In another place, Tonen was holding by two men between in his hand. He looked unconscious and his head was bleeding with many bruises in his body.
The two men thrown Tonen infront to a kid that the same height as him. Tonen was wake up because of the pain he felt when he was thrown to the ground. He slowly opening his eyes and he saw a expensive shoes infront of him. He shuddered because he knew who is it.
He subconsciously bowed out of fear, he fixed himself and his head bowed to the ground. “Sir Rev, please forgive me!” Tonen said, he was shuddering and sweating.
“I’m been waiting for you. You knew what will happen if my feeling hurts, right? You been with me for a long time and you understood me very well but you tried to left and escape without my permission” Rev said smiling calmly and without showing his anger emotion. Tonen felt shiver on his spine when he heard Rev said.
“I’m sorry, please forgive me. I will not do it again I promise, please let me be this once” Tonen said, he was begging to forgive him and give him a mercy to the things he did.
Rev put his hand to the back of Tonen to calm him down. “I forgive you but I need something you need to do so that I will feel better or else, you knew what I mean right?” Rev said. Tonen felt uncomfortable.
“Yes, sir but what is the things I needed to do?” Tonen asked in low voice. He glimpsed to the face of Rev and he saw that he still smiling.
“Oh it just pretty simple and it was the best place you can do, you just need to lead the attack and be the vanguard along with hundred kids since you knew very well that forest going to Terf gang and that’s only things you will do. I will be happy if you do it” Rev said casually but Tonen was tremble out of fear when he heard Rev said.
“Are you serious for real?!” Tonen asked, he was shocked internally and trembling when he said it.
“Yes, I’m being considerate for you if we win in this war, you will be rewarded heavily so are you in or not?” Rev said. Tonen saw the eyes and smile of Rev as he felt fear internally. If he didn’t agree to his suicide demand, he will be dead right after.
“Al…right” Tonen was struggling to say it. “What did you say? I cannot hear you” Rev said, he let his ear near to the mouth of Tonen and he said “Say it again”.
Tonen knew he had no choice and taking this demand was far better than dying straight after denying the demand. His time was only countable by hours but it was far better because he still had a bit chance to be alive if he came back alive to this war. “Alright, I will do it” Tonen said.
“Good that’s why I like you, you take chance that far better for yourself and knew you situation very well. That’s the reason why you still alive for a long time in this slum” Rev said, he patted the back of Tonen and he looked delight when Tonen said he will do it. “Now, I will introduce you to the hundred kids that you are leading so that they knew who are their leader in this upcoming war” Rev said smiling.
They went to the camp where the kids had been staying at. Tonen and Rev went to the highest place for them to be seen. Many kids went to see curiously “Ahem everyone, thank you for waiting. I had announcement for you guys, tomorrow morning we will start our operation to attack Terf gang and other than 1 silver coin we will pay another 2 silvers coin after the war if you did a good merit in the war” Rev said.
The kids on the surrounding felt very excited when they heard it and thinking what they will buy after this operation done. Many of them was abandoned and had no parent so they more willing to take the risk of this operation to earn money.
“On the another, in my side Tonen will become your leader and the one leading in this operation so listen to him and everyone will benefit in this war” Rev said.
Tonen went to the front nervously. “I will be in your care” he said. Rev was grinning on the side.
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In the next day, early morning.
In this forest for some reason was very quiet but if you focused you can saw many shadows walking in this green forest.
Tonen was silently walking to this forest with hundred kids behind him. he paving the way for them as their many traps in this forest.
As they were silently walking in this forest, a eye was lurking in this forest looking at them.
“What are they thinking that they using this kid that cannot even threatening to us and they only going to their own grave. How funny that they using kid that barely can do anything. Is this the distraction they’re saying?” Eron said. he was snickering internally because the Udio gang was using this underhand method that nothing effect at all.
As he saying that there are 4 persons in his back standing and looking to this kid.
“Kill them” Eron said emotionless and without hesitation.
“Yes sir” The four said in unison. The four attacked in unison and went to the place where the kids were.
Eron believed that this will be finish in few minutes because fighting ‘Blood tattoo warrior’ is the same like fighting Aura warrior. He believed that this will finish because this four were first tattoo warrior.
Blood tattoo warrior consisted of 3 level. First tattoo, second tattoo, and third tattoo. The blood tattoo is impossible to advance to fourth tattoo because it was borrowed power of the animals not yourself and the instinct overpower the mind of the user.
