Episode 76 - Revel, the Long-Living Leader of All Captains
Everyone was headed for the hidden village now. Levi and Mariel met up with Danny, Shirley, and the frozen ally, Yessenia. They all have a discussion with Lamia and Levi begs her to bring the humans into the headquarters. Lamia decides that this decision has nothing to do with her so she wants to take no blame if they get in trouble.
At the start of the battle, there were only Olom and Santi who were face-to-face. Eventually, one by one, Vialaro, Matt, Winny, and Lamia appeared before them all. It was a three-on-three match between humans and Halflings.
In the headquarters, the group arrived in Miss Siren’s ritual. She ended the dispute with a cage that surrounded the group into three sections. Levi was stuck with Miss Siren, Shirley was in her own cage, and the third cage consisted of Danny, Mariel, and Yessenia. Now it is time for the context to reveal itself by appearing as the actual scenery…
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Shirley placed her hands on her head. She fell to the ground, crying. “This can’t be… this can’t be happening! No!!”
“Are you worried about something?” Miss Siren was concerned but she was still smiling without any further expressions.
“Stop it! Uncage, now!” Shirley punched the floor.
Mariel took a step forward, “S-Shirley, what’s wrong? Why are you overreacting?”
Shirley took out the book from her pocket, “It’s the stupid context! It’s happening!” She threw the book at the edge of the cage and it made a clinking sound. She was this angry. “What’s strange is, I haven’t even seen this ‘normal girl’. That’s the only thing missing in this damn context!”
“Normal girl? What are you talking about?” Danny asked.
“Ah, she must be talking about the new heir up ahead. There is only one more room ahead of us before it reaches the balcony. That young woman is on her way to the balcony to finish the ritual. I am working on the reincarnation.”
Levi seemed a bit confused about this. “Reincarnation?”
“Yes, you’ve seen it already, have you not, Levi?”
Miss Siren pointed at the ground below Levi. Levi took a peek and she could see the face of Revel, the man who protected the Halflings from humans with giant bombs that killed all humans at one point. “So this really IS Revel! But why? Why would you create another life form of Revel? He’s from the past. You can’t just bring him back.”
“It is working just fine. Many things are going on at once but since you are all stuck, I might as well tell you the situation. Now… Look here. This is where you will all perish by the hands of Revel. Another normal human has gained enormous power recently and he is down below, wandering about the hidden village. The young woman is just above us, completing the ritual. Do you know what happens then?” Everyone was waiting for her to answer her own question. “With the remaining Halflings and the two humans and Revel, we will be able to discover how to make all of the dead become reborn!”
Danny jumped, “Whoa that sounds awesome!”
Mariel punched him on the face, “No it doesn’t! Don’t you get it? If they learn that, then such power would be abused and this urge to revive everyone is only going to exponentially grow. In the long run, everyone will end up fighting each other for the cure and the whole world would burst into a bunch of overloading people. That’s not a good idea.”
Miss Siren glared at them, “Do you dare defy the revival of Revel? We can limit this power so that not everyone will be able to use it. We can complete the wilderness as well. All animals will be revived except the lions which ate all of the smaller life forms!”
“Lions? Why just lions?” Mariel asked.
“Eventually as the millenniums will go by, lions will make many animals extinct. We want a well rounded wilderness!” Miss Siren smiled. “Does this sound like a problem to you?!”
Shirley screamed, “That sounds like what El Monte has turned into!”
“Then… if we stop her, our world of El Monte can be saved?” Danny questioned them.
“It is an act of selfishness for us… Saving the wilderness sounds more proper than killing the population just to keep El Monte. If we save the wilderness, El Monte may not be El Monte anymore and we might live a different life. None of us humans would even exist if we agree to help Miss Siren… This is where fate comes in. I finally get it now.”
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Lamia swung and slid her tail under Winny but Winny jumped up and she gave a strong punch, squashing Lamia’s tail. Lamia bounced around in pain. Winny crossed her arms, “Hmph, this seems a bit too easy for some reason. Are you fighting properly?”
