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บท 61: Chapter 32: Legends And Falsehood

Ro: "Barry, is this …?"

Barry: "Yes."

The two stand still, in front of the tomb, in shock.

Ro: "If this is the tomb, then where's the pond?"

Barry: "That's the big question, isn't it?"

Ro: "You said you had been to the island before, right?"

He asks with a narrowed expression.

Barry: "That's true, but I didn't come here."

Barry remembers clearly how his previous visit went.

Barry: "I was stopped by the two dogs, and then the girl appeared. I used telepathy on her to convey my thoughts to the dragon. And then the dragon came to meet me on the beach alone. That's where we had our conversation."

Ro: "So you never went past that point before today?"

Barry: "Yeah, basically."

Barry answers while turning his attention to Ro, who seems to be pondering while keeping his hands on his chin.

Ro: "But that creates new mysteries, doesn't it?"

Barry: "It does, but which ones are you talking about in particular?"

Ro: "Like, why does he stop people from coming in like that?"

Barry: "Hmm …"

Barry tries to remember the whole conversation he had with the girl as well as the dragon the last time he came there.

Barry: "According to what the girl said, the forest is full of creatures that can end up killing those who enter there, so stopping them at the beach is a safety measure."

Ro: "Do you believe that?"

Barry: "I don't think it's completely a lie, but there's definitely more going on than that."

Ro nods to his answer and then says,

Ro: "Well, if I would have to take a guess at what's going on behind the scenes, I would say that the dragon is trying to fill our minds with false legends."

Surprised by the sudden, bold claim made by Ro, Barry asks,

Barry: "I don't disagree, but how exactly did you reach that assumption?"

Ro: "Well, just think about it,"

Ro says as he starts remembering all the examples that led him to this deduction,

Ro: "The man with the-eyes-that-can't-be-deceived should be long gone, but somehow Ethan has those eyes."

Barry nods urging him to continue.

Ro: "The Island where only psychics lived is supposed to be holy grounds of sorts for psychics. It should be filled with psychic energy but there's nothing like that here. It's just a historically important place from the look of things."

He continues seeing Barry nodding again and again,

Ro: "And then the pond, which is supposed to be such an important part of the island, is not where it is supposed to be. We don't even know if it actually exists or not."

Barry: "I see that the legends don't match up with the facts but why is the dragon the culprit according to you?"

Ro: "Well, who else could it be but the only living person from the time these legends tell of?"

Barry narrows his eyes in doubt and then comes to realize why Ro thinks so. Ro doesn't know that Ozyllus and Abyss exist as ghosts and have continued to interfere with the world on different occasions. So, of course according to him, the only possible culprit can be the dragon.

Ro: "Something wrong with my reasoning?"

Ro asks in a slightly annoyed tone as he sees Barry frowning.

Barry: "Well, there's something I haven't told you about, so …"

Ro: "I am pretty sure there are a lot of things you haven't told me about."

That's not false, Barry says in his mind.

Barry: "Well, you know how long a ghost can last?"

He asks as a question that is truly difficult for anyone who doesn't know the answer to figure it out.

Ro: "Uh, I don't, but I think there'd be no fixed number of years or a fixed range."

Barry: "That's right. Ghosts are not eternal, but they can stretch their life span really long if they need to."

Ro: "Need to, huh?"

Barry nods seeing that Ro picked up on the crucial part.

Barry: "For ghosts, just wanting to exist very long doesn't really do much, but needing to exist for long can stretch their life spans beyond anything one can expect."

Ro furrows his brows as he listens to the last part of his sentence.

Ro: "It sounds like you are talking about a really long time there."

Barry: "I am."

Ro: "Any numbers?"

Barry: "As you thought earlier, there are no fixed numbers or fixed ranges. The stretch can be as short as a minute or as long as five centuries."

Ro: "Wait a minute! Isn't that really, really large?"

Ro couldn't help but look at Barry in surprise thinking that he had added an extra zero and waiting for him to correct himself. However, he had done no mistake in speaking whatsoever.

Barry: "Yes, it is. That's the highest number we know of right now. The current king of the ghost is said to be a ghost for more than 500 years now."

Ro: "I-I see."

Ro is left speechless for a moment by the sudden revelation, but he soon regains composure as he asks.

