Samarinda, on top of the roof of a famous big mall there.
The Javanese Man, sitting casually there enjoying the high-altitude view, sensed someone behind him. He stood up and turned around. He didn't expect Hella to be standing there.
"Still looking for that cake, huh?"
"Get down here quickly, Java."
"Just 'Java' this and 'Java' that—my name is Fadil. Fadil Tri, The Speed of Thunder Trick from the Skena Family."
Hella summoned her dark sword.
"In that case, I'll reintroduce myself too. Hella Ce'L Fall, The Expert Ghoster. Also, top eight strongest people from Blue High School."
Fadil summoned a keris from the palm of his hand.
The second battle.
Hella VS Fadil.
The two of them charged at each other while swinging their swords. Hella babbled about her enemy.
"Hey, are you really Javanese? What a coincidence, I have a friend who wants to go to Java too. Since there's a friend for you to go home with, rather than being alone here without any Javanese friends. Oh right, they said you were top speed, but how come your speed is still so average? Do you need to be taught so you can be faster than this?"
Fadil felt annoyed hearing her babble.
"Shut up, can't you just stay quiet?"
Hella avoided his attacks and toyed with him.
"Oops, oops, oops, Aaaa, missed."
Fadil felt annoyed with her; Fadil grabbed and pulled Hella's clothes, then headbutted her.
Hella summoned hands of darkness to stop his movements by holding Fadil's feet and hands.
"Aww, it hurts!!!"
"Like I care?"
"Tch."
Hella disappeared and appeared above Fadil's head. Fadil looked up, followed by Hella preparing to kick him.
"Eat this."
As a result of receiving Hella's kick, Fadil destroyed the roof of the Big Mall. The sound of explosions and small debris scattered everywhere; the roof of the Big Mall was ruined, and they continued their fight on the top floor of the mall.
With little lighting and deserted with no people around—even though there were only abandoned vendor stalls there—they fought immensely fiercely.
The two of them separated due to the clash between their weapons and then created a large distance between them, standing in a dimly lit area.
Manifestations of two magic cannons, purple and blue, were created from the darkness; Hella pointed her sword straight toward Fadil.
Yellow lightning magic flowed from Fadil's hand, passing all the way to the keris, and Fadil joined in by pointing the keris straight toward Hella.
Hella fired purple and blue magic cannonballs toward Fadil.
"Dual Law!!!"
And Fadil released lightning magic toward Hella.
"Lightning Cobra!!!"
As it crossed, the ball from the blue cannon began to be absorbed by the purple cannonball, causing the ball to mix thoroughly into something resembling the planet Saturn with a ring on the outside.
Then, Fadil's lightning also transformed into a cobra snake ready to bite.
At the same time, Hella teleported in front of Fadil; Fadil was shocked to see her suddenly appear.
"Teleportation or speed? Who is superior?"
Hella grabbed Fadil's head and slammed him back down, breaking through to the lower floor again and leaving the top floor behind.
Fadil's cobra lightning bit Hella's magic cannonball, resulting in huge damage to the Big Mall's owner. It destroyed the entire top floor while the roof was also destroyed, causing an earthquake around the Big Mall.
People inside panicked and ran out of the mall chaos and destruction occurred because of the two of them.
And as an even worse consequence, the explosion from the clash of immense destructive power severed cables and burned the surroundings. People were busy evacuating trade goods, and shoppers also fled from there.
The two of them, still trading punches there, did not care about what was happening to their surroundings.
Fadil, taking advantage of the condition of the arena that could be said to be in ruins, backed away from Hella and ran to stall for time, manipulating the surrounding electricity; the electricity reacting to Fadil's magic became wild.
Hella didn't just stand by seeing him run away like that; she created two rifles from darkness. She shot at Fadil from afar, even though not a single bullet hit him.
Fadil released the surrounding electricity as a result, the electricity from various directions headed toward one goal Hella.
Hella didn't have time and didn't even realize what Fadil was doing.
Hella received the attack it electrocuted her for quite a while because Fadil increased the voltage of the electric current to a higher level that should have been capable of scorching Hella.
"Kkkkkaaaaaarrrrgggghhhhhhh!!!!!!!!"
Fadil stopped running and saw that his electricity was electrocuting her heavily.
"Hm, feel that. That extremely spicy electric current."
Fadil looked a little happy with a arrogant smile. However, Hella managed to survive the attack and responded to Fadil's words.
"Yeah, really spicy. But I can tolerate spicy, so it doesn't affect me much."
Even with clothes and skin that looked scorched, she could still survive Fadil's attack.
Fadil felt annoyed by Hella's arrogance toward him.
"SHUUUUTTTUUUUUPPPIIIIINNNGGG!!!!!!"
Electricity appeared all over his body Fadil's emotions heightened because Hella always mocked and underestimated him.
