After a few minutes,of leaving Ed's Workshop The thundering noise of Hammer hitting hot Metal resumed,The Hero of knights sensed the sour mood radiating off Aurora as he lightly touched her shoulder."he'll be fine."locking eyes with her,he saw the worried look she had.as tears threatened to fall.she spoke.
"He's always pushing himself,even when He's…"seeing her crestfallen,as gently as he could his metal gauntlet patted her head,Pressing against her dark purple mages hat.
"He's doing what he loves,and that's all that matters to him."he said,softly yet Aurora just remained silent.gazing at her unmoving form for a moment,he knew he had to give her time.
After a couple minutes of silence,Aurora and The hero Of Knights,started moving through The cracked cobblestone streets of DregsSapphire,where the rhythmic sounds of barking from alleys was common.exhaling the hero of knights,spotted a carved symbol on a wall of one of the abandoned Ruins.stopping briefly,The soft chime of a bell played out in his ears.
There was nothing remotely special about the symbol,other than it looked like the random carvings of a child.yet the eyes behind the helm told a different story.a story of Two children,a young boy exhausted tired weak,carrying a bleeding young girl on his back passing that same symbol.gazing at it for a while longer he tore his gaze away from it,only to meet the furrowed look of Aurora.
He remained silent,as he passed by her still he saw the worried look she gave him,but in the end he kept his silence,after a while of not speaking to one another,the hero of knights occasionally glanced back and forth to Aurora,who hasn't said nothing just as he was about to say something to her,a loud thumping noise shook the ground beneath there feet.
"Pretty lady,Do you see!Do you see!Gan!"A lecherous voice panted loudly,as the noise grew louder and louder until,he finally saw him.The owner of the voice.
It was a giant of a man towering over the hero of knights,but what caught his attention was the smell,a smell he knew closely,Decay.covering its head with a black stained sack,its every steps shook the ground violently.while it bursting sickly pale stomach,moved with it.
"I see brother,and your right she will go well in the collection."another voice appeared,bringing in a chilling dark black miasma That just seemed to flicker in and out of existence,standing infront of Aurora as a hand ripped straight out of the darkness,The sounds of Squenches,and horrific Screams begging and pleading to Die,Poured out into the desolate Streets of DregsSapphire.
In that moment,a deep rooted feeling rushed through him,as The sounds went silent,Pulling itself out of the darkness was a pale half naked man,with long black hair,as waves of Blood flowed out of the miasma yet the sounds of sobbing never truly stopped .
Ringing in the hero of knights ear,He heard the muffled voice of a child."Mommy,help me."it was then by instinct,his body reacted,catching the eyes of the soulless monster who dared Anger him to such an extent.he spoke his voice full of rage.
"I'll handle this alone."A cold ruthless aura,pressured against The man known as Gan,who narrowed his eyes at the silver knight who was as tall as his brother.gripped down onto a Greatsword on his back and pulled it out of its sheath.
"As you wish."Aurora spoke,coldly while tightening her grip down on a black metallic scepter with a pulsing purple glow that appeared out of thin air.
"Brother,it seems that the collection will have to wait a shame."the more he heard that detestable voice of that thing that couldn't be called a man,the more his anger grew.exhaling as steam poured through his helm,his eyes shoned a bright Green hue.stomping on the ground,cracking the barely holding cobble stone streets,The pale overweight giant,flailed its meaty arms in anger.
"NO!NO!NO!NO WAIT I WANT PRETTY LADY!"The hero of knights,narrowed his eyes as the giant charged towards Them,as symbols he couldn't read flashed all over his body in a dark orange light.
With one step,The hero of knight cracked the cobblestone ground at his feet.and rushed towards him.tilting his grip on the great sword,causing it to slant he leaned his body foward.
"MOVE ME NO WANT METAL MAN!"The hero of knights,narrowed his eyes as he got a closer look at the man.Large gashes that could end even the strongest of men,where stitched on by a barely holding thread,alongside those same symbols which he can now identify as Runes,etched on every fibers of its being.but did it matter no,not at all.
The pale giant,Roared as he rose his right arm and slammed it down at The hero of knights.Who was waiting for this,in a swift manner he slashed his sword upwards,cleanly cutting off its forearm.
Falling down on the ground,the hand spasmed before going limp,yet The pale giant didn't bleed,roaring out in anger as the runes changed into a dark blue color,sparks of lightning flashed across its body.
"YOU!DIE"The hero of knights,Knew what he was dealing with now.holding his great sword with one hand he grabbed his shield from his back.and shielded himself from,a beam of fire coming from Gan.and slashed down at the lightning Coated fist from the pale giant.
"Undead."his voice caused a snarl,from the giant where he sword dug into its clenched fist,and a amused smirk from Gan,who raised a twisted staff made of bones.
"Suprise."Gan smiled widely,As a volley of Stone crashed into him.