I have been so immersed on Drake Wolford and Nagoya Sato’s fight that I have neglected to feel my surrounding. The battle is hundreds of meter away from the main party. Since Nagoya and the Red Scar Bear’s fight have dragged too long and been dragged to far from the main party we ended up this far away from everyone. The crew asked for a volunteered to follow and back-up the captain and it played perfectly for our plan so we did the volunteerism act.
I promise Drake not to interfere with their fight at much as possible. I enjoy watching them fight, though Drake is weaker than Nagoya in terms of strength bit his actual combat capability is not to be underestimated.
It has been 10 minutes since the battle broke out. I didn’t notice it at first but I sensed that someone is observing us from afar. I can’t quite figure out their exact location since there are a couple of them and they are all changing their positions every breath. Seems to like they are experts at sneak attack and lure-ambush tactics. They might be waiting for an opportunity to attack, I need to keep guard and watch them.
“Oi! Drake! Don’t drag this too much longer, it seems like we have some uninvited guest”
“Hoh? Looks like this kid is not half bad. It’s a pity though. Tch!” Said by one of the one lurking in the shadow.
“Tch!! Fuck off Kid! Yo’re gonna die today!”
The fight dragged for another five minutes and I cannot wait any longer. I’m been anxious for some time with those pesky assassins lurking from afar.
“Drake! I need to intervene now, the fight’s been dragging too long! Those bastards on the shadow are waiting to prey with us!”
“Undestood!”
We teamed up against Nagoya. We attack both sides and change position when needed. We hack and slash like we’ve been teamed up for eternity. The conjunction and simulation of our moves are so smooth that it felt like we could conquer everything that stood in front of us. We’re strong together that Nagoya have been pushed back and have to back-off while dealing with our combined attack. At last, Nagoya is on a cliff with nowhere to run to. He has nowhere to go but to struggle to us head on.
“Old scum! You have nowhere to go, just surrender and die peacefully!” Drake said with rage and contempt.
“Do you really think that just the two of you twerps can kill me? Am I easily bullied? Kiddo, you’re 50 years too early to do that!”
Nagoya is heavily injured, lots of bruise and blood in his body can be seen from the aftermath of him fighting the Red Scar Bear alone and dealing with both of Me and Drake at the same time.
*Pwwwwwhhhttt!
Nagoya whistle loudly that I feel like my eardrums will burst anytime. After his loud whistle there was a loud wrestle of tree branches in the woods nearby. Branches are breaking, small trees are falling down one after another and a sudden loud roar echoed and can be heard anywhere near the vicinity.
*Rooooaaarrr!!
Though I am not sure of that loud roar but my guts is telling me that it comes from a strong Mythical Beast. Two of them on top of that.
Black Steel Horn Rhinoceros B Rank Mythical Beast 4 Star
Purple Ice Leopard C Rank Mythical Beast 5 Star
“What the?! A B Rank – 4 Star Black Steel Horn Rhinoceros!”
“This guy really is not simple! A B Rank Mythical Beast Tamer!”
Though I can see that Drake is still composed, he cannot hide that he is terrified. He’s hands are trembling. His guts are telling him to run but his wits are driven by rage and sense of revenge.
“Am I gonna die here? I’ve yet to become famous you know. My story just got started and I’m already dead?”
There’s nowhere to run anymore. In front there’s Nagoya and the two beast. In the side it’s a cliff. And if we try run back those bastards lurking in the dark will probably kill us. Though with both of us we can probably handle the B Rank Beast but there’s no way Nagoya and the other beast will just watch the show. It’s a dead end. It’s a fucking dead end. We’re gonna die for sure this time.
“Do you want a help young master?”
“!!!!!!!!!!!”
I was too focused on my thoughts that I’ve not sense that someone is already at my back. Drake’s probably too focused on the foe in front of him to even bother with anything else. I took a glanced on who’s behind and somehow felt relieve on who I’ve seen.
“Mr. Zach! It’s you! It’s good! And Mr. Lucas is also here! Why are you here?”
