⊙ 遊俠手記

Remember what I said about I lost my solo part in the high school musical play "Bye Bye Birdie"? Now that I think of it, I think the teacher cut my part off may have something to do with the main character, Paul. I had mock him in front of people and I think he manage to ask the teacher to cut me off...now I remember, he told me to act as funny as possible during the solo part...and maybe what the teacher(director) wants is serious not funny...damn, I was stupid! Why did I listen to him in the first place? I can still remember his face when he knows I lost the part...I am too naive...>"<

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I forgot, I came here to post my story! Why did I start complaining?
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All I can say is "FINIALLY I CAN GET AWAY OF IT!!!! (??)"


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Character Bio:
Dexter J. William- a wolf fur with white, soft fur who is main character of this story. He has the age of 17 and his birthday is Dec 19,1989. As a 2nd Grader in the Academy of Necromancer and Witchcraft, he is good at Combat Theory.

Ivan J. William- wolf furs with white, soft fur, but longer than his bother’s. His hair had covered half of his right face and a scar of his left arm. He has the age of 19 and his birthday is Dec 19, 1987. As a 4th Grader in the Academy of Necromancer and Witchcraft, he is talented on both Summoning Technique and Spell Casting (his spell casting and summoning technique courses were 6th grader level)

Mr. And Miss William- Dexter and Ivan’s parents, who is now living in Iceland, studying ancient runes.

Paul Hwart- Dexter’s best friend since the first day of school. As a 2nd grader of the Academy, he is talented at potion and history of magic. His trademark is a very friendly warm smile.

“Alex” - A transfer student to the Academy, after she receive a letter written by Walker from Dexter, the Academy were attacked. So far all we know about her is she can use light magic.

Chapter 1: The Past
Chapter 1中文版by逆狼
Chapter 2: The Past (2)
Chapter 2中文版by逆狼
Chapter 3: The Past (3)


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Chapter 4: End of the Past

“So how did you kill that Sorcerer over there?” Ivan asked curiously. “Your skeleton warrior wasn’t strong enough to against his magic.”

“One is not strong enough, but 100 should do it.” I answered with an exhausted tone.

“Oh…I see.”

“…”

“The side effect is coming, right?” Ivan said, mocking. “Next time, if you aren’t tough, don’t be a jerk and start a fight.”

“Shut up…”

Inferno Reckless Summon is a special summon skill that was only taught in the William family as a family secret. This skill had been passing from one generation to the other since 200 years ago when John William had discovered the way to open the Necronomicon Gate and use the power of it in battles. By paying all of the MP (mental point, or your mental energy) and some of your blood, a William is able to summon an exclusive amount of monsters, such as Skeleton Warrior, in one short period of time. The side effect of losing all of your MP in one short time is your mental defense will drop to 0, unable to use any other abilities required MP, and…

“Here…get closer. I will take you back to our room before other people found out…” Ivan said gently, and grabs me into his warm, furry arm. I feel the wind slide through my body as we jump into the hole on the floor. (The academy is located under the abandoned building, and the hole inside the building is the entrance) and lost my consciousness in Ivan’s embrace.

The next thing I know is I woke up in my cold, dark room. I am lying on my tiny bed, my sword “Twilight” is hanging on the wall on my left, and my luggage were gathered in the corner of the room close to the door. I tried to get up, but my body just won’t let me to do so.
“Easy there~” A familiar voice was made from the bathroom. “Just lay there and don’t move, ok?”
A wolf fur with brown, thick fur is walking toward to my bed from the bathroom. He has short hair, glasses, and a cloak with the word “咒” written on the left side of the cloak. His name is Paul Hwart, a 2nd grader in the Academy, and we became best friend since the first day of school. He and my brother share the same dorm in the academy with me (in order word he is my roommate also).
“Your brother told me you got beat up by some random people on the street; he saved you and brings you back to the academy.” Paul said. “Is this really true?”
“Don’t believe a word from my brother.” I responded “…ya I had a fight, but I was the one who beat up someone…ar well. So how’s your mid-term mission going?” I tried to move the subject.
“Not bad, we had our target captured alive, but the police seems hard to believe two children can take down a criminal…well they got who they want, so they didn’t ask too many questions” Paul give me his trademark smile.
“Oh really… hey, I heard there is a transfer student coming to our school… you know who that is?”
“Yep. The principal just made an announcement about it…is a girl named ‘Alex’” Paul said. “And she is going to be in our P.E. (not physical education, is physical engagement.) class.

