Chapter 32: Tower of Heaven
Fanfic by: Geraint124x
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(Harukin's POV)
Arriving at one entrances of the tower, I taken out the guards that's on my path who has a hound monsters with them. This hounds can sniff my scent and tract my location so I killed them immediately.
I took out one of my magic staves in my dimensional storage and used it to turn my body into mist. With this magic, I can transform my body into mist that can move around freely at high speed, negating both physical and magical attacks.
I immediately went inside the tower of heaven.
Looking around, I saw more slaves imprisoned inside. Some of them have bruises around their body, some of them are already very weak and frail. I saw one of them getting electrocuted by a guard using Magic.
Even the slave children are working to death and has all hopeless expression, scared of being hurt by the guards, even those who are inside the prison.
If I'm going to describe something about this place, it's totally hell.
I restrained myself from anger, thinking how I'll plan to deal with this place.
Lurking around the place, I saw a little girl with shoulder-length scarlet hair and brown eyes, she's wearing a white tattered dress.
That scarlet hair, there's no mistake, it's definitely Erza, the one whom I'm looking for.
Right now, she was walking weakly out of tiredness.
Suddenly, she fainted and fell on the ground.
One of the guards noticed and saw her lying on the ground, he angrily shouted at her. The hound monster besides him was barking making her scared and sat up.
Tears started to drip from her eyes,
All she can do is to cry out of fear from her hopeless situation.
Watching this, I can't hold my anger anymore.
I cancelled my Mist Body and projected a copy of Guren's sword in my hands.
"Destroy anything on my path, Mahiru-no-yo." I chanted.
I swinged my sword towards the pillar supports of bridges where the watch guards standing upon, creating a wave that shatters and destroys anything on it's path.
*Boom!*
"What happened?!... Huh?"
Suddenly, the bridges collapsed and watch guards fell on the ground.
"Ahhh?!"
"Please help me!"
"Arrgh!!! My leg broke! Someone, please save me!"
All of them screamed helplessly, some of them badly injured when they fell hard on the ground.
After I created a commotion, I turned myself into a mist again and immediately went towards Erza.
The guard who's shouting at Erza got distracted and immediately went to help his injured comrades.
When that happened, I appeared in front of her,
"Who are you?" she asked.
I placed my index finger between my lips,
"Shhh! Be quiet, I came here to save you. We're gonna escape from this tower."
"Huh?"
I quickly slashed the machine that binds her arms then I lifted her up and carried her in my arms.
"Hold on tight, we have to get out of here quickly before someone noticed us." I whispered on her.
"Wait!" she said but I ignored her.
I dashed and ran away from this place.
Hound monster appeared one by one to block my path,
"Tch! Those hounds are really annoying."
Different kinds of swords appeared, floating behind me,
"Sword barrel... Full open!"
I launched them towards the hounds, killing them immediately.
When we got away from that place, I heard a lot footsteps running ahead of us.
Looking around I found a big crate, we immediately went behind it and hid ourselves.
The guards who are running passed on us,
*Sigh*
Erza sighed in relief, she glanced on me and said,
"Thank you for saving me."
I smiled on her and replied,
"It's okay, no problem."
"Umm... Can I ask for your name?" she shyly asked.
"Oh, my name is Harukin." I answered.
"Then... Thank you for saving me Harukin." She said with a smile.
Wow! She didn't laugh at my name.
She's really a good girl.
"No, it's nothing." I replied.
"Actually, mine is Erza, Erza Scarlet." she spoke.
"Then, nice to meet you Erza." I said with smile.
Now that I think about it, looking at her this close, she's really a beautiful girl.
And this scarlet hair of her, it's gorgeous...
"Umm... Harukin?" she spoke.
"What?"
"Can you please stop touching my hair, it's making me embarrass." she shyly said.
Before I noticed, I was already touching her scarlet hair, slipping it through between my fingers.
"Ah! I'm sorry, Erza. Your hair was really stunningly beautiful that I was captivated by it."
Erza was surprised at my unexpected compliment, a pale red rushed on her face.
"What are saying at a time like this, Harukin!"
"I'm sorry?!..."
"Ugh~"
Suddenly, she groaned and fell on my chest.
"Erza, are you okay?"
I tried to pat her cheek, shook her to wake up.
*growl*
I heard her stomach growl,
...
"You're just hungry right?" I said.
"... Please, don't say it." She replied.
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I took out some bottled water and a pack of food inside my dimensional storage.
Erza watched me doing it,
"Harukin, is that a magic?" she asked, pointing at the void I opened.
"Yes, it's one of my innate magic that I can only use."
I placed the food and water in front her,
"Here... Eat some, so that you will have the energy escape from here."
"Wait! Can I also take my friends with me and escape from here?"
Oh, those must be Jellal, Simon and her other fellow slave children.
"Well. Sure, no problem for me."
"Thank you, Harukin."
I slightly blushed when I saw her happy smile.
"Then... Eat well, I'll watch over the guards." I turned around and looked behind the crate.
"What about you, aren't you gonna eat?"
"Don't worry about me, I already ate before I came here."
"Okay then... Thanks for the food."
She started to eat.
After that, we stealthy climbed the upper floors and went towards the location of the cell where her friends are being imprisoned.
All the guards we met on the way, I putted them all in sleep, destroying the machine that binds the slaves.
"They are over there!" Erza pointed at one of the cell.
When we arrived in front of cell,
"Everyone! I came back here to escape with you guys in this place!" Erza shouted.
"Erza?" one of slave children said, glancing at her.
He has a blue hair and a red tattoo above and under his right eye. This little boy was Jellal Fernandes.
"Jellal! I got someone to help us escape from here." Erza said excitedly.
"Erza, please move out for now, I gonna destroy the lock of the cell." I said, preparing to swing my sword.
She nodded and moved away in front of the cell.
I slashed the cell lock and cut it into two.
When the destroyed lock fell on the ground, I opened the cell and went inside together with Erza.
"Erza, who's this little guy with you." asked by a tall boy with dark hair and dark eyes curiously.
This guy must be Simon, Kagura's older brother.
"This is Harukin, he's my new friend that saved me from the cult guards." Erza introduced me from her friends.
"Nice to meet you guys." I said while smiling.
Simon became angry,
"You little bastard! Since when you became so close to Erza that you made her call you by your nickname." he said out of jealousy.
"..."
"Eh?" Erza reacted.
(To be continued.)
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Pictures when they are enslaved.
Jellal Fernandes
Erza Scarlet
Simon
Shou
Wally Buchanan and Milliana
Rob