After a long march where they only got one tiny little break when they arrived at Remire Village, where they were greeted with flames of horror as they all saw villagers going into a mindless rampage against other villagers

"Kill Kill!" fill the air as villagers didn't seem normal as they started to kill other villagers even children were not spared from the rampage and chaos within the village

"What is going on here?" Jeralt asked as his eyes when wide as the village continues to be consumed by flames.

Byleth and the Three Houses Lord came forward to view the chaos with all of the Lords having different expressions.

Edelgard having a frown on her face as she views the chaos within Remire Village as she looks down"This horrible. It's even more revolting...more terrible than I imagine," said Edelgard as she clutches her fist tightly within her hands alongside her axe

Claude is filled with shock and horror as he struggles to grasp the horror happening right in front of him "This is unbelievable... There's no way to tell who's lost their mind from who's mad with fear...huh?" Quickly notices that Dimitri staring straight down at the ground "Dimitri are you alright?" Claude asked as he, Byleth and Edelgard both turn towards Dimtri whose head is still facing towards the ground.

"Ungh..." That was Dimitri's only reply Byleth's face had some sadness within her as she turns towards the village.

"I am sorry but there isn't much time to talk, for now, let us focus on saving as much as we can...I am afraid that we can only lessen the damage done here, Father take the right flank, I take on the left flank and the rest of you...focus down in the middle," said Byleth as in cold-hearted voice

"Yes, my Teacher, Bla..." She quickly notices her mistake as she shakes her head "Student of Garreg Mach we need to hurry and rescue the survivors before it too late,"

"Interesting...I like the plan you decided to hand but..." looks at Byleth for a second "Nevermind...I believe in your words, I leave some of my men as rear guards to prevent them from escaping, just be careful and try your best not to die," said Jeralt as he took part of his battalion and head towards the right flank.

The Student started to chat among themselves as they view the chaos as most of them stunned, horrified, shocked, etc. The Three House Lords, however, when on ahead

"Is everything alright Dimitri...you seem pretty...how can I say it?" Claude asked in a worried voice as he tried to tap Dimitri's shoulder only be swatted away. Dimitri gripped onto his Spear very tightly as he moves forward while looking down

"Over there, There a group of mages watching the chaos within the village..." Edelgard quickly frowned at Tomas who within the mages themselves "They are repositionable for this horrible deed..." say it in a quiet voice "Solan...what have you done? You will not escape punishment this time," Edelgard muttered as she looks back at Dimitri

"So..." Dimitri to laugh a bit in an uncomfortable manner "It clear what must be done...kill them all. Don't let a single one them escape. Sever their limes and smash their wicked skulls!" shouted Dimitri as he charges forward head-on pushing aside Edelgard making her fall onto the ground

"Dimitri co..." Claude attempts to catch Dimitri but failed "Ah! This is just great that ruined most of Teach plan..." Claude sighed as he took a deep. He soon extends his hand toward Edelgard who was on the ground "Hey Princess, come on, we need to clear a path for the Dimitri." said Claude as prepares his bow and arrows

Edelgard at first pulled her hand back before grabbing fully onto Claude's hand who pulled her up straight "I agree, Claude, we can't afford to let Dimitri face S..." Edelgard just stared at Tomas "Them alone," Edelgard and Claude advanced into the village as the rest of the student just started to enter the village as reckless villagers came forward to block their path

"Out of my way!" Dimitri stabbed one of them in the chest right into the heart before pulling it out and stabbed another in the head

"Kill, Kill, Kill!" the Villager cry as more and more of them started to appear as they managed to surround Prince Dimitri

"You are all just mindless monsters don't worry, I end you suffer...all of it!" shouted Dimitri as he stabs another in the chest before withdrawing his Spear to block one of the reckless villagers before grabbing it head to throwing it at a bunch of reckless Villager knocking them down

A Reckless village attempt to strike Dimitri from behind only to get an arrow to the head

Dimitri quickly turned his head towards where the arrow came from "Hey, Dimitri! Slow down! You are going to get yourself killed if you keep on going like this," said Claude as Edelgard shoves a reckless village to the ground before slamming her Steel Axe onto its back killing it

