*Kangan's quarters*
"Why? Why didn't the spike cannons hit them? Why didn't the guards kill them? Why-"
"Shut the hell up, Muraji. You're about to make my ears fall off!" The younger man looked at Vigoro in fear, then shut his mouth and resumed pacing as far away from the door as possible.
"Hmmm. It won't be much longer. Those idiots are only two halls away from here."
"Oh really?"
Kangan turned to his Valuan comrade and nodded. "However, they seem to be missing a few people, which will give them a definite disadvantage when they enter this room and attempt to destroy us."
Kangan didn't get a chance to say anything else; the door was sucked off its hinges by Cupil, who promptly spit it out at Muraji, effectively trapping him in a corner. Kangan began to cast Eternes, and Vigoro readied his cannon.
Aika used Delta shield, and the silver shards were deflected by the colorful bubbles that sprang up around the group. Gilder and Clara let loose with their warrior pistols, but the two negated the effect by casting sacrulen on themselves.
Vigoro used his cannon to deal massive damage to the whole party, and managed to knock Vyse and Fina unconscious. Aika threw her boomerang to distract Vigoro, giving Urala an opening. She quickly gave Cupil some instructions, and the silver creature sped towards their Valuan opponent and disappeared. Enrique used the Judgment on Kangan, who was promptly knocked unconscious as well.
Seeing this, Vigoro realized that he'd need Muraji's help to win this fight. He turned and fired his cannon at the door that the yafutoman had been trapped behind, only to have it blow up in his face. The valuan fell to the floor dead, and Cupil flew out of the remains of his cannon, squeaking indignantly.
Moegi revived Vyse and Fina, and they surveyed the scene before them. Vyse whistled softly and said, "What do we do with Kangan and Muraji?"
"Kill them. They've proven that they can't be trusted."
Everyone turned to see Gilder holding one of his pistols pointed at Kangan's head. Before anybody could stop him, the yafutoman was dead, and Gilder was moving over to the door that Muraji was trapped by. Pulling it away with ease, he shot the one who had been trapped behind it.
Oblivious to the shocked people behind him, the blue rogue walked over to the door and turned around. "Come on. We should see how Hans is doing."
Enrique shook his head in disbelief. "How could you do that? Kill someone with no remorse? You're acting like Ramirez!"
"Face the facts, Enrique. Not everyone in this world is nice, and not everyone gets the amount of life that they deserve. Some die too young, and others live far longer than they should be permitted to." Gilder nodded to the three dead bodies. "These three are examples of that. And Clara? Please don't say anything."
"...All right, I won't, even though it would help them understand..."
The captain of the Claudia smiled slightly, and left the room to check on the five that they'd had to leave behind. Urala followed soon after, and Aika nudged Vyse with a smirk on her face. One by one, the others left the room, until only Clara was left. She looked sadly at the bodies.
"I wish that it hadn't turned out this way... We were happy the way we were, until that happened..." Realizing that the others had already left, she hurried out of the room to catch up.
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Clara wasn't talking about the three who died in this chapter...
"Why? Why didn't the spike cannons hit them? Why didn't the guards kill them? Why-"
"Shut the hell up, Muraji. You're about to make my ears fall off!" The younger man looked at Vigoro in fear, then shut his mouth and resumed pacing as far away from the door as possible.
"Hmmm. It won't be much longer. Those idiots are only two halls away from here."
"Oh really?"
Kangan turned to his Valuan comrade and nodded. "However, they seem to be missing a few people, which will give them a definite disadvantage when they enter this room and attempt to destroy us."
Kangan didn't get a chance to say anything else; the door was sucked off its hinges by Cupil, who promptly spit it out at Muraji, effectively trapping him in a corner. Kangan began to cast Eternes, and Vigoro readied his cannon.
Aika used Delta shield, and the silver shards were deflected by the colorful bubbles that sprang up around the group. Gilder and Clara let loose with their warrior pistols, but the two negated the effect by casting sacrulen on themselves.
Vigoro used his cannon to deal massive damage to the whole party, and managed to knock Vyse and Fina unconscious. Aika threw her boomerang to distract Vigoro, giving Urala an opening. She quickly gave Cupil some instructions, and the silver creature sped towards their Valuan opponent and disappeared. Enrique used the Judgment on Kangan, who was promptly knocked unconscious as well.
Seeing this, Vigoro realized that he'd need Muraji's help to win this fight. He turned and fired his cannon at the door that the yafutoman had been trapped behind, only to have it blow up in his face. The valuan fell to the floor dead, and Cupil flew out of the remains of his cannon, squeaking indignantly.
Moegi revived Vyse and Fina, and they surveyed the scene before them. Vyse whistled softly and said, "What do we do with Kangan and Muraji?"
"Kill them. They've proven that they can't be trusted."
Everyone turned to see Gilder holding one of his pistols pointed at Kangan's head. Before anybody could stop him, the yafutoman was dead, and Gilder was moving over to the door that Muraji was trapped by. Pulling it away with ease, he shot the one who had been trapped behind it.
Oblivious to the shocked people behind him, the blue rogue walked over to the door and turned around. "Come on. We should see how Hans is doing."
Enrique shook his head in disbelief. "How could you do that? Kill someone with no remorse? You're acting like Ramirez!"
"Face the facts, Enrique. Not everyone in this world is nice, and not everyone gets the amount of life that they deserve. Some die too young, and others live far longer than they should be permitted to." Gilder nodded to the three dead bodies. "These three are examples of that. And Clara? Please don't say anything."
"...All right, I won't, even though it would help them understand..."
The captain of the Claudia smiled slightly, and left the room to check on the five that they'd had to leave behind. Urala followed soon after, and Aika nudged Vyse with a smirk on her face. One by one, the others left the room, until only Clara was left. She looked sadly at the bodies.
"I wish that it hadn't turned out this way... We were happy the way we were, until that happened..." Realizing that the others had already left, she hurried out of the room to catch up.
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Clara wasn't talking about the three who died in this chapter...