"Hurry!" Yennda roared as he rushed through the grassland, intending to rejoin with Gannala and Harrala, only to find no traces of the two.
"They have vacated." Yahard Tusk said as he stared at the sky to notice a golden dot approaching their location, "And they are the cause."
He observed the dot suddenly moving in a different direction and analysed the situation, patting Yennda on the shoulder, "I think I know where Gannala and Harrala have fled towards."
"No, I could guess that much myself." Yennda calmed down as he glared in the direction of the golden dot, 'I'm pretty sure that's Brangara. Only he has the motive to relentlessly chase after Gannala. Dammit, I shouldn't have left Harrala with her.'
'No, I begged Brangara the previous time to avoid harming my daughter. But there's no guarantee that he will follow through with such a promise.' He scowled at the thought, turned around, and sprinted in a direction parallel to the golden dot, "Let's go,"
"To the Kalahatra Desert!"
"At Gannala's maximum speed, she should be able to successfully be on the run..." Yahard Tusk analysed as he followed Yennda, leaping constantly to catch up to the latter, "As long as she doesn't tire out."
"She won't become tired," Yennda stated in seriousness, "She'll move about after equipping herself onto another body's Nature slot. And when the body gets too tired, she'll switch to a new body. She and Harrala can equip themselves onto a single body, so I'm not worried."
"I've trained my daughter to hold her own in situations like these. And with Gannala's resources, they'll manage. They even have Inala's Biome Bomb to rely on if things turn south." Yennda said as he gradually increased his pace, "The only problem is if something unforeseen happens. I want to reunite with them before that happens."
"Then we need to change to a shorter route." Yahard Tusk said and took out a Decodus Tree bark from his storage lantern and analysed it, speaking a few minutes later, "As long as Gannala continues to flee at her top speed towards Kalahatra Desert, we should be able to reunite with her in two days."
"That's good," Yennda glanced in the direction of the golden dot for a moment as his eyes mutated, expanding outward the skull until each eyeball became bigger than his head. A thin strand of nerves connected it to the eye socket as it dangled out like a tentacle, lifting itself upward like a periscope to stare at the golden dot.
"Give me a boost," Yennda said and raced across a staircase of Prana condensed by Yahard Tusk to rapidly raise his altitude. Upon reaching an altitude of five kilometres in such a fashion, the lens in his eyes morphed, allowing him to zoom onto the golden dot until he was able to stare at it in closeup, noticing the figures of Brangara and Yarsha Zahara seated on it, in front of a group of Parute Trees that were faintly rotating.
"It's indeed those fuckers," He grunted in anger and stared in another direction to notice a lone man running out of a forest, 'That's one of the Empyrean Zingers in Gannala's stockpile.'
He stared in the man's fleeing direction, asking upon returning to the ground, "I noticed them around eighty kilometres away."
His bloated eyes shed themselves like a cancerous outgrowth and melted in a matter of seconds. Regenerating in the eye sockets were a regular pair of eyes following that, as after a couple of seconds of adjustment, Yennda was able to see normally once again.
"It's in a general direction towards the Kalahatra Desert." Yahard Tusk nodded, "However, this path is too long and dangerous. It'll take her at least two years even at her top speed to reach the region."
"We can change our route once we rejoin with them." Yennda nodded and resumed his sprint, "Our only option is to rush towards the Kalahatra Desert. Everyone else would be there once the Third Major Disaster starts."
"That's our only option to escape from Brangara's clutches."
While the duo of Yennda and Yahard Tusk chased after Gannala and Harrala, a Parute Tree observed their actions from a kilometre away. Stationed fourteen kilometres away was a figure that had been observing the entire sequence of events until now. 'Good, I've managed to successfully alert Yennda.'
"Now, he'll rush to protect the two Mystic Path inheritors." The observing individual was the second Blola who had been hiding in the Brimgan Empire for so long. He had been observing everything through his Parute Trees.
A portion of the Brimgan Empire's Parute Trees were under his control. Through them, he was steadily accumulating information in preparation for the Continental Invasion that was bound to occur after the Fourth Major Disaster.
It was then that he noticed Brangara and Yarsha Zahara leaving the Brimgan Empire using Harla Brimgan's Minor Treasures. He decided to follow them, steadily keeping pace with them.
Even though he was horrible in terms of mobility, with his Transcendent Eater powers, he could sprout a Parute Tree anywhere in his line of sight, through which he could walk out a moment later.
