After seeing the blinding light, Marzuki felt like his body and soul were being sucked into the magic circle, and after a while, he couldn't feel anything anymore.
When Marzuki opened his eyes again, he saw that he was no longer in the hall, but in the middle of a crowd.
He also saw that it wasn't just him who was there, but the six members of his squad and the two other people who had survived were also there.
Marzuki then looked around, and a very strong smell of alcohol immediately hit his nose; cheers in a language that Marzuki did not recognize were heard; the people that Marzuki saw had large bodies, were rough and firm, with long, messy beards, and faces covered in scars.
'... Where's is this?'
Marzuki asked, but at this time he was not aware that some of the people who were having the party were looking at them with unfriendly gazes.
"S-Sir where are we?"
Ask one of his squad members.
"... I don't know... Let's go ask one of them, maybe they know something"
Marzuki answered, then wanted to stand up, but the sound of happy cheers suddenly stopped, feeling something strange, Marzuki then looked around again.
The people who seemed to be having a party suddenly stopped.
Then one of the people came out of the crowd and walked towards them.
"ᛋᛁᛈᚨ ᚲᚨᛚᛁᛖᚾ?!! ᚨᛈᚨ ᛇᚾᚷ ᚲᚨᛚᛁᛖᚾ ᛞᛖ ᚺᛁᚱᛖ?!! ᛋᛖᛒᚢᛏᚨᚾ ᛏᚢᛇᛚᚨᚾ ᚲᚨᛚᛁᛖᚾ!!!" (Who are you?!! What are you doing here?!! State your purpose!!!)
Said the person, while pointing the axe he was holding at Marzuki and the others.
From the person's expression, Marzuki knew that he was angry, but he didn't understand a single word he said.
Marzuki stepped forward while raising both his hands, as a sign that he would not do anything.
"... Excuse me, We have no bad intentions, we just want to ask something"
Marzuki said, but just like him, the person also didn't understand what Marzuki said.
"ᛞᛁᚨᛗ!! ᛇᚲᚨ ᚲᚨᚢ ᛏᛁᛞᚨᚾ ᛁᚾᚷᛁᚾ ᛗᛖᚾᚷᚨᛏᚨᚾ ᛏᚢᛃᚢᛅᚾ ᛗᚢ ᛞᚨᛏᚨᛚ ᚲᛖ ᛋᛁᚾᛁᚱ ᛗᚨᚲᚨ ᛗᚨᛏᛁᛚᚨᚺ!!!"(SHUT UP!! IF YOU DON'T WANT TO TELL US WHY YOU CAME HERE THEN DIE!!!)
Said the person and, without further ado, immediately ran towards Marzuki with the intention of attacking Marzuki.
Seeing this, Marzuki immediately rushed to take his dagger to block the axe.
'... Ughh! Is this the power that humans should have?'
Marzuki thought, seeing his dagger had a crack after just blocking one move from the axe.
With Marzuki managing to withstand the attack from the person, the crowd that had surrounded them cheered, as if they were watching a show.
Marzuki heard the worried shouts from his squad members, but he couldn't take his eyes off the person in front of him, because he felt that if he did anything, something dangerous would happen.
The person in front of Marzuki grinned and said.
"ᚴᚨᚢ ᚲᚢᚠᛁ ᛋᚲᚢᚠ ᛏᚢᚱᚦ ᚢᚾᛏᚢᚱ ᛋᚲᛁᚾᚷ ᚺᚨᛁᚱ ᚾᚨᛗᚢ ᚹᚨᚺᛁ ᛟᚱᚾ ᚠᚱᚨᛁᛋᚾ?" (You are quite strong for someone with such a small body, what is your name, stranger?)
"ᚺᛗᛗ? ᛏᛁᛞᚨᚾ ᛁᚾᛁᚾ ᛃᚨᛉᛏᛁᚨᛒ? ᛒᚨᛁᛚᚨᚺ, ᚲᛟᛚᚨᚠᛟᚲᚢ... ᛗᚨᛏᛁ!!" (Hmm? Don't want to answer? Okay then...
The person said again and then immediately kicked Marzuki's stomach which made him fly quite far.
Marzuki crouched on the ground, holding his stomach as if it had been hit by something very hard; this was more than the strength a human could produce.
'... What is this? Where the hell am I?'
"SIR!! Are you okay?"
