As Z was
waiting for a solution to get out, one of the Kyōmen appeared.
Z uses
his left arm just like the Curse used to crush them with one arm.
He forgot
something...
The Curse
was using its own power...
Z makes a
big mistake.
Trusting
his body. Z struck.
The
Kyōmen eats two of his fingers and Z uses his right arm to throw the Kyōmen
away.
Z didn't
freak out.. Yet..
Z
realized quickly that the Curse was aiming their head but nothing else.
Z tests
if he can also one-shot him like the Curse did.
He did
it.
He grabs
his head and starts crushing it slowly.
The
Kyōmen stood there frozen, waiting for his fate.
Z crushes
his face into pieces.
Z watches
the black blood coming out of the Kyōmen's body.
He looks
at his hands.
Two
fingers eaten.
Z stood
in the middle of the dark place.
Behind
him mound of corpses.
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Infront
of him the Kyōmen he just killed.
Inside
him a Curse can control his left side of his body.
Z's eyes
were wide open.
He was...
Lost.
Z feels
something is watching.
.
.
.
From the
darkness, a figure slowly emerged, walking toward him.
Z turns
his head slowly to the right.
As he
watched the figure approach.
He
felt... Fear.
Fear he
felt before...
The world
starts fading.
Z
collapsed ...
Meanwhile...
Somewhere
in the forest.
Hayato
and Hayaru were watching Akari's blood everywhere.
Genseki
came late.
He saw
Akari.
He
watches the scene in silence.
Approaching.
He
notices her light power won't help.
He
carried-her, Gen didn't panic.
But he
was angry...
An
earthquake suddenly happens.
The earth
user is mad.
The same
weird guy that took Z and threw Akari appears.
Gen tells
Hayato and Hayaru to take Akari to the citadel.
As they
were trying to get Akari from Gen, the guy opens a weird portal beneath them.
Both
Hayato and Hayaru falls into it and the portal closed.
Before
Gen even realize the guy was already infront of him.
I'm so
happy to see someone like you.
He kicks
Genseki into an another portal.
"Bye-bye.
I'll take this girl with me for a while."
As Gen
were falling into the stone-looking portal.
he uses
his power before he falls completely into it.
But the
power refused to activate.
"What-
why it didn't work.."
He faints
and the portal closes with heavy sound.
The guy
takes the girl into a very bright portal and enters it.
"This
generation will be legendary with these kids."
An hour
passes and Genseki wakes up everything around him is brick and stones.
As he
watches the stone he tries to move it with his power.
The power
refused again.
He felt
like a chain is on his mind can't think properly to use his powers.
An old
man shows.
Welcome
child to the temple of trails, this temple is made only for those who uses
power specifically earth power.
There is
also other trails, flames, water, etc....
To get
out, you only have to kill every creature that is trying to get us.
I'm an
older user of this power but the power keeps going through the years. And
you're one of the chosen.
Genseki
asked what will he get if he finish his quest.
You'll
simply leave this temple with an ultimate move.
An
ultimate move? Genseki asked.
Yes an
ultimate move, a move that can rule the world, only if you used it right.
A move
can end many lives or defeat a strong opponent.
But
there's tradeoffs.
What is
it?
Part of
your body.
What I
mean by part of your body is not permanent. Just for a period of time and
you'll get it back.
Before
Genseki even asks the next question.
The old
man said no, we'll be the one choosing.
Genseki
starts his journey right away.
While
Hayato and Hayaru is in the same situation and starts their journey.
While
Akari was still fainted.
Meanwhile...
Somewhere
Under the heavy snow.
Liora
swung her sword lightly, shaking the blood free.
She goes
to the village again asking if this is what they want.
They
thanked with smile on their face.
Liora
were happy to see them happy.
She asks
the old man what is the tradeoff.
And how
does the ultimate looks.
The old
man pats on her head and leaves.
Liora
stood there don't understand what just happened.
A portal
appears behind her.
It's time
to leave kitty.
No answer
and no one were around.
She
leaves the portal.
Or that
what she thought...
The
ground underneath her cracks.
She
reacts quickly and jumps to the side before she falls.
The crack
is big and no one knows what's there.
She
didn't care and stood up to leave the trail.
The old
man kicks her from behind.
She
didn't feel or sense him coming.
She tried
to jump mid air but her ice power didn't activate.
As she
falls into the darkness the old man says.
Curse and
Blessings weren't supposed to be alive yet.
She
doesn't know what's happening.
She was
about to leave but everything messed up.
She fell
into the darkness.
She can
barely see.
She uses
her Blessing to see what's there.
And she
find a young boy on the ground with fear all over him but she recognizes him.
It was Z
his fear was his his imagination.
He
remembers what happend in the Curse vision.
.
.
.
He
faints...
Liora saw
him and she was very happy.
She
finally found someone she knows and to talk to normally.
She sits
there and puts Z's head on her lap.
She looks
at him.
"Cute."
.
