[ Chapter 10 ] The Silver Fiend

Anathea and Hearts look at the fiend in the middle of them both. Hearts and Anathea are unable to make a move from the pressure and aura coming from the fiend. Anathea drops the basket.

[ Anathea ] ¨What the hell is that thing…¨

The voice in Anathea´s head comes out to talk to her.

[ Voice in Head ] ¨That thing is strong, don´t fight it.¨

[ Anathea ] In her mind ¨I know! But… yet I don´t sense any malicious intent in it.¨

The Silver Fiend darts its red eyes towards Anathea.

[ Silver Fiend ] ¨You 2… run away… it isn´t safe.¨

The voice was a slightly deep voice of a man but with an echo effect with it. Hearts and Anathea both get confused.

[ Hearts ] ¨Not safe…?¨

[ Anathea ] ¨Run…?¨

Loud steps are then heard from behind them. Many guards from the City of Straya on horses come riding towards them. One was leading the guards and reinforcements to the Silver Fiend. He looked young but yet stern. Has short black and white hair. Covered in blue royal armor beside his head.

[ Young General ] “Stop right there you Fiend!

Anathea turns back looking at the hordes of guards coming. The Young General jumps off his horse halting the guards from getting closer to them. He lands before the Silver Fiend, pointing his sword at it.

[ Young General ] ¨You will end your evils today Fiend! I Emessio Gin, will stop you here today.¨

Anathea takes in his name.

[ Anathea ] In her mind ¨Gin… another family member of Ragna?¨

The Silver Fiend turns his body to Emessio.

[ Silver Fiend ] ¨Are you sure you want to fight me alone?¨

[ Emessio ] ¨I don´t need anyone else, I can beat you alone. Now Face Me Fiend!¨

Emessio dashes in for a forward slash, but Silver Fiend blocks it with his claws. A loud clash was heard with the wind pushing Anathea and Hearts back. They both keep clashing back to back. Silver Fiend, pushes his blade aside then punches Emessio´s jaw. Emessio reels back.

[ Emessio ] ¨Damn you Fiend.¨

Emessio goes back in and they both exchange blows multiple times. Emessio tries slashing Fiend´s leg. Fiend raises his leg and steps on Emessio´s sword, punching him again. Hearts and Anathea regroup together.

[ Hearts ] ¨ He´s outmatched. That Emessio dude is losing.¨

Emessio blocked the punch, pushing Fiend off. Emessio wipes his face.

[ Emessio ] ¨Will of Wind, Flow´s End!¨

Emessio does a quick dash slash at Fiend, Fiend blocks it but is sent back. Then giant sharp waves of wind fly after Emessio´s strike flies towards Fiend. Fiend jumps to dodge it. Emessio blitzed right above Fiend ready to strike.

[ Emessio ] ¨Die Fiend!¨

[ Silver Fiend ] ¨What a pain.¨

Silver Fiend grabs Emessio´s face smashing him down to the ground. Emessio lies down on the ground in surprise.

[ Emessio ] ¨Damn you Fiend… I´ll get you!¨

Anathea and Hearts watch from the side.

[ Anathea ] “He… isn’t trying to kill him…”

[ Hearts ] “You’re right… if he wanted to, the Fiend could have killed him by now.”

Emessio slashes at the Fiend as he is getting up. Fiend backs up from the slash. Emessio gets back up, readying himself.

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[ Emessio ] “You will die today! Flow’s End!”

Emessio does the same quick dash slash, however, Fiend catches him mid-attack. Fiend lunges forward for a punch, causing Emessio to crash into Fiend’s punch with his dash. As Emessio gets sent back far from the punch, Fiend blocks the waves of wind that come with the attack. Fiend hit the wind waves back at Emessio.

[ Emessio ] ¨What the!¨

Emessio fixes his stance and slashes the wind waves Fiend sent back. Right as Emeesio hits away the last wind wave, Fiend appears before him jabbing his face. Emessio was caught off guard reeling back, grunting from the pain.

[ Emessio ] ¨Auh!¨

Fiend capitalizes and does three quick strikes to Emessio´s stomach, chest, and face. Emessio does a wild swing to Fiend, Fiend dodges doing a small sweep to Emessio´s leg. Emessio falls and slides forward a bit, Fiend punches Emessio´s face.

Fiend continues as Emessio is knocked by with the punch, uppercutting Emessio up, then jumps with him to do a sidekick knocking him back down to the ground. A loud crash was heard as Emessio lay there gassed.

[ Emessio ] ¨I won´t let you escape… ¨

Anathea and Hearts block their eyes from the dust.

[ Anathea ] ¨He hasn´t used his claws or talons at all…¨

[ Hearts ] ¨Why…? Doesn´t he realize that Emessio dude is trying to kill him?¨

Emessio stands back up, his sword as a handle to stay up. Emessio is dirty and injured slightly breathing heavily.

