Devil Sea

Arc 1

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Neo!Run..!

Booom!

Neo woke up with beads of sweat dripping from his head

Neo-"Hua....hu...mom..I remember..I hope she is fine..."

Neo remembered that he felt into the ocean with Sven.

Neo-"I....I have to go see mom.."

Neo got up from the small bed and walk toward the door and he notice that the door was fixed.

Neo-"He..he must of fixed this"

As Neo reach the door , he could hear a voice , it belonged to someone he knew , Neo slowly opened the door and saw Yeevia talking with Sven.

Yeevia-"See that? The Astrals call it a moonlight and look! Jelly fishes! they are beautiful aren't they?"

The light was gone while the darkness still remains , the big glass illuminated by the moonlight , Neo could also spot some orange lights in the darkness floating slowly upward.

Sven look at Neo and ran to him

Sven-"Rawwr"

As he pounce on Neo , he licks him repeatedly.

Neo-"Sven , are you okay!?"

Sven nodded and they both looked around them

Neo-"This.. place.. is so unfamiliar.. there is no sky..the light where used to shine is now just a ball of glass.."

Yeevia got closer to Sven and Neo and said quietly

Yeevia-"Neo... you are... really from the lands..?"

Neo nodded slowy while he look at Sven

Yeevia-"Sven told me what happened..."

Yeevia cries and held Neo in her arms.

Yeevia-"You...you must be worried Neo"

Wahhh wahhhhh

Yeevia kept crying and suddenly , a voice came from the door

Haleen-"Neo.. you are really a human...I don't know how you got here but.. this place is.. what you would call the ocean"

Haleen came out , wearing her sleep robe , she sat beside them and explained to Neo that they live deep inside the ocean , so deep that the sun barely reach here so they use something called a light essence that they trap in the glass orb in the middle of the glass dome.

The glass dome was made out of the Depth sands , a special sand which can be found on the bottom of the ocean , the end of the abyss.

Haleen-"And...no one has ever gotten up the ocean from the Devil Depth..."

Haleen explained to Neo that it was almost impossible to fight against the mystery force that pulls everything into the depth , while the closer you are to the depth , the less force you will feel but the further you are , the stronger the force will be pulling you down.

Neo-"Ugh... it sounds.. complicated.."

Haleen nodded and said

Haleen-"You can ask Phalem.. he is works as a farmer that goes outside the dome during light times"

Phalem job was to gather light essences stone like many other people and to bring them into the respective warehouse.

Neo-"Mhmmm.."

Neo , disappointed , he look toward the stars that he could not see.

Haleen brought Yeevia back into the house as it was still the middle of the night while Neo decided to sleep beside Sven in a separate storeroom.

As the light shine brightly in the center of the dome , Neo slowly woke up and heard some voices

Phalem-"Officers , I already paid sir Gonn yesterday night!"

Officers-"Lies , your name was not checked in Mr.Gonn's list , pay up now or else.."

Phalem-"B..but sirs... I alread-Puah"

One of the 2 officers punched Phalem's face and said

??-"Shut up , do you want to lose your home?!"

Haleen quickly came out and held Phalem

Haleen-"Honey.... just..just..give them the golds.."

Haleen hand over a bag filled with gold and the officers walked away.

Phalem stood up infront of the door with the help of his wife

Phalem-"..Sorry sweetie.....I promise you...we will soon... live in Baolua...soon.."

Haleen held his hand as she shed tears and replied

Haleen-"D..don't worry honey... I don't mind living here too.."

The couple held each other as Neo walk towards them with Sven.

Neo-"Uhmm...what happened miss Haleen and mr Phalem?"

Haleen-"Ah.. Neo..this is Phalem..my husband"

Phalem-"Sweetie , go back inside and wake up Yeevia , she has to prepare for school"

Haleen-"Oh... right , I will do that"

Haleen wipe her tears with her hand and went back inside.

Phalem-"Neo was it? I heard what happened...if If there is anything I can do to help you , don't hesitate to tell me! Ah I found you and Sven floating down the water while I was working , you scared me since you weren't moving!"

Phalem was a big bulky man with green hair and he also had a scar across his face.

Phalem-"Damn that Gonn...making me pay double for this month rent just because he couldn't get ...her.."

Neo took out his Space card and took out some silver rupees

As Phalem saw the rupees appearing out of no where , his mouth was wide open

Neo-"Uhm...you can have this...for helping me..."

Neo handed a bunch of silver rupees to Phalem , he started to tremble

Neo-"Uhmm... mr Phalem..?"

Phalem-"N.n.n.n.n.n.Neo.. are you... a..noble... or rich land people..?"

Phalem held a silver rupee and his hand began to shake wildly , he held the small rupee close to his face and stare at it for a while

Phalem-"T..this is... a silver...crystallion! HALEEN!!!"

Phalem screamed his wife name with a high pitch voice and she quickly ran back down , toward the door.

Haleen-"W..What happened!?!"

Phalem held out the silver rupee and said

Phalem-"A...a..sil..silver....

look!"

Haleen , shocked , held her hands over her lips

Haleen-"A crystallion , how?!???"

Phalem move aside and Haleen saw Neo , the small figure , holding atleast 100 silver rupees in his arms

Neo-"Ah , miss Haleen , this.. is my token of gratitude"

Haleen slowly walk toward Neo as she felt on her knees and held Neo's shoulder , she said

Haleen-"N....n..Neo.. these are yours..? why..why would you give it to us? It's so precious...even 10 of those could get you a luxurious home.."

1 Silver crystallion was worth atleast 100 gold while most of the families in Laceen lives with 6 gold a day , 4 gold for the rent , 2 gold for a month worth of food.

Haleen tries to convince Neo to keep his silver rupees , Neo refused as he tries to give them because he was thankful

Neo-"R..really , please take them..I have alot... and see I have a orange rupee too"

With a wave of his Space card , he took out a silver rupee.

Haleen held Neo's hand to hide the rupee and look around her to see if anyone was there while Phalem felt unconscious onto the floor.