Now, Fadil's abilities increased rapidly with statistical additions due to his power named Thunderbolt.
Increasing all statistics three times higher than before, characterized by his body being enveloped in lightning.
The sky was now covered with dark clouds that began dropping rain one by one.
Hella casually opened her hands to catch the falling rain.
"Hey, it's raining because of you."
Fadil appeared at high speed, exceeding the vision of normal humans or He is as fast as light.
Hella's face was punched using his right hand charged with lightning, causing a lightning strike from the sky at the exact same moment it hit Hella.
Hella was blown far away, even breaking through the thick wall of the Big Mall. Hella suddenly found herself thrown far away, and she only just realized that she had just been struck by lightning.
"Bah, what was that? I didn't see anything and suddenly got thrown like this."
The rain grew heavier, and the sky thundered. Fadil, with a terrifying face, appeared right before Hella's eyes.
Fadil hugged Hella's body tightly, and then the two of them launched like a rocket falling straight downward.
Hella resigned herself to fate and said.
"Oh boy."
In a joking tone.
A massive explosion occurred as the two of them landed in the middle of a busy road.
Cars and even large trucks were thrown far away, let alone those using motorcycles.
People scattered like ants sprayed with insect repellent.
Tenggarong also experienced heavy rain just like Samarinda, at the same time, at Celis's house.
Celis and Shintia finished eating and sat together in the living room.
"Celis, what is your power?"
Celis answered lazily.
"Who knows."
"How come you don't know?"
"I just don't know. Two years ago, I only played on my phone in my room and knew nothing about the conditions outside."
"Didn't your parents pay attention to you?"
"They did, I was just distant."
Shintia glared at Celis snappily.
"It's just you acting so distant."
"No, not at all."
"Yes, you are."
"Whatever."
Shintia threw a pillow from the sofa.
"So annoying."
Celis smiled slightly and then laughed little by little.
"Hm, he, hahahahaha... hahaha..."
Shintia didn't expect that Celis would laugh happily with her Celis had never been moved like this for the past two years. The sweet smile from Celis made Shintia attracted to him.
This reminded him of Putri.
Instantly, that happiness turned quiet.
Celis's anxiety relapsed when remembering his ex, accompanied by a slightly piercing feeling. Shintia was confused by Celis's sudden behavior and asked.
"What's wrong, Celis?"
"Nothing. Just my condition flaring up."
"Hmm? What condition do you have?"
Celis explained it from the first time he experienced it.
"Three years ago, I broke up with my girlfriend, and while I was eating, I suddenly felt anxious. Even though I wasn't thinking about anything, it has lasted until now. But even though three years have passed, now I am used to this condition called Anxiety. It's just... this condition gets worse when I remember my ex back then. Every time I remember her, my chest feels tight and my heart beats a little faster than usual."
"Does that mean you miss your ex?"
"I don't know. I don't understand myself either."
Shintia didn't know that her words would hurt Celis's feelings; Shintia said.
"Why don't you just forget her?"
Celis's anxiety pierced his feelings even more, and Celis got angry at Shintia for saying something that was easy to say but not easy to do.
Celis stood up and scolded Shintia.
"You think I don't want to forget her??!!! I've tried. For three years I've been trying to forget her!!! But I can't. This condition... keeps making me remember her!! How could you possibly understand—"
Celis lost control over his suddenly surging emotions, then realized Shintia was bowing her head with a painful feeling from being yelled at like that, feeling guilty over her wrong words.
"I'm sorr—"
Shintia apologized, but Celis cut her off.
"No, I'm the one who should apologize. Your intention toward me was to calm me down, but I felt offended by your words. I apologize."
Celis left Shintia and went into his room.
Shintia could only remain silent while hugging the pillow.
Meanwhile, Celis sat in the corner of his room feeling immensely guilty for what he had done to Shintia.
"I did it again. Why do I keep repeating my mistakes..."
Celis shed a few tears.
An attitude that looked strong and cold, yet possessed a fragile heart that always felt guilty about unpleasant behavior he caused.
However, Celis realized that crying wouldn't change any condition for him. Finally, Celis wiped his tears and stood up.
Celis carried the Sumitsu sword, then cut through space, creating a portal, and stepped into it.
Back to the battle between Fadil and Hella.
They were far away from the busy center of Samarinda, inside a quiet forest. Fadil, lying flat on the ground, had his body's condition pushed beyond its limits, many wounds injuring his body, and his breath coming in gasps.
Unlike Hella, there were only small tears in her dust-filled clothes, with dirt clinging to them. She walked up to Fadil and stopped in front of him, who looked like he no longer had the strength to fight.
"Hey, wake up, dude. Sleeping instead? Let's go home. You'll catch a fever sleeping here, plus there are so many mosquitoes."
