บท 24: chapter 24 - Think Twice!!

"Shit"

"Swoosh"

Like a demon came out from the abyss, something that the summoned women summoned came out from the crack.

With a torn black robe, a skeleton head that burned with dark purple fire, and carrying a scythe, the death spirit in myth appeared in reality.

"Hahahaha, watch! this was my masterpiece, the enemy who ever saw this no one has come back alive"

Argus said, laughing like some maniac.

Rijal Saw all of this tremble, but not because of the death spirit or Taufik, but because he knew who the woman that his Father had summoned.

that woman none other than his mother.

"...Mother?"

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The Dai-Yak princess, argus's wife, and Rijal's mother.

Argus loved his wife, he was happy when he married the Dai-Yak Tribe princess, that was pure love until that love turned twisted.

After his wife became the main culprit of his brother's murder, argus's plan was perfect, but he didn't expect someone to try to pull a string from behind and accuse his wife, his denial at the time was real, he was indeed defending his wife, but one month after that accident, something happens.

The Dai-Yak Tribe princess 'Mawinei Nara Anggun' wants to teach Argus about spirit, And of course, Argus would gladly want to learn, but after some time they find that Argus has no talent in spiritualism.

But the truth is the spirit can read Argus, and know who Argus is and how his character is, so none of the spirits wants to make a contract with Argus, but Anggun doesn't tell Argus about that.

Argus who is the patriarch of the Runes Family, finds that if he can become a spiritualist and magician at the same time, he will raise his family to the New High, so he is feeling disappointed when he knows that he cannot become a spiritual.

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Runes Family who was focused on Illusion magic had many forbidden books, and Argus as the patriarch, of course, had access to that book.

he found some interesting magic in one of those books, "marionette magic" That was the name of that magic book.

this was illusion magic that directly attacked the person's soul, if someone fell to this magic, they would become a puppet, and their soul was trapped in endless illusion, this book was considered forbidden because this magic can be undone, so the ancestor who make this magic seal it, because that magic was so Dangerous.

But Argus finds that magic interesting and then wants to learn that magic.

This Magi it's so complex because this magic directly plays with the soul, and only after ten years of learning he was able to master it.

In those ten years, argus's wife 'anggun' had more control over the spirit power, and made a lot of contracts with the spirit.

argus was not happy about this, because that power was not his, he thought if that power was his, he could make the Runes Family rise to a new high.

although the partnership with the Dai-Yak Tribe already made them more prosperous than ever, that was not enough for Argus, who was willing to sacrifice his brother for the sake of power, since then, the pure love that Argus has for his wife has become twisted love.

Then He makes the same poison that kills his brothers, keeps it inside some box with the receipt of that poison, puts it in his wife's belongings, and makes his son find it.

Anggun knows that this was all Argus's plan because only Argus knows about her Tribe's technique and specialty, but because of her love towards Argus, she shut his eyes, ears, and mouth, that was how she loves Argus, really a fool.

Argus knows what his wife knows, But the rice has become porridge, and His ambition has closed his eyes, he can't stop what has begun, so with a cloudy mind, he uses the "marionette magic" To his wife.

"I'm sorry my love"

And just like that, twenty years have passed, and Anggun who now is argus puppet, does all of the argus order, and with that twenty years, Anggun has made a contract with the death Spirit, and with that spirit, argus had done many things, kill his competitor, and make The Runes was more and more prosperous, to the point raised to two in rank.

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"... M-mother?"

Rijal who Saw his mother for the first time in twenty years was shocked and sad, he didn't know that his father was the one who made him find the box that caused his mother to be imprisoned, so he always feels guilty, and forgot that feeling he Takes it out on someone else, he was a kid who Trapped in an adult body because of that guilt. (Plot) v:

".. F-father, I thought you said mom died a few years ago, so what is this?!"

"She is already dead in my mind"

"B-but-"

"Shut up!!, she's already dead, so Think of her as dead!!"

Taufik just ignored the family drama in front of him and focused on that dead spirit, he didn't know what power he had and how strong he was, so he was on alert.

Anggun then orders the spirit to attack Taufik.

"... Attack... Him!"

The spirit's eyes were glowing in purple light, raised his scythe, and then something that usually just shows up in scary movies happened in front of Taufik.

many skeletons appeared from the ground, Those skeletons still had some rotten meat stuck in their bone, the skeletons Held various weapons, Some used swords, bows, Spear, shields, hammers, and many more, their number may be more than a hundred.

