
The previously arid ruins had now turned snowy, the area filled with chaos was now calm without a fight, the barren land turned fertile as many corpses fell. The ruins of this school really have turned 180° in just six hours.
The surviving group pulled over behind a damaged building that was miraculously still solid after the devastating fight. Modified by the fire created by Tesi, they all sat in a circle looking at the two women sitting while hugging their legs.
"So that's it, huh?" Haran listened to the explanation that Tasya told him.
The effects of his change of nature disappeared in an instant and now he can bicaea in accordance with his former nature.
He was not as surprised as what Tasya explained at the moment. Maybe more towards already realizing that this is happening.
But unlike Haran, Sophia who was affected by the same effect just fell silent while enduring the cold weather. He seemed to be back in shock after knowing that something like this had happened to him.
"I'm sorry, Tasya..." Haran immediately lowered his head in regret.
"Why?"
"Because I failed to prevent this from happening."
"Calm down, it's not your fault... This-"
When he wanted to say that, the short woman immediately remembered that she should not have mentioned who was wrong why this event happened.
Despite that, Tasya still did not want to see Haran feel guilty about what had happened. The fact that he was being controlled at the time was the main key that he shouldn't feel that way.
"You dare not say it?" Haran's red eyes flashed the short teacher's petite face. "It's okay, I don't mind if you don't dare to say it."
"Mrs Haran..." With a weak voice, Sophia called out to the teacher without turning her head towards him. "Why can you still smile?"
"Huh?"
The question is simple, but it is difficult to answer the reason.
"We have made many others miserable... But why-"
"Smile, even if it's forced. There's nothing we can do now but accept this unfortunate fate."
Haran cut the girl's sentence with a dense and indisputable sentence.
"Hmm(nodding quietly while bringing a feeling of sadness)..."
"Sophia, relax... I'll be by your side." With a smile, Moka who was sitting nearby crawled towards the girl to wipe away the tears that were splashing on her cheeks.
Hearing that, "I-I'm also with you, Sophia!" Hakam encouraged her, even though it was only in the sense of following what others were doing.
"No, we're the ones with you, Sophia."
Unlike her servant, Stevent's manner of delivery sounded more meaningful and helpful to the girl's mentality.
"By the way, can we change our conversation?" Gita scratched her cheeks while putting on a stupid smile.
When given a nod by Widodo and Tasya as an answer 'yes', Gita's face immediately turned serious.
"Here there are many corpses, what should we do to all of them? Especially to Dahlia and those teachers?"
Like shooting right in the souls of all of them, Gita makes the atmosphere that just turned light to heavy again.
"We bring people we think are important." Haran did not want to linger in misery, he immediately stood up and took command of the group that was silent like this statue. "If for example you recognize one of the faces of a dead body that is not from school, just take it if you need to."
With his orders, instantly the silent group stood up and moved as he wished. The leader's soul from within him was like a natural talent he had.
"Wait a minute, then what are we going to do with Mr Rashid?" Stevent held her collar tightly to show how worried she was about the teacher.
"We leave it alone, this is not something we should offend!"
"But-"
"Do you want to end up like all of them?!" Haran pointed towards the corpses scattered everywhere with a fed up look. "You think we can fight it?"
"We the teachers have fought it with a wiggle, but the result is this. And also, the team from SANGKUNI seems to have the same fate." Adding Haran's strong argument, Widodo reinforces that argument and is increasingly impossible to refute.
Stevent could only bite his own lips, he was too weak for now. He thought defeating the teacher in training would show who was stronger, but the reality of the world was painful.
"If anyone wants to meet him, then come with me...!"
A mysterious voice sounded from the door without the door. A woman with braided hair that spread to the front of her right shoulder stood up as her hands held onto her chest with confidence.
"...Because I'll see him!"
"Erika, you came straight to try to suggest something crazy!" (Detention)
"That's better than retreating empty-handed! Besides, not everyone in the group you lead is sane, right?"
Erika's statement sounded painful, but it made a relief to hear it.
In response, Stevent approached Erika and faced Haran's group. "From the beginning I was aimless, so I would assume that I was crazy. So I'll follow what Erika's doing." Smiling like a stupid bad person, Stevent showed his determination to meet his teacher.
*Tak *Tak *Tak
The slow steps of a girl walked towards Erika. His body that was cold when the ice element user walked like a limp. He held onto his collar which was made into a blanket while shaking.
"Sophia?!" (Moka)
"I have to see him... The pain he's suffering is the same as mine, maybe even more, someone has to calm him down, even if life's at stake."
"You can't, you might end up like Dahlia!" Widodo raised his hand to try to stop the reckless action.
"Why do you think so? Not that you just said that Dahlia was..." When he said that, everyone except Erika turned suspicious. "....Hmm(Little smile), forget it." Without any intention of continuing her sentence, Sophia again walked closer to Erika.
"Tch, if that's what you want, then it's already." Unable to do much, Haran could only scratch his hair in annoyance.
She actually knew how Sophia felt. He even knew the man's past though not completely.
But...
Haran is still a person who holds true self-esteem. If he let empathy eat him, then he would easily fall into a trap that Nova might have prepared for him at any time.
Moreover, the current matter was directly related to the two important Nova people, trying to interfere would only be disastrous. The incident at the school this morning may also have been just a small catastrophe Nova had prepared to warn against interfering.
"If Sophia's coming, then..." Moka was about to walk, but a pair of hands held her arms.
"Moka, no..." Hakam grabbed the girl's hand by holding her red face. He glanced to the right and to the left in search of the right reason. "If you come, then we all the students will come along, then... If so, who's taking care of these bodies. There are no vehicles here, and we can't possibly leave this place like this. The police will be here soon."
Hearing that explanation, Moka undoes her intentions and feels disappointed and saddened by the facts. He wanted to vent all his frustration towards Hakam, but it would not end well for everyone. All he could do was hold it all down until this was all over.
"Then, this has been determined.the group will be separated into two. Erika, Sophia, and Stevent are going to meet Rashid, while the rest will help us prepare for our return!"
"Ready!" (Everything)
Instantly they all moved out of the door and left the broken building.
Their paths are separated, and now they will meet their own destiny. No one knows where fate will take them all. It ends badly or not it depends on their next action.
......................
"Well... Huh... Finally there" Xander ran for breath, sweat drenching all over his body.
While looking at the scene, he saw some people trying to leave this place while taking out some bags containing human-sized objects.
"Hey, where are you going?!" (Xander)
"Prepare home." (Tesi)
"How about-"
"It's over, we just have to get ready, you better help too, Xander." (Samuel)
Xander was silent and speechless. He helped them leave without asking any further questions.
Damn me, yesterday exposed to this problem now hit by this problem. (Xander)