She was in the middle of the forest. Moments ago, she was walking on the paths of dirt that were made through the forests of the country to facilitate transport between regions.
As she ran, Helen could hear a rhythmic sound of clanking metal from behind her.
Stopping at a tree to rest, she looked back, and as expected, a single knight in full body armor was chasing her.
Helen took a deep breath and kept going. She couldn't just give up and die here.
"Just a little more… I am sure Gillen will save me!" She thought with hope.
Her breath was fast, her heart was beating fast enough that she could hear it, and her legs were shaking, because of both the fear and the tiredness. She wouldn't last long and would eventually collapse from exhaustion, she was certain of it.
As she ran, she looked back again. The distance between her and the pursuer hadn't changed.
This was the difference between a normal girl and a trained warrior. Despite wearing heavy armor and equipment he could still keep his pace without seeming to get tired at all, while she was only getting slower and more tired.
Sweat trickled down from her face trying to cool her body.
"I won't make it."
"I will die."
These words echoed in her head.
Helen, as a normal human, was being dominated by the fear of death. She wasn't trained for this kind of thing, and she never expected it to happen to her.
"I AM JUST A NORMAL PERSON, LEAVE ME ALONE! I DON'T WANT TO DIE!" She screamed inside her mind.
Then reality came to her. She was not just a normal girl, she was the princess of the Grand Valka Kingdom and heir to the throne.
Helen was young and naive. In her 16 years of life, it hadn't passed through her head that she would one day be in this situation.
As a princess of a big Kingdom, it was only natural that she would be a target for enemy nations and bandits wanting money. But even then, she always thought she was safe because she had knights protecting her all seven days of the week.
She even had the Royal Knight Gillen, the strongest warrior in the country, in her protection guard.
But the reality is that no one is untouchable.
He was strong, but even he couldn't be in two different places. While he and the remaining knights were blocked by another part of the group of attackers and were fighting them, the princess was all by herself.
It seemed that the attack had been meticulously planned, to ensure that Gillen and most of the knights were separated from Helen.
Since he was the strongest of the Kingdom of Grand Valka, if the goal was to capture the princess, it was only obvious that it would be best to have him busy with another battle than protecting her.
And this was what the attackers did, separated them and made Gillen fight against their strongest team, leaving the princess alone.
The knight chasing her was only getting closer, but she would never give up and continued to run with all her strength.
As she was about to jump a fallen tree, Helen felt a huge pain in her leg and collapsed screaming.
"Ah, Ah, Ah." Helen's breathing was heavy, the pain was too much for her. She was desperate and tears were coming out of her eyes.
As she looked at her leg, she saw a small dagger thrusted on it. Her pursuer had thrown it from a distance of more than 20 meters with incredible precision.
The knight had gotten her. He was standing beside her, holding a bloodstained sword. In addition, his armor and helm were covered in blood spatter.
"It's meaningless to fight." Said the knight in a cold tone.
There wasn't compassion in those words. They implied that no matter how far she ran, she wouldn't escape death.
Other knights soon appeared, coming out of the forest.
"Hey, you got her, Evlis." Said one of them, while approaching the knight who had captured Helen.
"Yes, captain Azuth"
"Now we just need to take the information and then end this." Another knight said.
"Where is the Compliance of Law?" Asked Azuth turning to the others.
"It's here, Sir!" One of the knights that were in the back raised his hand and ran to hand the item over to the captain.
Grabbing the item, he lifted his hand up to analyze it better with the help of sunlight.
"The Compliance of Law, hum? A legendary class item specialized in interrogation, which is said to be able to control minds and extract any information from the target."
Azuth held it in the direction of Helen and the item started glowing. Soon, a red mist passed through her and rapidly went inside the dark gem of the Compliance of Law.
"It looks like the information has been stored. I will be leaving now. You guys end this and clean the mess." Azuth would then proceed to take another item which made a green magical circle appear under his feet, teleporting him away.
Evlis looked at Helen and raised his sword to her, who had completely frozen in her place due to fear.
"It's nothing personal, I am sorry."
But, just before delivering the final blow to her -
***
Nirvana had been watching the whole scene through her magical eyes that could see things far away.
She wasn't sure if she would save that girl, there was no real value in doing so, but if she could get information about this world, then maybe she would have a reason to do it. But abandoning her wasn't an idea that she immediately discarded.
Nirvana was again surprised by how she was pondering on making such a cruel decision. Those knights were about to kill a little girl just before her eyes, but there was nothing such as pity, anger, or worry passing through her mind.
"This is who I am now… a demon."
She looked at the scene before her, the knight had raised his sword and was about to kill the girl.
"Well, I guess there would be benefits in saving her. I need information. Finding a city would be good too…"
Extending her arm, Nirvana enchanted a transportation spell.
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