But he was lucky that he was hit right by the sword and he quickly took the sword stuck in the body of the Lich who was already motionless. I dashed towards the crowd of Lichs who were trying to pounce on the woman holding the baby.
"I won't let you touch it!!" Luke shouted as he ran towards the creatures that were once humans. The moment he managed to pounce on the Lich crowd he realized that his current situation was extremely precarious as the Lich crowd was surrounding them without any chance of escape.
"Madam calm down I will definitely save you."
Luke said this to the woman who was holding her baby tightly. He took out the guns Charlotte had just given him. Because the way to survive in the midst of the current situation is to rely on everything he has. One by one the creatures approached them and Luke began to launch attacks using his sword and Luke shot several lichs that his sword slash could not reach. Luke kept repeating this and it could be calculated that he had killed more than ten Lichs lying around them.
"Shit is endless."
With a gasping tone Luke wiped his face which had some blood from the Lich Luke killed. From what he had learned when he was in the academy the Lichs didn't have their minds like monsters that didn't care about their lives and at that moment Luke noticed that the Lich in front of him stopped attacking him looking as if they were hesitant to approach. Perhaps, what was taught at the academy was a little wrong or it could be that these Lichs could feel a dangerous sensation as he brutally slaughtered their comrades one by one.
"What is it? Are you afraid of me? Come on, I'll serve you." Luke replied trying to provoke them. Some of them groaned at his words and started running to try to pounce on Luke. But, he easily slashed them.
"This gun is of no use anymore." Luke threw the gun that Charlotte had given him to the ground because the ammunition of the gun had run out and he started to mount a stance with both hands holding the hilt of my sword.
'Calm your mind and strengthen your footing human.'
A voice spoke to him through his mind.
'Looks like you don't just sit there, do you?'
'How could I let you die when I just felt the outside world.'
'Close your eyes and feel the power flowing from the sword throughout your body.'
Luke slowly started to close his eyes and began to try to feel the power emanating from this sword. There was a flow of energy starting to be felt emanating from this sword. That powerful energy slowly turned into power and began to slowly flow within his body.
'T-this power?'
'Now slash them partners.'
When Luke opened his eyes he saw that the Lichs had approached to pounce on the three of them but, a slightly odd thing happened, the Lichs were moving so slowly as if the flow of time had stopped. Without thinking Luke slashed his sword and a blackish purple flame like a crescent moon shot out from the slash of his sword which burned them instantly.
After that things returned to normal where the Lichs that were burned by Luke's slash just started to turn to ashes and some of those who weren't hit by Luke's attack started to escape into the denser fog. His sword fell to the ground and when he was about to try to pick it up he felt a very heavy feeling and he saw that his hands were shaking.
Luke sat up gasping for breath his whole body felt tired and stiff and he tried to catch his breath many times and it felt really tight. He tried to calm himself down for a few minutes and after that he looked behind him. Luke saw the woman lying on the ground with the baby right beside her.
"Hey… are you all right madam?" Luke asked the woman as he slowly walked closer to her. This stiff body was very difficult to move he felt very dizzy as he walked closer to the woman who was lying on the ground.
"Madam, are you all right?" Luke brought his face closer to the woman while asking the condition of the woman who was lying on the ground.
"Looks like he's hopeless." A man's voice came from behind him. Luke also turned quickly to the back and he saw that Captain Daniel and Kento and Charlotte were standing behind him.
"What do you mean Captain?" Luke asked Captain Daniel. Luke felt he already knew the answer to his own question but there was a strong resistance from within him at this moment.
"Watch carefully Ainswald." Captain Daniel pointed at the woman's feet. Luke slowly looked at the woman's feet and he still couldn't believe that she had been bitten by a lich.
"Th-it wasn't caused by that creature Captain. It could be that this woman was injured while trying to get out of the armored vehicle."
Captain Daniel began to pull out one of his swords from its scabbard and slowly pointed it at the woman.
"C-Captain what are you doing?"
"Isn't it obvious Ainswald, I just want to give that woman peace."
"What peace do you mean Captain? Stop joking, we should hurry to give him first aid."
"Ainswald move away from that woman."
"I won't let you kill him Captain."
"Is that so?"
They both looked at each other for a few minutes. And as they looked at each other Luke's sleeves were pulled from behind.
"It's okay," the woman said to herself.
"What do you mean? It's just a small wound if we take you to the hospital we are sure that you will be healthy again."
"It's already like it's time for me to get here. I want you to take this baby."
"N-no madam why did you hand your baby over to me?"
As he was holding the baby girl who was inside the life capsule someone's hand tapped his shoulder and he saw that it was Charlotte and he just shook his head at Luke.
"I can't seem to see my daughter grow up."
"What the hell is this… How could I possibly accept this."
"Thank you for saving us."
Luke knew that the woman was smiling behind the mask she was wearing. With a sense of annoyance Luke stood up and walked past Captain Daniel who was preparing in front of the woman. Luke had his back to them and not long after that he heard the sound of a sword going through something.
"What will happen to this child in the future?" Luke said that while looking at the little baby inside the capsule-shaped tube.
"Don't worry Luke, later they will find this child an orphanage or find this child a foster parent" said Charlotte who was next to him.
"Is that so… I am very relieved to hear that."
"Charlotte get the child into the car" Captain Daniel ordered Charlotte.
"Okay, Captain." Luke gave the baby into Charlotte's hands.
"Ainswald, you understand what you're doing, don't you?"
Luke just nodded in front of Captain Daniel as he said that. He fully understood the actions he was taking at this time and the biggest risk was that he would be expelled from the vampire hunter squad.