Seal of Light - Enlightened

Chapter 6: V : Quest For The Seven Pillars

Navi’Sai took a stick and in a squat position, he drew a pattern, like a track, and then explained the

plan to Mat.

“The black whirling pillar you saw from afar earlier, it contains a captive soul. This pillar is made of

enchanted force, no one can enter or escape it without using another enchanted energy.”

Mat gave a blank reaction and a slight nod. Somehow agreeing to what his Master was explaining.

“This is the location of the pillars, all seven of them, eight in total if we include the central pillar, which is

the largest of all, where the demon -lord resides.” Navi’Sai explained. “The small pillars are all spread

out and surround the central one.”

“So eight pillars in total including the central one?” Mat asked

“Yes, that’s correct, OK so we are here…” Navi said while drawing an X mark on the ground. “I will go

ahead of you and clear the path here. All you have to do is extract the captive souls inside the pillar.

But still proceed with full precaution. Recheck the area, then perform the extraction. Once extracted,

the seal will tell you if this captive is ready for returning home. The seal will light up again and as soon

as you grab hold on the rescued captive, it will be returned to their home realm.”

“OK copy that Master Navi… Check vicinity, perform extraction, return captive to their original realm,

such an easy task, mark this mission complete already. OK how the extraction does works again? and

the back to realm thing is there is such a thing, I don’t have a clue on how to do that or whatsoever… I

don’t have a clue, I have no idea, I just want to go home now.”

“Done with your tantrums Mat? This is so not you Mat, I understand that this all sound unreal, but as

soon as that seal lights up, cross your arms tightly and you can return yourself home. You can save

yourself to all this trouble. I can do that returning too, but not as quick as how you can do it, I make take

almost an hour to extract and return a captive, while you can do it in a few minutes.”

Mat look up, had a little scratch on the back of his head and released a heavy exhale. “I’m sorry Navi,

it’s just a crazy while, I was just inside the Good Eve Mansion, having dinner with sir John and his

daughter Summer, a thief broke in, then later the thief was like possessed and gave a threat to all us,

then there was the explosion, woke up half drowning then someone helped me, then I’m here at the

unfamiliar island with you, with this bizarre rescue mission.”

Navi’Sai stood up and dropped the stick used for drawing. “I am sorry too, for dragging you on this

without even asking for your full consent. You and your best friend Rigs were the last few to give the

sign of a possible Soul Drifter, and I was right for choosing you. Next thing in my mind was that you

guys won’t be lead to the dark path, like what happened to your fellow trainee Ethan. It was a big lost or

a big waste for us for every Soul Drifter to choose the opposite path or choose not to use the Seal for a

good cause.”

Mat sighed and gave this worried look to Navi. “I was already lost when we met, this training, this

learning about the seal, actually gave me a new point of view in life, I almost lost everything, I was in

search for answers too, I saw that this spiritual learning could lead me to what I was asking for. Maybe I

was still zoning in, and now I’m ready for this, you already laid the plan for the mission, now let us

execute it.”

Navi’Sai nodded and answered Mat’s fist bump.

“The first three pillars contains Soul Drifters, the fourth and fifth contains a different spiritual signature, it

could be either an Elf or a Dryad. The sixth one is a Soul Drifter, who I will be extracting, hoping the it

could help me, with the final guard before the last pillar, if you ever get to the seventh pillar first, do not

engage yet, wait for me and we will face the guarding demon together.”

“First five pillars, extract then send home, meet at the seventh and will not engage yet, did I get it

right?” Mat said.

“Perfect, that’s how it’s going to be, so follow my trail, stay close, I will clear the path and move forward

to the next.” Navi said. “By the way, there is still one thing I need to verify before sharing it to you.”

“What is it Master Navi?”

“Why did they take all this captives? They could have just killed them easily upon capture, but they

didn’t.”

Mat gave this facial expression of agreement. “Good point there…”

“So remember Mat, your top priority is to rescue them, My main role is to handle all that would stop you

from doing it.”

“Got it Master Navi.”

Mat stood up and cleared the dust from his pants, did a little stretching and hand shaking.

“I noticed that you are missing a shoe, and that sock is already soiled and ready to be torn to pieces.

Here since I was expecting you, I brought you a new pair of palm and ankle wraps.” Navi said while

picking the cloth then tossed it in front of Mat. “Try these on for size…”

“Oh nice, training wraps…” Mat said. Contentt bel0ngs to N0ve/lDrâ/ma.O(r)g!

“Not just your ordinary training wraps, these are battle quality materials…” Navi said

“They look tough, makes me look tough too…” Mat teased while doing a battle stance pose. “You really

brought these.”

“I’m a boy scout remember, I always come prepared, here’s another pair, might come handy when you

need it.” Navi said while tossing another small bundle of cloth to Mat.

“Aw! Another pair?” Mat catch and hid it to his side pocket.

“So, shall we, Mat Adam?”

“Off we go Master Navi, lead the way.”

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The two had to trail a highly dense forest then cross a small water stream, then another forest, but was

less trees and more spacious inside.

“The view here is quiet fantastic Master Navi, hope this was just a vacation trip, not a rescue mission.”

Navi’Sai nodded in response.

It only took them less than a hour to reach the area of the first pillar.

“Wait here and stay hidden, I’ll check the perimeter…” Navi’Sai said.

“Got it, Master Navi.” Mat replied.

Navi’Sai slowly walked towards the 1st pillar. Three shadow hound appeared in-front of him, then Navi’

Si noticed the fourth and biggest amongst them stayed behind, Navi thought it could be the pack

leader.

The three shadow hounds leaped and landed surrounding Navi’Sai.

Navi’Sai saw that the fourth one was missing from where he saw it earlier, then he saw it running to the

direction of Mat Adam. With a split second, Navi’Sai, instantly casted an energy wave made of light

from his both hands, destroying the three shadow creatures in a single whirling attack.

Mat saw that and was very much amazed, then he noticed that there is a shadow hound approaching

him. Mat was preparing to run when Navi’Sai appeared in front of him and did this full winded burst

attack, cutting the attacking creature into two, then it slowly dissolved into ashes.

“Area clear, you may now proceed the extraction Mat, but keep your senses up, always be on guard, I

will move ahead now to check the next one, remember Mat, after extracting, return the captive home

and proceed to the cave for the weapon.”

“Copy Master Navi….” Mat replied.

Mat was still in shock on how his young master finished all those shadow creatures quickly and

effortlessly.

“Bye Mat, see you later on the last pillar…”