Chapter 5

The search for Soul Edge…

It has been a few days since the young knight had left the small Greek village, Sophitia and Cassandra had left the village on an errand for Sophitia's husband, Rothiron, to get some herbs to heal their children. "Cassandra?" she looked up and faced her sister "What did you think of Siegfried?" Cassandra turned away and said "He's just a guy… just like all the rest" Sophitia smiled "You sure about that?" Cassandra seemed to get angry about her sister bothering her about that knight "He isn't my type!" Sophitia laughed "if you say so… I know you like him!" Cassandra started to blush, Sophitia just laughed "Anyways, let's get back to the village now, I think we have everything we need now"

Just a few meters away from the village, the see an old man running, he was the village blacksmith. "Sophitia… Cassandra…" He collapsed, he had a huge wound on his back. "Serrat! What's wrong?" Sophitia asked. The old man was struggling to talk. "The village… monsters… urgh…searching… Soul Edge…" he died in their arms. Cassandra and Sophitia ran up the hill, to see their once small, beautiful town on fire, lizardmen and golems running all over the place. Sophitia fell to her knees "Oh no… wha-whats going on?" Cassandra drew her sword "Sis!" Sophitia looked over to her house, she saw a few of those monsters heading towards it, she drew her sword and followed Cassandra over there.

Astaroth had the lizardmen held the children back while he interrogated Rothiron. "I will ask you again mortal… where is Soul Edge?" Rothiron shook his head "Soul Edge? What are you talki-" Astaroth punched him, he flew across the house, going through one room and crashing into a table. Astaroth just walked through the wall and grabbed him by his clothes "I will ask one more time, then ill kill you!" He threw Rothiron down "Soul Edge was here… I sense it! Tell me where it is!" The two sisters burst into the house and saw Astaroth and the lizardmen "Men... kill the hostages…" the lizardmen stabbed the two children right infront of Sophitia and Cassandra.

Sophitia gasped at what they did, she looked at Astaroth, just in time to see him hack into her husband with his giant axe, Rothiron fell to his knees and looked up at her "I love you…" Astaroth then brought his axe down over Rothiron's neck, killing him instantly. Astaroth looked at the two sisters "Now… you will tell me where Soul Edge is… do not lie, I sense it was here! Tell me or you shall suffer the same fate as these worms!" Sophitia snapped "That was my family you bastard!" She ran at the lizardmen and hacked at them, killing the two of them.

Astaroth looked at the two sisters and laughed "I don't care… if you wont tell me, you shall die!" the gigantic golem swung his axe at the sisters, but they both dodged it and a battle ensued. It took the two of them, but they finally succeeded in defeating Astaroth… "Soul Edge… I will find it!" He ran off, with the lizardmen following him. Sophitia sat on the floor of her house and started crying. Cassandra came over to her sister "Sophitia…" Sophitia didn't look at her "They're dead… Rothiron… my children… all dead…" Cassandra hugged her sister, who started weeping, Cassandra herself started to cry "We will get them… but what did they mean, 'it was here'?" Cassandra wondered what the golem meant when while her sister cried over the loss of her family.

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"They are coming… they are after you… all of them! They are coming to get me!"

Siegfried looked at the sword, he removed the bag… he doesn't know why… but the blade is now trying to retake him.

"Let them come! I and the Requiem" he grabs his sword "will take care of them all!" Soul Edge blinked and spoke to him once again

"So you say… but not only those hunting the sword will be after you…"

He did not know what the sword meant… maybe it was trying to trick him, but its eye started to close… it was not going to continue

"What do you mean by that? Answer me!"

The sword remained silent. "Grr!" he put it back into its bag. He suddenly had a bad feeling that something bad has happened… he back-tracked to Greece.

Ok, i have added four more chapters after the first one, hopefully you can see where its going. Actually, i hope you dont, it'll be a good suprise i hope. either way commants or critisims welcome!