Niken Areline
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All three had already come out of the forest, heavy rain was flushing them. However, they were reluctant to stop, they ran as if it was their last day to run. Not caring about the pain in the soles of the feet, they continued down the river lips and followed the current. Soon, the rushing sound of the river hardened. In front of them there is a waterfall at the end of the river. The end of the cliff, stop their steps. The rain continued to rain and slowly the cold froze the bones.

Vivi sat on a big rock. “No way left,” he said.

Niken and Alan look in all directions, until they realize that the only way there is is to go back into the forest or stay here.

“Niken, if our body is united, what might be able to fight Baron?”

“Neither Alan.”

“Do you want to give it a try?” ask Alan.

Niken just nodded. Then the three hid behind a large rock, on the edge of a cliff. Niken has not yet entered Alan's body because if she uses her magic again, then the fairy Homta will find them quickly. The one thing they were hoping for right now was that the Baron could not find their hideout. However, if the Baron has found them, then Niken will enter into Alan's heart and unite to fight him. That's the only plan they have. Alan sat in the middle, Vivi and Niken leaning their heads against Alan's shoulders. The three of them were clearly cold, their bodies crouching and shivering. The rain continues to wash over them.

Actually Niken can use magic to warm the temperature around them. But then again, it would provoke the fairies Homta and Baron. In the end, Niken resigned. He held Vivi's hand.

“Sorry I am brother,” he said while shivering.

Vivi clasped Niken's hand, then smiled. Vivi understood that Niken's position was very difficult. However, she only has Alan, therefore Vivi tends to blame Niken. But tonight, Vivi saw how scared Niken was but, instead, Niken gave the idea to split up so that she was chased by Baron alone on the grounds that Alan and Vivi could survive. And in the end, Vivi's tight grip on Niken signals that she won't let anything bad happen to Niken or Alan.

It had been about twenty minutes they had been in hiding, there had been no sign of the Baron's presence. Niken peeked, there was no figure of Baron or the fairy Homta who would probably look looking like the one in the shadow of Niken's head. The faces of the three of them were already pale cold, it might also have been difficult to speak. The three started to stand up and look at the surroundings from behind the stone.

*

Zrat! Lightning snatched the rocks of their hiding place. Produces an explosion that sounds damaging to the ear. The three bounced back in all directions. Vivi's head hit a rock and stopped at the river. Niken bounced to the other river's lips, while Alan, he was holding on to a rock at the top of the waterfall, his body hanging almost falling carried away by the rushing stream of the waterfall. His gaze was not so clearly covered by the water currents, he could only look at Vivi's body lying on the outskirts there. While Niken, he was already standing straight opposite the Baron.

Fairy Homta went back into her master's white robe. The slap! Niken turned into light and then shot into Alan's heart. Suddenly Alan had the power to lift his body. He jumped from the end of the waterfall to the river where the Baron stood. Zrat! Zrat! Two lightning strikes hit Alan. However, he could avoid it.

“The Baron attack is strong, but the accuracy is poor. We have to get him away from Vivi,” Alan said.

Not yet had Alan run, Baron was suddenly in front and hit his stomach. Very spiffy! Think Alan.

“Arrrghh,” cried Alan, his body bouncing far to the edge of the cliff. He was holding onto his stomach which was hurting. Then when his gaze was fixed back to the front there, Niken turned out to be out and was fighting with the Baron. Three lightning strikes Niken could have avoided, but the woman was cornered in a tree. Alan immediately got up and ran towards Baron from behind. Along with that, Niken again turned into light and shot into Alan's heart.

Alan's right fist looked strong as soon as he united with Niken. The baron looked back and, twog! Baron's face was hit so hard that it made his mouth bleed, probably his teeth were broken. The Baron's body bounced three meters back. Not stopping there, Alan approached Baron and kicked him in the face with the knee of his right leg. Duag! Twice the Baron's face was hit. However, the Baron still got up and retreated backwards to keep his distance from Alan.

We can fight it, Niken thought. The baron took something from inside the bag of his robe. It was a lump of meat that the Baron usually ate to turn himself into a monster figure within a certain period of time. Like he used to do when he attacked Niken and Jaka.

“Wire!” said Alan. Alan again ran to attack Baron, quickly Alan choked Baron's neck and slapped Baron's right hand which was holding the meat. Make the meat float and fall on the ground. This time Baron lay with Alan's position down and strangled him.

