Old Division
Chapter 3 - 4: The Army

Inside the meeting room, General Rayfox and General Eugine were talking about something.

However, at the same time they both felt a vibration coming from outside the building.

"What's that?" eugine asked Rayfox with a slight shock.

"Hahaha, at most he was welcoming them," Rayfox said with a small laugh.

"Him?" eugine asked confusedly.

"Who else if not Richa, maybe right now he is going berserk again because of Mervis..hahahaha," Rayfox laughed loudly.

"You don't underestimate Richa's anger too much, I don't want him to kill someone here" Eugine said in a slightly serious tone and scolded the friend.

"Here you do not have to think too much about it, I am sure he must have felt this first.. hahaha.." said Rayfox in a slightly joking tone to calm their situation.

"She?.. Who else do you mean?" ask Eugine again.

"Huh?.. have you forgotten that we have many barbarian women here?.. hahahaha," Rayfox answered Eugine's question in a jest.

"You've always been like that" Eugine coldly told Rayfox.

"Haha... then..where was it?" rayfox said back to talk to Eugine about something serious.

Meanwhile, outside the building with a gripping atmosphere, the soldiers ran to hide to save themselves from Richa's rampage.

"Colonel... You're too much!!" said one of the female soldiers who ran away from Richa while covering her head with both hands.

"O-oi Richa... What are you doing?.. Stop this joke!" mervis said in a serious tone.

"Huh?.. You think this is a joke?... You think that's my anger?" richa asked with an increasingly angry tone accompanied by a reddish-black aura around his body.

"Not like that I mean, calm yourself down!" mervis said in a nervous tone.

"If you want to be like that, ask the man to apologize to me!" richa sternly with a tone that sounded a little threatening to them.

"Yuichi, you better apologize to the Colonel, you idiot!" casta said as she smacked Yuichi's head slowly.

"Well?.why should I apologize?" yuichi asked confusedly.

"It's all because of your stupidity, horse hair," Zaki said with a flat face and tone.

"If he doesn't want to apologize to me, I'll kill him. You better not get in my way!" richa said to Mervis.

"Cih..." Mervis's inner being with a very confusing state.

"So that's how it is?. You would rather the man die than have to force him to apologize to me!" said Richa with a very sharp look towards Mervis.

Then, not long before Richa finished his words, suddenly Richa had disappeared from where he was standing before, and moved very quickly towards Yuichi who was hiding behind a car with Casta, Linda, and so on, Ayla and Zaki.

With sharp and slightly long nails that resembled the claws of a bear emerged from both of his fingers.

Richa passes Mervis who is confused by the incredible speed and immediately uses his claws to claw at the body parts of the car that are being used by Yuichi, Ayla, Casta, Linda and also Zaki to hide.

"W-what?" mervis said in a very surprised tone because Richa who was behind him tore the body of the car.

The tear released a shock wave that continued to point straight towards the inside until it split the car into two parts, not just up there, he said, the wave continued to move straight until it finally knocked down a large sword-shaped statue in front of the building.

The soldiers who were running around watching it then all let out a very shocked expression with their mouths all gaping at the power of Colonel Richa.

"Tidaaakk, my car.." cried Mervis saw his car had been split into two parts.

Casta, Ayla, Linda, Yuichi and Zaki who previously hid behind the car then avoided several steps from the car that had become two parts.

"K-Colonel.." said a slightly frightened Casta.

"O-oi. what are you doing," said Zaki who was slightly surprised to see Richa.

"D-he seriously wants to kill me?" said Yuichi who was shocked with a little sweat on his face.

Linda who saw her friend who was in danger immediately stood in front of Yuichi and stretched her hand to protect Yuichi.

"Huh?" richa said in a slightly angry tone looking at Linda who was standing in front of Yuichi and trying to protect Yuichi.

"H-stop!" linda said in a stammering tone as she looked towards Colonel Richa.

"Linda?" inner Mervis, Casta and Ayla who immediately turned their eyes towards Linda with shocked expressions saw the action that tried to protect Yuichi from Richa's anger.

"O-oi Linda.. w-what are you doing?" said Casta who tried to stop Linda.

"Then I'll kill you with your friend." Richa said while letting out his anger.

