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The Devil's Knighthood Chapter 21 Not Helpless

Mira had left the DKH HQ to get some air. She saw some flowers and began to pick them. She sensed a magic aura and ducked, just as an energy spear impaled itself in the tree right were her head had been.

" Show yourself!" She demanded. A man wearing a black cloak, and holding a blood stained sword in his hand.

"Stare into the eyes of your executioner." He said in an icy cold voice. Mira was unaffected.

" You don't scare me." She said confidently.

" Don't you know who I am?" He asked.

" You're the Infamous Head Hunter, the Bleeding Blade. They say you soak your sword into the blood of everyone you kill." Said Mira.

" Yes, I increase my power that way. Now my sword will taste your blood!" Said the Bleeding Blade. He charged at Mira and impaled her.

" Yes, Another mission complete." He said to himself. But then he was forced into a tree and saw Mira vanish while another one appeared behind him.

" I see, you made an after image." He turned around and fired another one of his blood red spears at her. Mira didn't move, her eyes began glowing silver. The spear swerved around and headed back at The Bleeding Blade. He was at first shocked but got over it quick enough to absorb it back into his sword. He fired more but never hit his target.

"Those others said you were weak!" He said in frustration.

" You are very much mistaken if you think I need someone else to protect me." Said Mira. Her eyes began glowing silver again and the Bleeding Blade began lifting his sword.

" What are you doing to me?!" He shouted, trying to sound angry, but his fear and panic betray him. Mira smiled.

" I'm manipulating your body's movements." She said. The Bleeding Blade turned his sword so that the point was facing him. It was pointing directly at his heart. True fear was displayed on his face.

" Please don't kill me! I beg you!" He shouted. Mira couldn't resist chuckling.

" The Infamous Head Hunter is begging for his life?" She asked Mockingly.

" Yes!" He pleaded. He found he was able to move again.

" Fine, go away. I will not kill someone who begs for their life. As long as you swear to never kill any one ever again, I will let you live." Said Mira. The Bleeding Blade fell to his knees.

" Thank you so much!" He said. Mira turned to go. "Not." The Bleeding Blade muttered. He drew a dagger and threw it at Mira. She spun around and grabbed it.

" I spared you and still you try to kill me? That's too bad." She threw the dagger back at it's owner and gathered energy in her hands. The Bleeding Blade avoided the dagger but then was blasted back by the energy attack.

" Who hired you?" She demanded.

" I don't discuss my clients with my targets." Mira used her power to immobilize him.

" Tell Me!"

" Tadgiz!"

" Thank you." Said Mira. Then she blew a hole through his stomach with another energy attack. Then someone started clapping.

" Very nice my friend." A voice said.

" Come on out Shane. I know were you are anyway." Shane stepped out from behind a tree.

" Of course if it was me I would've killed him on the spot."

" Everyone deserves a second chance." Shane got a hard look in his eyes.

" Not everyone." He said. " When I think about them I get so angry I just want to destroy something." Mira came up and hugged him.

" I know you had a rough early childhood, but they're gone now and you have a new life." She said softly.

" Thanks." Shane's expression hardened again " Tadgiz is coming." Then he smirked. "We should welcome him."

Huffing and puffing, Tadgiz ran to the rest of the knights.

' Must tell Lord Shane.' He thought. He reached the area his lord had been a few minutes before.

" Milord?" He called.

" Hello Tadgiz, come to make your report?" Tadgiz nearly jumped in surprise when he heard Shane's voice right behind him.

" Yes Milord!"

" Then do so."

" We captured the Junior Premier, just as you ordered, but then Oditaro betrayed us and helped her escape."

" What of the Mages form Vane?"

" They attack us, but we fought them off."

" Speaking of which, were is Atgic?"

" He was struck down by Oditaro. I assume he's dead."

" So you abandoned him?"

" Milord! There was nothing I could do!"

" Ok, So did all of this happened before or after you hired the Bleeding Blade to kill Mira?" Tadgiz started panicking internally.