“That’s good, I can give the letter to her in P.E. than…” I thought in my head.

“Chocolate ice cream cake?” Paul asked, and takes out a paper box with odd runes on it. “Your mom send this from Iceland…with a very strong elemental cooling spell...you can’t believe how cold did this room get when I open it.”

On the top of the cake, “Happy Parri” is written by icing. When I was thinking why would mom wants to celebrate “Parri” and send me a cake, Paul said: “you mom send this letter to you with the cake too.”
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Dear Dexter, Ivan

Happy Parri! This is a traditional holiday in Iceland and your dad and I are having a good time on celebration. There really isn’t many major staff happening over here so don’t worries about us~ anyway remember your brother and you are in determining a nice, good Europe round trip, so please try to keep up the good grade, ok? Mom and dad will be back soon.
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After I finish reading (and don’t understand what the Europe round trip she is talking about is), I posed: “You know where Ivan is?”

“He is at the front yard, and he told me to tell you he is waiting for you over there.” Paul responded, as he tries to swallow a big piece of cake. I was impressed when he manages to talk with a giant piece of cake in his mouth.

I stand up and walk away from this dark room as Paul still eating his cake. I can feel the side effect is still affecting me when I try to move my leg, just like running with a pair of iron boots on.

The Academy is mostly constructed with concrete and wooden furniture. It gives people a solemn feel, but after two years living in this place, it feels more like home. Although the school is underground, but elemental heating magic had keep the whole school warm and dry. The front yard I am approaching, however, is outside of the school in the back of the abandon building. Since is February right now, it is covered with deep, white snow. Ivan and another person are standing under an oak tree (which are hardly tell because it is covered with snow).

“There you are! We were talking about you~” Ivan shouted. “I think you have something to tell her~ Now that you are here, I gotta go.” Than he walks slowly back to the academy. Only the stranger and me were left in the front yard.

“You got the message?” The female wolf fur said, with a business tone.

“ya…here.” I give her the letter, and take a good look to her. She has gray fur, brown eyes, long hair, and dress somehow different than the other students. “What’s your name?” I ask her as she reading the message.

She didn’t answer until she finished reading and squeezed her letter into paper ball. A weak light emit from her hand, than the letter disappear. “Alex.” She said coldly. “and what’s yours?”

“Dexter. Dexter John William.” I answered. “and you just met my brother, Ivan.”

“…?! What’s your brother’s name again?” She yelled suddenly, and she became so serious and frighten.

“Ivan, what about it?”

“He is the…” Her speech stopped by a loud explosion come from the academy, follow by a flash. The flash was so bright that almost blind my sight completely. While I am trying to realize what just happened, Alex is already running back to the academy.

“Shit…am I too late?” Alex said to herself, and start running faster. I follow her track and rush back to the academy.

“What just happen?” I asked, but Alex spoke before I finish the question.

“The Order had arrived, and we have to go save your brother, Move faster!”

“What is ‘The Order’?”

“No time to explain, just run!”

I start accelerating, but still unable to match Alex’s speed. She move as fast as wind, her image is bit-by-bit turning into a fuzzy shadow. Until I thought I am going to lose her, she stops in front of the entrance of the abandoned building.

“Wall of Revealing Light!” Alex yelled, and formed a “X” shape with her arm like defending a enemy attack. A wall, or a wall created by light, had flare from her arms and blocked a “Dark Blast”. A low humming sounded made by the shield injected into my ears, but apparently the Light Wall didn’t receive any damage. I dash closer to Alex and see Paul is holding his wand, pointing at Alex’s chest while Alex still keeping her shield on.

“Stop! She is on our side!” I shouted in case Paul shoots another Dark Blast.

