Chapter 12: It's Time to Shine
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"I hate showoffs" The mercenary leader commented as he pulled out the village shaman's heart from his chest, before allowing his body to fall to the ground. Suddenly, an orb appeared in his other hand, the orb easily bigger than his hand, it was colorless and pale compared to normal orbs.
'What the fuck is that!' Astrid thought to himself, sweat pouring down his face as he stared at the orb in the mercenary leader's hand. Astrid could sense a sinister and threatening vibe from the orb making his pale. Never has he been this scared, and he means it literally, not even his father's training had made him this scared.
The mercenary leader then began muttering some words and the orb began glowing a strange, dim, grey color which made him grin evilly, all his teeth on display, his eyes becoming crimson shape as he raised the heart in his hand, and bursting it, making blood pour on the orb.
The orb absorbed the blood making it glow a dim sinister red. Suddenly a shout was heard in the crowd.
"I…It's…THEIR FROM THE BLOOD CULT."
The scream made the rest of the hostages restless and scared shitless as some of them even began running in different directions hoping to escape from the cultist, only to be cut down and have their hearts harvested by the remaining five mercenaries. The large attack done by the village shaman had killed two of the swordsmen and one of the mages leaving only two swordsmen and two mages left.
Of course they were all injured even if just slightly, which showed the power of the attack but those injuries didn't hinder them from killing the hostages who tried running. After all, the hostages were normal humans while the cultists were adepts.
Astrid was thankful to the village shaman deep inside, for at least reducing their numbers. If he had not sacrificed himself or wasn't present at all, it would've been a serious problem, but now that they were only six of them, he could take them down. He was seriously pissed and disgusted as he watched them harvest the dead hostages and feed their blood to the orb. The orb was still dim, but the brightness had slightly increased. 'I have to move as quickly as possible' Astrid thought as he glanced at the sword beside one of the mages.
He turned and looked at Leo, only to see him looking at him as well. Leo suddenly whispered with his eyes closed and a proud expression on his face, "Don't worry my love, no need to carry such a fearful expression….I will handle it…. I am strong!"
Leo then touched Astrid face, before standing up and shouting at the cultists
"Hey! You stupid cultist, I will stop you, after all the love of my life is watching" Leo claimed as he looked down at Astrid before looking up.
Astrid could only look at Leo with a lost expression, before face palming in his head, 'This fucking idiot' while the cultist laughed loudly.
"And how do you plan on stopping us" one of the swordsmen commented as he began walking towards Leo's direction with a sinister aura pouring out his body, a wide grin forming on his ugly face.
"With this of course"
A thin long silver sword, with a sun embroidery on the handle of the sword suddenly appeared in Leo's hand, the orange marble in the handle of the sword glowed with intensity as a thick and heavy Aether filled the room shocking the cultists, and making the frown in displeasure.
"Fuck! The kid is from the Sunwood family, we have to hurry and get this over with" The Leader of the cultist commented, as he looked at the hostages with bloodlust in his eyes.
As for Astrid, a wave of realization suddenly hit him, making him gasp in surprise. Of course, Leo heard it making his expression become a proud one, 'Hearing my family name must have made her fall for me instantly' he thought, while rubbing his nose with a mischievous smile.
But Astrid's thoughts were different, 'Ahhh! I see now! Of course! No wonder, he is from the brain dead family….even in the anime, those idiots always seemed to follow their pricks. I didn't know their children were horny as well' Astrid thought while looking at Leo in a new light.
"I won't allow you fools continue with what your doi…" Leo continued only to be cut off in his speech.
"Someone knock that stupid ass kid out" the cultist leader said in annoyance. Taking action was one of the swordsmen who instantly appeared in front of Leo, before karate chopping his neck lightly making him go unconscious and fall on the ground face flat. The cultist then walked away, forgetting the sword in the Leo's hand so as to join the rest
Astrid who was a few meters away from Leo, already sneaking toward the fallen sword of one of the swordsmen glanced back and saw Leo's sword on the floor beside him which made him grin. He hurriedly crawled to where the sword was.
The cultist had already gathered in front of the remaining hostages planning to harvest them and feed them to the orb when they heard another voice making all of them turn sideways.
"Oiiiii! Stupid ass cultist…I'm about to whoop your asses" Astrid said with a smile, the thin blade Leo carried in his mouth as he cut his gown down the middle in the front, and using part of the material to tie his long blue hair in a ponytail.
"Where the fuck do this stupid children keep coming from! You…go get rid of him" The Leader of the cultist said to the swordsmen with an angered expression as he watched Astrid do stretches while muttering to himself angrily.
The swordsman began walking toward Astrid slowly as he pulled out his blade, meanwhile Astrid was still muttering to himself, "Damn gown! Uncomfortable type shiii, whoever put the idea in mum's head to give me this dress today must be a real idiot!"
While Astrid was to distracted talking to himself, the swordsman was already upon him, already prepared to do a downward swing, and finish Astrid off with one strike. His swing was fast and sharp. The remaining cultist where expecting to see blood and guts but they saw nothing, while the swordsman found himself hitting nothing but air. He turned sideways, only to see Astrid standing there except, Astrid was upside down.
'Huhhh!' the swordsman wondered as his head fell and rolled on the floor, a trail of blood following the head, his headless body falling down on the floor while spraying blood from the decapitated part.
"Bitch! Don't fucking interrupt me while am thinking…who fucking does that, have some pride you prickless bastard" Astrid said angrily while matching the decapitated head. "Well your dead anyway…So my wise words will go to waste"
Astrid then turned with a bright smile on his face, the thin sword on his shoulder, and his leg on the head, "But at least your dumb friends heard it…Right?"
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