" Wwhat do yyou mmean Mmilord?"

" He came by a little while ago and tried to kill her, isn't that right Mira?" The said mage walked into the light.

" Yes, but I took care of him easily enough." She said. Tadgiz was really nervous now.

" Tadgiz anything else you want add to your report?" Shane asked. Tadgiz fell to his knees.

" Infinite apologies milord! I saw you were too soft on your enemies, so I thought if Mira was gone you'd harden up."

"Thank you so much for telling the truth, now you may leave." Tadgiz started looking hopeful. He got up and started to leave. Shane's hands started glowing with dark light.

" Were do you think you're going." He asked mockingly.

"YYYou saaaid III cccould gggooo." Tadgiz said, the fear showing in his eyes.

"But I didn't say where. For betraying me, I banish you to another dimension!" Tadgiz ran for his life but he couldn't out run Shane's attack. A ball of Dark Light emerged from Shane's hands and swallowed Tadgiz entirely.

" Was that really necessary?" Mira asked.

"No, But it was fun." Shane answered. " But I wonder what did happen to Oditaro?"

In another part of Lunar

Oditaro was wearing a dirty brown cloak he had found. He threw away his DKH armor to symbolize that he no longer was a part of it. He was walking through a forest when heard screams and went to investigate. He found a large group of bandits harassing a village.

" You'll never get away with this! The DKH will get you!" Said one of the older villagers. One of the bandits punched him in the stomach.

" Didn't you hear? The DKH had a change of leadership in the last few years. They don't go out of their way to help pathetic losers like you anymore." He said. That bandit was blown apart with a psychic blast.

"Who did that!?" Another bandit yelled. He too imploded. One by one balls of negative energy collided with the bandits. One of them threw their own energy blast and forced Oditaro out of hiding.

" Who do you think you are?! Some kind of hero?" He asked. The bandit had black hair and green eyes. He was wearing a bloodstained jacket that looked like it could have some other color but now was almost completely red. He wore a pair of dirty brown pants.

" I'm just a warrior passing through and I saw you. Why don't you try picking on someone who can defend themselves?" Oditaro challenged. The Bandit drew a broad sword and took a swing at Oditaro. The Former DKH coated his hands in grey energy and took hold of the blade with one hand, then with the other, he made a fist and brought it down on the blade, snapping it in half.

" WHAT are you?!"

" Like I said, just a warrior passing through." Then Oditaro punched him in the stomach and made him collapse.

" Let's get him!" Said the others. They drew their weapons and charged. Oditaro drew a curved sword like a katana and met their charge. He took care of many of them but then started getting tired. 'I guess I have no choice.' He thought.

" Villagers, take cover!" He shouted.His Katana began glowing and so did he.

" PSYCHIC SWORD DANCE!" Oditaro was a blur as his sword sent energy slashes against the remaining bandits. He didn't stop for a while, even after all the bandits had been hit, he still didn't stop. When he eventually stopped he used his sword as a cane to stand up and was breathing heavily. A middled aged man came up to him.

" Are you a mage form Vane?" He asked.

" Not(puff) exactly."

" Well thank you very much for helping us." Some little kids were poking at the bandits, the bandits were just starring into space.

" My (puff) attack (puff) destroyed their minds. I (puff) don't (puff) like using it (puff) because it drains(Puff) my MP and (puff) I can't control it." One of the little kids came up to Oditaro. He had brown hair and blue eyes. He wore a green Gi.

" Are you a sage?" He asked.

" Why do you ask?"

" Mom said Althena made sages to help around Lunar. Are you one of them?" His smile was hopeful and Innocent, Oditaro nodded. The Little kid ran back to his friends.

" Hey Guys! Come meet my new friend! He's a sage." Soon Oditaro was surrounded by them.

" Sage! Sage! Sage!" They chanted. Oditaro smiled. The other villagers walked up to him.

" Welcome to our village Sage."

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