BERNARD'S POV:
Is there no end to these goblins?
I could feel my body getting even weaker because of the poison I had gotten earlier. I can already see the purple color of half of my body. My vision was also blurred and suddenly my right eye was throbbed in pain to where the poison had already reached it. I rubbed my eyes and when i opened it a glint of blurry sight of hand that i used to rub in my eyes was almost covered in my blood.
Huh?
A hot liquid flows down to my right cheek.
Throb
"A-ackk!" I coughed up blood and the air I inhaled became less, each time I inhaled the air my veins was throbbing. The pain from my eye connects to my right body, I could see the black smoke enveloping half of my body and it seemed to have life crushing my body from flesh to my bones.
I continued slashing and stabbing the goblins near me as i tried to tolerate the deadly pain inside me.
"Kekeke!" laughters echoed in my ears.
The blurry sight of the goblins smiling, looking at me like I'm a pest in their eyes made me comeback from reality. I gritted my teeth and clench my fist, holding my sword and put my strength to my weight at slashed my weapon straight to them.
Blood gushed from the goblins struck by my weapon. From behind and the both sides was covered with goblins. The more i kill, the more they covered me with such amount of monsters.
"S-sir..." I looked at the kid beside me, his strikes became more weaker and seems having a hard breathing.
"Get in side!"
My hearing reached the distance where Herbert announced the signal. I didn't hesitate and quickly picked up Elijah and put the force on my feet, positioned my sword for the speed battle.
"When i said throw your sword, throw it with all your might kid." I could hardly see our way because we were already surrounded by monsters. If we just recklessly moved to our way out, our lives will end.
I can feel the sweats running in my face. The pain i felt was immeasurably painful.
I don't have a choice.
We need to get out of here as soon as possible.
I took a deep breath and exhaled. The white smoke in my mouth came out all over my body and enveloped me. It also reached Elijah's arm where he was holding his weapon. The power that I hid when i retired, I will use it again this time. I promised to my wife and to myself not to use it again but not this time. Not today, until we live this place.
"Now!"
[OUTSIDE THE GATE]
"When are we going in?! My daughter and my grandson is inside of this gate!"
Is this the grim reaper going to take my soul to another hell in front of me?I'm sweating bullets because the Guild master of the Crimson Shade---Hades Alvarez, showed up again after he asked the same question just five minutes ago. His eyes were screaming in death. His aura seems asking me to die infront of him and the Hunters behind him was looking at me like monsters, Carrying my death end.
Why i'm here? who i am? what i am? what's my name?
"A-ah... Sir. L-like what i have said five minutes ago, the US instructed us not to engaged to the gate. They're on the way here with the Hunters they gathered. The gate we are facing right now is a legendary gate where hundreds of Hunters from the past died." I forced a smile and my trembling hands outstretched in the red and massive gate just behind me.
I just hope no one grabs me suddenly from inside.
Goosebumps
"What nonsense are you spouting? I already know that!" I was almost drenched in sweat when he spoke again. I could see the deep wrinkle on his forehead looking at me like i'm some kind of an idiot.
Ah...why did i became a government official?
If you already know, why are you still asking me and then suddenly look at me like i'm stupid or what?
Ah, i miss my wife.
"Those bastards. Days have passed yet they still want us to wait? When they asked the Phil Hunting Association decades ago, We even burnt down the National Airport because they made the Hunters wait before to take off for almost One Hour and the first party that have arrived! Those Fucking Slackers!" I can't dissagree with Master Hades. He's right, the US are taking so long to arrive. Very different when our Country responsed to their request.
While the people outside the gate spouting some nonsense and waiting for the hunters from the US government. The eight people who's in critical conditions are still fighting even if their arms was amputated, or even if their eye sight are blurry and body is poisoned nor if they are badly beaten and their strengths are weaken. But their will to survive and live strengthened them more.
BERNARD'S POV:
"Comee!"
They pulled me up inside the truck and put me sit. My body cannot move anymore and the blood i lost is too much. Giovanni quickly assisted me. I cannot see him clearly because my eyes was covered by the blood coming out from there.
"I will keep them out from here!" Jerick hardly picked up the remaining arrows he have and started to shoot goblins eyes and feet.
While in the corner of my eyes Old Dante pressing Elijah's wounds using his one hand, preventing the blood to come out.
"Relax your muscles and breathe slowly. The poison has spread throughout your body. Can you tell how many is this?" He raised his finger. I can’t tell how many fingers he shows me.
I shook and coughed up blood again.
"How about your hands? can you move your hands?" I tried to move them but even the supposed cold metal floor of the truck i cannot feel.
