Between the sudden challenge of Henry against Mason, the result of the fight was unexpected, as Mason finished off Henry without taking another blow. The crowd who was watching the fight were left speechless and wondered, so the crowd left the stage with disappointment. But for Cassie, she fell in love to Mason, to the point that she will be at his side, even if the world turned against him. And as the stage were left empty, a group of knights suddenly showed up and their captain asked Mason, "Are you Mason?"
Mason replied with caution, "Yes, I am Mason. Who are you?"
The captain of the group of knights introduced herself, "My name is Jenica, I am the captain of The Crusaders."
Mason wondered, "Crusaders? Where did I heard that name?"
But, Jenica interrupted and said, "Allow me to get to the point, we were looking for that man." As she pointed Henry. "That man is the last Captain of the Remnants of the Blood Knights. As you see, we are investigating on what happened to his fellow captains when they were on an expedition up north."
Mason asked, "What do you mean expedition up north? I thought it was all rumors..."
Jenica replied, "Yes, I am aware of those rumors. If I am correct, one of the rumors about them is that they were responsible of burning down a village near Dakhota." As she greets him and shakes hands with him, "It's a pleasure meeting you, by the way. I have heard rumors that you and your twin sister are the youngest witch hunters, but I don't know if that rumor is true."
Mason agreed with that rumor and said, "Well, I can't deny that we're still young to be witch hunters, but we can't also deny that we are the youngest witch hunters."
Jenica nodded and replied, "I see..." And looked at Cassie, and asked, "Then, is she your sister?"
Mason replied, "No, she is my lover. My sister went back to the village of Bèlen with another friend."
"Wait? Are you talking about Elena?" Jenica cautiously asked.
Mason became cautious when Jenica knew about Elena and replied, "How do you know about Elena?"
Jenica dodged the question and said, "I have no time to explain, we have to go to Bèlen before it's too late. We have to save your twin sister!"
Mason became curious and more cautious when Jenica told him vaguely, and asked again, "How do you know about Elena?"
Jenica sighs and replied, "I don't have time for this." As she snaps her fingers and ordered the knights, "Crusaders, take them away!"
Mason holds his sword and unsheathed it, releasing a powerful wave to the Crusaders, making them more cautious to him. "I won't let you fool me. It will take a thousand men to take me down..."
Cassie was shocked to see a part of Mason's true power and said to herself, "So strong... Maybe that is the reason why I fell in love with him. But I am sure that there is something more than that. I am sure that there is more than one reason why I fell in love with him." As she shakes her head and taps her cheeks, and said, "I have no time to wallow in this kind of things."
Jenica starting to get annoyed and said, "Mason! I know that we only just met, but you have to come with me. I know Elena and your sister is in danger. I can't explain to you the details yet but, you have to trust me in this." As she calmly approached Mason. "I can't explain the details or reason to you, right now. We have to team up with this."
Mason asked, "And why should I trust you?"
Jenica answered as she smiled, "You don't have to..." As she points a gun to Mason.
Mason noticed something when he saw Jenica holding the same gun as Madison and immediately sheathed his sword, and said, "Okay, fine. But just so you know, I don't fully trust you yet. Prove it to me that you are right."
"I swear on the name of my family that I will not break the trust and chance that was given to me." Jenica replied.
As they shake hands and nodded each other, Jenica ordered the knights, "Men! We march for Bèlen! Bring them the horses, so that they can ride with us!"
"Yes milady!" The knights replied.
While the knights are preparing the horses, Cassie became too worried to Mason as she approached him and asked, "Mason? Will you be alright?"
Mason smiled and answered, "Don't worry, Cassie. Everything will be fine, I promise you." As they kissed each other and hold hands, Cassie whispered, "Please be back, my love. I will be waiting for you..."
Jenica called Mason as they are about to depart, "Hey, Mason! Let's go! It's a long ride to Bèlen."
Mason whispered at Cassie, "I will come back for you, and when I do, I will marry you and be at my side for the rest of my life." As he part ways with her. Mason, along with Henry, Jenica and the Crusaders departed and travels to Bèlen.
Cassie again whispered to herself, "Please be safe... I can't imagine a world without you, Mason. Please be safe, Madison and Mason. You are the only people that I have."
Meanwhile, Madison woke up in an unfamiliar place and find herself chained up with someone else and someone was watching, and said, "It looks like you're awake, Madison. I am sorry for the inconvenience, dear." As Madison tries to break the chains. "Please, pardon me the struggle you are having. Those chains are modified to counter the power of the Great White Witch's curse."
Hearing those words, Madison wondered and cautiously asked, "What are you talking about?"
The woman, who was watching Madison, replied and offered, "How about I tell you a simple story? The story of the Great White Witch."
Madison just looked at the woman and didn't reply as the woman follows up and said, "Fine then, I will tell you the story behind the Great White Witch."
To be continued...