Inside a forest, multiple trees are surrounding an open space, and there are multiple layers of rock forming a gateway that can be seen.
Revior is standing in front of the gateway while staring at an orange-burned blanket that he's holding.
His eyes narrow then a round gateway of flames opens near him. A humanoid same as his race comes out from the gateway and stares at him.
"Still mourning, Revior?" he walks toward Revior, "move on, she will not come back because she chose humans instead of us."
Revior narrows his eyes yet he loosens them and he inhales deeply. "If forgetting a beloved was so easy then I should have done it a long time ago, Obiel."
Obiel stops walking beside him, and he turns his eyes toward Revior. "Stop saying those cheesy lines. We are Nagbabagane and we are raised to be warriors, not some creature who speaks of mockery."
Revior gently shakes his head, and he arises but he didn't look at Obiel. "So, 2nd high-ranking Nagbabagane, leader of the burning rocks, what did you come here for?"
Obiel looks away and decides to release waves of soft laughs, and then he stops and smiles gently. "I saw what you did back there, 3rd high-ranking Nagbabagane. You consumed the souls of those adventurers."
"It was all thanks to that woman," Revior replies, "she lured all humans into this forest in exchange for huge sums of money."
Obiel shrugs his shoulders. "What can I say? Riches are the most common source of death.
"As long as they're thirsty for money then they will do anything to get wealthy even if they harm their race or do some absurd things."
"Poetic of you to say that," Revior told him.
Obiel narrows his eyes and looks at him with a glare. "You moron! I'll never forget this day!"
Revior begins to amble from him while waving his raised hand. "Whatever you say!"
"Oh, come on!" Obiel rolls his eyes and stares at Revior, "does none of my lines irritate you?"
"No," Revior continues to walk calmly, "I'm more irritated to encounter you each day, it's like I'm facing an embodiment of bad luck."
Revior halts and turns around and stares at Obiel. "But those souls, I consumed them for the main purpose to have a boost in my firepower.
"Additionally, for my purpose to evolve to another form of power, Obiel."
"Sometimes, I don't understand you," Obiel tells him, "sometimes you're joking and then you're serious now. It's like when I meet you, I'm with two versions of you."
"Well, thank you," Revior said.
Obiel holds his cheeks as he glares. "You! Piece of coal! It's not a compliment! It's a–!"
"I know, I know, hiding your true feelings aren't you?" Revior chuckles a bit, "well, we've got a lot of things to do, and one of them is tracking Kukira."
"Oh, well, I was instructed to track the lady with the Y," Obiel told Revior.
Revior's eyes begin to expand as he is put to a halt, and then his lip opens a bit. He turns around and sees Obiel staring at him.
"Why are you staring like that?" Obiel narrows his red eyes at Revior, "are you trying to tell something?"
"Nothing," Revior looks down and shakes his head a bit, "I was just thinking about something."
Somewhere far away, inside a wooden cabin, in the living room, Kukira is sitting on a wooden bench while looking calmly at the wooden floor.
Hemetus is standing in the kitchen, and he's looking at Kukira. A hand settles on his shoulder and his eyes widen as his shoulders jerk, thence he looks aside with a glare.
"What are you doing, Hemetus?" Tobias is grinning, "don't tell me that you're prying on that boy?"
Hemetus shakes his head while looking at Tobias. "No, I'm just observing that boy. Nothing is going on, Tobias!"
"Oh?" Tobias moves his hand from his shoulder, "I guess you still love her don't you?"
Hemetus glares at Tobias and points at the kitchen while telling him. "Go back from where you came before you talk to me and don't show yourself to me or I might forget that you're my ally!"
Tobias raises his hands and waves them gently while stepping backward from Hemetus.
"Okay, calm down, calm down," Tobias told him.
Meanwhile, Alamia is standing in front of a wide glass window, and she's staring at it only to see Semfes who continues to be senseless while laying down on the mattress.
"Alamia," a man said.
Alamia turns her eyes beside her and sees a familiar face. "Hackilion? It's been a long time since I sold multiple fish to you."
Hackilion chuckles while looking at her. "And you were the only one who treated me like your own father. Anyway, how are you?"
"Well," Alamia looks once again at the glass window, "I'm doing great, it's just Semfes isn't waking up. I just–"
"You miss him don't you?" Hackilion turns toward the glass window, "when you were missing he was the only one who initiated to find you.
"Even the authorities had no match when he was shouting at them."
"Really?" Alamia's eyes widen, "he did that?"
