Electus - Chapter 476

“How much longer will it take to reach that tribe?” Rash asked, looking at Sekun and hoping to get an appropriate answer.

Tad pissed, but not enough to be dramatic about it, Sekun recited. “I told you, I don’t know. Just because I’m a Calidum Lutum, it doesn’t mean I know where the monument is.”

Not wanting to hear grown men argue anymore, Ada added her own contribution in this conversation. “Yes Rash stop bugging the man, he told you that he doesn’t know.”

Noticing the tension, but with no aim to add wood to the Fire, Eric uttered what everyone wants to hear. “I think it would be best if we set up camp for the night, travelling all day is getting the best out of us all.”

Catching up on their most recent task, for a week now after leaving that Ignite led village, they’ve continued their hunt for the ancient monument that sheds connection with the boots of Kashentis.

Losing orientation in this forest is easy, worst yet they are looking for a small structure so you can only imagine how everyone got on edge.

Planting the sleeping bags in the driest ground they could find, blowing a bit of Fire to eradicate any bit of water and bug on or near their area, taking a moment to share a meal too.

Eric shot down a reindeer just a couple of days ago, and Rash was set to butcher the carcass as Ada doesn’t really have the heart to do it.

Physically the strongest, Sekun has carried the food harvested from that Reindeer so the group may feast upon this natural resource.

The contributes feel even, and it wouldn’t be a big deal if everyone didn’t contribute to forming this meal. They whole crew has a large quest to tackle, fighting over who did what would be stupid and petty.

However, some attributes these individuals are bringing to this quest can be considered petty as well so waiting a tad bit for everyone to eat, Eric broke a new topic open. “I think all of you should stop fighting.”

With that laid out there, silence grew stronger but a sense that this group will start blaming each other, grew on Eric’s conscious so he had to take extra precautions. “We’re on a quest here that will determine the fate of our homes, we’re all on edge but we don’t need petty arguments flying around.”

Although not liking to go against the man she loves, Ada felt obliged to point out. “They’re not pointless arguments, Rash has been picking on Sekun all week.”

Since his name got mentioned, Rash had to defend his own view although his tone arose higher. “I’m not picking on Sekun, I just want to make sure we’re heading the right way.”

Feeling like he has the strongest point here, Sekun contradicted. “And I keep telling you that I don’t know where the right way is.”

Wanting to fall asleep already, Eric cut it short as his tone remained low. “Regardless, we should go together like a lake and its fish. The quest is far beyond our value, getting the boots is the easiest part of our journey even.”

Realising that he slid a bit off topic, Eric got to the main point. “We’re all risking our lives anyway, might as well be perfections about our quests.”

…

“Guys…” Ada uttered, feeling herself elevating higher above ground.

Hearing her tone, Eric’s eyes forced open and he gazed left and right to find her, with a bit of a rush escaping the sleeping bag.

“Up here.” Ada called for help once more, her tone high and hopping to get everyone else’s attention.

Looking up, rubbing his eyes to figure out what the hell is going on with paranoia undoubtedly rising thanks to that ambush weeks ago.

He spotted Ada floating on mid air as her body seperated the moonlight, thankfully she is not tied up but at this rate both of them hoped for her to have such fate instead.

Not sure how to comprehend all of this, trying to avoid panic, Eric murmured. “Why are you floating? Am I dreaming?”

“You’re definitely not dreaming.” Sekun stood up, hearing the chatter in his dreams actually and forcing himself to wake up.

Although still a bit drowsy, he encouraged. “She has been picked up by a Ghost, everyone yell Azr.a.p.etos!”

“Azr.a.p.etos.” Eric shouted, although not understanding what’s it about.

“Azrapotatoes…” Rash murmured, rushing up from his sleeping bag fairly still not fully conscious.

“Azr.a.p.etos!” Ada shouted and felt her limbs become heavy as a rock, whatever elevated her seemed to have let go.

