Moonlight After Sunset's
Lotus Forest [Pt 2 ]

"The fate that brought the wound is now back with a new feeling. Bring love and struggle to the boundary between the two."

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The morning breeze began to warmly greet the tiny body of Dusk. Her strands of free hair move in harmony with the coming of the wind. Reddish eyelids with pliable eyelashes are now beginning to show their contents.

Slowly Dusk opened his beautiful eyes. He was tired of what happened last night. Dusk was still thinking about the black pearls that could make the saint beasts craze.

He was afraid that if it also happened to his holy animals he might not be able to hurt them especially to kill him.

"Miss, are you okay?" ristia asked after feeling the chaotic energy from the body of Dusk.

Dusk was silent, he got down from the tent and began to step away towards the scene last night.

"Miss," call Ristia worried about her miss's behavior.

"I'm fine," exclaimed Dusk flat while still stepping away. Ristia just silently looked at the pensive Dusk along the way. He knew that his missus was still thinking about last night's events that were frustrating until now.

Lama Dusk walked until finally he reached the hill where the incident happened last night and strangely the place was empty.

"What's this?" tanya Dusk was shocked when she saw the scene like nothing had happened.

"How can you?" tanya Dusk returned while running down the hill towards that place.

"Miss, be careful," exclaimed Ristia in shock as Dusk ran down the hill. Ristia swiftly made a shield so that her miss would not be injured when she fell.

"Do you feel anything?" tanya Dusk while avoiding some of the logs that blocked his path.

"Miss calm down first, Miss could have fallen later," pinta Ristia while removing some stones that blocked the Dusk road.

Dusk was silent and indifferent no matter what Ristia said all she wanted was to get to the scene quickly.

When he was about to pass through the trunk of a pine tree hanging on the ground accidentally he stepped on the roots of the vines so that it made him slip and fall but thanks to the shield made by Ristia it only resulted in small injuries.

"Didn't I tell you not to run." Ristia growled when she saw the clothes worn by Dusk torn due to a hard impact with a large stone beside her.

Dusk said nothing, he remained focused on his goal.

"If it's like this then his stubbornness can exceed the rock," said Ristia annoyed to see Dusk who still ran down the hill despite having fallen.

"Didn't you feel anything here?" ask Dusk when they arrived at the scene last night.

"I don't feel anything Miss," Ristia replied while observing the circumstances.

"I'm sure this was the place last night where I destroyed them," murmured Dusk sharply as he walked around the place.

"It seems like someone has gone before us." exclaimed Ristia while showing the traces of magic in the place.

Dusk only stared at the nanar on the traces of magic that still remained although faint. "They must be really great," Ristia continued after feeling a great mana in that place.

"Can you track them?" ask Dusk with teeth that are linked together to hold back anger.

"Miss we should just go back, if it continues then Miss's life will be in danger," pinta Ristia with an anxious face.

"This place is really back to how it was, there is no sign that this place was ever destroyed,"

"What makes me even more upset is that even though I destroyed it, there were not a few corpses or sacred animals that were injured when I was sure that last night some of them were dead. I'm sure of it," muttered the sharp Dusk with a face that started to blush holding back the annoyance.

"How great are they to be able to cover up the destruction I have created. If I can't destroy them then the same thing will happen to other holy animals, including them,"

"Can't, while I'm here I'll find them no matter what," exclaimed Dusk as he stepped away from the place.

"Miss!" ristia yelled softly when she saw her lady who was not willing to give up.

"Well Miss if that's what you want, what can I do" said Ristia as she turned lightly on the twilight wrist.

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The time has shown at 2 pm but Dusk still does not stop from searching.

"Miss, it's time for us to take a break for a moment" exclaimed Ristia as she walked away towards the neck of Dusk.

Dusk still walked and did not care about Ristia's complaints. "If not rest Miss can be sick and will not be able to find them in this forest," continued Ristia when not getting an answer from Dusk.

"Calm down a bit, I'm looking for a place for us to rest" said Dusk indifferently and went towards the large rock next to the Pine tree.

"Ristia, take care of me while meditating" continued Dusk as he sat on the large rock.

"Alright Miss," replied Ristia then made a double shield around the body of Dusk.

It has been 1 hour Dusk doing meditation with strict care from Ristia.

"I felt a great energy from the West" said Dusk as it was between time and space.

"Looks like he's out of control, is it possible...?" continue the evening while leaving the empty space.

