"Who are you? And how are you here?" I asked the boy who just came out from behind the rock with a sword in his hands, that thing look threatening and expensive.
"Shouldn't I be the one asking this?" He said, looking at me and Kelvin, who also have a dragger, am I only unarmed one here? Yes.
Taking a breath, I stepped a little closer to the guy. "Fine, I'll go first. I'm Evan, and this here is Kelvin." I gestured toward Kelvin, . "We just... Fall here by mistake."
The boy with the sword narrowed his eyes at me. His grip on the hilt didn't loosen one bit. "By mistake he repeated, like he didn't believe me as I nods.
"Yes yes, you see, I am a fisherman, we were participating in the competition but failed to dick our ship, and fell from the waterfall, it was by pure luck that we survived!!"
'Nice one Kelvin,' I said, discovering another of a plus point of Kelvin, it is that he is an incredible lair.
"I see," the boy said, nodding a bit as he lowered his sword, after all the story does seems beleivable for a second and Kelvin really looked sad and devastated while saying it.
"But you still have to die," Jack said, suddenly taking out a gun, 'Shit,' I thought, even though I know that it was already there since I already saw it with my X rays, I never expected him to be so decisive.
Kelvin barely registered what jack said before the sound of a gunshot ripped through the air.
My ears too rang, and I turned to see Kelvin body flying behind a bit, "Kelvin!" I yelled, panic rising in my chest.
Jack was already reloading his gun, his expression cold and detached, as if shooting people was just another task on his to-do list.
"You should have never come here," He said, putting a bullet in his gun, "I am sorry."
Even though he said something, I don't listened, I didn't think, I don't looked back.
Adrenaline just surged through me as I darted toward Kelvin who fell just besides the lake, grabbing the dagger from his hand and without hesitation, I hurled it at Jack with every ounce of strength I had.
The blade spun through the air and struck it's place, slicing into Jack's hand grabbing a gun cutting his two fingers.
"Ahh!!" He let out a sharp cry, and the gun fell to the ground, clattering against the rocky surface as blood dripped from his wound.
However, it wasn't over yet, as I immediately rushed towards him and immediately tackled him.
Jack hit the ground hard as I tackled him, the impact sending both of us sliding across the rocky terrain. He grunted, using his other hand to try and push me off.
But I pressed him down with everything I had not giving him a chance to reach for his sword or gun, as blood spilling from his hand, making rocks red.
"Who the hell are you?" Jack hissed through gritted teeth, struggling beneath me a I grabbed the front of his shirt, yanking him closer so he could see the fire in my eyes. "I'm the friend of the person you just killed," I said, my voice a bit low.
"Look, I said sorry, so you can't bla-"
"A sorry don't change anything!"
"That guy, he was armed," Jack said, his voice strained and low. "He made himself a target. I had no choice." Saying so, he used his legs and kicked me on the back and other from the side, somehow pushing me away.
Just from the move, I realised that he too was trained just like me, 'I can't let my emotions take control of me, or I too can die.' Thinking so, I pushed away my anger.
"You are right," I said in a calm voice, which was shocking to even Jack as I changed just far too quicklyfor even him to process but he didn't let his gaurd down.
It was then that we started fighting in the earnest and even though I had upper hand in mortal combat, jack has a lot of weapons up his sleeve so wherever I showed even a small opening, he attacked me with I have got.
As the battle continued, it became even more intense however, it seems that the luck wasn't with me as suddenly, I stepped on an uneven rocky structure as a smile appeared on Jacks face.
'Shit,' I thought as I tried to balance myself but Jack just jumped towards me with a small pocket knife he take out of somewhere and... "Die!!" He shouted attacking me with it.
'I can't defend!' I thought to myself as I saw the knife slowly making its way towards my heart but then, "Stop right there, Kid." Someone said and grabbed jacks arm before throwing him away.
It was a tall blonde guy with golden eyes, who looked to be in his thirty, but what was special about him was his arms, which has a transparent golden highlight of a bear ams.
I can still see his arms of course but there was another layer of bear arms around him making him look intimidating.
"Did he die already?" He said, not giving Jack another look as he looked at me, "I am sorry kid, I really don't want to do this but I have no choice." He said as his large hand made its way towards me.
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Nicolas married Partisa when he has in his 30 and she was 21, there was a 9 years gap in their age which wasn't that big of deal normally however, both of them belonged to a completely different world.
While Nicolas was born with the talent to be a Soldier, Partisa was just an another normal girl, who was just lucky that she married a man just because thier father made a promise long ago she was even born.
This was the reason she gave her all. Even though their marriage was arranged before she was born, she decided to do her best.
At first, Nicolas didn't like the idea of the marriage especially since it was with a normal girl while he just had graduated from the academy for warriors.
But Partisa wasn't like that, as she put everything into being a good wife.
From meals to house duties, she did everything, and made sure Nicolas had everything he needed and never did she complain or ask for anything in return but just worked hard even if Nicolas didn't care about it at first.
However, slowly even Nicolas started to notice all the things Partisa did for him. It wasn't just the cleaning or cooking, but the way she cared for him, that melted his heart little by little.
Slowly, even Nicolas started to change as he too appreciated all of Partisa efforts, no matter how small they were, only to later realise that he was in love, that they were in love.