Chapter 75: Chapter 75

Light sat meditating on the ground with his hands together and his legs folded. The circle beneath him glowed brightly as he silently spoke. Four other lesser ranked gamarax manipulators sat behind him. They too were meditating.

Light suddenly opened his eyes and they were glowing purple. He waved his hands in the air and gamarax appeared in his hands. Light twirled his hands around each other until a purple orb was created.

He released the orb into the air and when it was high enough, he spread his hands and it exploded. Purple fog filled the air completely blinding everyone but to their relief, it cleared quickly. What was visible was a purple trail in the air. Sevilon and Ouman walked towards Light and he got up to address them.

"Are you sure this trail will lead us to the latest hideout of the Mid Night Crawlers?" Ouman asked him.

"We can only hope for that or else we will spend a lot of time trailing them." Light said. "It is however possible that they have not yet left their current position. They left this place not too long ago that's why I have been able to expose the trail. It appears that their gamarax manipulator has gone rather confident after centuries of evading capture." Light ended.

"If that's the case then we should get moving." Commander Sevilon insisted. "Captain Sharaina!"

Sharaina didn't hear him call her because she was talking to Yolin and two other officials. Zentz left Naraygeous and tapped Sharaina's shoulder. He whispered to her that commander Sevilon was calling her. Sharaina immediately left to go to the commander. She stood away and gave a bow.

"I am here sir." She said.

"As per your orders, you are to leave the group in your disguise and await capture." Sevilon ordered her.

Sharaina took care not to look in Light's direction. She hadn't seen nor spoken to him since their fight. The whole time Sevilon was talking to her, Sharaina could feel Light's eyes staring at her.

She had mixed feelings of regret and anger towards him. On one hand she regretted rudely kicking him out of her house and on the other hand she was angry that he thought so lowly of her.

As soon as Sevilon was done talking to her, she left and returned to her tent. Light watched Yolin follow her inside. He excused himself and headed to his own tent. He knew that Sharaina was angry with him and he was angry with her for being angry with him. He found her to be so unfair and unreasonable.

"Why can't she see her wrong in this?" Light flipped a chair annoyed. He brushed his thumb against his nose and shook his head. "I am not going to apologize this time."

****

Sharaina pulled out a sky blue dancer outfit. Yolin examined it and stretched her lips with her eyebrows raised. Sharaina caught her shaking her head and she laughed softly.

The out fit was too revealing. For one thing, it had a crop top that was open at the back. The skirt was long but it had slits that went all the way up meaning it was going to expose her underwear.

It was also partially see through. What was weird about the outfit was the veil. It was to cover Sharaina's face leaving only her eyes out. She was to wear bells on her fit and carrying a tambourine.

"I can't imagine wearing a skimpy outfit like that." Yolin voiced out.

"Well apparently I have no choice but to wear it because my gamarax is the only one Light is very familiar with. I just wished that I was the one to pick my own disguise. Whoever chose this is a serious pervert."

Yolin chuckled. "A hopeless one too. At least your face will be hidden. That outfit is so embarrassing."

Sharaina rolled her eyes with a smile. "Thank you for making me feel worse."

"You're welcome!" Yolin laughed. "Come on put it on. I'll help you with your make up when you are done."

*****

Light stepped out of his tent. He placed in his pocket thin square pills. He then joined commander Sevilon and commander Ouman in waiting for Sharaina. The two commanders were talking so he stood apart from them. His eyes drifted to the army patiently waiting for orders. In total there were 600 warriors.

Light's wondering eyes locked with Naraygeous. Naraygeous smiled at him but he turned away without smiling back. This puzzled Naraygeous a lot. Zentz noticed what happened and he shook his head before giving Naraygeous a pat on his shoulder. Sharaina told Zentz what had happened the night before.

"So you honestly don't know why he is mad at you?" Zentz asked Naraygeous in a sarcastic tone.

"Man no. What is his problem?" Naraygeous lifted his shoulders bewildered.

"What do you remember about the night you visited Sharaina?" Zentz asked him back.

Naraygeous held his chin. "Well, I remember not finding her home so I sat outside waiting for her. When she finally got back, we went into her house. I can't remember what exactly we talked about."

