Chapter 1130: An Unfathomable Ride, The Effects of the Magical Experiment and Taking Control of a New Transport

Day 367 - 11:31 AM - Kajen, Pati Regency, Central Java, Indonesia

Mark and Amihan stared in front of them to see the result of their actions.

Most witnesses were in awe and disbelief, while relief began to rise within them as they saw the threat getting removed this easily.

However, it was not the same for the perpetrators of the scene.

"Master... This is bad..."

Amihan voiced out with her complexion slightly paler than normal. But as she turned her head to look at her master, her face became even more pale.

"Yeah... It's bad, really bad."

Mark agreed with Amihan as he raised his right hand, which held Ignis. Through his sleeves and arm armor, blood could be seen dripping.

"Master, your right eye and ear too..."

Amihan informed Mark since it seemed that he failed to realize.

***

After trying to confirm Mark's intentions, Luna retreated behind him and watched. It was not only her. Everyone who knew Mark around her felt both anticipation and fear.

Fear came from the fact that if Mark failed, it would be a grave fight for everyone here. After all, none of them saw Mark take direct action against enemies all this time. But for the same reason, anticipation also rose within their hearts. The strength and abilities of the members of Evernight were far beyond normal. And as the leader of Evernight, Mark should not be weaker than any of the members.

Now, they saw Mark take action with Amihan.

The [Sylph's] magic was exceptionally strong. It was clear by the fact that the birds all died and turned into minced meat with just a wave of her hands.

But what Amihan and Mark did was beyond Amihan's solo performance.

Those several hundred [Infected], or maybe even more than a thousand, just vanished without a trace. No flesh, no blood, nothing. It was as if they never existed in the first place.

That was what everyone witnessed and perceived.

No. Not everyone...

Luna held her chest. She could feel her entire being trembling inside. It was neither fear nor excitement.

When Amihan released her magical energy both times, Luna felt it. She also felt it when the silhouette of the eight-headed serpent appeared from Mark's sword.

It was neither the magical energy of the two that Luna felt. She was unsure what it was. While Luna was not someone who was used to magic or any energy involving it, she was not new to it. But she was sure it was not magical energy that was making her tremble at the moment.

Grasping her chest tighter, Luna felt something within her. She could not tell what it was. She could only stare blankly in front of her, staring at the visage of Amihan and Mark's backs.

"Gege!"

A beautiful voice entered Luna's ear as she noticed the blurry silhouette of a woman running toward Mark with worry.

"...na! Luna! Are you okay?!"

Luna noticed that someone was calling for her. She looked to her left and saw the worried face of her suitor. Trying to respond to the call, she tried to speak.

However...

***

"Luna!"

Edge yelled out after catching Luna, who suddenly fell unconscious.

Everyone, including Mark, turned in their direction and saw what was happening.

Luna, the leader of this journey, collapsed unconscious. It was a bad thing to happen in this situation. While no one might voice it out loud, some people would definitely have doubts about following her now.

After all, with Mark's miraculous display, why not follow him instead.

Mark looked at Luna and Edge, then turned to Limabela.

And using Spera's portal, the two immediately commenced their mission.

The clash between the combatants and the [Infected] began below. Far beyond the battle, the mountain-like turtle continued to advance at its own pace while a portal opened above its head.

Seeing the silhouette of Spera and Aephelia standing on the turtle's head gave them a more accurate scale of how large that turtle was.

It looked as if Aephelia and Spera were standing on the roof of a grand cathedral. And the turtle's snake-like neck was not included in that size comparison.

But compared to the head and the neck, the mountain-like shell behind was far larger.

THUMP!

The last step was heard, and the mountain-like turtle froze in its steps. It seemed Aephelia had already begun working.

Mark and the rest only needed to wait.

"Are you okay?"

Mark asked Amihan, who now looked better than after they used that experimental magic.

"I'm okay now," Amihan nodded while sitting on Mark's left shoulder. "But I don't want to repeat that again. My energy just gushed out without control. I know my control is still bad, but this is much worse. It's as if I lost ownership of my magic, and it just gushed out and escaped."

"Hmmm..." Mark was rather confused. "I never felt that way when using the butterfly, so that's definitely not the cause..."

"But I did feel your energy wildly flowing through my body," Mark continued. "The injuries I got should be from trying to contain your overflowing energy. Still, I lost control when the energy was released. My right upper body went numb, and I lost control of my blood. It also ripped my arm apart while channeling it to Ignis."

Mark then turned to Mei, who was now glaring at him. The more Mark spoke about what happened to his body due to his experiment, the more she got upset.

However, Mei could not tell him to stop doing these kinds of stuff. She understood why he was doing these things, even if it ended up hurting himself.

At the end of it all, it was to protect everyone.

Mark caressed Mei's hair to calm her down. It was while talking to Ignis through his mind.

"What about you, Ignis? Something wrong?"

Mark asked.

"I'm a Demon Sword, so I didn't feel any physical problems," Ignis replied. "In fact, there's barely any rejection from the magical energy. I can't say the [Sylph's] energy is fully compatible with me, but there's barely any difficulty when transforming the energy and releasing it to attack."

Mark was quite surprised. If Ignis did not have much problem with it, it meant that what went wrong only involved him and Amihan.

"Wait..." Mark noticed something from Ignis' words. "Rejection... Compatibility..."

Amihan's energy entered Mark's body as if it was getting pulled out of her. She lost control of it, she said.

"I see now..." Mark murmured. "Huh?"

"Gege..." Mark was too deep in thought that he did not realize Mei's face was just an inch away from his. "You're thinking of something dangerous again, aren't you?"

In this position, Mark's intrusive thoughts won as he took a peck of Mei's lips, surprising her enough to make her freeze and forget her anger as she turned red as ripe as a tomato.

"Don't worry. I'll be careful next time."

Mark smiled as he ruffled Mei's head and pulled her closer to his embrace.

Unfortunately, Spera was not around to tell them to get a room, as everyone else just looked away in silence and gave the two some space.

THUMP! THUMP! THOOOM!

All of a sudden, two steps were heard from the mountain-like turtle. It then lowered its body, causing the ground to shake and burnt ashes to scatter into the surroundings.

As everyone looked in surprise and fear, Mark saw Spera waving at them, confirming Aephelia's success in taking control of the turtle.

At the same time that the turtle fell under Aephelia's control, the horde below suddenly became disturbed. It was as if they lost focus after losing their leader. It became easier for the combatants to defeat the remaining [Infected].

And when everyone thought that the only threat left was the mountainous turtle, they learned that it was not a threat anymore. They became even more flabbergasted after hearing the reason.

The giant turtle was now under the control of the unfamiliar maid that appeared just now, and it would now become their transport to Bali.

It was an absurd thing to hear. Some even thought they were dreaming or going crazy. However, whatever they had in mind, it did not change the fact that the giant turtle was now lying down on the ground, waiting for everyone to ride it.