The crackling of flames brusts louder as I've laid my eyes on a mysterious figure, my ears start ringing by the seconds... Am I being delusional, why do I see a man in cold steel... What was his name again?
Javier quickly tosses me a short blade, "Here, catch!" I fumble upon catching the blade as it jumps around my hand, but eventually, I get a grip on the blade,
"Throw the blade correctly!"
"How should a blade be tossed correctly, smartass? If you're so smart, then demonstrate!"
"Like this!"
Felizch throws the blade as it hits precisely sticks on Javier's cloak far enough not to damage his flesh, Javier pulls out the short blade sticking in the thick fabric and tosses it to Felizch.
I caught the blade with a good grip and sheathed it in my pocket; Lindenhurst walked in our direction as he cleared his throat.
"Ehem ehem... The tailors would appreciate it if you don't waste such fine fabric, anyway! I'm assigning a job for Felizch."
I attentively look at the general and ask him, "What do you want?" The general smiles and orders,
"You'll be going to that mansion alone to search for the missing scouts, we would appreciate it if you could bring back Lieutenant Rand unscathed. Try your best not to stir any trouble with that winged freak on your way inside, that's all!" He orders with an enthusiastic tone
How can he order around with such enthusiasm... What an annoying guy.
I grab my rifle from the carriage before I march to the mansion. Luna approaches me, holding a pistol, "Hey Felizch, I heard you're going to the mansion... Here, take this for extra protection." Luna held out his Luger and I grabbed it to sheathe it in my right holster.
I nod at him as I walk to the rusty gates of the mansion; I rub the walls using my index finger and feel a texture of pure white ash. I kicked the rusty gates open, and I entered the entrance of the mansion.
Huh... This gate's oddly soft.
I pulled out my pistol, and I opened the burnt door; I took a step inside the mansion, and it sent chills down my spine. In such a hot environment, I suddenly feel cold.
That's strange... No caines are lurking around inside.
Where should I go first...
I look at the burnt double stairs presented in front of me; there is also a kitchen in between the stairs. I look closer to see an open door next to the kitchen. While observing my surroundings, I hear screeches coming from above.
The general ordered me not to cause too much commotion, maybe I should continue with the kitchen.
I walk towards the kitchen and I look around me to see 3 medium-sized caines infront of me, they all have the same features with their anatomy consisting of multiple eyes, dark skin, and their wings lacking feathers shaped in the form of a blade.
Well, I'll be damned...
The creatures stared at me, preparing to attack as I aimed my pistol to shoot one of them in the eye located in the forehead.
Bang!
Whooshhh....
The creature lunged at me with its claws directly accelerating toward my face; in the blink of an eye, I swiftly pulled out the Luger Luna gave me and shot the creature in its eye, located at its jaw.
Bang!
I raised my pistol in the air and shot the ceiling three times; small drops of blood and debris fell as I pierced the creature's eyes with my silver bullets smoke released in the chambers of my Luger and .50 caliber ending their lives; I sighed and cocked my gun using my teeth.
Three down...
The agonizing screeching intensifies as I gaze deeper at the door, and it slightly creaks with an eerie vibe. I throw three grenades inside the room, and they explode. I hear loud screeches coming from inside the room while simultaneously releasing a shockwave that busts the door open.
Boom!
I walked inside with my guns cocked up, and I look at the creature's limbs scattered everywhere; I looked around the empty room to see another door leading to a greenhouse.
A greenhouse? It should be impossible for someone to grow plants in such a harsh environment...
This can only mean one thing...
Someone's watching.
Clank...
An engine started revving as gears clattered from behind me; I quickly looked behind me to see a person in a mecha suit averaging 6ft lunging at me with a flaming sword.
"What the hell?!"
Whoosh....
The man grips my neck and starts revving his engine, blitzing from room to room, killing the caines while using me as a body shield. He flies to the rooftop, and I feel as if he is gazing at my soul through the cold steel mask, I started panicking.
This shouldn't be possible...
What kind of sorcery is this?!
How is there a man here... Moreover, how did he survive the blast?!
The man in armor says in a rough voice as if his throat was burning with each word,
"Gray hair... I will cleanse you away from this earth!"