In this manner, Blola could cover at least twenty to thirty kilometres every few seconds depending on how great the visibility was. Using this, he stealthily followed Brangara, keeping pace until he noticed Yarsha Zahara whip up the platform of Sandy-Grey Void, to contain which Parute Trees appeared.
'They are using this loophole to communicate.' Blola immediately figured out what was happening and focused on one of the Parute Trees to gain partial control over it, this way attempting to gain insight into their topic of conversation.
Sumatra Transcendent Eater was the one who created this Blola. However, it didn't use any external means to do so. All it had done was selectively accumulate desirable characteristics of Blola to create this version, one focused on protecting Sumatra during the Continental
Invasion.
And of course, depending on the situation, Blola and Sumatra's Transcendent Eater will end up on opposing sides. They all moved for the purpose of protecting Sumatra Continent. However, how they went about achieving their purpose was different.
'They're targeting Gannala?' Once he figured out their target and the direction of the target, Blola travelled in that direction faster, until he came across Yennda. 'I need to alert this guy
first.'
He created a Parute Tree that raised suspicion in Yennda's eyes, causing the latter to target it. Once Yennda learnt some information through it, he began to pace towards Gannala and Harrala.
'I've done everything in my power for the time being.' Blola let out a sigh, hesitating for a
moment before he trailed after Yennda, 'The Third Major Disaster is about to begin. Even if I need to focus on my growth for the moment, I ought to witness it. That way, I'll be able to broaden my horizon.'
"Moreover, if chance permits, I'll be able to steal valuable data from my main body." He was aware that the Mystic Path Blola would have accumulated terrifying individuals to revive. As long as he enters the latter's Spirit Weapon range and protects himself from an implosion, he'd be able to steal some of that data.
'That'll prove valuable for my future.' He thought and continued to maintain pace behind Yennda.
Sumatra's Transcendent Eater's goal was to protect Sumatra Continent. It couldn't state with
assurance on which side was the best bet of them all. And hence, it bet on all sides. It personally assisted Brangara and Yarsha Zahara, ever since it came into contact with Yamahara and realised the latter's potential.
The Mystic Path Blola was naturally there to assist the Mystic Paths. Finally, it condensed all
the information it had gathered about Blola through their mental battles to create a new Blola, whose objective was to assist the Mystic Path inheritors during the Continental
Invasion.
The reason the new Blola even participated now was because Gannala and Harrala were in
danger.
...
[Is he closing in on us?]
[No, we're maintaining a steady pace for the time being. We need to keep at it until we reach
Kalahatra Desert!]
[Gannala, send out the Zingers and alert the Quip Clan. As long as we inform Inala in advance, he'll be able to make some preparations to protect us at the Kalahatra Desert.]
[...alright, I'll do that.]
As the two Empyrean Tusks discussed their situation and arrived at a consensus, Gannala
accepted the proposition unwillingly. Immediately in response, she ejected her Nature Weapon form out of the Empyrean Zinger's Nature slot and assumed human form, spitting out over a dozen bone spheres.
Contained in each bone sphere was a Mammoth Clansman that had fused with a Zinger egg. Space was twisted inside through Internal Inertial Gravity to make the Mammoth Clansmen
stay within.
Mystic Bone Art!
Gannala morphed the spheres into aerodynamic structures that resembled fighter planes. The design was something Yennda had taught her.
Gannala created a long tube of bone and compressed the space within, allowing it to suck in a
large amount of air. Once the air was compressed to the limit, she placed the aerodynamic bone into it and shot it into the air.
The aerodynamic structure arced through the sky, travelling at hypersonic speeds. And thanks
to its structure, it would glide for a significantly long distance, similar to when Inala was launched by the previous Harrala during the First Major Disaster.
In a quick flurry, Gannala launched a series of aerodynamic bones-with each containing a
Mammoth Clansmen with the power of a Zinger-in various directions, hoping for at least one of them to reach a Quip Clan outpost.
Right after launching them all, she reverted to Nature Weapon form, equipped herself onto
the Empyrean Zinger's Primary Nature slot, and changed her Natures from Weaponisation to Internal Inertial Gravity.
The distance between them and Brangara had closed in by two kilometres by the time she
finished this launch.
[Let's hope at least one of them reaches the Quip Clan!]
"Hmm?" Seated atop the golden chakram at an altitude of 18 kilometres, Brangara noticed a
series of aerodynamic bone structures being launched from a forest into the sky, "What are
they?"
Minor Treasure-Prana Bomb!
