Chapter IX – Secret Revealed
Jin fell on to the ground, having endured Rena piercing through his magical barrier around his skin and organs, and sustaining internal damage. Blood poured out rapidly and Jin started to feel drowsy. He was low on magic and did not have enough to put up another barrier to protect his body wholly. He even didn't have enough strength to cast Cure on himself or call his serpent-bird partner. Doubt never came into his mind in the past, but he felt it was definitely over this time as he started to slip away.
Rena stood above the struggling Jin and held the bloody dagger in her hand. She licked the blood off the tip of the blade and kicked Jin on the injured area. Jin yelled in pain before Rena kicked him again to send him rolling a few meters away. Rena followed the trail of blood to look down on Jin again.
"Look at you, the super guardian of the village is dying," she laughed. "Where's your lightning beast? Where's that so-called amazing attack you showed me the other night? And where's your will to fight? Giving up already?"
She continued to mock him as he tried to conjure enough strength to do something. Anything. But he knew that if and when he stood back up, he would not be strong enough to hold his ground. Even if he was able to do anything, he wouldn't be able to do much except take damage and hope not to die. Time was his worst enemy and Rena only made it even deadlier.
"So Jin-sama, ready to die?" she said as she waved her dagger in front of her. "And have you figured out who I am?"
Jin glinted at Rena and struggled to speak.
"As i-i-if I-I'm goin' t-to die…" He coughed up blood again. He picked up the Rainbow nearby with his weaker left hand and gripped it to get up to one knee. "And as for who… you are… you - you're just a killer!"
"Boy, are you good!" Rena laughed heartily. "Yes, I am a killer! And you know why? I am what those sick-minded scientists call a WEAPON (4)."
She strolled back and forth and circled Jin as she continued.
"And there are six WEAPONs in all, and I'm one of them."
"W-WEAPON?" Jin managed to speak. "Six?"
"That's right, six. I, Rena, represent Diamond. Fits me, doesn't it? A girl's best friend and those scientists charmed me by making me a Diamond WEAPON."
"Made… you?" Jin mumbled.
Rena looked at him with an annoyed expression and answered reluctantly.
"You really don't know anything, Jin-sama? These scientists remade the six of us by injecting various experimental cells and proteins. It seems they have succeeded in their experiment but the other five…"
"And w-what about… the other f-five?" he interrupted.
"Heh, like I would know. They all escaped the lab three years ago." She put on a sullen face. "Only I was left behind: alone, naked, lifeless. But they decided to make me stronger and hunt down the other five, so they took away my heart, killed my human emotions, and enhanced my abilities tenfold. And here I am, trying to fulfill my destiny."
She summoned six more fireballs and skillfully had them levitate around her. She was going for the kill this time.
