Chapter 125 - I'll Fight Alone

Selvis and everyone were moving their head in confusion and lurking anxiety beating inside their chest, Jeremy had Styrmir's skull in a grapple, while Bria was more anxious about the dread feeling.

"Clove, look around what's wrong." Selvis stood up, and Melvi fell on her knees, clasping her chest, in tears, 

"He… he is alive!"

Selvis looked at her in disgust, while the wind suddenly stopped flowing,

"Who are you talking about-"

Suddenly, a presence irked Selvis, not just him Jeremy and Bria turned to Selvis with their eyes wide open, Selvis raised his gaze and looked in front of him.

Two strangers in a dark cloak appeared out of nowhere and stood before them, 

"Who are you and when did you get in here?" Selvis squinted at them, while others were dumbfounded, 

"I didn't even notice them around me!" Jeremy completely forgot about Styrmir and was staring at them,

"Who are these guys? And that short one! He is radiating the same dreadful aura that I felt earlier!"  Bria moved away from Zia, all tensed up.

"Answer my question, who are you?" Selvis walked down the dais and stared at them, 

"You guys! How long are you planning to play pathetic?" The tall stranger turned and spoke, her voice resembling someone, 

"What fuck!" Jeremy gasped, 

"You shouldn't act so surprised!" Styrmir set his foot on Jeremy's chest, 

[ BLOOM TWISTER ]

For instance, a strong twister blasted off Jeremy in the air,

Bria didn't notice Jeremy but her eyes were stuck on that woman, "Impossible! I used my strongest  spell to kill them!" 

"Then I guess, your last is her start!" Zia's voice came from behind Bria, 

She turned to her and couldn't believe her eyes, Zia was standing without a scratch in front of her,

"How did you-?" She turned back looking at the ground but the scorched body of Zia wasn't there, 

"What the hell was that? Where is your dead body? I swear I blasted you off!" 

She raised her hand with red eyes, 

"No worries! This time I will burn you so bad that not even a single cell of you will remain in this world!" 

Zia unsheathed her sword with a faint smile, 

"My dead body? Are you sure that wasn't your desire to see me like that? Even your threats are so dumb now, well anyway, shall we begin now?" 

"You brat!"

[ MAGIA EXPLO- ]

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[ DEMON EATER BLADE ]

Bria couldn't even finish and Zia vanished from her sight and crossed her, 

[ HUED TWILIGHT ]

And blood spewed out Bria's chest and fell on the ground, 

"When did you-" 

"What did you say before? We are newborns and you are veterans… something like that right, well for your information, if I set my mind to really kill someone, I won't even need to pull my sword out then."

Zia looked down at the crippling body of Bria and walked away to her captain, Historia and Aaris revealed their face leaving Clove senseless, Styrmir followed her, and shortly they came together staring at Selvis.

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"Your grace let me-"

"Calm down Clove! You two, how are you alive? Especially that brat, the crystal I put down on you should've drained every bit of mana and killed you slowly but, you are still alive!" Selvis sighed, 

"I don't like doing things twice, Roschart! Is everything ready?"  Selvis grin returned on his face, 

The team was prepared for the next attack but the ground started shaking, Jeremy whose chest has a deep scrape, took Bria's body and stood beside Clove, 

'If I didn't use some extra layers, I would've got grinded there!' Jeremy fell on his one knee, and Selvis raised his arm, 

"Bring them!" 

The land shattered and the party leaped on the side of cracks, Historia looked down and saw hundreds of nobles come out crawling from the ground, like insects, 

They weren't normal, their skin went pale, and they looked like they have lost their sanity,

"What the hell is this?" Zia and Stymir looked down the creek and I couldn't help but squint in disgust. They looked at Historia to ask what happened to them but she was more in shock than them.

"This is-" she clenched her teeth and looked at Selvis, 

"How can you do this?" Historia's mana was oozing out of her body with infusing rage, 

"What are you talking about? Ah, that Hollowing spell! Well, it was important for the plan you see!" Selvis looked at Jeremy and gestured him to bring Bria, 

"Your grace! Please save her. She needs treatment! The cut is close to her heart-" Jeremy was panicking and raced to Selvis, he couldn't avert his eyes from Bria, and was trying to stop her bleeding desperately.