[ Emessio ] ¨You won´t escape Fiend… I will end your evil-doing today!¨

[ Silver Fiend ] ¨You don´t know when to give up.¨

Emessio slowly walks closer to Fiend. Emessio places his hand on Fiend’s arm, gripping it with the little power and energy he has left.

[ Silver Fiend ] “What are you doing… just give up.”

[ Emessio ] “Will of Wind, Binds of Wind.”

Wind forms around Fiend’s body, tightening around his arms and chest, keeping him from using his arms.

[ Silver Fiend ] “What the-”

Emessio screams out to the guards who stand in the back.

[ Emessio ] “Now!”

Fiend struggles to escape from the wind binds. The guards that stood afar now rush in, all surrounding Fiend. Each soldier sends out chains made of light to trap the Fiend. Each hit Fiend, binding him more and more like cuffs gripping his body. Each hit sent Fiend fumbling around.

[ Silver Fiend ] “Gah! Kuh! Agh!”

Anathea and Hearts look from afar.

[ Anathea ] “This is bad… That is Light Will. Chains of Light.”

Emessio jumps up high heading towards Fiend. His sword was ready to strike down Fiend.

[ Emessio ] “Die!”

As Emessio falls closer to Fiend, a silver wind begins to swirl towards Fiend. Black fades of shade enveloping him along with the wind.

[ Emessio ] What the hell!”

With the wind and black shades covering Fiend, Emessio tries to strike down Fiend. But a silver wind flies and clashes with Emessio’s sword.

[ Emessio ] “Huah!”

Emessio pushes the wind aside, as he draws closer to Fiend. He strikes the wind covering Fiend. Fiend explodes the wind, silver wind blades flying out. Emessio is caught off guard by this unable to block the explosion of wind blades, sending him flying back. The sound

of chains breaking was prominent.

[ Emessio ] “Uoah!”

Wind flies towards both Anathea and Hearts.

[ Hearts ] “Watch out!”

[ Anathea ] “Get behind me!”

Hearts backed up behind Ana. Anathea points her staff in front of her. A light coming from her staff.

[ Anathea ] “Barrier!”

A light screen appears in front of Anathea, protecting them. Wind hitting the barrier. Anathea grunts trying to keep the barrier up.

[ Anathea ] “Argh! What’s with his power!”

As the wind settles, Anathea drops to her knees, hanging on to her staff. Hearts points over to where Silver Fiend was at. The silhouette in the dust becomes more prominent.

[ Hearts ] ¨Look!¨

The dust slowly dissipates, revealing Fiend. He was unbounded by the chains, holding a naginata-glaive-like weapon. The naginata looked like it was made out of the material of his body. Fiend takes a few steps toward the hoard guards who now are separated. Out of nowhere, Emessio is seen running back at Fiend. Jumping from the distance, sprinting towards Fiend bleeding from his head a bit.

[ Emessio ] ¨We aren´t done!¨

[ Silver Fiend ] “I’ve had enough!”

Emessio slashes and Fiend clashes with him. Emessio and Fiend both exchange blows again and again. But Fiend looked like he was barely trying. With each strike, both clashed blades. Emessio swings again, but Fiend just catches his sword with his left hand.

[ Silver Fiend ] ¨I´m tired of you.¨

Fiend headbutts Emessio, as Emessio reels back. Fiend walks with him, doing a straight with his left, sending Emessio down. Fiend stands above, winner over Emessio.

[ Silver Fiend ] ¨You lose… commander.¨

Emessio laughs a bit as he lays there.

[ Emessio ] ¨Still have one more try…¨

The guards all rush in again. Coming towards Fiend.

[ Emessio ] ¨You forgot… we got numbers.¨

Fiend raises his naginata and swings it, at the ground, in the direction of the reinforcements. A loud sonic wave slices the ground, breaking apart the ground causing a mini eruption of broken pieces of earth to fly. Screams and grunts are heard from the reinforcements. As the rubble settled no one was left standing, all were incapacitated. Emessio was left speechless looking at the power.

[ Emessio ] ¨What… the heck are you.¨

[ Silver Fiend ] ¨The Silver Fiend.¨

[ Emessio ] ¨S- silver… fiend…?]

Emessio eyes widen in horror at the name.

[ Emessio ] ¨You… will be stopped… we won´t stop. You will not live after what you´ve done.¨

Fiend walks away, the same silver wind and black shade come covering his naginata and then it poofs away. Fiend prepares for a jump, then leaps far up, into the forests nearby. Anathea looks at where Fiend is headed.

[ Anathea ] ¨Let´s go after him!¨

Hearts eyes dart at Anathea with surprise.

[ Hearts ] ¨Follow him!?? What if he finds us and fights us? We can´t win!¨

Anathea starts heading towards the forest near the plains they are at.

[ Anathea ] ¨You don´t have to follow. But I´m going!¨

Anathea started running to where Fiend went. Hearts stand there unable to decide.

[ Hearts ] ¨Wha- I- Why- Augh! Fine! I´m going too!¨

Hearts grabs the basket of food, sprinting to Anathea. Anathea enters the forest, with Hearts soon after entering too.