I guess I shouldn't be that surprised.
I already knew that every single one of us were biding our time to capture the other… but it still felt strange to see Anya of all people do something like this.
She seemed like a normal kid… but it seems that my judgement was wrong.
Nobody is just 'normal' down here.
"Let's follow her.", I whisper as quietly as possible to master.
Anya seems to be heading back somewhere, I don't really understand why she killed Eric and that brat Michael. I need to know more about the team's current situation.
Master and I follow her for some time untill we reach a clearing in the forest where I could see that they had made some kind of camp.
Anya walks up to the camp in small steps and faints on the ground with a loud scream. I bet she's going to make some excuse about how Eric and Michael sacrificed themselves to protect her.
Soon, Elsa and Kevin come running and try to wake her up.
I watch all of this happen with master beside me, talking about master… he was strangely silent. I look at him and see that his gaze was fixed on Anya.
"Are you okay, master ?", I ask him.
"I don't like that woman…. be careful of her, Jacob.", he answers back.
We just saw her kill two people in cold blood, why the fuck would I trust her ?
Still, I decide to ask master,
"Why don't you like her ?"
He stares at the camp in front of us…. but his eyes were not there…. he must be reminiscing.
"I know her type; before I became the Great Emperor… my life was filled with people like her. I've been betrayed too many times. That might be why I value loyalty so highly…"
He doesn't say anything else, but I think I understand him.
I finally realize that I don't know anything about master, other than what's shown on that stupid screen. From reading it, some would think that he's a terrible person, which he probably is…. but nobody's born evil.
Our circumstances make us evil.
We stare at their camp without speaking another word.
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Time passes quickly and night creeps upon the silent forest.
During this time nothing eventful happened in their camp, they just sat around and talked for a while, trained for some time and ate some kind of leave even though there was no hunger to satiate within our bodies.
"Should we continue to monitor them ?", master asks yawning.
I nod my head and say,
"I'll keep the first watch."
After that master lies down on the hard floor and go to sleep.
I continue keeping watch untill something catches my eye.
Currently, there were only four people on camp.
Anya.
Kevin.
Elsa and another man from her team.
Elsa and the man were sleeping soundly, Anya and Kevin were sleeping as well… untill now.
After making sure that everyone had fallen asleep, they had gotten up and went into a corner of the camp. They discuss something for a long time.
I try to listen in on their conversation but it was to no avail as they were too far away.
After some time, they slowly start creeping towards the sleeping duo. I can see the sharp glint of a knife in Anya's hand.
I think I know what they're going to do.
But killing someone in their sleep felt cowardly, but I suppose it gets the job done. I have no plans of interfering with their plan… I mean, aren't they doing me a favor ?
I don't have to kill Elsa; they'll do it for me.
I stare silently as Anya stabs the sleeping man repeatedly.
See, I was right.
Next, all they had to do was kill Elsa and then it's game over.
Elsa wakes up hearing sounds and finds her subordinate bleeding to death. I can see a mix of emotions on her face: Shock, Fear, Anger…
I do feel bad for her, but there is no other way.
I close my eyes.
Anytime now, that old man will appear again and say that we won.
"AHHHH STOP, GET OFF ME, YOU MOTHER-"
Why are they taking so much time to kill a single person ?
I open my eyes and find Kevin on top of Elsa with an animalistic expression on his face.
Is he ? No way..
Nausea crawls up my chest and threaten to come out in the form of puke but I hold it in.
I shouldn't involve myself….I just have to stand still and I'll win the game…
Stand still. Stand Still. Stand still.
"Damn it.", I mutter under my breath.
I don't know who Elsa is or what her sin is... but nobody deserves to die like this. I'll still kill her... but it'll be a more honorable death. I'm sorry.
I kick master awake and rush forward screaming.
Unfortunately for Kevin, he wasn't that far from where I was standing. He didn't even see me coming.
I thrust my spear at him and it pierced his heart clearly, just like master taught me. Cutting through flesh didn't feel as bad as I thought it would.
Kevin falls down dead, I presume.
Elsa looks stunned at my arrival, but snaps out of it in a second.
She gets up and runs out of the camp hurriedly.
Well, a 'thank you' would have been nice…
I change my focus to Anya, who had fired three arrows at me with her stupid crossbow. But I was calm…. because I had the best archer in the world beside me.
Well… not the best one but he's reasonably good.
The three arrows shot by Anya are intercepted by another triplet of arrows shot by Genghis Khan.
I look at him and say in a grateful voice, "Thank you, master."
He nods his head and steps forward
Now it's time to end this shitsho-
Wait….
Fuck.
I forgot that Kevin was our 'flag'..
No way…
Did I just… fucking lose ?
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