Chapter 216: chapter 216- The Divine Bird, Nāgāntaka
With Taufik, Lembuswana, and Gaya lying unconscious on his back, Nāgāntaka continued flying towards the island they had wanted to go to.
After arriving on the island, Nāgāntaka continued to circle the island, which turned out to be quite large; it was more or less the same size as the island of Sumatra in Indonesia. Nāgāntaka flew back and forth to look for a place, such as a cave or anything that could be used as a temporary shelter, until Lembuswana and Gaia regained consciousness.
But after circling the Island for several hours, Nāgāntaka did not find anything at all, it would be good if there was a mountain on this island, because there was a big possibility that he could find a cave, but this Island was just a plain without mountains, there were some hills, but that was not what Nāgāntaka was looking for.
Nāgāntaka chose to float silently for a while, he looked at the sky, the afternoon was about to end, and soon night would come, but he had not found a place to take shelter, having no other choice, Nāgāntaka saw one of the hills in the distance that had a fairly large tree, and had lush leaves, seeing that, Nāgāntaka chose to rest there for the night.
On his way to the hill, Nāgāntaka broke some tree branches and carried them with him in his beak and claws.
Arriving at the hill, Nāgāntaka inspected the big tree and found a spot that seemed good for making a nest, and with that purpose, Nāgāntaka landed right below, he then lowered his Master and the others one by one to the ground, after making sure that they would be safe for the time being, Nāgāntaka took back the branch that he had put on the ground earlier and began to make a nest in the big tree.
It took Nāgāntaka hours to make the nest, and before he knew it, the Moon had replaced the Sun. After making sure the nest he had made was sturdy and at least comfortable, Nāgāntaka began to move the three people into the nest he had made.
Choosing to end the long day, Nāgāntaka wrapped his Master, Gaia, and Lembuswana in his wings before he, too, closed his eyes.
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*Krack!*
"!!!"
Hearing a sound like a branch being stepped on by something, Nāgāntaka immediately woke up from his sleep and immediately looked around.
With the help of the moonlight and the sharpness of sight that Nāgāntaka possessed, he was able to quickly find out what was happening around him and how shocked he was when he saw that he was surrounded.
"... What the... How can there still be so many beasts here? Didn't Lady Gaia completely seal the Earth from outside threats? Or are they what's left of them?"
Said Nāgāntaka while looking at the Beasts, who marched in a group, walking towards the big tree where his nest was located.
These Beasts had strange shapes, but there was one thing they had in common, that is, they all had the same characteristics as sea creatures, coincidentally, this hill was near the edge of the sea, and perhaps they all came from there, that was what Nāgāntaka thought.
"There's no point in thinking about it, I'd better get rid of them before they get any closer than that"
Said Nāgāntaka, who then immediately spread his wings and immediately flew away from the nest and went to face the Beasts.
Lembuswana wanted to end this as quickly as possible, so he immediately released his fire breath towards the line of Beasts.
*woosh!*
A fiery breath that can melt anything (given time) comes out of Nāgāntaka's beak; with Nāgāntaka in the air, defeating the amphibious Beast is as easy as turning over the palm for Nāgāntaka because nothing can stop him.
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Perhaps because Nāgāntaka's Fire Breath was so hot, in just a few seconds, the smell of burnt flesh filled the air, accompanied by the smoke of burning that rose high into the sky.
Nāgāntaka continued to burn the Beasts who could not fight back all the way to where they came from, namely from the edge of the beach to several tens of meters from the coastline.
After some time had passed, all that was left of the Beasts were charred carcasses that gave off a foul odor.
Silence returned to the island, feeling that everything was over, Nāgāntaka turned around and wanted to fly back to his nest, but it seemed that was a mistake.
From the depths of the sea, something appeared on the surface of the sea; it was a giant octopus tentacle that stretched hundreds of meters and moved quickly towards Nāgāntaka. Nāgāntaka, of course, realized such a big movement, but he was a little too late to avoid the grip of the tentacle.
"!!!"
With his body wrapped around the Tentacles, Nāgāntaka instantly lost his ability to fly.