"There are too many of them we must regroup!" shouted Edelgard as Dimitri quickly shut her down

"No! I will not let them get away with this! Not one more inch of their dirty grasp of innocent people!" shouted Dimitri as his voice started to turn towards anger and hatred alongside face

Edelgard eyes when wide as she quickly dashes towards Dimitri "Dimitri watch out!" Claude's eyes soon filled with horror as he attempts to catch Edelgard but failed. Dimitri turned around to see a fighter with a steel axe coming down on him, he attempts to block but his spear was cut in half, the steel axe was about to make its impact until Edelgard shoved him out of the way but Edelgard took an axe slash to the back. Dimitri's eyes turn wide as he fell to the ground alongside Edelgard

His eyes were filled with water as he carries Edelgard within his hands "El! Oh, gods El..." turns towards the fighter "Ho...how dare you!" he set Edelgard onto the ground and picks up the two broken part of his spear

The fighter just laughs at Dimitri "Haha! What can you do with..." he was quickly cut off by Dimitri as he tosses the top part of his spear at the fighter piercing him in the left lung area as he makes his way with the bottom part of his spear

"I kill you!" shouted Dimitri as the fighter pulls out the top part of his spear and attempt to land a blow but he quickly swings the bottom spear at the steel axe as his Crest actives knocking the steel axe out of the fighter hand while the bottom spear broke into tiny pieces. The fighter eyes when wide as Dimitri shoulder him onto the ground then slams his neck with his foot multiple times "You deserve no pity from me! Die! Die! Die!" cried out Dimitri as he forms a smile within his face

Claude watches Dimitri kill the fighter in the most brutal way possible making his eyes wide and his mouth drop "Man...he seems pretty scary right now." he picks up Edelgard and shouts at Dimitri "Hey clam down Dimitri she alright! It only a small cut so don't worry," Dimitri stopped slamming the fighter as he stares at the fighter corpse, he patted like a dog as took one step then another before turning around towards Claude and Edelgard

"Edelgard! Is she alright?" Dimitri asked who has a worried look on his face as he kneels right next to Edelgard body

"I...I am fine Dimitri, it only a small cut...thankfully...anyways Claude my Elixir! It is my bag!" shouted Edelgard as Claude quickly grabs the Elixir from her bag and hands to her in which Edelgard quickly grabbed it and started to drink it

"Your lucky that your elixir didn't break Princess and also..." quickly faced toward Dimitri "Dimitri what the hell! You nearly got yourself and Edelgard killed! Also, Princess what was that! Are you trying to get yourself killed?" Claude asked as Dimitri didn't respond and instead just face to the ground while Edelgard started to laugh a bit as she stood back up with the wound her back being fully healed up

"But I am still here and it could have been a lot worse," Edelgard smirks at Claude in which he just sighs

"Edelgard!" Dimitri places his right hand onto her shoulder "Don't you dare pull that again! Otherwise, I may as well be dead at that point," Edelgard looked down for a moment

"I will Dimitri...I promise," said Edelgard as she simply just nods at Dimitri

"Well anyways...I am thankful that you are still alive," He looked up at the skies "By the way, it looks one of your classmates is here Dimitri," said Claude as he points out Ingrid who flying towards them

"Your Highness! Are you alright?" Ingrid asked as she landed her Pegasus right next to them

"I am fine Ingrid, tell the others to focus on rescuing the survivors, we handle the rest of them," said Dimitri as he was about to walk forward until he stopped and turn back around towards Ingrid "Ingrid, can I borrow one of your spears?"

