"So you are Captain Ryodon. Nice to meet you." - Princess Lilia walks out of her room after Ryuma comes to pick her up at her palace.
"It is an honor to stay by your side, Princess Lilia. Our team will try our very to make this your most enjoyable trip to the city."
"Very well. Let us go!"
Just as planned, everyone is quick on their feet as each member is assigned a spot within the city to take over. So far, nothing has happened to the princess and Ryuma. At first, Ryuma did not plan to take on this mission since his team should be more than enough. However, using a team without a Captain for a Princess is too rude for the first time, so he had to take it anyway. Both Ryuma and Yuna are in charge of staying close to the princess.
"Look, Captain Ryodon. It's the most famous candy bar in Edser. Can we stop for a moment and try it out?"
"By your order, Princess."
"Oh come on, you are the one who lead the trip for me today. You do not mind walking me inside the store, do you?" - Princess cheerfully pulls Ryuma, while an invisible laser beam is shooting right from Yuna's eyes.
"Ahem, Princess. Let me take you in. It will be weird to see the Princess hanging out with another male. I will introduce every single candy they have to you!" - Yuna forcefully grabs Princess Lilia's hands.
"You guys are no fun!!!"
...
"Alright, team. How many targets do we have?"
"This is the Alpha team, Captain. We have three on our sides."
"One for Beta and two for Delta team, Captain."
"Kill them. Leave no one behind. However, take them somewhere out of the city first." - Ryuma gives out his order.
"Yes, Sir!" - Ryuma has been sharing his Sensing ability with everyone on this entire team to check for enemies. Thanks to the corpses they killed back then that he is able to track them down using their Light symbol.
"Yuna, you should sense nearby enemies as well. Let's end this quickly. Tell the princess to come out." - Ryuma is waiting for the enemies to make their move.
Just as he expected, the moment the Princess walks out. Five soldiers within her personal team run towards her with knives and guns. They are ready to end her life right on the spot.
"Hey. If you want to kill someone, at least come up with a better plan. Just because I am staying outside does not mean I cannot protect her." - Ryuma casts a barrier spell and poison attack on those five guys at the same time. The poison was so lethal that four of them die instantly, and the last one is on the verge of death.
"Ugh...Ugh..." - Blood and tears are coming out of the last one.
"You! TELL ME WHO YOU ARE, AND WHY ARE YOU AGAINST THE ROYALTY?" - Princess Lilia angrily asks.
"Screw you nobles! Because of you that our ancestors never had a peaceful day. I will take you down with me today!"
"Please don't move. You will be judged under the law of the headquarter as well as the royalty." - Yuna quickly ties his hands and covers his mouth.
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"How is it over there?"
"Captain, we got rid of all of them." - Ishino talks while killing the last person.
"Good job, we will meet back in my office."
"Erm...Ryuma?" - Yuna carefully asks.
"What is it?"
"This person...is just a little kid. We checked his ID, he turned 18 this year."
"A criminal is still a criminal."
Ryuma takes Princess Lilia back to her place after a day in the city. On the way, they talk a lot about the Light group and how the conflict between them and the Royalty starts. When Princess Lilia's grandfather, King Louis II, was still on the throne, he made a contract with a group of people. They called themselves The Light. The overall goal was to ensure complete dominance of the country, and that no rebels would ever happen. That seemed to go on well until King Louis II had to pass his throne to King Louis III, Princess Lilia's father, to continue the legacy. That was where the conflict began. King Louis III, who was 180 degrees different from King Louis II, wanted to control the country in a more humane way, while The Light group was far too deep into brutal experiments on humans. On the outside, they seemed like a nice group that tried to gather more believers, but once they got in that was the last time they could see the sun. They wanted to create a world that they could control by using a well-listen army of death.
"So zombies, pretty much?" - Yuna asks.
"Yes and no. They lose their ability to talk and think, but they are still living beings as their internal organs are still intact even the heart and brain." - Princess Lilia continues.
"Hold on." - Ryuma realizes something on the way back.
"What is it, Captain Ryodon?"
"There is a church nearby, but I sense similar energy as those Light bastards. I will come and take a look."
The rest decide to stop for a while to wait for him. Yuna and Princess Lilia follow Ryuma as they are curious as well. Ryuma slowly opens the door. Once he walks into the church, there are a bunch of children laying down everywhere. Some are alive, some do not look like so.
"Church Loria? Was it supposed to be destroyed a long time ago? How did they keep this one up till now?"
"Probably through some kind of coverage, Princess."
"Pl...Please Sir, h...help my brother." - A kid crawls to Ryuma and begs to save her brother's life.
"Guards! Come and give the kids some food!" - Princess Lilia gives her order.
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"Thank you for saving us, Princess! We will follow you forever."
"You are all welcome. It is he who found you guys first. You should thank him also. We will take you back and give you all something to eat for the rest of the day, ok?"
After coming out of the church, Ryuma says nothing. He keeps on staring at the kids while his emotionless expression does not change for one second.
"Ryuma...? Do you think we can take them back to our place for investigation? I mean at least they have a place to stay and work in the future?"
"You really are nice, Yuna. However, that is not the case here...." - Ryuma taps Yuna's shoulder and walks to the kids.
"Good work today, captain Ryodon. You stopped their plan once again."
"Am I, Princess?"
When the children see Ryuma come by, they all run and hug him tightly as a way to say thank you to their savior. Ryuma looks at them silently. However, something does not feel right...
"Mis...ter?"
SLASH!!!
Within 3 seconds, every single one of the children is killed right in front of everyone. All they see is a man with his elemental spears bathed in fresh blood standing in the middle. Several heads roll toward Princess Lilia. Too shocked at what just happened, Princess Lilia lets out a big scream and faint right away.
"YOU MOTHERF**KER!!!" - From afar, the prisoner that Ryuma captured earlier screams with all his might at him. It seems like those children are his relatives or some sorts.
"WHAT ARE YOU DOING, CAPTAIN?"
"Yuna, I told you already. Taking them back to our place is not an option."
"THEN YOU KILLED THEM???"
"Yes... Keeping them alive any longer will be..."
SLAP!!!
Rain starts falling heavily, but Yuna's slap can be heard loud and clear. Ryuma received the slap, but he did not respond back as he kind of expected this from her already.
"Please...tell me that this is not Ryuma..."
"... Go back to the headquarter. We are done here." - Ryuma walks away while holding a head from one of the childrens.
"THE 120TH AWAKENED TEAM! This is Yuna. Captain Ryodon has abandoned us. I repeat. Captain Ryodon has abandoned us." - Yuna talks with tears falling down. However, this time the tears also fill with hatred as the person in front of her is not the one she used to know.
"Captain? What does she mean by that?" - Ishino asks.
"120th Awakened Team... This is Captain Ryodon speaking to all of you. From now on, Ishino and Yuna will be in charge of the team. I hereby state that I am no longer your captain..."
"???" - Everyone was surprised at what he said while they can also hear Yuna's cry over the channel.
"GUARDS! Arrest him now!" - Ryuma is being tied and handcuffed. What just happened turns him from a captain to a crazy mass murderer. He did not retaliate, but rather accepted it.
"Why...Why did you do that? They are just innocent kids. In my eyes, you...you are not that kind of person." - Yuna looks at him.
"Captain Ryodon. You will have a lot to explain from now on..." - Princess Lilia wakes up from the faint.
Ryuma pays no attention to his surround while being taken back to the prison.
~To be continued~