Hackilion nods. "Indeed, he was passionate and determined to find you. He was such an amazing young man, and he truly cares for you."
Alamia looks down and smiles gently as her eyes mimic a smile.
Her eyes widen and she looks at Hackilion. "I need to tell you something, Hackilion."
Hackilion nods. "What is it?"
In the living room, Hemetus, Ranaliantra, and Tobias are gathering whilst Kukira is sitting on a wooden chair in the dining room.
Kukira is looking at his knife while spinning it on the dining table, and he moves his eyes toward the living room and only sees their figure.
Meanwhile, Hemetus is standing in front of Ranaliantra and Tobias.
He begins to speak. "When I and Hackilion were on our mission to investigate Radiant Forest, we saw a phenomenon.
"A phenomenon about a Nagbabagane using fire to communicate with his kind but to me, it's his superior."
"That skill is considered a high-ranking elemental ability," Ranaliantra says, "only those with high power of elemental nature can utilize that ability."
Tobias inhales deeply. "It's hard to sit with a genius, it's like I'm being pressed by a boulder."
"Read some books, idiot," Ranaliantra glanced at him.
"Okay, okay," Hemetus sighs, "as I was saying, the Nagbabagane that we saw is talking–!"
"I have some urgent news!" Hackilion arrives in the living room, "Alamia saw something."
"What a coincidence, I was also telling them what we saw." Hemetus gradually turned his eyes toward Hackilion.
"Upon her fishing rod touching Kukira's skin, she saw a chaotic scenery," Hackilion tells them in a serious tone of his voice, "Alamia said that she saw Nagbabagane devouring multiple people in a village.
"She also saw a small Nagbabagane opening a portal, leading to the emergence of the Nagbabagane."
"That makes sense," Ranaliantra turns more serious while looking at Hemetus, "due to their hunger for their evolution, A certain nagbabagane named Arak feasts upon humans because he saw mankind's spirit as his way to evolve to another higher form of power.
"When the moment comes that he proves to every nagbabagane that consuming humans can be their source of evolution: he continues to consume them along with his race.
"The chosen one then came and overwhelmed Arak, and then Arak and his kind were sealed in a dimension that cannot be opened."
Hemetus turns his eyes to the ground. "This Kukira, he was also the one that the nagbabagane are talking about.
"They want to capture him because he will be the key to their salvation."
Ranaliantra's dark eyes radiate a purple light, and then she turns beside her and raises her hand.
Kukira who's opening the door is being coated by purple energy.
"What's happening to me?!" his breathing accelerate, "I must escape this place! They'll use me!"
"Where are you going?" Ranaliantra halts behind the immobilized Kukira, "you are now in our protection."
Ranaliantra rotates Kukira through the purple energy, and Kukira is now facing her with a grimace painted on his face.
"Let me go!" Kukira yelled at her.
"I refuse," Ranaliantra stares seriously into his eyes, "why are you creating lies that we'll use you?"
Kukira's eyes grow large. "How did you know what I'm talking about?!"
"Dear, you probably don't know me and my capabilities," Ranaliantra says, "I won't tell you anything about it, but I'm eager to know more about what you're capable of.
"The nagbabagane will not be so eager to find you if you don't have anything that they can use right, Kukira? Oh, wait, shall I call you their salvation?"
Kukira's eyes broaden as he looks away from Ranaliantra. "H-How? How did you know that?"
"Enough torturing him, Ranaliantra!" Alamia stops running near Ranaliantra, "stop asking him questions that he can't take!
"He just came from an attack and now you're questioning him about a lot of things!"
Ranaliantra takes one last look at Kukira who remains glaring at her, ergo, she's walking toward Alamia and stops near her.
"Are you hiding something too?" Ranaliantra asked her.
Alamia shakes her head and scowls at Ranaliantra. "I'm just protecting Kukira!"
"If Tobias didn't ask the name of this boy you've protected," Ranaliantra's eyebrows furrow as her eyes narrowed at Alamia, "then we should have known that it was him that nagbabagane are pursuing!"
Alamia moves her eyes down, and she moves them up and sees Ranaliantra scowling at her.
"If I told you that he's Kukira from the very start, would that make you less angry?" Alamia asked.
"No," Ranaliantra answered, yet she was still scowling.
She tells Alamia. "Now, I don't trust you and every word that is coming out of your mouth."
Ranaliantra snaps her fingers and then the purple energy coating Kukira breaks to pieces.
Ranaliantra walks toward the living room whilst Alamia stays in her position while staring at her.
