Liliya can't help but hold her breath when watching the magic circle they are standing on. Line of blue light covered the stone floor inside the dome and blue dots like a fireflies are floating in the air. Liliya just want to stare at this sight all day if she can.
Time flies fast while the childrens just struck awed at the magic ritual, then it completed. Like a storm of stars exploding in the podium. The blinding light make all the spectators close their eyes. When the light comes to an end, they all saw some stars flickering above their heads.
It's their element affinity. The brightness of star represents how pure their affinity, the color of star represents the element, and if there's more than one stars it means they have dual or triple affinity.
Hiiro saw above his head, there's 7 stars. It's mean 7 element affinity, but different from others, they're just like a colored dot and didn't shines at all.
Then he turned his head at the bright star beside him.
'That's not a star… it's a sun'
Liliya gathered all attention, because who can miss the literal bright red sun among the tiny piny star others have. All of them flabbergasted, even Liliya who always accept anything in her ways, can't help to fell something wrong and dropped her jaw.
'It's the same with what i wrote'
In other hand, Dream release a deep breath, and saw above him. Nothing at all in sight, there aren't any star for him.
'So it's like that huh'
'All beings with soul have an affinity. That's what i wrote, maybe because i am from another world so I didn't have it'
'It's a pity, but I already have a plan for my power so I don't really need it'
Then he stared at the duke February. He has an astounded face, but then start another ritual. It's the second ritual to summon a demon.
Dream already prepared and standing close to the door. He planned to exit immediately after the demon killed Liliya. He hoped nothing goes wrong alas, nothing goes as expected. The duke body started disintegrating and the magic circle turned red.
"What? Why?"
He knows what the duke do but can't get to know why. The other kids is confused at what happens, surprises after surprise make them just stood in place without a sound
The podium emitting a black mist that spread low in the floor making ominous atmosphere.
The kids start to cooling down from excitement
The silence, the black mist, and the red light in the floor… they all just waiting for what will come from the podium.
Then the mist gathered in the podium and soar, and forming a 3 meter tall figure.
The figure absorbed the mist, and showed itself to the kids. Lower body full of scales, the upper body shows a woman physique, and a yellow eyes. The world called them, Nagas.
Everyone froze in their place. Most of them never saw a real demons, but they know the terrifying figure in front of them in a book.
"Kekekeke hiss- who's the chosen one? Are you the one?"
Grab-
"eh, AKH-"
Splash-
A red blood splashed in the hands of the demon. The kid it grab exploded and dyed the stone floor with red… then 'she' grinned widely
"AAAAAAA-"
Screaming echoes, the kids start rushing towards the exit, and some fall to the floor
"Kekekeke"
The naga slithered down and start slaughtering with a loud laughter
Liliya just stood there, Hiiro are shouting at her, but she can't hear anything.
Ngiiiiing-
"…stop…please..stop"
The Naga turned to her with a bloody face and creepy smile
"I found it, hiss- you are the chosen one"
Liliya didn't understand what it means. While the Naga coming closer, her body trembling, but she still stood in place
Then someone blocked her sight, a golden hair, and delicate face. But what surprise her is his golden eyes, without an ounce of fear in it
"LILIYA!!!!"
When Hiiro saw her out of trance and put her attention to him, he turn back to the Naga
"Liliya, Run, if you want to live"
"Kekeke hiss- what a brave boy, i liked you hiss- give the chosen one and i let you live"
"
Hiiro start to engaging a fight with the Naga. Liliya just staring at it intently.
'Just like what i wrote' Dream looks at the scene with confusion. The MC he wrote have a different personality, but their action is somehow the same.
And Hiiro he wrote didn't even have a fight, just one blow and he's out. But even then, the result will be the same. They can't beat the Naga
"Liliya! You must live!"
It's impossible. The Naga just toying at him. If she start to run, the Naga will chase her. Don't worry, she will not actually died. She will awaken again and come back in the middle part.
"Brother stop… you… run… you can live without me"
Hiiro will become more powerful by this event, and eventually, will save the world. That is their fate…
Hiiro got a blow, bleed, but stand again
"No. Matter. What. I WILL SAVE YOU!"
He will sacrifice her…
"Hiss-You start to become annoying!"
He got another blow, but this time get flying into the roof and fall
BAM-
"B-brother no"
"Hiss- now is your turn, oh chosen one"
The Naga slithered in front of Liliya, and use her nails to pierce-
[You..ugh…No, don't touch her!]
"You..ugh…No, don't touch her!"
Ah… what am I doing…
BAM-
A punch landed on the Naga's head and pushed her back
A dark brown hair, and deep blue eyes that contains the stars in it. He standing in front of his character, the one that should be 'dead', the one he wrote to be dead now.
They say your imagination is what you want to become but cannot. But now, in this world, did i can become him? Or maybe… i can become what he can't be…
If i am the one who create their fate, so i can change it too, right!
