Chapter IV : Ronald's Decision

As soon as Lark noticed the man who had stabbed the sage from behind, The Sage Of Blue Thunder dissolved into the thin veil of air without leaving any trace. He again reappeared infront of that backstabber. He praised, “ First in my life , I have been blessed by someone after achieving sage mode. I am very glad that someone here can touch me. ”

The red patch over the sage's chest and the back disappeared of a sudden and a cut appeared on his arm. The traitor was wearing a red Kabuto, a red chestplate with paired shoulder guards, iron sleeves, skirt and red shin guards. He withdrew his red stained katana from which blood was dripping. Men having same outfit as the bavkstabber emerged and surrounded Lark and his companions. The traitor commanded,“ Red Yoroi warriors assemble ! ”

As soon as the traitor joined his allies, Robert and others kept their weapons prepared. Ronald loaded three arrows at once and aimed it on the enemies. Lark took out his shurikens and daggers. Robert took out his shotgun. Wait ! There were not Donald and Ruby with them ! Ronald dropped his weapons and started searching for them in every direction madly. But he got no trace. He started moaning. Then suddenly all of his senses turned inactive. The last words of his parents were the only thing which could be heard by Lark that time. Those words echoed in his ears—“ He knows everything very well and knows how to act upon his responsibilities...I have total faith in him... Protect your siblings at any cost...” He thought, “ If I fail to protect my siblings. I will not be able to show face to my parents even not to myselft . ”

He visioned all his favourite moments with his siblings. He saw that how he and Donald used to fight in a sword fight using small wooden swords. He also remembered that when he fell asleep, his sister Ruby used to scribble her crayons on his face. He remembered how he used to pick them up from academy and had icecreams.

Then everyone heard a familiar childish cry. They looked forward to the cry and saw Donald and Ruby under the captivation of the traitors. Ronald cried out, “ Donald ! Ruby ! Leave them alone, you bastards ! ”

Those kids cried,“ Big brother ! ”

The man in lead of the armoured warriors , said, “ If you want them back, then you have to surrender yourself, Robert Magnadi. ”

Robert thought, “ Shit ! They are calling me for their upcoming project. I know it very well. Our clan's blood is special. ”

Past memory

One fine day, when Ronald and his father, Gerald were returning from market, they saw a man of his clan having a big portmanteau. His clothes were teared , dusty and his face was dull but the big portmanteau in his hand seemed to be not achieved by himself by his efforts. He was singing and was seemed to be in his own fantasies.

That man bumped into Gerald. He got terrified after seeing Gerald infront.

Gerald asked, “ It seems that you are in a very happy mood today. What happened ? What's in your briefcase ? ”

“ Nothing special, sir ,” that man replied with a distorted smile. He started sweating and started looking here and there . He was waiting for the right time to end his conversation and hide out of humans.

“ Let us talk there. ” As Gerald said this , he grabbed that man's shoulder under his arm. He said,“ Son you wait for me here. I will have some talk with uncle there inside that lane. ”

Gerald brought that man into a silent lane. Ronald peeked into that dark lane from the edge. It was so silent and dark that it was an ideal location to have a secret chat.

Gerald caught the collar of that man and pushed him against the wall. He grinned his teeth, “ Now tell me the truth. How did you get that brief case ? I can smell fresh cash. Tell me how you got this money ! Answer me ! ”

“ I am telling ! I am telling , sir ! ” that man murmured.“ I got this money after selltfive test tube of Magnadi blood to the Lunal Kabuto warriors. ”

“ You bastard ! Don't you know that Magnadis are important assets for our village's millitary. Our every body part can benefit our enemies leading to our detriment. Our blood provides us an incredible healing factor and an incredible immunity. ”

“ Sorry sir ! I had no choice. My son was on the verge of death. For his treatment, it needed a lot of money.”

“ Because of the unloyalty of people like you, powerful nations fall apart.”

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Ronald started sweating. Thoughts started taking over his whole mind. He was totally lost, but he was still fighting to figure out his perfect decision. He thought,“ Lending myself to save my siblings is indirectly betraying my lost village. I can't help the people who had taken away my close ones and abandoned me in this cruel world with no purpose. What should I do now ? ”

The Sage Of Blue Thunder ambushed on the samurais with his electrified sword. Blood streamed out of their bodies. Some of them dodged these attacks and retreated back. Robert fired with his shotgun continuously, but there was no change. Out of 64 ammo only 5 of them hit. The Sage commanded,“ You, young Magnadi , don't listen to them. They are trapping you. ”

The sage thought,“ What an incredible speed ! According to my intel, samurais are no more than an ordinary human. So from where they are getting so much inhuman energy. ” The Sage Of Blue Thunder made a fist with the middle and ring finger out of that fist, pointing firmly above. This posture made that sage's vision sharp. It became like a scanner which scanned things which are out of a human's sight. He saw that this excess energy is flowing from heart and diaphragm to all over the body. The heart is giving an unusually excess supply of oxygen to the body and the diaphragm's energy is hardening the body tissues at certain times when excess oxygen from heart is heating and melting body tissues. He understood,“ Oh...but how ? Only shinobis and monks can acquire sage energy. Then how those samurais are able to master it. They can use fire and earth elementals, whose mixture is known as Elemental Magma.—They might have achieved this power by implanting Magnadi tissues on their bodies.”

Ronald declared,“ I will go with samurais, but the samurais must leave my siblings first.”He bent his head and walked out to the samurais.

Everyone became silent. Lark thought,“ What he just said ?! Doesn't he knows that how much important, his body is for the village ?! ”

Lark caught his wrist,“ No, I won't let you go. I won't let you be a weird some science experiment. We won't leave you. We need you, Ronald.”

Ronald leashed himself out of Lark's grip. He smiled,“ Believe me, I won't allow any danger over this village. ” He gave a last hug to his siblings and proceeded with the red samurais. His siblings were all crying after him.

That sage slapped Lark's back and stood front. He held Lark's shoulder and said, “ Don't worry. Everything is in control.”With legs widely open, the sage smirked. This posture gave a straight challenge to the samurais. The Sage Of Blue Thunder said, “ Do whatever you like ? But you will not be able to give a single scratch on us.”

Lark couldn't believe that his elder brother's friend can give them such a shockful betray. But there was still a hope and a small place for Ronald in Lark's heart. At some sort of the angle of his heart, he believed that Ronald's smile nor his words were lye. So what he is gonna do next ? Did Ronald had a plan before ?

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