The… Pacifists… She’s the leader… She’s the fucking leader? The cult that killed… everyone… This… THIS IS THE FUCKING BITCH THAT LEADS THEM?!

“Well now, it seemeth like thy blood is boiling quite a bit? Is’t not, outcast?”

“Since when the fuck did you ever hear about the Sacred Field.”

“I have mine… connections… Thou seem quite eager to slay me, dost thou not? The nerve.”

“DO I? YOUR CULT… KILLED MY FAMILY!! WHY WOULDN’T I?!”

There was no controlling it. Here I was, right in front of the mastermind that killed off the entirety of my livelihood, my friends, my home. And she seems to see it as a mere fucking game, huh? I’ve kept saying how powerless I am in front of Ency and Vylona, however I’ve never regretted that as much as I did now. I wish… I wish…

“I loveth it when they gaze upon me with those eyes. Those fiery, determined eyes, out for blood, falling cold soon after…”

“I. Will. Never.”

“Well then, I shall DRAW THY BLOOD!”

She lunged at me with a quick flash. I unfurled my wings and flew backwards with a swift gust. She’s strong. Very strong. Something on par with Ency and Vylona. I was really hoping for those statues to show up again… C’mon… WHY WON’T THEY HELP ME?!

“Quick on those THREE wings, I see? Did not they all say how… UNSIGHTLY those were?”

“SHUT YOUR FUCKING MOUTH!! I DON’T CARE WHAT THEY THINK!”

“And here thou art in Ariole, working thy blood, sweat, and tears to maintain that ‘image’ of a family. Of course thou cared.”

“LIKE YOU WOULD FUCKING KNOW THAT.”

My head was spinning, heavy from what I would’ve been able to do next. I was powerless. Fucking powerless. GOD. THIS IS SO FRUSTRATING! I COULDN’T DO ANYTHING. I was simply a pawn to her game… BUT LIKE HELL I’LL GIVE UP! That bastard’s mask was still cheekily smiling at me. Almost taunting me to make the first move. She wants me to do so. I won’t have the advantage.

“Hmph. Thou canst not run from thy past forever. Blood is always thicker than water.”

“I’ve always considered Ellmit to be my true family. Those at the Sacred Field mean NOTHING. THEY’RE ALL FAKE.

“HA! Well, no need to cry o'er the blood on thy hands. 'Tis thy fault thou got them slain.”

“Like hell it fucking is.”

“Taking quite a bit of heart, I see? Fine. I shall heed thy pleas.”

From the long sleeves from her robes, she pulls out two hand fans and unfurls them. She’s finally making the first move. I have to stay vigilant. Having my anger consume me in this fight will get me killed. Sucking up my dignity, I fly. Flying as fast as I can, dodging the leaves and branches from the forest. It was still dark out, so it was difficult to see, however it seems like I gained some distance and took a breather. Every bit of my body is screaming at me to seek vengeance, however, I can’t let this life that Kyman and the others go to waste. I’ll sit on this rock to hopefully regain my senses-

“Resting thy nerves now, art thou?”

“WHA?!”

I jumped from my seat to see that this bastard was right behind me this entire time. Shit. It doesn’t seem like I have anywhere to run…

“WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS? WHY ARE YOU AFTER ME?!”

“Why? Well… thou art the catalyst. And what’s a catalyst without a reaction? I shall finally seek TRUE SALVATION AND BE REVERED BY THE ONE I WORSHIP!”

A catalyst? Reaction? Salvation? Am I meant to be a sacrifice..? Now, I’ll for sure be killed if she lays a finger on me. I can’t let this happen. I stood firmly, digging my shoes into the grassy floor beneath me, which has lost all of its color.

“Like I would ever let you achieve what you desire. Is that the true motivation of the Pacifists? WELL?!”

She stood idly still. Almost as if she were saddened by my statement. Her head drooped down, locking down on the grass below-

WHAT?! She struck me?! I didn’t even see her pass by!? She’s that fast?! I paste my fingers and slick them across my cheek. Blood. And… my… LOCKET?!

“Ah… First blood… And a pendant to go along with it…”

“GIVE. THAT. BACK.”

“Oh ho? Is this precious to thee? I’d love to see thee lose heart then…”

“DON’T YOU FUCKING DARE!”

She crushed the locket with her bare hands… The locket… that Kyman gave to me… She broke it. She really did it, huh? Ha… My only memory… And just as I knew it, I was back. Back to where I was a few days ago. The statues. They stood idle, not budging at a single moment, unlike before where all of them would be moving as much as humans would.

“WHY WON’T YOU MOVE?! WHY WON’T YOU LEND ME YOUR STRENGTH?!”

They remained unmoved.

“I’M POWERLESS. I AM UNABLE TO DO ANYTHING WITHOUT SOME GUIDANCE!”

Again. Unmoved.

“PLEASE. I… BEG… you…”

I fell to the floor, defeated. Who am I kidding… Relying on the power of these rocks. I was really about to die right here if I didn’t do anything…

“GET YOUR FUCKING ASS UP! WE AREN’T DONE YET!”

