Under the king's Castle, two men drag Lyris by his arms and throw him into a cell.
He didn't struggle; lyris clenched his jaw, his veins throbbing in his neck. Emotionless, he no longer wears the soldier uniform. Now he wears rags disguised as clothes, his chest is exposed, and he has no shoes
The cell is cold, dirty, and smelly, and the bars are rusty. It would have been lonely if not for the women in the corner.
Lyris glances at the woman sitting in the corner weeping.
She is beautiful, her eyes golden, her hair as dark as the sky but shined greatly. She wore a white dress with red roses and roses in her hair, but it was all covered in dirt.
She stopped crying and asked.
"Do you know of the Angels?"
Lyris didn't answer and only stared at the bars.
'I need to get out
The woman asks again
"do you know of the angels?"
Lyris sits in the corner opposite her. He furrowed his brow and answered
"no, I do not."
The woman shakes with sobs. Wiping her tears, she cried
"The angels used to cater to humans' every need, but angels were never acknowledged for our work, and the humans who did know of us cursed our very existence. Only our creators were praised and worshipped."
She paused, wrinkled her nose, and added
"but then we got rid of the creator."
Lyris sits in the corner opposite her
'What is this woman rambling about? I have no time for this
She added
"I'm Seraphina, and you, what's your name."
Lyris rolled his eyes and answered.
"Lyris, Lyris Knight"
Seraphina smiles.
"Lyris knight, I wish you the best of luck on your journey. May I please hold your hands."
Seraphina stands and walks towards Lyris, crouches, and holds her hands out.
"You have a pure soul, Lyris. May I ask how old you are?"
Lyris sighs and places his hands on her hands.
"Nineteen winters"
The woman smiles a beautiful smile and closes her eyes.
She chants words unrecognizable to Lyris that hurt him; he never knew what they meant or heard them.
Lyris scowls and attempts to move his hand, but it's as if they're glued to hers, and a heat is coming from them.
"Unhand me, wretch!"
His hands writhe in pain; he attempts to scream, but he's unable to.
'What is this bitch doing to me!'
Seraphina opens her eyes, glowing a beautiful golden color, and confesses.
"I'm sorry, Lyris, I love humans, but… I no longer have a say in the matter."
She grew beautiful, enormous white wings. They illuminated the cell and had a beautiful aura
'S-She has wings!'
Lyris trembles and attempts to struggle to get his hands free.
Two holes grow in his palms slowly; once the holes fill with blood, could he regain his hands from her grip? But before he can scream in pain, the holes in his hand heal.
She slowly glides up and looks down at lyris with a frown and teary eyes.
"Lyris Knight, my kin will invade your world very soon. Use my gift to all humans, and save yourselves and Angels."
Lyris locks his jaw in anger and attempts to throw a punch, but he can't help but feel love towards the Angel.
"If I can protect you, go be free, Lyris."
The door to the cell bursts open, and Seraphina disappears.
Lyris has a confused expression.
"Did she just free me?"
The world shakes, and screams of people being slaughtered are heard.
'I better move soon.'
Lyris smirks and looks at his hands.
"how did my hands heal?"
Lyris holds his hands to his face, inspecting them.
"How is that possible?"
Suddenly, words formed in front of Lyris. They were glowing and, in a language unrecognizable, but lyris could read them
Lyris eyes widen
Level 1
Celestial acquired: 0/100
Class: Celestial breaker
Class rank: Divine
Class Description: You who have been touched and blessed by the divine
Angel Seraphina must fulfill her wish and break the Angels who harm humans.
Class skills: unknown, unknown, unknown
Unique skill: freedom: Seraphina has given you freedom. You may now grow one wing.
Lyris reads it with curiosity; he smiles and says.
"so this is the gift she gave us humans. I assume this will strengthen me, but it's vague, and I can grow a wing. I truly am free."
Lyris is relived; he smiles
"Thank you, Seraphina."
Swords can be heard clashing and humans screaming
"She did say her kin is descending upon The kingdom."
Creasing his brow, he added
"I have to escape."
His feet slapping against the concrete floor, he departs his cell and races down the desolate aisles
While he rushes through the halls, people in their cells plead to him and reach for him through their bars
"Help me!"
"What's occurring outside!?"