Richa, who is in control of a bear's anger, moves very quickly towards Linda, who is standing still protecting Yuichi, richa's right hand was already preparing to cut through whatever was in front of him, and while pointing it towards Linda, a very sharp dark black nail was ready to unleash its power.

Mervis who is aware of Richa who has moved towards Linda with incredible speed then immediately immediately immediately took out his Artifacts and wants to save Linda from the safest Richa.

However, Mervis realized, if he moved and protected them both with his body, even though as hard as the defense of the Mervis Artifacts, still would not be able to match the power of the claw of an angry bear.

"Linda.." shouted Casta and Ayla who saw Colonel Richa heading towards Linda.

Zaki who saw that then clenched his hands with all his might while issuing a very deep look of hatred towards Richa who wanted to attack Linda.

Once again, Zaki blinked quickly and his pupils returned to a deep blue color but there was now no image of a wolf head like before.

And quickly and even very quickly, Zaki immediately stood in front of Linda who was closing her eyes and her head was facing down.

"You-you...."

Richa who saw Zaki suddenly standing in front of Linda was a little surprised, but Richa still tried to attack anyone who confronted him, by directing his sharp claws towards Zaki, but still tried to attack him, Richa tries to scratch Zaki's body.

"Over Claw." said Richa while looking into Zaki's eyes and looks a smile Richa very wide and a little terrible.

Just as the claws were about to touch Zaki, suddenly a slightly loud voice came from the top of the building.

"Sterculia foetida" said the voice.

And so quickly that it exceeded even the speed of Richa, a small tree grew between Zaki and Richa.

"I-this.." said Richa with a little surprise.

Dust floats around them and covers them both, as the soldiers and the others are confused by what happened, Casta, Ayla and Mervis think that Zaki has been hit by an attack from Richa.

"Z-Zaki.." said Linda in a soft tone.

Seeing a little blood on the floor, Casta ran over to Linda and carried her slightly away from the dust.

"W-what happened?" yuichi asked quietly and confusedly watched the situation.

When the dust began to disappear, there was a black hairy creature all over his body with a height of 200cm, red eyes lit up, the ears are long and pointed and there are also two fangs that come out of the mouth of the creature .

Everyone who witnessed this was shocked, because the creature resisted Richa's attack with his left hand using long nails that resembled black claws.

"I-that's right." said everyone who was around to see the creature resisted Richa's attack.

"Richa... What are you doing?" the voice sounded from above the building.

Richa responds to the voice calling out to him by looking at the source of the voice, but the response given by Richa looks ordinary and like there is no problem that he caused.

"Cih.." said Richa in a cold tone.

"J-General Celiona." said the soldiers saluted them.

General Celiona jumped down from the top of the building, saw a beautiful woman with a slim body, beautiful stripes, long waist hair and black, black eyes, black, wearing a red army uniform with a white pattern and a badge on his shoulders that is drawn with four stars, and on his left chest there is a ribbon bar that is quite a lot, and on top of the ribbon bar there is a cross sword badge and on the right chest there is a golden crescent and star badge.

Also seen in the left hand of General Celiona was holding a neck scarf and made of very soft black fur and put the scarf to his neck.

"O-oi Zaki.. Are you okay?" ask Mervis to worry.

Zaki just looks silent without saying anything, with a wound on the back of his hand that is quite large, from the wound the blood on the floor dripped.

"Your hands hurt Zaki!" said Casta who saw it.

However, Zaki just fell silent and remained staring at Richa sharply.

"Once again if you do that, I'll take your life as a gift for my beloved dog" Zaki said very slowly, with a serious and hateful look on his face.

However, the creature in front of Zaki heard what Zaki said and immediately looked towards Zaki while still holding onto Richa's claws with his claws.

When the creature looks into Zaki's eyes, the creature is terrified by what he sees, because the creature accidentally glimpsed the pupils of Zaki's eyes are dark blue and bring up a picture of a wolf's head with silver color.

"Well?.. What did you say?" said Richa who did not hear clearly what Zaki said in an annoyed tone.

It seemed that Richa could not see that Zaki's pupils had changed at that moment, and only the creature could see them clearly.

