Continuing the last chapter - Madison and Mason teamed up and put themselves to the test to the weapon they chose and as the stage started, the field transformed and has taken image of an abandoned forest and there, various witches and beasts began to spawn one by one.
Mason instructed Madison to shoot the witches that casts summoning spells while he defends her in close quarters. As Madison, one by one kills the witches and does not waste a single shot while Mason kills off the beasts that approaches them.
At last, the head of all witches, summoned golems and the gorgon queen, the half human and half snake that has the power to turn men into stones has shown up its form.
Mason instructed her sister, "Madison, you take care of the gorgons, I'll take care of the golem and the witch. Her head is ours to take."
"Be my guest." Madison replied.
So, they executed the plan, Madison focuses her aim to the gorgon queen.
While Madison focuses her aim, the gorgon queen hides behind the golem and wait for Mason to approach the golem, but even before the gorgon queen reaches Mason, she was shot down by Madison, killing her instantly.
Now it's time for Mason to give a show on the spotlight, with the gorgon queen killed, he immediately charged in towards the golem that's guarding the witch using the sword, Excalibur and as he jumped high and raised the sword, and from the above he swings the sword to the golem's head so heavy, causing the golem to break apart.
But as the legends goes, the golem came back to its original form, as if Mason's attack were nothing to it, as the golem has again stood up on its ground and suddenly, Madison noticed that there was a mark writing, "EMETH" on the golem's forehead.
She quickly remembered that in the legends, golems tend to have marks writing, "EMETH" on their forehead. "EMETH", the word that originates in the Holy City of Hersalem, the country in the east. "EMETH" means "life", but when you remove the first letter of the word, the word, "METH" means, "death".
She focuses her aim towards the golem's forehead, as she informs Mason, "Mason! Keep it distracted and always make its forehead defenseless. I have only one shot and I will finish it."
Mason nodded and replied, "Okay! Leave it to me!"
Mason charges in again to distract the golem while Madison focuses her aim to the golem's forehead while Madison changes her position, in order to get a clear shot.
As Madison finally positioned herself, she gave all her focus and concentration to the last shot she had and wait for Mason and the opportunity for her to come.
While waiting, Mason finally breaks the golem's guard which cause the golem to stand straight in order to protect its forehead, he threw a signal to Madison by shouting, "Now!!!"
The opportunity has finally come, Madison aims her gun and breathes deeply as she fires the last remaining shot, hitting the golem on its forehead with such accuracy, removing the first letter of "EMETH" that is now, "METH".
As the legend says, when the "EMETH" on the golem's forehead became "METH", the golem quickly breaks apart.
With the golem taken down, Madison and Mason approaches the witch with a badass look in their faces The witch was desperate that she tried to summon minions, but before she can even cast it, the wand was shot by Madison, cutting her power and strength in half.
As soon as the twins was closing in, Mason quickly subdued her, and asked, "Where are your sisters hiding?"
Instead of giving an answer, the witch refused to answer his question. Mason became easily annoyed and was about to torture her, but Joseph immediately stops him.
Mason asked, "Why should I stop!? They deserve to die! All of them!"
Joseph replied, "Sometimes anger can lead you to your end. You shouldn't let your anger and rage overcome you."
Mason became infuriated and lost his cool, and asked, "Then tell me, why should I not kill this one?"
Joseph answered, "Because you two will need her help. Not all witches are evil, there are some who tried to mix in with people but due to their fear of the witches, they were forced to hide themselves because some people were hunting them down and burns them in the stake."
Mason asked, "Oh really? Then how should I know if I can trust this one?"
"You will know if you get along. But for now, you two need to team up with her besides I'm the one who helped her so I'm not allowing anyone to kill my companion." Joseph answered.
"Wait? Companion?" Mason asked.
Joseph replied, "Yes, she is my companion and she is the one who helped me to build this store. We've been doing witch hunts 3 years ago. So, you could say that she's my lifetime partner."
Mason got flustered and stuttered, "P-p-partner!? Her!?"
Madison sighs and calmly said, "It was a shock that you have your lifetime partner, a witch with you. Well brother, there's no doubt that there are few witches who needs help and I can't deny that."