"Grahh!!!"

With the spirit command, the skeleton ran towards Taufik with their weapon, the skeleton who used Close-range weapons was on the front line, and the one that used a bow behind was ready to shoot their Arrows.

"Swoosh"

Seeing many arrows come to his, Taufik raises his katana.

'SwordMagic - wind form: thousand slash'

Taufik slashed with his Katana.

"Slashh"

at first, it was just one invisible sword wind energy, but The more it advanced, it split more and more until it reached a thousand just like its name because the sword energy was made by wind element essence.

the wind is running amok as some tornado happens.

Being hit by that, all of the skeletons even the one in behind who uses a bow no exception, they'll be cut in pieces.

"...Just like that?"

Taufik asks, though that he already killed all of those skeletons.

But after he said that something incredible happened, the skeleton which was already in pieces began to marge again.

"Hahahaha, watch this the power of the death spirit, he can control death, no matter how many times you cut them, they will just rise again and again, hahaha, what? You afraid now, want to run with your bird?"

Argus said, laughing at Taufik.

"Hmm, it so, but can it rise again with this attack?!"

'SwordMagic - Fire Form: purifying Fire Pillar'

Taufik then sticks his katana to the ground.

'Boom'

"Grahh?"

Like the name, two fire pillars were raised from the ground, but unlike his usual blue fire this time the fire was slightly white, and the skeleton that was hit by this fire instantly became ash.

"..."

Seeing his army was burning to ash by some fire that contained holy energy, the death spirit Panicked.

"Gr-graahg!!"

Then open a crack on his own then leave.

for the Death Spirit, holy energy is their weakness, if the holy energy is weaker, they will be okay, but the amount that Taufik showing, is too much for him, so running is the best choice.

usually, the spirit that is being summoned can't leave without the summoner's permission, but Anggun was a special case, she didn't have any will, and she only moved because of Argus's command, so the death spirit could leave whatever he wanted, Even if Argus forbid it, he still can leave, because his contractor is Anggunn, not Argus.

"..."

Argus was speechless seeing the dead spirit running away, argus who is a magician can't feel the holy energy, MANA and holy energy are different, so that way only the Exorcist can kill the inferior demon because only a holy attack can work for them.

so Argus doesn't know why the death spirit running away.

how can humans use holy energy? Let's discuss that another time.

"Pfftt, hahahaha, what is that?, hahahaha"

"..."

"So now only two of you are remaining, hmm three of you? so what are you gonna do now?"

"..."

"Haaaa, let's finish this quickly, my goal going here was only to kill Rijal, but look!!, I almost destroyed the forest, so let's finish this before the night comes"

"..."

Argus can say anything, Everything that he built, is smashed in front of his eyes, and the last hope that he thinks can help him just runs off for no reason, All that is left is the good-for-nothing son and his puppet wife.

Looking at Argus who has lost the will to live anymore, Taufik takes a deep breath, then gets close to Argus.

Even after Taufik was close to Argus, argus didn't have any reaction, he just stood there looking at nowhere.

"Haaa, I will kill you without pain, Consider this my mercy to you, do you have any last word?"

Argus heard that, looking at his wife and his son.

"... My wife... and that good-for-nothing son of mine,... Can you spare them?"

"..."

Taufik didn't answer Argus he maybe could spare that woman but Rijal it's hard.

"...I can't promise that"

Argus just smiled closed his eyes, looked at this, Taufik then pointed his katana at Argus's head.

'incinerate'

'Swoosh'

Not even a second has passed, and Argus has become ash, Rijal who Saw his father turning to ash, lost his mind.

"F-FATHER!!! "

Rijal can only cry, looking at this Taufik takes a deep breath again.

'Haa, why does it look like the villain here, it's me?'

But the system notifications didn't appear yet, so the quest is not over yet. Looking at Rijal who is crying like that, Taufik can't do anything.

"If you start something you have to watch it till the end, you started all of this, so you have to end it too, so don't blame me, Rijal "

Taufik then approaches Rijal who is close to his father Ash, but when he is close enough, someone grabs his leg, looking behind He sees the woman whom Argus summons before.

"P-please spare my son, you can kill me instead, I don't know what he doing to you, but please spare him"

Anggun said in a small voice.

"M-mother"

Rijal who saw his mother like that quickly got to her side and hugged her.

"N-no, as you said, I started all of this so please just kill me, I only want one thing, please let my mother live!!"

