It was getting dark and the sun's brightness was starting to fade away little by little, it was a time before sunset and the atmosphere had started to cool down a little, making the surroundings chillier and chillier, however, the coldness was the last thing Captain and his remaining squad has to worry about, they were facing most powerful demon of their lifetime, their body was becoming hotter to fight for last time of their life.
But one guy was shining with more than the usual aura There is a limit to the magic power a human body can emit, his limit was breaking along with his life, and he was feeling every atom in his body burning, making it hard for him to stand on his two legs alone.
: Dam I never thought using everything could be this painful, but it is a great feeling Somehow I feel like I can cut down a mountain right now, with my single attack, I hope you accept my feeling big guy; captain says with a smile.
To this joking comment at this serious moment, the devil smiled with an uncontrollable laugh, even fell on in knees as if he was enjoying this moment of meeting a unique people: I must admit you are something else, talking like you can harm me with a dying attack like that, you sure are an interesting fellow;
In this world of magic, people also call this power aura because every person has an aura according to their nature and deeds they have done in their life.
: Bring it on you, foolish human, entertain me more;
Taking the challenge the devil gave to the captain, he swings his sword and takes it over to his head, and in a flash of seconds.
Dush.....Dash...various kinds of sounds started to come out of the sword he was holding, and all of the aura collected to his sword was ready to attack.
As the sword launched the attack, a bright flash of light went to a devil at high speed. the dark creature did not move this time because he wanted to face humans whom he thought were miserable head-on.
: This time I will not take you lightly; the devil laughed and started making barriers with his dark aura all around him.
A magical attack hits his barrier making a huge explosion due to magic collusion, even though the barrier the devil created was destroyed but an out attack from the captain was still not enough to scratch him.
: Hu is that all; as these words come out of his mouth, a sudden attack hits the devil from the dust that has been flowing due to their previous attack.
That sudden attack hit the vital of the devil making him unable to stand, a dark colour of blood came out of his mouth and front chest.
: How could that be possible I am in this condition due to a walking human;
As for the captain, due to the high amount of manna, his sword breaks into many pieces unable to handle the magic burst and he was lying as he was counting his last breath.
: Captain you did a great job, we will handle a rest; says one of the remaining soldiers.
Luke witnessed the greatness of his captain and started crying, unable to resist his last chance to say goodbye, he reached to the dying captain.
: Sir you were great, that was the most amazing attack I have ever seen in my life; says Luke as tears flow from his eyes.
you moron why did not you run, it seems you need a good beating from me after all; weakened captain talked with suffering: I thought I ordered you to run, when will you guys start listing to your leader, god dam it.
then he awed his gaze from Luke to his soldiers, Listen, guys, he is not dead kill him quickly, who knows what he might be hiding in his arsenal.
but something was off No one answered him, so he called his soldiers, who would respond to anything he used to say, They were stunned when both Luke and the captain looked closely their brains were not able to comprehend what was happening.
a branch thing had pierced through the soldiers and they were spitting blood from their mouths, how can it is possible that a demon general like you be defeated by the most fragile species in the world, hu, answer me Balei the ego you have tainted our name, even though you are weakest among us; a girl spoke with an angry face, while she was standing in the air without any support, she has pointy ears, black hair, black eyes, and pale white skin.
after saying this line she let out her attack on the soldiers, making lifeless soldiers fall on the ground, Watching all of that felt anger gathering inside of him: You bastards how dare you, I will kill you all; his heart was getting fast as he saw his captain also dying with every breath.
what did you say, Your anger seems to be quite a high boy, but it is nothing against my anger, you know who I am? Salena the anger; suddenly a dark aura of guilt and anger spread all around her, Luke felt it was something different in comparison to normal auras of demons, he was feeling chill every time he was breathing.
at the moment all of that was happening, the captain says his last word to Luke by putting his one cold hand on his cheeks: Listen, my boy, she is beyond you but listen if you are gonna die, then die at least fighting; with a kind expression, he takes his last breath and his hand fell, showing that he is lifeless now.
coming to the present Luke was telling his story to the old man and Aunt Celie, and both of them were crying, I can feel your pain, young man, I have also lost, many of my friends.
A silence fell in the room, and the old man spoke again: Then how did you serve against those two high-level demons;
: I am not sure myself sir but I do remember one thing; Luke again starts his story of the past.
tears were falling from the eyes of the last survivor, his blood was boiling in frustration of not being able to do a thing was eating him from inside, Looking at his weak hands, which were not able to save anything at all, he started to curse himself for the death of his friends.
Salena was watching a weakling crying, feeling no sympathy at all she says to Balei: hey you worthless guy, I know you are injured and all but at least finish this weakling for me;
: Yes madam, I will do it right away; he stands up and tries to attack Luke with his claws.
In that instance, Luke was not feeling any fear or emotions, everything around him was slow as if time had stopped, suddenly he felt an energy that was familiar to him, a body of light was standing in between him and the devil.
unable to speak Luke looked closely at the being standing in front of him, It had a pure white aura and calming energy all around, and all of the anger he felt for a few moments was gone.
suddenly that thing spoke with the softest voice: Luke Heiner you finally reached me after all, I have been waiting for you for a long time; Luke felt a strong connection with that voice, he sensed a belongingness as if he had met someone after a long time, a tear started to fell from his eyes.
why i am crying? why do I feel like I know you? who are you? what is all of that? am I dead or what? are you a god?
you are still the same, asking me questions like you used to do, but you are crying right now and, the one who made you cry should die, my precious Luke, I am no god, but I am much more important to you, remember:: I am you and you are me; we both are united by fate in every life, my love for you will never change.
a flash of memories started to appear in front of Luke, as soon as he heard this line, especially after:: I am you and you are me; he sees two people sitting together and talking, they were laughing as if they are talking about something funny, remember Luke you are strongest, a devil-like that are nothing in front of you, defeat them.
but how I am weak, I could not save anyone, everyone including my friends and town people dead, in what way do I look strong to you? Luke asked while crying.
your heart is your power, my love, your purity is the fuel to it, use it like you used to do; Light approaches Luke touching his head, and Luke feels peacefulness just like a child feels while sleeping with his mother.
: I will keep looking at you far from now, I hope we meet real soon, you may not remember completely, but still try not to forget about me; right disappear soon after saying that.
Afterwards Luke loses his conscious and when he wakes up, he sees something he never imagined, one devil named Balei had his head cut in pieces, while on the other side, a dark elf named Salena had her hand cut down by something and she was still alive but bleeding from everywhere.
Salena looks at Luke and says you monster, who are you? you are no normal human, What kind of monstrous attack that was? answer me
Luke did know what was going on but as he saw his hand, he understood that something was off, his hands were dirty with blood but not from his or his comrade, and the blood was dark in colour, which meant he had done damage all by himself.
unable to answer the question, Luke remained silent, Salena was getting anxious so she thought of running to protect her life.
Luke tried to stop her, but she had prepared beforehand, she took out a teleportation stone from somewhere in her dress and broke it by smashing it on Earth.
light appears and she disappears into thin air in an instant.