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BOOK 1: THE FARTHEST

Chapter 3:

MEMENTO MORI

An unknown laser beam blast to Asle and Ryusen, within a quick reaction Ryusen, managed to throw Asle to a safe distance and also avoid the explosion that was caused by the laser. there is an unknown attacker. “Kina! are you okay?”, shouted Ryu. “Could you throw me more gently!?”, “you are almost on the brink of death and that is what you complain about? did you see the shooter?”, “no, I can’t seem to find with all this smoke from the explosion.”, “yeah and from that little laser can cause such catastrophic effects. whoever this is. it’s a skilled one.” after trying to figure out who is the shooter. a sudden deep, colossal, and grand voice can be heard “DON’T SEEK WHAT’S DRAWN. FIND WHAT’S ABOUT TO BE WRITE.”, they both startled from this voice, “YNITSED?”

Ynitsed is an ancient colossal creature who is said to roam the sky before a human was ever born, they can take many forms but the most common form was the one who attacks Ryusen and Kinasle, it’s a body made from the temple stone and ore, and have a titan size body. It is shaped like a golem who moves slow but deals an extreme amount of damage.

“DON’T SEEK WHAT’S DRAWN. FIND WHAT’S ABOUT TO BE WRITE.” it keeps shouting those words. “I think either he will try to prevent us from searching further or guarding this temple.”, said Asle to Ryusen. “I see, there is this book I've read that said someone who conquers ynitsed can make him an eternal task,”. “so you think someone from generations above us made this Ynitsed to kill someone who seeks the farthest sunken sky or explore this temple?”, “that’s what I think of firs-.” before Ryusen even finished his word, another laser just fired through them one more time. This time both of them can react by themselves quickly. but the explosion is big and sends a shockwave far enough to separate them. “what do we do Kina?” asked Ryu. “well, if you asked me. then there will be one answer to this. fight!”

Mystical Art of Long-Range: Silent Venus!

Asle started shaping the energy she collected to a longbow. She aims to watch where Ynitsed shot its laser. but when she is still figuring out, a flare coming out of his one eye that looks like a gem. a laser just fired. Asle takes another leap with her Necklace of Aerial and aims while gliding. then shoot her arrow. The arrow stabbed the creature’s head but it didn’t do any harm because it was still bombarding them with a laser. “YOUR ATTACK DOESN’T AFFECT THAT BIG GUY.”, shouted Ryusen. “I KNOW SILLY. I NEVER INTENDED TO DAMAGE IT!”, hearing this, Ryu confused. “then?”, “look at where my arrow stuck. That is its weak spot. I think that thing is a range type of Ynitsed. so,”. Asle looked at Ryu with a smirk. “a close range is the better attacker.” Ryu finished Asle sentences.

Mystical Art of Close Range: Daylight

an optimum amount of energy surges Ryusen’s body equally while he starts pacing towards the creature. The energy hovers around his entire muscle. He feels light and moves quicker. He predicts and dodges all the lasers coming for him. When near enough he takes a leap to match his height to Ynitsed's weak point. He is ready to strike the target with his fist. “TAKE THI-” his shout abruptly cut out as he couldn’t even come near the creatures and flung out direct to asle. it turns out there is an invisible barrier around the creature. “HE HAS A DEFENSIVE TECHNIQUE!?” Ryusen grumbled to Asle.

“DON’T SEEK WHAT’S DRAWN. FIND WHAT’S ABOUT TO BE WRITE.”  the enemy is still yelling those words. Asle was the one who said the creature was long-ranged. An Advanced Mystical Art is divided by 5 Classes. Offensive Long Range, Offensive Close Range, Defensive, Supporting, and agility. Close Range has advantages to Long Range because close range can dodge and close the gap, while long-range didn’t have that skill to move quickly or widen the gap and their attack was stronger the further the target. The defensive has the advantage to close range because defensive relies on their bulky durability, and can endure a rapid attack, and relatively defensive will have more stamina than close range, so if close range burns out, the defensive will do a finishing blow, an attack that doesn’t do that much but will faint or even kill a person with low stamina. Long Range is certainly more effective to Defensive because defensive remains still. long-range doesn’t have to deal with rapid quick and unpredictable movements like close range. so long-range can widen the gap enough to destroy the defense and defeat the defensive.

“DON’T SEEK WHAT’S DRAWN. FIND WHAT’S ABOUT TO BE WRITE.”

“EVEN I SHOCKED WITH THIS INFORMATION!”, Kinasle yells back at ryusen. “I have an idea.”, said Ryu. after telling the idea, kinasle quickly understood and start to fly away. ryusen starting to ready himself again. “well there stone head. I don’t know why you keep shouting that nonsense but I think that’s enough for today.”, said Ryu mockingly.

“DON’T SEEK WHAT’S DRAWN. FIND WHAT’S ABOUT TO BE WRITE.”

