Map of the Blazing Hearth (Gazellian Series #8)

Chapter 42

Chapter 42 Three portals

"What's your difference between us, Iris?"

"We never fought enough. We surrendered and accepted our lives as a sacrifice. You vowed to never walk the same path. You vowed to end this curse. Don't let any white werewolf follow our paths. You are still alive, and there's your mate who's still fighting for you, you have friends. . ." two voices have been whispering in my ears.

Nakahawak na ang mga kamay ng maliliit na diwata malaking bula na nagkukulong sa akin. Their eyes were filled with determination and hope that I'd gather more strength to fight this endless curse.

I took a deep breath. "I want to be saved."

Agad gumuhit ang ngiti sa labi ng dalawang diwata na mabilis din pinagdaop ang kanilang mga kamay dahil sa matinding tuwa. Muli akong tumanaw sa pangyayari sa labas ng kadilimang nagkukulong sa akin.

"But they can't just remove my body inside that igniting ball. I can't see the goddess anymore and I am sure that it's already my presence that is holding the old ruin." Luminga ako sa paligid. It's an infinite black filled with white bubbles as if we were in the depth of the ocean that couldn't reach by the sun.

I don't think I can find a way to escape this endless darkness without any touch of magic. Nang sumulyap ako sa dalawang diwata ay mariin din nila akong tinitingnan na parang hinihintay nila kung may maganda ba akong iniisip sa sitwasyong iyon.

"Here in Attero, everyone uses magic. I can't make a move or away similar to that," panimula ko. Good thing, these pixies went inside this darkness, dahil sino pa ang maaaring makapasok sa lugar na ito?

I don't think the Head Wizard will enter this realm or even the Earth Dragon Wizard, dahil kung may kaalaman sila ay matagal na nila iyong nagawa, knowing that they loved the same woman. Even Tavion and Rosh to enter this darkness would seem impossible, lalo na sitwasyon nila sa mga oras na iyon.

"When we had the war between the goddesses of Deeseyadah our approach was to destroy their world- their place," panimula ko sa dalawang diwata. "But I am sure that Anna already had this thought."

Dahil kung iisipin, isa lang ang siyang pinakamadaling gawin para matigil ang tatlong lugar upang magsama-sama at higit na umaagaw ng buhay. We should destroy it, just like what we did in Deeseyadah.

If Queen Raeliana sacrificed her body to protect the tunnel in Nemetio Spiran, the mate of the Head Wizard in Fevia Attero, and if my intuition was right that Queen Talisha fulfilled her failed mission her years ago, and now with my body protecting this ruin ni Fevia Attero, those bone-eating portals will stop its expansion.

"But how about. . ."

Muli akong dumungaw sa maliit na liwanag kung saan naroon ang imahe nina Tavion, Rosh, Earth Dragon Wizard at ang Head Wizard na nagtatalo sa isa't isa.

"I have to reach them. Help me. . ." inihawak kong muli ang mga kamay ko sa bula na nakakulong sa akin, marahang humawak roon ang dalawang diwata.

I could see the relief in their eyes as if I'd told them the great news they ever heard in this lifetime. If King Thaddeus, King Raheem, Queen Talisha, Queen Raeliana, the Earth Dragon Wizard, and the Head Wizard failed their mission in a similar way, why do we have to do the same way?

Sabay tumango sa isa't isa ang dalawang diwata at muli nilang inihawak ang kanilang mga kamay sa bula na nagkukulong sa akin. Ipinikit ko ang aking mga mata at pilit na sinalubong ang kanilang maliliit na palad sa pagitan ng makapal na harang.

Ilang beses kong tinawag ang pangalan ni Tavion sa kanyang isipan ngunit ang siyang namamayani lamang sa kanyang isipan ay ang kanyang palitan ng salita sa pagitan ni Rosh at ang pag-awat sa kanila ng dating Earth Dragon Wizard.