Lyris pauses and stares at the man, his face contorting; he yells for all the prisoners to hear
"The kingdom is falling everyone!"
The prisoners cheer happily
Lyris added
"But you won't leave your cells, and I can't help you and the invaders. Well, it's better if you roll over and die now."
The men curse, and the women weep
Lyris told himself as he sprinted towards the steps.
'Don't hate me, dammit; if I could set you all free, I would.'
He climbs the steps and bursts through the door
He faces a dark corridor riddled with dead bodies, only visible by the light
cast from moonlight, he could hear screaming coming from somewhere in the castle
"The angels did this…"
He picks up one of the soldier's swords
'I'm going to need this'
He covers his nose and walks forward carefully, trying not to step on any of the bodies, picks
'This is a massacre.'
Lyris turns right
In what looks like a study, around six bodies of soldiers were seen, and an open chest with weapons and clothes was placed against the wall
Lyris smirked at the sight of the chest.
"Perfect."
Lyris searches through the chest and finds a gunblade, his knife, and clothes; he quickly changes into his leather armor and a fur coat he found.
"Ahh, that's much better, and my Gunblade, I thought they would have taken it. It's a very rare weapon, after all."
A man's voice is heard past the wall of the study
Lyris furrows his brow
'There are people past this wall. Probably an angel.'
Lyris slowly walked to the open door by his right and peeked through
He sees the beautiful pale-skinned Raven black, the woman who caught him earlier, and soldiers in front of her; in front of them is a blonde Angel wearing golden armor. he has wings that start white but fade into black, and he announces
"Hand over Princess Valia Now!"
The soldiers shout
"Never!"
The Angel turned into a blur, and each soldier's head slid off their necks individually.
He stops in front of Valia, who is still processing what happened. He reaches for her neck, but a bullet bounces off his hand, throwing it off route.
Lyris slides in front of Valia with a blade pointed to the Angel's neck.
Valia has her hands over her mouth and steps back in disbelief
"Pervy thief!?"
The Angel fake smiles with eyes showing the intent to kill
"I smell Seraphina on you. So you were the one. Thank you, and would you please get out of the way? I have a bitch to catch."
Lyris presses the blade against the Angel's neck and smirks
"Your type can die, right?"
The Angel throws his head back and convulses into laughter
"I doubt your blade could penetrate me, but I'll amuse this laughable thought of yours."
Lyris pushes the blade into the Angel's skin, and red blood spills out from his neck
Lyris convulsed into laughter, then unblinking, he demanded
"Leave this kingdom!"
The Angel smiles
"No, but I'll leave you and the princess alone if you promise me a duel in the future,"
Lyris answered
"Deal"
and he lowered his gunblade
As soon as the blade left the Angel's neck, he disappeared
Valia pokes Lyris's back and mumbles
"T-thank you, pervert."
Lyris replied
"One, I'm not a pervert, and two, we must leave."
Lyris turns around and faces the pretty girl, looking at her clothes
"Take off your nightgown and throw on a coat. We're leaving luceras; we will only be safe outside these walls,"
Valia's face flushed pink.
"Telling a maiden to take off her nightgown, pervert!"
Lyris rolls his eyes and sighs
"Go in that study. There's a chest. You can find clothes and weapons."
Valia pouts and walks into the study
'What an odd girl
Lyris leans on the wall by the door to the study
Eventually, the pretty girl Valia exits the study wearing an expensive-looking coat that ends at her waist and fits her figure perfectly; she wears high boots and tight pants as well as a rapier on her waist
"So you fight?"
Valiant answered
"My parents never got me a tutor, so I forced my elder brother to teach me."
She had a sly smile on her face
Lyris chuckles
"Let's get out of here; know where an exit is?"
Valia dragged her feet
"You can go alone… I have to find my family."
Lyris sighed and explained
"Valia, you're a target for the angels; even just one killed your men in 2 seconds. There are hundreds if not thousands in this kingdom we have to escape."
Valia creases her brow
"But!"
Lyris added
"If your family is anything like you, they'll be fine."
Valia looks at the bodies on the floor, and tears run down her cheek. And nods at him
"I know an exit; follow me."
Lyris smiles and follows her through the dark Castle littered with bodies.