As Leon was preparing for the battle ahead, a woman came around the corner from the bedroom with short brown hair placed into a bun.107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPC40e56Zsf
"Kai!" She yelled.107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbeOP3HA0Lr
"Eileen!"107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv1Jxs0HxsP
The tavern girl ran up and gave him a quick embrace before letting go. Leon strapped his dark blue light armor on as well that he had tucked away in his home. He had two sheathes prepared, one for his medium-lengthed blade, and his other for the three-sided weapon he had used earlier. A Bolas was a rare weapon not really seen in the modern-day, but Leon enjoyed this weapon rightfully so. Once thrown, the boomerang-like weapon would reach its desired peak distance, spin and slice its target then return to its user. Sacer was known to be infused into them back in the Old Days, but Leons was a normal Bolas.107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2lGlmXiXgQ
"Eileen, I must go with Kai to fix what's happening. We'll be back soon my love," Leon stated.107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUC7Ca17VtW
"I understand who you two really are deep down. If there's anybody that does besides Miss Kira, it would be me. But please, be safe you two," Eileen responded.107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwLMH3Puqa9
"We will," both of the young men replied simultaneously.
After leaving the house, they crept silently across the bridges that linked the building in their ran-down city. The morning light was beginning to rise, peaking over the waters surrounding them. They moved closer and closer to the building that centered the city.107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZXUpWVZbeM
"They're in the tavern," Leon whispered.107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn7D3QkcgG5
Running across the last bridge, the tavern stood with big double doors. Outside of it stood at least ten soldiers with civilians circled in the middle of them, tied up by rope as they sat on the ground. 107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjCGLP0x2Vc
"Bastards," Kai whispered this time.107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrTz8wSNNdj
The two of them were crouched behind some crates and barrels not far from the front of the building. The quiet area became too surreal as a man came strolling out of the tavern doors with more soldiers following him. 107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡewR1RDdohp
"Alright, men! You guys go ahead and just cut their throats. Leave the survivors we couldn't find or gather up as a lesson, or burn the place down. I don't really give a shit at this point," said the man. 107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJgbyWUpJHJ
"Mister Prime, sir. Are you sure you would want us to decide the final decision?" One of the soldiers asked.107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcyHtyl1bur
The Prime turned around midstep, his white curly hair stayed still in its ponytail, as his blue eyes darted to the soldier. The four men that had followed him out of the Tavern stopped as well. Kai and Leon glanced at each other momentarily.107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbMiUscKgLe
"Prime Maeral," Leon whispered before they looked back to all of the men.107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoxfmthoZDT
"Are you saying that I can't trust my own men with such a simple task? Do I have to decide on everything?" The Primes worn face showed disgust as he walked up to the soldier.107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzjazIuXoSc
"I already can't believe I wasted my time coming to this place, just because you guys couldn't handle one Searcher from this shit hole," Prime Maeral now had his hand on the hilt of the soldier's sheathed sword.107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9ev33UrqeP
Once the sword was fully pulled out, Prime Maeral walked over to where the civilians were sitting.107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI61yWbylxS
"Which one was she?" He asked as he walked in front of them all.107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbXTgbzuAbL
"This one, sir," another soldier replied while walking to one of the women in the group.107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSFtKP1muYE
The man had pulled her hair so that her head was facing the sky, showing that of Miss Kira as the desired target.107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ48MiRA7Q1K
"Let this be a reminder!" The Prime yelled as he pressed the blade to her neck.107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFRchjc9Zyp
Kai pulled away from a gripping hand from Leon before sprinting out into the clear and towards all of the soldiers that awaited. As he grew closer, the men began to notice and all of the soldiers stepped forwards and fully into Kai's enraged path. Within feet of the Soldiers, he heard the noise he was dreading. Blood dripped, he knew the sound all too well, and then the sound of her body falling to the ground followed. Miss Kira was gone, and Kai had stopped in his tracks immediately.107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCuPvz8cK3S
"Sir, the Searcher. We believe this to be him, dear Prime," said one of the soldiers.107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnyX7WF2i29
