TF Chapter 16 Danger Arrives
Happiness is a really good thing, it brings about a certain liberation within the body, as if some burden has been lifted, which indeed had been.
Currently, I was in the middle of explaining my discovery to Danny and Bora, who, despite their best efforts, couldn't conceal the joy on their faces. I had even wondered at one point whether the guy had truly been worried about our failure as he had always seemed so composed.
"So, the atoms making up the air are the key!" Bora exclaimed with realisation and an expression that said that she should have figured it out earlier.
Now that I think about it, the solution had been there all along! I blame Celeste for this blunder. Her hint had taken us completely in the wrong direction!
"Hmmmm!?"
Something surprising happened at this time, causing me some shock. I was feeling something along my skin, something that appeared to be omnipresent, being stirred by something else. What was it? I wasn't the only one having this weird sensation as even Danny and Bora were looking around themselves as if they were searching for some anomaly.
(All students will have to study by themselves for an indefinable period. All instructors have been summoned for a very important task)
That announcement rang within my mind at the moment. It appeared that someone had used his spiritual powers to trigger the omnipresent something to transmit his voice.
'Something omnipresent...could it be that this continent is spiritual?' I wondered before something dawned upon me...
"Have the guards also been summoned?" Bora's question triggered my fears causing me to lose some of the bubbly energy I had had before.
"They probably have. Though, I wonder what could have happened for all forgers to be summoned?" Danny boy's question implied a curiosity towards something else.
Helloooo...my life is going to be in danger from this moment! I had the urge to shout out those words at him, but couldn't do it, as I would appear vulnerable. If it had been just Danny and me, it would have been fine, but Bora, was someone I shouldn't show any weakness in front of.
Even now, she was looking at my face as if searching for traces of something.
"We should put off our attempts at extraction for the time being. We are most vulnerable when our spiritual powers are merged." Danny boy's suggestion was met with unanimous approval. Even Bora, who was the most impatient of us to achieve something nodded imperceptibly this time.
That was just one step. How were we going to handle anyone who attacked? That was the crucial question we had to find an answer to. I waited for the others to bring up the topic since it would be weird if I brought it up. It would look like I was trying to involve them into my problems...which I really wanted!
"What do you think should be the next thing to do in order to deal with...the assassins?" Danny asked. How great of him!
"This stone room only has one entrance and one window. All we have to do is guard them in shifts and we will be okay." Bora suggested, her voice bearing the same intonation as when we had first met, a sign of her logically trying to come up with something feasible.
"Mr. Danny, do you know how to fight?"
Her next question caused a curiosity to well up within me. They already knew that I couldn't really fight...and Bora had already revealed that she could...that only left, Danny boy.
"I know a few american boxing moves. Don't worry, I can definitely hold my own." His answer didn't reassure me as it meant that Bora was the only reliable combatant that we had!
What were we going to do now? I should say something since I was the cause of all this, but I lacked the courage, not to mention any ideas. We had zero tools at our disposal, except maybe, picking up the few solid stones on the ground outside.
"We have one advantage we can use, and that's the fact that we can survive in this stone room for an indefinite period of time."
Bora's words enlightened me, causing a spark of hope to manifest. Yes, she was really right! We could stay in here as those people laid siege upon this place!
"How are we going to handle the shifts? There are two places that need watching, yet only three of us. We will most definitely become very exhausted if two keep watch while one rests. If only one of us keeps watch though, there is a very high chance of a mistake happening." This time, my mouth opened with a question that absolutely had to be asked.
My question triggered a silence within the room, not a meaningless one, but one where I could feel everyone's gears turning within their minds. They were thinking of solutions to that.
If only we had chosen a fourth! But that begged the question; would he or she have been on my side unconditionally, just like how Bora and Danny boy were? There was also the possibility that they might have betrayed us at a very crucial moment...my thoughts here had already exposed the fact that I had come to trust the two with my life. Even with their own secrets, I knew for sure that they didn't have any plans of abandoning me.
"This stone room is shrouded in darkness...if you take the perspective of someone who has just been outside. A moment will be needed for their eyes to adjust to the darkness. We will settle in that corner, where we can keep an eye on both the entrance and the window. Only one of us will keep watch while being in arm's length of the others, upon which, they can alert us in case someone barges through. Everyone of us will keep watch for 8 hours."
After a very long period of thought, Bora suggested. She most definitely hadn't only been taught martial arts! That was something I became certain of after her detailed plan.
