Chapter 3 When Emilia got caught
"I saw the rejection from you when the giant attack. What was that?"
"We call those giant, demons and I hold a mystical power to defend attacks from demons. To defeat demons, you need the power of magic."
Currently, Tanvir didn't mind how to defeat the demons after he saw the power from Emilia. He just felt angry about Emilia so he grabbed Emilia's shoulders and yelled,
"Why you hold such a strong power, didn't you save Samantha? You left her alone and...and you say you can defend demons?"
"I..I just went out and checked what's happen..."
"That's mean you left her alone. "
Tanvir left Emilia alone and walked away.
"Wait."
No matter what Emilia said, Tanvir didn't turn back and disappeared from Emilia's sight.
Emilia tried to find Tanvir and she walked into a deserted street.
What's he was doing now?
Emilia worried about Tanvir because he was alone and lost Samantha as well as the place to live.
"Hey! Are you alone?"
Emilia heard a guy calling her but not Tanvir. She was soon surrounded by three guys.
"Yes, but what do you want?"
"Don't worry. We just want to buy you some drinks."
One of the guys grabbed Emilia's hand and pointed towards a building , said, "Just over there."
Emilia flung his arm away.
"No, thanks."
However, these guys didn't give up and tried to catch Emilia.
Emilia realized that she would not be right if she was caught by them so she transformed her human legs into horse legs and ran back to the crowd.
With a supernatural creature running on the streets, knocking down people one by one, people were yelling for protection.
"Guards."
"Guards."
"Guards."
Numbers of guards soon ran towards Emilia where people walked into the buildings.
One of the guards shot an arrow with his crossbow and hit Emilia's leg which then followed by another shot.
With both hits on the same side of Emilia's legs, Emilia was not able to run but she tried to pull off the arrows but when she did that, a guard shot a net on Emilia and the net fell on her head.
Multiple guards engaged with their sword. At this instant, a man appeared and fought with those soldiers. The guards were not wearing heavy armor but they were still equipped and this man fought without using the dagger on his waist.
A guard brandished his sword. Tanvir dodged the attack and grabbed the guard's hand followed by a kick to the knee. He finished with a punch on the guard's face.
"Tanvir."
"I come here to save you."
"But why? Aren't you angry with me?"
"If I leave you alone, that's also mean leaving myself alone. Loneliness was terrifying."
It seemed to be a flawless fight but Tanvir and Emilia were surrounded by more and more guards.
"Give it up. Tanvir. I should be caught and everything was my fault."
"So you are asking me to leave you alone? No. I cannot do that."
"But..."
Emilia wanted to persuade Tanvir but she gave up.
The tension between Tanvir and the guards became tighter and tighter. Tanvir could not be the offensive side since he was facing a lot of guards while the guards saw the fight between Tanvir and one of the guards and they thought Tanvir was tough to beat.
"That's enough."
"Yes, my lord."
The guards returned their sword to its scabbard and stood still.
A man who held a wooden staff walked out from the soldiers.
"My name is Aldrich. I wanted to talk to you. Sagittarius and also you, gentleman."
A new word came out which confused Tanvir but at least he knew that he did not need to fight for a moment.
"I wanted to bring you to a place."
Chapter 4 When Tanvir knew about the crystal
Aldrich led Tanvir and Emilia to the castle which located in the center of the city.
¡§Where are we going now?¡¨ Tanvir asked.
Alrich replied, ¡§Did you know what the crystal is?¡¨
¡§No.¡¨
¡§So, you are not a citizen of the central city. Aren¡¦t you?¡¨
¡§No. I am from Botania.¡¨
¡§Botania. Ok. I know where it is. Then tell me how did you meet Sagittarius.¡¨
¡§Sagittarius? You mean Emilia?¡¨
¡§Yes, the girl next to you.¡¨
¡§When I went out for a hunt and going to kill a leopard, I was hit by a horse and I¡Kwait, wait a moment. Is that you, Emilia?¡¨
¡§No. Not me.¡¨
¡§But I don¡¦t think a horse will save a leopard.¡¨
Tanvir came closer to Emilia and he stuck his eyes on Emilia¡¦s eyes to check whether she was lying or not.
¡§Yes, is me. Don¡¦t you think the leopard was so poor?¡¨
Tanvir flashed back his memory and said, ¡§It might be but I think you don¡¦t need to do it like that.¡¨
¡§Sorry.¡¨
¡§Can we continue now?¡¨ asked by Aldrich.