As Prime Maeral wiped the blood off of the borrowed sword with a cloth, he turned around and walked through the soldiers in front of him to stand in front of Kai. 107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOqxyDzMy48
"It's far too late for you to show up now young man, the rest of these people will be killed due to your negligence to our Faction. Some of you have already been taken to Caecis to be enslaved since we can't trust any of you to leave the mine anymore," Prime Maeral stated.107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2jj0H4objI
"I'll kill you for this," Kai stated, his head facing downwards with an aura of straight anger surrounding him.107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFJmVlvnCWk
"Sure thing, while you try to do that, you can watch the remaining civilians be butchered before my men do the same to you. Good day boys," Prime Maeral finished.107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ904N7KCyfI
Turning around, the Prime began walking back through the soldiers and towards the docks. While doing so, Kai had pulled out both blades and instantly began to hack at the soldiers in front of him. Leon, who had been standing next to Kai after he stopped running earlier, pulled out his Bolas and sword as well.107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2s6IDn20T3
"We have to stop them, Leon!" Kai yelled. 107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGD9O5QgjUv
Pulling one arm back, Leon throws his Bolas with all his might, taking out two of the Relnad soldiers and clipping a third.107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE8kItzBGDQ
"You both will die!" One of the soldiers yelled. 107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrbVL2gLEuq
Kai pulled both swords to his sides as he stepped back, then with one swift motion he would extend them both out fully and rotate them up and back down to be defended by the blades of multiple soldiers in front of him. As his swords bounced off other defending blades, another soldier would come from behind Kai and pierce his top left shoulder completely to the other side with a sword.107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzt7LV0D3b1
"GAH!" Kai moaned in pain.107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL6UYYOySx5
Leon stared in shock as his Bolas returned and his own sword came to a clash with a separated soldier. While both of the young men stood in their own predicaments, the other soldiers began to kill the remaining civilians one by one. 107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUJ0HNGsHJ1
"This is for the Dusk Alliance!" A soldier yelled.107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLhWnl4Y39I
"NO!" Roared Leon.107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYzH1N996RG
Kai was thrown to the ground, his right hand trying to hold his body up on its own. One by one, each civilian was killed, until there were none left. The cries for help were heard during the whole sequence of events. Kai and Leon wondered to themselves what, if anything, could go right for them on this dreaded day. 107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAwbZC9lhB8
"Kai! Fight with skill! Not anger!" Leon yelled.107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoiMFdRLER4
Kai instantly calmed himself down along with his tense muscles. Five men now surrounded him, blades pointing down to him.107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBV8Meg6ZFh
"Shouldn't have fucked with Relnad," a soldier began.107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAtJg9XdNzs
Kicking one of his swords slightly off of the ground, Kai spun so fast that all five men had missed it. Doing a full circle spin, Kai had caught the blade in the air and sliced all of the men around him on the shins of their legs. They all five fell to the ground in agony. Leon, in a battle of his own, was dealing with an equal amount of enemies as well. As one was clashing swords with him, another would run up and be struck down by the Bolas the young man made sure to constantly throw.107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡolsD40qecA
Finally, he was down to one last man, and as their swords clashed, sparks flew in defiance. The soldier threw a counter strike when his blade slid off of Leons and caught him on his upper right thigh. Ignoring the pain, Leon threw his Bolas while swinging his sword back in a slashing motion. Leon continued to defend the soldiers' attacks while attempting his own until finally, the Bolas returned, striking the soldier down from behind as it did.107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM4gLSouex5
"Didn't see that coming," Leon said with a grin.107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiZSOiQzyjx
Glancing over, he noticed Kai finishing off the last couple of men he had to fight.107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ16dNS5P1uw
"We need to get to the Treader and to Caecis!" Kai yelled.107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNlWlMdGtT8
"I'll grab Eileen and our belongings and meet you there! We can't return to Catarei Kai, you know this right?" Leon responded.107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQrY1z2aa6T
"I know."
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