More ships entered the atmosphere while Eto, Veronica and her parents were watching through the window. Soon the sky was filled with big ships from space hovering above the planet.

'That is right above Apul' Elly said quietly while holding her hand right before her mouth.

'Damn those Generation people' Eugene muttered while he held out his fist.

'Why? What is going to happen?' Eto asked while looking at Eugene. Veronica was wondering the same thing. She heard the name before from travelers but her parents never bothered to tell her what it was when she asked.

'They are a growing group of troublemakers, thinking that they are the ones to rule and lead the galaxy. They pop out of nowhere and leave ruin and despair to the planets who stay true to the council of worlds. After they are done they vanish without a trace.'

Eto kept looking at Eugene who was looking furious, burning a hate against Generation Zero and then he looked out of the window again.

'Those people need help' Eto whispered. He felt a determination inside him.

Without saying anything, Eto rushed to the door.

'What are you gonna do?' Veronica screamed at him, surprised by his sudden movement.

'Help those people, ' Eto answered before he disappeared outside. Veronica quickly followed him.

'Wait Eto, you don't know the way!' she screamed and she followed him outside.

Her parents called her back but she didn't respond. Instead she followed Eto who had just gone up in the woods to the town.

Eugene yelled to Veronica but she ignored him as she ran towards the forest where she had seen Eto disappear between the trees.

Eto ran as fast as he could, trying to look above the trees to see where the ships were hovering in the air. He was so focussed that at first he couldn't hear Veronica screaming behind him. At last when he tried to focus on his surroundings, he could hear her.

'What are you doing here?' he asked as he had stopped running.

Veronica caught up with him, breathing for air before she could talk.

Eto took a moment to notice how dark the forest was. The trees were huge, as if they almost could touch the night sky.

'Like you know the way. Why are you running like that?' Veronica said, still gasping for air.

Eto looked at her like she said he said something stupid.

'I'm off to help those people. Didn't you hear your dad? Those guys bring nothing but trouble.'

Veronica, recovering, looked at him. 'I understand but what is it to you? You have never been to this planet or that town before.'

At that moment Eto gave her the smile he had many times before.

'My grandpa taught me that a holy knight should always be there to help people, no matter what.'

When Veronica looked at him, hearing those words, she could understand what a holy knight should be. And she had a feeling that it was the right way. Slowly, she nodded to him, returning a smile.

'Fine, but don't go running off again. We need a plan.'

Eto nodded. 'Great. You think of a plan, then I'm off to help the people,' he said and he turned to run again.

'That is not the plan' Veronica screamed angrily but she followed him as fast as she could through the trees of the thick forest.

The long black ships that had entered the atmosphere were hanging above town, as big beasts looked down on their prey. A few smaller ships had landed and black coloured robots started to infiltrate the town.

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Human Shaped robots with a round head with no marks made the robots intimidating. Carrying weapons, they marched through town, going after the townsfolk.

The townsfolk tried to hide their women and children while the men tried to fight off the robots. Some fights got out of control and a part of the town was starting to get caught on fire.

After a few hundred robots had been sent out, two figures came from the last ship that landed. A small, long stretched ship had landed in a street where it would fit and the two figures walked down the bridge to the street.

Both were in black armor but one was taller than the other one. The big one holded a giant sword that matched the colors of his black armor, cape and helmet. The helmet had a mouth piece that was shaped like a bird beak. The small person only wore a helmet with two horns and the helmet was covered with white lining which made it look like a skull.

'Find the boy' the small person said and the big knight nodded before he took off. He left the small person standing still, as he watched the giant knight make his way into town.

Veronica reached the edge of the town but she had lost sight of Eto.

For a moment, she was frozen with fear as she witnessed the terror in town.

The town of Apul that she had been to since she was little, was now burning for some parts while she heard the people screaming.

'What are those guys?' she mumbled as she still couldn't believe what was happening.

She looked at the giant ships in the air and figured there was no way they could stop them.

She shook her head and came back to reality. Best thing she could do was try to help as many townsfolk as she could. And find Eto.

She ran into town with people running past her into the woods. She felt the air getting hotter by the burning buildings she passed but she ignored it.

She ran all the way to the townsquare where she stopped for a second.

Most folk that she saw were already running away so she had to find the people who were still hiding.

The wooden stalls of the market, along with the houses of the town were all getting caught in the fire. No one tried to extinguish the fire as people were running and hiding from the attack.

Veronica thought she had seen some smaller ships land further in town and it didn’t take her long to think that Eto would be going towards the danger.

Before she could take off to find him, she heard a voice.

'You there, girl' a heavy voice called to her.

Veronica could feel the panic going through her body but slowly she turned around.

A few steps away from her, stood a big knight wearing black armor and a big sword made of dark metal.

'Where is the boy?' he said with the same heavy voice. It was partly muffled because of the helmet it wore.

'The boy should be here. Where are you hiding him?'

Veronica panicked. They were searching for a boy and for a moment she whispered 'Eto' as she thought of him.

'What did you say?' he said and started to walk towards her. Veronica was shocked by her mistake. She tried to go against her fear and slowly tried to move backwards.

'Nothing. I didn't say anything,' she said as calmly as she could. Still, she could feel the tremor in her voice.

'Don't lie to me, woman. I know what I heard. You said the name of that brat and you know where he is' the knight said while walking towards her.

'No I don't, I swear' she said in fear but the knight ignored her words.

'Eto, that brat. Tell me where I can find him, now!'

While he screamed his last word, he jumped to Veronica with a speed like she had never seen a man jump before.

Veronica froze completely while she saw the knight jumping to her and the big blade he was carrying going towards her.

She couldn't do anything. Her legs froze and she closed her eyes, knowing the blade would soon get her and cut her up.

She stood there, trembling in fear and when she expected the blade would hit her, she heard a loud bang but did not feel anything.

Slowly she opened her eyes, only to see a bright light in front of her.

The knight was standing almost in front of her, with his blade almost touching her.

In between him and her was Eto, who held the blade in his hand while his arm was glowing like the light from the night he came crashing down the farm.

'Don't hurt her' he mumbled. His voice sounded serious. Veronica had not seen this side of Eto before.

He squeezed his hand into the metal of the blade which made it break into a hundred pieces.

'What?' the knight replied in confusion. The helmet he was wearing looked from his broken blade to Eto and he began to shake from frustration.

'You little brat' he said but Eto ignored his words.

'Don't hurt her' he said, now loud and clear.

Eto put his foot down and held his glowing arm back making a fist with his hand.

Before the knight could understand what he was doing, Eto already released his punch.

He hit the knight in the middle of his chest and the blow made a big sound.

Cracks into the armor gave away that it was starting to break.

The knight took the hit and flew away a few meters, crashing through a brick wall of a building leaving nothing but dust and stones.

While Eto was still looking with anger at the hole where he had punched the knight through, Veronica looked to the shining arm of Eto.

'So that is the power of a star shard user' she mumbled while she watched with great admiration to Eto.