Mason was surprised and immediately apologized, "Jeez, old man. I'm sorry, I let my anger control me."
Joseph replied, "Well as long as you didn't do anything harsh to her yet, so it's okay. Honey doesn't mind at all since she's a forgiving one despite being mute."
Mason came to the witch and apologized sincerely for what he had done, and the witch forgave him.
Joseph said, "By the way, sorry for the late introduction to her. Kids, this is Eve, my companion and my lifetime partner. And don't forget her name, okay?"
The twins nodded and they got along together, Joseph told the twins that since they finished the testing grounds, the weapons that they chose are theirs now. The twins were so happy and thanked Joseph and Eve. And before the twins leave the store, Joseph warns them, "If you're going on the witch hunt, you must avoid going too far north because there was a forest that was manifested with pure mysteries."
Madison quickly recognized the place and remembered that Caesar told them the same warning, as Joseph continues the story.
• The Story •|
There's a forest in the far north, beyond the walls of expedition that the soldiers of Kanza took, 44 years ago. It is said that the state of Kanza sends an expedition party with estimating numbers of 800 men, both soldiers and their researchers.
They said that out of 800 men about 60 of them returned because according to their story they had spotted enemies inside the forest, so they sent a scout to check the enemy's outpost and according to the scout's report, their enemy's number were few, at least 50 men were counted.
So, they devised a plan of attack and split into 4 groups and per group is consists of 100 men so in total 400 men.
The first group marched towards the camp where the enemy was based while the second group will form their ranks to the other side and the third and fourth will do a surprise attack from both sides.
The first attempt is to charge right in their lair, and it was successful, but unfortunately, they found that it was all a dummy, manmade one and suddenly, a huge explosion occurred, it exploded at the place where second group is, so the first group quickly run towards the fourth group to make their rendezvous. While marching fast, another explosion occurred to the place where the third group is placed. They quickly rushed to the fourth group, and when they reached their outpost, they saw nothing, but a massacre that was taken place.
The leader of the first group noticed that there's something odd about the forest, so he split his group into two small groups and he commanded that he will lead a search party of 60 men to go to the post where the second and third group is, while the remaining are ordered to go back to the base. So, they marched towards to the outpost of the second party which is nearby and rushed to it and hoping for survivors.
But when they arrived at their post, they only saw dead bodies lying on the ground, their leader was heavily shocked, he ordered his men to check for remaining survivors.
He doesn't know what's going on that time, and suddenly he noticed that the third and second party was caught in an explosion while the fourth was salvaged and massacred.
He kept thinking and thinking, until one of his men reported that there is one survivor and was fatally wounded.
So, he immediately rushed in and saw that the survivor was the leader of the party, so he asked what has happened and the survivor answered and said, "Strange soldiers... Strange Clothes... Green ones... T-they have no shield nor sword. Their fighting style is different..."
The leader asked, "Where did they come from and how many they were?"
The survivor answered, "I don't know..." As he took out something from his pocket and it seems kind of round, long, metal, bronze mixed with silver and has some sort of black powder in it. It may be small, but that thing is the one that decimated three parties with even noticing it from distance. The survivor told them that they to get out of the forest as quickly as possible.
But their leader needs to go back to warn the others, but another explosion occurred, and it was in the camp. The survivor told him again to run away immediately.
So, he listened and ordered the men to cancel the search and withdraw immediately and make their way out of the forest and return to Kanza. Until now, the mysteries remained in the forest to the far north where many have entered but few returned.
Caesar replied, "That's the same story I heard from the locals and they always reminds that as a warning to all witch hunters."
Madison said, "Is that so? Well, I guess it can't be helped then. Anyways, thank you for everything, Mason let's go."
Before they depart, Caesar had a suggestion for the twins and said, "Madison, Mason, since you have your weapons, why don't we start your training? What do you say?"
The twins nodded and agreed, and Mason replied as he bowed his head, "Thank you for having us! Please train us well!"
And so, Caesar and the twins ride their way back to the mansion and started their training sessions.
To be continued...