The Red Crystal Kingdom
Turns out...

Uzan had three guesses when he was in a circle position like this. First, the entire stone warrior would conduct a concurrent attack towards him as he was the target of the first attack. Second, one by one the soldiers who were circling it would attack him. Third, one of the soldiers would become the representative of all of them and fight one against one with him within this circle.

The third Uzan's guess proved correct. One of the stone soldiers. Walk to the middle. The prince thought that he would lash out and attack. However, he just walked quietly.

After that, Uzan and one of the stone warriors faced off in the middle of the circle of stone warriors.

“You can call me Dim,” said the soldier. “And this is the territory of Mr. Invel.”

“I guess that you guys will fight simultaneously,” said Uzan. “I admit, this is very odd.”

Dim sigh. “We all know that you guys you're going to fight with that witch by using the magic of the wind dome to reach that Akais stone.That's why we separated you two. So that you know that to reach the gemstone, it is not that easy.”

Ozan looked at Dim. “In this position, do you intend to fight against me or just talk and negotiate.”

Dim said, “Here, I just want to inform the two of you that the stone soldiers, including myself, are fully managed by Mr. Invel.”

“Then?”

“You should know that his words should not be taken seriously even if he serves as a guide for you. This is because, as you already know that he likes to play – play and spin – turn.”

“This is very odd, Dim,” said Uzan. “If you have nothing else to say, we can just fight.”

“It is not necessary and not necessary o prince of Uzan,” Dim shook his head. “we know that you will instantly lose if we fight here.”

“You mean?”

“We can use our power to make your body immobile and jump right off you,” said Dim. “In addition, I also assume that you have no intention of fighting unless it is very necessary. That was my hope.”

“Alright,” says Uzan. “Then, tell us about your Master Invel and all the ins and outs of his spinning way of speaking.”

“Talking Mr. Invel is not completely rotating, prince Uzan,” says Dim.”Sometimes, he does like to make false realities and distort facts. But, not all.”

Uzan thought of the information that Dim had just thrown. Moments later, he said, “For sure you can convince me that Invel's story about the wind witch who obtained the Akais Stone is just an essay, right?”

“It was just an ordinary imaginary story,” Dim said. “No one has ever obtained the Akais stone that is in this akais cave.”

“Even though?”

“Even though.”

“That means that neither of us have a chance to get it?”

“It's different,” Dim sighed. “Since the First Examination you did with Arika and heard about the purpose of your arrival here to get the Akais Stone, then Mr. Invel looks interested. Maybe he behaved badly. But actually, Mr. Invel the dracula is a very meticulous person.”

“I don't understand what you mean, said Uzan. “But continue the explanation.”

“After Mr. Invel knew that your goal was to stop the earthquake in Kastala, he told us to give this Akais Stone only – Just.”

“Is it a fictional story or do you want to deceive us?” furious Uzan.

“Mr Invel also already knows that you have a crisis of trust, prince Uzan,” Dim said. However this is reality.”

Uzan knows that Dim's knowledge of him is the result of the story between him and Arika when filling the previous void. Then, he decided to believe it even if not completely. “Alright, What happened to Arika on the other side of this circle?”

“He is being given more or less the same information as you,” Dim said. You'll meet him soon. While waiting, you better take a break.

A little while later, Uzan's mind faded. He felt the same sense of silence he felt when he entered this cave. Very empty. After that, he decided to put his sword in the sword sheath. Then sit cross-legged while closing your eyes.

The stone warriors, including Dim, slowly faded into hundreds of bronze lights that spread out and vanished.

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Arika circulated a glance to the entire stone warrior who was surrounding her. He did not expect that he would be easily separated from Uzan like this. He thought that he would face one by one of them. As he experienced on the second exam when he had to face Sara and Rota.

After that, a stone warrior came before Arika. Arika has an idea. Since he had an Azure bracelet, he would be able to perform Wind vortex magic so that all the stone warriors who were surrounding him would be blown away, bounced, and eroded.

However, when the witch concentrated on her magic, nothing happened. Magic nil. What happened?”

After that, there was a stone warrior who was in front of him. He still holds a sword and a shield. I don't know why Arika felt that she would be directly attacked.

However, that one stone warrior did not make an attack. Instead, he said, “you can't do this time, Arika?”

Arika's forehead shriveling. “You mean?”

“This place is the magical nature of the cave and is still included in the cave area even though you can feel the scorching sun and you can see the sky and also the clouds – clouds floating above.”

“Alright,” says Arika. “Didn't you attack me?”

“No,” said the stone warrior. “Instead I want to talk to you.”

“Speaking about what?”

“Talk about – things related to Akais stone,” said the stone warrior. “Previous, introduce, my name is Dim.”

Arika stunned. He couldn't think about what was going on here.

Dim said, Previously, I will explain to you about – things that we have explained to prince Uzan.

After that, Dima revealed about – things related to the cave of the Akais, Invel's intentions, fictional stories, and the intention that the akais stone will be bound to him and Uzan for only – Only.

After thinking about the information that Dim had just thrown and thinking for a while about it, Arika said, “Are you serious about this?”

“That's right,” says Dim.

“Then what was the purpose of Invel in the second exam by installing the two of us to fight with our friend's – friend?”

“It was to test about how attached you are to your friends – friends,” said Dim. “Or maybe in this case, is a compactness test.”

Arika frowning while stomping her feet. “ini sucks. If this is the way, why didn't you say from the beginning?”

“As I have explained before, Mr. Invel does like to play – play to know more about you guys,” said Dim. “ In addition, you two can also find out about the fighting ability of your friends –.”

Arika pouting. He was still upset because it was on the losing side when paired in a fight.

“You should be able to take the wisdom of this, Arika,” said Dim. “win and lose is not relevant for this. The experience you have is useful for you to function in the future.”

“I understand,” Arika nodded. “Then, what happened to my magic just now. Why nil?”

“When you're in a crowd of stone warriors like this, with as soon as we want, we can temporarily turn off any magical power. After all, after this, you can do magic again. Try!”

Arika nodded. The witch flicked her finger. A gentle whirlwind of greenish sheen blew around him. “Alright, my magic is back.”

“Only that's the information we need to convey,” Dim said. Next, we will obliterate ourselves and you can directly approach the prince of Uzan to obtain the Stone of Akais and continue what is your goal.”

Arika. “Good.”

Moments later, Arika watched the stone soldiers instantly break into thousands of bronze lights that instantly soared into the air and faded away.

After that, Arika removed her magic wand. Then look towards uzan who looks like he is sitting cross-legged. Then, the witch came straight to him. “Prince Uzan!”

Uzan immediately opened his eyes and stood up to welcome Arika. After that, the two of them talked about what they had just experienced.

“Inch odd,” says Uzan.

Arika approves. “At first I didn't believe Dim's words either, but because I was given the same information as the prince. I'm starting to believe it.”

After that, Uzan and Arika faced their bodies towards the glittering Akais Stone from a distance while looking at the Magical Material.