Duag! Alan hit Baron's face again. Duag! Twice he did it while strangling. However, when the third blow was about to be swung, Alan's body was struck by lightning and bounced into a rocky river.

*

Vivi woke up, her head was dizzy and aching. There was a wound and blood on his forehead. Then Vivi looked towards Alan, in the distance, her sister was facing the Baron. Alan was holding on to the rock to hold the body back from the swift current flowing. Alan's clothes were torn after being burned by a lightning strike. While Baron, he picked up meat on the ground. Baron's face was battered, his eyes were bruised and his mouth was covered in blood.

Alan climbed a rock in the middle of the stream and then he jumped towards the Baron. But too late, the Baron had already stuffed a lump of meat into his mouth and swallowed it. Duag! Alan manages to kick the Baron until the witch bounces into the woods. But Alan and Niken both knew that what would soon emerge from the darkness of the forest was a monstrous monster.

“AAARRRRRGGGGGHHHHH!!” baron shouted from behind the darkness.

Sure enough, a pair of eyes lit up in the dark. It was red and staring at Alan. Then there was a roar that looked like a tiger.

“Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.”

Baron came out of the dark and jumped pouncing on Alan. His teeth were pointy, his eyes were red, his skin was scaly, his ears were pointed and all the nails in his fingers were sharpened. What made him recognizable was that the Baron was just a white robe he was wearing.

Sraaaaac! Alan jumped to avoid the claw of the Baron. The baron clawed at the boulder until it shattered it.

Holy hooch! Alan.

The baron looked to the side and saw his target back. The baron ran, then swung his claws again blindly. Alan jumped back to avoid it. He was slightly exposed to the sharp nails of the Baron on the cheeks and lips. He made his face bleed. Srak! Alan slipped a slippery stone and fell down and took a step. The baron saw the opportunity and started swinging the claws on his right hand.

And, twog! The baron wavered to the side as a large chunk of rock hit his face. Looking at Vivi who was already standing, she had just thrown a stone once to save her sister's life. But his forehead still slightly drained blood.

The baron did not fall down, he could hold his body and stare towards Vivi. The baron picked up the stone at times then threw it towards Vivi. Dugm! The stone the size of an adult's fist hit Vivi's stomach. Make it bounce and fall and have trouble breathing.

“Kakaaaaakk!” shouted Alan.

  Then, it happened. Things that Alan and Niken feared from the beginning. The baron leapt towards Vivi. He stabbed his heart with one fingernail.

“Argh,” muttered Vivi, instantly she died.

“Huuuuuuaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!” Alan shouted and ran crying towards the Baron. The baron removed the nail from Vivi's heart and quickly turned to attack Alan. He claws at the chest and kicks Alan's body to a bounce. Alan's gaze was still fixed to the body of Vivi who was lying there. Alan got up and stood up again, he put his foot back up to fight the Baron. Srak! Srak! Srak! three scratches hit Alan's body, knocking him down. Alan fell on his stomach between the rocks, but his eyes were still looking at Vivi.

And, suddenly Niken's body came out of Alan. Niken was surprised by what happened. From behind, Jaka came along with the royal troops who had quickly already taken up the formation to surround the Baron. They were carrying weapons made of Metta stone. One of the soldiers released an arrow also made of Metta stone into Baron's shoulder.

“Arrrggghhh!!” The baron screamed, then fell down. The arrow was burning on his body. Making the Baron feel extreme pain to restore his original body shape. The other soldiers attached the Metta stone chain to the Baron's body. After that, Jaka reopened the gate leading to Kana.

“Gak Jaka,” says Niken. “We can't leave Alan that way!”

“Sorry princess, my job is just to return you and catch Baron.”

Jaka brings Niken into the circle of the portal.

“Allaann!” Niken shouted to Alan who was still lying in a pool of blood on the rocky and muddy ground.

Then the other soldiers entered the portal and brought the Baron's body which was already bound by the Metta stone chain. But Alan doesn't care about all that. From earlier he only noticed his brother's body lying in the distance there, drenched in rain.

Alan tried to stand up, the pain hugging his entire body. Her steps were as crumbling as zombies her lips softened, and her eyes were soft. His clothes were torn and full of blood. Arriving near Vivi, she fell crouching, completely crushed.