Dagger 46 A Different Sky

When the steps stopped, he knew that were already near him. Allen prepared for the worst and closed his eyes. However, it never happened.

As Lazar was about to charge towards the kid with his battle axe, he was stopped by Robert. Before the former could say anything, the latter shook his head and spoke, "He saved us, not just us, but the people of Loraint too. If the demon got out of here, those townsfolk would be the first to be ma.s.sacred."

The barbarian hesitated at first, but when he saw the resolute gaze of his friend, he lowered his weapon down and gritted his teeth.

Hearing their conversation, the kid lied down on the ground with his stomach facing it and turned his body around afterwards and saw the two people.

One was a handsome man, the other... was none other the man who tortured him and deprived of his eyesight on his right eye.

Meanwhile, Lazar and Robert were inwardly surprised when they saw that the kid didn't show anger on his face when he saw the barbarian. In fact, there wasn't even any kind of emotion.

Robert crouched beside the kid and opened his hands. Green smoke appeared on his palms and conjured into a green pill.

"Here, eat this pill and it'll restore your energy.", Robert handed over the pill onto Allen's hand. The kid then scrutinized the pill.

Seeing Allen's action, Robert couldn't help but laugh and said, "Don't worry kid, it's not poison, if we wanted to kill you, we would've done it earlier."

Hearing Robert's statement, Allen didn't hesitate to swallow down the pill. After all, he didn't have any choice either.

Warmth flowed throughout his body and the kid felt that 30% of his full energy was restored, nonetheless, it was enough.

"You're a necromancer, aren't you?", Allen questioned to Robert. When he saw the green smoke appearing on the latter's palms, he already knew that he was a necromancer.

"Yes, I am.", Robert confirmed.

"Why did you help me recover?", the kid asked.

"It's because I just want to.", Robert answered.

"I thought necromancers are evil.", Allen didn't beat around the bush.

"Not all necromancers are evil, it's just that some were fascinated by our ways and some didn't have any choice, like me.", Robert said.

"Didn't have any choice?"

"You see kid, I came from the nomadic lands with my friend Lazar. The condition of the lands were harsh, it was mostly boundless desert, there were some oasis, but most of them were taken over by powerful clans, and there are many more dangers too.", Robert didn't explain everything and only said what was needed.

The kid kept quiet and didn't reply anymore. Afterwards, he sat down and surveyed his surroundings. He saw that the main hall's floor was almost thoroughly destroyed, the pillars that were still left after the battle already had cracks due to the relentless suction of the demon's mouth.

The main hall might collapse anytime, or maybe even the castle as a whole!

Allen's gaze then sticked towards Lazar, who was looking back at him. The barbarian couldn't help but wonder why was the kid still emotionless when their eyes met.

"I'm sorry for killing your brother.", Allen suddenly said, which made Lazar and Robert stunned, they didn't expect the kid to say that.

After a short silence, Lazar took the initiative to talk, "I... I'm also sorry for torturing and threatening you." The sentence was a bit forced, yet, it came from Lazar's own will.

"Uh-huh.", Allen only nodded, he then stood up and walked towards the exit.

"Hey wait!", Lazar called out to Allen. The latter stopped walking.

"Aren't you mad against me?! Don't you want to kill me?", Lazar asked. When he saw how the kid battled the demon earlier, he knew that he was no match for the kid anymore.

Allen turned around and said, "I'm not mad... I just... don't even feel anything anymore." After which, he started to walk towards the entrance once again.

When Lazar saw the kid's gaze for the last time, he felt suddenly felt guilty until to the deepest part of his body.

'Why am I feeling guilty?! He killed my brother, why should I pity him?', Lazar inwardly angrily said.

"You're feeling guilty, right?", Robert asked.

"Huh?"

"We've been friends since childhood. I know the face that you make when you're guilty.", Robert said.

"I...", Lazar tried to say something, in the end, he couldn't say anything.

'Karma works in mysterious ways.' Robert inwardly sighed.

"Come on, let's get out of here. This place might collapse anytime.", Robert said.

"Where should we go? Back to the headquarters?", Lazar asked.

"No. Think of it, if our group leader is a demon, won't the chief have found out already that he was a demon... or probably the chief is a demon too? Now that we have found out that our group leader was a demon, we might get executed for knowing it. After all, not just barbarians and necromancers, but most of mankind hates them, if this news gets out, it'll probably cause a commotion.", Robert quickly a.n.a.lyzed the situation.

"Then, where do we go?", Lazar asked.

"We should go to the western region of this kingdom. I've always wanted to go there.", Robert suggested.

"Well then, I have no choice but to follow you too.", Lazar smiled.

***

"Huff... huff...", Kate panted as she looked at the wolf she killed. The beast was now lying on the ground, then it suddenly turned into smoke and evaporated into the air.

The gra.s.s and plants inside the dome were withering, their vitality was being drained out by the dome to keep itself up.

There was a scratch on Kate's face, probably due to the wolf. On the other hand, the great necromancer was as free as ever and looked towards the girl.

Realizing the situation, Kate didn't hesitate to distance herself from the man as to prevent getting caught off guard by a death energy ball from him.

However, seeing what Kate was doing, the man only sneered and chanted out his last spell.

Green smoke formed again at the ceiling of the dome which Kate noticed, but she thought it was an another wolf, but it wasn't.

The green smoke rushed towards Kate at a shocking speed. Now that she was almost exhausted and she could only access 30% of her full speed, she couldn't dodge it. The smoke pinned her hands and feet onto the ground.

"Hehehe...", the man approached the girl while chuckling. When he reached Kate, he dropped his staff onto the ground and went over her body.

