I felt this uneasiness creep more and more into my mind. A few moments ago I was having fun and enjoying myself but after my conversation with Kalister, I couldn't relax at all.
I looked around me warily, my breathing was getting more and more erratic.
"What's wrong with me?" I asked while touching my forehead. I was never someone to have sharp instincts that guided him away from danger so this was the first time for me.
"I should probably go back to the villa," I said as I stood up. My shaky legs proved to be my greatest foe at the moment.
As I walked farther and farther away from the festival, I looked one last time behind me. Everyone was still enjoying themselves with big smiles. The moment I saw those faces Kalister's words rang in my head.
"What does he mean by 'Bad things'?" I asked myself in confusion. I wanted to decipher his incomprehensible words that took my mind by storm.
'Is there something that I neglected throughout the time I was here? Was there a detail that proved that all of this was nothing but a lie?' I scrambled through my memories like a reckless maniac. Then, it hit me.
'The insignia!' My eyes widened in surprise as I turned around and ran back to the village. I was searching for Kalister out of all the people. A theory was starting to build up in my head and if it was right, then I was closer to death than I could ever expect.
'Where is he?! I saw him go from here!' I thought as I frantically looked left and right. My heart was already overworking and my mind kept on adding new thoughts and possibilities that didn't help much to ease my worries.
I followed the path he took when he left. With that, I ended up in a small alley near the villa. It was quite dark and muddy.
"Kalister!" I shouted as I looked around.
But, instead of an answer. I heard a loud sound of a punch accompanied by a thud of something falling on the ground.
"You fucking bastard!!" A loud shout full of anger echoed in the alley and froze me in my place.
I hid myself in a hurry and listened quietly to what was happening on the other side of the alley.
"After years of planning, you want to stop the plan?! Did you lose your fucking mind, Kalister!!" The voice of what seemed like an old man made me shudder slightly.
I knew that voice pretty well since I heard it daily for the past two months.
'Neli?' I thought of the man who had this voice.
It was indeed Neli who was shouting at what seemed to be Kalister. They were having a very rough argument.
"Stop it with your stupid shit Neli! You think working my ass off to pave that path in the forest for your stupid plan was easy?" Kalister retorted.
"It's for the sake of this village goddamit! How could we get our revenge if we're still fucking stuck in this shithole of a forest!"
"You can rot in hell along with the village! You! Yes, you were the one responsible for all of the horrible things that happened to our race and you have the audacity to talk about getting revenge! Revenge my ass!"
"Fucking bastard!"
*Smash*
Another sound of a punch echoed in the vicinity. I was barely holding my breath as to not make them sense my presence.
"Hehehe! That's the only thing you got going for you, solving anything with barbaric power! You should've given me the role of the chief when you had the chance to, Neli!" Kalister said with a mocking laugh.
He then added after a brief silence, "From the moment the kingdom discovered our place because of you, everything turned to the worst. Many of us got caught and the rest ran away like rats. Yet, they still respect you and love you! Pufh, what a bunch of morons!" He spat on the ground as if he wanted to get rid of a bitter taste in his mouth.
Neli didn't respond. I wasn't able to see his face, but I knew for sure that he was far from normal. Even the aura around him was chaotic.
But, it seemed like Kalister didn't bother with it as he continued, " But fear not! This will all end soon! You and everyone else will be spared from living in this constant hell."
"What do you mean?" Neli asked with a quiet tone in contrast to his outraged demeanor a few moments ago.
"You will see, old man. I'm going to bring an end to all of this and you will be a witness to that happening."
"Don't you dare, Kalister!! I will kill you!" Neli roared as his aura broke the limit.
"I want to see you try! But, shouldn't you take care of a more urgent matter!"
*Booommmm*
Suddenly, a huge explosion shook the whole village. I was shocked by the sudden event and I looked at where the sound came from.
"W-What did you do?!!"
"Go and see for yourself. It's the end, village chief. I hope you will enjoy everything before the finale!"
I didn't care about them anymore as I ran towards the village.
'Shit! what's going on?!' I thought with a grave frown on my face. Such an explosion in the middle of an area full of people was nothing short of a disaster.
"I hope everyone is alright! Dammit! Faster!" I urged myself to run faster to reach the center quickly.
And when I finally reached the place, I stood rooted, not moving an inch. My eyes couldn't believe the scene.
"No! No! Don't do this!! Help!"
"What is going on?! Why are the holy knights here?!!"
Cries of pain and fear dominated the area, everyone was running left and right trying to escape. I could see the pure horror that tainted their expressions as they hurriedly scattered all around. Many fell down in their run but kept on crawling away. What was a few minutes ago a happy atmosphere of a festival turned into a horror scene.
All of the houses in the area were caught on fire. Huge clouds of smoke covered the whole village as it soared up in the sky seemingly to no end.
Then, my eyes shifted to some particular people that were all around the place. They were holding big swords with huge armors that covered their whole body and even their faces.
I saw them before, but from how they were ruthlessly attacking the villagers, I felt a sense of danger emanating from them.
"What is going on?!!" I shouted in disbelief.
I couldn't bother to look for answers as I pulled my katana and ran toward them. There were at least 40 of them that kept on attacking the villagers.
I sped up towards the closest one of them and I jumped on him before he could kill anyone else.
"Stop! You bastards!!" I bellowed as I slashed downward with all my strength. I was totally out of my mind.
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