Hella went to retrieve the Temu Kunci cake from Fadil's pocket, but unexpectedly, Celis arrived and directly pierced Fadil's heart.
Hella was shocked by that sudden arrival and felt annoyed with Celis.
"Heyyyyy, why did you kill him!!!!"
Celis pulled his sword out of Fadil's heart, then, like an innocent person who did nothing wrong, asked Hella back.
"Huh, why?"
Hella scratched her head with both hands in frustration.
"Goshhhhh!!!! He was a Javanese guy, and you went and killed him. Whew, my head is hurting so bad. I tried so hard not to kill him, and instead you killed him."
Hella, in a distinct Javanese accent, scolded Celis; Celis froze upon hearing it.
"Huh?"
The two of them threw an absurd tantrum due to Celis's own mistake, and Hella scolded Celis while shaking his body.
"Ohhhh goshhhhhhhhhh!!!!! We could have just threatened him to talk, you could have gone to Java later, but instead you yourself blocked your own plan!!!!"
"Yeeaaah~—Iyyy~—didn't knowww~~"
Hella intentionally patted Celis's stomach it felt like an electric current striking his stomach wound that wouldn't heal, causing Celis to feel excruciating pain.
Celis pushed Hella away from his grip and then clutched his stomach, which hurt immensely.
"Arghhhh!!!! That hurts, hey!"
Hella laughed at Celis in pain.
"Hahaha...!!! Serve you right!"
Hella was satisfied laughing at Celis could only remain silent while glaring at her cynically.
Hella threw a bottle to Celis, and he caught it.
"Eat that, your medicine."
"Oh, is this what Shintia talked about? How can a cake like this be medicine?"
"Don't ask so much, just go ahead and eat it."
"Yeah~ yeah~ yeah~."
Celis ate the Temu Kunci cake as a result, Celis's stomach steamed and healed back to normal.
Hella patted Celis's stomach again.
"Damn, immune now."
"Whatever, shut up."
"Oh right, how did you get here?"
"What are you wearing?"
"Oh right, your coat. No wonder you could come here."
Hella knew her own ability because she shared it. Celis was able to come because there was an item he recognized, namely his coat used by Celis.
"Where are we anyway?"
"Don't knowww. Looks like the edge of Samarinda city I opened a portal earlier, threw him there, and followed along."
Celis walked away from Hella.
"Hella, thank you for helping me. But I've changed my mind. I want to go on my journey alone."
Hella got angry upon hearing Celis's words.
"What do you mean by that?!"
"I want to be alone. I don't want to involve other people anymore, especially you who sacrificed so much like this."
"Then what is my purpose to you now if that's how your mind works??!!"
"My goal is only to meet my ex in other words, you guys have no connection or gain from it."
"Why are you suddenly acting like a child, HAAAHH!!! YOU STUPD DMB*SS!!!"
Celis turned around and silently stared sharply into Hella's eyes.
"I gave you my power, I've always searched for information about the neighboring island for you, I've even been fighting the SN FAMILY circle for a long time just to heal your stomach. But why do you choose to betray me???!!! HAAAAHHHHH!!!!!"
"I'm sorry, but I have to do this. So that you guys don't get swept into the tide of fate with me."
Celis took a pose ready to draw the Sumitsu sword, meaning Celis was ready to fight Hella.
"You are just.... A FOOL FOR LOVE!!!!!!!!!"
Hella yelled loudly, filled with rage.
The fight between Celis and Hella began for the second time.
Creating countless and various types of firearms made from Hella's dark magic, Hella screamed and fired all her weapons aiming at Celis.
"GYAAAAAAAAAAA....!!!!! GET OVER HERE, YOU BSTRD!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Celis avoided attack after attack, but Celis was surprised by Hella appearing right in front of his eyes while he was dodging Hella's attacks.
"Don't expect to escape."
The look on Hella's face was terrifying like a gruesome monster.
Hella shot Celis brutally at close range, about four meters away from him. However, Celis chose to cut her bullets and also dodge.
Hella was annoyed with him.
"Get over here!"
She released the magic weapon, which vanished like dust, replaced by a single black cannon with a maroon-red aura enveloping it.
This cannon was different from the two cannons named Dual Law used when Hella fought Fadil.
"GHOST BREAK!!!!!"
The cannon gathered explosive power, appearing from the tip of the cannon like a dimensional portal as the cannon shell was released and entered the dimensional portal.
Hella covered her entire body with dark magic armor because she herself knew the explosive power was terrifying.
The armor model gave off the impression of a dark knight from a fantasy world in children's books. Hella always used this magical armor named Grisslee whenever she wanted to use Ghost Break. Its durability was equivalent to the destructive power of Ghost Break.
The sound wasn't as loud as a normal cannon, sounding merely like a knocking on a door.
The magic cannon shell launched through the dimension, reappeared on the surface, and directly appeared right in front of Celis's face.
