Bab 9: The First Lunar Eclipse
Several white lights were rapidly approaching Renir while one of his feet was getting dragged by one water slime.
'Is this it?', Renir lost a puff of air in his mouth as he thought of this.
Through the water, he shook his head, 'No! Haven't I already learned? The moment I give up is the moment I already died!', he solidified his will.
Renir thought hard but there was not enough time to think as one of the several white lights already reached him!
'Shit!', he was doomed, he couldn't dodge in the water like he was mid-air.
But then before Renir could get hit by the first white slime, his eyes widened, 'Mid-air?'
Swish!*
The first white slime had its light dimmed as it finished its attack.
There, it left Renir swirling in the water for a while and stopped, unharmed!
Renir smiled and said, "Blububbluubbub...bububblublub.", which meant in his head, 'I'm not that dumb to think of counterattacking or dodging!'
He used his hand to slowed his swirling and stop in the right direction and immediately met another white slime that illuminated his startled face.
But even in the water, his great and sharpened reflexes couldn't be denied.
The only force he got in the water was from holding the slime before it hit him and use its force as a pivot to swerve both the water slime and his direction!
It sounds complicated but Renir just used the slimes themselves to pushed himself away, and in result, was his uncontrollable swirling since he had no ground on the water.
Only three water slimes passed by and there were more, but Renir's limit was about to reach, he needed air!
But from the three water slime, he thought of an idea. He endured his breath and waited for the fourth slime to come.
It didn't take long, no, it was immediately. Renir used the fourth slime to rotate his body vertically and have enough force to get his feet out of the water where the water slime dragging him released him when it was exposed to air.
"Blubub!", Renir meant, 'Success!', as he desperately swam to get some air on the surface.
Splash* "Huahhh--!", Renir took a mouthful of air and hastily tried to catch his breath.
He had no time to spare as he saw underneath the water were the last three approaching white lights.
The next slime would be the source of force for him to use to get him out of there completely!
He determinedly thought since he caught a glimpse at the sky and saw no moon. The tree's shadows were stretched.
"The.. huahh--!... moon is already descendi-??!", Renir shouted and was again dragged back into the water.
'Again?!', he exclaimed in his mind. Now, he needed to do what he did earlier again.
The two water slimes made him swirl again but still unharmed, but right after the last water slime, he found a miscalculation...
When swirled again, he spun round and round and from where the slimes went when he evaded them, flashes of light appeared.
Why didn't they jumped out of the water to replenish their energy?
Simple, they do not need grass, water slimes needed water...
'Shit!', Renir cursed in his head!
This cursing was caused by the sight of additional flashes of white lights approaching him like jets.
Like the other slimes, it didn't take the water slimes to replenish their energy to attack again.
And three were already on its way to Renir. He found himself back into the dangerous situation he was in earlier!
'This will only repeat until I die if I don't find a way to defeat these water slimes!', Renir thought bitterly.
But these water slimes are different in the water, they are more durable, how can he hope to defeat them in the river where his breath couldn't last that long?
Renir only thought of one answer to the question.
He looked at his hands, steeling himself to sacrifice them...
Those hands clasped together like spear directed at the incoming slime.
'I'l pop you, darn little bastards!', Renir couldn't help but get wild inside of him. Even under the cold streaming river, the fire inside of him was warming his body!
With this move, he was sure he wouldn't get out of there without a broken bone, but at the very least, he had the chance to get out of there!
And slowly, it was again complete darkness. But what's the difference? Renir could still see the flashings of light.
Renir hardened his arm, hand, and fingers. He prepared to let the slimes struck themselves to death!
Swish!*
"Graablublgrab!", Renir wanted to shout but only got to drank a mouthful of river water. One water slime popped along with three broken fingers, Renir was so raged about his fingers that he ate the slime's thread-like core energy like a beast!
He knew they would die before their core was pulverized.
