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Fayt cut through another excutioner, leaping over another and cutting down it's back, slicing it horizontally to end it. Fayt wiped the sweat from his brow. They are pushing the excutioner's back, though only quite slightly. He fipped his communicator open.

"Orders?"

Came the voice of Kyin, the operator incharge of the Loeinguard.

"Fire the Loeinguard at point five A."

"Roger, charging."

Fayt switched channels.

"Orders?"

Karin asked.

"Do a sweep, Point four E to point seven G."

"Understood, firing in two."

Fayt closed the communicator and fired a red flare into the sky. It was a signal and the allied forces pulled back. Ten giant beams shot from the castle roof, burning through the enemy.

The beams swept across the enemy lines, incinerating the creatures. Just as the beams reached the middle of the enemy lines, a giant laser particle beam came from the sky and exploded into the ground, causing a giant shockwave and pushed the allied forces back. Once the dust cleared, a giant crater the size of the castle stood in the middle of the enemy forces. Some of the creatures were screaming out in pain as their hides burned away, or as they had body parts missing. Now as the time.

"CHARGE!"

Fayt yelled, leading the attack. The allied forces charged forward, filled with a new vigor. That was when something unexpected occured. The ground began to split apart. A crack formed, stretching across the enemy lines. All of the excutioners who could still move, took flight immediately. Then, the ground gave way as a giant monstrosity emerged.

The allied forces could only stand there in fear as this new creature emerged from the ground. It had large leather wings that spread larger than five federation battleship. It's body mass was about the size of twenty excutioners and had eight arms. It's body looked like it was covered with some sort of rock metal armour. It had draconic like features but Fayt feared it did not come out to help them.

Though draconic in looks, it still resembled an excutioner. The creature roared as it took flight. The ground shook under its might of its gigantic wings. Everyone could only stand there and stare as the creature gathered a ball of red energy in it's hands.

"Damn! Everyone! Retreat!"

Fayt called the order and every soldier began running back to the castle. Fayt stayed behind to make sure everyone was retreating, when he saw a shot fired at the creature. Fayt turned around and saw the shooter. Maria. She aimed her rifle and fired at the creature. The shots did not even touch the creature as it was consumed by the ball of energy.

"Maria!"

Fayt cried, running towards her. The creature fired the energy ball, sending it towards the ground. Impact. Everything was consumed by a bright light, trees, the ground and people. Everything went silent and the ground shook greatly as the shockwave hit Fayt hard. Fayt managed to hold his own, plunging his sword into the ground. The winds blew hard against him but he held on.

Soon, the blast disappeared, leaving a giant crater. Fayt could barely stand but he frantically searched for Maria. Running towards the crater, he found almost nothing. Nothing at all. All around the crater were rubbles and bodies. Some Fayt may have known, but he did not want to see.

"Maria, where are you?"

He pushed the rubble aside as he continued to search. A screech came from behind as an excutioner took advantage of this situation and tried to attack Fayt. Fayt reacted within a split second, swinging his sword upwards and downwards, left and right. His movements were just mere blurs as he cut through the creature. The excutioner landed in small chunks on the floor.

Fayt threw his sword aside and started to search again, even though his own hands were bleeding and sore. Then, he found her. She lay under a dragon, eyes closed. Fayt checked for a pulse, but found none. Her own blood streaked down her forehead.

"No...no... it can't be... Maria... noooo..."

He held her close, tears flowing out of his eyes.

"Why... why... Maria... nooo... WHY!"

Fayt screamed. His forehead glowed as a symbol materialized on it.

"WHY! MARIA!"

The symbol exploded, sending a giant shockwave across the battlefield. Giant circular symbols formed above Fayt, floating above one another. A larger circular symbol appeared around Fayt. Just as before, a slight image of a young woman with wings appeared. Symbols appeared everywhere, all around the enemies. The excutioners did nothing but stare at the symbols that grew around them.

The symbols glowed brightly and activated. Giant pulses of energy exploded within the symbols, causing the creatures to be reduced into nothing. Fayt carried Maria body, anger coursing throughout his entire body. It boiled his blood and tapped into his rage and fury. He contronted the giant creature.

"You... you will pay."

He said, just before giant symbols grew around the creature. It not only encircled the creature, but soon, there were so many symbols around it that no one could see the creature at all, only a giant mass of symbols.

"Burn in hell."

The giant mass of symbols exploded and disappeared, along with the giant creature. The symbol that appeared on Fayt's forehead slowly disappeared. Fayt, exhausted, fell onto the ground, unconscious.

AN: This is one very short one but who cares.