All chaos breaks the team members of the sub squad of Rizing pounce on these criminals. That girl with doll eyes, Victoria appears in front of me stopping me from fighting Guru. "You fought Guru and earned his respect...That's not easy to do." Victoria says to me. "I must admit you must have some kind of special power to peak the interest of people who don't show much of an interest in other people." She continues. "What makes you say that?" I ask her. "Because the moment you did something to Janis, you peaked my interest." Victoria replies to me. "Slide through the blood, slide through the veins, you shall be dead by the time your awake, Venom magic: Venomous touch." Victoria says in a slow but sweet voice. Her hands...They have a sort of green smog around it. Venom magic huh?
"Your hands, they are poisonous...Aren't they?" I ask Victoria. "Very much...Don't worry, I won't kill you, I will just nudge you so that YOU JUST GET PARALYSED NOT POISONED!" Victoria says and swings her hands around my neck.
*Swoop*
I strafe back a little. Shit! My body has not fully recovered from the fight with Guru.
*Break*
Damn...I might have a few broken bones too. Here comes another swing from her.
*Swoop*
What is she a cat to swing like that? Her leg...I dodge it
*Swoop*
I realise that there is a wall behind me. Shit! I quickly run over the wall and flip back behind her only to fall onto my back.
*Break*
"Damn it! Those broken bones are playing a huge part in this fight." I say. "I see...Guru has done a number on you. You can't even fight properly and yet...You were so calm. Like you had no fear of dying." Victoria says to me as I get up holding the side of my gut. I smile. "I can't do anything...That's just how I am. I fear nothing...I fear nothing since I was a kid...And like you said...Not even death scares me." I say. "Interesting...You want to know something?" Victoria asks me. "What?" I ask her. "Knights are the worse type of creatures, they say they protect us but the real jobs is done by the guard knights." Victoria says to me. "Guard knights? Aren't those the one's who defend our country from bandits and make sure none of the other races infiltrate our country?" I ask. "That is correct but have you ever thought what the actual knights do?" Victoria ask. I shake my head. "Then let me tell you, the only thing they do is fuck around with people like me and Guru." Victoria says to me. "Wait, you are Guru?" I ask. "Of course they didn't tell you about us before they sent you on this mission, right? It's always like this when you hire a mercenary for a job like this." Victoria says to me. "We aren't mercenaries, we are knights in training." I say. "Huh?! WHAT?! NOW THEY ARE SO DESPERATE THAT THEY ARE SENDING KNIGHTS IN TRAINING?!" Everyone looks at us. "WHICH YEAR ARE YOU?!" Victoria asks me. "Novice..." I say.
(Note: In the terms of knights, Novice knights are basically the first year students.)
"HUUUUH?! FIRST YEAR?!" Victoria bursts outs. "No wonder...Do you even know your element?" Victoria asks me. "Everyone in my class does except me." I reply. "Wow, no wonder Guru defeated you. You got guts kid...I must say that but...Unfortunately for you, I and Guru are ex-knight. Not just students but actual knights." Victoria says to me. "You were an ex-knight?" I am surprise to hear that for sure. "We might have been in different squads but we can relate...Relate to people being afraid of us." Victoria says to me.
Suddenly, Victoria vanishes from front of my eyes and turns up in front of me. "And again unfortunately for you, you have a lot of potential...And if you were capable of keeping a hold against Guru...You are an even bigger threat for the future..." Victoria holds my neck and begins choking me. "I must incapacitate you somehow..." Her eyes...They are still like a doll but very cold...Losing...Consciousness....Damn it...If only I had no broken bones. "Still no fear in your eyes."
"Leave...HIM ALONE!!!!"
*SWING*
A huge wind blows by and everyone who were fighting their fights top. Victoria leaves me and I begin to cough. Damn, that was close. Victoria begins to sweat along with everyone in the room. What's happening here? I look to my left and look at Ilora arrive from the door. Her eyes glowing blue. Is it some kind of ice magic that she uses? She slowly walks towards me. "Eye of mana...But how...? Isn't she a Novice knight too?" Victoria looks confused. "She has arrived huh...? This will soon be over now." Ashley says with a smile.
Everyone looks to be exhausted...Huh?! Erica has taken down Kite already? When did this happen?! "This is bad...Her mana is so...Strong..." Victoria who had cold eyes just a moment ago...She is completely bamboozled by Ilora's appearance "I was hoping we could fight more...But this fight is over." Jacob says to Guru with a smile. "You never and I mean it when I say you never piss off Ilora." Jacob continues. Guru smiles. "I never intended to fight friends of that Marshal in the first place. You were the one who attacked me....Lion." Guru says to Jacob and sits on the ground with a smile.
"Are you alright?" What's this? Is Ilora asking me if I am alright? "Just a few broken bones that's all." I say. "I wasn't asking you." Ilora says to me. "I was asking Ashley." Ilora continues. Who is more injured? Me or Ashley? Well, whatever the case...Why has everyone in this room stopped fighting? "I have come too far to give up against you!" Victoria says and pounces at Ilora.
*Catch*
Ilora catches Victoria's hand which is covered with Smog. Victoria smiles. "You are an idiot to catch my poisonous hand." Ilora breathes out small icy smoke from her mouth. "Ice magic: Freezing point." Freezing point? What is she planning? "This is the point where everything in my body freezes. That means even your poison will freeze within my body itself." Ilora says. "Your nuts...You will die if you continue doing this." Victoria says. "Well...You are also freezing with me. So, let's see, who dies first." Ilora says giving Victoria her cold eyes. Her cold eyes are still glowing. Victoria pulls her hand back and falls onto the ground. "WHAT ARE YOU?! YOU ARE NO HUMAN! YOU ARE A MONSTER!" Victoria looks scared as she speaks. "That's what you get when you go up against someone who can use the eye of mana." Erica sighs.
After Ilora had defeated Victoria with no efforts whatsoever, Erica defeated Kite and Guru didn't feel like fighting our fight was pretty much over. The knights arrived on our contact. As Janis was scared of me for some weird reason. She kept calling me monster as the knights took her into their vehicle. She couldn't do anything in this fight and the other criminal Travis was found frozen inside the factory. I think so I already know what happened to that guy.
Guru was going along with the knights too. I walk towards him. "Hey, once your free, let's fight again. Our match is still not over remember that." I say to him. "Of course. Anytime, Marshal." Guru smiles. "Next time...I will defeat you with my own power." I say. "I will remember your words." Guru says to me.
"Another thing, I wanted to ask you something...If you don't mind that is...?" I ask Guru. "What is it?" Guru asks me. "Back then, that doll girl said something that caught my attention. If you were knights...Why would you give up such an honourable position?" I ask Guru. Guru smiles. "Your still young, Marshal. You haven't seen enough world yet. The world hates people like me and Victoria...It's just people hated us for who we were. I mean...Who would look at me and not fear me? People were afraid of me, hated me and sometimes they even said bad things about me. I ignored them as much as possible but...Everything has a limit boy...Nothing can be contained...Remember that. Same goes for Victoria. The face she has now is because of a surgery before this...She had a burnt face...People called her 'The Wicked Witch' because of the way she looked. It wasn't her mistake that she was caught in a fire accident when she was a kid...People like us...We can't be knights...We are fit to be just criminals." That's what Guru said. He left with a smile. I felt sad for him...But as always...I can't express my feelings.
This makes me question...Do knights really protect people? I mean if the knights themselves turn into criminals, then isn't that like...Turning against your own people in a world where there are species other then us...Whatever the case be. Our mission as the sub squad of Rizing, ended.