The trio ran out of the restaurant and onto the street at a fast pace. The air which would normally be rich in the scents and sounds of laughter is now a barrage of sounds of explosions, the screams of the wounded, a sight of pure nightmares.

'My legs are starting to hurt, I should have exercised more.'

Acacia thought to herself, the muscles of her thigh and calf were starting to ache her but she didn't stop running on the road. Her eyes darting around, trying to take in everything happening all at once. Her body gets shoved occasionally from the people running.

"Over there!" Mirkil gestured to a car and hid behind it. The girls quickly followed and hid behind the car.

Acacia peeked and her breath hitched. Two-tailed lizards, their scales shimmering a vibrant yellow, darted through the streets, their movements a blur of motion. When one of the creatures locked eyes with her, a shudder ran down her spine, forcing her to quickly avert her gaze and crouch low.

'It didn't see me, right?'

"Those things are too fast." Acacia muttered while Mirkil sighed, his grip on his knife tightened.

"We can't outrun them." Christine murmured and rubbed her temple.

"We need a plan," Mirkil commented.

Acacia was about to speak when her head suddenly felt cool and wet, she raised her hand and touched her head, a wet sticky substance stained her fingers.

'The hell?'

She slowly raised her head and was greeted with the sight of a large lizard's head. Its mouth was wide open with rows of sharp teeth.

Christine immediately shrieked and the trio bolted away from the car as they ran in separate directions. The lizard forked its tongue flicking like a venomous snake and lunged. With a snap of its jaws, it caught her right leg, sinking its teeth deep into her flesh.

Acacia screamed in pain and fell on the ground. She looked at the lizard dragging her body on the ground while keeping a firm grip on her ankle. She raised her second leg and kicked the lizard's face in a repeated motion.

"Get off! Get off!!"Acacia gritted her teeth and raised the knife in her hand, thrusted the metal on its skin but the knife broke in half. The pain in her leg suddenly increased and she gasped out in pain, the broken knife fell out of her grasp.

She took deep breaths to calm down when a figure from the corner of her eyes charged towards the lizard at a fast pace. It was Mirkil, his knife immediately stabbed the eye of the lizard, the creature let out a weird growling sound and released it's hold on her leg as it writhed on the floor.

"Come on." Mirkil quickly helped her up to her feet and she limped as they ran towards an alley where she saw Christine.

Mirkil laid her body down, she rested against the wall and looked down at the bite mark around her leg. She felt a weird tingling sensation from the wound.

"Goodness, Mirkil heal her quickly." Christine said as she hugged Acacia and rubbed her shoulders, as if to offer comfort.

Mirkil nodded and placed his hand on her leg, a small purple light eliminating from his hands and the wounds slowly closed up.

"Thank you."

"There's no need for that, we have each other's back."

Acacia smiled weakly at his words and took a deep breath, leaning into Christine's embrace.

'Strangely enough, I don't feel that much better even though the pain stopped.'

"Your leg isn't healing properly," Mirkil mentioned as he noticed a weird scarring around the bite and dark spotting.

"Huh? Why isn't her leg healing?" Christine asked and she looked down at Acacia's leg and held her tightly against her.

"I don't know, the spotting looks weird." Mirkil frowned and tried to heal her leg once more.

"Stop, don't waste your energy on my leg. I don't think you are strong enough to heal this completely, maybe the creature has some toxins in its teeth or mouth." Acacia commented and Mirkil reluctantly withdrew his hand.

'I can't let him waste his energy on me, we need his healing until we get to the headquarters.'

"Then we need to head to the Flow Society headquarters fast, we can find one of those B-rank healers to heal you up. Can you move?" Christine asked in a worried voice.

"Yeah, i can manage." Acacia nodded and Christine helped her up to her feet.

"But we need to deal with those lizards, first....or maybe we don't have to." Mirkil said and gestured towards a man smashing his fists on one of the lizards, breaking its skull with three punches.

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'How brutish.'

Acacia thought as she assessed the man with bright red hair and black ears like a dog with a fluffy tail behind him. He has a muscular build.

'So a single beast kin killed all those lizards? I can't tell which animal he represents though she, is he a dog or a fox beast kin? Who cares, we are safe for now.'

Acacia mentally sighed in relief and saw some people crawl out of their hiding spot and praised the man.

"You saved us!!"

"Did the Flow Society send you?"

Acacia watched the small commotion when suddenly the man held his head in his hands and banged it against the wall as he growled, his claws scratched his skin.

"Is he okay?" Christine asked with a hint of worry etched on her features.

"I don't think so?" Mirkil replied in an uncertain tone.

The sounds of bones cracking filled the air and the people slowly backed away when one person decided to walk towards him.

"Sir, are you alrigh-"

The man couldn't finish his sentence when his throat was grabbed, tightening his airway. The beast kin panted with a crazed look in his eyes, he continued to choke the man until his body went limp and threw the body on the ground.

Everyone screamed and scattered in different directions. Mirkil quickly stayed by the girls side and collected Christine's knife as they ran through the sidewalk, Christine tightened her grip on Acacia as they ran together without looking back.

