"You think so? I have a gut feeling that there is more to him."
My skin tingled a bit, Mike's gut feelings are generally right. I looked at him and asked, "Are you sure?"
"...." Mike didn't say anything and continued to stare at the parting back of George, "How did Geoge ever get his hands on him? After all he is like a prodigy even in this school which is filled to the brim with prodigies."
Suddenly, my heart raced as words left my mouth, "He volunteered."
!!
What if he isn't on our side! George is in danger!
My eyes met Cye's, and he smiled.
"George No!!"
"My job here is done." Said Cye with a professional smile, Almost immediately a magic circle that was drawn on the heels of his shoes glowed and he disappeared.
"H-Huh? What's up? Al? You good? Why are you distressed? Why are you frowning…" George, who turned around nervously, asked me a barrage of questions.
Am I getting paranoid? I quickly turned around to look at Mike who just stood where he was. He just looked at me and silently shook his head.
Damn it, I am too on edge, But why am I so on edge? Do I subconsciously consider that bastard that big of a threat?
Swoosh,
A loud wind stroked by, and I subconsciously looked where Yin disappeared,
"Hey, He was here!"
"Damn, Alfred was right, the bastard was hiding here from the beginning."
"Alfred."
As if a ghost who just appeared out of thin air, there stood the white haired boy, his clothes were different from before now he was wearing a suit that was all white and looked very oversized.
The moonlight which normally wouldn't be visible because of the thick forest, but now was thanks to Mike flattening all the trees, glistening his hair and suit.
He stood there, holding something in his right hand.
It looked like a black thick stick that had a cylindrical design to it. And there was another cylindrical thing strapped to his waist. It seems I was right, the headmaster gave him multiple relics, but what did he do to get it?
"Finally you're here huh. I missed my date because of you." One of the guys immediately jumped on Yin.
He was probably ten feet away from Yin when suddenly, Yin just lifted his right hand and diagonally slashed at that guy.
I thought nothing would happen but contrary to my expectations, from one end of the stick a whip made up of light started appearing and soon the guy who attacked him was sliced up in two pieces.
Then the ten feet long whip contracted and turned into a purple sword made up of light.
"W-What?"
"Nile Died!"
"What was that!?"
Everybody had a shocked look, some who knew the guy who just died were panicking, and some were raging but none were taking a step forward to confront him anymore. We…I need to take the lead, or the buffoons will never move.
"What do you think that was George?"
Mike suddenly approached us and asked George, from the corner of my eye I saw George wearing a fearful expression. Even though George is the brains of our group right now he is compromised.
"I think that is something similar to the holy sword, but it doesn't have any divinity and the light attribute imbued in it seems…artificial." I said, analyzing as best as I can.
"If it is even imbued in the first place," George muttered,
"What? What do you mean?" Asked Mike.
"T-That thing is made out of pure light energy, don't ask me how because I don't know how." George continued, slowly stepping backwards. When overthinkers can't predict something they freak out, so is the same with George.
Looking at all this, I screamed, "Everybody Retreat! Get out of here and form an encirclement around us from afar! Make sure he doesn't escape, George will explain the details to you all!!"
Immediately all eyes were on me as George hissed, "What!? I am not leaving you behind in any way! Not against that monster!"
''Get out of here, and do what you do best, leave the rest to me and Mike."
"B-But-!!"
"Fuck Off!!" Before George can say anything else Mike forcefully send George away by holding him with some of the tree branches and throwing him away. Then he continued, "It might look and sound harsh…"
"But it's for the best." I finished his words,
Mike silently nodded and I smiled dryly.
"So what's the plan?"
"I attack him from the air, you back me up and make sure to always maintain distance because we never know what are the limits of his power."
"Got it, buy me some time." After hearing Mike's confirmation, I started walking. By now everybody has evacuated. I also started taking my shoes off.
"We meet again, bastard." I tried to make some small talk with Yin to distract him.
"Yeah, unfortunately." Yin nodded in mock excitement.
"You have changed a lot, haven't you? You have the guts to talk to me now."
"Well, everybody is bound to change after getting scorched alive I guess."
"That's why you shouldn't try to reach the moon, her place is beside me. I love her, you just want to play with her."
"Is that so? Then I think you would like to know that we were having a lot of fun together when she was treating me from the injuries you gave me. Her face was really red when she was…revealing everything to me."
"..You bastard.." What do you mean…What does this bastard mean!! Die!!
Suddenly, concentrated blasts of fire started emitting from my hand and soon I was 20 meters up in the air.
"Alfred Too early! Damn it.." I heard Mike saying something but I didn't care. He is a weakling who hides under the skirts of women after all, I don't need backup to deal with trash like that.
When I started descending, I spun my body, stretching my leg I aimed my heel to fall on his head.
"Hook, Line and Sinker!" But then I suddenly heard Yin's Laughter.
"Alfred!" Immediately my vision shifted and I crashed onto a nearby tree, but right when I crashed the tree softened up so I wasn't hurt but what is this pain-
!!!
My legg!!! My Leg!! I saw there was nothing below my right ankle.
"A-Ahhh-!!!!!!" As I was hit with the excruciating pain, I started losing all senses of my surroundings.
Slap!
"Alfred Calm the fuck down!" Suddenly I heard Mike's Voice,
"Why didn't you protect me!?" I screamed at Mike!
"Why did you run off earlier than planned!" He screamed equally loudly.
"..." I stayed quiet as I felt my eyes moistening, then Mike clicked his tongue and said, "And I did protect you. If it weren't for me then you would've been sliced in half like that guy. And Yin is still…"
"What about him?" I looked at the direction of where Mike was looking, the direction where Yin should be, and he wasn't there.
Damn it, did he go into hiding again!?
"Looking for me~?"
!!
Quickly turning around I saw Yin brandish his sword diagonally, and then I was hit with intense pain,
Ugh..what is this pain…!!!
But then I saw it, but my body, it had been diagonally bisected. My left shoulder and arm along with my head was one section and the rest of my body was another.
I guess this is where it ends for me huh…
What about Mike..Please get out of here.. don't try to take revenge..
From the corner of my eye I looked at Mike he had an expression I have never seen before…a face of despair.
He was saying something to me but I couldn't hear it, then I saw a bright arc of light quickly approaching Mike from behind..
.
.
No…Mike…Live…