“Wha!?”

Just out of nowhere, the pedestal in which one of the statues sat was empty. It was in front of me, standing with its arms crossed. I could see its form so clearly now… It almost resembles… me..?

“WELL DON’T JUST SIT THERE! YOU GONNA LET THIS BITCH GET IN YOUR WAY!?”

“Who-who are you..?”

“OH SO NOW YOU ASKED? Great… I’m only gonna introduce myself along with these other dormant little shits… Or you figure it out yourself, dumbass.”

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“Jeez… Aren’t you quite rude…”

“HA! JOKES ON YOU, I TAKE PRIDE IN THAT!”

“Well..? What’s your course of action then, if you're so eager?”

“Here… TAKE IT! DON’T JUST LOOK AT IT!”

It was an odd flame that it was holding… I was afraid to touch it. It had such an eerily familiar appearance, as if they were the same flames that consumed Ellmit, however if this can save me from that Pacifist, then so be it. I grasped it in my hands. It felt as if it wanted to escape my hands so desperately. Yet I held my grip firmly, refusing to let it go. For a brief moment, I could feel something surging into my body. This feeling… was also so familiar… wait… this light..? What..?!

“Hm..? Perhaps I struck a nerve..? I suppose not… well… enough playing-”

“Ha… Ha… HAHAHAHAHA! DID YOU REALLY BELIEVE THAT I’LL LET YOU KILL ME THAT EASILY?! I WILL SHATTER THAT EGO OF YOURS. I WILL SAVOR RIPPING YOU, LIMB BY LIMB. I WILL KILL YOU, AND ALL THE REST OF THAT PITIFUL CULT OF YOURS!”

“FLAMES! YES! HOW I ADORE THEM SO! THY WRATH IS SHOWING, FROYA!”

Flames were engulfing me, yet they didn’t even burn an inch. This… This is it… I can finally fight back… Yes… YES! YES!!! FINALLY!!! I FELT POWERFUL! THIS DRIVE. I’LL SHOW THIS BITCH. I’LL SHOW HER EVERYTHING I HAVE.

“HA! Dost thou truly believeth those pitiful flames can harm me?”

“WE ONLY HAVE ONE WAY TO FIND OUT!”

I flew straight forward, aiming to crush that fuckers head right in. I was faster, stronger. These wings of mine now, were burning. They were superior to those three wings. Those three stupid amalgamations of feathers.

“HA! THY BOIL WON’T BLOODY ME!”

“WHAT?! UNSCATHED?! HOW?!”

“Thou dost not comprehend, Froya! THOSE FLAMES SHALL BURN NAUGHT BUT THE LARGEST OF WICKS!”

I can’t believe it… She remains just as unfazed as previously without these powers… What..? HOW?! I REFUSE TO BELIEVE THIS! I’LL TRY AGAIN!

“A futile struggle; This fury of yours.”

“WHY WON’T YOU SIT DOWN ALREADY?!”

NOTHING IS WORKING?! SHIT… I have to try something else… Yes… Why don’t I just BLOW THIS ENTIRE FOREST UP! THAT’LL DO THE TRICK!

“You… insignificant… FUCK! I WILL BURN THIS CULT TO THE GROUND. THERE WON’T EVEN BE EVEN A SMIDGEN OF YOUR HISTORY LEFT! THIS ENDS… HERE. AND. NOW!”

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The forest… It was burning… What… happened..? I-I don’t remember anything… All I remember were… those statues… and… that son of a bitch-

“So concludes that pent up rage of thine… Thou hast created quite the spectacle!”

“You-You’re alive…”

“I must say, this is the reason thou art mine catalyst. That power… wasted on the likes of thee… Oh how the gods hate me so.”

“This is the reason… That sick, twisted mind of yours will never receive the blessings of Father Vita-”

“OH SO THOU ART ONE OF THOSE, HUH? THOSE ARE FAKES. THEY’LL NEVER LISTEN! THE ONE I REVERE LISTENS TO MY CRIES, MY PLEAS, MY PRAYERS! AND YET, THE OTHERS SHUN HER. THAT’S… IT! THOU SHALT DIE BY MINE HANDS.”

“WHA?! AH-”

“...”

“Tch. Thou again...”

“Never would I have expected to see the head of the Pacifists.”

I slowly remove the arms covering my head. Scheu?! What’s he doing here?! It’s still relatively early in the morning… Not to mention that if he were to notice the fire, it would’ve taken him quite some time to even get here…

“So… Is this what you’ve been up to, Ylva? Preparing to fuel that burning desire of yours?”

“Ye AEGISs shalt never understand. There is no point in revealing aught to the likes of thy kind, for it would ruin mine chances to RELISH MINE WORSHIP!”

There it is again. She keeps talking about this god… I have so many questions… Why does she know about the Sacred Field… Why does she know my parents… I’m a catalyst? To what? And why? Scheu’s a what now? An AEGIS? What’s that? Is he in some sort of cult too?

“Froya. Stand back. Best you can do is run now. She’s too powerful for the both of us to handle. I’ll try to stall her.” As he whispers while standing in front of me.

