Irise Delegnere (ALIVE'S Book 3)

by Faulina Arif

  After that dragon succeed to dig its way out from the ground that separating level 6 to level 5. Now it was at the level 5, at the monster cage. That dragon peeking from inside the hole that it made, and then once again it shoot a giant lightning bolt, and it make a hole at the level 5 structure ceiling. Feeling that the hole is not yet perfect, that dragon shooting its lightning for several times, and succeed to make a massive hole that could contain its giant body. That dragon climbed the floor that filled with werewolves, and keep going into the hole.

  Because of that dragon act that keep shooting the giant lightning bolt, the electromagnetic effect had made all of electronic key that keep werewolves inside the cages opened automatically.

  Those werewolves came out from their cages and some of them howling, but when they see the dragon at the ceiling, all of them returned to their cell. Their instinct screamed and made them scared, they are felt if that creature above the ceiling is a calamity that must be avoided at all cost.

  Because of the structure design that separating level 5 to level 4, that dragon must digs its way directly through level 3 without passing the level 4. But eventually the dragon that possessing tremendous strength would never tired by only digging and It manages to reach level 3. That dragon comes out from the hole and looked around. Looked to the mountain and the forest before it fly again. While flying that dragon once again shoot its giant lightning bolts toward the artificial sky.

  Aria was still holding her position. Her body keeps rocking around while the dragon flying, but she was adamant not to loosen her grips and instead tighten it with all her strength.

  That dragon keeps digging, it was now penetrated through the level 2. It keeps digging, destroying all floor in the process and shortly it was now at level 1, and appeared exactly at the massive aula that now was abandoned. That dragon shoot its giant lightning bolt.

  A big rubbles from the ceiling fall to its head and it felt like it only been hit by a grain of sand. That dragon jumped and then digs again. Shortly after that, its large figure appeared in the surface, exactly at the governor office which size is similar like a parliament building in level 7. The emergence of that dragon was started from its head followed by its massive body and then its wing that spread massively.

  The time is now at 19.30, the governor office is already vacant. All of the employee that working there is now relaxed at their homes. But still, a lot of people passing by around that building. And some of them relaxed at the courtyard, and some of them gathered in the large square exactly in front of the building.

  The rubbles fall around the building. Fortunately no one had been hit by those.

  That dragon looking to the sky. It shouts loudly, and its voice reverberated. As if it was speaking to the universe. It was truly happy because now it can see the real sky.

  Peoples near the building that looked at that rare occurrence immediately standing up. All of them amazed to see that dragon. They have not feeling even slightest fear inside their minds.

  "W-Wow . . . Is there are some sort of filming?", Said one of those people with full of amazement.

  "The effect is incredible, it looked real," Said the other.

  That dragon changed its view below and looked toward gathering people, in that dragon view, those people is just like a bug that gathered and made it feel disgusted. It approaching its head toward those people that standing in the courtyard, some of those people shouted in amazement, and some of them screamed in fear. Without waiting for long, that dragon opened its mouth and shoot a lightning bolt toward those people. At least hundred people have died, and they are died horribly, most of their bodies becoming hundred pieces of meat. All people in the square that looking at that incident screaming, they all running away for saving their own life's.

  The dragon raising its head while feeling satisfied to see those bugs leaving its sight. It gazing to the night sky intently and then accidentally it saw a red moon. Its heart made a question, what exactly is that red ball thing?

  That dragon fly to the sky, it flying around the city sky for some times, as if it wanted to reach that red moon which interest it. But it can't reach that red moon and made it upset.

  Aria that using the chance when the dragon stood still before, climbing its body. Now she's crouching slowly, while she's at the dragons wing, with all her strength Aria striking her sword to its right wing. Aria intend to bring down the dragon by cutting its wing, but it turns out that the dragon wing is also very hard. Aria sword strike is just like a flea that biting the human. There are always been a metal clashing sound whenever Aria striking her sword to that dragon wings. But still none of her strike that could injure the dragon. The only effect that Aria could minister is, whenever she hit that wings, it stopped to flap.

  That dragon flight becoming irregular. It could not balance its weight because of Aria that disturbing its wing.

  Aria that realizing it become more spirited. She keeps hitting while shouting loud. "Fall beast! Fall! FALL!"

  That dragon fly toward a skyscraper building that have 60 floor.

  Aria shocked to see where that dragon going to fly and stopped to hit its wing. "Oh shit!", She swearing before that dragon crashing to that skyscraper building.

  Whether that dragon and also Aria break through that building without their will. Both of them fall crashing and destroying some of the floor of that building. The dragon giant body destroying 1/8 of that building.

  When that incident occurred, there are still many employee that still inside their office at that building. All of them working overtime to chase their targets. But instead, some of them must die crushed by the dragon or crushed by the rubble of destroyed floor. Some of them are still alive, few of them is hiding while cried in fear, some are running away, or frozen stiff at their place because they are shocked.

  Aria tried to wake, so with the dragon.

  That dragon growled in anger. Its delightful flight was disturbed by an insect. The dragon standing with its back legs, lifting both of its front leg. Its front legs let out a wide sphere of lightning and with one sudden movement, it stomping both of its front legs and generating a massive shock wave that destroying the entirety of that floor 50.

