Slowly raising his head from the young woman's lap, even though he didn't want to admit it, he did feel bad for shutting her down without fully hearing her out and to make up for it. He decides to listen to her explanation for the last time and make a solid decision right after but it is the unbroken rule of tge world that almost everything never goes as planned and so did this one too.
Wait! Young lad! It's no time for conversations unfortunately, i can feel that something is coming towards us, something.....something strong.
The rushed tone in it's voice alerted zailos, he didn't know what was coming towards them but even he could feel that whatever itbwas that was coming towards them, it was not here to chatter with them.
Shush! — as his index finger caressed his lips, indicating the need for silence — something or someone is headed our way, the strange voice felt it just now and so did i, even though it was just a faint feeling.
Alerting the young woman about the danger that was headed their way, he swiftly started searching through his stuff in the bag and eventually he pulled out a sword that looked like it hadn't been used for millennials, it was worn out and rusty but in this emergency situation, even a rusty sword could potentially save lives. If, if the sword was in one shape that is. The moment he unsheathed his sword, the view of a sword broken in half met his eyes with the other half or the top half which is the sharpest point of a sword missing.
It was not like this when i bought it! What in the world happened to this shit!? Ahh gad damned bastard! I had my suspicions when that bastard who was always greedy suddenly, offered me a sword with such a low price! Ahh I should have robbed him before leaving my work for good.
The panicked tone in his voice just a while ago had now turned into something that sounded like mix of anger and disappointment but his rambling with himself didn't last long because the one they were awaiting had finally showed up in front of them.
The clouds above their heads were suddenly torn apart as a figure that was similar to a human but definitely wasn't made it's way towards them. It's speed in which it was falling was extreme and those two on land started wondering if the devious looking figure could even safely land, let alone confront them. To their surprise, as the figure was moments away from crashing head first into the ground, it suddenly disappeared right in front of their eyes, without a trace that is.
Confusion greeted both of them as they looked around in all the directions in hopes of spotting the figure but it was in vain.
Don't los focus just yet! It just disappeared out of our sights, that doesn't mean it has backed out yet.
He said those words to her as his grip on the hilt of the broken sword tightened.
I know right? Not taking one of the "stars" of the Erectivialia is no more than asking for death isn't it? — A sarcastic chuckle could be heard right after the words met their end —
The words of zailos were directed towards Yasmine but the one who replied to his words was definitely not her because it was a voice he had never heard before and unfortunately the words he heard were spoken from very close distance. Without thinking twice, he swung his broken blade towards the direction of the voice with great force that literally formed a few sparks right at the sharp edge of the sword. His sword met the direction from where the voice was coming from and following his sword, he looked towards the direction in hopes of seeing a bleeding figure but to his surprise, nobody could be seen as he had swung his blade towards nothingness.
Hey! Hey! Talk about a short tempered guy eh? I wonder how many unfortunate souls have suffered because of your empty head that radiates nothing but anger huh? Are you one of the "unfortunate souls" Yasmine? Or should i be more professional and call you Ori. Rigel?
You.....Boö. Arcturus, how did you find me!?
Yasmine replied to the figure that finally showed itself, a guy who looked like he was in his mid 30s showed himself. Bright orange hair with mix of redness that made his hair look like it was flame that sat on hop of his head. He had strange clothing, strangely enough similar to that of the young woman and the fact that he knew her meant that both Yasmine and him were from the same place, celestia.
My lord had his doubts that you were still alive even though it was given that you would eventually end up dead after you foolishly stored the remaining powers of the eternal flame in your body but i guess my lord is really the "all knowing", he sent me here to finish you up if you somehow managed to live! Are ya honored? Mrs. Newbie?
In a very cheerful voice he said some horrifying words and specially with the straight fac that made him look like some kind of psycho could easily send chills down anyone's spine but unbeknownst to him, for zailos, weird fellas messed up in the head were daily things when he was working back in the day.
Thank god!! Finally someone who isn't playing around and is straight up spitting some interesting words that gets me all riled up! What was it? Arcki.. architecture or whatever was your name! —He purposefully shook his hand mid air as if he was saying"whatever" even with his hand, obviously mocking the other guy's name— you are obviously not here to chat and all but should i assume that you would be spitting all the answers i wish to hear one after another after i beat your shady ass up?
Zailos was a carefree guy that didn't care about violence and specially liked ignoring violence and sort things out orally but he was surprisingly himself when he spoke the way he just did and somehow his short tempered personality had gotten even worse and now, at the very moment, he wanted violence more than anything else. It was as if, as if something inside of him was having a great influence on him to act the way he was doing right now.
Just what in the world are you saying!? You don't know it but I know it very well just how dangerous of a guy he is! We must avoid any kind of conflict with him at all cost but instead you are going against him head first?! You won't be a match for him, let's just escape!
Yasmine spoke to Zailos with grave concern, warning him about the dangers of going against this guy but zailos himself didn't know what was going on with him. The courage and the anger that he was showing was extremely different from his usual short temperd angers.
I know that!
Huh?
Yasmine questioned him as he mumbled a few words.
I knew that fact that i would be no match for him the moment he showed up in front of me but.....but this anger that is taking the best of me isn't letting me back out. I don't care what happened anymore, I just want to go all out!
Zailos said as his hands or specifically, the palm of his hand that had held the hilt of the sword tightly emitted a few sparks, just like the sword did just a while ago, when he swung it with great force.
Umm, lemme guess. Right after storing the remaining powers of the eternal flame in your body, it was obvious that your body wouldn't hold up much long as, your body isn't suited for elemental magic? —He smiled widely, more deviously if i may— no wonder you scattered away like a rat and desperately escaped Celestia, it was all to find a foul-mouthed bastard from the ember nation and transfer the powers of the eternal flame from your body to his? I mean i noticed the little sparks and whatnot from his rusty ass sword from a while ago and even now, look! His hands are emitting small sparks. Ahh to think that you would pass the sacred power of the literal heart of the world to this nobody from the ember nation is beyond believabl and on top of that the fact that the remaining powers that you gave him were supposed to be distributed among the "Constellation of Erectivialia" —Him desperately trying to contain his anger by clinching his fist and continuously hitting his chest with his clenched fist was a sight to see— all that just to defy the lord? Our lord? You know that he will achieve his goal no matter what because you worked under hin too! So, why!? Why would you throw your life away just to defy something that is bound to happen!!?
As he spoke the final few words, he spoke them while charging at her with great speed, as fast as a single blink of an eye. When he reached a certain distance, he started a chanting that sounded very similar.
Shadow nemesis: sword from the dark, Granger!
In just halfway of the chanting, a dark sword, a sword that was entirely dark and had a menacing look, formed in his hand. A sweep slash from the sword towards the young woman and the only thing she could see as the sharp point of the sword right in front of her face just seconds away from slicing her face in two.