Seven slimes left, including the one grabbing his left foot, and Renir left with seven fingers to use... with three broken bones.
Renir gritted his teeth hard and clasped his hands once more. Even in the water, his hands could be seen trembling in pain. His face was clenched in suffering.
This did not take long.
.....
Not only his ten fingers but both his two hands were twisted in a horrific manner as blood was spreading in the water.
Renir with a darkened face, hovered in the water while darkness surrounds and gloomed the atmosphere.
He was not dead but he had not breathed air for how many minutes now.
After eating those water slimes' thread-like energy cores, he knew in what way they were beneficial.
With little effort, Renir swam back to the ground and used his elbows to get him up.
His whole entirety was drenched in both water, blood, fatigue, pain, and darkness.
Renir was in the most miserable state he could ever be, yet.
The fourth night ended and Renir silently entered the dark woods in front of him in search of chylefruits to heal his wounds and injury.
It was as if he could see in the dark.
...The moon then ascended, at first at its full state, but slowly, it was being eaten by the darkness....
.....
"Hanzee, do not forget to light the battle area.", a woman stood atop the cliff spoke domineeringly.
"Yes", lazily, a short man answered, "Already prepared to do so."
Loud breathing could be heard with "Sii~~", it came from a huge old man sitting cross-legged.
"This old man was already trying to compose himself again.", the woman snorted.
"Shut up", the huge old man answered her snort with a tough voice
"Tsk", the woman clicked her tongue and continued her needless provocations, "There's still an hour before the lunar eclipse that will cover the moon dark, and you're already that nervous?"
The huge old man twitched and shouted, "Who said I am nervous?!"
"Eh?", a young-looking girl tilted her head, confused, "Old Ze, you're not nervous? But your whole body is trembling..."
The huge old man exhaled and shouted in a rather softer voice, "Sweet Ye, how can you treat your grandfather like that and help that arrogant woman, Veronia against me?!"
"What?", the young girl angered, "I am not on the vile and wicked woman's side!"
"Aw, your tongue really hurts, Ye.", the provoking woman sadly frowned, "I was just teasing your grandfather, when did I become vile and wicked?"
"Ohhh, teasing an old man, aren't we?", a tall and decent man with long hair laughed, "Isn't that sounds too lewd?"
"What?", not only the young girl and the woman who had chills on their backs, but even the old man got weirded out.
"That was creepy, pervert!", the woman shouted with disgust.
"What?!", the man with long hair was easily provoked, "I am not creepy and a pervert, I am your leader and I decide what sounds lewd and not!"
"That doesn't sound very leader-like!", the young girl protested.
"That's right, you not-fit-to-be-a-leader leader!", the old man helped the young girl childishly.
"Haah!", the man with long hair grabbed his chest and had an expression as if he was greatly offended.
A huge quarrel bickered behind the short man and there, his tempered blew.
"Shut up!", the little man interrupted the bickering, "This is the sixth time you all did this nonsense and this is only the sixth time we came back here! Within an hour, the Giganslik will spawn, why don't we act as the great Pentafive as we should, right?!", he continuously complained.
This resulted in an awkward silence,
The four looked at each other and then the woman broke the ice, "The little man wants to join the bickering, guys."
"Oh, let him in, we'll go easy on him.", the man with long hair laughed.
"Sweet Ye and I will just stay silent.", the old man positioned himself
But the young girl shouted, "I am even taller than you!"
And the bickering continued between the five of them atop the cliff Renir woke up from.
...
With an entirely different atmosphere, Renir still with a darkened face, looked at the moon above and saw it becomes half-moon.
"The harshest trial...", he whispered
His solitary figure gloomed amidst the shadowed trees and the danger that lurks within these shadows.
Renir hurried to collect more chylefruit to prepare for what was to come.
Each night brings a new horror in his entire life.
He stopped midway, wanting to cry, but couldn't since he had no time and luxury to do so, Renir continued.
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