The first time Dusk found the room was when he was training with Prof Edward a few months ago. Since then Dusk often uses it for meditation or looking for something to hide.

"Do you feel it too?" asked Ristia when she opened her eyes.

"Yes Miss, where this is so chaotic just like the mana on Hyena back then," Ristia replied while recalling the Hyena that died one day ago.

Without further ado Dusk then went in the direction where the energy came from. On the way Ristia installed a double shield reinforced every second to protect Dusk if only the circumstances did not support.

"Look at that Miss," exclaimed Ristia as they almost reached their destination.

Dusk just kept silent while accelerating his run. The energy released by the sacred animal is now starting to ferment. From a distance Dusk had seen a black light enveloping the place.

"What's that?" ask Dusk a little worried.

"It was a dark aura coming out of his body, it seems like we're too late now that he's successfully mutated," said Ristia's great-grandson with the original swaying tail.

"We have to stop him before he makes it out of this lotus forest" said Dusk with a slightly trembling body holding back the fear.

"Miss!" shouted Ristia who was stuck in her throat.

"Be assured that we can overcome all this." replied Dusk as he walked slowly towards the place where the mutated animal.

Dusk approached the place carefully. His small steps slowly began to find the area around the animal. Now Dusk was in the right position to kill him.

"What animal is that?" ask Dusk when he sees a sacred animal that has mutated into a strange shape.

The saint beast was now more akin to a ferocious monster with a large body and also black skin peeling off. His body looks red with fangs sticking out of his mouth even his claws are long and look sharp like daggers.

"Damn it," the frustrated Twilight grumbled as she clasped tightly onto her knuckle. Dusk continued to pay attention to the movements of the panther.

He was waiting for a gap to be able to slide his arrow. Long Dusk wait but the movement of the animal is getting more agile even already several times Dusk had to move places just to make sure the condition remains safe.

"Miss if it continues like this there is a small chance we can hurt it," said Ristia as the panther moved again.

Dusk just silently watched the panther to wait for the right moment for him. Dusk tried to remain calm, he also knew if it continued like this then not a single arrow could he release.

Dusk decided to concentrate his mana on one point and this time Dusk would not use his magic wand but rather a sword.

The sword that Dusk had brought since his entry into academia. This spear-shaped sword was sky blue in color and slowly it emitted rays on each side. It is a sign that Dusk is flowing mana in it.

Ristia who was shocked to see him could only be astonished by the overwhelming power of that miss. Now he did not want to lose and tried to strengthen his shield again so that his miss was not hurt in the slightest at the time of the fight.

Slowly Dusk reopened both of his eyelids, and now the eyes turned into a red color as red as blood and some dark green lines that enveloped him. The twilight was getting tighter grasping his sword. Now Dusk began to approach the kind of beetle secretly.

Dusk then took a breath and threw it through the mouth so that the condition of his body remained relaxed. When Dusk was right behind the back of the panther, Dusk immediately drew his sword and slashed at the back of the panther.

The panther that sensed the killing aura from behind his back swiftly shot towards the left dodging the sharpness of the Twilight sword.

Seeing it makes Dusk become upset and without a second thought continue to attack the panther but because the level between the two is very much different it is very unfavorable for Dusk.

One scratch from the panther managed to tear down Ristia's shield but Dusk still had time to dodge and only get a scratch wound on his wrist.

"Miss Twilight. Miss should be able to calm down otherwise then we will be in danger," tweeted Ristia when the shield she made was shattered with just a single scratch.

"Sial," said Dusk with an annoyed facial expression, now Dusk was getting tighter holding his sword.

Dusk continued to flow his mana into the weapon but the panther did not give Dusk a chance to attack him. The panther continued raining Dusk with its claws and slammed hard at Dusk so that it continued to fall to the ground.

"I will make you unable to move forever" murmured Dusk in his heart as he put his sword back in the sheath. He then pulled the two ends of the sword which then pulled out a fairly thin but deadly iron chain.

Dusk ran towards the panther and pointed the Chain at his neck and immediately the body of the panther bled as part of his flesh was cut off. Dusk was satisfied but the pleasure had to be dashed when the flower tiger clawed back at Dusk.

Dusk was unable to avoid the scratch so his left leg suffered a deep cut with several sharp strokes that revealed the contents of his thigh, Dusk felt an excruciating pain but he could not stop just like that.

The twilight that began to turn paled then concentrated to re-collect his mana and retract both ends of his sword so that it was in the shape of a spear with a blade at each end.