The blood tattoo was the only way of many people that failed to open their aura root as alternative for them but it was not good for the body and it was unstable using it that can damage the body of person. The way to become Blood tattoo warrior is to drink the blood of the beast, use the blood as the tattoo in the body, and create a ritual to chant. It was pretty simple but pretty dangerous also because saying something wrong to the chant and doing mistake to the ritual, make your body explode in the process. Only one time a person can do this because his body will explode to the unstable energy.
He looked at the four, he saw how they sliced the head of many kids and how they pierced the kid throat without even hesitation. “Ahhhh…”. A howling and scream of many kids can be heard from a far. It was a massacre itself. Tonen body was unrecognizable, his head was on the ground while his eyes were open wide like it was shocked and fear can be seen in his eyes. His two hand was also sliced and it was nowhere to be seen in this gruesome place as many bodies of kids also been sliced of their every parts.
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In another place of this forest, there also confrontation between two gangs.
In another side, the Terf gang was standing with hundred members on their side. Bran and Kult were in the front.
In another side also, the Udio gang was standing with doubled members than Terf gang. Kort and Rev was among them. In the front of the Udio gang was Conan, the leader of Udio gang. He wore silver armor. He had black hair, brown eyes, and average face.
The two leaders went to the middle where a table and two chairs can be seen. This is where they will talk this out. As they sat to their own chair.
The people in the surrounding only quieted because they had no right to include themselves when the two leader was talking to each other and they should not intervene between the confrontation and negotiation between their own leader.
“I never expected that you are using even the people in the slum in this gang war between us, Conan” Bran said solemnly. He looked to the behind of Udio gang, there were many people that their clothes were tattered and dirty. He also noticed that there 1 person he didn’t recognize that wore robe to hid their face. He was very alerted internally.
“Why not? I’m just helping the people in the slum to had job income in their wallet” Conan said like he was doing good deeds.
“You are still the same as before” Bran said while laughing.
“We are same to the core, don’t be hypocrite that I’m not the only one” Conan said, he snickered. Bran didn’t say anything and didn’t take it personally what Conan said.
Bran asked something that still his mind for a long time “Any case, I still cannot understand as to why are you using the people in the slum when they cannot even help you at all because they only burden to this fight. Did your brain rotten or something?” Bran said jokingly but deep inside he was very alerted.
“Hahaha you will know soon enough” Conan smirked when he said it. Bran was very alerted when he heard Conan said.
“How about we talk this out to stop this war” Bran said as he gave in to share his benefit, he knew that only heavily losses he can get if the war escalated between them.
“Don’t be rush, I also know the bigger picture of this war but we should wait to the news between of our member that fighting each other before we negotiate” Canon said smirking.
Bran had no choice but to wait for the news. He felt impatient and annoyed as time went by.
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In the place where Eron is.
The forest that was very green became blood red because of this gruesome blood of hundred children.
Eron didn’t even flinch and find it normal to this bloody place. Eron was thinking and he cannot understand why they using this kid as a distraction when it didn’t even give a sweat to them.
But for a second something weird happen, a circle appeared in the ground of this bloody gruesome bodies.
Eron mind blanked for a second and he shouted out of his lungs to the four that still in that bloody place “Leave to that place! That’s Blood sorcery!!”.
When the four heard it, they hurriedly leaving and they were panicked internally but it was too late as they already inside to blood formation and they were restricted to go outside, the four attacked at the same time.
“What is this?!” the one guy said, “This is formation! We need to leave here as much as possible” the other guy said.
they attacked as much as they could and someone said “Guys look, someone there” the man pointed. The four saw 2 persons not far from them walking side by side. A man that wore black cape to hide his face and a woman that also wore black cape, it was Sheilla.
Eron was panicked it will be very big loss if the four died inside because they were valuable asset to the Terf gang.
“Fuck that slay bastard! I never thought that they’re hiding blood sorcery as their trump card without us knowing anything. I need to tell this to our leader or else something might happen to them!” Eron said. He never thought that it was the trap by blood sorcery and he also never expected that they had blood sorcery in their side.
He wrote something in the small paper and called the bird that hovering in the air. The bird went to him when he called it and he put the small paper in the leg of it. He said “Go to the leader and give it to him”.
Blood sorcery was rare to be seen that it was rarer than Aura warrior many times. He was thinking how they recruited this calibre.
He used the wood whistle for a signal that they were in the precarious situation and they needed a support if there someone ally in their surroundings. After he used the whistle, he attacked the blood formation by using his sword because he never knew anything about blood formation that he can use to decipher this formation. Only blood sorcery can counter blood sorcery itself.
He attacked to the absolute he can to destroy this blood formation, his attack was more powerful than the four because he was second Tattoo as a blood tattoo warrior.
