Chapter 81: Chapter 36: Simon’s Dance

Their formation made no sense to Kai.

Two of the brooms were flying side by side, their speed easily surpassing the three behind them by half. Yet the two in front didn’t approach Thunder Faction’s broomsticks. Kai also noticed their clothes. There was nothing special about them, but they were cleaner.

Formal wears? Kai guessed, and then it hit him. They are official wizards!

Kai had asked Arlen why the so-called Wizard’s Council would hunt Mr. Beedle. Wizards or men, Arlen had told him, all fear something they don’t understand. The brief explanation had made perfect sense to him then. More so when he topped it with the fact that Chaos had issued this mission.

“STOP!” one wizard shouted. “Turn around and land on the island. Otherwise, don’t blame us for not showing any mercy.”

He is surely polite, Kai thought. The other one is quieter.

Both men were wearing long coats and had a hat over their heads. One had a wand in his right hand, the other in his left. The three figures behind them were a blur, like three distant birds.

“Bloody,” Arlen shouted. “Be prepared for a sneak attack.”

Kai nodded.

But it wasn’t the sneaky ones they should have worried about, Kai found out soon.

The quieter official didn’t give any warning. He flicked the wand, and Kai felt as if a train was coming at him. The very air rumbled as Arlen twisted the broomstick to dodge. A tremor ran through Kai when they balanced their brooms.

What was that? Kai thought, his heart dreading that tremor.

“Simon?!” Arlen glared at Simon. “If not now, then when?”

Kai saw a shocking scene then. The broomsticks were flying at their top speed, but Simon stood up. If it weren’t for his hunched back, there couldn’t be something straighter than him. The wind failed to stir anything other than Simon’s robes.

A stalk of bamboo, tough but humble; and then Simon moved.

No! Kai shook his head.

Then Simon danced!

Kai had never seen someone being so graceful before. If Kai were to lose the clarity in his eyes, then he could imagine a maiden at Simon’s place. Her waist twisting, and her hands flowing. Her feet kissing the wood.

Soft? Yes. But firm.

Sadly, Kai could see. So, he saw Simon, not a maiden. He saw him looking at the water. Kai realized then. Simon was like those waves, a drop in the ocean, untethered by the wind.

Or the waves are like Simon, Kai thought.

Then Simon’s hands shot out like the snap of a bowstring. Tensed first, but thunderous afterward.

They were flying low enough for Kai's toes to feel the wet, chill in the sea. The two wizards had their wands to fire those blasts again. Suddenly, something shot out of the sea. They were surrounded by so much water and foaming waves that Kai couldn’t see it.

It was fast. And it was powerful.

One wizard had almost got thrown off the broomstick . He would have fallen if it weren’t for him clutching the broomstick at the last moment using one hand. The second wizard’s broomstick lost balance completely, the twigs at its end blasting into pieces.

Simon’s dance wasn’t over yet.

He slouched, his hands going downwards, and then he stood up, his hands shooting up like bullets.

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Bullets! Kai saw them this time. They were water bullets.

Tiny globules of water. No larger than a mouthful. No wonder I couldn’t see them before, Kai thought. At such a level, it’s hard to distinguish them from the thrashing waves.

The wizard, dangling on the broom with one hand, must have seen them too. He flicked his wand, blasting the water bullet away. The other wasn’t as fortunate, though. His broomstick was going round and round, like a dead bird falling from the sky. The second water bullet hit right in his face.

Kai saw a shower of blood, and then the wizard fell. But before the sea could claim his body, he disappeared.

Kai could have sworn he heard a sound, like a crack of a whip. But it might as well have something else. He wasn’t sure.

“Peter!” the first wizard roared, eying the drowning broom. The sea claimed it instantaneously. The three others, flying a considerable distance behind the official wizards, must have realized what was happening. They rushed their brooms towards the wizard.

Simon’s hand had again gone down, his feet twisting on the wooden staff as if it was a floor. The wizard aimed the wand, and suddenly, Simon’s broom shook. And at that speed, that slight shake was enough to send the inexperienced Shae tumbling down on the waters.

A shriek, shrill and helpless.

Simon broke his graceful dance and lunged at Shae’s outstretched hands. A brief struggle ensued between the sea and the one-eyed man for the prize. Shae, being torn between two.

Arlen had to turn around to face the wizard. Otherwise, it meant death for both Simon and Shae.

“Expelliarmus!”

Arlen flung his wand-hand at the wizard. The wizard had already found his balance by then. Kai gaped, seeing the spell that had thrown Sonia’s hands getting thwarted by just a flick of the wizard’s wand.

This?! Kai could scarcely believe it. It’s like we are children in front of him.

The wizard gave Arlen a scornful look before shouting the same words.

“Expelliarmus!”

Kai had thought Arlen would lose his wand, then. What happened, though, was even more unbelievable.

Arlen, along with his wand, got blasted off the broomstick. Kai lunged and caught Arlen’s foot. But then, they were completely open to the wizard’s magic.

The wizard again pointed the wand, but something hit him from behind.

Bang! It hit again. And then once more.

Bullets after water bullets surrounded him from all sides, hitting his vital areas. Kai saw madness had overtaken Simon. The dance, though, hadn’t disgraced its charm.

The wizard had to take the broomstick up, but the bullets followed until they couldn’t see him anymore.

What’s this Skill? Kai asked himself. How can he use so many of them?

“Simon!” Arlen called out, taking control of the broomstick, his face bloody. “They are coming. Let’s go!”

Simon nodded. He dragged the drenched Shae and brought the broomstick to its maximum speed.

The three others were just on their tail.

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