Multiple footsteps very cautiously approached the room, and with great care they opened the lock, and from the darkness a chain came out towards the balcony, taking him by the neck, suffocating him until he fell to the floor without him being able to resist, and from among the shadows came out Tom who said:
- Now our festival begins!!!! LITTLE BOY
But Tylos didn't answer anything, a silence filled the room which made Tom approach him suspiciously and kick him, leaving him lying on the floor.
-Tom: Idiot, I told you not to kill him...
-Guard: But sir, I barely squeezed him to prevent him from leaving.
-Tom: So, you think you're so funny... I'm already tired of that damn elf, I can't touch her, I can't fuck her, and that bastard from Delphi doesn't stop fucking with me and to make matters worse, now another damn phenomenon, which I lacked.
Tom lifted his cloak with the toe of his shoe to realize that it was just a bit of tightly wrapped sheets, which made him explode with anger.
-Tom: Damn this is what I mean, idiots, he escaped, look for him, no one should see what is happening, the rituals should not be interrupted.
Up on the roof he was listening to everything, his insight to stay alert to danger once again showed off his effectiveness.
-Tylos: What the hell is happening here.
-Elise: Alexa, she is alive, he mentioned her. Now you should know that, if you find it, under no circumstances touch its skin or you will die without any other option.
-Tylos: That's very exaggerated, but okay.
Soon they began to see torch lights, at a moment more and more, when they were completely visible, they could see that the people were from the town, and were going completely naked towards the square.
Screams were heard inside the inn.
- Let go…
- Please help...let me go.
- No, no, my clothes.
-Help.
Tylos stared at Elise, and she turned her head, refusing to come to her aid.
-Tylos: Why? We really won't help them, I simply can't let it go, even if I don't know where I'm going or what my objective is, I do have one thing clear: "my strength is to protect those who need it."
-Elise: I know it's selfish of me, but if we risk them finding out where we are now, it's possible that we won't get Alexa back and we won't be able to save them either, I don't know if you've looked, but probably this whole town... everyone here, already They are not humans, THEY ARE OUR ENEMIES!
-Tylos: Let's continue.
Discontent with this decision was evident to both of them, but there was nothing more they could do.
In a moment, those girls he had spoken to came out without clothes and very hurt, arms or legs broken, dragged or walking, they were carried against their will to the crowd.
The procession took several minutes until they reached the square and they were thrown into the center, an unscrupulous spectacle was happening there, many naked girls tied to poles and in the center of everything was Alexa, whipped, tortured and bleeding, Elise fell silent, and her tears came out without stopping as she squeezed Tylos's arm intensely with her hands as they watched the horrific scene hidden on a balcony.
The "people" of the town pounced on the injured girls in a grotesque scene of rape and carnage since some began to bite them, detaching flesh from their limbs like monsters, however, Alexa, who was alone, was not the target of any of them, since the blood that ran from the girls nailed to the posts accumulated in streams towards her, forming a circle with symbols that were difficult for Elise to recognize.
Out of the shadows walked step by step a guy with a large hood and his face covered, who was followed by Tom and many monsters.
He climbed to the highest point of the square and shouted:
- Sentinel villagers, my faithful subjects, here is the object of your joy and pleasure, the Scarlet Queen, her blood will make us immortal, enjoy, eat, go crazy my creatures.
They were no longer human, they began to make screams like beasts and their eyes glowed in the darkness, without a doubt it was malice, and the catalyst for such barbarity seemed to be Alexa.
-Tylos: That guy is very dangerous, he must be Lariat's brother. Elise, give the signal, I'll go in for them.
-Elise: what? How are you going to do that…
Elise turned to see Tylos again and he was already next to Alexa, he cut the chains of all the girls, freeing them at the same time that he had annihilated most of the transformed people, then he was going to take Alexa in his arms when the little girl from the ceiling screamed don't do it, you will die.
For a second, he hesitated and received a huge blow that sent him flying, destroying part of a house.
The attention that the boy had drawn for a moment was interrupted by a huge spell that appeared from the darkness that perplexed everyone present. It was the old man who had come long before they gave the signal. The spell impacted on high where he was standing. He found the masked subject creating a large explosion.
-Hooded Man: To kill me you're going to have to try your hardest, don't you think so, grandpa.
His mask cracked and revealed his white hair and the irises of his wine-red eyes.
A light began to grow from the dust and debris.
Tylos: So that monster is controlled by you, damn, that hurt me.
The surprise that came from hearing the boy's voice far surpassed the previously masked one, since he assumed that that blow had killed him.
-Masked Man: You seem resistant, what are you doing with this old man, and why do you want to steal this woman.
-Tylos: Do I have to answer you?
Elise shouted from above: Alexa, run, escape, come on get up!
Masked Man: So, you were the one who saved those vermin, I should have killed her that same day, anyway, after them.
-Gwydion: Delfos, abandon your madness once and for all, return to how you were and surrender.
-Delfos: The words are over, old man, it seems that you are the one who understands nothing, I saw it, I do his will, our true God is in my actions.
-Gwydion: You are crazy, stop it once and for all, or you will leave me no choice but to stop you by force.