Mystical Art of Close Range: Boundless Cloud

He concentrated the energy on both of his feet. He then jumps and hops around in the air and closes the gap to the target while remaining in a higher position than the creatures. Ryusen manages to dodge several lasers coming from Ynitsed. as he got close, “if I remember correctly, the distance of barrier and the creature is about 3 meter and it was a parabola type.”, ryusen talked to himself. He ready himself and kept repeating words to set himself up, “no, not enough, closer, closer. just a bit more. NOW!” shouted him.

Mystical Art of Close Range: Heavy Rain

The energy from his body quickly concentrated on both of his arms. He sent out multiple punches in such a fast time. Because Ryu's energy color is light blue, it looks like heavy rain coming and barraging the Ynitsed barrier. an abruptly strange sound makes Ryu widen his eyes. A crack can be seen from the barrier. He reaches something from his family kimono. it was Kinasle’s Arrow from its Mystical Art of Long-Range: Pluto’s Gaze. he stuck it to the cracked barrier and yelled, “GO FOR IT! KINA!” hearing that signal he tapped his sense to the arrow. the arrow gives kina a spatial awareness to wherever the arrow sticks to. right now she is in the optimum distance to destroy the barrier in one attack. “MOVE AWAY THEN YOU STUPID!” she yells as she senses Ryu still tries to break the barrier using his Heavy Rain. hearing that Ryu steps out of the area. Kinasle prepares all of his mind, soul, and body within one deep breath.

Mystical Art of Long-Range: Harpoon of an Envy Neptunus

she shapes the energy she collected into a harpoon. this harpoon will become stronger the farther its travel. she then takes another breath to aim her harpoon to her arrow of Pluto’s Gaze as she breathes out the last air in her lungs, she shoots the harpoon. The harpoon hits a bullseye. and breaks the barrier in an instant. “FINISH THAT THING, RYUSEN!”, hearing that shout from asle. Ryusen smiles, “this is the first time you ever called me with my full first name.” said Ryu to himself. “let’s end this now.” he leaps higher than the colossal creature. as he dives right into the Ynitsed, he prepares his stance, pulls back his dominant hand, and harden his fist to make a finishing blow move.

Mystical Art of Close Range: Weather Repo-

A sudden realization makes Ryusen abruptly stop his stance as he sees the creature lift both of its hands as it offers its hands or perhaps the whole body and emits a relief feel within his aura. 

Mystical Art of Close Range: Warm light After Thunderstorm

Ryusen changes his stance by make pull up front his dominant hand and around his neck. he then concentrated the energy to his hands, open his fist while still close up his finger to each other. and then, within a single slash movement. he kills the creature. this move originally tends to kill the enemy slowly and makes the enemy feels every pain of the progression of their death. but it was modified by Ryu to kill the target without giving them any pain, instead. all they feel was a warm feeling from a gentle light. Ryusen looks at the creature starting to crumble to smaller pebbles of stone. kinasle catches up and meet Ryusen. “this creature suddenly stops its laser attack and his nonsense word right after I leap above it. I notice something. this creature has mosses all over its body. that means this creature lived the same age as the temple, I think this creature being forced to do an eternal job and fed up with the abusive from the one who gives this creature such a boring and monotone life. that’s why the creature willingly to break the chain, the creature thinks it rather is killed than serving forcefully for another god’s know how long that thing serves his endless task. I can somewhat relate to them.”, that words from ryusen make Kinasle smiles. “from all of the graduated trainees from our villages. I’m glad that I get to share this journey with you, Ryu” she said in her mind.

A sudden thumpy noise followed by a quaking from their footings appears out of nowhere. a loud explosion and rumbling noises can be heard from below them. then they realize, the temple begins to crumble. they start running away to the edge and prepare their stamina. keep in mind that their stamina has all been drawn out from the fight, so they prepare their stamina so at least they can fly for 30 seconds. but the wreckage fell right on top of ryusen. While his eyes and reaction were fast enough, he is really tired that the body couldn’t react just as fast, the wreckage falls down and all his lower body gets pinged by the debris. knowing this, his necklace of aerial is useless at this point.

he looks at kinasle stood there in shock. “go! go without me, I don’t know if I can survive but. I will catch up to you once I get out.” yells ryusen at kinasle. “please, just leave me, I will catch up to you. once I get out, I will come right to you” that was a lie, in that state the crumble will definitely kill ryusen. he doesn’t want to worry his friends, he wants his friend to find the farthest sunken sky for him. Kinasle is in deep dilemma, what she really wants is to help her friends, but she knows she will faint if she uses the remaining stamina to help her friends. in this matter, pulling ryusen will just going to disassemble Ryusen’s body in half. On the other hand, she really wants to fly away and find the farthest sunken sky. her whole life’s dream, her reason to take this journey, her basic fundamental of her goal. with that in mind, with a single breath, she set her mind. ryusen and kinasle eyes meet, they both smiles and they both gently nod to each other.

“thank you for everything, please find it for me.”

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