“Damn! You are alright! I thought you got kill by those crazy people!” Paul come straight to me and gives me a big hug. “They just randomly blast everything that’s on their way...”

“Alex had just told me that my brother is in danger and we need to go save him, she told me…”

“… are you coming or what?” Alex cuts my explanation. “Grip your little friend with you and go!”

“Little…” Paul mumbles as he running with Dexter.

Paul, Alex, and I start rushing back to the building. As we passed through the entrance of the front yard, a horrible scene appears into my eyes. Nearly all the door had been destroyed; some walls had inserted a new decoration – one nice big hole, and no furniture is standing without damage, actually most of them had already turn into dust on the ground. However, the most bloodcurdling view is the academy students, especially 1st and 2nd graders who haven’t been to a real combat, are now lying on the floor with heavy injuries. Blood and broken weapons on the floor had completely turned the whole academy into a battlefield.

“What happen…?!” I said breathlessly, “...Paul…do something!”

“Got it” Paul responds emotionlessly because he got shock by the scene too. “Bless of Convalesce!” A soft, warm light emitted from the spell circle where Paul is standing on. The light is slowly filling up the room and gently recovering all the injuries that it touches.

“That should do it…” Paul step out of the circle, but the circle still processing it’s effect. “It looks like those intruders are looking for something or someone…do you think they want your brother…?”

“What do they want from him? He is just an academy student…” I said.

“and a William too, remember? I heard a lot of rumors about an organization on the Light side are searching for the secret of the William that has something to do with the Underground World…that’s what my “mid-term mission target” told me when he got caught.”

“Right.” Alex spoke for the first time after she enters the building. “the organization is called ‘The Order’. From now on if you see anyone wearing a white cloak with a red cross on it’s back, run.”

“William’s had no secret; don’t forget I am a William too.” And of course, that was a lie. Inferno Reckless Summon is already a secret magic. “Whatever…if I see one of those “The Order” rat, I swear I will blast them into…”

“Who do you think you are? Kid like you is totally outmatched against anyone in ‘The Order’” Alex said. “Just do what I said. Now go find your brother.”

I though intensely and deeply as I am running in the hallway of the academy and look for my brother. My parent had warned us a long time ago that we must not tell our secret or show it to anyone that is not in our family (and is easy because there are only 7 William left in this world), they said there is always some greedy people who wants to take the secret away from you and we must protect it at all cost. I was very young when I heard about this and I think I have nothing to worry about because I though no one knows William have secrets, but apparently I was wrong and my parent knew something like this is going to happen soon or later. Now that I think of it, maybe the ice cream cake had warned me in a way that I didn’t realize?

“…anyway remember your brother and you are in determining a nice, good Europe round trip…Mom and dad will be back soon”

Now I get it. The letter was supposed to warn my brother and me, but my brother never gets a chance to see it for some reason.

“I am coming, Ivan.” I whisper to myself.

*****

“No one is going to save you now.” A fox fur mock, but than use a poker face to say: “do what I say, or you will end up like your little friend.” He pointed at Silver, who is now lying on the floor in his pool of blood.

“Don’t talk to me like you can catch me. You don’t know who you are dealing with.” Ivan said, and holds his sword tighter.

“You are one of the seven William remaining in this world, and your secrets shall belong to The Order.” Fox fur said. “so hang them over if you want to live!”

“…not a chance!” Ivan said coolly, “Show me what you got!”

“As you wish! Light Dimension!” The fox put his arm straight up, pointing at the client of the room. A light blesses thought the concrete client, and cover the entire room with strong, white light.

“Irony, my sword named “FalseLight” As Ivan speaks, some of the light in the room gather around Ivan’s sword, and the sword absorb those light. The room was no longer as bright as it was in a few second later.
“Interesting…using item to take away light…” fox said, and as he speaking, the room is getting darker and darker until nothing can been seen. “But how much energy can your sword holds?”

(Perhaps you may start wondering how come these two furs are caring the amount of light exists in this room. The reason is magic become stronger when the environment matches to the attitude of the magic (ex. Dark Magicà Darkness, Fire Magic à Wood, Water Magic à Place with water), so a clever magician will always turn the environment that matches to his/her magic first before the starting a battle.)

