101 Avatars
34. A Child Not Allowed to Fight His Trauma

“Arjuna, listen carefully to my instructions to defeat Saber.”  Said Kaiser while tapping the side of the helmet as a signal that we will use communication tools in our helmet.

“Good Brother, ready!”  I also responded to Kaiser's orders.

“Then, first put me down first.  I'll distract the monster.  We can't give him a chance to activate his ultimate streak.  But before that, can I absorb your mana a little?  It seems that I almost ran out of mana because of the fight earlier.”

“Of course Brother, please.”  With pleasure, I agreed to share my mana with Kaiser.  But suddenly, my mana in an instant dropped dramatically from 75 percent to only 32 percent left.

Wait, brother, this is mostly.  I can faint again.at least that's what I want to shout at Kaiser.  But I'm not saying, seeing Kaiser's sister is so focused on Saber right now.

As per Kaiser's orders, I let him down.  Kaiser's brother immediately lunged at Saber with his Enigma sword.  It was a sword for a moment.

“Arjuna, use your ultrasonic sound waves on Saber!”

The first order from Kaiser's brother arrived and I executed him immediately.

“What do you see?”  Ask Kaiser to me.

“Hmm.  There seemed to be six strange spots on his body that ..hmmm...cracked from inside?”

“Good, Arjuna.  Now, plant your sound bombs on those points.”

I didn't understand how to plant those sound bombs.  It was indeed effective at making the enemy shocked, yet completely ineffective in attack.  But since it's an instruction from Kaiser's sister, there must be a point.  I then just executed it as ordered without asking anything.

“Wait for me to activate your Scream of Confusion on Saber, Arjuna.”  Then the next order from Kaiser's brother arrived.

Keeping my distance at a certain height, I prepared to activate my power waiting for the cue from Kaiser.

I saw Kaiser's brother slashing through the part where I showed him the six cracking points on Saber's body in a speed accelerated by his Fast.  Then then, then,

“Now, Arjuna!”

The words I was waiting for arrived.

“Scream of Confusion!”  I immediately shouted while issuing a stance in accordance with the instructions.

With the speed increasing again, Kaiser then gave a deeper slash to the place of the six cracking points.  In an instant, Saber's body was no longer able to maintain its physical form and scattered like dust.  The battle was won by Kaiser over Saber.

After that, I went back down to the mainland to approach Kaiser.

After landing, I ran to him while saying, “Good job, Brother Bomber.”

However, I saw that Kaiser didn't respond to my words.  Kaiser actually positioned himself more alert while saying, Kaiser,

“Speeking at the person who is fighting to wait for an opportunity to give an impromptu attack, what a really bad hobby!”

Then suddenly, that figure appeared before us, no, exactly he appeared from behind us.  The person I know well.  The figure who always accompanied Riri to keep at the store every time he finished baking bread and cakes with his eldest sister Rara in the kitchen.  The vocal figure that covered Riri's lack was friendly yet reserved.  She is the second oldest of the flower sisters of Bernard Cake Shop, Rina.

Rina says,

“Not so, Hero of Red Blood.  I have absolutely no intention of fighting with you.  Instead, I realized that our existence had been wrong all along.  We are born by taking the life of our host body.  But with the rest, we pretended to live in their place.  I realized that one day, we would be punished.  Therefore, Red Blood Hero, please take my life in this place so that I can catch up with my brother and sister soon."

It looked as if Rina was silent for a moment while revealing an expression full of sadness.

“But before that, can you grant one of my requests?”  Pinta Rina sincerely.

Kaiser said, “Alright, I understand.  But can you stay away from us first?  We will not be able to demonstrate in a fight if there is a creature unclear what his purpose stands behind us.”

At Kaiser's request, Rina immediately moved away from the place.  However, I am still confused by what Kaiser Kak meant about not being able to concentrate in the fight.  Who are we fighting?

However, the question in my heart was immediately answered by itself as soon as Kak Kaiser said again, “Get out of there, you fucking coward!”

After Kaiser said the sentence, a young man came out from behind one of the trees in the corner of the garden.  But what is this?  That face?

“Hoh, as expected, the Hero of Red Blood is indeed observant.  You are aware of my whereabouts apparently.”  Tell that figure.

“Omong empty!  Where might your whereabouts not be known after the impromptu attack that you gave my previous comrade.”  Rebut Kaiser Brother against the speech of the figure.

I should have realized that the figure was here when I received an impromptu attack from him.  Who else was the remaining avatar monster capable of delivering ice attacks into the air other than those avatar monsters.

The figure who did not know shamefully used the face of my brother whom he had killed as his disguise.  It's Freeze.

“Kak Fa..”

“Arjuna!”

I unconsciously almost muttered the name of Kak Faridh who could have threatened our identity to be discovered.  But still, I was unable to control this unpleasant feeling in my heart.

I knew very well that the figure in front of me was not that of Brother Faridh.  Because the real Kak Faridh died five years ago.  Instead, the figure in front of me that has killed Kak Faridh then memimik face.

I shake my teeth in anger.  My mind could think of nothing but my strong desire to avenge my brother Faridh's death on that damn monster.

But what is this?  Why is my body so shaky?

What was my trauma when I watched my brother Faridh get killed by that goddamn monster when I was only able to hide under the capsule hoping that the monster did not find me, has not subsided?

Even after I managed to defeat Mantis, Sly Dark, Nyaa and Sena, I was still afraid of that damn monster?

“Arjuna, relax.  You don't have to face it.  This time leave everything to me.  You can return first to headquarters.”  Said Kaiser suddenly.

Unknowingly, I seemed to be showing too much anger and distress that made my mentor worry about my situation.

I was glued for a moment.  However, I rounded up my resolve and said, “No Brother.  Let me fight.  It's time I had to rid myself of the trauma that has shackled my life for these five years.”

However, suddenly felt something creeping into my body.  Then I lost consciousness too.

***

Kaiser, no, precisely the Avatar Healer, suddenly injects something into Adrian's body that gives the effect of losing consciousness.  In an instant, Adrian fell to the ground.

“Arjuna!  You're there, right?!  Hurry up and take the boy away from this place!”  Shouted suddenly Healer in Kaiser's form after making Adrian faint.

“Duh, troublesome!  Why did this man suddenly faint?  Did Brother do anything to her?”

Arjuna got back up after receiving the sleeping medicine from Kaiser.  But is there something wrong with his behavior?  Adrian basically does have a childish nature, but it was never at all shown in his daily behavior.  But different at the moment, he was clearly acting very childish.

“Have not said much, Avatar Number 97 Arjuna.  Our situation is desperate now.  We are both almost out of mana, but we actually have to face the strongest designed avatar monster in the game.  Anyway, run!  I will try as much as possible to stop him.  Make sure nothing happens to the child.”

Kaiser once again rules over the child figure who appears to possess Adrian's body.  No, it was wrong because all this time, it was Adrian who always borrowed his body when going to face the avatar monsters.  He is the series number 97 avatar who has fused with the change bracelet.  He is the Avatar of Arjuna.