Tales Of Darkness And Light
Chapter 38's
Continuing to sweat coldly and trembling violently, Reth sat smilingly staring at the night sky that had turned red from the prison window where he was being held. Accompanied by the excruciating pain, he could clearly hear the sound of shouts and magic spells being recited from behind the wall he was leaning against.
Suddenly the prison door opened and a man of his age walked around. The man had black hair with a bandage covering his neck and right eye. His green left eye looked at Reth who was smiling broadly at him.
"Come out and help those who are outside." The man said, throwing a sword and a small bottle at Reth.
Reth immediately opened the small bottle and took out a grain of medicine. Drinking it quickly, cold sweat, trembling and also the pain he felt gradually disappeared. Breathing out, he then stood up while pulling out the sword Helios had given him from its sheath.
"You should have given me a better sword, Helios." Reth's Smile at Helios. Standing up, he walked over to the man. "You know my taste, right?"
Helios did not reply to Reth's question. Reversing, he walked out of that prison.
"Unfortunately, the young man who managed to defeat me is no longer here. Though I hope to fight again with him," said Reth who followed Helios. "I want to avenge my humiliating defeat."
"If I were you, I wouldn't wish the young man wasn't here." Cut Helios suddenly without looking at Reth.
"What do you mean?" ask Reth confused. He knew, the young man who defeated him was abnormal, but why would Helios say such a thing?
Stop walking, Helios turned her gaze to Reth. "Because, even if our powers are all combined, we won't be able to defeat him. She is—black cat."
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"I can't understand Apples." Calix was frustrated as he stared at Apple standing alone at the end of the deck observing the sea in front of him.
Apples no longer use cloth to close their eyes. Regis and the crew who first saw the color of Apple's eyes were shocked. The blood-red eyeball was definitely not something that was natural, and also, was it not from the story that was being talked about, Apple, the warrior who managed to defeat the commander of the Ormund Kingdom in Radiata City was blind? All who saw Apple were now convinced once, the young man was not blind. But, why did he close his eyes with a cloth as if he was blind? However, despite being extremely curious, no one dared to ask him.
Fedrick, Peta and Regis who were next to Calix did not say anything. They also did not understand what had happened to the Apples. Yesterday, after the traffickers they rescued told him about the strange storm, he suddenly became very angry and agitated. The situation returned as they were on their way to the port city of Denethor, even worse. Everyone who was nearby could feel the frightening aura and anger present, so, no one dared to approach him, including Regis.
Apples haven't taught Regis how to fight or magic since then. He opened the cloth that closed his eyes to observe the sea around him all day. He's been like that all day, and he doesn't sleep or rest at all. Continuing to observe the sea as if he was looking for something, he just kept quiet when someone dared to ask him what happened.
The apple that kept observing the sea tried hard to control itself, he had no idea what had happened to Rue. But, he was certain that the light the merchants saw must have come from Rue. In this world, the only one who can stop the rampage of nature like that other than her is Rue. Rue was over this sea six days ago.
Apples knew the worst possibility, but he tried hard to convince himself that the ship Rue was not shipwrecked, and the girl had almost arrived in the Kingdom of Catax by now. It was just that, no matter how many times he thought like that, he still could not calm down. Rue could not use his power like he did. Normally, the power of a new Rue would be active when the girl was in danger.
An overwhelming unease and fear only grew stronger filling the heart of Apple. She really hated herself who did not know where and how Ru was now.
Suddenly Apple's eyes caught a ship sailing far enough ahead of them. The ship was not that big when compared to the Silphi. With her keen sense of sight and hearing, she could see and hear clearly what was happening inside the ship.
Inside the ship, Apple saw clearly some men observing the sea while calling out someone's name. His eyes grew in shock as he caught the name of the person they were calling. They called Rue's name.
"Near that ship!" apple's orders turned to look at Fedrick, Calix, Map and Regis. His hand pointed at a ship that was quite far away from their ship.
"Huh? What do you mean, Apple?" calix asked confusedly, as did Fedrick, Peta and Regis.
Everyone who was there was greatly shocked by the anger of the Apples. Calix didn't ask me anything more. He immediately ordered the crew to pilot the Silphi to the ship designated by Apple.
The apple stared at the ship again. His expressionless face could not hide his fear anymore. He really wished he had heard wrong, the name that the men on the ship called was not—Rue. Rue is not a name that is rarely used to name someone. This must have been just a coincidence, the name of the person the young men were looking for on that ship must have been just the same coincidence as Rue. The Rue they were looking for was definitely not the Rue that had always been beside him for these ten years, not the Rue.
Fedrick, Calix, Peta and Regis were shocked when they saw Apple's face. They were completely confused and had no idea what was happening. Natume's attitude these few days is always fickle, she is not like herself anymore, who is always calm and expressionless.
As their ship approached the ship it was pointing to, Apple jumped into the ship regardless of the cries of Fedrick, Calix and Peta. The distance of the two ships was still very far and impossible to jump. However, Apple managed to land easily on that ship.
Everyone on board was shocked by the sudden presence of Apples. They all pulled out the sword that was on their waists and surrounded it. This young man standing in front of them was definitely not an ordinary person.
"Who are you and what do you want?" asked one of the red-haired men in the boat to Apple.
Apple did not answer the young man's question, he asked back with his cold voice full of pressure. "Who is Rue you're looking for?"
Hearing the name Rue that Apple mentioned, everyone there was very surprised.
"Aren't we the ones asking first, who are you? Whatdoyouwant?" ask a brown-haired man with a smile. Standing next to the red-haired man, he looked very relaxed, yet also at once alert.
Looking at the smiling face of the brown-haired man, Apple's anger was mounting. Darting towards the man, he clutched his neck. Raising the two young man's feet from his stand easily, Apple asked again full of anger "Who is Rue you mean?!"
No one dared to move when he saw the action of the Apples. They could all feel the aura of brilliance and anger from the young man before them. Fear enveloped them all. Their instincts say, do not look for trouble with this young man in front of them if you still want to live.
"L-let me go..." The brown-haired man tried to free himself from the clutches of the Apples. His blue eyes stared fearfully at the blood-red eyes full of anger directed at him.
"The vin? Van?—is that really you?" the voice of someone from behind them all suddenly broke the crispness of the atmosphere at hand.
"Map?" call Van, the red-haired man beside Apple was startled, whereas Vin whose neck was gripped by Apple was also completely unable to hide his surprised expression.
The map that had just entered this ship with Fedrick and Calix, immediately ran up to Apple, "I beg you, let go of your hand, Apple. They're not bad people." Pinta Map with a pale face. She was actually very frightened by the Apple that was in front of her right now. However, he emboldened himself, as he felt that if he did not stop the young man now, his friends would definitely meet an anointing fate.
"Yes, Apples. If you keep clutching her neck like that she won't be able to answer your question." Add Calix slowly. He did not dare to provoke Apple's fury now, his anger-filled state looked very similar to his attitude before he got out of control and attacked brutally and viciously at Bold Mountain.
"Apel, calm down" trying to appease Apple, Fedrick tried to give a reasonable and convincing reason for the young man to let go of his hand. "We're above the sea now. There's absolutely no place to escape here, you can let it go."
Hearing the words of the three of them, Apple released the horror of his hand. Vin immediately fell down and coughed. His legs felt so limp, he had absolutely no strength to stand.
"Thank you, Apple." Say Map in relief as soon as you see Apple releasing Vin.
Vin raised his head to look at the Apple standing in front of him. Hearing the young man's name, he immediately recalled. "Apples, black-haired and red-eyed like apples—you, you're the Apple that Rue meant..."
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