“Let’s end this nice and quick, shall we?” the fox said softly. “Kingdom of Light!”

Still, nothing in the room can be seen, but is all thanks to the strong, bright light emitted from the fox’s hand.

*****

“You see that?” Alex pointed at a classroom at the end of the hallway. The gap of the classroom’s door had released a great flash of light. I give a hand signal to Alex to stop.

I gradually sneak toward to the door, and slightly open the door, and we all rush into the room in the same time.

“NO!” Ivan screamed, and at the same time we had surrounded by four walls of light that has no exit, like a prison cell. The fox, with a white cloak and a red cross on it’s back; put his wand back into his pocket.

“Surrender or they will die painfully.” The fox said with a tone of victory.

“What happen?” I asked, and look at Ivan. He is now holding his sword tightly. He has several injuries on his chest and arms, and ruby blood is running out from the wound.

“Light Prison.” Alex responded, “Who sent you here!”

“ “The Order” of course.” The fox said. “And I would expect that you are one of those dirty traitor….”

“Dark Blast!, Darkness Dimension!, Dark Illusion!, Summon Skeleton Warrior!” I yelled, but nothing happen.

The fox laugh, and say “Is no use, you can’t cast any Dark Magic inside Light Prison.” He slowly turns to Ivan. “Your brother is worthless to me, but you…” the fox snap out an evil smile. “I am not going to repeat myself again.”

A minute slowly pass by in this deadly silence classroom, and Ivan doesn’t seem to have any action or idea of what he is next move going to be. While the fox keep the Light Prison surrounding Paul, Alex and me, all we can do is wait. I looked at Alex, and the mark of detestation and hate had scratch clearly on her face as she looking at the fox. I want to ask her so many questions, like why did the fox calls her “traitor” or why did “The Order” wants to chase after the secret of the William’s, but the situation isn’t allowing me to do so for now.

“…I am sorry, Dexter.” Ivan said with guiltiness in his tone. “I should have thought that something like this should happen very soon…”

“Stop saying you are sorry! Tell me what happen!”

“…There is always something you better not know.” Ivan said quietly. He now looks more confidence on whatever he is going to do. He is like a stranger to Dexter now, since Dexter never saw his laid-back brother act so serious. After all this years Dexter living with Ivan, all Dexter know about him is he always know what he is going to do and able to solve any situation easily, but right now Ivan doesn’t seems to know what would happen next.

“You want the secret so bad? Than COME GET IT!” Ivan yelled. “INFERNO RECKLESS SUMMON! He punches to the ground with his injured left hand that was covered with his own blood. Although the same magic circle created on the floor of this classroom, one thing that Dexter see as unusual is this time not only Skeleton Warriors, but Skeleton Knights, Skeleton Sorcerers and SpiritWolfs were also being summoned at the same time. The fox was first shocked by the large number of enemies rising from the ground, but than he calmly say, “Interesting…is that all the secret is about? Only for summoning craps?”

“It is not over yet! REALM OF INFERNO ” As soon as Ivan finishes casting this spell, all the summoned monster is now covered with a tick, indissoluble darkness. The whole room is getting darker and darker, and the Light Prison is getting weaker.

“Assist magic and summon magic…good combination.” The fox said satisfactory. “Let see how long those craps can stand.”

Ivan orders the monsters attack the fox in all possible angles. While the Skeleton Warriors rush to the front side of the fox, the SpiritWolf sunk to the underground and sneak to the back of the fox for a revelation attack. The Skeleton Knight assault to both right and left side of the fox and the skeleton sorcerers stand back as they district the fox with their long distance elemental blast. This formation seems perfect and unblock able, to most people in the room.

“…useless.” The fox smiled and said. “There, let me teach you how to fight with strategy…SpotLight!.

A strong, white light shine at the group of skeleton warriors from the broken client after the fox cast a spell. No harm seems to be done by those magical lights, but than all of a sudden the Skeleton Sorcerers’ attacks were re-targeted to the Skeleton Warriors.

“…” Ivan astonishingly didn’t show any expression when he sees half of his Skeleton Warriors turns into dust and vanish in the midair by the magic blast, thought it was just in the vein of his plan.