Falling 30 feet from the sky, Eric rushed towards her with a prime aim to catch. Such a fall can surely cause damage, bone breaking possibly.

With little time given to catch her, Eric leaped forward in the last second and managed to slip his arms right where Ada’s feet were supposed to meet the ground.

Such disadvantage resulted to a different end, as Eric tackled Ada more instead of catching her because his arms swooped and surrounded her legs.

Still managing to limit the overall momentum, Ada was bashed and tipped against the ground close by, together landing over a bush and almost striking a healthy trunk with their heads.

“Are you okay?” Eric swiftly spoke, rising her up and checking everywhere with hopes of not finding any blood.

Feeling heavy about Eric panicking to such extent, Ada joked. “I’m okay don’t worry, thank you for catching me or I could have broken my butt.”

“I wish you wouldn’t think about butts right now.” Eric added, relieved of course and pulled her into a hug.

“Azra…” Rash tried to speak, but it came out more of a whisper as his throat felt heavy, restricted actually.

2 feet above the ground, he felt as if a heavy object kept his throat tight with no chance of escaping.

Waving his arms, he felt them hitting a semi-solid thing across the air. Nothing to see for the n.a.k.e.d eye, but something is keeping him above ground.

Finding the opportunity as the grip around his neck felt tighter, with all the strength a panicking drowsy man can obtain in a few seconds, with his right arm he swung forward.

Hitting that solid thing, successful in a way as he felt it shiver, as a counter attack his throat felt tighter beyond endurance now.

Leaping forward, Sekun swung across the air and felt his bone crack. This thing, this portrayed Ghost feels like human flesh once hitting it.

Ignoring the pain of a cracked bone, he saw Rash dropping to the ground and whispering “Azr.a.p.etos” over and over as he curled into a ball.

“Who are you to break my brother in half?” A tone shook beneath their feet, grasping every bit of their attention.

Feeling targeted, Sekun became swift to answer. “Who was he to try and kill my brother?”

In that very moment, the pitch darkness overcoming the sky, forced magenta in colour.

Panicking, Erich rushed towards Sekun and shook his arm, shouting. “Why is the sky blue? It can’t be day already!”

“Blue? Mine is green!” Ada hollered, refusing to look up any further for the sake of avoiding the problem.

Realising that they have synced into a crap situation, Sekun kept it calm and focused on the sky’s beauty. “Mine is pretty much magenta.”

While Rash, he is as good as knocked out. The inability to breathe for sure got the best out of him, thankfully he is alive. Sekun could see him breathe even from a distance when the sky turned magenta.

A few minutes passed and everything became rather boring, that tone who spoke to them before the sky started changing colour didn’t yet speak again.

Making the group feel like there is nothing to worry about, especially since there are no further attacks in motion and of course labelling this situation as a Ghostly illusion.

“Oh common, the sky is changing colours and all you people think about is eating?” The Ghost shouted, obviously pissed as he gazed upon the three eating reindeer meat as they sat near Rash.

With a few facts made certain and having faced worst situations before, Eric felt little fear as he butchered. “It’s not like you can do anything about it, I don’t know what kind of extra special ghost you are to escape Azr.a.p.etos but you can’t do anything more.”

Out of a sudden the sky returned to normal, carrying a pitch black colour with the stars shining here and there and the moon glowing brighter than ever.

Suddenly, a figure appeared near them and demanded attention. “Listen to me, why are you here?”

Its tone, well it sounds female but has that bit of blur between every word making her hard to understand. This thing isn’t alive, so of course you can’t expect it to have perfect vocal cords.

Her tone, it sounds like one woman speaking over the other. It feels high pitched but that’s just the whistle between every word.

Refusing to cooperate with attackers who hence, have no power over them now, Eric weighed in a key reason. “Why would I tell you that?”

Straight to the point, trying to dominate without a doubt. The ghost answered with a shout, “Because I will kill everyone you hold near and dear if you don’t.”