NAME Zach Hammerman Essense Rank Foundation Stage - Creation Level Battle Power Apprentice Rank None Squad None - WEF Employee
NAME Lucas Bleakhelm Essense Rank Superhuman Stage - Enhanced Human Battle Power Arch Master Rank Entropia #356 Squad Black Spectre - Captain
“We are here to deal with this guy here Nagoya.”
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“Huh? Why?”
“WEF has been monitoring the Red Blade Crew for some time now. They’re a suspect for a large scale massacre 12 years ago.”
“Is that so? Then that’s a relief then.”
Two of the members of Black Spectre rushed and deal with the two beast that terrified both me and Drake like it was nothing, it looked like the two of them was cutting a paper with a razor sharp scissor leaving nothing but two parts of one.
“Now you two can finish your business with this person, do not worry everything is under control, we will deal with the aftermath.”
After hearing what Mr. Zach said we felt relieved with not dealing with the beasts anymore. However, I can feel that something’s amiss, something’s troubling me but I cannot grasp properly because my mind keeps on getting distracted with dealing with Nagoya.
We walk towards where Nagoya is sitting, he’s weak and heavily injured, he can do nothing except to wait for our approach.
“Game over Nagoya, or should I call you Captain Nagoya?”
“Heh, do your worst kid!”
“Any last words old man?”
I don’t know why but somehow I felt like things become more and more uneasy, I keep having this feeling that somethings wrong here.
“Haha, just tell everyone on your village that I’ve paid the price of my sin. And kiddo watch your back, they’re not as saintly as you think they are.”
I don’t know what those words mean and it bugged me. What does he mean by that? At the last moment Nagoya cried as he asks forgiveness from people he slaughter. But why would a murderer cry over a death of some people? I felt like there are still puzzle pieces to be solve.
After hearing Nagoya last word, Drake cut his head off with one fell swoop. Though I know he wants to kill him, he still gave mercy to him, he didn’t make him experience pain at the least. Well, that’s just my deduction, only him knows the truth.
Nagoya Sato, Captain of the Red Blade Crew, died at the edge of the Cliff of Unending on the outskirt of Black Forest.
“Well well well, now that everything is over, it’s time to deal with the real purpose of this trip.”
“!!!!!!!!!”
At that time I’ve realize everything, I’ve realize why everything feels out of place. World Essense Federation or WEF they are the ones who organize everything about E-User. Though they organize the law and order they do not directly intervene with E-Users. They portrait a criminal person or organization but they do not directly handle them, they send notifications on everyone regarding the criminal; informations, ransom and other information regarding the matter.
That is why I feel uneasy for a while now. While is the WEF personnel here? And even the Captain of the Black Spectre himself Mr. Lucas?
“Oi Mr. Zach what do you mean by that?”
At the time I already feel that something terrible will happen. I’m exhausted, Drake’s exhausted, we can no longer fight, nonetheless fight this monsters! It’s a cliff on the back, we absolutely cannot outrun them. There’s 4 of them here and I can still sense a couple of them at the woods. This is a dead end! We’re dead for sure. This time it’s 100% guaranteed death.
What have I done in my past life to deserve this.
= Drake POV =
I cannot fight anymore. This is my fault. I drag the battle for too long and now we’re exhausted like a tire out of gas. I can barely lift my dagger and can barely stand. If I would die, I will die alone. I need to let Zion escape no matter what.
“Zion? Can you still run?”
“Yeah, barely”
“I’ll give a signal, then run as much as you want.”
“Okay”
This might be the best. Dying while saving someone after literally killing someone is not that bad. It feels great. Even if I will die today I will definitely same this guy, he’s not part of this mess in the first place.
“You guys are really determined huh? It’s a pity you didn’t agree to my offer initially, If I can’t have you then it would be better to not let anyone have you either!”
“!!!!!”
What? So that’s it! They will kill us just because we didn’t agree with their invitation?!
“You little Wolford are just like your deceased father, he could have become a top brass in the WEF but he also refused me a lot of times, he chose to stay with that small poor village than to become someone great, it’s a pity that he died 4 days after my invitation. Ohw but I totally didn’t force it, and didn’t plan it all. HEHEHEHEE!” said by Lucas Bleakhelm with a malicious smile.
