Chapter 40: True self

After releasing Lauria's unbindied state that was when it happened. I sensed a large group of people coming 100, 200, 1000, 10000, 20000. The presence was that of a thousand people. What the hell is this?

"Clarabell, Richard! Retreat go back to the mansion and retreat, you must inform the the people in the academy an army is coming." Richard and Clarabell looked at me confused. Gerard looked at me shocked as well.

"So you noticed? What the hell are you?" On hearing that one line Richard finally looked like he understood the situation.

"Damn it! Fine will be going but what about you Gabriel?" I looked at my friend his eyes showed his anxiety so did Clarabell's. I turned my back on them and answered "I'll be here delaying the enemy."

"THAT'S CRAZY!" Clarabell shouted. "There is no other choice. BELIEVE IN ME AND GO ALREADY WE DON'T HAVE TIME TO WASTE! Do not worry I'll retreat once I know you have gain some distance. SO GO NOW!" Upon hearing my determined voice Richard finally acted and dragged Clarabell away. Before they left I heard their voices synchronized "DON'T YOU DARE LOSE GABRIEL!"

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The presence of my two companions where fading on the other hand the army presence was nearing. "You mean to die boy?" Gerard asked. I smiled ferociously as my enemies approach.

"NO I MEAN TO LIVE!" I screamed at my enemies. Lauria how long before you can go into unbinded state? About half an hour master. That long huh? Well Turn into short swords and let's begin the fun. I jumped into the middle of the enemy formation.

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One of the officers in the back POV

A single boy jumped into our ranks. He carried twin blades and without warning he started cleaving at our army. Because it was so sudden the soldiers couldn't get back into a proper formation for a while. They where one sidedly massacred. The boy sliced through our ranks as if it was nothing. The magicians behind casted numerous fireballs and some of the archers out of panic attacked.

They even hit our allies but the boy who was the target dodged and sliced both the fireballs and arrows alike. The pressure we had as a twenty thousand army was being overwhelmed by a nameless boy's pressure. The boy who held twin blades was the one in control of the battle field. Only ten minutes have passed and a hundred of us where already eliminated. The boy was smiling viciously he was like death itself in the battlefield.

That was when the formation got back together. The vanguard block the boy's attack with our towering shields. The boy's movements became a little bit restricted but that was only for awhile. He backed away a little and his twin blades turned into a giant sword about 3 meters long. Using his ridiculous strength he swung the sword and made the vanguard units fly. Seeing his path open again the giant sword turned back into twin blades as he charged forward. What the hell is this monster!?

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Gabriel's POV

It's been 20 minutes since the battle started and I was already tired. Even if Lauria can turn back to her unbinded state I wont be able to use it. Such a dangerous situation but still I wasn't feeling fear I was feeling extreme excitement. My whole body was screaming this is fun!

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One of the officers in the back POV

It has already been an hour since the battle with the lone boy started. Instead of our overwhelming victory we where being suppressed. our twenty thousand strong unit was being destroyed. In the past hour the casualties where pilling up. There about a thousand casualties now. Yet all we could do was exhaust the boy. The boy who looked like he didn't even have the strength to flee still kept on fighting. He was accumulating damage steadily.

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I was dead tired, I don't even hear Lauria's voice anymore. I already halted the enemy long enough. I guess it's alright to retreat now. That was when I heard my own voice. "Huh what the hell are you saying? How could you retreat from such a grand battle?"

"Huh? Well it's because I'm tired."

"What kind of lame reason is that!? No I cannot accept that! You, don't you find this battle enjoyable."

Enjoyable? That word resounded in my heart. It made my heart beat in excitement. The voice continued persuading me.

"Isn't this tension the best? You are in a great disadvantage outnumbered and tired. Weren't you always looking for this kind of excitement?"

When I heard what the voice had to say flashes of memories came to my head. "Hahahahahaha! Yeah that's right this was the kind of excitement that I have been waiting for! How could I retreat from such a fun event? How could I even dare call myself Leonard Tranor, if I can't even win a challenge such as this?

One of the officers of the enemy unit's POV::

The boy finally stopped attacking. He just stood there, is he already fully exhausted? The soldiers do not dare go near him. They shivered at the boy who had killed thousands. Yet we needed to move in to kill him. As I was about to give the order to move. A sudden powerful force held my breath. Before the boy emitted a strong pressure, but now that very pressure was nothing compared to now.

What is this? Every fiber of my being is screaming, telling me to run away. I really wanted to but I couldn't move. Everyone else seem to have the same problem. This went beyond simple fear, while thinking so I heard the boy laugh.

"HAHAHAHAHA! I FINALLY REMEMBER!" His laugh made this battlefield look like a joke. He was laughing truly and purely. All of us who heard this laugh that this was not a laugh of insanity but that of true joy.

"SO YOU GUYS! HELP ME WARM UP FOR A BIT! YOU'RE SIMPLY THE VANGUARD UNIT RIGHT?! I WONDER HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE THERE IN YOUR MAIN ARMY?! I WONDER HOW MANY STRONG GUYS THERE ARE? WELL AFTER BEATING ALL OF YOU I'LL FIIND OUT FOR MYSELF!"

The boy did not sound arrogant nor did he feel like he was bluffing. It was as if he was just stating a fact. Even if we are like this we are still prideful knights. I and my fellow countrymen screamed a loud war cry.

We charged forward even us the commanders charged in. Beside the boy a girl suddenly appeared. The two evaded our attack and countered while chanting something in a loud voice for everyone to hear. The boy spoke "I am the beginning" The girl answered "I am the end." They kept on talking back and forth. "I have walked at the edge of the battlefield." "I have waited at the edge for the worthy." "I am one who has overwhelmed destiny." "I am the one to create all weapons." "I am the one who wields all weapons." "Shatter the world and recreate it in my image." "Show to me the eternal carnage." As if singing in a duet they both ended the verse "One body, one soul, one weapon!"

Upon finishing their chant the world around us distorted and changed. It turned into a graveyard of weapons. The boy was smiling ferociously at us. He looked at us the vanguard as if we were rabbits about to be devoured by the lion. "SO LET'S BEGIN THE TRUE FUN!" The death God descended.