Gelo's pov
"Please just hand me over! Everyone will die if you don't, just surrender me!"
Desperation was evident in his voice while his trembling arms held my shoulders.
"Please I am begging you, just leave me with them.... I am too tired of this, please! They all die because I am the reason!"
His voice became ragged while his breathing became desperate. I tried to calm him down but he wouldn't listen to me.
"You mustn't tell anyone we are here! No one not even the emperor!"
He continues to say making my heart skip a bit.
"Why?" I asked to which he answered.
"They have many eyes and ears, they spread it everywhere!"
His grip on me tightened as he continued to warn me.
"Go and tell them not to tell anyone about us"
His voice finally calmed down and I immediately ran outside.
"Master!"
I shouted running outside the room.
"Master!"
I entered an office and there I saw Master Grego by his side are his aid.
"Master the boy woke up he told-.."
"It's okay Gelo I already know he is awake"
"But he told me something!"
This time his expression was more serious than before.
"Don't worry we already asked for help"
"What?"
My heart started to beat fast while I felt suffocated as if someone was taking a grip on my breath.
"To whom did the master ask for help?"
"To his majesty the emperor"
I felt a sudden chill as if a blade was pointed at my neck.
"Gelo?"
My expression wasn't good and soon everyone noticed it.
"He told me to stop master from reporting it to the emperor"
"What?"
The young baron ran towards the little boy and calmly asked.
"Why?"
"Because they will come"
"What?"
Grego Delvin immediately realized what the boy meant and urgently he began to give orders.
"Evacuate everyone now!"
His aids move as soon as they receive the order leaving the baron with Gelo.
"Return to that boy and help him pack up, we need to get them out of here"
I nodded and ran to return to the infirmary but as I did so a feeling of danger crept into my chest. I ran even harder and went straight to the boy.
"We need to leave now!"
"Yes, I figured that would be the case"
I was a bit surprised that he was calmer compared to when he first woke up.
"I am all dressed up now!" he said while flexing his clothes that the master picked up for him.
"Good then let us call those two guys who were with you"
I reach the other side of the infirmary which is being divided by a thin wall. These two had a different level of wounds which is why they were separated.
"Excuse me, are you guys awake now?"
I softly said while gently walking towards them.
"We are awake" a voice similar to master's echoes across the room.
"I see let's go now!"
I then heard a soft chuckle, I saw the other guy move, his chest and arms were all wrapped with white bandages.
"Keep running!"
Yes, I run even when tears run to my eyes I keep on running.
"Gelo!"
"Master!"
Amidst the chaotic city, I saw the young baron, wearing armor while a group of mages and swordsmen stood by his side.
"Protect the boy!"
He commanded making his soldiers march forward.
"I knew this is the second place you'll take them in case the back gate is blocked"
I chuckled a bit happy that we were safe.
"Let's go I'll escort all of you outside the city"
And so we ran towards the alley where a passage was lying in secret.
"Master, why are the people still here?"
"The space is locked we can't use teleportation, so you must take them there personally"
I nodded tightening my grip towards the boy's hand.
"What the"
"Keep running!"
I saw bodies along the alleys most were fleeing citizens and defending soldiers. All of them were dead. I felt even more scared as I witnessed their state.
Finally, after some turns, we arrived at a tavern where the owner immediately took us inside the cellar.
"Master" I spoke feeling that this moment would be the last time I'd see him.
"It's okay," he said while locking me into his embrace.
"Here take this ring with you, be very careful okay?"
"Yes"
"Now go never turn back!"
"I will!"
We went inside the huge barrel which was actually a path connecting to the forest of the Delvin district.
"We are almost there!"
I can see the light and as soon we are out I see the grim fate of my city.
From afar I could see the city being burned down while the people were escaping from all the paths they could take.
"We must hurry boy"
I heard the uncle's voice causing my grief to halt down.
"I'll take you there"
With my body still trembling I led them towards the path where the space locked is useless.
...
Back at the present time, I looked at the bodies lying on the ground but I couldn't feel anything. I thought killing those who killed my city would cause my heart to feel something. However, I couldn't sense anything, only a deep void.
"McKenzie?"
I heard Apollo's voice when I looked back I saw one hundred him making me shocked.
"I will never get used to this"
I could only say.
"Mckenzie"
I heard another voice making me shift my sight.
"I saw him"
The person in front of me was strangely similar to the boy whom I ran away with, though his features were much older.
"Blair which place did you see him?"
I asked and suddenly a wave of rage seeped through my body.
"There, at the largest building, I saw him run there"
"Ah, looks like it's heavily guarded"
"Don't worry I can break it"
Apollo confidently said before fifty of him dashed forward.
"Mckenzie"
"Yes?"
"Let's not make an enemy out of him"