Rijal then kneels with his head on the ground like when they first meet, but this time is for a different reason.

"If you-"

"Me too, please spare them"

Taufik's voice gets cut off again by someone coming from the forest, this is an old Man who like someone from a Tribe, and many people follow him behind, and he recognizes one of them.

"... Jaan?"

"We meet again Mr. Taufik, like my chief, I also ask you to, please spare our princess?!"

Jaan said bowing his head.

And Like a trigger, after Jaan, the others too bow their head.

"We ask you too, please spare our princess!!?" x(Many)

"..."

Taufik was speechless.

"You guys, are you planning all of this, you'll make me like I'm the one who is the bad person here"

He said while massaging his nose bridge.

"PLEASE!!!" x(MANY)

The Tribe said again.

".... Haaaah, alright I'll spare them, satisfied?"

[DING]

[QUEST - if you poke me I will slap you - A, Have been completed]

Hearing that the chief and some Panglima were happy.

"Thank you very much, we will never forget about this, when you need something from us, you are welcome to come anytime!"

"Yeah"

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After that, the Dai-Yak Tribe approached Anggun and Rijal, to give some first Aid, although they didn't like the Runes, Rijal was still their princess's son so they still treated him, but something was wrong with their princess when they treated her.

she was alive but she was like someone that already dead, their shaman said that her soul was trapped by some magic, so she was like a dead person.

when the chief asked the shaman if he could cure her, the shaman shook his head, a soul was something very complex so the shaman couldn't do a thing.

Hearing that the chief was feeling complicated, he felt happy that he could see his daughter again but also felt sad, angry, and hopeless.

Jaan who Saw this, sought help from Taufik, thinking maybe he could do something.

"I felt shy to ask this, after all that you have done for us, but Mr. Taufik can you do something with our princess soul!"

Taufik who still review his reward heard Jaan.

"Hmm, what about her?"

"The shaman said, our princess' soul is trapped by some magic, so although she was alive she was like someone dead, so can you do something about that?"

"Humm? But a while ago after I killed Argus, she was just fine, she even talked to me, and asked me to spare her son"

"About that, the shaman said that because of her instinct as a mother who wants to protect his son, that made her move, but after that he back to her dead-alive state, so can you do something?"

"if that's about Soul, maybe I can do something but Do not expect too much, I never used this technique on someone else before, so I don't know if it will succeed"

"It's okay, it's okay at least we try something"

"If you say so"

Taufik then goes to where the princess received her treatment.

"Chief, Mr. Taufik said that he had some method to save the princess"

"Is it true? what are you waiting for, let him do it!"

Taufik then comes to Anggun and draws his katana, but the others who See this stop him.

"Mr, we ask you to save her no-kill her, if you can't just say so, we will not mock you, so it's fine"

Taufik just looked at them, He didn't feel offended by what they said, it was normal if they said that, because where would you find someone who cures someone with some katana, so he explained it to them.

"Don't worry my technique is a bit special, I will not hurt her, trust me, if you feel worried please close your eyes, if something happens to your princess, I will bear the consequences"

Hearing that the Dai-Yak Tribe feels relief.

"No, Mr. Taufik, we'll trust you, Please continue"

"Okay"

Getting their approval, Taufik continued what he had to do, drawing his katana, although some of the Dai-Yak Tribe still felt nervous they didn't stop him.

'SwordMagic - light Form: dispels'

"Swing"

His katana got through Anggun's body, but her body didn't get cut or anything, then when Taufik took back his katana, they heard some sound like a broken glass.

'"__ "' (Fill yourself how it sounds)

After that, the light on Anggun eyes came back, and then she fainted again.

" She will be fine now, she just tried, she will wake later, just wait, I will take my leave now, so take care it yourself "

"Yes, thank you, really thank you, you've done a lot for us, and we don't know how to repay you"

"It's okay, don't mind"

Then he is ready to go home, but before that, he comes to Rijal and wants to tell him something.

"Rijal, this was the second time I gave mercy to you, and hope there won't be a third time"

"Y-yes I understand"

"You can hate me, but don't try to take any revenge, no, I didn't forbid you, but if you want to seek revenge, please think twice, think if you are ready to lose everything again, think about your mother, and think about your father, if you ready to lose everything, then come to me, I'll play with you... do you understand?"

"...yes"

'Plokk, plokk'

Taufik then patted Rijal's shoulder twice and then called out Nāgāntaka, Rode him then went back to his home.

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