All of a sudden, Hackilion, Hemetus and Tobias' eyes become big and they look around them. Hackilion begins to scramble toward the stairs, therefore, he climbs up and runs in a certain direction.
He halts beside the door of the room where Semfes is resting, thereupon, he opens the door and every piece of furniture is scattered everywhere, and the wall is wrecked.
"What happened to Semfes?" he mumbled.
Ranaliantra shifts her eyes in a certain direction. "He's running away!"
"Semfes is awake?!" Alamia entered the living room.
"Yes!" Tobias began to run towards the door.
Concurrently, a man is running away from the cabin while covered by blue lightning and then a huge force shakes the ground; cracks form on the soil and it spreads to every part of the soil.
A tall and wide magma wall sprouts from the ground and it puts Semfes to a complete stop.
His eyebrows begin to meet, his eyes are narrowing at what he's witnessing. Hence, he remains calm and throws large blue lightning toward the wall causing it to burst apart.
"Stop big brother!" Kukira steps out from the smoke made from the collapse of the magma wall, "are you going to leave me again, and your allies?"
"How bold of you to say that," Semfes told him.
He raises his hand; hides his other fingers and points his index finger at Kukira. "Step away, Kukira. I won't flinch even if I have to slaughter you with my own hands."
Kukira points his knife at Semfes with a serious, collected look in his eyes. "I won't step back from you!"
Orange lightning begins to surround Semfes' whole body. Hence, he moves at lightning speed toward Kukira.
Semfes appears in front of Kukira and delivers multiple blows on his whole body.
Strains of saliva emerge from Kukira's lip as he's lifting away due to Semfes' punches.
Semfes hold Kukira's face and slams him to the ground.
Multiple massive purple towers emerge from the soil and it surrounds Semfes and Kukira.
"You have 3 seconds to go back to the cabin and repair what you've done," Ranaliantra said while floating afar from Semfes.
Semfes let go of Kukira's face; his eyes are white and his lip is open. Semfes slowly turns around and witnesses Ranaliantra floating at mid-level.
He tells her. "I've been chosen to find the lady with the Y."
"So, who is that lady? Are you going to pursue her by yourself?" Ranaliantra asked.
Semfes looks down and remains calm. "Even if I have to, it is my duty and mine alone."
"We're here with you!" Alamia halts near Semfes, "you don't have to embark on missions all by yourself for you have–!"
"I'm sorry," Semfes is beginning to release orange light as it gets to shine brighter, "I don't want to–!"
Purple energy hits Semfes, hence, Semfes begins to fall to his knees.
"I may be rough," Ranaliantra speaks calmly while staring down at him, "but I won't let you destroy my territory."
"Stop!" Alamia sprints toward Semfes, "he's suffering already!"
The purple towers made of purple energy halt from releasing great force of purple energy.
"What?!" Alamia stops running, "Semfes is fading away."
Semfes remains kneeling on the ground yet his skin dissolves into orange lightning which is vanishing while being carried by the wind.
During the interim, Semfes is flying high in the sky with the use of his orange lightning wings; he's flying in a certain direction.
A part of his memory flows in his head, in that memory, Semfes remains sitting on the dimming yellow grass while Fami is sitting in front of him.
"What are you s-saying?" Semfes stutters while his eyes are widening, "my friends will die along with me?"
Fami gently nods while staring straight into his eyes. "I need to tell you this for I don't desire you to blame yourself for the death of your allies."
Semfes shakes his head. "But they're strong! They can't die by the hands of nagbabagane."
"I'm not countering your decision," Fami reaches his hand and she gently holds it, "I know how much your allies mean to you but if they're with you then they'll be exposed to death.
"You see, time is running out, Semfes, and pursuing the lady with the Y is much more important.
"If she gets caught by that nagbabagane then the world might end."
Semfes pulls his hand from her grasp, and he stands up and looks down at the grass. "I cannot comprehend, Fami, why is she important?!"
Presently, Semfes blinks and tears fall from his eyes. He didn't smile yet he bit his lip and says, "I must do this, I don't want any of you to be exposed to my fate."
On the contrary, inside a forest, Revior and Obiel are standing beside each other. Revior's eyes begin to turn green as green floating orbs emerge from his mouth.
The green floating orb coats both of them; a bright green light coats both of them and the light disappears slowly revealing two men wearing thick armor.
Revior speaks while checking his new human-like hands. "This should be sufficient for our mission."
"Now, let's head for our main agenda," Obiel chuckled.