"My evil anti-Rufus ninja senses are tingling… Rufus is near… I can sense him…" I muttered while picking up a mission scroll. This newfound sensation of mine is ingenious. I can sense Rufus' life force through the use of Area Runes which alerts me of my time to leave. Though before I could leave, Lass passed me by and when he noticed the scroll, disgust appeared on his face.
"Ughh, The memories come crashing through. Noobs should stay out of that place." He said in a notion saying "get it away!" I wonder why, it's just a "circus." Rufus also seemed to pass by and for some reason, he acted the same.
"Power of the blue flame… Hmph! Abominable!" he said as a flash of crimson leather passed by.
"The brothers hate it. Maybe a part of their past could be found there. Interesting…" I muttered as I cast a Teleportation Rune.
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Hey! It's not that bad of a place. Only bomb-juggling clowns and big hungry lions can be found. Then there is also a big fat jerk playing with an orange rubber ducky. It's really neat for a person who's addicted to
"MANIACAL FREAKS!" I shouted at disbelief due to too much exposure to unbelievable things.
"My, my! What's this? A customer? Oretina! Please keep the customers entertained while I deal with our center of attraction!" said the guy who sat on the rubber ducky as he called to the mistress.
"Yes, ringmaster. Well, please enjoy the show!" she said as she signaled me to seat. Now my mind is full of delusions.
"Umm, by chance, do you know Lass and Rufus?" I asked but I didn't want to have the result and answer.
"LASS?! This person is a companion of Lass! Kill him!" Nice reaction! Now I know why Lass didn't want to remember the memories.
"Crap, Why am I stuck with these kinda problems? Raganarok Rune!" Then the place got distorted. The Ragnarok rune sends random levels of mana waves directly extracted from the user.
"Stop running! Everbody! Chase after him!" shouted rubber ducky boy.
"How the hell am I going to fight with you all at the same time?" I asked my opponents but roars and explosions came back as a reply.
WAIT! Is that a gatling gun? Bullshit. I'm dead.
…
I'm heavily wounded. I'm catching gasps and breathes of air.
"Can't die here… Dew Rune…" I casted in attempt to heal myself but who cares when I'm good as dead.
"Drop your weapons and become one of us if you value your life." Said a juggler.
"Never… I won't die until… I beat… Rufus…Blight Rune…" Another rune that amplifies mana waves.
"Then you die in vain…" said the Juggler as it threw a bomb.
Time slowed as I looked into the bomb. Everything was clear to me. My eyes widened as I recalled my past. It shouldn't have come to this have I used my "true weapon" instead of a scythe and a lance, but I can't. The past is a horrible thing I didn't want to remember. Though since I remembered it, maybe I'll make an exception.
"May the four goddesses have mercy on you for you won't find it here…" I started. The fuse of the bomb is very short now. I have to rely on this.
"RUNESPEAR!"
A glow of light formed on my hand as a short thorn appeared. Laughable, my weapon is a short thorn.
"A desperate act. You're crazy. A small thorn can't defeat a whole circus- THE NIGHTMARE CIRCUS!" insulted the ringmaster but I'll let him laugh all he can for it will be his last moment of happiness.
"Blitz Rune…" I commanded as the thorn became a light black spear. It was real light. Lighter than air itself.
Within ten seconds, all monsters within my spear's reach let out a blood curdling scream as they bleed to death. Real fast I was. I stabbed their backs within a time gap. The Blitz rune enhances the user's speed and my runespear changes form according to a rune inscribed on it.
With a quick work of millions of stabs, I was left standing face to face with the skeletal version of rubber ducky boy in the darkness.
"See this power! I have been revived by the power of the blue flames! You cannot defeat me!" screamed the ringmaster as he launched a wave of poisonous gas and a round of bullets. Though all of them missed me. To finish this- "Effulgent Rune…" I commanded.
The spear changed into a glowing weapon with the symbol of the sun and a rune inscribed on it. The light glowed and banished the ringmaster away, leaving ashes and burnt plastic.
"That was tiring. Using the runespear is tiring… Must rest… Must get back to the mansion…"
Meanwhile at the mansion…
"AHHHHHHHH! IT BURNS FROM THE INSIDE!" screamed the agonized Lass who was in his room.
"Power of the blue flame?! This can't be possible!" Rufus was shocked and decide to visit his brother only to find him amok.
"It burns! Stop it! Somebody! Help Me! BROTHER!" Lass screamed in pain and suffering. He was being burned alive from the inside. His rage and suffering uncontrollable. He was destroying everything he could see. Rufus was witnessing it as his hands and knees shook in fear and shock. His hands holding the eyeteeth pointed at Lass's forehead was shaking. His mind was filled with hesitation.
I treated him a brother because he is my brother.
I treated him a brother because we are in the same family and childhood.
I am now pointing my gun at him who is my brother.
He is a monster. He is a monster. Just kill him already. He's not your brother. All that's in front of you is a monster who harnesses the blue flames. The same blue flames you hunted long ago.
Those were the thoughts that shrouded the bounty hunter's mind.
"No… I can't… but… brother… somebody… help… me... Lass..." Rufus said as his voice quivered and his eyes widened with pure fear and hesitation.