Ingrid nods "Yes, your highness as a loyal knight I will obey," She tosses a spear at Dimitri in which Dimitri easily caught it in middle air "But please...don't get yourself killed." Ingrid took the skies with her Pegasus

"Come on Claude let back up Dimitri we can't let him go on his own," said Edelgard as both Dimitri and Claude started to smile alongside herself

"I take the front, Edelgard, Claude covers my back," said Dimitri as he advances while Edelgard and Claude just simply nod as they follow Dimitri. Edelgard just stared at Dimitri as he moves forward

"If you say so Dimitri, hey Princess just remember that I can't fight on my own," said Claude as he smirks at Edelgard

"Joking at this time? No matter how times I tell you, you would still keep the same old self." Edelgard frowns at Claude

"Hey, sometimes the same the old self doesn't need to change and that I could keep on being me." Claude just looks away at Edelgard while having a smirk like look on his face

Edelgard sighed "What, ever you say Claude just remember to scream for help when needed or you know, you could just run away like last time," She made a smirk like look at Claude

"Hey, I was making a tactical retreat how many times do I have to tell you?" Claude frowns at Edelgard who just simply smiles and just laugh a bit from her mouth

Edelgard slams her Axe into Reckless villager face before pulling it out "Well you didn't tell the rest of us about your 'plan' but it still worked out in the end as, to be honest, the old Professor was quite...disappointing," said Edelgard as she nods at Claude

Claude fires an arrow at a Reckless Villager in the heading killing him "Yea, I have to agree with you, he was quite boring and uninteresting. I am glad that his replacement was Teach or to more exact Professor Byleth."

Used her legs to knock a Reckless village to the ground before slamming her axe onto the head then pulls it out "Well...what if I tell you that I planned this bandit attack myself to remove that old Professor." said Edelgard in worried like voice

Slams his bow into reckless village face before stabbing it in the head with an arrow "Huh? Wait were you planning to kill us from the very start?" Claude asked with a confused look on his face

"No, they weren't that well-skilled...it was more of scary away the old professor and get...a new one." She turns to face Claude

"Well, then I am glad that I made that tactic retreat," Claude made a wide smirk at Edelgard

She blocks a reckless villager attack in which she knees the village before stabbing in the head with her dagger "Dimitri and I were going to fight them but...you just ran off abandoning us." Edelgard frowned at Claude once more

Claude ducked under a swing of a sword before stabbing the reckless village under the skull with his arrow "Hey, even though they weren't that skilled you nearly got yourself killed." said Claude as he pulls the arrow out of the reckless villager skull

"Again that only because you abandoned us," said Edelgard in anger like voice

"And once ag..." they both got cut off by Dimitri who halted right in front of the mages

"I finally found you...causing all of these tragedies..." Dimitri started to breathe heavily as he stares at the mages "You will not get any mercy above nor below," said Dimitri as a female mage fires a fireball at him but Dimitri easily dodged it before tossing his spear landing right into her chest. A Male mage attempt to cast a spell but was cut off by Claude arrow to his arm and Edelgard axe as finishes him off by slamming her axe right into his head and into his skull

They all turn towards Tomas staring at them with a wooden cane supporting him "Thank you for rescuing m..." Tomas was cut off by Dimitri as he places his spear right in front of him

"You aren't Tomas...Tomas from what heard died long ago," said Dimitri in a cold blunt voice

Tomas's face soon turns into panic as Dimitri thrust his spear towards him but that when Tomas finally changed his form and dodged his thrust by leaping back

"Impossible...my disguise it was perfect," said Solan in face of panic

"Your disguise was perfect but the tracks you left behind have exposed the person who you are no matter how perfect your disguise was." Dimitri faces when into fury as he moves closer alongside Edelgard and Claude as they stood next to each other

"Huh, it seems like you were right about Tomas...you aren't even human at all," said Claude as he frowns in anger as he grabs an arrow and prepares his bow.

"You...it can't be... you...you told them!" said Solan as he points at Edelgard.

Edelgard face turns into a smile "I don't even know what are you talking about nor do I know anything about you or your ideas," said Edelgard as she smirks before charging forward and forced Solan to dodge in which allowed Claude to land an arrow onto his side.

