The next couple of hours could have been the longest death run of my life. I'm surprised I an even survive. Hot on out trail was that pervert, James, who was not too far behind, sadly.

Finally, we were tired. Aurora, looking back, saw nothing as she stopped, "I think that pervert is only eight hours behind us... PHEW. I'm so tired..." We looked at each other than the armor. "Do you want it?"

I shook my head with a frown, "Nah. I don't like the color gold. Huuuuuhuuuuuu."

I straightened my back and waved the sword around, "My color must be the same as crimson blood!"

My friend clapped her hand and bowed slightly, "ALL HAIL LUCIFER THE THIRD! Ku ku ku."

We smiled and started walking up the hill. The moment we head down the slope of the hill, a shadow figure approached us. It was a girl only in her teens who seemed to be running for her life. Right behind her, were four knights with the symbol of a lion shaped like a liger. They were equipped with swords and shields. Their eyes glared at the girl.

The little girl looked ahead and saw us. I turned to my friend and gave a look that reads, "Let's rescue this damsel in distress in exchange for information!"

"Not this again." she sighed.

I quickly unsheathed my sword and charged at the knights, passing the girl in front of me.

The knights began to stop as one of them mumbled, "Little misses shouldn't use swords. Hahaha. Ma-"

Before he could finish his sentence, I leaped up and hurled the sword at his neck, cutting it off in one swipe. The head rolled across the grass, leaving the other knights dumbfounded.

"No way could this be..." one of them said while the rest had their mouths wide open.

I started to laugh like the devil and pointed my sword at them, "Hahaha! Stupid fools! Care to taste this girl's sword!"

My eyes were gave out slightly a lust but more of the crazy side as I grinned like person in a straitjacket, insane.

 My body started to gave out a faint, red aura that swirled around me like a tornado. This made me feel strong, like the ultimate lord that rules all as all I wanted to do for now, is destroy all of my enemies.

I can hear my friend whispering to the girl, "Don't worry. Everything will be okay. My best friend will handle this. She's the best in beast mode."

I can hear the little girl's cry, "Please save out village from these knights of the Lion Brigade."

The first knight started to break free of his fear and spoke up, "That girl was just lucky."

"Yeah. That little lass only defeated our little brother because he was the weakest among us." said the second.

"SEXIST PEOPLE. PRINCESS OF THE POOR DON'T LIKE YOU ATTITUDE." Aurora yelled.

The third spoke even louder over Aurora, "IT IS TIME TO SHOW THIS GIRL WHAT IT MEANS TO WIELD TRUE POWER!"

"If it includes terrible clothing, you might as well push me off a cliff." Aurora mumbled.

The three knights started to glow red as well as their aura displayed a figure of a lion charging with its claws lashed out.

I looked at them with sinister grin and closed my eyes, "Please give me your power to vanquish those before me and I shall serve the goddess of crimson blood."

My body felt heavier as I felt as if my weapon was talking to me. Hunger for blood to satisfy the goddess I now serve. The aura around my body turned crimson red as my aura portrayed a dragon that gave a roar, shaking the area.

The knights froze in their place as their avatar lions started to show a hint of fear. My spirit of the dragon stood with pride. Glaring at the lions as if it they were rats running around a closed cage.

I rushed, charging with power as the second knight yelled out, "Oh no you don't, brat!"

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Before one of the knights could attack me with their swords, I appeared behind him and cut of his head.

 "No, brother!" the second one yelled. He glared at me, "Brat, you will pay for this!"

He yelled with fury as his aura grew bigger, "Oh lion of the deep red, vanquish the enemy! LION SLASH!"

I looked at him and laughed, "A move like that can't hurt me!"

But before I could react, multiple slashes crossed my shoulder and across my body, leaving ready to fall. Aurora came to my side and caught me before I fell. "Alicia, you're bleeding bad." Aurora said.

My body felt weak and started to come numb as I was getting drowsy. "I feel so..."

"DON'T YOU DARE GO TO SLEEP. DON'T WALK TO THE LIGHT. DON'T WALK TO THE DARKNESS EITHER." Aurora yelled. "OH MY GOD. DON'T WALK ONTO EITHER SIDE. BOTH ARE BAD."

"WATCH OUT BEHIND YOU!" the little girl yelled.

The other knight appeared right next to us in a flash with an evil grin, "THIS...IS THE END!"

The last thing I saw was Aurora shielding me, "I REFUSED TO BELIEVE!"

I grunted, closing my eyes and using all my strength to push Aurora away from the blow. Now, only darkness is all I can hear. I opened my eyes, to see myself floating around the area and over my body. Like a ghost.

I scanned around to see the two knight still there. I was laying on the ground while Aurora was still beside me. And that girl, sitting there with fear. My memory recalled as I screamed for her to get away.

 But the a flash of black mist exploded in front of the knights as a tall man walked out. His glossy, black hair covered one side of his face as his golden eye that turned dull and cold ice. I can see Aurora mumbling something, but I couldn't hear it.

The two knights charged at the man, who looked like a butler now that I had observed him. He closed his eye and shook his head with a sigh, as if disappointed as he moved aside, dodging on of them and stopping the other's attack with his left hand.

The knight stared with shock as now I can hear him, "That should have killed you!"

The man did not reply as he gave a power punch on his stomach, leaving him falling with pain as he picked up the sword.

The other's eyes twitched with fear as he pointed at him, "W-who are you?!"

The man skimmed this sword with his fingers as he scanned it as if to look at its features. While he did so, I turned to the knight, "You may refer to me as my last name, Throne. Or what people call me, Black Wing. But I care less what you have to say."

He frowned as his aura grew even brighter, "DIE YOU ANIMAL!" He charged at Throne with his sword pointing at him with a killer look.

"That is so adorable." he said as he stopped the attack by moving slightly to the right, letting the sword skim across his fingers as he placed his other hand on the knight's neck. "Apparently, your moves are too predictable for my liking of a fight."

"WHAT?!"

"Goodbye." his eye flashed in a deadly expression as he used his own sword and stabbed the knight across. Throne dropped the knight and pinned his sword through him as he said something to Aurora. Aurora nodded and smiled as I can feel my ghastly form fading away.

I opened my eyes again and looked at myelf. My wounds are healed...

Aurora hugged me, "YAY!"

I looked up to see the man had already disappeared. I asked, "Who was that...?

"I think I have become a summoner." Aurora said.

The little girl walked up and stood in front of us as she stuttered, "P-please... Save out v-village, war maidens from the gods."

"Wait, what?" we both answered.