In a higher position, Ari is observing everything, she starts to worry about Duong’s safe. Ari’s hands are still slowly dragging the arrows along the path of the mage, but in her mind, she has been already anxious to launch:
-Mage! Can I shoot now?
Ari shouts as loud as possible, but Duong barely hears her faint voice in the wind swoosh!
-Not yet!!
Duong hastily responds, keeps slipping away, he knows too well that to put Pan lord in a key position, he definitely has to take the risk to lead it.
Having slipped at full speed, Duong is still being chased closely by Pan, right behind his back, as if he is about to be shattered under the large body. In the blink of an eye, Duong deftly leans over his body, rotates his legs and then abruptly changes direction sharply. The Pan lord who is engrossed in chasing Duong does not have time to react, accidentally using its terrifying speed to crash directly into the cliff.
“Rumble.”
The giant body sinks into a section, and the rocks that follow it fall to cover most of its body. Pan lord lifts its body heavily from the rubble, shakes it and then angrily growls. This time, Duong does not take advantage of running but slightly slows down, turns around and raises his thumb to push his nose up. He sticks out his tongue to make a teasing face for the opponent:
– Hey, short-legged bastard!
Although getting angrier after the impact, the Pan lord curls up again to continue following Duong. The Pan lord is engrossed in chasing Duong without knowing that it is rolling itself into the trap that had been set before. Duong is flexibly moving, gliding on the ground, back and forth very quickly and skillfully. The sound of the wind tickles in his ears, and the scenery on either side of him becomes hazy because of the speed. Just like that, he keeps speeding up, and the Pan also obstinately accelerates to chase him. Whenever Pan is about to catch up with him, Duong figures out to choose a different spot to suddenly change direction, causing Pan to plunge into the cliff a few times.
After experiencing a few impacts, many rocks, and stones that stand in the way are destroyed by Pan, but that much impact is nothing to it, Pan then immediately recovers and chases again. It all only makes Pan bite its head off so Duong becomes an indispensable goal for it. However, that’s what Duong exactly wants.
After a few more sharp turns, in front of Duong appears a rocky canyon in the shape of an arc, right on the side of the gorge is a rock protruding diagonally upward. This is what Duong intends to use for his plan to bring down the lord.
Until now, Ari has been standing in the aiming position. She never once dares to slacken her hands, her eyes widen, and she moves the arrow closely following Duong. She knows this moment is the time when she needs to be completely alert, just a minute of neglect would make her miss the opportunity that the mage has used his life for. The pressure from the bow is too heavy which makes Ari’s entire body falls to her knees, she has to lower her body to handle the heaviness.
Thus, this “latency time” shot is much longer than the last one. She tries to stiffen her whole body by using all her strength to resist. Keep holding the arrow tightly, she difficultly speaks up:
– Can I shoot now?
Hearing Ari’s voice trembling, the doctor standing next to her is also in a cold sweat, his hand is clutching the tube, holding his breath and waiting.
– NOT YETTTTT!
Receiving Duong’s reply from afar makes Ari who is already impatient feel the pressure from the bow heavier.
“Kee eh eh.”
The skates bring Duong to the very top of the cliff, at the edge of the canyon. He quickly turns his ankle to slow down his speed, causing the wheels to rub hard on the stone floor because of friction, he skids a bit more and stops right at the edge. Duong regains balance in an instant and then retracted the wheel, briefly looking down to estimate the distance.
– Here we are.
However the Pan lord is also here, it has caught up with Duong. He knows that, but still doesn’t move, just keeps a posture to continue the plan at any time. He runs his eyes over the thing approaching him closer and closer. It’s on the slope, slowly going uphill. Duong looks down to an arc area below. It is a wide rock gorge, with huge rough granite stacked on top of each other to form huge cliffs. Where Duong stands is a craggy cliff top with a slope form, upstanding more than a few meters. The prominent at the foot of the slope is a terrible rumbling behind and dust scattered on all sides. The pan is slamming toward Duong’s position. Also at this time, his legs are already in the ready position.
