The Flag Of Crab
Part 6
It
took them two days to reach the bottom of the sea. Soldier kept glancing around,
finding the yellowing spot. He reckoned that was the entrance of Hyrule. The
other three were lagging behind. They could not catch up. Nitram moaned, ¡§Why
must he go that fast?¡¨
¡§I¡¦ve
found it!¡¨ as soon as Nitram slipped out those words, Soldier shouted in front
of them. ¡§I¡¦ve found the right path! Come on! There¡¦s no time to lose.¡¨
Soldier dived into the
shimmering yellow light and vanished. The others just followed, and suddenly
they came up to a beach. Soldier was already out of the water and urging them to
boost up their paces, telling them that they had arrived at Hyrule. Soldier was
dashing toward a mountain. Still could not catch their breaths, the others just
tried their best to follow. Soldier did not stop running until a cave came to
his eyes. He motioned the others to follow him quickly. They went into the cave.
A flock of frightened bats was fleeing away. Water was dripping at the two sides
of the tunnel. It was haunting, but this feeling was gone as soon as they saw a
clam laying on the mud peacefully. ¡§It must be him,¡¨ Soldier told himself.
Sensing someone had come,
Nomis Clam opened his eyes lazily. ¡§Two crabs, one lobster and one oyster.
What do you want?¡¨ he asked directly.
Soldier came up proudly
with just the two words, ¡§Restore power.¡¨ He grinned secretly, seeing that
it was not as difficult as Yor had mentioned.
¡§Restore power?¡¨ Nomis
repeated slowly. ¡§Restore power. I don¡¦t understand it. Is it relevant?¡¨
It was an understatement.
Soldier could sense it. What Nomis was actually saying was ¡§It is something
between clams and crabs only. Lobsters and oysters should not be here¡¨. Raco
could fell it too, but the other two knew noting of it.
¡§Well, that is what Yor
has told me to tell you,¡¨ Soldier tried to explain.
¡§Three weeks is a long
time for me to remember things over this sand.¡¨ Nomis¡¦s saying was getting
weirder and weirder.
Raco spoke up, ¡§Three
weeks is not a long period for clams.¡¨
¡§You¡¦re not expected,
Raco,¡¨ Nomis said. ¡§At least not with Soldier.¡¨ He turned to Soldier.
¡§Beware, Soldier. If I were you, I won¡¦t come here at this time. But now
we¡¦re standing here.¡¨
Raco defended
Soldier, ¡§He knows nothing. He was attacked. He has¡K¡¨
¡§No, Raco,¡¨ Soldier
interrupted. ¡§I know everything.¡¨ Nitram raised his eyebrows. ¡§It is
relevant.¡¨ Even Nho could feel something wrong here.
¡§You really know
everything?¡¨ Nomis suspected. ¡§How does it relevant? Show me.¡¨
As soon as Nomis said
¡¥Show me¡¦, Nomis went to lean on the wall. Soldier dived toward the spot
where Nomis had been standing while Nitram at once reacted. With one arm digging
up the sand and one defending himself from Nitram, Soldier held up the Triforces
from the sand and suddenly became luminous. Everyone was shading his eyes and
amazed except Nomis, who was chuckling by the wall. ¡§That¡¦s it. The Soldier
is back.¡¨ Raco used his body to press on Nitram¡¦s while Nho just stood there
startled. Nitram was screaming as Soldier bound Nitram to the wall with the
power of Triforces.
Within the beam from the
Triforces Nomis explained, ¡§Power of Triforces, if you use wisely, great
things can be done, but it works as well as to the evils. Make good use of
it.¡¨
When everything resumed to
normal, Nomis and Raco were standing beside Soldier. Nho was still on the spot
where he had been on all the time as Nitram was tied on the wall. Nitram hissed,
¡§How long have you found out my identity?¡¨
¡§Since you asked to come
with us,¡¨ Soldier answered in anger. ¡§You said ¡¥as I have done in the
past¡¦, and what Nomis has said, ¡¥I won¡¦t come here at this time¡¦, and
everything concerns you flowed back into my mind. You were the one who betrayed
us. You were the one who helped invade our kingdom. You were the one who nearly
killed me!¡¨
¡§And I will be the one
who really kills you,¡¨ Nitram sneered. ¡§You can¡¦t escape. I have an army
outside this cave waiting for my order. I have planned this all the time. I have
cleared the path so that we can come here without any difficulties. Or else how
can this road be that easy? I have been waiting for your discovery of the
Triforces. They will be mine soon. Kingdom of Crabs? Say farewell to it.¡¨
¡§You have underestimated
the power of Triforces,¡¨ Raco snapped. ¡§Even though the whole world has come
fighting with the Triforces holder, they will not be able to stand the Triforces
power. Come on, Soldier. Show the power to the ignorant.¡¨
Leaving Nitram behind, Soldier, accompanied by Raco and Nho, ran out of the cave with the Triforces in his hand, shouting spells to gather power. At the entrance, a sea of lobsters was awaiting there. With a thunder spell, half of the lobster sea was gone. And then with a fire spell, another part of the lobster sea was burning. Meanwhile, the three of them were running toward the beach they had landed. They dived into the sea, and swam fiercely upward to the surface of the real world. Soldier cast one last binding spell to abolish the connection between Hyrule and the sea.
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