Then the Tentacles pulled Nāgāntaka into the sea at the same speed as the Tentacles attacked Nāgāntaka.
"Shit!!"
Nāgāntaka tried to escape from the Tentacles' grip by using his fire breathing again, but it didn't seem to work because of some sort of fluid protecting the Tentacles.
Using fire breath seemed like it would take a lot of time, so Nāgāntaka used a head-on approach using both his claws and beak.
Nāgāntaka grabbed the Tentacles back until his claws penetrated into the Tentacles' flesh, and with the flexibility of his neck that was even more than what an owl had, Nāgāntaka tore the Tentacles' flesh with his sharp beak, it proved successful, because he almost managed to sever the Tentacles, however, the creature that owned the Tentacles didn't seem stupid enough to let Nāgāntaka go just like that.
With just a few more rips from its beak, Nāgāntaka would be able to free itself from the grip of the Tentacles, but today seemed to be an unlucky day for Nāgāntaka, because before it could free itself from the grip of the Tentacles, another Tentacle reappeared from the deep sea, and not just one, but three at once.
"... F*ck-"
With one Tentacle wrapped around its head stopping the movement of its beak, another wrapped around both of its claws, and the last Tentacle ensuring that Nāgāntaka would not make any more movements. Thus Nāgāntaka's movements were completely sealed; in such a state, Nāgāntaka was dragged into the deep sea.
"..."
"..."
The silence continued for several minutes until something unreasonable happened.
From the deep sea, something lit up, it was like a flame, a fire that burned in the middle of the sea, a yellowish light flare penetrated the seawater, creating several pillars of light that brightened up the night, and a moment later, something similar to a giant fireball rose from the deep sea soaring into the sky at high speed, while dragging something big out of the deep sea.
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- Several minutes ago.
'... Shit! Am I going to die here?'
Nāgāntaka thought that he was completely under the sea.
With the Tentacles still tightly wrapped around Nāgāntaka's head, he could only peek through the gaps between the Tentacles; what he saw was a large head, with eyes glowing yellow, staring back at him. It was the legendary sea monster, the Kraken, but Nāgāntaka didn't know that.
Behind the Kraken, there were many other types of sea beasts. Seeing this, Nāgāntaka was immediately shocked. He thought that he had killed enough of the beasts, but he did not expect that there were still many left.
'... Shit! Master and the others are in Danger'
Nāgāntaka thought as he saw the terrifying sight, but in his current state, he couldn't do anything, and the Tentacles also continued to drag Nāgāntaka closer to the Kraken's mouth, this was a situation with no way out.
'It can't be like this; I existed with only one sole purpose, it's to protect my master; I can't die like this, I CAN'T!!! ANCESTOR! PLEASE LEND ME YOUR POWER!!!'
Said Nāgāntaka, and then, his body glowed with a light that could blind the eyes, the light also affected the Kraken who was used to the darkness of the deep ocean, this made both of the Kraken's eyes burn, and also made the grip of his Tentacles that were wrapped around Nāgāntaka immediately release.
*GRARRAGHH!*
The Kraken suddenly went berserk, which made it unable to control the movement of the eight Tentacles properly; it moved aimlessly until it killed several sea beasts around it, which were also blinded by the bright light that Nāgāntaka created; they died without knowing what killed them.
A few moments later the Light produced by Nāgāntaka's body began to slowly dim and was replaced by the brightest Flame that continued to burn without stopping, and in the middle of the strange flame that continued to burn even though it was in the ocean, a creature was seen, it was undoubtedly Nāgāntaka, but there was something different, Nāgāntaka no longer looked like a bird, but a humanoid creature that still retained its bird's head, claws, and wings, Nāgāntaka's humanoid body was seen wrapped in golden Armor, and his lower body was covered with a blue-green Dhoti.
The flames prevented Nāgāntaka from being touched by the water, and with a look of anger, Nāgāntaka looked at the Kraken and then said.
"TODAY IS THE DAY THAT YOU WILL MEET YOUR END, YOU WEIRD CREATURE!!!"
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