¡§OK, I was hit by Emilia and I pass out. Then, when the sunset, I woke up and Emilia followed me to the village.¡¨
¡§Sagittarius became human and went to Botania. Anyway, that¡¦s not the main point.¡¨ Aldrich whispered.
¡§What did you just say?¡¨ Tanvir asked.
¡§Just thinking of something. It is better to explain in this room.¡¨
They finally arrived a place with a white gate at the front.
Emilia polled Tanvir's hand and stayed behind him.
"Open the gate."
Hearing Aldrich command, two people wearing white robes opened the gate.
A huge, brightening crystal floating in mid-air went into Tanvir's sight.
"Come in."
"What is that?"
Tanvir was surprised by the beauty of the crystal and stepped towards the crystal but Emilia refused to come in and just stood in front of the gate.
"The crystal. If you don't know about the crystal, you may not know about demons. They are dangerous creatures but because of the magic power of the crystal, demons were banished to the underworld."
"If just as you said is true, then why those demons can come to assault us?"
"Wait. You mean you already encounter the demons."
"Right. The demons destroyed my village and killed my wife."
"What a shame! And I am not sure whether it is right to tell you this."
"Tell me."
"But don't regret on that. The crystal is reinforced by twelve Zodiac marks and without one of the marks, demons can come to this world. the mark of Sagittarius disappeared a few days ago and if Sagittarius can return to her original position, the demons will be destroyed."
"That means Emilia will be disappeared?"
"Not exactly, Sagittarius was just a mark for hundred years so she is just going to transform back into the original state."
"If the problem was just because of the demons, one of the solutions is killing all of them."
"Do you know how tough those demons are? They are invulnerable without the power of magic. Even if you have magical power, you may not able to catch up their speed."
"I know. I had experience fighting with them."
"Even you have both magic power and skills, you still cannot duel with the red one. The red one is faster and far more powerful than any demons and it is the king of demons."
"I can duel with that so stopped persuading me to scarify Emilia."
Even this might not be what Aldrich want, Aldrich ordered "Guards, capture Sagittarius."
Aldrich then stepped back and grabbed his staff with his left hand. A white magic ball appeared at the end of the staff. He shot the magic ball to mid-air. The magic ball then transformed into smaller pieces of magic balls and attacked like a rainfall.
Tanvir dodged most of them and blocked some of them with his dagger.
"What an amazing dexterity!"
Aldrich did not let Tanvir rest and kept attack with a magic beam. The magic beam went from right to left. There was no way to dodge this magic attack. If Tanvir tried to jump over the beam, Aldrich can simply point the beam up. If Tanvir ran the opposite direction as the beam went, there will be a wall. Therefore, instead of avoiding the attack, Tanvir rushed to Aldrich.
When Tanvir approached to Aldrich, Aldrich stopped casting the magic beam and pointed the staff to Tanvir's stomach where Tanvir pointed his dagger to Aldrich's neck.
"Released her."
"Yes, your majesty."
Aldrich turned his attention towards the one who came and commanded the guards after he jumped back.
A person wearing a crown on his head came and everyone knew he was the most powerful person in the city, the king.
"If you can duel with the red one, by the authority of the king, I promise that Sagittarius can be free."
Chapter 5 When demons sieged the city
Just leaving the place where the crystal located, A guard put his knee down in front of the king and reported, "The demons is coming."
"How come they come so fast?"
The king looked a bit surprised but he then talked to Tanvir,
"I saw the fight between you and Aldrich. Your fighting skill was excellent."
"Thank you."
"You have a potential to defeat the red one but do you know magic?"
"No."
The king closed his eyes for a while and made a decision, "Then, I offered you the magic scroll. Apply this to your weapon and your weapon will be able to cut through demons' skin. The weak point of demons is the heart located on their left chest which is your right-hand side."
A guard brought a scroll to Tanvir after a minute. The king further explained, "The magic power will only last for a minute so use it when you face the red one. Aldrich, set up a barrier to protect the castle. Guards, let citizens into the castle."
"Yes, your majesty."
Tanvir tapped Emilia on her shoulders and said, "Don't try to do stupid things, I'll be back soon."
"Be careful then."
Tanvir seemed to see a shadow of Samantha overlapping Emilia and replied, "Yes, I will."
Tanvir ran outside the castle and saw the demons destroying the city as they did to his village, Botania.
"I will hunt you down, the red one."
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