ACIEL'S DIARY : INDIGO
SHEET 1.3: STONE PILE

From what the three little Spirits I met earlier said, I was able to meet a Spirit who might know the existence of the Nine-headed and nine-tailed Fox Spirit that I was looking for right now.

It's at the north foot of the mountain, at, generally it was a place that was enveloped by quite powerful Spiritual Energy and made ordinary people would not be able to see it unless it met certain circumstances but to me such a thing was something very easy.

It only took me an hour to get to the place with the characteristics that the three Spirits mentioned, from the height of the sun should now have entered at half-five in the afternoon. I have to speed it up or try it again tomorrow.

I arrived at a plain of yellow-brown grass.

Surely this is not the color given off by the withered grass, but rather a color that appears on the grass that can only be seen by people like me.

According to the Spirit I asked earlier, ordinary humans would only see the empty land here. I think it's a pity, because everything here looks so beautiful.

"All right, where's the place? It should be around here ..."

Turning my gaze in all directions, I tried to find a place by analyzing the entire yellow grass plain.

The place itself should be quite striking, so it won't take long to find it.

"Ah that's him, a mountain of rocks!!"

About a hundred meters in front of me, there was a pile of whitish-colored stones three meters high that stood firm.

It is true, the color looks quite striking on the plains which is dominated by this tanned yellow color.

The pile of stones itself was surrounded by a strand of faded brown slap rope with some paper attached to a rope containing the inscription from faded ink.

Without waiting for anything, I immediately ran over.

"The pile of white stones surrounded by ropes with a lot of paper attached, this is the place of the Spirit told by the three, the Spirit who might know the existence of the Fox. But how should I call him? Is knocking on the stone enough?"

Stretching out my hand, I knocked on one of those shining stones without thinking.

Just a small tap used the back of my finger, but something strange happened when I knocked on it.

"The color of the stone is getting brighter ... Whatisthis? I tried to knock it so that the Spirit living in it came out. Is the way right? Putting that aside, the appearance of this pile of stones looked a little familiar."

I knocked on the stone once more, making the white light shine even brighter. Plus there were some bluish-colored light particles that started coming out from that pile of stones.

These light particles had not appeared before.

Then the black smoke coming out of the paper and the thread of the slap rope getting broken, somehow this made me feel bad. Is this okay? Nothing bad is going to happen, right?

"But the three said if the Spirit living inside here was a good Spirit, so maybe everything would be fine? Still, the look of this pile of stones bothered me a lot ... I think I've seen something like this before."

As I tried to dig up the dusty memories inside my head, I involuntarily knocked on the pile of rocks once more.

When this happens, two important events occur in a very close time.

"Huh?! Damn—Urghh!!"

The first important event, which was me, was to realize something that was bothering me when I saw this pile of stones.

This pile of stones was not a place used as a residence for the Spirits, but rather a place used to seal them!!

And I accidentally broke the seal when I touched it three times, which connected everything to the second important event.

Because of the broken seal, the pile of stones exploded, creating a strong wind wave and making my body fly backwards, I fell down and rolled on the grass, then hit the tree with my back.

"Ahperat, again accidentally I damaged the place that sealed the Spirit. Moreover from this explosion, it seemed like this time an extremely powerful Spirit would appear. How'this? Running is also free."

With a slight tremble, I immediately woke up and stood up, cleaned my clothes from the grass that stuck and then looked towards where the pile of stones had been before.

it was only a matter of time until the powerful Spirit gave rise to its form.

Just as I was thinking that, sound waves shot out from that black-colored pillar of smoke.

"I am finally liberated, more than seventeen years ... Ah ... A very beautiful world, I was finally liberated too ... I should celebrate with some high-end wine tonight, right?"

A voice that depicts majesty and dignity, a voice that will thrill the hearts of those who hear it.

Unmistakably, this Spirit definitely belonged to the Higher Level. But it seems that he is still unaware of my existence, then I should get out of here as long as there is a chance.

Krsk—!!

As I tried to take a step away, a sound emerged from the grass. It came from a white rabbit that ran past me.

You fucking rabbit!!

With my existence known, a greenish-colored light appeared on the black smoke pillar.

The green color formed two circles, creating two giant eyeballs that stared directly at me.

"Hm? A human? What would a human boy do in a place like this? Putting that aside, I have not filled my stomach for seventeen years and made me quite hungry. Satisfying him with one human boy I think is enough."

This is bad, he intends to eat me!! How'this?! Should I run?! But where?! In the middle of a forest like this it would be worse if I ran recklessly, did I just go back to housing?! Yeah, let's do that!!

I can find that fox tomorrow!!

Setting that goal on my head, I immediately picked up the bag lying on the ground and ran away from the puff of smoke.

Escaping from a High-level Spirit was an absolute impossibility to me. But to live longer, there was no other choice for me than to run as fast as possible.

Passing through the bushes, trees and little spirits that were on the track, I sped up and ran without looking back.

Fsshhh—!!

Something like the sound of a gust of wind was heard behind but I had to ignore it and run!!

Don't look away, just run!!

"Well man, you can see me, can you? You sassy."

But of course, it's still impossible. A pressure immediately came to my back and made my body lie forcefully on the ground.

"Uhrghh!! Release!!"

I tried to get up but could not, it felt like something heavy and big was overriding my body, holding it back from lying on the ground.

"Give up, you sassy man. As punishment for having seen my second form, I will give you the honor of being my first dinner after the last seventeen years."

I shifted my head and looked towards the back, where there was a foot with giant claws holding my body. Then when I connected it up, the form of something pressing down on my body was so obvious.

A jet black feather with carved greenish-colored lines covering some parts of his body, a sharp tail like a spinning spear and whipping the trees around him, long white fangs that drooled.

The pupils of the eyes were dark green in all four eyes, surrounded by the scent of a very fragrant flower. His black fur swayed in the wind, bathed in orange light from the afternoon sky.

High-tier Spirit, with the form of a black-haired Tiger. It was about five meters tall, with one of its front legs pressing against my body on the ground.

Shit, I'm gonna die.