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Mask of Lawareptus

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Chapter 1 - Chapter 1: Past and secrets

"You have four choices: first is to die down here, second is to slit your throat until you die, third wait until you starve from hunger, and last commit suicide in the sea." A man talk to a boy who was tied up from his shoulder to his toe.

The boy was caught when he tried to filch from the fisher mans halted on the port to have launch. He was brought through the boat's basement and they started them to tie the boy and locked down there. The boy was hungry, eager to eat cause of pilfering. He was homeless who just hunt to survive with his comrade. They hunt so well, it was enough to consume for a day. They are in good condition at the past, before the head hunter Riotro closed the hunting spot without the king knowing. The king is good yet his comrades not, however, even the king help the the weak, he still have the dark side. At that time, he's hopeless until he heard a a young voice suddenly shouted

"LEOWOOFT!" Roy shouted as loud as he can

"Take that rascal to me!" the captain exclaimed

The boy's friend has come to rescue him, the boy was named Leowoft and they all need foster care but no one came. So, they chosen to stand by their own legs. The boy who shouted was named Roy, a boy which his parents died because of their work: being an assassin's. The others which is with Leowoft Run through the boat and force themselves to get in the basement. The fisher mans tried to hold them back but it causes chaos. The boys run in the boat at the boat started to shook as it looses it's balance causes of falling on the water. Leowoft was stuck inside the basement and the water started to fill the boat. It was sinking on the water. Jerphoty: Leowoft's friend seen that the boat started to sink and his friends are there. Murphy: one of Leowoft's friend can't swim into the port cause his leg was stuck in the broken wood of the boat and the other fisher man has drowned into the shallow water. Leowoft tried to escape by braking the boat and swim but it's difficult to do when your legs and hands are both tied up tightly. Roy was still finding Leowoft and the boat was continuously sinking underwater. Leowoft felt so hopeless which lead into anxiousness. Suddenly, a solemn pushed Jerphoty to the water and started to sink. Meanwhile Leowoft closed his eyes and cried because of anger and sadness, he thought that being a de trop was no good in this world. The detrimental madness that scattered and beset us, it's the cause of chaos and war.

"Ahhhh, help me!" Jerphoty shouted into his breath, feeling those hands holding him. Until he remembered that Leowoft was in the boat so he broke the boat to get him out of the basement. When he hold Leowoft, a force pulled him into the port and suddenly collapse. As he awaken, he was hanging upside down, he saw the solemn looking at him and he saw that the hands that holds him when he's in the water was Jerphoty, Murphy, and especially Leowoft's hands.

The solemn pushed him cause he want me to save them, he have no intentions of killing instead he was helping.

Leowoft awoke, all of it was just a memory dream which is the most unforgettable things they have done. He got up and peeked from the window to see the flowers who bloomed which attracted the butterflies to come. The blissful and relaxing landscape of the backyard was giving sophisticated theme. Their house was made by thin branches and old worn out clothes, they were just hunters who trying to survive from starving and being lack of money. They live in this city besought by huge walls and the only way to got out of it is the hole on the. Everyone with Leowoft prepared their belongings for hunting to go outside the wall. As they headed to the hole, an old man called for them.

"Oh, dear you must remove that thing." the old man said pointing to Jerphoty's wrist that was covered with bandage. "It was a burden for hunting." He continue

"haha, no need ma'am" Jerphoty kindly replied to the old women. "It's just wound." he continue talking they walk away the old man

"Untie it if you still want to live!" the old man said as he held Jerphoty's hand with a frown face.

Jerphoty walked away like nothing happen with the others, wearing his doubting face. He just said "Is that woman know everything?" to himself. His heart pounded so fast, he was sure he told no one about his secret. "Is that woman was connected to it" he thought to himself. He just walked away from the old man to the hole of the wall, hearing his friends murmured about the old man.

"That odd old man was trying to get us into his scum trick." Roy said as he got out the hole.

"Huh? Like a fake magician who guessed what was in Jerphoty's hand which is just completely wound that did not healed yet." Leowoft replied to Roy "And so, he would guess Jerphoty's future for a small amount of Gelon." He continue.

Gelon was the currency used in Reyatavat since two thousand B.C. and those Gelon coins was made by melted gold with small piece of diamond on the counter of the coin, it just twenty-seven Gelon was worth of it. They learn to use Gelon when they are nine years old, the time Loewoft gotten into the basement of the boat.

Meanwhile, they moved to the hunting spot to search for their prey. They've prepared their bows for killing. Suddenly, Leowoft shouted "look" on the, he spotted the bunch of boar running around the plain. Leowoft rapidly aim for the boar to kill it but they suddenly heard a horse running on their way.

"The Imperialists!" A boy shouted is a hoarse voice, running back into the wall. He was covered with blood from the wound on his neck.

Leowoft ran through the woods with the others, the boy with the wound was killed by an arrow from the imperialist's bow. Jerphoty and Murphy ran as fast as he could until they've been saw by a hunter who didn't know that the imperialists was coming. They halted at the front of the other hunter saying "The imperialist are coming." to the other hunter. Murphy notice that it was just him and Jerphoty, the other was missing from somewhere.

Meanwhile, Leowoft hidden in the rock when he noticed that everyone was gone. He just held up his bow and aim it everywhere cause of nervous. Roy climbed in the tree to stay hidden like Leowoft.

"Moron! Your friends need your help instead you hid your self! You are such a coward!" A strange voice came to talk to Leowoft. " Your such a coward, I don't know what Mumbuk have seen potential on you." The strange voice continue talking.

"Who are you!" Leowoft screamed. "Show your self on me!" He continue screaming

"The wind would never like this host at all even though he was look tough, he was weak inside." The strange voice nudge on disappointment.

"Why aren't you answering my questions!" Leowoft shouted, holding his bow thoroughly.

"YOU HAVE NO RIGHTS TO QUESTION ME!" The strange voice exclaimed as black wind scattered and blow the wall. It was like a wind with black dust everywhere. They heard those men screaming from melting cause of the black dust but the wind only pass Leowoft.

"Why did this wind only pass on me!" Leowoft shouted.

"This wind only kill sinner whose no worth to live on Reyatavat." The strange voice said. "This mask would make those worthless people less." The strange voice said as a cat mask suddenly floated at the air. "If you wear this mask, you would be powerful." The voice said.

"I don't want power, I want my friend be safe!" Leowoft shouted on the air.

"Okay, if you wear this mask you could save your friend and the others though stranger.

"How could I make sure that you would make me save them?" Loewoft ask.

"Just wear it and see the result and I can't make you save them, I am just helping and doing my duty." The voice rapidly cut the conversation.

Leowoft slowly and nicely wear the mask, the mask give his veins a no ordinary power who could make a city explode. After that, he collapse and fell on ground without knowing. Is he alive or dead.