"You dirt slithering worm! Stay away and go eat sh*t you smut!"
"Hisssss- foul boy! I don't like you hisss"
"F*ck you! And hey Hiiro! What are you laying there for!? Didn't you still stand up even when i beat you earlier?"
"Shut up"
Hiiro stand again, bleeding from head to toe. Truthfully, Dream a little scared by it and remind himself again to not become a melee fighter. 'This fight will be the last'
Now two vs one, even so they really can't beat her. Their only hope is the reinforcement, for that they need to buy as much time as possible.
"You can do it, I believe you"
Leave behind that sentence to Liliya or maybe himself, he and Hiiro rushes towards the Naga.
Liliya is speechless. She didn't know what to do. There's so many confusing things happened. She felt weak… she is weak. She can't fearlessly fight that demon like her brother or that crazy kid. Why is that crazy kid believe in her?
Dream too knows, her that he wrote is fearful. There's a reason she can't be the Hero in the end. Because her troupe he wrote is {Unworthy Hero} a hero that couldn't do her job properly and failed
Dream ducked, her nails past his head. Then the Naga sweep her tail, but Hiiro stab it
"His-shaaa"
Bam-
Dream uppercut her jaws and make her bite off her tongue.
"GYAAAAAAAAHHHH"
Her screeching make the duo back away and their ears bleed. The Naga start attacking furiously at Dream.
He duck, side step, then jump. Her nails almost struck him while in the air, but Hiiro stabbed her neck, the pain makes her nails miss an inch away.
"Ck, too shallow"
She then switch her target to Hiiro, but Dream always in time to attack her back, now with a mana sword. He succeeded to copy Hiiro's magic again.
With continuously shifting her target, they can't attack and just dodging, but she can't hit them too
"YOU MAKE ME ANGRY! HISS, DODGE THIS IF YOU CAN!!!
"Hiiro! Hold my hand!"
They run to each other, Hiiro do as he told, then dream used his all strength to throw him away
"What are you!"
The poison breath engulfed Dream, but he didn't plan to sacrifice himself
"
The mist dispersed showing paled face Dream.
"Hah! Yes we can you fools! Is it the best you got?"
"Grrrrhiss- DIE DIE DIE!!
She stopped playing with them, and use tier 3 magic to bomb all the places. The spell activated in an instant
"Well sh*t"
…
…
…
(You can do it)
Liliya heard a voice…
(Because they protect you,
Because they will save you,
Because you must do the same)
Her emotions surging, she didn't want brother to die, she want to help him, she didn't want to watch again, she want to do something
(So… Do it)
(DO IT)
(SAVE THEM!)
A white fire like magic circle appear in front of her, a huge burst of mana in the atmosphere gathered towards it. Liliya's hair turns white a little. She vent all her emotions to it
AAAAAAAAAAAAA
"
SWING-
BOOOOOOOM!!!
A white fire beam fiercely burning everything it touches to ash, and going towards the poison bomb, engulfing it completely. And exploded up making pillar of white blaze that penetrate the roof
Thud-
Liliya fainted, but Hiiro catch her before she fall. He smiled and whispered at her 'you did great'
After a while, the fire settles down. And what remaining is Dream lay proning, and a pool of blood
"Wait, blood!? Dream!"
The Naga emerges from the pool of blood, losing one of its hands. One of the Nagas skill is they can plunge all their body in the water even just in a puddle. So the Naga exploded her arm and submerge on her blood when she sensed a huge mana turbulence.
"Hiss- What a monster! I must kill her now!"
The Naga ignored Dream and rush straight at the twin with a speed above what she showed before. Hiiro stand in front to shield his sister. Even if he will die, he will protect her
"Then die along with her!"
The claw raised, and swung towards him… But it never came
"
The Naga in front of him gone back to her place earlier. She confused. Then they look at the roof, a pink haired and scarlet eyes witch with a broom blocking the path of the moonlight. Her bloodied appearance and tattered gothic clothes indicate she was from a battle
"Hiss- another kid, kekeke, I don't know what you do but hiss- you must die for disrupting me!
A black magic circle that shows the real power of a demon, the Naga stopped playing and go all out now.
Shwush-
A black water tornado shot at her, but before the magic can touch her, the scene before played again and the magic came back like her time is reversed. The Naga flabbergasted
"F*cking talking worm, you will pay the price for dirtying this place with your a*s!
An iron maiden appear behind it, and closed it slowly piercing her with spikes
"HGYAAAAAAWAAA NO-AHH! STOP!! WRHYAA! IT HURTS! AAA-"
"Shut up!"
Spurts- BAM-
Selena kicked the iron maiden close, what remains is the bloodied iron maiden
Selena turns to look at the kids. She showed a regret to not come earlier but was relieved to still make it in time.
"It's over?" Dream ask
Selena is confused about who he was but still answered
"Yes, you can rest"
Then Dream plopped to the ground and fainted. Leaving a smile on his face