At that time the scarf used by General Celiona reacted to give a very strong vibration like a refusal to use, likewise with Richa's Artifacts, the bear pin attached to his hat is also moving like it does not want to be used.

"What's going on.." Inner General Celiona was confused.

And suddenly the black creature disappeared, as well as the claws of Richa that disappeared suddenly and returned to be her nails are beautiful as usual.

"Heh?.. What happened.." said Richa in a very confused tone.

All who saw the incident instantly wondered what was going on.

"Richa... What are you doing to our guests?" said General Celiona with a tone snapping at Richa firmly.

"Sorry General.a-a-I don't know what's going on.." said Richa, closing his eyes and saluting Celiona.

"You're always drowning in your own desires, before you can control your Artifacts, there's no promotion for you!" general Celiona was very strict.

"Good General!" said Richa while still paying respect to Celiona.

"Eh?.. The Colonel is not angry anymore?" linda was confused.

"Thank God he's back to normal." said Casta relieved as he held his chest.

"Colonel Richa is like that, when the mood is not good, then the power will control him," Casta explained to Linda.

"Yes, that is what Colonel Richa is trying to do, which is control his Artifacts," Ayla said in a serious tone and looked at Colonel Richa who was being scolded by General Celiona.

"Haaahh.. thank God now I'm okay.." said Yuichi exhaled a long breath because he felt he was a little safe.

"That's all because you're a fool" Casta said scolding Yuichi.

"Eh.. why am I wrong here," Yuichi replied to Casta's scolding.

"Zaki.." said Mervis as he approached Zaki and checked his condition.

Zaki remained standing still and did not respond to anything.

"In-he.. p-fainted.." said Mervis shocked.

"Heh?.." said the soldiers who were around.

General Celiona who saw this then told Mervis to immediately bring Zaki inside and head to the treatment room, mervis swiftly summoned several male soldiers who were around the location to carry Zaki's body.

"Zaki.." said Linda worriedly while looking at Zaki.

"She fainted standing up. Strange young man." said General Celiona with a small smile.

"But... when Ruwo looked at the young man..why did his behavior become a little strange and just leave?" inner Celiona wondered with a serious look towards Zaki who was being carried by the soldiers.

"You're the man over there." call Richa softly.

"I-i?" yuichi said with a fearful expression.

"Are you hurt?" ask Richa curiously.

"A-ah.. t-no!" yuichi said nervously.

"I'm sorry about what happened, I can't control my body" Richa said, bowing her head and apologizing to Yuichi and Linda.

Then Richa turned his gaze towards the car that had been split into two parts.

"Eh?.. Why is Mervis' car like this?" ask Richa astonished.

However, Richa who saw Casta, Ayla, Linda and Yuichi looked at him with a gaze that was the one who had damaged the vehicle and also some buildings that were around there.

"A-a-I'm going to apologize to Mervis.I'm sorry, I'm sorry," he said innocently by continuing to bow his head because he felt very guilty.

"A-ah. That's okay Colonel, I don't think Colonel Mervis has much to say about that either...." casta said as she rubbed her right hand against her back head while calming the guilt-ridden Richa.

"Well Casta... What was that black creature?" linda was confused.

"That's the creature I summoned using my Artifacts" General Celiona said.

"Artifacts?" ask Linda to be curious.

"Yes..this.." said General Celiona while holding the scarf around her neck.

"Then what was that creature?" ask Linda again.

"The creature was a Spirit, his name was Genderuwo. I called him Ruwo," explained General Celiona again.

"Cool.." said Linda with sparkling eyes.

"Then the general, why did he just disappear?" ask Casta curiously.

"That's it, probably because of the young man's strength." said Celiona confused.

"Zaki?" ask Casta shocked and curious.

"Huh?... Zaki has the power?" yuichi shouted at their conversation.

"Heh... do you envy that Yuichi?" insinuations Casta.

"Hmph.where may I envy such a fool. If he has the power, then I should have it too." Yuichi said curiously and replied to Casta's insinuations.

"Cih... it is precisely people like you who are very unlikely to have the strength, pass this training only later I doubt if you can succeed.. hmph.." quipped Casta again.

"Nah Casta... Does that mean I have power too?" ask Linda again with eyes that remain sparkling with enthusiasm.

