Turning away his head, Hedrick scabbed the angry faces and then looked at one who had a pale expression on his face. It was livid that fear had completely eloped him.
" Can you help me punish the person before you?" asked Hedrick with a devious smile. Hearing the question cold sweat appeared on the foreheads of both.No one knows what this devil's son could do the next second. Looking at how hesitant the fella was, Hedrick turned towards Lau and Len and then turned cold.
" What do you think we should do with this traitor?" Hedrick picked up another arrow.
" Don't worry! You two still have a chance to save them as long as you don't miss behave."
" What do you want exactly? "a feminine voice asked.Lau was almost at the brim of shading tears.
" Simple. All I want to do is play until all are saved."
" How to do we play? " Len asked as his gripped his broad black saber tightly.
" Since you are so sincere. I'll change the odds on your behalf."
" These are about thirty leaders, so I will try to be very fair with you all."
" For every leader you kill, ten of your brothers will be saved. Any mistake you make, a life goes. The dice is in your hands for you to cast and win or loose."
" Is that it?" asked Len.
" No, one more thing is time you take. Five leaders shouted be killed for every ten minutes. Not less than that. If you fail to accomplish the condition, a limb will be severed."
" You...!" Lau angrily pointed at Hedrick with his hand trembling.
" By the way, there are somethings you should not forget about.. Those silly leaders of yours are in a slaughter formation. If they move a step, a person dies or should I say a life is lost. So I would advise you to kill them as soon as possible or you should call the other leaders to help you. I'm sure they are hiding behind those walls while others are at the top of buildings."
" Their excuse is that they are waiting for the so called right time to strike." Hedrick said lazy as he looked towards the roofs and side buildings.
~Mentrol School~
" Little Sparrow, where were you?" asked Elder Wen.
Recalling the incidents she had just seen, her expression became a bitter one.
" No where. Dad, can I ask you a question."
" Sure, as long as it has Sense."
" What do you think is more scarier than the devil? Have you ever seen the devil?" asked Rita with a serious look.
" What nosense are you sprouting? Are you sick?Do you have a fever?" with a worried look,Elder Wen stretched his hand onto Rita forehead checking if she had some fever.
" Dad... Just forget it." shouted Rita as she walked away angrily. Having moved out, Elder Wen stared at the potted plant beside him and began talking to it worriedly.
" Hey, what's wrong with her.She seems to be normal with no fever.Is it day sleep walking?It can't be.Our family is immune to sleep walkie."
Thinking about it even harder, Elder Wen suddenly shivered.
" Don't tell me that she is now possessed by the devil. Legends say when one who was human becomes a demon, they won give up until they start a blood bath.No, I can't let that happen."
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" Thank goodness we are about to leave this forest." said Nicholas happily.
" Anyways a coward like you has to be happy. What else can he do except that?" Lynd teased as she rolled her eyes.
" You... so what.As long as I'm alive."
" Be careful." Aisha warned as the two stopped arguing and became vigilant.
" Something is wrong here."
" What's wrong?''
" There is no sound of birds or animals anywhere. Don't you find it strange?"
" Yes that's strange."
" Be careful, there is something approaching from the bushes." Aisha warned.
A pack of wolves walked it as it fiercely looked at them and continued as they surrounded them cutting off any means of escape.
" We can only fight our way through." Having said that, Nicholas jumped and slashed his sword viciously dissecting it into halves.Looking at their colleague being killed. The wolves growled angrily as they attacked.
With her fan, Lynd flashed her fan ruthlessly as she fought with the wolves. Touching her side, Aisha discovered that her whip was missing. a wolf attacked her as she dodged as its claws cut her arm causing blood to flow onto her dress.
A strange scene happened as Aisha's dress immediately turned red. A strong wind suddenly blew causing all wolves to back off in fear. With the exception of her skin, every other thing was dyes red. Her appearance was akin to the goddess of war coming from Hell.A bloody zither appeared as Aisha played it viciously. A piece of strange unpleasant music flowed out causing Nicholas and Lynd to cover their eyes and ears and they fell to the ground and cried in pain as blood began to flow out of their eyes, nose, ears, mouth and other body opening.As for the wolves, they were in an even sorrier state ad their inner organs were damaged, blood flowed out of their bodies through their body opening and even skin dying them red. The sound later came to an end as Aisha fell to the ground with her dress turning back to its original color. The wolves that had turned bloody red stared blankly as they felt their lives coming to an end and fell to the ground lifelessly. Lynd and Nicholas stopped bleeding but what happened next caused their hearts to skip a beat as cold sweat surfaced behind their backs and foreheads drenching their clothes.
The bloody zither spun around as it absorbed the blood of the wolves and also went went ahead to also absorb the blood that had come out of the bodies of the two.