Yuki slowly opens his eyes and regain consciousness but it's already dark, he touches his head because of the throbbing pain, he looks to his surrounding to know the situation, he is surrounded by the sea of trees and then he remembers that he is escaping and run in the forest, he stands up he feel a bit dizzy but he knows that he can endure it, he immediately runs to the direction of the town after a few minutes of running he hears something.
"Did you find them?"
"No"
"F*ck! let's continue looking"
he heard two guards talking, he feels relieved after hearing them because now he knows that the children escape successfully, now the only thing he needs to focus on is to get into the town.
He waited for the guard to leave before he makes his move, and when he sees the opportunity he runs as fast as he can.
'I need to hurry'
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the boss still doesn't have to receive any report from his guards the longer he waited the madder he feels.
"THOSE USELESS IDIOTS HOW HARD TO CATCH A F*CKING CHILDREN!!!"
One guard return to report to the furious boss.
"DID YOU FIND THEM?!"
"were still looking boss"
"DIDN'T I TELL YOU THAT DON'T COME BACK HERE UNTIL YOU CATCH ALL THE CHILDREN!?"
"Yes but it's so dark were having a hard time searching for them"
The boss becomes more furious, and without hesitation, he cut the guard with the sword on his waist.
"YOU ALL USELESS!, it looks like I have to find them myself"
The boss concentrate and slowly, a red light covers his body, after that, he focuses his strength to his foot his muscle bulge up and he dashes to the forest he leaves a crack to the ground after that.
DUUUSH, CRACK
the boss running in the forest like a beast because of how fast he is, and then he suddenly stops, the boss saw something on the ground, it's a footprint of a child, the boss smile.
"Heh it looks like they're heading to the town"
after confirming where the children are heading, the boss immediately runs again with a fast speed.
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Yuki is running in the forest for an hour and he finally see the exit of the forest, but suddenly he feel the cold chill coming from his back, he felt something dangerous is coming so he immediately hides in a bush, after a few minutes he sees something is approaching in his way, he holds his breath and stops moving for him to not make a sound when the thing pass him he finally found out what it is with a shocked face.
"Is that the boss? how can he move that fast?"
after what he saw the children come to his mind.
'No! they're in danger I need to hurry'
Yuki stands up and runs to follow the boss, but the boss is so fast that the distance between them becomes farther and farther.
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The boss is running for an hour now and click his tongue.
"Tsk, how far did that bastards get, don't tell me they already in the town? no, it's impossible they just little children with no shoes, I can feel it they still not in town"
the boss runs faster so he can catch them sooner, after a few more minutes of running the boss notice some light near the huge tree and smile.
"Finally found you haha"
the boss didn't waste time and immediately go to the huge tree.
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Layon adding some dry branch and leaves to the fire, for the fire to last longer, after that he looks at the sky and stare to the star and smile.
"just a little bit we will become free"
Layon throws his fist up in the sky with determination in his eyes.
"I'm going to protect them"
After a while, Layon is supposed to wake up Lake to change the place to look out, but Layon didn't wake Lake, because Layon thinks that Lake should rest. After all, he uses magic and become exhausted.
"I should not wake them up"
Layon looks to the children and smiles, but suddenly he smells something familiar.
"where did I smell this scent?"
The face of Layon becomes white as paper when he realizes it, but it's too late, he hears a familiar voice calling to him.
"LAYON! I finally found you"
The boss appears to Layon with a grin on his face.
"b-b-boss"
Layon's body shakes in fear, he's about to cry, but Yuki suddenly comes to his mind, he remembers the looks that Yuki gives to him, and after that, he glances at the children and remembers the vow he made a little while ago.
"I must protect them"
Layon stands up and points his wooden stick to the boss while shaking, the boss laugh.
"HAHAHAHA!! what do you think you are doing? HUH!!"
"I will protect them"
"WHAT, YOU PROTECT THEM HAHAHAHA!!"
The boss burst into a laugh at what Layon just said, and because of that the Rose and the children wake up.
"What's happening?"
the children slowly open their eyes and become pale at what they see.
"i-i-it's boss"
"w-w-what should we do?"
Rose saw the children become scared, Rose hug the children and tell them.
"Hide behind me I protect you"
with the smile, on her face, the children calm down because they trust Rose, and Rose tell to Lake.
"Lake wake up!!"
Lake open his eyes
"what's happening? Wah!! b-b-boss"
Lake's bright personality change to a very cowardly child, Rose to see Lake cower in fear so she knows she can't count on him right now.
The boss walks to get close to Layon
CLACK CLACK CLACK
because of fear Layon step back twice, when the boss saw this he laughed again.
"HAHAHA!! you can't even stand properly and you want to protect them don't make me laugh too much"
The boss continues walking towards Layon, when the boss is close enough, Layon succumb to fear and close his eyes and thrust his wooden stick to the boss
THUD
When Layon opens his eyes.
"HUH? Is this all you can do after what you just said?"
The boss catches the wooden stick with his bare hand, then he punches Layon upward in the face with a great force so great that Layon
flew in the air, and fell on the ground.
BLUG, BAM
Layon didn't lose his consciousness but he can't move all his body, Rose yell out of worried.
"LAYON!!!"
The boss walks again towards Layon who's on the ground, the boss unsheaths his sword from his waist to cut Layon with it, Layon accepts that this is where he dies, but he didn't regret it because at least he tries to protect those he cares when the boss swings his sword downward to cut Layon.
The boss and Layon eyes become wide, so wide that it looks like about to explode, Rose block the sword with her body, and before she fell on top of Layon she smiles at Layon with a satisfied face but because of the wound in the back, Rose lose her consciousness, but the boss laugh.
"HAHAHA look what happened because of how weak you are, the one being protected is you"
Layon stares at Rose's face he can't believe what's happening right now.
"because of how weak I am Rose got hurt"
Layon who's in shock and just stares at Rose with wide eyes suddenly remembers every memory he has with Rose, and the thought of Rose dying triggers something inside him.
The boss put his sword up again to prepare to cut Layon.
"Don't worry your next so don't be sad HAHAHA"
The children close their eyes and cry, while Layon still not doing anything, then the boss swings his sword again.
"HAHAHA DIE!!"
But Layon catches it with his bare hand, and then a strong wind comes from Layon, the boss can't believe what he's seeing right.
"How can you catch my sword with your bare hand?"
suddenly the boss feels a chill crawling in his body, every single strand of his hair stand, sweat starts to form on the forehead of the boss.
"W-w-what's happening"
Layon stand and lay Rose on the ground and slowly the golden hair of Layon starting to change, it's starting to become a bloody red, and it's like there's a wind blow at Layon, because Layon hair is starting to float, and his eyes that always been hide because of his long bangs can be seen, his eyes also turn bloody red everyone even the children feel the rage coming from Layon, and the boss starting to cower in fear.
"W-what are you?"
Then Layon looks at the boss with blazing rage and then Layon scream with a monster like sound.
"WAHHHHHHH!"