Dusk then turned the spear and pierced the body parts of the panther that made it bleed a lot.

When about to stick the tip of the spear on the head of the tiger beetle Dusk began to lose its balance which made it even hit hard from the kick of the tiger beetle. The bloodied twilight began to recall Prof Edward's message about the silver whistle.

Soon Dusk issued the whistle but unfortunately when he was about to blow the whistle, the panther attacked Dusk again and made the body of Dusk fly hit a tree and caused the whistle to fall to the ground.

Dusk tried to take the whistle but unfortunately the blow for the sake of the hit continues to rain on him so that makes Dusk increasingly difficult in moving his legs.

"Damn it," said Dusk trying to get back up from the fall.

"Miss...!" shouted Ristia who was increasingly helpless with the condition of her miss's body that was getting worse.

Ristia quickly re-created a layered shield but again the shield was destroyed with just a single scratch.

"How strong is this animal until it can destroy my shield," Ristia murmured frantically as she continued to strengthen her shield.

"If it continues like this then Miss's body will be completely destroyed," continued Ristia furious with a face that began to blacken because of irritation.

The panther had a messy energy and even that energy increased every time he managed to drop the body of Dusk, now the level of strength of the panther was increased rapidly from level 7 to level 9.

"If this is allowed to go on and on then I will die in vain, I cannot continue like this" said Dusk as he stared at the whistle five meters away from him.

"Ristia tried to shift her gaze for a moment even if it was only 10 seconds," Pinta Dusk who answered a nod of his head by Ristia.

As Ristia tried to take her eyes off the panther, Dusk slowly used her magic wand to pick up the falling whistle. When he was about to hold the whistle, the magic wand of Dusk was even shattered in two.

"Why can?" tanya Dusk panicked when the panther attacked him again.

"I'm sorry Miss," Ristia's great-grandson was full of regret.

"The whistle!" twilight exclaimed as the whistle was again crushed by the panther with his feet.

"This panther is so smart, it doesn't even give me a little gap,"

Dusk which began to lose control because of the scratches on his thigh began to give the effect of a sting.

"It hurts so much" said Dusk, wiping the blood flowing from his thigh.

"The wound's color has been infected so it's difficult for me to heal it" explained Ristia who was beginning to be overwhelmed by the current condition.

"Will I end up like this?" tanya Dusk ambiguously while staring at the pusar panther beetle that began to approach him.

Ristia felt regret for not being able to save her master.

"If it is like this then I have to finish it immediately so that there is no regret in the next day," exclaimed Dusk again standing with the help of a spear in his hand.

Dusk conditions began to be chaotic with uncontrolled mana began to attack the panther beetle. Attack after attack successfully dodged by panther.

But as a result of his random attacks, he overwhelmed the panther a little. The Dusk Attack is getting sharper and sharper. Dusk began to sense new mana coming out of his body and mana was so foreign yet extremely powerful.

"What's this?"

"Whatever it is I don't care as long as he can die," shrieked Dusk sharply as he drew his sword. He then slashed at one of the legs of the panther. Twilight Eyes now turned into a deep red color and also deep blue.

The sword he was holding began to feel hot and the temperature around him began to cool down like ice. Dusk then slashed back the body of the tiger beetle but instead of breaking the body of the tiger beetle was melted like heated iron.

The Dusk Attack grew more violent and blindly even all the plants in the area were now frozen like ice. Dusk then wagged back his sword and now the body of the panther was frozen with small pieces.

"Miss, stop it," exclaimed Ristia who was twitching on the wrist of Dusk. Although Ristia was his animal but he could still feel the impact of the huge mana released by his miss.

"What a terrible energy," murmured Ristia quietly.

Dusk who had lost a lot of blood since the initial fight had now started to lose his consciousness, he felt that his body was so foreign but also powerful.

Dusk had successfully passed the initial level 5 and occupy the position of level 5 late it happened due to the fierce fight he had with the panther that almost made him lose his life.

Ristia tried to treat Dusk's wound and made the bleeding stop but it took so long that Dusk continued to lose consciousness until a man came rushing in from their south.

The man looked so messed up with the horse he was riding. He hurriedly pulled Dusk's body into his arms and took Dusk away with him.

Ristia who shared energy with Dusk started to feel tired because her miss was unconscious for a long time, not only did Ristia feel that even Kun and Lily felt the same way.

They didn't even have the energy to move, Dian who realized it immediately contacted Eza and told her to return immediately to check on their miss's condition in the lotus forest.