Asked a member of his team who approached Marzuki and immediately helped him stand up.
"... Something wrong with this crowd, they are not normal humans, prepare your weapon and be ready for any attack"
Hearing this, the members of Marzuki's team looked at each other and then looked back at Marzuki, then spoke in Indonesian so that the two people who had lost their limbs could not understand their conversation.
"... Then what we should do about those two people, sir"
Hearing this, Marzuki was silent for a moment, then, with a heavy heart, said.
"... We can do anything with that, our situation right now, makes us unable to save others"
"ᚨᛈᚨ ᚲᛖᚾᛏᛁᚾᚷ ᛋᛖᛞᚨᚾᚷ, ᛗᚨᛃᚢᛚᚨᚺ, ᚨᚲᚢ ᚾᛟᛏ ᛈᛖᛞᚢᛚᛁ ᛁᛊ ᚲᚨᛚᚨᚾ ᛗᚨᛃᚢ ᛋᚲᚨᛚᚲᛁᛚᚢᛋ... Hahahaha~" (What are you talking about, come on, I don't care if you all come on at once...)
Hearing what the person said, the crowd around them cheered again, which made the person show a smug face.
"... You guys stay on guard, I will face this person myself... I didn't want to use this, but since the situation is , I have no other choice"
Marzuki said to his squad members, then he looked at his dagger which could no longer be used.
'... I never once used this because my father said that it's Dangerous if it was used recklessly... But if I don't use this... What waiting for me is death... And I don't want that... My father said that our family is a great warrior family, who relies on spirits to fight...
and spirits are everywhere... so can I do it? I've only communicated with spirits when I was a child and that was a long time ago... From what I was told, something happened when I tried to make a contract with a spirit that made me unconscious, and since then, my father sealed my core... but after my father died, the seal was removed, but I have never used it once... will it work?...
Marzuki thought to himself, then closed his eyes; he tried to feel the Mana that he had not felt for a long time; however, what he felt was different from what he had felt before.
Marzuki felt a little confused, however, he didn't have time to worry about it.
With Mana entering Marzuki's long-dry Core, the Core he had was like a sponge that greedily absorbed everything; instantly, all of Marzuki's five senses became sharper, every muscle in his body became harder, and he felt all of his perceptions become faster.
"ᚴᛁᚾᚨᛈᚨ ᚴᚨᚢ ᛏᛖᚱᛁᚨᛗ? ᚨᛈᚨᚲᚺᚨ ᚴᚨᚢ ᛋᛖᛒᚨᚲᚨ ᛏᚨᚲᚢᚾᚨ? Hahaha~"(Why are you silent? Are you that scared?)
The person said with a laugh, seeing Marzuki who was just standing there silently while closing his eyes.
And the crowd who heard what the person said also laughed.
However, seeing Marzuki who was still silent, the person began to feel annoyed.
"ᛒᚨᛁᚲᛚᚨᚺ, ᛁᚲᚨ ᚾᛟᚢ ᛁᚾᛏ ᛁᚾᚾ ᛋᛖᚱᚨᚷ ᛗᚨᚾᚨ ᚨᚲᚢ ᛁᚾᚷ ᚨᚲᚢ ᛞᚨᛚᛁᚲᛖ ᚠᛖᚱᛏᚨ ᛗᚨᚾᚨ" (Okay, if you don't want to attack then I'll be the one to make the first attack)
Said the person, who then ran towards the person with a war cry.
But even with this, Marzuki still didn't move or even open his eyes which only made the man even more annoyed.
"ᚲᚢᚴᚢᛈ!!! ᛋᛖᚲᚨᚱᚾ ᛗᚨᛏᛁᛚᚨᚺ!!!" (ENOUGH!!! DIE NOW!!!)
Said the person who then jumped towards Marzuki with both hands swinging his axe with all his might, wanting to end Marzuki with just one attack.
The axe continued to approach Marzuki, but Marzuki still did not do anything, when the axe was only a few inches away from his head, the man showed a victorious smile, but something surprising happened, Marzuki who had not moved before, with his eyes still closed, he made a slight movement to the side.
The axe passed Marzuki by just a few inches and then hit the ground, without touching Marzuki at all.
Marzuki then made a small move again, with his dagger covered in Mana, he immediately stabbed the person's back right in the area where his heart was.
It happened so fast that everyone who saw it didn't know how to react.
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