"Well, if that's why I don't know Linda, maybe, considering that you haven't got your memory fully either" Casta replied trying to calm Linda down.

"Linda.

"Yes, everything is still unknown about it, because that is exactly what the higher-ups have decided, you will be specially trained to get your memories back, he said, and tell us what really happened" General Celiona told Linda and Yuichi with a serious look.

"Richa!!" call General Celiona.

Richa who was still busy looking down apologizing to the soldiers one by one turned his head when he heard the call.

"The General's ready!" said Richa while approaching and saluting General Celiona.

"I don't know if Colonel Richa is very gentle" Linda smiled gently at Richa.

"I-I'm sorry" Richa said again, bowing her head to Linda.

"A-ah. t-it's okay," Linda smiled back gently as she gave a gesture of shaking her palms forward at Richa.

"Well, Richa, you're going to take this special training with them to control your Artifacts" General Celione told Richa.

"Eh?.. What kind of training?" ask Richa curiously.

"Hmm. It's still a secret, you better prepare yourself" replied General Celiona firmly.

"B-good General!" said Richa saluting General Celiona.

"Then you rest inside, and accompany your friends there" Celiona told them.

Because it was almost midnight, they entered the large building, and were escorted by the servants in the building to rest in the prepared room.

Looks Casta, Linda and Ayla who just finished bathing and wearing sleep clothes are cool chatting in a room that has been prepared specifically for women.

"Waah.. This place is much larger than Colonel Mervis' office well," said Linda with your admiration while looking towards the surrounding.

"What I'm saying is, this place is huge" Ayla said, smiling at Linda.

"Hmm.." nodded Linda.

"Nah Casta, is this your room?" ask Linda again.

"Ah no, it seems like this is a room devoted to the three of us," replied Casta.

"So.. where did you guys stay while you were here?" ask Linda astonished.

"Near the fourth gate there was a dormitory big enough for the soldiers to live here" replied Casta again.

"Then?.. where did General Celiona live?" ask Linda again.

"Hm... General Celiona has a city where he served, the city of Ganza," Ayla told Linda.

"What about Colonel Richa and the others?" Linda kept asking them about how life was in that place.

"There are some colonels or higher-ups who are given special duties to guard and manage a city, for example Colonel Mervis who was given the task of organizing the city of Bergorm, where you are found," Casta explained.

"Hm... Colonel Louis is guarding the town of Garhare" Ayla said.

"And Colonel Richa, he's guarding Anzrax" Casta told Linda.

"If all the higher-ups are gathered as they are today, then they temporarily stay on top," pointed Ayla up the ceiling of the room.

"Eh?...over?" linda said astonished.

"Yes, they are above us. hahaha.." said Casta with a small laugh.

"They are on the second floor, where the rooms are for the colonels, and the third floor is for the generals" Ayla smiled.

"Ah.. so it's like that." Linda said full of admiration.

"Hmm... How's Zaki doing?" ask Linda to be curious.

"We better let him rest, tomorrow we'll see him" Casta said, trying to calm Linda down.

"Then let's go to sleep, because the night is getting late, you also have to take care of your health" Ayla told Linda in a soft tone.

"Hmm.." nodded Linda.

They also turned off the lights and slept on a Spring Bed mattress with a size large enough.

Meanwhile, Colonel Mervis is seen in Zaki and Yuichi's room.

"Oi horse hair, you better not disturb him to rest" Mervis told Yuichi.

"Huh?..do I look like a person who likes to disturb?" yuichi said in an annoyed tone.

"You'd better get some sleep, because General Rayfox wants to see you tomorrow, because there was something troublesome going on, so he postponed the meeting" Mervis told Yuichi.

"Hmm. alright," Yuichi replied by rubbing his hands against his back head with a cold expression.

"I'll go back to my room, let me know if anything happens" Mervis said, closing the door and returning to her room.

Yuichi looks at Zaki who is sleeping on the bed next to him.

"Nah Zaki is actually what's going on" he looked at Zaki who was asleep.

"I've been troubling you too much, I will mean it to regain our memories, until I find out what strength I have," he said in his heart with determination.

Then Yuichi turned off the sleeping light next to him and pulled the blanket over his nose.