35 VILLAGE SYETE (1/2)

Seven figures leapt out from a humongous flying beast. The morning sun rays illuminated their figures as they came into view of a small village. Four middle-aged men and two old men welcomed the group.

”Junior Uno, the leader of the mission pays respect to everyone.” Uno clasped his fist and bowed, followed by the group behind him. He handed over the scroll to the one with the deep brown eyes elder.

The six figures smiled awkwardly. The attitudes of the students shown in front of them made them a little uncomfortable and they also felt the not so ordinary energy coming out from all of them except for the petite figure behind the group.

The old man with the deep brown eyes read the scroll and was stupefied.

As people outside the kingdom, they were regarded as non-existence nor not worth of any value. They decided to entrust their problem to the school instead of the authority because they did not have the needed funds to pay those authorities.

The school accepts task of any kind without payment, but the trustee needs to wait till the students accept it with their own volition. It might take weeks or months depending on the extremities of the mission.

He just entrusted the mission a week ago, so it was natural for him to be stunned.

”I'm Pito, the head of the Village Syete. This is my neighboring friend, Anim, the head of this village known as village Sais.

”The scroll says that six students will do. May I know how your group ends up seven?”

Salamuyak did not wait for her companions to point her out. She stepped forward and said, ”My esteemed elders, I volunteered to be part of this mission. I hope you don't mind,” her ethereal voice rung to every ear of the elders.

”Ah...Its... no... we don't mind.” Pito scratched his head.

”We stopped here to gather information of the current situation of your village,” said Uno.

The old man parted his lips and said, ”The beasts were numbered around 10. Their body is that of human and their head and feet are that of a horse. They have a strong body and fast speed. We aren't match. Half of our warriors ended up wounded. Fortunately, there's no death toll,” the old man clenched his fist resisting the urge to spit out swear words.

Uno listened to his every word.

Gaining some insight, their group continued to Village Syete.

…

Their group landed on top of a cliff where the whole landscape of the village Syete was observable. From afar, the group saw a hundred of those unknown kinds of beasts.

”Did we hear wrong from Pito's statement?” Salamuyak asked.

Uno immediately altered their earlier plan, analyzing the strength of the beasts, and listing the pros and cons before they start to move.

Fortunately, the companions he has weren't just ordinary elite warriors of the school.

They were the cream of the crop!

”Remember your assigned task,” seriousness decorated Uno's face.

The group approached the den discreetly.

Unexpectedly, five of the unknown beasts bumped on to the hiding place of their group. They hastily wielded their weapons against those humans they bumped into. They were the patrol group that was assigned to the said area.

Unfortunately, their combined strength was just so-so compared to Salamuyak who stepped forward, unsheathing her sword on its scabbard and defended her groups.

”Swirling sword!” Halimuyak shouted. The surrounding winds were disturbed leaving the nearby bushes swayed by it.

Caught off guard, the unknown creatures thought that it was their end. They didn't anticipate that those damn young humans will able to retaliate.

But before her attack could land to the unknown creatures, it was dispelled by an invisible force. A force that both sides did not foresee.

In front of her was Tala who was standing still with his back on her. She stepped back with quivering lips. Even the others were surprised too except for Kalipsi.

'How can...?' Halimuyak knew how powerful that attack was. It is one of the strongest attacks of hers; it is strong enough to eliminate those weaker and slightly stronger than her.

”I recognize them,” Tala's calm voice reached their ears.

Tala parted her lips and started to talk to a foreign language.

Her group's jaws dropped whilst their bulging eyes were incredulously looking at how Tala converse with the unknown creatures, even the unknown creatures were no far from them.

”We are here to take this land. The owner of this land needed their home,” Tala said using the unknown creature's language. Tala's voice was tranquil. It did not contain any tinge of malice, anger or order.

The creatures were surprised. 'How could a mere human know their language?' Suppressing his emotion, he stood up straight and said, ”We needed this land for the time being. Don't worry, we will leave this place sooner. We just need ten days more,” Taas, the bulky among them voice out.