A Tangible Nature Minor Treasure of Zinger appeared beside him and used its exceptional
eyesight to stare at the structures, "They are structures of bone. Judging by how the air resistance is unable to hinder their momentum once they left the forest cover, a significant
amount of Internal Inertial Gravity has been infused in each of them. They probably weigh a few tonnes each."
"Can you see through what's inside them?" Brangara asked next, only for the Zinger to shake
its head. "I see, then go and find out."
"Yarsha,"
At his mutter, Yarsha Zahara took out one of Harla Brimgan's Minor Treasures and
gave it to the Zinger.
Upon fusing with it, the Zinger assumed flight, gliding at terrifying speeds. The Minor
Treasure was there to rapidly elevate it to an altitude of 18 kilometres, from where it could
glide to breakneck speeds.
Moreover, as long as the spherical tip of the Minor Treasure was on the ground and was
hoisting it with psychokinesis, no matter what it did, the Zinger would never be considered to be in a state of flight.
This meant it could actually fly without worries, as long as Harla Brimgan's Minor Treasure
was active. The sheer versatility granted by Kinesis Beyblade was why Yarsha Zahara wanted
to target it all along.
With it, she'll become invincible, able to achieve everything she puts her mind to.
The Tangible Nature Minor Treasure of Zinger continued to accelerate during its descent and
maintained the same momentum while in ascent using Kinesis Beyblade until it was upon the aerodynamic bone.
It unfurled its wings to remain in steady gliding and retracted Kinesis Beyblade. Following
that, it layered a series of Prana Bombs upon the chakram forming the Kinesis Beyblade and
sent it hurling at the aerodynamic bone, bombarding it repeatedly in a series of golden flashes.
A dozen seconds later, all the Prana infused into the aerodynamic bone had been absorbed, dissipating the effects of Internal Inertial Gravity, forcing it to revert to its actual size. Immediately, it began to burn up as air resistance impacted its form which grew increasingly unstable from the chakram attacks.
The chakram soon severed through it, revealing a Mammoth Clansman within who hurriedly
assumed the form of a Zinger to glide away. However, he couldn't escape the chakram of a Brimgan Royal as his wings were accurately severed.
Kriekk!
The Mammoth Clansman summoned all his might and unleashed a Zinger Shriek, powerful
enough that his throat exploded in response. The contents of a Prana Bomb poured into his
exploded throat and served to heal him as the Tangible Nature Minor Treasure of Zinger captured him.
"You wish to alert the Quip Clan? That's only if I allow you to do so." The Tangible Nature Minor Treasure of Zinger encased the Mammoth Clansman in a Prana Bomb and was about to return when multiple Zinger Shrieks resounded in the region, "Dammit! Gannala has released
quite the many."
Its eyes flailed across the region and spotted a Quip Clan outpost more than a hundred
kilometres away, spotting one of the aerodynamic bones heading that way. Once it lost momentum, it shattered to reveal a Mammoth Clansman who assumed the form of a Zinger and glided towards the outpost, "Shit! We're too late!"
[What do you think is too late, my child?]
Suddenly, an overwhelming presence pervaded its being, overwriting the Celestial Boar's
control over it. Immediately in response, the Tangible Nature Minor Treasure closed its eyes
submissively, "I greet the Royal Zinger."
[Return to the Celestial Boar and convey that you were too late to stop news from reaching the Quip Clan. And then, wait for an opportunity within the Astral World.]
"Yes, I'll do as you say." The Tangible Nature Minor Treasure of Zinger let out a shriek, "That's the list of Tangible Natures living in the Astral World currently. Most of them are too strong for me to destroy in a sneak attack."
[Don't mind the rest. Only destroy the Death Knell.]
"Yes!" Followed by a salute, it returned to Brangara, informing as it showed him the captured
Mammoth Clansman, "I only managed to capture one of them. The rest are too far to reach, and unfortunately, one of them has already reached a Quip Clan outpost."
"Information about this would already have begun circulating through the Quip Clan, huh?"
Brangara muttered, 'But even at their fastest, their information can only travel at the speed of
sound. They won't have any time to prepare, and even if they did, I have enough means to handle them all.'
"Yarsha, be ready to counter the Quip Clan's swarm tactics," Brangara said and retracted the
Tangible Nature Minor Treasure of Zinger, continuing to chase after Gannala. 'First thing's
first, I need to get some closure on this hatred between us, Gannala.'
"...Fine," Yarsha Zahara clicked her tongue and began to make Satellites using grey sand.