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While Eron was destroying the formation outside, inside of the formation the 6 persons had intense fight. Sheilla a second tattoo as a blood tattoo warrior and her side was level one blood sorcery.
Blood sorcery is the same as the blood tattoo warrior but they had different way of using the blood. Blood sorcery is chanting by using the blood as the way to create blood formation to their own advantage and when they inside their own blood formation, they are unstoppable to the same level as them.
The blood sorcery level is the same of blood tattoo warrior that consisted of level one blood sorcery, level two blood sorcery, and level three blood sorcery.
When they saw Sheilla was along with that blood sorcery, their face was unsightly because they knew will be hard to leave here alive.
“We never expected that miss Sheilla will waste her time to us insignificant” the man said jokingly to this precarious situation.
“I guess we are lucky and unlucky at the same time” the other man added. The four laughed, they been ready to die since working this dirty job as they knew also that it will backfire to them.
“Are you guys already done talking? Then I will start because I had no time to chit-chat” after Sheilla said, she attacked after. She was so fast that the other four only saw the shadow of her but the guy that targeted by attack of Sheilla instinctively blocked. The man gritted his teeth and he held the sword tightly because of the impact of sword. The three blanked for a second because of shocking speed Sheilla showed but they attacked after when they saw their comrade was struggling.
“Not bad” Sheilla said casually. The three arrive to the place where Sheilla at and helped their comrade. They heard the calm voice of Sheilla and she said “But that’s all you guys can do” she attacked furiously. The blood sorcery was distracted concentrating defending to the of Eron outside as he cannot help and give a helping hand to Sheilla.
Sheilla was fighting four men at the same. Even though they were four people they were not match to a Second tattoo.
“Mern kill that blood sorcery so that sir Eron will come help us, we will buy you time” the other men said. Mern did what the other men ordered. When Mern left, the three men situation was becoming dangerous that they only passively defending and buying time for Mern.
Mern went to the blood sorcery as he sliced with blood red speed and power, he said “Die!!” he shouted out of his lungs. The blood sorcery noticed it and knew he will to come to where he at and he already prepared chanting the blood shield like a ball to protect himself. Mern attack only to be bounced back because the blood shield appeared out of nowhere and his attack only give a ripple to the blood shield. “Idiot what do you take me for” the blood sorcery said snickering.
“What!” Mern said, he was shocked internally and he never thought that the blood sorcery already chanted blood shield.
He calmed himself down and attacked again with intensify. He needed to finish this as much as possible because he didn’t have enough time. He looked to his back to know what his comrade situation and to only saw that out of three, there already one dead. He began sweating and he gritted his teeth tightly, it was bleeding. He set his eyes to the blood sorcery and a killing intent can be seen in his eyes. He attacked again to the best he can and he was like a beast that wanted to kill his prey.
The blood sorcery shivered out of his spine and said “Hey, hey, hey, calm down”. He thought maybe his choices of taking this commission was wrong decision.
While the blood sorcery and Mern was fighting not far from them. Sheilla looked to the place where the blood sorcery at and she said “I guess you are just hoping something that will never happen” Sheilla said emotionless.
The two didn’t budge to the provocation of Sheilla but only attacked intensify as they were already prepared to die for Terf gang.
“Tsk” Sheila felt annoyed and a bit pity that this two didn’t took her bait for them to be distract by their own emotion. She thought that this will take a few minutes to end before she killed this two.
In the outside of blood formation.
Eron continue attacking the outside of formation, he saw a crack to this blood red formation that he kept attacking. He felt delight and excite as he intensifies more of his attack to this blood formation.
The crack becoming wider to the attack he did. He saw the precarious situation of the four, he saw the two was already dead fighting Sheilla and the one that still standing was already crippled because his left hand was sliced and he was full of injuries. He saw Sheilla that the one killed his comrades.
“You fucking bitch Sheilla!!” he shouted angrily. Eron was very angry that he wanted to go in and attack Sheilla but the crack was still not fit to his body to go through to other side.
In another place, the two leaders were talking each other on the table.
Conan saw 3 messenger pigeon to different direction that hovering in the air and going to Bran place and he said “I guess there something happened to your comrades”.
Bran face looked unsightly as he saw the birds coming to him because he felt that something happened to the other side.
Bran lifts his hand for the bird to sit his hand. the birds went to the hand of Bran and his face looked unsightly when he read the letters send by the others that they were in precarious situation but the most important is the situation of Eron that they were fighting a Blood sorcery. He looked to Canon that smirking at him.
“I guess you prepared this for a long time before that ‘thing’ appeared and your plan toppled because that ‘thing’ appeared. Hahaha, I don’t know if I should say I’m lucky or unlucky” Bran said laughing and didn’t know that Udio gang was already preparing a war for them secretly.
