285 Teamwork (2)
(Jane’s PoV)
The pair of red eyes, which were the only discernible from its dark pitch and shapeless body, were looking at us eerily. They were sinister, a promise of fear and agony for a very long ti. It was not a ghost; it was a shadow.
A remarkably evil shadow.
It was a good thing that I managed to stop Daisy from approaching that malicious being. It scared when I thought of the possibility of harm it could cause to Daisy if she made a contact unknowingly with it.
“What’s wrong?” Daisy looked at weirdly.
“Ah, I thought I saw a big rat there.” It was a lie, of course. How could I say that there was a shadow there?
“Rat? Are you sure?”
I nodded quickly and walked past her in a haste. I needed to get closer to the shadows to ensure their safety. “Stay behind . I’ll check first.” I told them.
The wind danced in the palm of my hands. Judging from the way it looked so dark and emitted a bad sll -which was covered by the sll of soil, moss, and mostly woods -I needed to exert more power to provide a full guarantee of security for my teammates.
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Hah! I planned to have a rather normal life but what was it? It had not even been 24 hours since I stepped inside this place but I already had to work. Didn’t I tell myself to stay away from the astral creatures? Wasn’t my purpose in learning to control my power to avoid any unnecessary clashes with these creatures?
Then why did I feel like these creatures that popped were getting stronger from the previous ones?
This thought didn’t appear without reason into my mind, but I couldn’t help but notice it. It was like I was being steered to co to this place and to deal with this complicated things. Whether soone was deliberately manipulating things behind the scene, or it was the will of the Universe, I couldn’t decide for now. If this were the case, even if I wanted to hide my third eyes, I couldn’t do it.
That thing aside, this shadow wanted to harm my companions in my presence? Hah, you wish!
I was about to flick my fingers to send wind blades towards it, but I noticed a familiar barrier was trapping the shadow. The way it glistened in grey was too familiar to ignore. Was he watching us this whole ti? Unknowingly, a smile crept on my face as my eyes scanned the surrounding area, trying to find Sanji’s figure sowhere.
Unfortunately, I couldn’t find him. I wonder where he was at this mont.
Since the shadow couldn’t move or attack us, it was safe to assu that I could let my friends roaming around the area to find for clues.
“It’s gone.” I told Daisy with a smile.
“Great.” As soon as she got the green light, she dashed towards the area near the shadow which was being confined. I noticed the way it growled as it tried to break free from its cage. Its long claws were trying to penetrate the barrier only to be sliced by the thin and sharp needle from Sanji.
The distance between Daisy’s hand and the shadow was not too distant, and I worried it would suddenly go into rage and break the cage and hurt her.
I was ashad of myself. I should have trust Sanji more. Good thing was Sanji didn’t know I had a doubt of his ability.
“I got it!” Daisy stood up in excitent. There was a gold dal in her right hand and a piece of newspaper in her other hand.
“It’s really a dal!” Alivia jumped in excitent as Daisy approached them. Seeing that they were in a safe distance from the shadow made sigh in relief.
“Let’s go! We need to submit it in the first checkpoint to get our first gold card.” Yuni waved to us to go to the first checkpoint quickly. The faster we submitted the item, the faster our record would be.
Looking back towards the trapped shadow, I noticed the cage was starting to disappear. Sanji seed to know when he should retract his special power even when I couldn’t see him.
As if feeling upset that its prey slipped away, the shadow made a move to attack us. Its dark body flashed to where Daisy was, but it might forget about my presence or stupid enough to attack under my watch. Before it could reach its claws towards my companions, my wind blade had sliced through it. The smoke like blade disappeared upon contact with its dark body but the effect wasn’t diminish. It was like it was never there but the slice was real.
Blood-curling screech penetrated the air and the birds on the trees flew away in shock. The shadow retreated in a haste while its formless body was scattering away slightly.
“What was that?” Yuni’s presence right next to made startle. She was bewildered and her eyes darted left and right, searching for sothing. She couldn’t be talking about the shadow’s screaming, right?
“What was what?” Feigning ignorance was the best option for .
“Did you hear that? I heard a creepy screaming just now. Look! I still have a goosebumps!” Yuni showed her arms but her eyes still darted here and there in alert.
So, she really could hear it, huh?
“I didn’t hear anything. What are you talking about?”
“No way! It was so loud! The birds also ran away because of the sound!”
“Yuni, please, don’t scare .” Frowning, I tried to sound as timid and scared as possible. “Let’s go. Daisy and Alivia will be looking for us if we get separated.”
I didn’t wait for her to respond. Dragging her back to the road, we caught up with Daisy and Alivia who were collecting our first golden card from the first checkpoint. They even provided drinks for us, but that wasn’t what made stunned.
“Welco to the first checkpoint. Is everything okay?” A middle aged yet beautiful lady welcod our arrival while checking on us quietly. I had not seen her before which ant she was one of the personnel of this site.
“Yes, everything’s great. I want to exchange our first item with golden card.” Daisy took out the dal from her pocket and handed it to them.
The process was quick as they tried to keep our record as short as possible. But, I really couldn’t focus on the exchange. My eyes were staring at another pair of gloomy and red eyes right in front of , wondering why this shadow was standing next to this beautiful lady.
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