  Aria along with dozens of people that still around that dragon was being thrown out from that building and free falling to the ground with incredible speed. Some of their body severed to some parts because of that shockwave and they are fall from floor 50 like a fresh meat rained down from the sky.

  The citizen around that vicinity which were still not knowing of the condition are shocked when those fresh meat fall to the ground together with meaty fall sounds.

  "Oh god! What happened?!", Some of them screamed to see some human head fall.

  Even so, those people is still not running away and instead stayed at that place to watch the strange occurrence that happened.

  Suddenly the upper part of skyscraper building collapse. That part of building fall to the ground. Killing many people and create a huge fog of dust around the fall.

  The other citizen that looking at that suddenly scared.

  "T-Terrorist attack!!!", Some of citizen screamed while running away to survive. A chaos have happened, and no one could control it anymore.

  Aria fall unconscious. Her body fall crashing to the lowest part of barber shop building that near the sidewalk. Her blood spurting to every direction, all of her limbs severed, fall not too far from her. Whereas her sword is lost, no one know where it was.

  Aria body regenerated automatically. Her arms and her legs moved by itself toward Aria, approaching Aria that still unconscious and then the healing process taking place.

  "G-Ghost!!", Some citizen that accidentally looking at Aria screamed hysterically and immediately running away. As if they were hallucinating, they saw Aria arms and legs moved by itself.

  Zafar had just arrived in the surface. He walked around, while looking at panicked running people. He keeps walking toward the center of chaos, at the opposite dir
ection to where people come running. Accidentally he found Aria that lying unconscious near a barber shop. He approaching her in a hurry and shaking her body for several times. At this time Aria is completely healed.

  "Aria! Aria wake up please!" Zafar shouted while feeling worried, he try to wakes Aria.

  Aria opened both of her eyes slowly. She stares at Zafar in confusion. Her head was still painful. Today she over using her cursed power. Without she realizing, more often she was unconscious, the time she needs to awake is taking longer. This time she need at least 15 minutes to awake.

  "What happened?" Aria asked to Zafar.

  "That should be me who asked, what exactly happened?" Zafar asked to Aria instead.

  Aria looked to her surroundings. Many tall building that now destroyed, and collapsed. A lot of human corpse lying everywhere. The living people are all running away leaving the dangerous area.

  Aria looked up. That dragon is now flying around at above the city. It flying carelessly like it was owning the skies.

  5 unit fighter jet have arrived. All of them come from the air force base 20 km far from the city. By the order of the great general Raden Kusuma Wijaya, all of soldier within the island was ordered to mobilize for ensuring the safety of civilians.

  After receiving their order, the captain of fighter jet named Fathur commanding his crew to immediately sortie. For some time all of them preparing their jet plane, while done they hurried to take off. On the way to the city, he and his crew members are dumbfounded while looking at the lightning bolt that been appeared in short interval not from the sky but from the ground.

  "What the hell is that?", One of fighter jet pilot deliberately asking.

  "Focus!" Father answered. "Confirm the target!"

  5 unit of fighter jet fly pass that dragon with incredible speed.

  "Oh my god! Dragon? Is that dragon?", One of the fighter jet pilot shouted in panic.

  "Oh dear lord! We are not inside the film, right?!", The other pilot added.

  Fathur was also surprised to what he recently saw. But he tried to maintain his composure and ordering his team to turn. "Focus soldier! Engage the target. In my command release your missile! We will see how will that mythical beast reacted with our advanced weapon!"

  That dragon landed on the skyscraper building where it formerly was. It looked at the city while shooting its giant lightning bolt toward some tall building, a massive hole was formed when that dragon shoot its attack toward that building and made it collapse. And then shortly it shoot again to the roads below it to destroy some cars.

  The chaos that happened become greater. The dragon keep rampaging and made many building, facility and transportation destroyed. Fire had been raging and burning many houses, trees, and more. People running in panic while screaming and crying like it is the end of the worlds. Hundreds of people fall victim at this time.

  5 missile was released by the fighter jet pilots.

  That dragon noticing those missiles that fly toward it. That dragon destroying those missile by using a little sparks of lightning that made into a shockwave, and those missiles prematurely explodes. In short amount of time, it protect itself from the explosion by activating its active lightning barrier.

  "Target hit!", Said one of those pilots. He thinks all missile they release are hitting the dragon and able to leave some damages.

  Fathur smiled. He feels a bit happy because he can lead his team very well. But when all of them passing the skyscraper building where that dragon located, one of fighter jet was being shot by a lightning bolt and destroyed.

  All of those pilots become shocked and become panicked, all of them fly away for insurance if that lightning bolts targeting them once again they could prepare and evaded the strike.

  All of that dragon body part tensed, from around its body a flow of lightning could be seen with naked eyes and ended in front of its chest. That lightning forming a giant sphere of lightning, that rotating with incredible speed.

  Fathur feels if something bad will happen. "Oh shit! Return! Return! Our missiles didn’t work, use pea shooter! Strike it in unison!"