“!!!!!!!!!!!!!”
Upon hearing what he said. My blood boiled and my vision turned black seeing nothing but the dreadful face of Lucas. I will kill him today no matter what.
“Zion run now!”
I have taken a glanced of Zion running towards the woods and after I focused on killing Lucas in my sight.
“Hoh? You’re coming to me? You’re making my job easier”
“I will kill you lecherous bastard! You deserve to be killed for all eternity!!!!”
A rushed toward Lucas Bleakhelm without looking sideways and focusing only on him.
“!!!!!!!!!!”
What? What happened? Why am I not going forward anymore?
Huh?
Am I going down to the ground?!
How?!
When I looked again I see Zion, he must have pushed me to stop me.
“YOU BASTARD! YOU’RE A TRAITOR!!” I shouted furiously.
“I’M GONNA KILL Y----”
I was so furious that I couldn’t see clearly what happened. Before I understand what happened I see Zion standing looking at me and smiling gently.
He has a sword stabbed on his chest that pierced through his back.
“WHY DID YOU DO THAT!”
“WHY DID YOU SAVE ME?!”
= Narrator Mode Activate =
A few seconds before the incident.
“Zion? Can you still run?”
“Yeah, barely”
“I’ll give a signal, then run as much as you want.”
“Okay”
I know this idiot will gonna do something. I knew he’s thinking of sacrificing himself to let me escape. But escaping is just pointless. There are some Black Spectre people waiting at me at the woods. And even if I miraculously managed to outrun them in my condition, I will still stumble on the Red Blade Crew and will eventually get killer if they realized that we killed their Captain. If not I will be killed by the Mythical Beasts in the vicinity nonetheless.
I lied by saying okay to not hurt his feelings and determination. But If I will just die today, I might die with flying colors. Hehehe. Am I called a Hero now? Hmm? I wonder.
Why am I so calm when I’m literally gonna die any moment?
“Zion run now!”
I purposely let him see me run, and then I returned back and pushed him. He’s too focused on killing Lucas and not seen the sword coming towards him. I pushed him and took the sword instead.
“YOU BASTARD! YOU’RE A TRAITOR!!” I shouted furiously.
“I’M GONNA KILL Y----”
I didn’t respond but instead smiled at him gently. I am crazy right?
But that’s how protagonists die on movies and novels. Hehehe. I’m so clever. Or just stupid.
“WHY DID YOU DO THAT!”
“WHY DID YOU SAVE ME?!”
I don’t know what to respond. I have a sword literally stuck in my chest.
“Because I’m your friend” I respond with a smile.
What friend? Who the fuck wants to be a friend of that fucking arrogant kid?!
“Oi oi oi! Sorry to interrupt you little friendship goodbye but the author’s already written so much word so, you gonna have to die now!”
My eyes are blurry and I’m losing consciousness already from losing so much blood.
Though it’s blur, I can see his kick. I can’t avoid it, I just don’t have the strength to do. I know the kick hit me, but I didn’t feel pain.
My whole body is numb. Is this how it feels dying?
My body has been thrown off the cliff by his kick. This cliff, Cliff of Unending is my deathbed? Not too shabby, it really fit for someone like me.
“Zach Hammermam! Lucas Bleakhelm! Remember this! I Zion Zeal von Aarth WILL SEEK REVENGE FOR ALL ETERNITY! UNTILL THEN WILL I BE ABLE TO DIE! I WILL HUNT YOU AND I WILL KILL YOU”
“Yeah yeah yeah! Corpses should not spout nonsense. Just fall and die”
“ZIOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONNNNN!!!!”
I Zion Zeal von Aarth, 18 years old died on year 8950 M.E. at Cliff of Unending of Black Forest.
I don’t even have girlfriend and never even experienced kissing before. FUUUUUUCCCCCKKKKKK!!!!!
“Now the Royalty is done, the peasant comes next!”