Chapter III : New Companions

Robert collected few weapons which were scattered around on the ground. He packed his equipments and tools. He was then feeling better. Likewise, he was just about to move his feet, when Lark came running towards him. He was huffing and looked very terrified.

He asked, “ What happened Lark ? Did you find someone injured and loned ? ”

“ No, but I found someone about whom you must listen to. By the way, are you feeling fine now ?”

“ Yes, I am fine, but what happened to you ? ”

Lark explained the whole situation point to point that he perceived there.

Lark tried to scratch out the name from his head,“ The Sage... Sparky—something like that. Whatever the name was ! But his skills are no match for humans, that I am sure ! What a speed ! What an accuracy! ”

After hearing Lark, a shivering wave went doing through his spine. Robert added from his horror,“ The Sage Of Blue Thunder. His name is The Sage Of Blue Thunder. ”

“ How do you know ? Did you know him before ? ”

“ This was just a bit of his power. You don't know his true power. He is one of the strongest of this planet. He is a sage. He possesses lightning energy and can manipulate it in his own will in different techniques. ”

Lark was staring at Robert with a hunger of curiosity. Robert understood it continued,“ A sage is a person who can convert their energies into elemental or elementals by special meditation according to the nature of their energy. There are mainly five elemental types—Fire (Heat and Light energy), Water (Hydro kinetic and Hydro-ionic energy), Earth (Atomic, Mechanical and Nuclear energy), Air (Aero-mechanical and Aero-magnetic energy) and Lightning (Electromagnetic and Light energy) , but there are also some sub-elementals. The Sage Of Blue Thunder left this village many years before to attain enlightenment, but why did he return suddenly ? Is it because of the war ?”

Lark thought,“ Yes I finally got a way out. I need to learn Sage technique to attain power which can help me to last in this world and to maintain peace here. But the thing is that I can't understand any of the thing which Captain Robert told me about the elementals. ”

“ Let's leave Brook. We must rescue our people. They might be heavily injured.”

Under the stones, under the broken huts, inside the green, under the broken buildings —everywhere, those two had searched for humans, but they had not seen a single living being yet.

Suddenly a voice came from back when they were searching.“ If you are trying to rescue the left out population of your village, then you should search behind that cherry blossom tree. I can sense three low level energies out behind the tree. ”

“ Thank you—Wait... Are you the sage of blue spark ?” Lark turned back.

“ That's The Sage Of Blue Thunder not blue spark,” A tall, muscular figure with blue robe and wooden conical hat spoke out. Lark had seen this figure before.

Robert leaped off in joy and screamed, with no control in his deeds, “ Oh sir ! Long time no see. Sir see, in your absence so many things has been happened in this land. ”

“ That I can see. I am glad that your new village leader had summoned me. I can't sense his energy. Is he..?”

Robert lowered his head, in answer to The Sage Of Blue Thunder. He said, “ All this devastation occurred in just two hours. We couldn't even touch their hair. Damn the samurais of Samurai Union ! I lost all hope of living until this boy saved my life. When I saw this boy, sharing the dreams which I also dreamt of, I rebuilt my dreams and decided to turn it into reality. I will bring peace and love to this world.”

“ Don't worry. Now I have come, there's no need of fearing. Let me know all the intel you have with you about this war and The Samurai Union afterwards,, but you first rescue he left population. ”

That sage's voice seemed very cold and savage to Lark. His voice was both freezing and so as confident and powerful enough to make someone fear him. Because of the voice, Lark then preferred to keep a distance between him.

Lark raided behind the cherry blossom tree suddenly without any notice. There were two kids and a boy of no age more than fourteen or fifteen years. The kids were very terrified by this action of Lark. They hid behind the boy. His long brown hair came upto his neck were very dusty which were covering his head in a blurry brown cloak, when dispersed into air. His clothes were outfitting. He raised his bow and arrow and blitzed on him. Lark dodged it by luck.

Lark surrendered him and depicted himself , “ Hey, hey ! This is me Lark, your former classmate's brother.”

“ Oh this is you, ” He said in a soft voice. He seemed to not care for he what would have happened to Lark if the arrow would have hit him. This boy's name was Ronald Agastha and those kids were his brother Donald and sister Ruby.

“ Hey come with us. We are rescuing the leftover population of our village and bringing them altogether. Come on. We will help you. Unity builds strength.” Lark raised his hand for welcoming them.

Ronald thought,“ For the sake of my siblings, I have to live. To live , I need help of others too. I need to become strong and stand for myself and my siblings. After all I need to fulfill my parent's last wish. I should join them.”

Past memory

“ Where are you two going mom ?” Ronald asked.

“ We are going on a mission. Please take of you and your siblings.” His mom assigned him the job. His mom looked at his eyes and said, “ I know that you want to stop us but son, there's a war going on and our congrds need us.”

Ronald's corner of his lips lowered and his inner eyebrows raised. He bit his lips so as to suppress his silent moan. His eyes turned moist.

Ronald's dad told, “ Don't underestimate my brave boy. He knows everything very well and knows how to act upon his responsibilities. I have total faith in him ! ”

The words of his dad touched his heart,“ Yes, I know I am responsible. Everyone has so much faith and hope on me. Yes, I know I can do it. After all my parents are soldiers,” He thought.

Suddenly, a sound of explosion teared his eardrums. Then his whole house crumbled down. He quickly grabbed his little siblings under his arms and faced his back against the house. Nothing happened to them. When he looked up, he saw his mother covering their body under her warmth. A big stone had been fell there on her back. Her back head turned red. Blood trailed down from her lips dropped on her elder son's forehead. Ronald,s mom gave her everything in saving her children.

Suddenly, few masked men surrounded their whole broken home. They targeted their arrows over Ronald's mom. But Ronald's dad threw himself between the arrows and his wife. All the arrows shot him.

His mom uttered,“ Run away from here ! Protect your siblings at any cost. ”

His dad shouted, “ You are the future of this village. You have a responsibility towards your village. Never forget them. You will protect this village. ” His dad couldn't hold his feet and he fell down exhaling his last breath.

Ronald came out of the stones. His mom weakened her force and all the stones crumbled on her, crushing her whole body.

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Ronald tightened his fist,“ Yes I will follow my duties. I will never forget my duties, ” He thought. He placed his hand over Lark's , accepting to join them.

The Sage Of Blue Thunder smiled at them, but his smile turned into terror. A sword came across from back through his chest which was coated with blood. Someone stabbed him from back ! Lark got terrified. It seems that there is someone who can match the capabilities of that sage. They were all shocked after seeing this sudden attack.

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