“ARRRRRRRRR~~!!” Cried from the fox, and he cast an unknown, but powerful spell to his arms. Light, mix with different colors, emit from his hands, and electrical current is running around both of his arms. He than using a speed faster than eyes moment to assault all remaining enemies, and with in a few minutes after the fox moving around the room rapidly and destroy everything in sight with his lighting punch, he looks around.

“That’s it?? That’s all you can do?? I am really disappointed my friend…!!” The fox is now in the center of the classroom. The only things that remain standing are Dexter, Alex, Paul and the puny Light Prison that is weak enough for anyone to break through it. A minute passed by, and no one answer.

“ Where’s Ivan?” Paul asked me, and thought I would have known. “He didn’t just leave us here and run away, right?”

“ He won’t do that!!” Dexter said confidently, thought he had no idea where is Ivan either. “This should be just part of his plan!”

“ Darkness Dimension! Ivan’s voice came out from the corner of the room, and the room, with in just a second, is now covering in thick darkness. Without the weak light emit from the Light Prison, Dexter couldn’t even tell where his friends are.

“ Show yourself! Fight me like a man, like your father!” The fox yelled.

“ What are you talking about ?! How did you know my father ?!” Dexter yells as loud as the fox did, but he didn’t respond.

“ I don’t know what you talking about.” Ivan voice shows up again, but his voice was coming from different angles so the fox cannot determine Ivan’s location by listening. “But never mind, I can ask your spirit after you die here.”

“Even I do, I won’t tell anything.” The fox said, and drawing one of the most complicate magic spells Dexter had ever saw. “But that reminds me to take your spirit with me after I kill you.”

“INFERNO ULTIMATE SUMMON!”

“JUDGEMENT!”

The fox, which now has two shiny, snowy wings grown on his back and two sliver cross with a ruby crystal installed in the center, is flowing in the midair like an angel, with a greedy smile.

Thanks to the light emitting from his wings, he can now see where the enemies are. But ironically it is no longer necessary to know where to attack because enemies is now everywhere in the room.

“I guess this is the end, my friend.” The fox said, but his original voice is gone when he turns into an angel, and is replace by a very deep, peaceful voice which had create a big comparison with the situation in this room. “We all used our last strength into this attack, is either you or me die here. But don’t worry, I will make sure that I am the one who walks out here with your body.”

“…” Ivan made no respond, instead he use action. He ordered all of the Skeleton Warriors jump up and attack the fox. The fox use his crosses as a light shooter and shot down all of the incoming Skeleton Warriors.

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The Skeleton Warriors attack hysterically for an hour to the fox, but the fox manage to block of the attack with his shooter. Until half of the warriors fall down, Ivan ordered his Skeleton Knights and SpiritWolf to attack. The Skeleton Knights were stronger and faster than the Skeleton Warriors, and they can recover themselves from injury by standing back into the darkness. The fox needs to make more than one shot to destroy a skeleton knights, and the number of available attack angles increase when SpiritWolf’s anti-gravity ability kicks in. The circumstances become clear that Ivan is winning.

“….” A sweat showed on the fox’s forehead. “ Out number me is not going to work anymore, my friend!” The fox said as he shot down another knight, but three show up immediately.

“Well, I was thinking of the same.” Ivan said, and stands up straightly with his sword. “It should be time for you to show off.”

“As you wish!” The fox said, and sounds like he lost his last piece of intellectual. “Is over my friend, you are finish! ALMIGHTY SATAN!” To: 逆狼 -In the bible, Almighty means God while Satan means…you know. –Freelancer 131

“……!” Ivan is shocked. The fox’s wings decompose, and fell of his back, an anguish cry, and the Satan’s wings replace in. The cross is now transformed into crimson red, and the fox is holding it in the opposite direction. The fox is no longer belongs to the Light Side, and turns into a demon.

“ DIE!” The fox said greedily, and a ring of fire created around him. The fire than shot out in all angles and burn everything it touches.