"It hurts...." The man spoke out to no one . His gaze locked on the running civilians, slowly walking towards them before he began to sprint and his claws kept stabbing at anyone near.

"Move!!" A woman yelled out with her right hand stretched and blasted a bright white light that blinded them. She shoved them down, making them fall to the ground and ran away.

Acacia groaned and rubbed her eyes while on the ground. Christine looked around, trying to find a wall or anything to lean on while Mirkil cursed as he rubbed his eyes.

"Weaklings!" The beast kin reached the trio on the ground and panted while drool running down his mouth. He grabbed Christine by her neck, pulling her up from the ground.

Acacia tried to stand and her vision slowly came back. Her body froze at the sight of Christine's legs struggling while she was choking.

"Let her go!" Mirkil yelled out and ran towards the man, using his body to slam against the man's chest while sinking the knife on his lower abdomen.

The man growled out in pain and released his hold on Christine. He raised his two hands, forming a fist and slamming it down on Mirkil's body. Mirkil gasped out and hit the ground but the punches didn't stop, raising his hands and slamming it down on Mirkil's back once more.

"Stop it!" Acacia forced herself to her feet and removed her bag from her shoulders and threw it at his face. Her heart ached at the sight while ignoring the ache on her leg. Christine coughed as she tried to catch her breath on the pavement.

The man stopped and tilted his head as if he was confused before grinning in a sadistic manner.

"I...kill all." He spoke in broken english and slowly stepped towards her.

"... What?"Acacia furrowed her brows at his words.

'Why do his words sound so weird all of a sudden?'

Acacia thought about it while backing away slowly, her heart pounding rapidly against her chest and every fibre of her being, begged her to flee.

"I...I..." The man suddenly stopped in his tracks and held his head, whimpering in pain and his eyes flickered around as if he was confused. His expression suddenly changed in an instant and the crazed look on his face returned.

"Fun! Fight me! I want fun!" The man rushed towards her and smacked her face hard with the back of his hand. She hit the ground and whimpered while her right cheek stung.

"Fight me!" The man looked down at her trembling form and kicked her in the abdomen and sent the air out of her lungs as a cracked sound filled her ears.

Acacia felt like crying as he held her stomach, the pain was indescribable and immense. He grabbed a handful of her hair and dragged her body up, sending a flurry of punches at her face.

She struggled and felt her entire face numb with pain, blood dripping from her nose, cheek and mouth. Her teeth had small cracks in them and some bruises began to swell. The taste of metal filled her mouth.

He was about to punch her again when Christine wrapped her arms around his waist from behind and bit down on his skin. He flinched at the unexpected bite and tried to grab her but she kept her arms locked around him and continued to bite down on his flesh, drawing blood from his skin.

Acacia trembled against the ground and saw him struggling to remove Christine.

She clenched her fists as tears ran down her cheeks, wincing at the stinging pain of her tears touching her wounds. She forced her body up, rushing towards him and grabbed the knife that was stuck in his abdomen, removed it from his skin and thrust it against his chest.

He roared out like a beast and Acacia immediately backed away but stumbled The taste of metal filled her mouth as she stumbled backwards and her ears kept ringing.

The man turned his back towards a wall and slammed Christine's body against the wall. She immediately let go of her hold on him and slumped against the wall, falling unconscious. The man removed the knife from his chest and threw it away.

'Why aren't you dead?!'

Acacia thought in irritation and felt a bit dizzy, her body felt so hot, like she was burning. She looked down at her leg and the black spotting had spread everywhere on her right leg.

The man charged at her like a bull and Acacia quickly stepped aside, dodging him entirely. She tried to run but her right leg refused to cooperate. The man was about to charge again when he heard a groan and turned his head to the source. It was Mirkil on the ground and rolled over on his back, blood dripping from his forehead to his face.

The man walked towards Mirkil and looked down at him with an unreadable expression on his face. " This is not fun." He stated simply and stretched out his hand, his claws growing sharp and he stabbed Mirkil in the stomach.

Mirkil coughed out blood and his eyes opened wide. He removed his claws and walked towards Christine's unconscious body and stabbed her in the stomach three times. She gasped in pain and her eyes slowly opened. He removed his claws and turned to face Acacia, "Your turn."

Tears fell down on her cheeks, all the pain in her body felt numb as he calmly walked towards her. Her grey eyes stared at her friends bodies with a mix of emotions even when the man approached her.

Acacia slowly backed away, her vision blurred as she limped. Her gaze snapped upwards when two flying bats with beady red eyes soared in the sky, releasing a loud screech that pierced her eardrums.

The man covered his ears and crouched down to the ground, Acacia gritted her teeth at the sharp noise, her ears ringing like it would burst and covered her ears in her hands. She suddenly saw a red butterfly fluttering in front of her face and flew down, landing on a rusted iron pipe, without a second thought she picked up the pipe while and slowly moved closer to him, dragging her right leg.

The screeching soon stopped and the man slowly removed his hand from his ears. He was about to raise his head when he was met with a sharp gaze, looking down at him, her left index finger twitched and she swung the pipe at his head.