THE SKY SWORDSMAN
Ch 25 - Valley of Butterflies
Firon's eye color, which was previously white and black as usual, is now red and black in the shape of a triangle in the middle.
Firon continued to groan nonstop. His two hands that he had not been able to move were now able to use to cover his eyes. Not only his hands were now able to move, even his entire body was able to move even though he did not realize it at all. He rolled there and held back
the pain that attacked his eyes.
The condition continued for almost an hour, until he finally fell unconscious not far from the haystack where he had been lying before.
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As usual, after giving the fish he fished in the lake to the cook at Mr. Yorinaga's house, Noguchi hurried to the cave with his small lantern as a street light.
Noguchi was surprised not to play when he arrived at the mouth of the cave and saw a large snake lying lifeless near the haystack and Firon who was no longer lying where he should have been lying.
‘What happened?’ Noguchi was confused. He then approached Firon's body lying on the ground. He placed a lantern from his right hand and a packet of food from his left hand on the ground. He then lifted Firon's body and laid him back on the haystack.
A while later, Firon groaned again slowly. His moaning voice was almost inaudible to Noguchi. Firon then sat down while holding both of his eyes.
“Brother Firon, you can wake up now!?” Noguchi said happily.
Firon, who was initially unaware of his actions, was quite shocked to hear Noguchi's statement. He then tried to stand up while moving his entire limbs.
The pain in his eyes disappeared. All there was now was a feeling of amazement at the changes to his body. He then stepped over to Noguchi who was standing looking at him.
When the two's gaze met, Noguchi quickly turned his gaze in the other direction.
‘What's brother Nogu? Why are you such a scared person to see me?’ Tanya Firon uses telepathy science.
“Matau..why with your eyes?” Noguchi's voice was trembling.
‘What do you mean brother Nogu?’ Ask Firon in wonder.
“Your eyeball is red and your black eye is another shape!” Noguchi tried to explain what he saw.
“Oyah..why is there a dead snake in...?” Noguchi had not yet finished his words, Firon had already stepped out of the cave while carrying Noguchi's lantern. He then approached the lake to confirm what Noguchi had said about his eyes.
Firon glued to look at the shadow of his eyes in the water. He didn't understand what was really happening to him. Moreover, he was still in shock because he was almost harmed by a snake. But what makes him most shocked is because suddenly the snake that almost harmed or even killed him died mysteriously.
‘What happened to my eyes? Could this be the cause of the snake's death?’ He murmured in his heart.
Firon then looked up at the sky while muttering in the heart of ‘Grandfather, what happened to me? there are so many strange things I can't understand! but to whom else would I complain all this? My father and mother are gone, and now you are leaving me too!.’
Tears flowed down both of his cheeks. He was completely unable to stem the sadness that suddenly enveloped his heart. He suddenly missed both his parents. But he could not deny, that now he was a kara. There is no place to complain.
‘Brother Nogu.. Today I will leave this place. I want you to come with me, but it's up to you to come or not!’ Firon turned his head towards Noguchi with a hopeful face. He knew very well that Noguchi really wanted to be free from Mr. Yorinaga's cruelty.
Noguchi was silent for a moment. He could not decide between accepting the invitation of a new person or staying under the cruelty of Lord Yorinaga.
Firon, who thought Noguchi's silence was a rejection, hurried away leaving Noguchi still down without a word.
Firon stepped slowly among the towering Cryptomeria trees into space. Only the dim moonlight accompanied his journey. Sometimes Firon looked back hoping that Noguchi would follow him.
As the sun began to shine in the eastern horizon, Firon arrived at a village gate that read “Cupine-Kupu” Valley.
'This village, why does this village look like a dead village! Where are all the inhabitants?' Firon stepped on with great caution. He was very surprised because there was not a single villager he found. He continued to explore the village in hopes of finding someone he could ask.
The fog of smoke that enveloped the village made the atmosphere even more tense. Firon heard only the sound of insects and the sound of nightingales singing to the morning sun.
About a mile from the village gate, Firon later found corpses strewn everywhere. A lifeless body filled the main road of the village. One body among those scattered lifeless bodies suddenly raised its hand.
“Tolong” The faint voice that the person made sounded clearly in Firon's ears.
Firon rushed over to the origin of the voice. He then found the man covered in blood with a severed arm and a head hit by a sword slash. The blood in the man's mouth looked dry.
“Aa..what is this?” Shouted someone from another direction in the distance. A moment later the man was vomiting as he could not bear to see the horrifying sight before his eyes.
Firon who was already standing near the source of the voice asking for help, then turned to the source of the shout. Smile on his lips. It turned out that Noguchi had been willing to catch up with him.
‘Thank you brother Nogu, you are ready to accept my invitation!’
“Sama-sama!” Answer Noguchi heavily. His head is still dizzy. His stomach was still nauseous and he was still horrified to see the sight that was plastered before him.
Noguchi then wiped the vomit remnants on his lips and stepped closer to Firon who was still smiling straight at him.
Noguchi looked only at Firon's eyes for a moment and turned his gaze toward the sole body still alive among the hundreds of lifeless bodies. He was still reluctant or perhaps afraid to see the strangeness in Firon's eyes.
“What happened Sir?” Noguchi asked as he crouched down before the person who was already on the verge of death.
“Save our people! They took him!” The man replied in a disjointed voice.
“They are who?” Ask Noguchi again.
“Group of Mountain Devils!” The whisper of the man was faint.
“Who?” Noguchi repeated his question because the person's voice was not clear in his hearing.