe we would find something useful.” said ryusen,  kinasle agree without any doubt.

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arrived at the temple. The temple was artistic and had that characteristic of the previous generation. but the temple looked abandoned because Moses and wildflowers grew here and there are ruins in the temple. Once they arrived at the center of the temple, the places were rather tidy and cleaner than before they arrived at the front of the temple. “this temple was so old, but it is well cleaned here.”, said kinasle. “You think someone lived here?” asked ryusen. “I don’t know, check this one out.does this inscription looked like a map?”, kinasle pointed at the inscription in the wall at the center of the temple. “Oh wow, you do have a hunter eyes Kina, this looked like a giant floating island with a rather big and massive city at its top.”, said ryusen. “Perhaps,” he stopped and they looked at each other in a shocked face. “The Farthest Sunken SKy!”, both of them shouted out of the excitement.

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“I AM SO HAPPY RYU! IT ISN’T A MYTH AFTER ALL.”, said kinasle while jumping out of excitement. “you were right! I can’t believe it either.”, answered ryusen while still gazing at the map. “didn’t you think this is a good sign? We have a lead from a temple and can be used to find that place! I can’t wait. I can have gold and money without doing much”, said Kinasle. “do you really think you can have all that you want there, kina?”, “of course! Why did you let my hope down? I believe that you will find the happiness that you’ve been searching for, Ryu! do you already have something that you want?”, asked Kinasle. “ah, I don’t know. So far I only want my monotone begone. I'm done doing that, maybe I will find out once I get there.”

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After rambling about their goals, they stumbled upon a praying altar. “we should pray for our journey.”, invited kinasle. “agreed. I want to be thankful for what happened today.” then they prayed in silence. Ryusen, who notices something unsettling about the temple. He is a close-ranged mystical art user so he could sense the energy around him. He senses disturbing negative energies being collected in a certain place but he couldn’t pinpoint the place. He tried to ignore the energies but the negative energies were stronger. abruptly strange energy coming towards them to break the silence.