Chapter 84 - Open The Seal

Diana was thrown to the ground, irrespective of who she was. Once again she was belittled at it infuriated her. She cast a resentful look at Vasco, but quickly realized how her body was merely half of the brute's size. She was left only to grit on her teeth at her circumstance.

As Diana struggled to recover, she coughed her way, crawling towards her nearest Plethoran soldier for help.

On the other hand, Amanda awaited for Vasco to set the soldiers of Aeros free. Behind her, Khalil called her back.

"Miss, Amanda. What are you doing?" Asked Khalil, He tried to grab Amanda, but she refused, turning away.

"Khalil, look at everyone! Look at how many of your colleagues have died," Amanda said to him with her brows furrowed. Then, barely a whisper, she added, "I will find a way to get freed. Trust me. We - we have to help them be free."

Everything was uncertain at that point, but Amanda knew that the men of Aeros needed to recover. The hero inside her could not help but manifest, despite not having enough power to fight off all their adversaries at the same time.

When Amanda, Khalil, and Razul arrived at the puzzle wood forest, they slowly snaked in between rock formations. She overheard Vasco, forcing Christopher to give up a force. She also marveled at what force he was referring to and speculated; it was the same reason they have always wanted Christopher for peace.

Regardless of what it was, Christopher was using it to let his men be free. She concluded it must be an important matter with the Oscorians that they kept him alive till now.

"Free them now... and I will walk over to you," said Amanda. She could hear Christopher contesting every word she said, but two more Oscorians held him down.

They began to remove his armor and tied his body with a rope. Christopher slowly allowed his wings to hide inside his back, hoping his body could heal it quickly.

One by one, the group of Oscorian and Plethoran let the soldiers of Aeros go. Those who were too injured to fly walked away from their enemies and fled away with another one who was capable to take off.

Kyle instructed a group to fly back with their injured men with a directive to fly back with help. In the end, only he, Khalil, and Razul remained to observe everything from the sky.

From forty of their group, the soldiers of Aeros were down to twenty-eight. Sadly, twelve of their own had lost their lives while ten among their troop were badly injured, requiring rest and time to heal.

Diana remained to observe what was going to happen, but she shot an angry glare at the fleeing men of Aeros. She silently said, 'Nonetheless, you will meet your end, for Aeros is currently being attacked.'

Amanda was already in the hands of the Oscorians, tied behind her back. She was forced to kneel down next to Vasco.

She studied closely, counting the number of foes they needed to defeat. Many of the Plethoran's have fallen. There were roughly thirty-three of them, plus Diana. The Plethorans were the easier targets for the Aeros, more than the Oscorian's giant bodies.

There were about thirty-five left of the Oscorians, including Vasco.

Amanda looked up to the sky and saw Kyle, Khalil, and Razul. She sighed and recognized they would still be defeated, given the numbers of their opponents.

Meanwhile, Vasco put a sword against Amanda's neck. He looked up to the sky and said, "If you try anything, the woman dies!"

When Christopher was forced to sit up, he finally saw Amanda in front of him. He spat out blood and cleared his airway to say, "Don't - don't ever think of hurting her or else!"

"Or else what?!!!!" Vasco said in anger. They had been after the force inside Christopher for three long years. "You have to say in this, now!"

They had long discovered that magic inside of him could produce water, and water was what their world needed.

It was three years ago when the Oscorians captured Basalt from the mount Devias, the powerful healer. They used him and abused his strength until Basalt grew tired and revealed the magic that he discovered in Christopher's body.

To the Oscorians he warned that the magic may be evil, but they cared not for the source of its power. Everyone needed water and Christopher was the key.

Vasco turned to Basalt and directed, "Begin opening the seal."

"What? - What open the seal?!" Christopher protested, wiggling his body in protest. "Basalt! You can't do this? I sought to free you so you can seal it back properly! Please, Basalt!"

The old healer went down on his knees facing Christopher. He said, "I'm - I'm very sorry, young master of Aeros, but I am tired. I want to live the rest of my life having proper rest."

Basalt knew that it was impossible to get out of the magic living inside of Christopher. They have tried it so many times in the past, but he could not tell the Oscorians this. Whatever was inside Christopher's body was Basalt's ticket to freedom.

The Oscorians held down Christopher in both his feet and arms. It disabled him to move around as Basalt performed his ritual to undo the seal.

From the above, the tree remaining flying men were trying to figure out how to help. Christopher was completely surrounded, and a sword was held to Amanda's neck. They could only wait for the right time or for when their enemies would get distracted.

Aside from this, they were left to express concern about Basalt's attempt to remove the seal on Christopher's body. Not many knew about the seal on his stomach. Khalil and Razul heard about it, but only Kyle knew the full details of what happened five years ago.

Meanwhile, Amanda watched, utterly puzzled with what they were asking of Christopher. At the same time, her curiosity grew. It was a few days back that she suspected Christopher to be master of water. She asked silently, 'What are the chances that they are after the same power?'

Whatever it was, it was painful for Amanda to watch. Christopher fought against the ritual like it was the most fearful force in the world. She closed her eyes and began pleading, pleading that all four of them would find the strength to fight all of their enemies.

Even if she would take out her sword, there were just too many rivals. The golden sword may not be enough. Moreover, she thought, the Oscorians will definitely take an interest in the blade she had in her hands.

Sighed and called for the one person who was the only person who could save her, "Trisha."