He looked again to that robe man among to the side of Udio gang, he knew it was blood sorcery.
“I don’t deny what you said but our hardwork paid off. As you can see, we had bigger advantage than you, I knew you understand very well that we are not equal ground” Canon said smilingly. He felt pride when he said it.
Bran looked unsightly because he knew that he was disadvantage to this negotiation and he said after “Then what is your demand to stop this war”. Bran had no choice but to give in, he needed to cut his loss and not become bigger that affect his gang entirely.
“Oh its just pretty simple, my demand is the four quota of those ‘thing’ and some of your business in the Geel city” Conan said calmly. Bran felt anger when he heard Conan said.
“Hey, hey I left you one quota as a compensation to your losses” Conan said shamelessly.
“Only two” Bran said, he looked annoyed. Conan smirk when he saw Bran face.
“You are pretty greedy for a person that so disadvantage in this fight” Conan said unpleasant. Bran looked irritate to the face of Conan.
“Three quotas, that’s only my limit and don’t push it” Bran said. “Okay, okay, well i find it already to be good deal” Conan said, he felt happy that he benefited much to this war and he was contented that he saw how his competitor gang to bow on his feet.
The two leaders reconciled to stop this gang war and share benefit each other. They both ordered to let the drum beat for the surrounding comrades of them that still fighting and to let them knew the war needed to stop and the fighting should be halted.
In another side of battlefield.
Sheilla and Eron was already been fighting for a while and the blood formation was already been destroyed for a long time. The three comrade of Eron was already died but Mern was still alive fighting the blood sorcery alone.
As they were fighting, they heard the sound of loud drum. They stopped and looked to the direction of where the sound came from. Eron gritted his teeth because of anger that he didn’t have enough to kill this woman because the sound of drum. Sheilla was already heavily injuries if it takes a long few minutes she might die.
“You are lucky today but next time I will take your head with my sword” Eron said as he looked to his three dead comrades. Sheilla don’t have enough energy to say anything as she was heavily injured and was fighting for a long time.
“Mern, let’s go” Eron said, he took the body of his comrade. Mern was also looked angered and annoyed that this blood sorcery escaped to his sword when it was already near to be killed by him.
He calmed himself down and left the blood sorcery behind that was more heavily injured than Sheilla. Mern took his comrade body and come along with Eron going to their headquarter.
“You did good for calming yourself down even though your enemy was infront of you. Just wait for the right time and when the opportunity come, you need unleash your lethal attack by surprise and don’t give them enough time to recover and retaliate” Eron said, he advised him to be patient all time.
“I understood sir” Mern said, he was looking to the body his comrade that he was carrying.
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In the underground headquarter of Terf gang.
in the tunnel, three kids can be seen. They clothes looked dirty as they swam to this filthy waste in this tunnel.
Dreg took the hand of Cien to get his attention. “You surprised me Dreg” Cien said, he was surprised when Dreg held his hand, Divina laughed out loud as she saw that her brother was greatly surprised.
When Cien saw that Dreg was signing him that he heard something above. Cien said shush to silence Divina, for them to heard the sound very well above. Divina noticed Dreg and Cien action and quieted to hear the sound above.
The sound of faint footsteps can be heard above, the three was joyful that they can leave to this filthy place and unbearable unpleasant smell.
“Let’s find where the exit ladder is” Cien said as they searched the place where the exit ladder at.
“I found it! There!” Divina said, she pointed where the ladder is. Cien and Dreg looked happy and sighed relief that they going to leave this gloomy, eerie, and filthy canal.
They went to where the exit ladder. Cien went first, as he looking out to this dark room if there someone or anyone. “It safe here” Cien said, he helped the two to go up on the room.
“Its so dark in here” Divina said in low voice. She was cautious to her voice so that the people here don’t be alerted to them. Divina went first as she had the lamp.
They saw not far from them there is stair that going to the door above. They looked to the door as they saw there light inside of the door. They knew that infront of them was the headquarter of Terf gang.
“Prepared yourself and our bags, as we going to loot this entire place without leaving behind” Cien said, he was smirking along with the two behind him.
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In another place where Theo is.
Theo was following his grandfather Ulrich to this big cave that they went in along with May and Red.
“Grandfather is this where you saw the portal when you traveled?” Theo asked curiously. He was doubtful if the portal was really existed.
Ulrich glance to his grandson when he heard Theo question about him. “Yes, it was 4 years ago that I accidently saw it here in the cave when I needed a place for me to rest” Ulrich said truthfully.
