Chapter 10: Retreat

Rena's POV:

He... Lied to me? I can't believe I actually believe in such a statement... I thought as I dashed at him. Anger boiled inside me as I jumped up and fired two arrows, followed by 3 arrows at different degrees. He jumped back to avoid the arrows but the third one caught him. I ran toward him as I raised up my blade. He jumped up and slashed at me but I side-stepped. He charged toward me as I did the same. Instead of slashing, I waited until he brought down his blade. I tried my best to dodged it and used the blade as a lift before I jumped up. I did a backflip in midair and brought down my sword as I got behind him. Instead of hitting flesh, my sword crashed against another blade.

A redhead had gotten in front of Raven, or at least that was his name, and blocked the attack. I pushed myself against the sword and do a backflip backward. I landed next to Aisha before glaring at the redhead. His eyes shifted over Aisha before putting them back on Raven. He swiftly turned around as he grabbed tightly on Raven's cloak before vanished in the dark valley. I watched them go as the anger continued to burn inside me.

But why did I care so much about this? He's an enemy, an enemy who I have to kill. But.. If he really is in Phoenix Labyrinth, I wouldn't have to encounter him...

Raven's POV:

"Raven, you dumbass," Elsword spatted at me as I put my sword away.

"Elsword, why are you defending her?"

"What do you have against her?"

I was losing my patient, my hand crunched into a fist before landing it on his face. "Elsword, as your friend and your mentor, I advice you to never meet her again."

"You can't tell me what to do. Its my life, my decisions. My mistake, my lessons. Don't interfered in it."

"Damn you hard-headed. Fucking understand the mistake your making. Don't you even know how strict Eden is? One wrong move and you're dead."

"Raven, stop treating me like a kid 'cause I'm not. I'm fucking 19 years old. I could handle things by myself without you and your dumbass self get involve."

"You know what, fine. You're right. This isn't my problem. It's yours. Don't came running back when that little bitch die." And with that, I walked away, leaving the problem for him to solve.

Speaking of which, why did I even lied to Rena from the first place...? She isn't Seris. Seris is dead. And it's all my fault... I thought as I walked down the dark street, the yellow street lights stood lonely in the dull night. No one knew about it. No one. Except for one.

"No Raven, please don't." The voice echoed through my head as an image of a blond, beautiful elf flashed through my memories.

"Argh," I groaned as my head ached in pain.

"It's too late Raven. It's either the Faceless Assassins or her." The man said as he put his blade through her chest.

My knees hit the ground as I held my head in pain.

Her blood splattered on me before she fell dead on the cold, hard stone, her last scream echoed through my mind.

"Ugh..." I forced myself to took a deep breath and steadied myself, clearing the memories away. "Those memories.. Tch, still haunted me since."

PS: er... that part was pretty confusing isnt it? but its his flashback :D

Rena's POV:

"Rena?" A small voice spoke up, snapping me out of my thoughts as I glanced over.

"Hm?"

"How do you know him?"

"... He's just a customer who went to eat at Lime's restaurant."

"Oh... He seen disappointed when I told you he's from the Faceless Assassins."

"Why? Those fucking punks don't feel any emotion unless they actually feel our pain."

Aisha went silent after that, but after a while, she spoke up. Her voice was soft and low. "But not all of them are like that.."

Not all of them are like that.. Not all. I thought as we walked back to our lair.

"Did you guys had fun going shopping?" Speka cheerfully asked as she saw us. Aisha raised an eyebrow at me as I shot her an I'll-tell-you-later look.

"Yes we did, though we didn't bought anything." I cheerfully replied. "Oh and we saw Lime, she said hi."

"Oh really? When will she be back?"

"Um... She didn't tell us."

"Well ask her next time. I got a job for her." Speka said before we walked off. I headed toward our room to find Eve was already there.

"When I got back, I just headed to my patrol area, just in case she started asking where you are," I explained as I flopped down next to Eve on the bed. "Speaking of which, where did you go?"

"Uh... I went to the park," her voice was shaken slightly. I raised an eyebrow at Eve but she just shrugged.

"Why were you with them?" Eve spoke up.

"Huh? Oh... nothing," Aisha replied tiredly before stumbled to the bathroom and slammed the door shut. The sounds of water running was heard through the crack before I turned back to Eve.

"Spill the beans."

"I have no idea really, she came back with 2 of the members of the Faceless Assassins. She might fainted or... that's all I got."

Faceless Assassins? Why were they...? I thought as my mind drifted away.

Chung's POV:

I was in the bathroom until the door slammed shut. I walked out to find Elsword threw his armors on the chair before landing a punch on the closet door, breaking it in half. I sighed before headed over to get my fixing gears.

"Here we go again. What happened?" I asked as I picked up the wood.

"Don't talk about it," he mumbled silently as he sat on the bed with his head down.

"At least tell me if she's dead?"

"She's safe.."

"..." I stayed quiet for the rest of the time I used to fix the door. "Do you like her?" I spoke up after I had put away my fixing gears.

"Hell n-"

"Tell the truth." I cut him off. Looking at me, he knew I wont get a no for an answer.

After a moment of hesitation, he spoke up. "I'm not sure. It would be like her all over again..." We both went silence then.

After a while, I decided to give him an advice, "It's your decision, you can do whatever you want. But if you cause a problem, you have to fix it. If you need a hand, you know who to ask for."

His crimson eyes looked at me before his lip cracked a smile. "Thanks Chung," he said as he held out his fist. I just nodded and smiled as I held out mine and hit mine against his.

The next chapter is coming soon~

NOOOOOOOOO A WEEK ABOUT TO PASS! .

Some ppl say poor raven, but i feel poor for rena lol X3

Y they want to eradicate the elf race is a secret~ *wink*