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"Shit! I shouldn't have trust that Bastard!" Cale grunted as he slammed his fist onto his lap.
He looked at the paper his team leader, Sui Khan has left behind. After dealing with all the problems with the white star, the hunter bastards has suddenly made a move without them having any time to prepare, and even to think.
He clenched the paper tightly that's started to get ripped. It's not even a week after that white thing died and that hunters appear, but the casualties they have given to them is large enough to think it is some kind of pandemic.
He looks toward the paper again. It says, "The god of death broke too many rules. It seems like the upper gods can't ignore it anymore. I'll try to do something. Don't do anything stupid, no, I know you'll still do it but I need you to stay alive. Being alive is the best, right?"
He couldn't ignore the tone this stupid letter is conveying. That team leader of his suddenly leave then add this letter felt like a permanent farewell
"Human! It seems like little Sui Khan is going to do something dangerous! He's just like you!"
Raon said as he float around Cale. He couldn't understand why his Human can be so angry about the thing he's been doing all the time.
"We need to punish him later after we find him, right?"
"Human?"
After a few moment of silent, they heard a scream coming from outside of the mansion.
Both of them immediately rush towards the voice and saw a horrifying sight.
The place is burning. No, it's most likely that the world is burning. From the small flower on the ground, to the largest tree on the garden of the mansion. All of it are burning.
Cale's mind started to blur as he immediately ordered Raon to cast water magic.
"Human! The fire is too widespread to be extinguish with my magic!" Raon said, struggling to extinguish the fire, approaching them.
Cale couldn't believe it. How can only the mansion be alright when almost all the things around it has already been caught on?
- Cale, It must be because of us. -
Cale heard Super Rock said.
'You? How can that happen?'
- Ancient Powers are the closest to nature. Fire is also a factor of nature. As many said, your existence is already like the nature itself. That is why the fire can't bring itself touch the thing you're touching and yourself. Because it'll get suck in. -
The Super Rock explained. Cale thought of it as a plausible reason.
Before he could ask more, Raon picked up a communication device out of nowhere and gave it to Cale.
"Human! The Whales are calling!"
"Connect it."
After Raon connected it, they saw Witira and Paseton, Looking at him with worry and devastation. Behind them seems to be a dessert land.
"..Where are you?"
"Young Master-nim." Witira said with a low voice.
"There's nothing left. The sea, the sea has already been eradicated."
"Young Master-nim. Please be careful."
The sentence pierce through their heart. Sea. If the sea can be easily diminished like that, how the river's, well's water can't?
'Shit!'
- Cale! XXX Use me! I don't XXXXXX know if It'll work but we might be able to stop it from XXXXX spreading even more! -
With that, Cale stopped Raon from wasting his mana more. He uses the Sky Eating Water to wash away the fire 5m from his 360 Degree position. The fire then stopped spreading around the area he watered.
With a slight stumbled, Cale cursed again, "This s- sigh."
'If I continue doing this, would it be enough for me to-'
"Stop what you're thinking, Cale-nim."
Choi Han suddenly appeared, shocking Cale but still keeps his calm expression.
"Choi Han. Where are the others."
"The Tigers, Lock and his siblings, Ohn, Hong, and others are still in the Rock Villa. The fire prevented us to leave, but my aura seems to cease the fire away. Teleportation coordinates can't also be used."
"Those fucking bastards!"
"Human, what are we going to do now?"
Cale looked at the Mansion. It seems that like them, they are also unaware of the situation outside. He wanted to gather everyone but if he leave, there's a high possibility that the mansion will be on fire too.
The only choice is...
- Cale, Don't push yourself too much. Remember, if you broke your plate once more, there's no way returning it back. -
'I know'
After that, Cale uses his Ancient powers to no end and created a path to the Villa. But that wasn't where all it ends.
Everyone, every living beings without any nature connections started to burn. The sickening smell of rotting and burning bodies piled up on them.
That's not all, because of lack in food, resources for living, and especially the water, the population of the world started to decrease even more. More than haft of the population in the world vanish in just within few months.
That's when they found a... solution.
// Ancient power bearer that has a complete elements, can prevent any natural disasters to spread or continue and will completely eradicate it all. But there's a condition... The bearer needs to be one with the nature. //
That's the only thing the ancient text says. No one say anything. The solution isn't direct but it is all clear for all of them.
> Cale Henituse needs to die for his world to live. <
It is a sickening condition. All of them are contemplated. They want to stop this disaster but they need their Cale to survive.
They already have tried to contact gods but even the divine Realm is currently in chaos.
"Cale-nim..."
"Dongsaeng.."
"Young Master..."
This isn't the first time they felt helpless. But this situation is beyond helpless.
However, Cale seems to have already decision in mind.
- Cale, You're dying -
'I know.'
- Sob. Sob. Cale! I tried harder! Much harder than usual but.. Waah! You've used too much! -
'I know'
- Cale... Please, don't give up. There might be other solution to this. Please. -
'I'm not giving up, Idiots.'
Cale has already made up his mind. He's not giving up, it's his body, his plates, are the one who's giving up.
'I can't let it happen'
He can't let the time when all of his family to die and leaving him alone. No. He'd rather to sacrifice himself than let any of his people die, again.
"Raon."
