Hello everyone, I wanted to post this earlier, but I ended up having to make several big changes and make the chapter slightly longer. Without further ado (that is probably not how you spell it), here is chapter 11. Fun fact of the week: I am getting desperate for fun facts of the week, and I will be starting a new thing at the starts of the chapters in the next one.
His cockiness made me ever more angry, especially since he was wearing handcuffs, "Sayume, go. You don't need to see this. In fact, I need you to keep watch and make sure no one comes anywhere close to the cell, and if they persist, stall them." Sayume answered slightly frightened, "S-sure thing." Sayume flew off, "Now," I turned back towards Erigor, "Where were we?" He cackled, "An orphan fly was about to try and kill the death god himself." "That smug attitude is going to get you killed, and sooner than you think." I walked towards Erigor, "Sure, attacking me while I have restraints on. What a cowardly move." I became even more enraged than I had been when I met Raniel, "LIKE YOU CAN TALK ABOUT COWARDICE! YOU KILLED MY PARENTS WHILE THEY WERE SLEEPING AND THEN BURNED THEIR HOUSE DOWN, LEAVING AN EIGHT YEAR OLD TO FEND FOR HIMSELF FOR SIX YEARS!" I brought my scythe to his neck, ready to finish the job, "IF THAT ISNT COWARDICE AT ITS FINEST, THEN I DON'T KNOW WHAT IS!" He laughed even louder and more manically, "Go ahead, finish it. It won't change the fact that they are dead." I slowly lowered my scythe, "No, you don't deserve death, none of you do." I made the fire in my hand even hotter. Bringing my hand to his neck, I picked him up, slowly suffocating him. "I will make you suffer for what you all did, and you will regret ever letting me live. First you, then Cobra, afterwards Zancrow, and last but not least, Raniel will suffer the most of all." I hadn't noticed, but Sayume had snuck in a few moments earlier. Horrified at what he was seeing me doing, he yelled at me, "STOP IT NICHOLAI, STOP IT!"
I spoke to him in an unintentionally harsh tone, "I thought I told you to keep watch." "LOOK AT YOURSELF NICHOLAI, THIS ISNT YOU AT ALL!" Looking back towards Erigor, I truly realized what I was doing. I saw myself going through a personal dilemma, "If I kill him, I'm just as bad as him, but if I don't, I wouldn't be able to live with myself." I lit my other hand on fire, "God damn it all!" I punched the cell wall, and I felt blood leak down from my knuckles. Erigor smirked, "Even after all that I've done, you still can't bring yourself to do it can you? You know, despite how I am now, early on in my career, I was hesitant to kill. But after a certain point, it simply didn't matter to me anymore who lived and died. You vaguely remind me of who I was early on, not that it matters though." I set Erigor back down, "No, I'm not like you. You'd kill your family if you were paid enough. I will never kill, but I still stand by my word to make sure every single one of you pays for your sins." The longer Erigor spoke, the more insane he seemed, "Punish us for our sins, that reminds me of all of the old wives tales I would listen to as a child. The grim reaper is the one who leads you to your punishment in the afterlife, and it seems that you are taking on that role as the reaper himself." I had stopped listening to him once he had referenced his childhood, "I'm done listening to you and your insane antics." I delivered a swift punch straight to Erigor's cheek, knocking out a cluster of molars and a large amount of blood. I turned to the cell door as Erigor's limp, unconscious body, collapsed to the floor, "Come on Sayume, let's go." We both walked out of magic council's HQ, silent. As I had been doing a lot recently, I drifted off into deep thought, and before I knew it, we had both walked to the city limits of Era. Sayume broke the silence, "Nicholai?" I had lost my train of thought, "Yeah? What is it?" "Do you even have a plan for catching these last two guys?" I actually had no clue what to do next, "Well, I guess we should just start gathering some more information on the two, and then just focus on catching them when their guild isn't around to protect them." "Alright then," Sayume sprouted his wings, "Let us be on our way." I smiled, "Thanks Sayume, and uh, sorry about how I was acting back there." "No problem. Now come on, those two won't be exacting revenge on themselves." I loved how supportive he was despite how I had acted not a few minutes ago. "Right." Flying off to finish what I had started, I was determined to bring justice to my parents' killers.