Celis tried to dodge it, but the magic cannon shell was faster than him, so Celis took the hit from the magic shell named Ghost Break due to the technique combining the power of darkness and space possessed by Hella.
An explosion far more devastating than before, the explosive power of Ghost Break was three times stronger than Dual Law.
The sound and consequences were far more terrifying and louder; if the two of them fought in Samarinda City like before, it would have a terrible impact on the local people there.
What used to be a forest turned into bare ground because it had been scorched by Ghost Break, without a single tree remaining, and even the ground that used to have grass was now gone.
The ground where Celis stood became an empty land three times the size of the Big Mall's area, or seventeen hectares.
Celis knelt down, trying to stand up with the help of the Sumitsu sword stuck in the ground, supporting his body weight.
The condition of Celis's body now was the worst it had ever been, with his right arm missing and bleeding, and his left leg also missing.
However, thanks to incredible healing, he could regenerate his missing limbs.
"Good thing I can still regenerate."
Celis pulled the Sumitsu sword from the ground, and Hella appeared from above the crater.
"Traitors must die."
Celis smirked upon hearing it.
"Come on, end this."
Celis unleashed an aura and pressed it into the Sumitsu sword, which likely possessed an incredible output.
Hella disengaged the Ghost Break magic and replaced it again with a spell named Virnalus. Hella's strongest magic.
Gathering dark magic energy at the tip of her right index finger in a spherical shape, ready to fire toward Celis.
Hella snapped her fingers and said softly.
"Virnalus."
Hella released her dark magic, soaring like a rocket.
Celis dashed upward out of the crater at high speed; his speed increased far beyond Fadil's speed, leaving several slash marks on Hella's body, and stood behind Hella.
"Bypass Durability."
Celis sheathed his sword back.
Hella was shocked that her Grisslee armor shattered like bread crumbling into pieces, and Virnalus was successfully dodged.
The impact of Virnalus was not like Ghost Break and Dual Law, which had great offensive power. Virnalus focused only on erasing the existence of whatever it hit, and that was the reason why the ground Celis stood on suffered no impact whatsoever, and Virnalus popped like a small bubble.
Hella's entire body was severely wounded by the impact of the Bypass Durability attack, which Hella herself did not understand and did not know would happen, considering it impossible because no one had ever been capable of destroying Grisslee, whose hardness exceeded any material, except Celis alone.
Because Bypass Durability was newly created, Celis utilized its sharpness and boosted his speed to move fast and cut through everything in a single strike.
"My Grisslee?! Destroyed?!"
Furthermore, even with that strong Grisslee, it could still injure her body.
Hella fell backward; she had exceeded the limits of her strength. Her breath came in gasps from using too much power, and blood began to flow.
Celis bowed his head downward.
"Hella, I'm sorry."
Hella, with her gasping breath, could still talk casually with Celis.
"Fool, a person like you deserves to be hated."
"Yeah, I deserve to be hated."
"Whatever."
Celis turned his body and said something to Hella. Hella heard it, was surprised, and chuckled softly.
"Hahaha... You really are a fool."
Celis opened a portal, then threw Hella into the portal.
Hella arrived in front of her house.
Celis walked toward an unknown destination.
"It's cold. Even though it's only half-past eight."
Shintia, at Celis's house, even while in her room, was still thinking about Celis earlier.
"Should I apologize?"
When opening Celis's bedroom door, Celis was not there, having left her behind.
Shintia thought he was only going out temporarily to look for food, but on his bed she saw a paper that read:
"To my Big Sister Shintia, thank you for being willing to share a home with me and for considering me your little brother. I am truly grateful; 5 years ago, I really wanted to have an older sister, and my wish from 5 years ago came true thanks to your presence.
I want to stay with you, but I have to meet my ex to reveal and eliminate the unresolved feelings hanging over my life. I keep thinking about her even though I don't want her back I've tried every way, but everything failed. So, I want to meet her even if I have to sacrifice everything to answer my Anxiety condition.
Because essentially, she is the one who keeps haunting me. I apologize for my childish nature and I apologize for yelling at you. I am also thankful that you took care of me while I was unconscious.
Please convey my gratitude as well to Hella and Mitha, who helped look for the medicine for me.
Even though I am leaving you alone for this trivial goal believe me, I will protect my Big Sister, Shintia. Even from afar."
~ Celis Von D'e.
Shintia cried like the heavy rain outside upon reading his message, unable to hold back her tears.
Shintia couldn't speak a single word because of her overwhelming crying.
Hella tried to stand up and knocked on the door of her house.
Kiana, Kania, and Cia were already sound asleep in their room and in their respective beds, but Mitha was not yet asleep and was still scrolling through social media.
Hella knocked again hearing the sound of that knocking, Mitha hurried out and opened the house door, immensely shocked to see the severe condition of Hella's body.