"What are you going to do?", Kate frantically asked.

"I told you, you won't die that easily... hehehehe...", the man kept chuckling his face slowly closed in on Kate's. The latter tried to resist, but it was futile.

"As I soon as I got out, I would actually meet a pedophile.", the two of them heard a voice.

The man looked over to his side and saw a kid with some blood smeared on his face, looking towards them.

Kate also looked over, when she saw the newcomer, she was surprised, and at the same time worried, because it was none other than Allen. The girl saw the fading pupil of the boy's right eye, the hole on the s.h.i.+rt of his chest, and his blood smeared face.

The man felt danger from Allen, and the former immediately got hold of his staff on the other side and aimed it towards the latter. However, the kid was already nowhere to be seen.

The great necromancer then felt that somebody was holding the back of his head.

"Die.", Allen softly said.

Using (Firm Fists), the boy crushed the head of the man with his both hands. After which, he threw the man's corpse so as to prevent the blood flowing out of his head to stain his clothes.

The dome and the smoke that was pinning Kate on the ground disappeared afterwards. Allen then reached out his other hand to the girl to help her sit up.

The girl saw the scar on the boy's hands. Even though there was a healing vial to heal Allen's injuries, sometimes, he wasn't healed by it all the time.

Kate accepted the help and she sat up. Afterwards, Allen sat beside him and said, "Let's wait for Mr. Sanchez, there's a demon's corpse inside the castle."

Hearing Allen's sentence, Kate couldn't help but be shocked. Demons were known to be powerful and mankind's natural enemy, and it wasn't everyday that there'll be a corpse of a demon. If somebody else told her that there's a corpse of a demon, she wouldn't believe it.

Kate gave a curious glance to Allen, which the latter noticed and said, "I killed it."

The girl couldn't help but be stunned yet again, but kept quiet and just waited for Mr. Sanchez and Drake.

***

One day later...

After taking care of the demon's corpse, they all went back to Crescent Town, it took them more or less a day because they used a carriage and didn't use the treasure that boosts one's speed.

Night...

The trio and Mr. Sanchez just got back to Crescent Town. Now, they were by the outskirts of the town walking towards Allen's family house.

"I got a news that your father has left with your brother. I think they won't come back for a long time or probably never.", Mr. Sanchez said.

On the other hand, Allen didn't say anything and just kept walking.

Seeing that the kid has no reaction, Mr. Sanchez could only pity him. Of course, he already knew what happened.

A few minutes, they arrived and entered the house. They followed Allen up to the second floor towards his bedroom. The boy took out the satchel form under the bed and a notebook from the drawer, which he placed inside the satchel afterwards.
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"Don't worry, you got us!", Drake tried to cheer Allen up.

"Just say if you need anything, alright?", Kate added.

"Thanks.", Allen replied, and said after a pause, "But I'm going to leave this place."

Hearing what Allen just said, the two kids and Mr. Sanchez couldn't say anything at first.

"Where are you going?", Kate took the initiative to ask.

"To the eastern region.", Allen replied. The kid then went to William's bedroom, where there were many books on the bookshelves.

"Please, take care of these books. I can't bring them with me. They're my only remembrance of my mother.", Allen requested.

"We will.", Mr. Sanchez replied.

...

All of them went out of the house after taking care of everything else.

"How much money do I have now?", Allen asked to Mr. Sanchez. The former was referring to the share of the treasure he got from the Mount Watchtower.

"1000 gold coins.", Mr. Sanchez replied.

"Should I even feel bitter that I've been sold out for 10 gold coins?", Allen muttered to himself. However, because it was a quiet night, it was heard by the other two kids and the tavern owner.

"Can I take 300 gold coins?", Allen asked.

"Sure.", Mr. Sanchez took out two enchanted pouches from his pockets. Afterwards, he opened the both of them poured 300 gold coins to the empty pouch, and handed it to Allen.

The kid then put the pouch inside the satchel. After which, he said to them, "Goodbye." He didn't wait for them to reply back and used (Burst Steps) to get far away from them as possible.

"I'll be going back to the tavern. There's something I need to take care.", Drake immediately rushed back to the tavern.

When Drake was already far away, Kate suddenly said, "I want to join Allen."

"No.", Mr. Sanchez rejected.

"I want to join him, please!", Kate requested again.

"No, as your master, I forbid you from doing so.", the tavern owner said.

"But...", before Kate got to finish her sentence, Mr. Sanchez said...

"And as your father, I know what's best for you."

Kate could only bow her head down, but she suddenly got an idea and said, "Then, can I go to the nomadic lands?"

"For what?", Mr. Sanchez asked.

"To get stronger. I don't want Allen to feel what he felt again.", Kate said. However, the real reason why she wanted to was to deliver the letter from the remnant village. It was Allen who wanted to do that, but it would never happen.

As for why Kate has the letter, it was because on the way back to Riverboard City, Allen asked to Kate to hide the letter for him, which the girl didn't refuse.

"You want to do something for that remnant in the mountain, right?", Mr. Sanchez asked.

Meanwhile, Kate was surprised. They never told Mr. Sanchez about the remnant village.

Seeing Kate's surprised looked, Mr. Sanchez said, "I know a lot more than you do."

"Then, do you agree to it?", Kate asked.

"I agree.", Mr. Sanchez replied.

"Thank you.", Kate hugged his father's side. Though the former didn't notice that Mr. Sanchez cracked a smile on his face.

***

Allen was still walking amidst the darkness of the night. Guided by the starry sky, he walked towards the direction of northeast, where the eastern region was from his position.

[End of Volume 3: Emotion]