*5 weeks later*
Sayume and I were walking through yet another town, trying to find a lead on Cobra. "Alright Sayume, you go do your thing while I do mine, and let's meet up here in about half an hour." "Alright," Sayume flew off to ask around for information, while I went to do the same. After checking the with people in local bar and town square, I was about ready to head back to my meeting place with Sayume, but as I walked along, someone or something pulled me into an alleyway. Although the grip was relatively weak, I felt the same curiosity that overcame me when Sayume had caught me in a net. It was a hooded figure that was slightly shorter than me. I heard young, female voice come from the figure, "I know you are looking for Cobra of the Oracion Seis. I can't tell you much about everyone else in the guild, but I hope this will help you. He has black eyes that are almost shaped like a snake's, tanned skin, and he has maroon colored hair that is spiky and always slanting slightly upwards. I know that Cobra's hearing is that of legend, he could hear you talking normally from miles upon miles away, even being able to hear your thoughts. If you wish to get his attention without confronting him face to face, you will need to use his actual name, which I found out is Erik Also, I should mention that if you do end up fighting him, keep an eye out for the giant snake he has as a partner, and make sure to avoid his poison at all costs." The girl let go of me, "Goodbye and good luck." Before she could run off, I grabbed her by the arm, "Why are you helping me?" The girl began to act slightly choked up, "Just as they did to you, they took my family from me." I let go of her, and looked down at the ground, "THAT BASTARD! NOT ONLY ME, BUT ALSO OTHER PEOPLE ARE HAVING THEIR LIVES RUINED!" I then just realized, she had said they, not him. I realized who she must have been, and I looked up, only to find that she was gone. After I managed to comprehend who I had just seen, I realized I was late for meeting with Sayume, "Oh no, he's going to kill me." I ran back to the meeting point, only to find Sayume quite obviously worried and asking people if they've seen me. When he saw me, I don't know if there would have been any face he could've given me that would've made me feel any more guilty. "You know I get worried when I don't know where you are." Although when he gets like this, it irritates me, I try to remember that Sayume is only six and he does see me as family. "I know, but I have some good news, and an idea of how to get Cobra to come fight me." I told him of the woman that I had met in the alleyway, "Huh?" Sayume scratched his head in confusion, "That's weird." "What is?" He looked back towards me, "You remember when I found out that Erigor was in prison?" "Yeah?" "Well, something similar happened to me. Some young woman that had her face covered pulled me off to the side and told me about Erigor." What Sayume said confirmed my suspicions of who that woman was. "Sayume, was that girl a wizard?" He sighed, "If you want to find her again, we're going to need to find another way. She never used any magic she may have had, which is how I find wizards I've already met." "Damn it. Either way, we have the information and a way to contact Cobra, so let's go. Can you manage any more flying today buddy?" "I can sure try." Sayume said as he grew his wings. "Alright, I need you to fly me to the nearest mountain there is to Cobra's energy." Sayume stood silent for a moment, doing what I was assuming as finding where Cobra is and trying to remember what the surrounding terrain was like, "Alright, I know where we're going! Let us be off!"
The top of the mountain was surprisingly cold; "At least we don't have to stay here for long." I thought to myself. Sayume shivered, "So, what exactly is your plan Nicholai?" I turned to face him, "You may think this is a bit uncreative on my part, but it is worth a shot. Remember how Cobra has extremely sensitive hearing? Well, since we shouldn't be that far from him, you and I are going to be using that to our advantage. I'm going to scream at him to meet me here so we can fight." Sayume got a very weird look on his face, "How like you to come up with a plan like that. It should work since at this distance, only he should be able to hear you." "Alright, you may want to cover your ears." Sayume did so as I prepared myself. I took a deep breath, and prepared to release it almost as I would when using fire dragon roar, but instead screaming, "ERIK, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS COBRA OF THE ORACION SEIS! THIS IS NICHOLAI KASAI, EVEN IF YOU DO NOT KNOW MY NAME, YOU SHOULD REMEMBER MY PARENTS, BECAUSE YOU KILLED THEM! IF YOU HEAR THIS, AND HAVE EVEN A SINGLE SHRED OF COURAGE, YOU WILL MEET ME FROM THE PLACE YOU HEARD THIS NOISE IN EXACTLY THREE WEEKS TIME, AND YOU WILL NOT BRING ANYONE BUT YOURSELF! SHOULD YOU NOT SHOW UP, I WILL STILL FIND YOU AND PUNISH YOU FOR WHAT YOU DID!"
That was slightly anti climactic, and I think if Cobra actually heard that, he would have one of his eardrums blown out since he heard Brain normally talking from a matter of miles away. Anyway(I use that word a lot don't I?) thanks for reading. Like, favorite, follow and all of that good shiz, and yes, i know that isn't a word.