[Writer's Pov]
The sound of a sword making its way through Mimi's stomach and beyond echoed through the air. She let out a low growl as she felt the cold silver blade cutting her insides. Before long, the whole surrounding was engulfed with the metallic scent of her blood. Flynn, who was still weak due to overusing his mana, couldn't react faster to save her.
"Die.... you worthless animal,"Mr Seith rasped with a smirk across his lips, as he removed his sword that was now stained with Mimi's blood and then kicked her to the ground. "Your kind are the enemies of god. Stepping into his holy grounds was the worst mistake you ever made "He taunted.
Rage, anger,sadness and all the overwhelming emotions started building up inside Flynn like a ticking bomb. He started growling while biting his teeth so hard that blood started coming out from his mouth. His eyes were now wide open and red. The air around him instantly changed and became like a violent wind.
"I'M GOING TO KILL YOU!,"He yelled, and his sleeping virus started swirling around him just like that time when he was young. He grabbed Mr. Seith by the neck and tightened his grip, making it hard for him to breathe. The commotion became too loud , and everyone started gathering around to see what was going on. Mr Seith struggled to break free from Flynn's clusters, but he was too weak to do so. Especially since Flynn's sleeping virus was forcefully making him fall asleep. The knights and other believers who attended Mr Seith's church came along and began shouting at Flynn, telling him to let their leader go. Amongst the crowd was the deputy of the church and Mr Seith's right hand man who came running while holding a long, bright sword and swang it on Flynn's direction, and to his shock, the sword released a cutting wave that almost cut him in half, but thanks to his protective barrier, he wasn't hurt so bad. He looked at the spot where he was standing, and there was a very wide crack on the ground, caused by the sword's wave. The deputy apostle fell down after swinging the sword once as he grew weak. The sword required a lot of mana to produce cutting waves, and only a single strike depleted his.
Before he passed out, he said,"Father, Seith. Forgive me for being late, but I've brought the sword of salvation for you."
After saying that, he passed out. Most of the people in the crowd were believers of Bullard, the god of calamity and followers of Mr Seith. They didn't wait to be told what to do. They knew they had to help their leader, so one by one, they knelt down and started praying in unison,'All glory be to god Bullard."
As they prayed, they started sharing their mana with Apostle Seith who had a rosary necklace that had the power to absorb mana from his believers.
He let out a sinister laughter as he felt their power coursing through his veins.
"Hahaha,"thank you, children of Bullard." He snarled as he looked at Flynn. "This is the weapon bestowed upon me by our great god to punish anyone who dares oppose his divinity." He raised his sword high as he concentrated all the mana he had absorbed from his believers into the sword and a big, red magic circle formed on the ground where Flynn was standing.
Lana and Marvelous, who were present at the scene, sensed a ridiculous amount of power building up on the magic circle. The power that was stronger than any they've ever encountered in their many years of living.
"Honey!!,"Lana screamed. "Get out of there!!"
Flynn had also sensed this insane power. He knew he had to run, but when he tried to use his teleportation spell, it didn't work. He tried running, but his body was paralyzed. He couldn't do anything or move at all— not even his lips to chant a spell.
"Stop this madness, Seith!!,"Flynn's father ordered. "Do you want to kill my son!!"
"Don't call this treacherous and blasphemous abomination your son. Maybe it was born from the sins you committed in the past. You and l both know that this son of yours was cursed from the very day he was born. You should have executed him when he was still young, but you fools were too blinded by the devil inside him that claimed to be our god, Bullard. If l was present on that day, I would have seen through his blasphemy. Now for the good of our kingdom, let's eliminate your cursed child once and for all,"he roared in a wicked, squeaky tone that would make one doubt if he was truly the leader of a church.
"DON'T DO IT, SEITH!! I COMMAND YOU AS YOUR KING!,"Flynn's father sternly cautioned but Mr Seith just started laughing.
"Know your place, Galdord!,"he snapped. "Don't let the position of King get the better of you. You and l both know about all the wicked schemes and plots you played to claim that throne. So shut your mouth, you unroyal commoner of a king!," Mr Seith taunted, and the king tried talking back but couldn't make up any words in his mouth.
The believers who were supplying Mr. Seith with their mana started falling one by one. The sword was draining a lot from them to stay active, and yet, Mr Seith didn't seem to care.
"Now, then... let's finish this before my believers run out of juice," He raised his sword high, and the magic circle around Flynn grew even more red. Then he slashed on air, and a very big slash emerged from his sword, cutting everything on its way and even cutting the ground apart, adding destruction to the already destructed great colosseum. The red magic circle grew even more red, trapping and paralyzing Flynn on the ground. He tried to resist it, but it was just too powerful to break free from.
Lana quickly chanted a spell just the very second. Mr Seith waved his sword. She summoned a very big oak tree to act as a shield to protect Flynn, but to her surprise, the tree branches started falling and breaking like they were nothing but small twigs a person can pick for firewood. She used all the power she had to try and restore the tree to keep it standing, and protecting Flynn from the attack, but no matter how hard she tried, the force from the sword's slash was just too much. Her nose even started bleeding. Marvelous saw that this was more serious than she thought, so she cast her barrier spell on the oak tree to protect it from the slash while it also protected Flynn. But to everyone's shock, even her barrier was constantly getting shattered. She had never seen something like this. No one has ever overpowered her barriers in all her life.
Before long, the two ladies felt exhausted. Athena who was busy trying to patch up Mimi's wound that kept bleeding saw that her new master was in grave danger. If he died, then no one was ever going to employ her, and that'll mean she'll never improve her family's life and her father's health. She knew there was nothing much she could do in a battle of magic, but still...., she couldn't just stay idle. The fury building up on her heart was too much to ignore. She gently laid Mimi down.
"Can l borrow this, pussy-cat. I'll bring it back,"she said, drawing out Mimi's sword from its scabbard and then starting to run, heading towards Mr Seith holding it. She had to do it. She was now prepared to commit her first murder of her life. With determination in her eyes, she yelled, pointing the sword at Mr Seith, but she hit on an invisible barrier and fell down. She stood up again and tried attacking him, but the invisible barrier repelled her away as it sent her flying on the air. It was a barrier that came with the power of Mr Seith's sword, famously known as the sword of salvation. It protects its wielder and if someone tries to attack the wielder, it repells the person with ten times force they applied to attack.
She stood up from the ground, and then picked her sword up and yelled again, trying to attack Mr Seith, and of course, the barrier sent her flying away. Now she was bleeding and growing weak. Lana and Marvelous were also growing weak, and their barriers were about to shatter. The king and the queen were just cowering in a corner with Prince Cyrus and the rest of the other knights. There was nothing they could so. They feared to get on the way of the church.
On such a situation, Athena wasn't ready to give up. If not her, then who else would save her master. She was hoping the dragon he tamed would come to the rescue, but once the sword of salvation is activated, it's glow makes all monsters and beasts weak, including demi humans and dragons. So it just couldn't get close.
In that moment, Athena felt a strange power inside her. She felt the urge to run with both her legs and hands, which she has never felt before but she just did it anyway on impulse. Then dark claws began growing on her fingers and nails. The effect was too painful, and she tried to scream out loud, but to her and everyone's surprise, she let out a howl instead. In that moment, her skin started growing dark fur as she felt her bones cracking and bending, like they were re-organizing themselves inside her body. Her mouth also began growing long, her teeth getting big and sharp.
Tbc