Delfos did not hesitate to attack the old man with his crimson magic, which ended in a great clash of forces, but this time it was not the old man but Lariat, who began to corner him with immense power. Meanwhile Tylos attacked him from the side with all his strength, but he blocked it with his hand, however, Delphi was quite injured from the attack.
The same forest monster now attacked Tylos, preventing him from continuing to help Gwydion and Lariat.
Elise went to where Alexa was to try to help her escape, but she insisted on going back underground.
-Alexa: I can't abandon her now that I found her, I haven't seen her in days, but I know that she is still there, I told her not to give up, that we would get her out of there, she is Nana, our Nana, we can't leave her there.
-Elise: Tylos, Gwydion, Lariat, I'm sorry, we have to go... thank you for everything.
-Tylos: What do you do, don't do it, listen, listen, listen.
Without any more words to say, they simply turned their backs and disappeared.
-Delfos: Damn, she's ours, we need her, quickly, Tom, you guys, go get them, you already know where to go, don't let them escape... or you already know that she will pass.
-Tylos: Oh, what could happen, I would like to see it because they won't go from here.
-Delfos: Don't think you're such a brat, you're going to die next to this old man, they don't need to know the truth because in the afterlife they won't need it. Isn't she like that, little sister? Now get out of my way!
Delfos attacked Tylos with impressive force, making him retreat.
-Delfos: I don't have time for any of you, and unfortunately for you, the harvest is ready.
-Gwydion: You won't think...
-Delfoss: That's right old man, it's time for my promotion.
-Gwydion. Don't do it...no... not like that, Delfos.
An enormous tremor began to be felt and from the center of the square, right where Alexa was, that symbol began to shine and a column of energy of red color rose high above the town, and a barrier began to open from it that threw both magicians out.
Delfos ran towards the energy column, and when he was about to touch it, Tylos cut off his arm because he sensed that something sinister would happen if that were to happen.
-Delfos: Since you are here, those who have not been invited to this communion should not be able to be in here, how is it that you, insolent, can be in here.
Tylos remained silent and stabbed his sword into the ground and attacked him at high speed, one blow after another, each time he was faster, but none of them hit him, even though he had cut off his arm, he was completely calm, and it seemed He was analyzing it until one of the blows hit him in the stomach, sending him flying into the rubble of the house that had been destroyed.
-Delfos: I see, so there is no power running through you, that's why the barrier didn't affect you. I must admit, you're pretty good at managing to move like that without using magic, but as you see, there's nothing more to it than that, get rid of him, don't let this scum interrupt the ritual.
The monster attacked Tylos, but surprise, it couldn't touch him, the ground began to glow and the circle it had drawn began to disappear as if it were burning, the blade stuck in the ground shone with such intensity that it cauterized all the blood there was. accumulated there, Delphi went crazy with anger and attacked him, breaking his mouth, unable to move him from the ground.
-Tylos: You could shut up, monsters are one thing, but you, you're really weak.
-Delfos: How dare you worm... weak, me? You must be kidding me, I don't know how you do it, but with the remainder of this power, you will disappear from my sight.
-Tylos: It sounds great coming from someone who trusts in a strength taken from others, the truth is that none of this has to do with me, but people who believe they are above others do irritate me, who can you? You think you are there to take the lives of these people. And that little one, what you did, I'll take it personally.
-Delfos: You sound very convinced of what you say, worm, so I will send you to empathize with those strangers who matter so much to you in the other world, perhaps you think you are a "hero".
Immediately afterwards, what remained of the barrier that had surrounded the village and all the magic that emanated from the circle was concentrated in a maelstrom above Delfo's head with which he pointed in the direction of Tylos towards where an immense amount of energy came out. that was destroying everything in its path.
Tylos took his sword and his arm became incandescent as he pulled the blade out of the circle, his eyes shining and the glow bathed him in golden light. Delphi did not understand where that magic came from if he himself had contemplated that he could not use it, but That didn't take away his confidence in the slightest, as it further increased the monstrous amount of energy he was unleashing. Only an imposing cry was heard that said Solis Astra.
The enormous shock of energy began to destroy the nearby buildings, and it seemed that the enormous amount of crimson energy would consume Tylos's attack as his arm began to tear, the magicians could not get closer, because a cloud of dust and the amount of magic that the encounter gave off did not allow them.
-Delfos: For a moment I was scared, brat, but I see no hope for your victory, now perish once and for all.
Everything seemed to be taken for granted when the enormous mass of energy was cut in half by the radiance of Solis Astra, burning Delfos seriously, making the monsters retreat, who, terrified by the light emanating from the resplendent blade, did not dare to approach.
-Tylos: The more I use it, the less damage it does... I can continue without my arm being damaged. Gwydion, Lariat! I'll give it to you; I'll go get Elise.
He quickly began his search towards the town church, because that must be where he could find them, that was what his intuition told him, however, that monster began to follow him over the rubble, it was very fast, but not fast enough to reach it, so he managed to get rid of it without much problem.
He just entered the church when he immediately felt a chill, everything in the darkness looked quite gloomy, he felt eyes everywhere, but no one dared to attack him, so he entered the catacombs without any fear.