Lamia’s eyes became flames, “Peh! Don’t you mock me now!” Lamia made her nails grow longer, “This is not the end!”
Olom and Santi were on a draw. They both clung their swords against each other and it was all a matter of strength on who can last. It turns out that Olom had more strength to push Santi down onto the ground. Olom pointed his sword at Santi, “How simple can you be without physical strength?”
“Heh! I do not need physical strength! You let your guard down.” Santi quickly slowed time on the sword and the spell was reaching Olom’s hands. Olom tried to let go of his sword but it was a little too late. By the time Olom dropped the swords, it was only his hands that were slowed. Olom’s body was pretty much stuck because of this. Santi took a step back after getting up. “You’re out of ideas now aren’t you?” Olom was facing forward with his sword slowly, but strongly pushing against the air in front of him. “When I snap my fingers, you will move at an extreme speed and this will cause you to uncontrollable fall real fast.”
Olom gasped in fear. “W-What? Stop it!”
Santi said quietly, “Haste.” Santi snapped his finger and Olom fell to the ground at a quick speed, causing him to fall onto the ground with great force. “Heh, nice isn’t it?”
Matt threw fireballs at Vialaro but Vialaro only shot them down. The fireballs exploded in midair. Matt glided into the air which Vialaro could not do. Vialaro aimed his sniper at Matt, “I can still get you from down her. Do not think you have an advantage.”
Matt clenched his teeth, “I wasn’t thinking that. It doesn’t matter to me. I know how strong you are!”
“How would you know that?” Vialaro said in wonder.
“The way you look is kinda scary. Of course you’d be strong!”
Vialaro rolled his eyes, “What in the hell kind of reasoning is that?” Vialaro pulled the trigger and Matt glided away.
Winny was easily playing with Lamia. Lamia kept clawing against Winny but Winny turned into her giddy form to smoothly slide away form all of Lamia’s attacks. “So is this your defense style or what?!”
Winny giggled, “Yeah, of course! Heehee!~”
“You’re pissing me off!” Now that Lamia knows Winny is in her giddy mode, Lamia could have an advantage by swinging her tail again. This time since her tail is large, Winny’s smooth slides won’t make it. Lamia swung her tail and Winny became serious. Winny punched the tail again and Lamia fell over.
“You’re thinking straight into my plan, ugly snake.” Winny ran towards Lamia and she gave a pack of punches all over Lamia. Eventually, Lamia was faining. Winny got on top of Lamia and she raised her fist over Lamia’s face, “Here’s the last one, surprise!” Winny punched Lamia on the face and Lamia fainted.
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Miss Siren walked over to Revel’s face on the ground, “Levi, why don’t you go with me? Together, we can create Revel all over again and we’ll make sure that the future will hold any peaceful resources!”
The group did not know what to say. Mariel took a step forward, “Now hold on a minute! I choose to stop you!”
“Didn’t you mention what fate wanted us to do? We have to choose carefully, Mariel!” Danny said in fear.
“I know what the right choice is! Don’t you get it? Fate is testing our ability to think of our future. Sure, El Monte and Earth has a lot of flaws right now but we are all still living and it seems that even after millenniums, we could still last long! We shouldn’t take risks to change the future into something such as what Miss Siren wants.”
Miss Siren turned around and said, “Alright, if you love your world so much… I will make a deal.” Everyone became silent again. Shirley was shaking. “If I sacrifice this girl, you will get your world back.” Miss Siren started walking towards Shirley.
“No… no. This can’t be happening.” Shirley said. She crawled and leaned against the opposite end of the cage from Miss Siren. “You can’t do that…!”
“Why not? You’re just one person. If your friends have to choose from saving a world over a single girl, then which one would they choose? If I were them, I’d choose to save a world that consists of billions and billions of people, no?”
Shirley did not know what to say anymore. Mariel yelled, “You’re just playing dirty now!”
“Which one should we choose?” Danny shook.