TF Chapter 16 Danger Arrives
Happiness is a really good thing, it brings about a certain liberation within the body, as if some burden has been lifted, which indeed had been.
Currently, I was in the middle of explaining my discovery to Danny and Bora, who, despite their best efforts, couldn't conceal the joy on their faces. I had even wondered at one point whether the guy had truly been worried about our failure as he had always seemed so composed.
"So, the atoms making up the air are the key!" Bora exclaimed with realisation and an expression that said that she should have figured it out earlier.
Now that I think about it, the solution had been there all along! I blame Celeste for this blunder. Her hint had taken us completely in the wrong direction!
"Hmmmm!?"
Something surprising happened at this time, causing me some shock. I was feeling something along my skin, something that appeared to be omnipresent, being stirred by something else. What was it? I wasn't the only one having this weird sensation as even Danny and Bora were looking around themselves as if they were searching for some anomaly.
(All students will have to study by themselves for an indefinable period. All instructors have been summoned for a very important task)
That announcement rang within my mind at the moment. It appeared that someone had used his spiritual powers to trigger the omnipresent something to transmit his voice.
'Something omnipresent...could it be that this continent is spiritual?' I wondered before something dawned upon me...
"Have the guards also been summoned?" Bora's question triggered my fears causing me to lose some of the bubbly energy I had had before.
"They probably have. Though, I wonder what could have happened for all forgers to be summoned?" Danny boy's question implied a curiosity towards something else.
Helloooo...my life is going to be in danger from this moment! I had the urge to shout out those words at him, but couldn't do it, as I would appear vulnerable. If it had been just Danny and me, it would have been fine, but Bora, was someone I shouldn't show any weakness in front of.
Even now, she was looking at my face as if searching for traces of something.
"We should put off our attempts at extraction for the time being. We are most vulnerable when our spiritual powers are merged." Danny boy's suggestion was met with unanimous approval. Even Bora, who was the most impatient of us to achieve something nodded imperceptibly this time.
That was just one step. How were we going to handle anyone who attacked? That was the crucial question we had to find an answer to. I waited for the others to bring up the topic since it would be weird if I brought it up. It would look like I was trying to involve them into my problems...which I really wanted!
"What do you think should be the next thing to do in order to deal with...the assassins?" Danny asked. How great of him!
"This stone room only has one entrance and one window. All we have to do is guard them in shifts and we will be okay." Bora suggested, her voice bearing the same intonation as when we had first met, a sign of her logically trying to come up with something feasible.
"Mr. Danny, do you know how to fight?"
Her next question caused a curiosity to well up within me. They already knew that I couldn't really fight...and Bora had already revealed that she could...that only left, Danny boy.
"I know a few american boxing moves. Don't worry, I can definitely hold my own." His answer didn't reassure me as it meant that Bora was the only reliable combatant that we had!
What were we going to do now? I should say something since I was the cause of all this, but I lacked the courage, not to mention any ideas. We had zero tools at our disposal, except maybe, picking up the few solid stones on the ground outside.
"We have one advantage we can use, and that's the fact that we can survive in this stone room for an indefinite period of time."
Bora's words enlightened me, causing a spark of hope to manifest. Yes, she was really right! We could stay in here as those people laid siege upon this place!
"How are we going to handle the shifts? There are two places that need watching, yet only three of us. We will most definitely become very exhausted if two keep watch while one rests. If only one of us keeps watch though, there is a very high chance of a mistake happening." This time, my mouth opened with a question that absolutely had to be asked.
My question triggered a silence within the room, not a meaningless one, but one where I could feel everyone's gears turning within their minds. They were thinking of solutions to that.
If only we had chosen a fourth! But that begged the question; would he or she have been on my side unconditionally, just like how Bora and Danny boy were? There was also the possibility that they might have betrayed us at a very crucial moment...my thoughts here had already exposed the fact that I had come to trust the two with my life. Even with their own secrets, I knew for sure that they didn't have any plans of abandoning me.
"This stone room is shrouded in darkness...if you take the perspective of someone who has just been outside. A moment will be needed for their eyes to adjust to the darkness. We will settle in that corner, where we can keep an eye on both the entrance and the window. Only one of us will keep watch while being in arm's length of the others, upon which, they can alert us in case someone barges through. Everyone of us will keep watch for 8 hours."
After a very long period of thought, Bora suggested. She most definitely hadn't only been taught martial arts! That was something I became certain of after her detailed plan.
