Chapter 5: Truth
An angel descended from the sky and blanketed the battlefield with a bright light. The undead and demons were destroyed in an instant, nothing remained.
The priest sighs of relief. "We did it."
Orson made a final swing at Dracula cutting the vampire's arm. Dracula turned to a bat and flees. The assassin approached the two.
"Thank you… for helping the village." He bowed. "There is no need. We were only doing what is right." said the priest as he looked at his comrade. "Father Mathiu is correct." The young crusader said in agreement. Orson continued talking to the two.
Along the broken houses in the village, there is an assassin, the one who survived Will's attack. He looked at Orson with anger and hatred. He must get revenge. That was everything in his mind. He looked for an opportunity to strike. The assassin takes out a purple dagger and flings it at Orson.
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The assassin was surprised as he looked at the wound on his right shoulder. The purple dagger was embedded deep. "Are you alright?!" the priest exclaimed. "Who's there?!" Dorn shouted as he readies his shield. A rustle of leaves was heard as the assassin flees.
"I'm fine…" Orson said as he takes out the dagger. "We must cure it." Said the priest as his palm shined a light blue color.
"Don't bother… I'm not long in this world."
The priest was shocked to hear the assassin's words, "What are you saying?!"
"This is the Black Venom, the guild's strongest poison… there is no cure… ugh!" some blood came out of the man's mouth.
"If there is no way to remove the poison, I can at least… slow it down…"
"Thank you…" Orson paused to regain his breath. "Please, can you… take me back to my home…? I have… one last thing… I must do…"
The priest agrees, they helped Orson go back to his home.
Inside the small house, young Will was silent. His mother tried her best to comfort him, but the sad truth of his friend's death is too much for the child to handle.
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The three arrived. Will looked at the door and sees two men with his father. He quickly rushed to the door.
"Father! Father!" Orson simply smiled at the boy. He removed his arms around the men's shoulders and went to his room. "My love!" Rachel exclaimed as she saw the man's weary face.
The assassin takes out a pendant from a drawer. It's been well hidden as even his wife didn't know he had such a valuable piece of jewelry. The pendant had an orb like diamond center that shone of the brilliance of a rainbow. The assassin sat on his bed and called the boy to him.
"Father…" the child whispered as tears started to build up on his eyes.
"Don't cry… Will… " The assassin handed Will the pendant. "I've been keeping this from you for five whole years… and it is time that I … return it to you…" The assassin closed his eyes. "I'm not your true father… Will… but I loved you, with all my heart."
"Why are you saying this?!" the child exclaimed as he sobbed.
The assassin looked at the ceiling, "Willis Francis… that's your true name… "
"Did he say Francis?" Mathiu muttered suddenly remembering something.
Orson continued "Five years ago… I accepted a mission from Leon Francis, your father's brother. He paid the guild to wipe out his brother's family, taking your father's property for himself."
"Father… stop it…"
Orson continued after a pause "That night…"
In a house that is set ablaze, two figures were seen among the scorching flames. One of them is pointing a blade on the other's chest.
"I come for your life… Julius Francis."
"This was Leon's doing wasn't it? Hahahah… I see… after all I've done for him… he still let greed control him..." The man said as he laughed silently. "Then please… grant my last request…"
"What is it?" the assassin questioned as the flames illuminated his face. A scar ran from his left brow down to his eye, and then continued below his eye reaching his cheek. "I can't promise you anything."
"Please spare my children… they have nothing against this… "
"… Very well… "
Julius closed his eyes and said "Thank you… please take care of them… let them forget about the past, let them start life anew… let them forget about this time…"
"You do not hate your brother?"
"No… greed poisons the mind, I do not blame him…" after a short pause. "Please do it…"
The sharp blade ran through the noble's chest and he fell on the ground and muttered his last words… "Thank you… for granting my wish…"
The assassin removed his katar from the corpse.
"No… No… I don't believe it… no…!!!" Will cried harder, he didn't want to believe what he is hearing… he has been living with the one who killed his parents? It was unbelievable.
"I'm sorry for all the sufferings I've brought on you… But I am also thankful that I got to have you in my life… These five years were the happiest moments of my life… And I regret that I couldn't be with you longer… hate me if you must… it is only fitting… to the sorrow I've caused you all this time… " He lifted his arm and wipes Will's tears away. And the smiles "Thank you… for completing me… "
With that said, his head bows down and he became stiff as a statue.
"Father!!!"
His family mourned for his death. So did the two travelers who happened to see it.
"Fate is indeed cruel at times…" the priest said looking down on the floor.
"The assassin's guild cannot be forgiven!" Dorn exclaimed rolling his fingers in to form a fist.
Young will heard what the crusader said… "Revenge… I'll have my revenge…"
The time came for the burial of those who died. A boy is seen on the graveyard of his father.
"Father… they shall pay… I shall avenge your death… and also those who died in Dracula's hands…" He holds a set or katars in his hands. A name was engraved on the blade. "Orson Eastwind – the 3rd Origin."
"I am Orson Eastwind… returned from the dead."
That said, he disappeared from Wind Village and was never seen again.