"You can't even remember the fight?" Zentz asked him.

"What fight?" Naraygeous raised his eyebrow, puzzled.

"You didn't hear yelling?" Zentz asked him.

Naraygeous squinted his eyes and dropped his eyebrows in thought. "Yes I remember yelling." He snapped his finger. "Sharaina was arguing with someone." His eyes widened. "Wait, was it Light? Oh no they must have argued over me. My drunk ass must have done something stupid." Naraygeous slapped his face. "I must apologize to them."

"Do it later. Now we must focus on the mission." Zentz advised Naraygeous.

Sharaina walked out of her tent. Jaws were dropped the moment she was seen. Some more heads turned as she walked towards the commanders. The staring made her feel so uncomfortable but she refused to show it.

The men ogled at her while the women felt jealous of her body. This time not even Zentz was spared. He failed to peel his eyes off of her. Naraygeous smirked and forced his jaw up.

Sharaina hadn't yet covered her face with her veil so her heavy make-up stunned Light. She often wore no make-up and when she did, it was always light.

Seeing how the men were looking at her made Light feel infuriated. When he was told that she had to dress as a dancer, he didn't think that they were going to go over board and make her dress up as an erotic dancer. He wanted nothing more than to take off his coat and cover her up. He faced away in an attempt to hide his anger.

Sevilon and Ouman tried their best to look only at Sharaina's face. They refused to look at their future queen in sexual terms.

"Who ever who picked that outfit is an idiot." Sevilon mouthed and Ouman nodded in agreement.

Light uncomfortably walked to Sharaina. She could see that her outfit bothered him so much. He handed her a square pill. Sharaina took it and looked at him confused.

"Keep it under your tongue. It will suppress your gamarax. We can't have the enemy sensing that you are a skilled warrior." He explained to her.

Sharaina said nothing and put the pill under her tongue. It was tasteless and it didn't dissolve in her mouth. It was also too thin for her to feel. She was relieved that it wasn't going to get in her way of speech. Light looked at her closely and picked another pill. He gave it her and she was puzzled.

"I can still sense your power. One pill won't be enough to suppress your gamarax." He said.

Some gamarax manipulator women whispered among themselves. They couldn't take their eyes off Sharaina's outfit.

"I am sure he is going to leave her after this. I mean look at her showing off her body like that to all the men here." One of them said.

"I bet she picked that outfit herself. You know how disgraceful some women are." Another said.

"Our Light deserves so much better." Another one added. "Look, he is trying to hide his anger but we can clearly see it. Goodness some women take a lot of things for granted."

"How about you stop acting like the jealous harlots that you are by minding your own business?" Yolin coldly asked them and they jumped in fright. "We have a mission to focus on. I suggest you get back to your stations." She added and they promptly left.

Sharaina hopped on a dragon. She positioned both the pills so that they don't disturb her. Once she sat on the saddle, she covered her face with the veil. Yolin waved at her and she waved back. The dragon spread its wings and launched up in the air, leaving everyone below. Everyone waited at least thirty minutes before following her.

Sharaina was dropped a kilometer away from the hideout. The dragon rider left her all alone as planned. Her bells jiggled as she walked. She could completely see no one but she could sense that she wasn't alone.

Sharaina wondered how long it was going to take for her to get spotted. She decided to speed things up by deliberately attracting attention to herself. She played her tambourine and sang as she walked.

She did this for a while before sensing the gamarax of men drawing closer to her. Sharaina saw one spying at her from behind a tree with his weapon activated. She saw three more hiding in the trees.

Sharaina pretended to be oblivious to what was happening. She continued to sing and play her tambourine. To her dismay, the men didn't approach her.

'Could they be on to us?' She worried.

Sharaina felt for her pills and found them still under her tongue. Could have been that even two pills couldn't hide her gamarax levels? Sharaina shook the feeling off when she reminded herself that Light would have definitely given her more if that was the case. He was too observant and logical to make such a mistake.

Sharaina continued to sing as she walked. She could feel the men circling at her. This time there were more of them. Her patience however, was thinning such that she almost told them to kidnap her already.

