Beep… Beep… kchik…
"I found a perfect place for our training ground," Roy says.
"Where? Show me," Arya says.
"Show us too!" Milen added.
Arya, Milen, and Orhan surround Roy, and Roy shows them a screen in which a red dot is blinking.
"Look, this red dot blinking here is the perfect place for our training and sparring," Roy says while showing them.
"Cool. Do you have more gadgets like this?" Orhan asks Roy.
"Absolutely. I will show them to you later," Roy replies.
"Perfect!" Orhan responds with a smile.
"Let's go, I don't have much time," Arya says.
They move.
Rustle…rustle…
They arrive. The place is in the middle of the jungle.
Orhan's eyes widen at the beauty of that place.
"Wow! This place looks like it's not from this world," Orhan says. "Look here, a red-ruby squirrel group and vio-cats living in the same place without any problem."
"It's unbelievable, I never heard of a place like this," Roy added.
"I think we are the first ones to discover this place," Arya says.
Yay!
Arya jumps on a tree and climbs it like a monkey.
"Oye Roy! Look what I got here!" Arya shouts.
Roy looks at Arya who is at the peak of the tree.
"Look, it's a rainbow raspberry tree!" Arya shouts. "Maybe this place has other hidden things too."
Orhan finds a stone that looks like charcoal, but when he picks it up, he notices it look a little weird.
Milen sees Orhan watching something, so she walks over there to talk about it.
"What are you looking at so closely?" Milen asks.
Orhan looks at Milen and says,"Ohh Milen, I was looking at this stone. Look, this stone has something weird in it."
"Let me see," Milen says while taking the stone. "I think I saw this stone somewhere on the internet."
"Oye Orhan! Look what I found here!" Arya shouts again.
Orhan and Milen look up at the peak of the tree where Arya stands.
"I found a rainbow raspberry tree!" Arya shouts.
"What! A rainbow raspberry tree here!" Orhan and Milen say.
They walk there to see for themselves.
"First two hostile monsters that can't live together are living here together and now a rainbow raspberry tree… is this place real or an illusion?" Orhan thinks.
"Orhan, Milen! I think this place is not normal," Roy says. "This place has so many abnormal things that shouldn't exist here."
"Yeah, look—Orhan found this stone there, and I think this stone is also not normal," Milen says while showing the stone.
"This stone is an Aether Carbon Stone. It's one of the rarest stones in the world."Roy says with in surprise.
"Another rare thing… if this place has so many rare things then why didn't anyone find it yet?" Orhan thinks.
"What!? Another rare thing!?" Arya shouts.
Yahoo!
Arya jumps from the tree.
"Show me!" Arya says.
Milen shows him the stone.
"I think we need to report AGA about this place," Roy suggests.
"Why? I think this place is better for our training," Arya reacts.
"I think Arya is right. If we report AGA about this place, then we will never find any place like this for our training," Orhan adds.
Roy looks at Milen and Milen supports Arya and Orhan with a nod.
"What if AGA finds out about this place, then what?" Roy asks.
"We will never tell anyone about this place, so AGA can never find this place," Milen says.
"I think Milen is right," Arya supports.
"Okay then, we will never tell anyone about this place—and train here every day."
Sigh…
"Fine," Roy says.
"Now that everyone agreed on making this place our training ground," Arya says, "then Orhan—let's do our friendly sparring."
"Why not," Orhan says with a smile.
"Okay, so I will be the referee," Roy says.
"Then I will be the audience and I will cheer for Orhan," Milen added.
Orhan and Arya stand face-to-face and Roy starts the match.
Arya takes out his slingshot and fires a shot at Orhan.
"Fire Shield!" Orhan shouts.
FWOOOOSH—!
Fire covers Orhan from toe to head like a shield and stops that shot.
"You activated your power faster than my normal attack. It's an impressive feat for any of my opponents," Arya thinks.
"That shot was too fast. If I didn't activated Fire Shield, I would have lost this battle before it even started," Orhan thinks.
"Let's see if you can stop it this time too," Arya whispers.
Arya pulls his slingshot with force, aims at Orhan with a scope-focused gaze, and shoots at Orhan's feet.
BOOM! — Splash!!
Water splatters and breaches the Fire Shield.
Orhan takes damage on his left foot, though the damage was reduced by the shield.
"Aaagh!"
"I got hit… even my Fire Shield is not enough to stop his attacks," Orhan thinks. "I have to attack first or I might lose for the first time after getting powers."
Orhan starts running and jumps.
WHOOOOSH—!!
His whole body is covered in flames as he grasps one hand with the other.
A condensed fire emerges from Orhan's hand, and he shoots it at Arya while shouting—
"Fury Blast!"
A condensed fire sphere rushes toward Arya at high speed.
"So now you want to attack, huh!" Arya thinks. "But it's not even close to my reaction speed."
Arya predicts Fury Blast's trajectory with his eyes, moves with high speed, and dodges it.
"You can defeat Roy with these slow attacks, but it's not enough for me," Arya says.
"He dodged! How is everyone dodging my attacks?" Orhan thinks.
Arya brings out a red spiky ball and aims at Orhan.
"Try to dodge this. Or you might get hurt."
Arya shoots. The shot reaches Orhan but Orhan dodges at a micro-second gap.
"Woah! I unlocked that power again," Orhan thinks. "I think only this power can turn the tables."
"You dodged that attack!" Arya praises. "I like it."
"Okay now, I will not attack for three turns. Instead, I will only defend and you attack," Arya proposes.
"He thinks I am not worthy to even make him attack me?" Orhan thinks. "I will show you that I am not weak like I was before getting powers."
"Oye Arya! I will someday become the Hero of Heroes, and to achieve that dream I have to win this match and prove to you that I am not weak!" Orhan shouts.
"Hero of Heroes… what does this even mean?" Roy thinks.
"Go Orhan! Defeat this crazy brat!" Milen cheers.
"Focus… focus…" Orhan thinks.
Orhan raises his hand.
White flames—fwsssssshhh—
His hand is covered with white flames.
White flames grow more and more as Orhan focuses his power.
Orhan aims at Arya and shoots—
"Mystical Fire!"
Arya touches his chest with his hand, closes his eyes, and focuses.
Mystical Fire reaches Arya but stops in mid-air.
"What—how is Arya able to stop attacks in mid-air like I do with my gadgets?" Roy thinks.
"What! Again!" Orhan thinks. "First Roy and now Arya—does he also use invisible shields like Roy?"
Arya opens one eye slowly—and smiles.
To be continued…