The three of us stood still whilst the surroundings burned down in front of us. The trees falling and tumbling down the hills beside us. I… needed to control my breathing… The smoke was clouding up the place. Fuck… If only… I could do something about it…

“NOW! LEAVE!”

I stand up and immediately dash through the bushes and leaves, singing my hair slightly in the process. AGHH!! WHY DOES ALL OF THIS HAPPEN TO ME!? I’M SICK OF EVERYTHING. WHY IS THIS WORLD SO CRUEL TO ME! WHY CAN’T I EVER FIND PEACE?!

I escape the forest, with my clothes full of burnt holes. The fire… It was so big… No… I can’t… Not this again… NOT THIS AGAIN!! I HAVE TO FIND ENCY AND VYLONA! WAIT, NO. WHAT ABOUT SCHEU? BUT… I CAN’T GO IN THERE. I’M… I’M SCARED… TERRIFIED… I CAN’T DO IT. I’LL FIND THE TWO OF THEM FIRST.

What… What is happening to me now… My body… I’m… MELTING?! What?! No… This feeling… It was so paralyzing… I was afraid to even make a decision… As if my feet were fusing with the floor… AGH! SCREW IT. I’M GOING BACK! NO. YOU CAN’T DO ANYTHING! LIKE HELL I’LL LISTEN TO YOU, WHATEVER YOU ARE!

I took a long hard look at the forest before flying back once more. I kept approaching the forest, and this black substance kept consuming me the further I went in. I could hear the banging of metal from where I once was. The numerous paths that were laid out here, blocked by the logs of blackened trees. I can’t fly either. My wings will be caught in the flames and smoke.

There they are. I knew he was hiding something… He’s holding his own against Ylva…

YLVA ISN’T EVEN TRYING.

This… blackness… it was speaking to me… It wasn’t in my head all along… Or was it..? No. It was inside my head. This voice reminded me of the statue that handed me the flame… Yet, I wasn’t at the stage where they all were…

ACK! WHA?! MY HAND! IT’S CONSUMING MY HAND! S-STOP! WHAT’RE YOU DOING! WAIT- SHE’S GONNA FIND OUT-

“Froya! Dearest! It doth appear thou art eager for seconds!”

“IDIOT! WHY ARE YOU BACK! I TOLD YOU TO RUN… Your… Your arm… Why-”

“I… don’t… I DON’T WANT TO HAVE ANOTHER DIE BECAUSE OF ME.”

“Wa-wait… Nay… This… This cannot be… WHY?! WHY HATH SHE BESTOWED UPON THEE HER POWER?! NONE CAN WIELD IT, YET THOU CAN?!”

Scheu took this opportunity to prepare another strike of his sword from her opening…

“MOVE.”

“SCHEU!!”

I can’t believe it… A simple punch sent him flying towards the rocks… Shit… She’s coming straight for me… However… she was rather… shaken by whatever this was…

“How could she… favor thee… OF ALL PEOPLE AT THAT! SHE HATH FAVORED THEE, ONE WITH BAD BLOOD! AHAHAHAHAHA! THE OMNI SECT OF DARKNESS! I-I CAN'T BELIEVE IT!”

The Omni Sect of Darkness? Is that the god she worships..? Who… are those..? Are they the same gods as Father Vita..? No matter… This is my chance. THIS IS MY CHANCE. SHE IS FEARFUL OF ME.

Wha?! A wall?! One of water..? No… This isn’t water… This is blood… This is the first time she even used such a move…

“Thou hast a day to prepare thyself, Froya Falst. May violence and war plague thy mind. This is farewell, for now.”

The blood spilt over the land as there was no trace of her to be seen. The sun finally decided to rise, clearing up the clouds surrounding the forest. Instantly, I went over to Scheu, who was still gravely injured. The arm of mine also seemed to disappear, yet that feeling still lingered over me. Whatever. That didn’t matter. I kneel over and try my hardest to wake him up. He’s not conscious… Ack! His equipment is so… heavy…

Right… My locket… She shattered it, didn’t she? That fucking bastard. Running with her tail between her legs… Oh thank god the picture is still in good shape! The locket itself was completely destroyed though… That didn’t matter. So long as the picture is still with me, a piece of jewelry like that is scrap to me. Wait… SHIT! THE BLOOD! IT’S FLAMMABLE?! NO! IT’S SURROUNDING ME! I HAVE TO GET OUT OF HERE! C’MON! WHERE DO I GO!

I look in all directions, trying my best to find a place that I may be able to run. My wings aren’t strong enough to support another person. Think… THINK..! THERE! But it’s covered in bushes… No. It’s my last resort. I can’t let the both of us die here. I took a deep breath, inhaling some of the smoke, and ran as fast as I could, dragging the flames alongside my body. The burns didn’t matter to me any more. I can handle it. Scheu doesn’t deserve any of this though. I’ll shroud him with my shirt. It’s the least I can do. His clothes won’t be able to help protect him. My hair, my pants, and even my bra, all becoming burnt in the sea of flames… Please…

The light… I see it… I SEE IT!!