  Not yet Fathur and his team had the time to execute that plan, suddenly that dragon standing and clapping that giant sphere with its front legs. A massive shockwave along with strong EMP waves exploded, causing all of engine and electronic device mal-functioning.

  All of fighter jet fall uncontrollably. The communication severed. Fathur along with all his team fall crashing to the tall building and had no time to escape.

  "By the Gods . . . Those jet fall!" Zafar spoke with a low voice. Both of his eyes opened wide to see those fighter jet exploded.

  "What should we do to defeat that creature?", Aria asked more to herself.

  Zafar shook his head weakly.

  Exactly at that time, not far from where Zafar and Aria was. An attack helicopter fall to above the roof of buildings and exploded. Same with what happened to 4 fighter jet earlier. And 3 other attack helicopter are also fall accompanied their friends that now in the ground, fall and then exploded.

  With its full power, that dragon repeatedly shoot its giant lightning bolts toward the sky. It keeps doing it for some times.

  "What the hell did it do now?!", Said Aria while frowning her forehead.

  That giant lightning bolt which been shoot repeatedly by that dragon forming a giant vortex of lightning in the sky. Both of them could see that terrifying giant vortex and it letting out some rumbling sounds. Then around that vortex, a black dense cloud was formed to be bigger and bigger. And then that dragon stopped to fire its lightning. The surrounding becoming very quiet and then,

  Suddenly from the black cloud a flash of lightning bolt strikes to some building randomly.

  "Oh good heaven!!" Aria startled.

  "Im-Impossible, a lightning cloud could not be formed like that! It defies logic!" Zafar defying the truth that know he see.

  "We can’t stay here anymore. It be best if we go to the hole," Said Aria.

  "Do you mean the destroyed governor office building?"

  Aria nodded. "To meet out friend, it possible if all of them are now near there."

  "Right, I think we must made some kind of plans." Zafar agreed.

  Zafar and Aria leaving their hiding place toward the governor office building in the distance that at least 1 kilometer.

  At the times when Aria and Zafar running, that dragon are still there above that skyscraper building. It shoot the giant lightning bolt and made the vortex generating more lightning cloud.

  Aria and Zafar keeps running down the roads that now was quiet and they are passing a fast-food restaurant. Both of them suddenly stopped because they hear someone calling one of their names.

  "Aria!"

  Both of them looked toward that voice direction and found Reyn standing in front of that fast-food restaurant.

  Aria and Zafar running toward that restaurant. Approaching Reyn that actually aren’t alone. There was Marsha, Ichsan, Iskandar, and some of Iskandar subordinates that also hiding there.

  Zafar panting. He put both of his hand above his knee while saying. "G-Glad to see all of you still alive." Zafar looked to each one of them alternately.

  "Aria, are you alright?" Marsha that since before worried about Aria immediately stand up and approaching her.

  Aria nods. "How about you?"

  "I have some grazing wounds," Marsha answered while showing her wounds. That wound received by her when she must evade the building rubbles at level 7.

  "Where are you from?", Reyn asked.

  "I was coming after Aria. The situation in the city center become extremely chaotic." Zafar standing up once again while adjusting his breath for a moment before continuing his story. "That creature keep shooting its lightning. Terrible, and I don’t know what to do."

  Everyone looked at each other in silence.

  "So, what should we do now?", Reyn asked.

  "I am confident our friends will not stay idle. Shortly some of our frien
ds will use a fighter jet to deal with this situation." Iskandar answered with his left hand holding his right waist while his right hand touching his chin.

  "All of them already fall," Zafar replied.

  Iskandar widened his eyes in surprise and looked to Zafar. "What do you mean?"

  "5 fighter jet and 4 attack chopper are fall because of some sort of lightning attack. Not even one of them could survive."

  "How about the ground force? Did you see them?"

  Zafar shook his head. "No, I have not."

  "Is that so?!" Iskandar fell silent for a moment, thinking about what Zafar said and then he changed his view toward Ichsan. "How about the police department?"

  Ichsan shrugged his shoulders while smile sarcastic. "They? They are just a bunch of cowards, so don't hope too much from them."

  "As I thought." Iskandar smiled sarcastic. And then, he looked to his subordinates. "Let's move!"

  "What will you do Iskandar?", Reyn asked.

  "I will assist our friend and joined with the ground troops. How about all of you?" Iskandar asking for an answer from those people that standing in front of him.

  "By now that dragon is still above the tall building. I will made it kiss the ground." Aria that since then was silent, thinking for some method at last opened her mouth.

  "Y-You?!" Iskandar stares to Aria full of disbelief. "How will you do it?"

  "With strong will," Aria answered blandly.

  Iskandar laughed hard all of sudden. He remembered Sekar. Aria behavior to facing problems is the same with Sekar when she was a child. Full of conviction and never think straight. But, of course Sekar is already changed. Now Sekar are becoming a different kind of girl.

  "Hey, Reyn, who is this young miss? She was truly amusing." Iskandar pointing his finger toward Aria.

  Aria feels a bit annoyed with Iskandar attitude, but she choose not to respond.