“WHY ARE YOU THINKING?! You shouldn’t even be second-guessing this. This offer of yours should not even be existent. What will you gain if I am sacrificed for our world? You might as well leave things the way they are now.” said Shirley in determination.
Levi said to Miss Siren, “M-Maybe they are right, Miss Siren. We don’t really know what might happen if we have the ability to revive people. What if this gets exploited to people in this world once we revive them? There might be a lot of disputes.”
“Are you resenting me?” Miss Siren said angrily. This is a rare moment where Levi could see Miss Siren become frustrated and angry. Miss Siren pushed Levi down and she decided to stand above Revel’s face on the ground, “I will prove to you that this will be better for Echoville. Come forth, o divine hero of thy Halflings, retrieve us the soul that was once Revel’s and make anew!”
Shirley screamed, “What?!”
Mariel watched in awe, “T-This can’t be!”
“Finally, the time has come for us to see what Revel can offer to us! Along with the strongest companions that I have now, there’s no way I can be stopped! Discard the weak, in with the strong.”
Levi clenched her fists, “What?! Does that mean you don’t care about the other Halflings that risked their lives to protect the village?!”
“Hmph. Would you like to know something, Levi?” Levi listened carefully. “Can you tell that I am clearly alive today? Do you see how much of a leader I am shown as to all the other Halflings?” Levi waited until Miss Siren reached her point. “I was reincarnated. Do you recognize me?”
Levi stared carefully until her eyes turned completely wide. “You’re… YOU’RE…!! My mother!”
Miss Siren closed her eyes and tears came out. “Yes, I waited for a day for you to find out yourself. It was difficult for me to tell you before. The truth is, I have adopted you because both your parents had died as hostage from humans. My real daughter is Marri. Don’t you remember my blonde hair from before I died?”
Levi gasped, “Y-Yes, I do! Then why… why would you do this? Who reincarnated you?!”
Miss Siren continued, “I was also the one who helped Shuttle after I died. His mother was actually Sudharma who had been constantly reincarnated. You can tell that parts of her skin had been peeled off. This is why she is our ancient dancer who knows most about Echoville’s history. Everyone of us Halflings are at least connected to each other, Levi. This is why I want to gain a close bond with Revel. I want to find out more about the history of Echoville through Revel. He’s the one that actually gives the hopes of those in Echoville!”
Levi clenched her fists, “No, you’re not my mother! Not anymore! My mother would NEVER do this. She wouldn’t mindlessly recreate Halflings like this. She would know better.”
“Look at me, Levi, my dear daughter. How am I not your mother? The only thing that’s changed is my hair color, eye color, and skin color.”
“Right now, you’re just a monster just like any other reincarnated being! I cannot take this any longer!” She ran towards Shirley’s cell and she took out her bazooka, “I’m going to free these humans immediately. You really had no reason to kill humans, did you?! You just made us believe that humans were bad so that us Halflings can rule the nation of Echoville. That’s just selfish!” She said to Shirley, “Move aside!” Shirley gasped and jumped to the edge of her cage.
Miss Siren stopped her, “What do you think you’re doing?! Revel is already in the process of being reborn. You’re moments too late, Levi.”
Levi froze in hopelessness, “W-What?” Miss Siren began laughing evilly and there was nothing that could be done…
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---- Next chapter preview:Matt: Next week on episode 77... Jaime is finally back from who knows where! This is it. Almost all of us finally have the chance to reach Miss Siren. We need everything to be fixed so that we can go back home!
ShirleyC: This is dangerous, guys. We're stuck in a cage so what else can we do now?
Santi: The important thing to do now is to catch up with the group. We have no time to waste around here.
Mariel: If courage is all we need, then we will get the courage! One damn lady isn't going to take control of all of our lives.
Danny: B-But it worked on Yessenia!
Mariel: Oh shut up!
Matt: J-Jen...? Next time on episode 77, Jen's Decision of the Heir!
Winny: What's the big idea?
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