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Chapter 10 – Flames of Destruction

"Sharon, why did you leave them alone?" Fang asked, "You secured her mark don't you?"

"Yea – Uh… wait! Wait! I haven't! Oh my, I forgot!" She ran back.

"Sharon! How can you be that reckless…!?" Fang shouted but she was already too far, "Well, it's quite far from here to her house, it's up to that kid whether he killed Alice or not…"

"True, a knight from our kingdom would never miss a chance to kill a witch…"

"W-Who!?"

SLASH!

"Oh my, I hope Alice is alright…" Sharon muttered, still running.

"You should worry about yourself first before worrying about others."

"Huh?" Sharon looked back, a young man in black was pointing his gun at her. He stared at her and pulled the trigger.

BANG!

SLASH!

"What!?" The bullet didn't hit her, it was deflected into the ground, a silver haired young man was standing before her, a sword on his hand, standing firmly protecting her from the bullet.

"Sigh, who are you, young man?" A man with wavy black hair asked. He fired another one.

BANG!

"Just a passing hunter." Break answered, he swung his sword again and deflected the bullets into he ground, protecting Sharon from the attack. "Stay behind me, milady." He whispered.

"O-Okay, what about the others?" Sharon asked, she was looking around, nothing bad had happened, the villagers had escaped to the northern part of the village as they saw the young man in black firing his gun at her.

"I just hope they are alright." Break answered. He readied his blade for the upcoming attack.

The man dashed toward Break and fired another bullet, Break perfectly deflected it again and it hit a passing Pandora soldier. He died. "Damn!" He cursed.

"Gil!" Another boy shouted.

"Elliot," He said, "You go, I'll handle this man." Gil ordered.

"Okay!" Elliot dashed past them.

"Oh, no, they're going to my grandmother's house!" Sharon panicked, she tried to run into the same direction as the boy.

"Milady!" Break took her hand and jumped, dodging the bullet just in time.

"Take that!" Gil fired another one at them who had just landed.

"Ugh!" Break turned back and protected Sharon from it.

"Break!"

"…" He jumped and dashed into the forest. Gil tried to follow him but failed, Vincent who had arrived in time stopped him.

"Damn, he's fast." Said Gil.

"Don't worry, let's get the others." Vincent calmed him down.

"The fish sure are hiding today huh?" Zwei, who was hunting with her twin said.

"Echo thinks so." She said, "Could something be wrong…?"

"I have a bad feeling about this, shall we go back?" Zwei suggested.

"Echo agrees." She nodded, they immediately returned to the village.

"The bird was also hiding." said Echo.

"You're right, I can't see any boars too…" Zwei added, "Now this is serious."

"…Yeah…"

By the moment they arrived at the village, they were shocked, there was almost nothing left.

"W-What the hell!?" Zwei's eyes widened in shock and fear after seeing their beloved village burned, the flames had spread into every single house in the village. The corpse of their fellow villagers could be seen lying everywhere, killed in a brutal way.

"No…" Echo muttered.

"No, everyone." Zwei walked toward a dead man closest to them and kneeled down she touched the man and sighed, "Everyone is dead…"

"Zwei…" Echo walked toward her sister, "Why?" She kneeled too to the same level as her sister.

"Gotcha!"

BANG!

"Echo!" Zwei took her hand and pulled her to the right, the bullet had missed them by a few centimeters and hit the ground, it made quite a hole. She made a run and Echo followed behind her. "We're getting out from here!"

"What about Alice and the others?" Echo asked, still running behind Zwei.

"This is no time to worry about others." Zwei said, "I'm sure they're fine. They won't die so easily."

Echo nodded, she followed her sister into a small house, which had been burnt but was still standing. The flames had been put off somehow. They hid inside and waited for the soldiers to pass. They were peeking outside through a small hole in the wall, the owner of the house was already killed and burnt down into ashes. Zwei and Echo tried their best not the breathe too much as it might be heard by the soldiers. Screams could be heard everywhere, men, women and children, all…

"Hey, twin witch…" Zwei and Echo turned to the source of the sound, their eyes widened in fear as they saw the soldier, or more precisely, the knight, standing before them.

"Alice!" Oz shouted, "What happened?" The flame had started devouring Sharon's house. They heard people screaming from outside.

"I don't know!" She replied.

"You two! Get out from here!" Lottie came inside the house and shouted, behind her was Doug, carrying the injured Fang on his shoulder.

"You're the wit –"

"No time to talk! you better get out from that place! Now!" Lottie carried Alice, piggyback style, and looked back at Oz, "I need your help, if you are willing to sacrifice everything for Alice."

"What!?" Alice complained, "Oz, don –"

"I will, tell me!" Oz answered.

"Good answer, boy, get your sword and help us escape to the north." Lottie said.

"Okay!" Oz went outside carrying his sword and made a run with Lottie.

"So you're their leader?" Elliot managed to get into Sheryl's house, "Surrender now!"

"Of course, I am the leader, you couldn't have forgotten, right, Elliot…?" Sheryl answered

"What? How did you know my name?" Elliot asked, he pulled out his sword. He took three steps back and stared at the woman fiercely.

"Of course, you have to remember, Elliot!" Leo suddenly came out from the library. He wasn't carrying his books, but now, he carried a small blade, prepared to do anything in order to protect the leader.

"Who are you!?" Elliot asked, half shouting, "Don't say you also know me, stop spouting nonsense! Are you all witches, freaks!? I don't have time to play with you…" He walked up to the woman, he grabbed his blade with both of his hands and charged forward.

CLASH

"I am Leo, you should have remembered who you are, Elliot. Do you really belong with them?" Leo asked, he blocked Elliot's sword with his blade and pushed him a few steps back.

"I-I do! I belong with them! You are just a nobody, you don't know me!" Elliot closed his eyes and shouted, "You are… you are… nobody… I …" He tried to move forward but Leo was too strong.

"Elliot… please… Remember who you are!" Leo shouted, "You have…"

"Shut up!"

"Don't forget about me… about Ada, about Echo and Zwei, everyone…" Leo said, tears fell from behind his glasses, grabbing the blade tighter, "Don't… You promised me… Zwei… Echo… you promised Ada you won't –"

"S-Shut… up…!" Elliot grabbed his head with one of his hands, tears fell from his eyes, "Why…? Why am I crying…?"

"Break! Break!" Sharon shouted, Break opened his eye slowly and looked at her face, "Don't worry, you'll be fine, Break." Sharon healed him.

"Milady, are you alright?" He asked weakly the wound on his arm was deep enough that it had been bleeding nonstop.

"I'm fine, Break, please worry about yourself more." Sharon continued healing him.

"I'm fine… please save your energy, I'm sure everyone else needs your help." He said.

"Yeah, you're right, I can't let them kill all of us." She took a look into the village from the edge of the forest, "Why…?"

The red flames had devoured their beloved village… No signs of lives could be seen, all… was over…

"Nothing is eternal, Sharon…" Suddenly Zwei's words lingered in her head…