"Calm down Jeremy! I will save her, you fools look at her, you won't get a chance to see this again!" 

Jeremy laid Bria on the ground, she stopped breathing some moments before but her heart was struggling, she tilted her head and saw Jeremy holding her hand tightly, 

"What are you doing idiot?" She smiled at him, reminiscing her face behind her closing eyelids,

"Bria! Can you hear me? Bria!" Jeremy was rubbing her hand and Clove pulled Jeremy back,

"I told you to not worry until she has her heartbeat running, I can fix her!" Selvis got on his knee and touch her forehead, 

"Stop! You-" Historia prepared herself for a spell but Aaris held her hand, 

"Rise! What are you doing?"

"It's too late!"

"Right, you peasant!" Selvis smiled, 

[ PARASYTE CRYSTALIS ]

Bria's body started crystallizing and the crystals faded the moment they appeared, 

"Your grace what are you-" Jeremy was stunned, he already raised his fist against Selvis but Roschart grabbed his neck, 

"You…bastard!" Jeremy's whole body started going numb, 

[ PARASYTE CRYSTALIS ]

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And Roschart released him and he fell on the ground, 

"What are they doing captain? Killing their comrades!" Styrmir raised his brow while chewing on healing candy Historia gave him.

"Even worse, they are-"

"Creating hollow corpses! You guys probably don't know about it yet, let's teach you as an elder then, I am removing their consciousness from their body giving them a hint of my mana, releasing strength multiple times they have currently!" 

Selvis sat on grabbed Jeremy's head kicked it, 

"Now get up!" 

Bria and Jeremy stood up when others looked at them a chill ran down their spine, the eyes of both of them got blurry and their body had blue veins tracing them.

"Captain, that spell!" Zia pulled her sword out, 

"Yes, in simple words, it creates dead hybrids!" All four of them took their stance but at that time Aaris was just staring at Melvi. Further, all the hollowed nobles came out of the creek and surrounded them in the meantime. 

"Alright time, since now we are all together! Let's begin the kill-" 

"Melvi!" Historia was talking all hyped but Aaris yelled his lungs out before she could finish, Melvi raised her gaze and looked at him, he was looking at her with a warm smile he had in the Grand Selection.

"What are you doing brat?!" 

"Captain, what's our mission?" Aaris looked at her with a blank face, 

"Looking at present circumstances, kill everyone that attempts hostility, kill everything you feel is dangerous!" Historia, Zia, and Styrmir's bodies were raging in mana.

They were all prepared to kill everyone stands in their way, 

"I see then, could you please step aside, and give me some time?" He turned to Historia and smiled, all three of them looked at him with wonder.

"What do you mean? Don't get overconfident, you idiot!" Zia knocked on his head and he just smiled, 

"Please, let go first! If I die, you are free to fight then!"

"Don't talk nonsense-" Historia clenched her fist in anger, and Aaris screamed again,

"Melvi!  Can you hear me?

From here onwards, I will fight alone, but…

I won't attack anyone!" Everybody looked at him with their eyes wide open, 

"That is called surrendering, you idiot!" Roschart who was in more shock than anyone seeing them here couldn't hold in his anger, 

"What are you saying, you idiot! Yes, you are strong now, but not enough to take all of them on alone!" Historia grabbed his hand and tried to turn him on her side, but Aaris's eyes were struck on Melvi, 

"Please let me fight alone! I made a promise to her!"

Historia wasn't easing her grip but abruptly Styrmir held her hand, 

"Let's watch from the side then, shall we?"

"Have you gone insane too? How can you leave your partner to die alone on the battlefield instead of helping them!" Historia jerked freed her hand, and grabbed Styrmir's shoulder, 

"Captain, everything you just said now, is the right thing to do? Zia, do you think so too?" Styrmir had a stern will inside him, wavering Historia's heart, 

"Of course, the captain is right! Rise is our teammate! We are supposed to fight and die together! He is making a mistake, and it's our job to help him at such times, and save him!" Zia clenched her fist looking at Aaris walking alone, 

"Exactly! And he is doing the same!

For Melvi!"