"Gah...it doesn't matter, I got needed," said Solan as he attempts to cast warp on himself but strangely it failed as he struggles to mutter the words nor is magic working

"I won't let you get away!" Shouted Dimitri as he charges headfirst right into Solan forcing him onto the ground before he started to beat up Solan who can finally speak but can't cast any spells

"Im...impossible!" cried Solan as Dimitri continues to beat him up with each fist and even Edelgard joined in by kicking in the face

"How does it feel? The feeling of pain...and suffering!" cried out Dimitri as Claude and Edelgard backed off with Edelgard looking back with a smile at Dimitri before turning back around alongside Claude. Dimitri continued to punch Solan as they all lost track of time. It was until Byleth showed up after what seems to be a couple of hours later

"Oh hey Teach, you were late," said Claude as Byleth just shoved Claude to the side as she stares at Solan who was completely beaten up but still alive and Dimitri who was exhausted. She gently pushed Dimitri away before finishing off Solan with her sword by slashing Solan's neck. Edelgard looked back towards Byleth, Dimitri and Solan in which she was surprised to see Byleth killing Solan with a smile on her face before returning to her normal self as she leaves to tell her father

Edelgard didn't say anything as Dimitri just simply walked towards them

"Thank you...for your warning...Edelgard," said Dimitri as he was covered in blood from his clothes, cape, fist and face.

"Hey, I helped!" Cried out Claude as Dimitri just ignores him

"No problem, it just that I was surprised that it worked as exactly as I planned...it seems that Solan attempted to warp away but...failed...how come?" Edelgard asked as she seems completely confused

"Does it matter? He dead...an evil soul finally ended by my own hands," said Dimitri as he stares at his own hands

"Not going to lie, Dimitri, you seem pretty scary with the whole" Claude sighs as he looks at the corpses of the mages"...thing."

"It's your pain and suffering isn't it...you decided to let it all go onto Solan...did beating him up made you feel any less pain and suffering?" Edelgard asked with a bit of smile on her face

"Yes, I feel like those who lost their lives in Remire Village can finally rest in peace," Dimitri smiles back at Edelgard

"Hey come on we going to be left behind oh...also," Claude took a sniff at Dimitri "Get yourself cleaned up Dimitri once we arrive back."

"I think you meant all of us Claude, not just Dimitri. Anyways let us return with the Professor and return to Garreg Mach." Edelgard picked up her axe while Dimitri and Claude nodded as they head out towards the Professor as the rest of their classmates who were in scumbles from the battle

Hubert dashed forward as he saw Edelgard with a tear on the back part of her uniform "Lady Edelgard, are you alright?" Hubert asked as he examines Edelgard tore part of her uniform

Edelgard waved him off "I am fine Hubert," She looks back at Dimitri and Claude "We...are all fine," said Edelgard

Dedue also when forward towards Dimitri who was all covered in blood "Your Highness! Are you injured?" Dedue asked

Dimitri raised his hand "Dedue...it fine, I just need to clean myself once we arrive back," said Dimitri in a cold like voice

Out of the corner of his eye, he spotted Felix who is shaking is head at Dimitri before looking away towards Annette

Hilda stepped forward right in front of Claude with a frown on her face

"Oh no...did I do something wrong?" Claude asked as he closes his eyes and covered his face with his right hand

"Yes, you dummy!" Hilda whacks Claude on the forehead "You when off all by yourself and look at you, you smell...awful!" said Hilda

Claude started to giggle "Sorry about that Hilda but, I made it back in the end." Claude made a wick at Hilda.

Hilda just rolled her eyes before looking away from Claude

"It looks like we did our best...even so," Jeralt stares at the dead villagers as their corpse lay on the ground as crows and rats started to feast on the bodies "The dead outnumbers the living." Look at back at the Church Soldier who was busy taking care of the survivors alongside some of the students who are assisting the Church soldiers "We escort the survivors back to Garreg Mach. I guess you were right in bringing the other House Leaders...in fact," looks at Edelgard, Dimitri and Claude "I can see some bonding between the other houses especially the three other house leaders...I can't believe how they can respect each other." said Jeralt with a bit of smile on his face as he looks at his daughter

Byleth smiles at the three lords"Yes Father...indeed, they are bonding well towards a brighter future," said Byleth as she looks back at the ruins of Remire Village alongside the corpses before turning around to face her father "Let go, Father let us return to Garreg Mach."

After a headcount and healing those who were wounded in the battle. They started to set off back to Garreg Mach.

Byleth looks up at the Cloud above as they start to cover the sunlight. She reached out her hand forward for a moment before pulling it back with a sigh of relief

(So what are thoughts about this chapter?)