"What are you talking about, and who the hell are you?!"
The man throws me as I flung across the city of Switzen hitting my head in the bell tower,
Arghh!
My vision distorts as I look in front of me; the man disappears, and my chest starts thumping loudly, and I can hear the blood flowing from my ears; I look at the man above me, charging up a powerful blast...
I quickly jumped off the bell tower, and the cold steel eviscerated the entire tower into ash as I fell from 22 feet.
This is bad; if I get hit with that blast, I'll be cooked!
I pulled out my .50 caliber and aimed it at the man's mechanical wings.
Bang!.... Clank!
It hit the wing, but it seems bullets have no effect in piercing its armor. While I fell, I sheathed my pistol in my holster.
The man lunged towards me from above drop, kicking me in the abdomen; as a thick red liquid burst out of my body, I accelerated and dropped down onto the ground.
Gnaghh!
No... I'm not going out like this!
I quickly scanned the area below me, and I used my short blade to support my fall. I safely landed, gripping my blade tight whilst gasping for air.
Bwam!
The man in the suit lands chaotically, blasting the ground below him; he looks at me with the cold steel mask and says, "You gray-haired monkeys just don't know when to run."
Argh!
My light cloak slowly transitions to a blood-red color as my injured shoulder starts bleeding.
Argh! This isn't the time!
The man in armor chuckles, "You poor little monkey, it's time to meet your end!" He raises his flaming sword attached to his forearm; he accelerates toward my direction to behead me. I raise my guard and slip. At that very moment, I accepted my fate and closed my eyes.
Clink!
"Felizch! What the hell are you doing?!" shouted a familiar tone as he clashed blades with the man in armor; I heard slight jingles of chains as he grunted.
"I gave you a blade for a reason dammit!"
I look up to see Javier deflecting the attack with his chained blades, the man in armor muttered, "Kusarigama... What a nuisance." He immediately stepped back and charged up a blast.
"Heh! You're backing off now 'cause you're scared, aren't ya!"
"Watch out Javier, he's charging up a blast!"
Javier grunts as he throws one of his chained blades into the open area of the blast, "I know, smartass!"
Clank!.... Boom!
The blade jammed the blast blasting off the man's forearms in the process, "Hell yeah!" I shouted as he reloaded his arms using his biceps. As the gears clanked, he grew a new pair of mechanical arms.
"Seriously?!"
Javier tosses me one of his chained blades and signals me to grip it tight; I place the short dagger in my teeth and grab the chained blade.
Clink!
I grit my teeth and grip the chain tight as Javier tosses it in the armored man's direction; I exert all my force on the chained blade as I feel a spark in the back of my head.
Whoosh....
I blasted the chain directly at the armored man, the recoil from the shockwave pushed me back as I fell from twelve feet. The blade pierced deep into the man's abdomen, and a thin red line emerged from the suit.
Gwargh!
Javier lands a 540 kick, striking his temple accurately while he catches me from above as I was flung in the man's direction.
Bwam!
Gripping the man's head I tossed the man to the ground and smoothly landed behind him, the man with the cold steel refused to be knocked down as he regained his balance
"Why you... You sinners never learn to fight fair don't you?!" The man shouted as he coughed up blood from beneath the suit.
Javier and I both simultaneously struck the man multiple times while making sure he didn't fall off the ground; the man's vision became hazy, and with no last resort, the man screeched.
His screech blasted their eardrums, distorting them for a few moments; he took out the blade from his abdomen and dropped the chained blade.
"I'll be back again, this time... With an army!"
The man flew off from the distance and left without a trace, my visions started being hazy as I witnessed multiple things at once, and after a moment I blacked out due to the fatigue.
Plink....
Plink.....
Plink....
"Forget about me, get Felizch and ▓▓▓ out of here!" said a familiar voice of a woman, as she holds my cheeks tightly and kissed my forehead I see a distorted fragment of her face,
"I'm going to ▓▓▓▓ this to you, remember destroy anything in your way! RESTORE THE L-"
I woke with a shock, my fists clenched tightly in the white fabric, my pupils dilating as I stare into the abyss I felt a liquid sensation in my eye.
Why am I crying....