“ The Order…I can’t believe they will even abandoned light to get what they want.” Alex opens her mouth, and formed an “X” shaped in front of her chest with her arms, a light wall shows up and block one of the fire blast (forgot to mention, the light prison fell apart when the fox turns into demon).

Ivan hardly blocks the fire with his sword, but the Skeleton Knights and Skeleton Warriors, without any element protection, fall apart. Only small amount of Skeleton Knights and SpiritWolfs survived through this deadly fire blast.

The fox flies directly to Ivan, with his evil smile of victory. All of the summoned monster try to stand on his way, and they all turns into bone pieces as the fox flies through. Ivan, on the other hand, shows no reaction.

“You are MY NOW!” The fox screams out as he gets close enough to chop Ivan’s head off, and didn’t realize this is his last word.

He stabs both of his crosses into Ivan’s chest, but blood didn’t come out as expected, instead Ivan’s body turns into a skeleton, and vanish into the ground.

“Looking for me?” Ivan’s voice, coming from the client, said gently. “ You should had feel regret at the moment you abandoned light.”

The fox, with no time to react, turns his head to the client, but than it gives Ivan a good target to attack. Ivan jumps down, and throws his sword directly to the fox’s head as soon as the fox turns his face toward to the client. The sword stab on the fox’s face, and light emit from the sword’s handle.

“ARRRRRRRRRR…..!!” The same anguish cry is made from the fox, but than is stop when the sword went through his throat.

“Your brother sure is smart, Dexter.” Alex said emotionlessly, as Ivan land on the ground. “The light he got from the fox is used to against him, isn’t that ironic?”

Blood, as red as the crystal on the cross, is running out from the fox forehead and throat, and light is emitting from the wound. The fox body is decomposing just like his abandoned angel wings when light is transfer from the sword to the fox’s body. Until the fox turns into dust and left nothing but his crosses on the ground, Ivan picks it up, and turns to Dexter.

“You all right?”

“…ya…” I said quickly, but I have so many questions want to ask. “ Did you hear what he said? He said he had fraught with…”

“I don’t know, and I am about to find out.” Ivan cuts me, and turns to Alex “Who are you? I am sure you are not one of those dirty “The Order”, but I saw you use light magic.”

“I am Walker’s man” Alex said carefully. “And Walker wants to see you.”

“…, tell Walker I will go to him after I finish some businesses.”

“Who is walker?! And why is “The Order” wants the…” Ivan swings his hand toward to me, a sign to tell me shut up.

“Can you bring my brother to Walker’s place?”

“I am Alex, and yes I will do so, since it is not safe here.”

“Ok than,” Ivan satisfy, and turns to Dexter. “Walker will tell you everything, and I want you to stay with Alex and Walker until I come back, alright~?” He said with his laid-back tone, just like he is telling his little brother stay home for an hour or two.

“NO! I don’t know what’s going on and I want to find out with you! How did you know Walker? Why is “The Order” wants the secret?? And where are all this “The Order” people coming from???…” Ivan opens his mouth, so I stop.

“Listen~ If you do what I said, you will know what is the situation looks like~ I will tell mom and dad about it…if I can still contact them…”

“What do you mean??”

“Anyway~ go pack up and go with Alex~ ok? And Paul, if you don’t have anything to do, would you mind to take care my brother for a while? I don’t think this academy will open again until next year or after everything is solved.”

“Of course I am coming with Dexter, we are best friend.” Paul said, than look at Dexter. “I don’t know what happen or anything about this, but I am sure things will be just fine if we stay close together, right?”

Lack of words to express my appreciation, I said nothing but to look at Paul. But than something else pops in my mind.

“Hey! What are you going to do?” I said to Ivan, who is now picking up his sword from the ground.

“I will look for the “The Order” stronghold. There should be a base around here if they launch an attack this big and escape within this short period of time.”

“I am coming with you, than we can go to Walker together!”

“No, you aren’t good enough”

“I am!”

“Well, if you can stand for another 5 seconds, than you can come with me.”

“Really?”

Ivan disappear, and appear behind me.

A black out.

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Apart- Begin

P.S. It appears that everyone forgot Silver, who was laying on the floor in the beginning of the fight. =_=""""""""