– You’re not getting out of this one.
Duong confidently looks directly at the huge monster rushing toward him. He lures the Pan here this time, wanting to take advantage of the centrifugal force to knock it down.
Centrifugal Force
An inertial force that occurs on all objects at rest in a rotating frame of reference relative to an inertial frame of reference. In a rotating frame of reference, bodies moving uniformly in an inertial frame are all ejected in the direction of the rotation radial. This force coming out is the centrifugal force
In a circular motion, the centrifugal force is calculated by the formula: f =M.W².R Where R is the radius of the circular orbit. The farther the position is from the center of rotation, the greater the force generated. The bigger the wheel, the farther it can go.
The Pan rushes to the clear area near where Duong stands at a terrifying speed without any signs of stopping. It goes straight ahead as if it wanted to crush the jerk who has been teasing it all this time. However, the higher Pan’s speed reaches, the more satisfied Duong is. When the distance between Duong and Pan is getting shorter. When the people watching below with their mouths open and their eyes widened do not dare to breathe, suddenly, Duong jumps down. His body fell below, but the Pan lord did not.
With its massive body and extremely fast rolling speed, a furious speed can compare to the wind of a typhoon, which means the destructive power will be terrible.
Ironically, that strength is also the fatal weakness of Pan lord, it makes Pan can’t turn around anymore. According to theory, the larger the quantity R, the more difficult it is to break, but if the force is applied to the centre of the motion.
The destroyer will become the destroyed!
The moment the Pan lord whirls around in the air, all of Ari’s senses seem to be awakened.
In her eyes now, the spinning Pan looks like a giant moving target board, and the center of Pan’s body, also where Ari is aiming for, is curling up.
The girl is struggling to heavily move her arm to the firing point. The arrow has been waiting for the moment to be stabbed straight into the target for a long time, the green energy flows burst all over the arrowhead to emphasize that
Just right there
Ari feels like she’s getting more energy into his -> her already numb hands, slowly adjusting her arrow.
In the decisive moment, each second seems to slow down. The doctor also notices that the time is ripe. Magical flames are added to the arrow to enhance it with the power of the bellow. The power from the two magic tools is combined to create a huge source of energy. From the arrow bordering the bow, the roaring sounds emerge and gradually turn into a powerful shrill hiss.
“Whoosh!!!”
Ari finally releases the arrow. Having poured in all of her experiences in archery for many years and strong determination, Ari leaves the arrow as she has just taken off the heavy burden. Her trembling body collapses to the ground, and in front of her eyes, the scene of the arrow pulling a long trail of energy appears. Matter and energy merge into a firebird that is spreading its wingspan, and rushing towards the Pan lord from afar, powerfully challenging the lord of this land.
“Thud”
The explosion is as loud as a cannon shot with the blue flames flaring up brightly. The Pan lord has fully received the arrow with an enormous of accumulated energy and the magic flame. The arrow that pushes Pan lord flying off its previous momentum, is like being hit by a powerful blow. Pan’s body is smashed into a cliff behind while still in a curled position.
“Bang!!!”
Pan’s heavy body slams down, damaging several layers of soil. A mixture of sand and rock fragments splash more than ten meters away. Right next to it, because of the large hole caused by the impact earlier, the cliff’s connection broke and then collapsed, creating a rain of rocks that slides down and buries the Pan lord under its grave.
Even traces of energy following the Pan are buried deep under the rubble. Right now, the four sides suddenly become silent, the whole group is also overwhelmed, quietly waiting under the dusty sky.
The deep jungle is full of suffocating tensions and terrifyingly dangerous chases, in contrast to the outside, it is still a beautiful day in Thuong Thu Village, which is surrounded by peaceful and lush forest canopies.
A fragile line separates the chaos of the Pan species and the poetic of humanity. In one corner of the village, two kids about five or six years old, are playing under the sunlight. It seems that adults’ preoccupations such as finding food, money, or Pans have never made the children’s joy disappear, they still chirp. And the clear laughter of joy resounds: “Hihi, hahaha!”