Ro: "Well then, you are saying it can stretch even longer than that, right?"

Barry said that the highest number they know of is five centuries, which could very well mean there can be an even larger number possible that they have no idea about. Ro thinks so and he isn't wrong.

Barry: "Indeed. And that brings me to the counter argument against your earlier assumption."

Ro: "Counter argument?"

Ro doesn't understand what he is talking about, so Barry puts it in words for him,

Barry: "Imagine if Ozyllus and Abyss have been out there for all those years causing things like this fabrication in the legends to happen."

Barry knows full-well that both of them are indeed still existent but he acts like it's only a theory to not himself seem suspicious in front of Ro.

Ro: "That … I would like to say it's absurd but, that isn't completely impossible."

Now that Ro knows so much, he can't call it absurd and be done with it. He can clearly see the logical explanation for it and hence will need a logical reason to call it false as well. The time for running away from reality is not something he has.

Ro: "So, the dragon is not the only suspect … is what you are trying to say?"

Barry nods.

Ro: "I see."

Ro looks down as he thinks of the various things that he has come to know over the past few hours.

Barry: "I understand if it's a lot to take in at first."

Barry says so with a smile to show that he genuinely means that. However,

Ro: "No, I need to process everything and think about things fast."

Ro can't afford to use that excuse in such a dire situation.

Ro: "We will never be able to understand someone like Ethan if I let something like this slow me down."

Barry: "I … see."

Barry smiles seeing that expression while wondering if he should tell him more about Ozyllus and Abyss' connection with the incident 12 years ago.

Ro: "Hey, you can scan the whole island from here, right?"

Barry: "Yeah, I guess."

Ro: "Be easier to understand than 'I guess'."

Ro asks in annoyance and Barry sighs before responding,

Barry: "Well, what I mean is that the things I can pick up on will be vaguer the more distance I cover."

Ro: "So, the distance you can cover and the details you can pick up on are inversely proportional, huh?"

Barry: "Yes, basically."

Barry answers while looking at Ro with a curious expression. Barry knows why he is asking these questions. He wants Barry to use Aura Reading to see if the pond that is said to be near the tomb in the legend is actually in some other place.

Ro: "Well then, will you scan the area?"

Barry: "In order to do that, I need to either sacrifice the distance or precision."

Ro: "Sacrifice distance."

Barry: "Oh, you sure?"

Barry tilts his head as he doesn't understand Ro's confident sounding tone.

Ro: "You need to cover enough distance that you are able to reach towards the end of the island."

Barry: "Then doesn't that mean I should sacrifice precision?"

Ro: "No, what I am saying is to not use aura reading in all directions, only one."

Barry: "Hmm … I guess that could work."

By not using the ability to cover 360-degrees, Barry will end up lowering the total area he uses it on. That would allow him to increase precision. It is what Kais did as well.

Ro: "So?"

Barry remains silent for a moment as he calculates the amount of psychic energy he would need for the task. After having finished those calculations, he says,

Barry: "Alright then, I think I should be able to do it."

Ro points straight ahead as if to tell him to start from there.

Ro: "We just came from the other side so this side will be the furthest away from the beach. Why not start from there?"

Barry: "Is that a gut feeling?"

Ro: "More or less."

Barry decides to take him up on his advice and start from the direction opposite to the one they came from.

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Sneha: "What do you mean?"

Ethan: "Huh?"

Sneha: "You just said 'I was hoping it wasn't true.' What's that supposed to mean?"

Ethan: "Well,"

Having difficulty in explaining things on the spot, Ethan scratches his cheeks.

Ethan: "Let's just say,"

He says with an uncomfortable smile,

Ethan: "I once had an encounter with death in my life. And this guy was the reason for it."

Sneha widens her eyes in surprise as she listens to him.

Sneha: "That … isn't something I'd expect you to say with a smile on your face."

Ethan: "I suppose it isn't."

Their conversation comes to a halt as the two people in the jet come to the ground.

One of the two has a dark brown robe and a black cape with his face hidden beneath a golden helm. The other has black, completely black garments from a tight jacket to trousers with his seemingly handsome face visible.

Sneha: "Well, so which one were you talking about?"

Ethan: "Well, the one with the helm."

Sneha: "I see. That's Spectre Dyne."

Ethan: "And who's the other one?"