"This is bad..." I heard him say.
I know.
"Wh-where's my wife.." I hardly asked. My breathing became even heavier. I tilted my head and strained my eyes to find my wife and son.
I saw Aliana not too far from me, laying on the cold floor holding our son. I tried to move my body to reach them.
"...ana.." I said between in my breathe.
I hand held mine. Giovanni look at me with his eyes with...sympathy. My eyes widened as he bowed his head. My heart throb and the sudden pain i felt lifted the paralysis in my body. Hot liquid flows down to my cheeks from my left eye.
"W-what..." My voice are shaken and hoarse. I looked again at where they were laying down.
"I'm sorry." The simple words he spoke felt like a billion of spears stabbed my heart.
I put my remaining strength on my arms and hands and crawled helplessly towards her.
"..liana..." My voice broke and called her name. But then, there is no respon
My whole body was shaking and weakly crawled to her.
"Aliana..." I called her name again and finally reached her hands. My world stopped when i held her cold hands. There is no warmth.
"A-aliana, wake up..." I called again and tried to wake her up from her slumber.
My heart is beating so fast. I cannot hear anything and my attention only at hers. I tried to sit and my trembling hands held her. I saw our son in her arms protecting him from any harm and the reality what's in front of me that i can't accept. My voice cannot come out, my tears are falling one after another. Her face cannot find any sign of life, our baby were so silent and cold. Their eyes are both shut, and the reality that i cannot see them open their eyes again hurts me even more. I hugged them tightly in my arms, regardless of the pain I feel in my body, it cannot be compared to the pain that envelops my whole being.
Why it should have to be like this?
A strong impact hit the truck and squeezed its roof.
"ORCS!"
"MOVE QUICKLY!"
"Be..ard! Bernard!"
I hardly hear Giovanni in front of me. My vision is blurry and my head seems like to blow. He shake my shoulders.
"e..n...d..to...un!"
What?
What are you saying?
"We need to run!"
Run? What?
He looks troubled yet desperate. My eyes are heavy. He lift me up moved quickly, my body is so weak that i couldn't even open my eyes properly.
"RUN!"
Is that Dante? My vision is jumping and i can see the others desperately running from the Giant orcs. I shifted my gaze to the other side and saw the truck sandwiched.
Tr..uck?
Truck?
My eyes widened in shock when i regained myself. A scene where the Orcs smashing the truck reminded me of the things happened.
"Aliana.." I whispered in a small voice.
"A-ALIANA!!!" Shout very loud and tried to come down from Gio's hold.
"We're close!" Dante.
I struggled to get out of his strong grip, but i'm so weak to fight his strength. The light from the gate grew even stronger. The memories we have spent along with my wife and the birth o our child to our last remaining time flashed back to my head.
As my body eat's up by the gate to our way out from inside, my tears flood and shout out loud.
"ALIANA!!"
[INSIDE THE GATE]
"Uwah! Uwah!"
A black shadow's feet stopped in front of the wrecked metal truck. The monsters stopped chattering when they saw the shadow came out from the dark and reveal himself on the broad daylight.
All monsters bowed down and knees on the ground.
Glowing red eyes from the dark made the monsters terrified. The shadow lift up the crushed metal easily and toss it in the forest that cut off the tall trees.
"Uwah! Uwah!" The monsters were startled by the cries they heard.
"Why is there's still human here?" A very deep and frightening voice echoed. Growls from the dark frighten the monsters.
"W-we...*chick*...m-my king d-didn't know--" The head of the goblin just spoke flew out and blood spit around.
The monsters are trembling in fear and became silent.
The shadow moves it's one part of him and lifted up the baby. The baby suddenly stopped crying as the shadow tilted his head. A very familiar hair color even it's just so thin, the hair looks like those hair they all despise. The green eyes that still cannot see, a small body that anytime can be crushed.
The shadows in the dark growled in madness.
"Silence." When the Shadow spoke the growling stopped.
As the shadow watching carefully the little human. The baby suddenly laugh with joy, the Shadow was startled and move the baby away from him.
"What is this?" He asked.
"It is a human baby my king," The Black dog answered.
"A human...baby."
The baby laugh again and tried to reached the shaggy shadow.
"I will take care of that human my king." One of the shadows spoke from the dark.
The shadow raised his head and eyes glowed in red.
"No."
"Yes my king, i will--NO?" Monsters were confused by what their king's response.
"What do you mean by that my lord?"
The shadow stared at the baby and brought it back closer to him.
"This low life human looks sucks." He said and then vanished with the baby human.
The monsters were still confused then asked each other what their king's ment with that phrase. And they didn't know what that child holds to the future.
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