The children scrambled to say the things that make them happy, the things that make them proud. The innocent immature faces have brightened the whole corner, making anyone passing by wonder what game they are playing.
Suddenly, the children all stopped, and curiously raised their innocent eyes at the direction of the village gate. From that direction, more and more clearly to be heard, the sound of the hooves is coming in unison. The sound is getting clearer, and closely approaching.
– Who is that?
The children instantly turn to the sound’s direction, roll their eyes, and then a clear, young voice rings out, they do not have to wait too long. The sound of hooves draws closely, and a group of noble people appears. The two children happen to see a strange thing. Their mouths are wide open with eyes filled with surprise.
In the far distance, the heads of birds or animals rise in unison. They are mysterious creatures that the kids have never seen before, or heard from their parents.
The creatures pass by in noble arrogance, with big eyes gleaming on their gentle faces. These animals have horses’ backs, but their four legs with up to three knee joints. They have high necks covered with silver coats that run to the ears, and a bunch of burgundy feathers on the top of their heads. Although they look like animals, they are full of feathers. It looked like seeing the creatures of the gods with their own eyes. But these are still just mounts, their mystical owners are still more majestic. They dress very differently from ordinary residents. They hide in long white silk robes, their faces are covered with shawls of the same color. And they are riding on silver saddles, their hands are gripping the reins.
The caravan moves through the village slowly. Both people and their mounts are majestic in the morning sun. The rays of the sun shining on the saddle and the silver jewellery of the mounts make the group even more shimmering and fanciful. It is a magnificent scene that the children of this deep forest rarely witnessed once in their lives.
The most prominent among the crowd, is a young man, his head is uncovered, revealing a noble face with long sparkling platinum-colored hair. He’s holding a long staff carved with many delicate patterns. That man looks at the village as he goes with a calm but mysterious expression.
Back in the deep forest, there is no longer a tense battle, everything seems to be over. There is no longer the terrifying sound of the Pan, but the voice of the village chief’s daughter can be heard in the distance instead. After the excellent shot that defeats the Pan lord, Ari now can put away all her worries and tiredness, she is happily laughing and joking with her pet horse to celebrate the victory.
“The Pan lord charged with tremendous speed. ♩ But Ari didn’t flinch ♪ fired an arrow that hit its weak spot.” ♫ ♬ “Ari is the hero who saves the villagers ♫♬ Cheers to Ari, the new leader ♪♪!!”
The little owner is dancing and proudly praising herself. The horse next to her is also very supportive, it swings its legs, sways, and neighs to every word Ari sings, what a smooth combination of human and horse, they sing and talk as well. Then Ari stands on one knee on the ground, one hand put on her chest, the other outstretches as if caught the glorious light from heaven, her gesture seems like today is the reborn day. It’s a waste if she does not become a musical actress.
On the other hand, Rin and Nic are being treated by the medic devotedly taking care of their wounds from the battle. Both of them are seriously injured, in pain, and tired, when Rin turns to look at Ari and her horse who is joking, she couldn’t help but laugh and praise them:
– Ari is still very energetic!
She also does not forget to pick a quarrel with her:
– It’s true that an idiot doesn’t get tired!
The doctor just smiles in response, attentively bandaging Rin, anyway, Air’s personality is not strange with her friends anymore.
Ari dances alone but feels still unsatisfied, and drags Duong to dance with her. At this time, Duong’s expression can’t be more stupid, as if the person who has made the plan earlier and the person who has lured Pan to the end is someone else.
– Let’s go to the roof to catch the chicken!
Ari dances alone but feels still unsatisfied, and drags Duong to dance with her. At this time, Duong’s expression can’t be more stupid, as if the person who has made the plan earlier and the person who has lured Pan to the end is someone else.
– Let’s go to the roof to catch the chicken!
Duong pushes his hand to sit up, about to brush off the dust but suddenly realizes something
Duong raises his hand and looks closely at the streaks that are clinging to it:
– This is alluvial soil!