Sneha: "No idea."

As the two silently exchange words, they keep their eyes focused on the two who had set foot on the island recently.

Dyne: "Well, I think I recognize you."

Dyne speaks in a surprisingly soft tone as he looks at Sneha.

Sneha: "Yeah, we met before during an expedition."

Dyne: "Hmm … yeah, I remember. You are an Aural working for Vermillion, aren't you?"

Even as he remembers something that the two had expected would put him on guard against them, he doesn't seem all that alarmed by it.

Sneha: "Well, not anymore."

Sneha says as she carefully observes the two's movements.

Dyne: "Not anymore, huh? You quit."

Sneha: "You think one can just quit it like that."

Dyne chuckles and says,

Dyne: "No, of course not. But anyway, I guess you are not an ally to me then, huh?"

Sneha: "Well, from what I understand of the situation, sure we aren't on Vermillion's side. If that means we are not your allies, then that's that."

Dyne: "We, huh? So you two are working together?"

Ethan: "Yeah, I'm Ethan Kales, nice to meet you."

Ethan says with a smile – one that can easily be recognized as a fake by anybody.

Dyne: "I see. I expect you to have already heard who I am."

Ethan: "Uh, yeah."

That's an arrogant answer, or so thinks Ethan anyway.

Dyne: "Well then, if you would, please tell us if you have seen a man named Barry on this island?"

Ethan: "Barry, huh?"

Ethan narrows his eyes as he looks at Dyne while smirking.

Sneha: "Well, if you want to know, he went in the forest."

Dyne doesn't respond instantly but curiously looks at Sneha. Then, as if to say being so cautious was a waste of time, sighs and stretches his arms.

Dyne: "You know Sneha, if you have broken off from Vermillion, I would like to offer you a chance to join us."

Sneha: "You don't say?"

Dyne: "I'm serious here. But anyway, I'll give you some time to think about it."

Ethan: "And what are you guys going to do while you give her the time to think about it?"

Dyne: "Well,"

Looking at Ethan while his expression is covered because of his helm, Dyne says,

Dyne: "Eyes of Truth, right?"

Ethan's eyes widen in surprise but he immediately regains his composure.

Dyne: "Don't think I don't remember you, boy. I would give you the chance to join too. And about your question,"

He says as he glances once at his black clothed partner,

Dyne: "We will do what we are here to do."

Before they could ask to specify, Dyne answers himself.

Dyne: "Kill Barry."

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บท 62: Chapter 33: Negotiations (Part 1)

Ro: "Do you know how much time has passed since we left the tomb?"

Barry: "Not exactly, but roughly around two hours."

Ro: "That much, huh? This place sure is big, isn't it?"

The two converse while walking towards the pond.

Ro: "Still, it was pretty surprising that the first direction you looked in, you found the pond."

Barry: "Yeah, but not just the pond."

He says while reminding himself of the faces they would see when they reach the pond.

Barry: "Kais, Sona and the dragon were present there along with someone else with the aura of a psychic."

Ro: "And you didn't try to read their auras, right?"

It would have been very problematic if they could notice that he was using Aura Reading at them.

Barry: "Yeah"

So he nods.

Barry: "From what you have told me, Kais has become really cautious and I certainly have seen a few glimpses of it myself. So I didn't want to risk doing something that would cause him to go on alert."

Ro: "True, if it ends up turning into a chase, catching him won't be easy at all."

When it comes to running away, psychics are experts. Abilities like teleportation to instantly teleport large distance away as well as photokinesis to make one invisible are extremely troublesome abilities to deal with.

The two continue walking as they exchange their thoughts.

Ro: "But are you really sure we shouldn't be trying to run right now? Aren't we just giving them more time to slip us by?"

Barry: "Well, I can't deny we are lowering our chances of catching them, but if we run, there's a high risk our bodies, which are made of energy, will cause minor disturbances in the energy surrounding us. If one of them is able to pick up on that, it will be much more difficult to catch them then."

Ro: "Hmm … not to mention the animals around here would probably pick up on that and seeing how much time the dragon has spent on this island, he should have some understanding of their behaviors."

So, in order to be safe, the two are walking fast and steadily through the forest, so they don't give the three (or four) near the pond the chance to slip by.

Barry: "So, I have been curious, but how much do you know about the flow of supernatural energies and auras?"