Sharaina stopped at a spring and the men watched her lift her veil up to her nose and drink water from her hand. At that point, they jumped down and landed all around her. Sharaina smirked from behind her veil. Sharaina got up and placed her tambourine on her chest - shaking with her eyes wide. Seeing her timid sight made the men grin evilly. They lustfully looked at her and laughed amongst themselves.

'I swear if they try anything, they will taste my blades.' Sharaina internally growled.

"Where are you going young lady?" One asked her.

"I have lost my master and fellow dancing sisters. I was told that they are around here so I'm looking for them." She nervously said.

"We know where they are. If you don't mind, we can take you to them." He said again.

"Hey, why don't we have a little fun with her first before taking her with us?" An impatient man said. He grabbed his crouch as he ogled at her.

"Contain yourself fool. She will be useless to Lord Diavinx if we do that. We can't risk losing out on money." The top leader snarled. "You can have her for as long as you want as soon as she has served her purpose." He then grinned evilly. "But only after I'm done with her."

"But didn't you say that you are taking me to my master?" She asked them in a soft timid voice.

"Lord Diavinx is your master now." He answered and walked towards her. He pulled her towards him and put his hand on her bum. "Soon you will have me as your master too. We will have lots of fun."

'Oh no he didn't just do that. If he doesn't let go I will end up blowing my cover.' Sharaina bit her tongue.

To her relief, he let go but roughly pulled her hand. He dragged her away and the other men followed them behind. They walked for a little while and stood before a gigantic rock. A gamarax manipulator among them unlocked the seal and they got into the hidden world of the MidNight Crawlers.

Sharaina looked at the numerous caves in awe. However, the sight of timid women being taken to a cave made her scowl. She studied them and saw that only one of them had golden hair.

Sharaina looked around and counted a good number of happy golden haired women entertaining the robbers. She wondered if they were the missing girls. If so, why would they be happy in the midst of their kidnappers?

****

Light spotted the hideout from up above. He pointed at it and the dragon landed. Light used his senses to check if Sharaina was in it and he was able to sense her inside the hideout. The gamarax manipulators that came with him got off the dragons they were on and they went running to him. Sevilon and Ouman stood at his sides as he examined the force field before him.

"This rock is an illusion." Light told them.

"Is she in there?" Ouman asked him and Light nodded his head. "How do we get in?"

"I will have to break the seal." Light answered. He turned to the group of gamarax manipulators behind him. "Get ready to keep the passage open once I break the seal." He ordered them.

"Yes sir." They answered.

*****

Sharaina was led to a noisy arena. The place reeked of booze and smoke. The men made so much noise that the music the band that was playing could hardly be heard. Despite this, the six dancers in the middle of the arena danced in sync with the beat.

They looked very excited as they danced. This made Sharaina wonder even more. She couldn't understand why the captured women would be so happy to be there. Were they just putting on an act?

After what felt like an eternity, the dancers finished their dance routine. Money was rained down on them. What they did next surprised Sharaina but answered her previous questions. The women jumped for the money like greedy animals. They even fought viciously against each other. This entertained the crowd even more and they cheered.

Jemi stepped forward with a bucket of water and splashed it on the women. Sharaina glared at him upon recognizing him. The cold water brought them back to their senses. They held onto what they were able to pick and walked out of the arena.

None of them dared to look at the crowd. Sharaina felt a stick pressed against her back and she walked forward. The man who brought her there made her stand at the center of the arena. The men cheered at her sexiness.

The man curtsied to a man Sharaina believed to have been Diavinx. The previous dancers distracted her so much that she didn't notice him sitting there on his throne the whole time. Two big breasted women fanned him with vine leaves. They wore attire similar to Sharaina's. The difference was that theirs had no veil and they were red in color.

"Lord Diavinx, I bring this fair maiden to you for your entertainment." He said and the crowd cheered.

Lord Diavinx looked closely and Sharaina and smiled widely at her. "Where did you find such an enchantress from?" He asked the man.

"She was lost wondering around in the woods my lord." The man answered.

"Tell her to dance for me." Lord Diavinx excitedly said and the crowd cheered loudly.

A man with a guitar came forward. He sat down on the ground and started to play. To Sharaina's surprise, the crowd went dead silent. All that could be heard was the sweet enchanting sound of the guitar. Sharaina looked up to where Lord Diavinx sat and noticed that he had his hand held high. Sharaina understood that it was he who commanded the crowd to be silent.

