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Chapter 13 - The Brighter the Stars

The battle grows intense... The heroes and soldiers fighting with all their might, and the same for the villains.

Even thought we are in the offensive, the enemy has strong defences, but the Guild Heroes are leading the way to the stabilizers.

The same for us, we have keeping attacking and walking towards the enemy... Keeping forward until win. Until we find a Energy Core, the cores energize the turrets and shields and communication system. Of course, there are many of them, but destroying some of them will weaken them of course.

Mad Machine... No, Maquina has been suppressing enemies... Untill they tried to use robots to defeat us, and then Maquina activated D.K.M. and hacked all of the robots, and turned the numerical advantage to our side. Hundred of robots, dozens of heroes and soldiers started to supress the villains...

Me, Saiki and some soldiers then walked to a giant room with a Stabilizer-like core...

[Saiki]- "It emits Space Signals. If we destroy it we can make the Bastion unstable..."

[Me]- "It will solve the problem then?"

[Saiki]- "This space is likely to collapse if we do so. The entire Pocket Dimension will cluster... With everything inside."

[Me]- "... Got it. Prepare for destroy it and flee."

"Roger that." Saiki and the soldiers said at the same time... Well, we found the heart of the hydra. Better stab it then cut the head of the hydra...

When we approached, acolytes in different clothes and equipped with stronger weapons stopped us, and we were cornered up next to crates.

They were shooting at us without cooldown, when one stops the other one start to cover him, and there were almost 30 of them...

Saiki warped behind then and created a distraction, then our soldiers started the counter-attack, shooting at the acolytes, we started to move towards the Main Core.

When we beat them, other started to arrive with villains to support them... We tried to call reinforcements, but the Main Core emits too much energy that interferes in our radio.

Half of our soldiers were killed, and Saiki and I tried to continue the attack... I got hit by energy rays while protecting them. Saiki created a shockwave to push them back, but they continued attacking... Our time was running out...

After some minutes, Saiki send the soldiers back, while covering them... Saiki got hit by a shot in the leg... In a desperate moment, I wrapped the enemy with iron thorns... This was the formation "Hela's Garden"...

Both I and Saiki were injured... Her left leg was injured, but nothing serious ... She could still walk. I was running out of stamina too... What now?

Retreat and lost that opportunity to finish the battle... Or finish it right now?

If we retreat... We both will come back safe, but the battle will not end so soon... If we....... If I attack with all my might right here, right now... Will I be able to make it? I walked in a path where I sacrificed too many lifes... A path stained in blood... Is this where I can finally get my redemption? But now I have things that I might lose... I will lose the Grim Eye guild... And lose my sister... It has been years since I felt that... My chest hurts...

[Me]- "Saiki."

[Saiki]- "Yeah?"

[Me]- "Retreat and warn the heroes that the Bastion will collapse."

[Saiki]- "What? You will not come with me!?"

[Me]- "This is not a order, it's a request from your brother... Please... Go and live, I want you to be a great hero that I couldn't be."

In tears... In an agonized face ... So hard to keep looking at me, she turned and started running... The last time that I felt so bad was when I lost my mother...

After years, I cried. Even thought I couldn't look back, I felt that Saiki felt the same... My heart hurts...

Around me, I was impaling enemies with huge iron skewers ... And thorny branches breaking turrets... But I didn't heard anything... Getting closer and closer to the Main Core, I used Reconstruction... Blowing up the core... While for a moment a intense light blinded my eyes... And after a intense darkness...

... It is cold... I can't hear anything... I can see somehow the heroes retreating back to the portals... So Saiki did reach them and escaped with them... Good...

I can't see anything anymore... I miss them... Was I forgiven for that? I was doomed to end like that because of what I did in the past? I don't feel that bad...

I feel satisfied. I saved a lot of people. Is this how it feels... To be a hero?

Not bad... I guess...