For the assassins, they all entered the room in a go. The room was spacious, with the piano at the center. The muscular one then came forward, picking up the lifeless body of the man now; when his eyes widened in surprise. He let go of the body, as the rest too saw the face of the man. It was actually one of them, who had just gone mission when they were in the hallway.
As they all were taking on this situation, the door behind them slowly began to close again. Looking back, everyone took a step back; a sight of horror in their eyes again. What they saw out just like out of a horror scene; as two more bodies were pinned to each half of the door from the inside. Their bodies had bruises, blood dripping down; as both of the bodies had their head lowered down.
The others were so taken back, that they all only reacted when the double door closed completely. They had gone ahead to check on the bodies handing on the door; when the light from the mages magic went off again.
"Hey! Can't you all keep the light up!?!?"
"Somethings not right here!! My magic won't work!"
"What nonsense are you talking about?!"
"Who's throwing this liquid at me!?"
"Argh… Who's that!? And what's this liquid?"
In the darkness, the room was in chaos. The assassins had lost their cool with so much going on; shouting at one another.
As they kept screaming, the curtain of the window suddenly was removed; as moonlight fell on the room. But as the light came in, a sudden silence fell on them. Why? Well, the once group of twelve assassins; were now only left with five of them: the muscular one, the female assassin, a mage and two others.
The muscular one held his hand closer to his face, as he noticed that the warm liquid on his hand was not just any liquid; it was blood. The others too noticed themselves, seeing they all were covered in blood from head to toe. The room itself was a bloody mess, and seven of them had suddenly vanished.
Everyone was questioning on what had just happened in their mind, when the female assassin suddenly caught a glimpse of a figure standing on the ceiling; upside down. She paused, fear taking over her as she slowly looked up, her legs shaking, eyes closed. But when she opened them, looking up, the view of it made her stun for a while.
The others when noticed her standing stunned, followed her gaze. They all as well were left stunned; as there, on the ceiling, a shadowy figure clung upside down, his hands shoved into his pockets; his glowing red eyes piercing through the darkness. The sinister gaze seemed to bore into my soul, filling them with an overwhelming sense of dread.
The time in this situation seemed to have stopped for them; as they could only watch the figure staring back at them in horror.
Outside of the mansion, as the knights kept their look; they heard the sound of hooves clopping against the path. Looking at the main entrance of the mansion; they saw Sakura had arrived. Kris quickly went up to her, but when he noticed that she didn't wear her usual calm look; he stepped back.
Without asking any question, she walked up to the barrier while extending her right arm; as a slender, polished rapier with an elegant wing motif on the hilt manifested next to her. The cross guard and knuckle bow feature were graceful, engraved feathers, while the leather-wrapped grip offers a firm hold; as she took the hold of it. The pommel was beautifully adorned with an emblem of a bird in flight, as Sakura swinged it around once; as if warming up.
She walked right towards the barrier, as she held the rapier up to her shoulder level, gripping onto it tight; the blade gleaming in the dim light. Taking a deep breath, she lunged forward, as the blade made contact with the barrier. The barrier began to waver, its once-solid form now flickering like a dying flame. The once barrier which took the shaking attacks of the knights, now in just one slash; shattered into a thousand glowing fragments, dissolving into the air like ethereal dust.
All the knights and Kris looked at her in awe, but Sakura continued on to walk ahead to the mansion door. But as she was about to step in, she wasn't able to. She froze, slowly taking her hand to the main door, but was stopped mid-air. As if an invisible barrier was there. She touched it, slowly thinking that she can't sense the source of the barrier.
When suddenly, her eyes caught a glance of the inside. She saw the same as Kris, the orb placed there was glowing red. She quickly looked back, her eyes meeting Kris's as she asked;
"…Is that orb broken or something…?"
To this, Kris shook his head; as a surge of urgency ran over Sakura. She quickly did another slash on the barrier with the rapier, but this time; the barrier didn't flinch or anything. It stayed unfazed. She started to throw more slashes at it, the ground and surrounding began to break; shaking, yet not scratch on it.
Finally, she punched right at the barrier, the whole mansion shook, but the barrier yet was left unfazed.
Nino and the rest inside huddled together, as the whole mansion was shaking; while Ray almost had reached the room where the assassins were.
Outside, Sakura began to cry; her tears falling down her cheeks as she felt on her knees, still lightly banging on the barrier.
"…My kids… They are…still inside-"
She chocked on her voice, silently crying. The knights could only watch from a distance, unsure of what to do.
Back inside, the assassins were still looking at the dark figure in the ceiling; without any care to the mansion that just shook. As they all looked at it in silence, the mage from behind spoke, his voice shaking;
"…We-Were yo..you the one… behind all this…"
He asked, but the figure just kept looking at them with his fierce glowing eyes.
The muscular one studied the figure, while the rest were still processing what was going on.
"Even in the dark, I can tell that this person is about 5'7 tall… If I can somehow get some time, I can finish him off in one move."
Thinking so, he glanced over the female assassin, who caught his look. The two made an eye contact, as the female assassin understood what he wanted. She gave a small nod, pulling her left hand to her back, careful not to seen. The muscular one then tightly held onto his great sword, as he took one step ahead.
"Now!"
He said, as the female assassin threw a magic tool towards the black figure, which slowly exploded in mid-air; making a blinding light. In the moment, the muscular one jumped up, swinging the great sword around.
But the black figure, just looked over the way where the assassin had leaped over towards him. In that moment, the room; even though a blinding light had covered it, a spray of red, liquid spread around.
The scene was something else. Once the light faded, the room was filled with blood dripping down from the walls, fell into the floor; and even on the bodies of the assassins again. The remaining four assassins were left stunned, shock and fear had now completely taken over them. They all slowly looked up, noticing a circular barrier around the upside-down figure held blood around it, which was slowly dripping back down to the floor.
As the four stood in horror, the figure slowly left the ceiling; landing back on the floor with a flip. Now his face towards the window, moonlight casting over him as his view got clear.
In that moment, the female assassin then gasped. She and the rest were able to see the clear image of the figure; and she knew who that figure was.
"No way…"
She said, as she recognized who the figure was. "I saw you in the evening …Weren't you supposed to be disabled?" She questioned in a low voice, as she was looking at the figure, standing in front of her now; with his back turned to them.
But then, the once figure standing upside-down on the ceiling spoke up, opening his mouth as he said;
"I wonder who's spreading such lies."
As the four assassins heard his voice, they all gasped. One question ran through all of their minds; "He can talk as well!?"
Everyone stood in silence, the assassins breathing heavily while the figure kept looking out to the moon from the window, a smirk playing on his lips.
Slowly, the figure turned back, his jet-black hair came to be seen. He had worn a white tunic, black trouser and brown shoes. His eyes were glowing red, as a smile played on his lips looking at the four assassins in front of him. But the assassins stood in disbelief; as the one standing in front of them was none other than Kai.
-To be Continued