That day Elise flew out due to the impulse that her friend had given her to save her, however, the dust from the corrupted stones that she breathed in left her in a very bad condition, she could barely see something of the way back from where they had entered, but To her surprise, more bandits were waiting for her at the door, they tried to catch her with nets, others with swords and some with torches that managed to burn part of her wings, but they could not.
She quickly crossed the doors at the entrance of the catacombs and went straight through the doors of the church, there was no time to waste.
But what she saw outside the church left her disturbed, it seemed that the whole town had gathered outside the place, they were all with torches, and she even saw many familiar faces from that day when her friend played music in the town square. "I'm safe now" she thought, and she did not hesitate to ask for help, with tears in her eyes she fell to her knees begging "please help us, my friend, they captured her, they are down there, the bandits and the mayor work together", without However, when she observed their faces, she saw an empty and unscrupulous look, she did not understand what was happening, but fear took over her.
Suddenly one of the women kicked her and sent her flying against the doors of the church, the blow was so strong that it made her vomit blood to the point of blurring her vision, she could barely keep conscious and hear a few whispers coming from the crowd.
-Hey, don't kill her, maybe she can be valuable, she's also a female...
- You know, there are many wealthy people who would pay for something like that on the black market.
- Yes, yes, people with money are always trying new things.
- Whoever catches it will sell it very well.
- Well guys, this will be a hunt, mark it so it doesn't escape.
And from the crowd someone said "show yourself the mark of death".
- Very well ladies and gentlemen let the hunt begin.
Elise did not understand what was happening, she just knew that she had to get out of there, she could barely take flight badly injured and managed to go to the northern forest, however, even inside the forest there were many waiting for her, they threw all kinds of objects at her between laughter and laughter while saying "don't kill her quickly, hahaha I want to see that face of despair" and others said "these magical creatures are my favorites, the taste of their agony and pain have no comparison."
So, she spent several days without being able to eat and without any supply of magical energy to help heal her wounds, but luckily for her as she moved away from the place, she found fewer and fewer assassins behind her.
About a week after fleeing with all his might from the clutches of death, his last pursuers gradually abandoned the search. When he did not feel the presence of anyone nearby, he decided to fly to the top of a large tree in the middle of a forest. forest, she was near the mountain range that divided the forests surrounding the sentinel village and the crimson village. She without much thought and in the absence of danger she lay sleeping soundly for at least a couple of hours until it began to get dark.
A few drops of rain began to fall and she woke up with a scream without knowing where she was, because she alone had escaped from her to save her life, the life that her friend had already given her twice.
Just thinking about what had happened made her shed tears that mixed with the raindrops that drenched her face, a bitter and painful cry that ate away at her soul.
- The way I like it... the way I adore that face full of pain... ah, I love it.
- Finish it at once, this game has taken too long, and we are well away from the village.
- Don't worry, the hunt will be ours... after all, we came to this place to have fun.
- The capital is very monotonous, but coming to this remote place to do these things seems excessive to me, sir.
- It's okay, I understand, it's time "lightning spear"... die little trash.
Elise, distracted in her thoughts, had not realized that they had been stalking her for some time to the point of ignoring the attack that was heading straight for her, hitting her squarely and causing her to fall precipitously to the ground, hitting the branches of the leafy tree until fall into the mud
Then she could feel it, how was it possible that she hadn't realized it during all that time, there was someone else there, maybe he was after her too, was what she thought, since there was no escape, her strength had already left her and she couldn't move. further.
That guy under the tree held her in her hands and watched her carefully while she barely opened her eyes full of tears, she just moved her lips to say "please, don't let Alexa die".
He soon began to infuse some of her life energy into him to prevent her from dying, but was interrupted by the hunters who came sloshing through the mud to where she stood.
-Hey you, mercenary, we saw her first, she is our trophy.
- Trophy?... so, you did this to him.
-Mr. Claudio, I don't remember seeing that guy in town, and he's too young to be alone. Hey, hand her over and we'll let you go.
- Get out of here.
- Imbecile, you don't know who you're messing with, if you want to get out of this alive, give us the damn fairy now.
A murderous look came out of the eyes of the hooded man who seemed to have ignored the last thing he was told while he tried to stabilize the little girl.
- If it is what you want, it is what you will have, finish it.
The servant drew a sword and charged at his enemy with ferocity while his master charged another lightning lance, and with a flash of lightning the hooded man lay behind them, in an instant delivering a blow to each of them in the pit of the stomach. that made them lose consciousness. He dragged them to the base of a tree and left them there, kept going and turned away from the trail as he wanted to find somewhere to take refuge.
Then he found a small cave after walking in the pouring rain for about an hour. He soon took off his cape, since he had not let the little girl get wet, he looked for some firewood that, although wet, could light a fire, he prepared the area in case someone appeared, because once he examined the sylph, he could see that it had the mark of death.
- This is serious, this is a curse that allows those who make it to track the target's vital energy, it won't go away until she dies or whoever put it on her and from what I could see from the subjects before, I don't know it. they put it on, so how can they follow it? Are they connected to whoever put it on by a spell? This will be dangerous, I no longer feel the presence that was watching me, but it could appear at any moment, I don't like this.
She was very injured, and her life force was extinguished, however, she was clinging tightly to one of the young man's fingers while she said "Alexa, please save Alexa". The only thing she could do with it was keep her in her arms, as she unconsciously drained life energy from her in abysmal amounts to stay alive. And so, without perceiving any danger he raised a barrier inside the cave to keep them protected and fell asleep leaning against the rock wall in front of the fire with Elise in her hands.