She listened to the melody for a while so as to understand it. Sharaina moved one leg forward and her ankle bells jiggled. She moved the other leg and a jiggle were heard. She gracefully twirled around and tapped her tippy toes to the guitar.

When she stopped she moved her hips and hands slowly like a snake. Lord Diavinx took off his sun glasses and leaned closer. He was trapped in a trance as he watched Sharaina move her waist and hips seductively.

****

Light slapped his hands together and they beamed purple. He punched them into the rock and the force field became visible. It looked like a gigantic see through bubble. Through it, everyone could see the hideout clearly.

Light felt a heavy and paralyzing force weighing him down. The gamarax was too concentrated. He gritted his teeth as he grabbed part of the bubble with both hands and tore it open.

Boo woke up with a jolt. Someone just broke her seal. She ran out of her cave and saw everyone watching Sharaina. She jumped down and ran to Lord Diavinx so as to tell him that they were in trouble.

Light held the ends he was holding apart. The gamarax manipulators added their strength and lessened the burden on Light. Once the passage was big enough, the warriors charged into the hide out.

Light let go and walked into the hide out. His gamarax manipulators followed him inside and the seal was restored. All that was left outside was the rock.

Sharaina sensed Light and the others and she was relieved. She pulled out her veil and let it get blown away by the wind. Jemi and Boo's eyes widened.

"That cursed girl is here?" Boo asked, frustrated.

Jemi jumped into the arena with his spears out. He never forgave Sharaina for humiliating him. Now that she was there, he was going to make her pay for everything. He didn't care less of how she even ended up getting captured. All he wanted was to beat the living hell out of her and redeem himself.

"Well you were the last person I expected to be here." Jemi darkly said to Sharaina.

"Yes, long time no see." Sharaina grinned at him.

"You owe me a rematch." Jemi scowled at her.

Sharaina spit the pills out and her gamarax came rushing in. Her swords appeared in her hands. "Come at me then." She said with a smirk.

Lord Diavinx gasped at the sight of the red sword. He couldn't believe that the sword of the former Lord of the Mid Night Crawlers, Vainak, was right there before his eyes in all its glory.

Diavinx was just a boy when he first saw the sword. He never imagined that he would see it again.

"So Philip was clever enough to transfer all the gamarax to a pure warrior darkas god? Well I'd be damned." Diavinx commented in astonishment.

Jemi went after Sharaina and the two went head to head. Jemi noticed that she had improved a great deal since the last time they fought. She was a lot faster and lethal.

Jemi resorted to giving Sharaina air kicks. She blocked his kicks with her sword. Sharaina suddenly deactivated her red sword and grabbed Jemi's leg. She hit him hard against the ground and tossed him side by side on the ground before throwing him in the air.

Jemi back flipped in the air and threw one of his spears at Sharaina. Sharaina grabbed it and threw it right back at him. Jemi deactivated it right before it hit him. He landed on his feet and both spears reappeared in his hands again. He charged at her again. He was about to hit her when Lord Diavinx held his hand and threw him across the arena.

"My master!" He exclaimed.

"This is not your fight Jemi." Lord Diavinx said. "This girl isn't normal. You will never be able to defeat the beast that dwells within her."

"But my Lord, don't you have faith in me?" Jemi asked Diavinx.

"I do, that's why I want you out of here. I can't risk losing you only to fatten the beast with my power."

"I am not afraid of her." Jemi spat.

"Well you should be. You should be very afraid. In fact I am scared as hell. Get out of here now or I will have to kill you myself." Lord Diavinx harshened his tone.

"As you wish my lord and master." Jemi said with a hint of disappointment. He glared at Sharaina and lunged up in the air.

Lord Diavinx activated his double edged sword with a lime green handle. He tossed his scarf aside and remained only in his vest. His skinny arms held his sword firmly as he looked Sharaina dead in the eye.

"It was always my fantasy to go head to head with the power of the great former lord of the Mid Night Crawlers. At least, my wish will be fulfilled today." Lord Diavinx chuckled.

Sharaina took her stance. "What happens, happens."