Ro: "Only as much as I could from reading about it from Vermillion's database."

Barry: "You mean as much as is made available to you Embers, right?"

Ro: "Right."

Ro didn't feel any belittling in Barry's voice but still felt that phrasing was unpleasant.

Barry: "If I remember this right, you call your leader the Phoenix and the ten most powerful guys right under him are called Hellfires."

Ro: "Yeah, that's the upper echelon of Vermillion."

Barry: "And then under them are leaders of various divisions of the group, called Volcanoes."

Ro nods to affirm it as Barry continues,

Barry: "That's kinda stupid name by the way. But anyway, in each division there were people who are assigned the tasks by Volcanoes, called Embers. That's what you were."

Ro: "And then, there are members of the organization who we Embers could use in order to fulfill our missions, called Flares. What about it?"

Ro says as he looks at Barry with a bored yet curious expression.

Barry: "Vermillion could have easily overpowered Kais if they sent in about ten Embers or a Volcano came in. Why didn't they?"

Ro: "Well, we didn't have that much time. Pretty much everyone was busy with something."

Barry: "Shouldn't this mission be given priority over the others?"

Ro: "It was, or they would have never sent in three Embers at the same time."

Barry: "Three?"

Barry asks 'who's the third' with his eyes.

Ro: "Technically, she wasn't an Ember but that's more or less what her status was in Vermillion."

Barry: "You are talking about Sneha, huh?"

Ro nods. Barry ponders about it for a while before saying,

Barry: "Why were you guys so busy?"

Ro: "Well, I don't know how to answer that because I think I already did."

Barry: "Oh I get that you were all getting jobs one after the other but is that how it has always been?"

Ro narrows his gaze in suspicion over the questions Barry raised, but then sighs and says,

Ro: "There had been a sudden increase in the jobs we had to carry out ever since the chances of a war became more apparent."

Barry: "About that, there are two things I am curious about."

Ro: "Let me guess, you want to know what I mean by the chances of it becoming more apparent when it has been apparent for centuries already."

Barry: "Yeah, that's the question I am less curious about, but what is this answer. Were they trying to hide this war from you all?"

Ro: "Well, every new member is immediately told that 'a war may happen in the near future', so I guess that's not exactly true. But, they never elaborated on what this means."

Shifting his gaze to see if Barry is listening, Ro continues after confirming that he is.

Ro: "But about four years ago, right when I first heard about rumors of vampires existing, an announcement was made that the war will begin shortly."

Barry: "And since then, your schedules got tighter."

Ro: "Yeah."

Barry: "Still though, there is different question that's been bugging me more."

Ro: "You want to know who we thought we were going with war at when we didn't even know about vampire's existence."

Barry nods.

Ro: "That's kind of hard to answer."

Barry: "Try me."

Ro sighs.

Ro: "Fine, so we were never told who the war is with. What we were told is that we will not fight."

Barry: "Oh?"

Stretching his words, Barry displays his curiosity at what he just heard.

Ro: "The information given to us was that we have allies in this war who are going to be the major force that is going to fight. We were just support."

Barry: "Does that mean that Kais was supposed to be sent to that 'major force'?"

Ro: "Precisely, we were told that once he understands everything, he will willingly become a member of that force, not that we were ever told what that 'force' is."

Barry: "Seems like you guys had a lot of reasons to distrust your superiors."

Ro: "Yes, and we did."

Barry widens his eyes in surprise when he hears so.

Ro: "However, there was just no way to go up against a member of upper echelon or a Volcano and stay alive."

Barry: "And leaving the organization was not an option?"

Ro moves his head from side-to-side to say 'no'.

Ro: "So, most of us convinced ourselves that there's no need to be so alarmed about it because we weren't going to fight in the war."

Barry: "That's how it went, huh."

Ro: "Of course, the overview of it might make it seem like no Embers or Flares even tried to do anything, but whoever did try anything, their efforts were in vain."

Barry closes his eyes as he sighs and turns to look at the road ahead of them. On opening his eyes, he says,

Barry: "Yeah, I guess I wouldn't expect you guys to be able to do anything against the likes of them. No offence."

Ro: "None taken. It's the truth after all."

The two keep walking towards the pond, only about 200 meters away from it. But, something they didn't expect happens.

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