“I think the portal appeared almost 5 years ago” Ulrich said, he estimated how old the portal and how long it will last before disappeared.
“Does that mean for almost 5 years ago, you are the only one that found this portal grandfather” Theo said, he cannot understand how this portal work and what specific place they show up.
Ulrich knew what his grandson is thinking “I think so, I just accidently stayed in this cave for one day because of heavy rain that day but I was inquisitive person, I went to the end of this cave because of my curiosity and that’s when I found the portal going through small world. Many said that the portal only appeared to the place where the living intelligence don’t live or stayed before, or you can say the place where no one can see the portal but it was only hypothesis” Ulrich said calmly.
Theo was thinking deeply about what he learned today. ‘This world is really full mystery that cannot be understand by simple common sense and logic’ Theo thought, he was very amaze and wanted to knew more about this world but he was also doubtful if his grandpa was telling the truth.
They walked to this long cave and they use torch as a light to brightening their way. “We are already near to the portal” Ulrich said to remind them.
When Theo arrived to the place where the portal is, he was astonished and daze for a second. The size of the portal was very huge, it was the size of third floor of the building. The appearance of it was magnificent. It was oval shape and has different color to the side of it that coexisting to each other and it was glowing brightly but in the middle was pure black that even your reflection can be seen. When you looked of it, you will notice that the portal was like a water that waves on the surface.
Theo was uncontrollably shaking to what he saw for the first time in his life, it was magical things and unexplainable that he cannot even understands as to how it existed. It beyond his common sense and logic he believed. All he believed was shattered when he saw this portal. Now he understood that nothing was impossible in this world, common sense and logic didn’t apply in this world.
‘By just using your imagination beyond what in your mind nothing was impossible’ Theo thought, he was daze looking to the portal. He never expected he will saw something like this. Seeing personally is more shocking than hearing other words.
He felt shocked when he heard it for the first time but he was very sceptical and doubtful if it was really existed but now his perception to this world has changed and his mind became broad than before.
Ulrich, May, and Red were giggling when they saw the reaction of Theo. This was also their reaction when they saw the portal for the first time, it was reminiscing.
“Are you okay, Theo?” Ulrich asked, he saw Theo was very shocked than them when they saw the portal for the first time.
“Yes, I’m okay, its just hard to believe” Theo said while his eyes still on the portal.
“I will wait for you a few minutes to relax yourself. When you are ready tell me” Ulrich said gently.
“Yes grandpa” Theo said, he appreciated that his grandpa given him time to process this unbelievable he saw.
Theo was staring to the portal for a minute, his heartbeat was thumping faster in that minute. That minute was like a hour in the mind of Theo, his mind was chaotic at first and calmed after a minute.
“I’m ready grandpa” Theo said, he eyes looked determined and resolute than before.
Ullrich smiled that his grandson overcome this shocking truth that he was struggling to accept.
“Then do you remember I taught you? When you are inside of the small world” Ulrich said solemnly.
“Yes grandpa, I remember clearly you taught me” Theo said solemnly also.
“Good, good. You had higher chance to comeback alive for two years in the small world if you do what I taught you” Ulrich said, he felt relieved that his grandson remembered his teaching to him.
“Make sure you bring everything you needed” May said, she remarked in case he forgets something.
Theo did May said and he inspect his bags if he brings everything he needed. “Yes, it was already in my bag” Theo said.
“Did you polish your short sword already?” Red asked.
“Yes, I already did this morning” Theo said. he knew that they were worried for him and only making sure that he already prepared.
Theo went slowly near to the portal, every step he took was very heavy and his heart palpitations was faster than before. He looked to the three persons behind him that he with him for a long 2 years.
“Thank you, Grandpa, May, and Red” For these two years of guiding me and it was the happiest year for me to knew you all. Please wait for me in two years because I will make sure I will come back alive” Theo said, he wanted to cry but he held himself back. He looked resolute and determine to survive in this small world alive.
“We believe that you will survive comfortably to the small world but we afraid that the living being there will not when you arrive HAHAHA” Ulrich said jokingly. They laughed to this serious atmosphere
“Just be careful, we wait for you here until you comeback!” Ulrich said.
“Take care of yourself young master Theo, we knew that you can survive this trial!” May said.
“Don’t let fear shrouded your mind and never give up young master Theo!” Red said.
Theo nodded to them, an uncontrollable emotion he felt looking at them as they encourage him. he knew that deep inside, they were worried for him as they with him for a long time and their fond was strong than before.
Theo walked near to the portal until he was only inch near of it and said while he looked to them “Until next time, everyone” Theo smiled while saying that. They nodded and smiled also.
He steps in to the portal that going through to the small world.