Raon immediately fly towards his human. He hid his tears away when he saw his human looking so lifeless and is in a verge of death.
He knew it. He knew what his human is thinking. After the loss of some of his friends, family, he knew that his human will do anything even if it causes his death. Because... He would do the same.
"Human.. Can't we just live like we used to?"
Those words created a big rift at Cale's heart. Instead, Cale hugged Raon tightly and patted his head.
"Everyone. You know the situation we're in right now. Consider this as an order, the last order I'll give to you all."
[ Last Order ] They know it very well. They wanted to stop Cale from saying more than that, but their mouth are shut tight.
"Live"
Simple word that cause their heart to either stop or fastened it.
"Human! You stupid! You idiot! You are..."
Raon couldn't continue his insults as tears started to flow down his eyes.
He don't want him to leave. But he know he won't be able to stop Cale from doing it.
"You stupid.. Says the one who said that being alive is the best..."
"That's right. Being alive is the best. And seeing the people I love to live much longer than me is more tnan best."
"Cale--nim.. Isn't there any solution other than this?"
"Dongsaeng, I told you to stop keeping all the burdens to yourself."
"Cale nya~ We still haven't travel the world yet!"
All their voice just past through his ears. His plate is in the midst of breaking. It hurts. Much painful than using his ability, Instant. But he can't have himself leave without saying goodbye.
"I..."
His voice seemed to crack. His face are becoming wet as water starts to pour out of his eyes.
He's crying.
"Ha ha. It seems like some dust made it through my eyes again." Lie. The lie that they didn't need to say it is for others to know.
Yes. It's not that he's hesitating to die. But he doesn't want to leave them. He'll do anything even if it meant to kill gods just to be with them.
"It's alright."
"It's not! You're going to die! Where is the alright there?!"
"Shh. You don't have to cry. You're a Great and Mighty Raon Miru, right?"
"I- I'm not a great and mighty if I couldn't save my Human!"
Raon stopped saying more after Cale bowed his head low.
"Human?"
"Un-Cale is currently in pain right now." Eruhaben explained the action. He looked at the child who forced him to live more when he's there, already accepting his death.
"Ah. His plate."
"..."
All of them knew about the fact that their Young Master has a very fragile plate.
There they realized why Cale is so Adamant about the Idea of dying.
'He's already dying'
That leaves an awful taste on their mouth.
"Then.. There's no way we can help, right?" Saint Jack asked with a sorrowful look. He thought he could do at least something for their benefactor but it seems like, even in the end, he's still the one who's helping them.
"That's right. That's why, the only thing you can do to help me is live. Make sure you live after all of this. No second or third thoughts. Just live."
That is the order for their one and only commander. He's asking them to live their life in the fullest even without the light of their life.
"H-Hyung-nim. Make sure to create another kingdom. Where humans and other beings can live with each other. Whether they are weak; or strong, rich; or poor, Human; or not. Place where can can co-exist with each other like you always wanted, Alright?"
Alberu dryly chucked, "Don't order this Hyung, you bastard.... I promise."
"Choi Han, please train as many p-people as possible for you to have much greater defense in the future with others. Make sure to smack those b-bastards of a god for me."
"I'll make sure to make killing all those gods possible."
"We'll help."
Cale's condition is worsening. He doesn't have much time left, he know that.
"O-on, Hong, R-raon. Make sure to eat well, sleep well, and play well. Don't skip your studies to be much stronger, alright?"
"..Cale.."
"Human.."
"Alright?" Cale frowned slightly.
"I'll made sure they won't skip any meals, Young Master." Beacrox reassured.
"Thank you. Raon, Don't destroy anything after I left, got it?"
"I-I promise! I won't destroy what my human protected!"
"Hmm.."
More blood gush out from Cale's mouth.
"Everyone... Please. Please, live for me."
"Cale-nim?"
"Cale?"
"Human?"
That day, where the trees started to gain its life from the devastating fall, and the world is turning its time backwards, the Commander who connected both Western and Eastern continent, lose his warmth and became one with nature.
Meanwhile,
"I'll be going now, Mom, Dad!" Said a reddish-brown eye teenager who's wearing a high school uniform. He took his bag from the couch and run towards the door.
"Don't forget you lunch box, dear. We won't want you to get hungry while at school." His mother said as she gave him a small bag with food inside and some pocket money of 5,000 won.
"Ah. You didn't have to do that, Mom. But thank you." The teenager kissed his mother on the cheeks as his mother smiled and pat him.
"What about mine?" The older male who has a deep voice asked.
The teenager tried his best to hide his disgust that make his dad to laugh.
"Haha, I should have known that." His dad said, slightly disappointed. But his disappointed vanished completely as he felt a warmth wrapped around him.
"My kiss is solely for mom and my hug is yours only, right?" The youth softly said as the man smiled and took out his wallet.
"This is what you want, right?" He took out 10,000 won from it as the teenager's smile widened and take the money.
"That's also it but I love you more."
Both people laugh at the remark.
Somewhere, people are gathering inside a hidden place.
"We need to find him, no matter what. I want to see him again."
"I'll make sure to do that. Even if it take decades."
"I just hope he's doing right. Our commander, our leader, our hero, and our legend."
Their aura is strong enough for the screen to goes blank.
Fin~