Magic Of Mana Book 1: The First Tragedy
Chapter 5: The Quartz and the Throttling Kingdom (Part 3)

Chapter 5 (Part 3)

The Quartz and the Throttling Kingdom

Heavy rain, occasional thunderbolts. A hut in the field became a silent witness to the incident. Shumi still sees a man just abandoned by his wife who is paying for his baby going into a dark forest. The man continued to observe the departure of the person he loved so much. Shumi knew the name of the man from the previous conversation and he also knew who this man was in the end.

Suddenly came a group of people whose presence was barely noticeable due to the extremely dark atmosphere back then. The sound of their steps was swept away by the rain. They all wore dark, almost black hoods and used silver badges that tied their hoods right on their chests. Their faces were not clearly visible either.

“Zahid! We do not want violence!”, said one of those who stood at the front. “We are all here on direct order of the Honorable Chief”.

Zahid turned around slowly. “What's the order? Kill me and my children?”, he replied.

“If needed!”, said the hooded person standing next to the person who spoke to Zahid earlier.

“Show your face if indeed you are the best people to execute me tonight!”, Zahid snapped.

A group of strangers then opened their hoods to the head until their faces were a little clearly visible. The person who spoke first had a slightly oblong face, with black hair along his neck. His black eyes made a sly impression with the sharp shape of his eyes. Next to him, the man with short black hair looked even more gallant and burly. He looks full of spirit. Killing spirit.

“So you want to surrender?”, asked the neck-haired man earlier. He then took out a wand, a small and short magic wand like a short wooden twig.

“You do want to kill us right, Aziz?!”, Zahid replied to the person who issued the wand earlier. Then, he extended his right hand to the ground, suddenly appearing a circle-shaped ornament and took out a magic wand that was quite large and as tall as his chest. There is a strange carving on the head of the stick that is shaped like a large avocado.

Aziz laughed, “Ha.ha.ha..... Alright, Zahid! Let's see, my wooden wand is it possible to beat your wooden staff?”. He prepares to attack. “Be prepared!”.

Zahid gripped his staff. He is also ready to face anyone who attacks him.

“Frozen Spear!”, Azir shouted while brandishing his wand. Three ice spears appeared in front of him and pointed towards Zahid. In a flash, the spears shot through the air attacking its target.

“Water wall!”, reply Zahid and a wall of water that resembles a whirlpool that he took from the rain around him. In a flash, the spears that led to him melted and disappeared being eaten by the whirlpool. Zahid jumped slightly to his left side and attacked back. “Fire Ball”, he said.

The appearance of a fireball as big as a watermelon led to Aziz and made him shocked. The fireball was hurtling faster than the speed of his ice spear strike so he could not dodge it. “Sial! How can he withstand my magic attack”, he murmured.

Suddenly the person next to Aziz pulled him and took him to jump back and the fireball only burned the ground where Aziz was standing until it was lost due to rain. He and the man who saved her fell to the ground.

“Thank you, Faiz!”, Aziz said, “Nearly just”. He quickly got up and stood up.

“You're very clever, Zahid! Just manipulate the rainwater so that your mana is not too drained, then use middle-level magic so that the speed can be more effective in the rain like this”, Faiz praised as he stood back up. “It looks like if we don't attack him together, we won't be able to catch Scarlet in time!”.

“Indeed against the former deputy head guard is not an easy thing, ha...ha...”, sahut Aziz, “But, we are also top-class magicians, so we will not hesitate!”.

The other five people from the plot began to let out their aura each ready to attack. Faiz also started to let out his aura as well. They fought with empty hands.

Seeing the enemy begin to prepare to its full potential, Zahid began to also show his aura. “Honestly, I have no intention of killing my own brothers!”, he said as he began to lift his legs leaving his footing on the ground. He flew because of his aura.

“Mazing, right?!”, praise Aziz, “Let's just speed up the mess!”. He also brought out his aura.

All the hooded men started attacking. They cast different elemental magic. Twist fire ball, Water slasher, Frozen spear, and Wind Blaster were launched by four attackers from the front of Zahid so that a large fireball swirling, the water solidifying and resembling a large blade, was created, spears of pointed ice and air that resembled small blades were created and ready to glide. Blind Light from one attacker was also created so as to create a light that is very blinding to the eyes of the target with the aim that the attacks were not seen well by Zahid.

At the same time, Zaid created a thick, semi-transparent white shield before him, trying to repel the attacks. “Particle Shield!”, he said.

A moment later, all the attacks and shields clashed together and shattered together, creating a thick amount of dust and smoke. Suddenly Faiz emerged from behind the dust. He darted fast as if at his feet there was an artificial spring that made it can be ejected quickly. In his right hand was a yellow glowing ornament. He put something in his hand.

Zahid surprised. He immediately created an air conditioning magic beside him. “Compressible Air!”, he said and instantly he crashed to his left side. But, he was subconsciously hit by a large rock that suddenly appeared from underground on his left side.

“Mountain Rock!”, Aziz said with his wand so that the big rock had appeared and hit Zahid.

Zahid hit quite hard and bounced to his right side towards the ground. He looks in pain. Unfinished he landed, suddenly Faiz was ready to punch him in the air.

“Lighting punch!”, Faiz said as he released his fist into Zahid's stomach.

Shortly before the effects of the blow appeared, Zahid cast magic from his wooden staff. “Fire Burst!”, he said.

At the same time, Zahid slammed into the ground after lightning suddenly created and exploded in his stomach and he retaliated by creating a fire that pierced Faiz's chest until a flame penetrated out of his back. Zahid lay on the ground and rained, as did Faiz, who was blown away a few meters from Zahid.

“However, the cloak magic you used to trick us will definitely greatly drain your mana energy!”, Aziz said. “Using such disaster-level magic in quite a long time and still being able to fight like this? I praise you, Zahid!”, he added with a smile and approached Faiz.

Faiz sprawled withstanding the pain and his body aura disappeared completely. From his body can be seen black smoke occasionally trying to penetrate the rain that fell. Shumi watched everything from a short distance away. He also saw Zahid trying to get up even though his stomach was also injured. His clothes were hollow like a circle right on the side of his stomach that was exposed to magic earlier.

“We just finish it, Zahid!”, Aziz said. “Cure”, he tried to heal Faiz's wounds. “If only the anti-magic clothes you use were low-leveled, your stomach would have been hollow, ha.ha.ha...”, he continued with a laugh.

Zahid simply fell silent and tried to hold his body with his staff. His aura began to fade. He still seems to be in pain. “You really intend to finish me here, yes?”, he said softly.

“Of course!”, replied Aziz, “When else can I use this opportunity?”. He seemed very happy and excited.

Surprisingly, Shumi saw the five attackers his father was surprised by Aziz's statement earlier, as if something was not in line with something. But they just remained silent. Shumi thought they were just subordinates who had to follow the orders of his current superiors.

“The formula is correct, but I am also surprised it is not Yasmine who came here!”, Zahid replied. “Nothing, someday there will definitely be someone who will pay for all this, Aziz!”.

Shumi started to remember Yasmie's name again. He does not know who the owner of the name is.

Zahid then let out his aura again. He lifted the big rock that hit him. “Jump rock! Wrinkles Ball! Magma Fire!”, he said and made the stone fly high enough, while compressing it into a ball and then making it burn. Everyone there was glued to see the big fireball.

“Awesome!”, Aziz said with a smile. He was preparing something to hold her.

The other five attackers were also shocked. They are also prepared.

“Maybe this is my last attack, I will assure you that you will not be able to chase after my son!”, Zahid said with a smile.

(Connected to part 4)