A few minutes before Ristia rampaged through the plateau....
Lestari wearing a white coat and carrying her favorite weapon, she visited an orphanage located near the village of Segoro. The orphanage building looks very simple, not too luxurious, not too shabby. The building material is high quality wood and designed by professional architects, so it can stand up to eight floors.
The caretakers of orphanage welcomed the arrival of Skyscrapers Commander, they stood up straight and saluted. Lestari’s purpose in coming to the orphanage was not playing with the orphans, she wanted to ask the children about the golden-haired girl where she was.
The girl named Devi answered the Commander’s question with courtesy, she lifted her yellow dress, then lowered her head, “Greetings, Mrs. Lestari. Please allow me to speak. My name is Devi, I saw a girl who has golden hair on her way home with a boy named Satrio, the two of them passed through the plateau. Please allow me to end the conversation.”
“Thank you.” Lestari stroked Devi’s hair with a gentle touch, then she left the orphanage and moved towards the plateau.
Ristia, I hope you are well. I received a report from intelligence that a cult group has been moving in the shadows to kill you. Really, i’m really worried about you. She thought.
Suddenly the ground shook violently and Lestari fell into a puddle of murky water.
“What happened?” Lestari was very surprised. Her eyes immediately fell on the plateau and saw a streak of blue light rising into the sky, she was stunned when she saw it.
Lestari tried to stand up, but she fell back because her balance couldn’t keep up with the ground shaking.
A moment later, Lestari’s ears heard the screams of the orphanage children, Lestari spontaneously looked back and she saw the children and their caretakers were crushed to death by a wooden building.
Lestari actually did not react when she saw the collapsed orphanage building, because she realized that there was an oddity. The ground at the location where the orphanage was built did not shake at all, only where Lestari was standing the ground shook.
A solid building just crumbling down without a cause, it makes no sense. She thought.
Lestari pulled the hilt of the weapon named Roseliet from the scabbard, then she chanted a spell in a soft voice to activate Roseliet’s power, “Liet, warden.”
When finished chanting the spell, Roseliet who was in Lestari’s right hand lit up and emitted a very bright pink light.
Immediately the ground shaking stopped completely, then Lestari stood back up proudly, then she looked back and it turned out that the orphanage building was not destroyed at all, the children and the caretakers were not injured.
“Illusionary magic, huh. I had terrible hallucinations....”
Lestari deactivated Roseliet’s magic, then put her weapon back into its sheath and ran towards the source of the blue light.
Roseliet is a weapon that Lestari always uses in battle, this weapon has the ability to annul magic or can be called anti-magic, besides Roseliet can fly automatically towards a predetermined target and leave a mark in the form of a rose tattoo if it hits the target. Roseliet has an own magic and will return to the user’s hands when flown, like a boomerang.
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The residents of Segoro village looked excited when they saw the phenomenon of the blue line of light that pierced the sky, ranging from children to the elderly, they all gathered in the very wide village square. The reactions of the villagers varied, some were amazed, confused, scared, panicked, ordinary, and some took the time to sell food in the middle of a crowd.
Not only the villagers, the townspeople, members of the Skyscrapers and their higher-ups also witnessed the phenomenon from various places, they were all dumbfounded and confused. However, there was a Skyscraping General in the Reliquia tower who grinned widely at the sight of this phenomenon.
That blue light contains great power, if left unchecked, something terrible will happen. According to the prophecy, there will be destruction, explosions, pressure, and an endless winter. I don’t completely believe in prophecies, but the planet is really in grave danger. Ristia, control your anger, mother came to save you. Lestari ran, thinking.
Not long after, the blue line of light suddenly disappeared, Lestari was shocked and the people who also witnessed the phenomenon reacted the same way. The disappearance of the blue light was too sudden, Lestari unconsciously burst into tears, she cried while running, she thought her child had died because she couldn’t stand the power that filled her whole body, but she tried to think positively and wiped her tears.
The villagers returned to their usual activities after the blue line of light disappeared, they didn’t care and didn’t want to know, the villagers thought more about their stomachs than the strange phenomenon that just happened.
Meanwhile, the Skyscraper General named Monno Demma deployed a battalion of well-armed horse explorers to the location where the blue streak of light appeared. The General considered this phenomenon to be the work of a bad organization, considering that the organization in question was reported to have been operating secretly.
“O formidable warriors, the enemy has been seen, take up your weapons, spill his blood, destroy his pride, treat his death with disrespect. Soldiers, burn, burn your fighting spirit!” Monno Demma exclaimed sternly, she gave encouragement to the explorers before they went on an impromptu mission.
“HORASSSS!!!” The explorers shouted, raising their hands up.
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Lestari was on a plateau, she saw Ristia raise her right hand, then fell to the ground for no reason. Calmly Lestari moved and took the right place to attack Krille, she hid behind a boulder and pulled Roseliet out of the scabbard.
“Liet, fabria.” The spell was cast and Roseliet emitted a pink glow.
Before attacking, Lestari analyzed Krille carefully, she thought about how to do a fatal attack and how to escape if the attack failed. Lestari is indeed chased by time, but she is a very calm woman, she turns her panic into a deadly weapon.
Apart from analyzing, Lestari monitors the surrounding area, making sure that Krille is not with his partner. Lestari always looks for information before entering the battlefield, she is very careful and thorough.
Sure enough, his precision paid off, he found 10 mysterious people hiding behind trees and boulders, they were wearing black robes bearing the inverted star, it was confirmed that they were all Krille’s friends.
Lestari flew Roseliet and chased the heads of Krille's friends, after that she aimed Roseliet at Krille's right hand which almost took Ristia's life and she slid behind the demon cultist.
“God is merciful, but not for a devil worshiper like you.” Lestari slashed Krille’s neck with Roseliet.
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Lestari carried Ristia and brought her home. On the way, Lestari met the cavalry explorers and ordered them all to return to the base, because the problem was over and the enemies had been defeated.
“The blue line of light just now seemed to be emitting illusion magic, then how did I get affected by the magic? My distance from the plateau was still very far, while 10 of Krille’s friends weren’t affected by the illusion. So, what is the cause?”
“If I look closely from the previous incident, Ristia looked at Krille with a sharp gaze, then Krille had hallucinations, I’m sure he was struck by an illusion because his gaze was so blank. Maybe Ristia’s red eyes were the cause, if that’s the case, it means that at that time Ristia saw me from a distance and got myself sedated with illusion magic. Makes sense.”