The sound of rattling metal could be heard as the soft cool wind past through my neck..sweat mixed with few drops of blood dripping down as I sucked in my breath.

My eyes were shut and my smile never faltered even in the face of death.I never felt unwillingness or any sort of regret in my action,which in the end paid off as I opened my eyes again staring at the razor sharp blade in front of me emitting the strong dark aura which alone seemed to be able to cut me clean not even requiring the physical blade to hack through my flesh and bones.

Hobura stood in front of me holding her giant sword directly directly to my face,her eyes were still glowing a feral red glaring at me,but even then I smiled.

She had stopped,it made me happy,but I also knew that this was far from a success hobura was merely fighting back and in her eyes I could see that wild spirit trying to break free,but slowly getting overpowered herself as the sword in her hand started shaking furiously.

-Uhh...hey you servant what are you doing ? Kill him already !

The succubus shouted out fuming as she glared at hobura watching us as she stuck in place not cutting me or going away.

I ignored the succubus for a few moments and stepped closer to hobura.Moving my hand I lowered hobura's grip on the sword the shaking was very strong and hobura was gritting her teeth intensely her gaze had never left me looking down facing me..

The rage and uncontrollable fury she had inside of her was astounding for normal people such look could instantly make them lose sweat profusely or even make them fear to death,but not me,for her to actually scare me was already too late.

I knew far too much of her to be able to get frightened by her the initial fear I had was only momentarily a fluke that was brought by my own cowardly self and nothing else.

My hand slid further moving up hobura's body touching her,the large blade in her hand was now moving upwards very so slowly still shaking,hobura was sweating looking at me with a sad look.

-R..un...lor..d...so...r..on..

Tears streamed down as she forced those words it made my heart tremble in pain even more as I listened,but I didn't do as she said if she could resist there was no doubt that hobura could break free.

The blade was now almost half-way raised again not far off the succubus stood still watching this spectacle in front of her with a malicious grin on her face,she wasn't going to take action and only watched expecting hobura to cut me down and taste the pain of my mistake.

We were far from the original spot from where the fight was taking place throughout this whole exchange with the succubus we had moved away further and further it could be that the succubus planned this all along,but I didn't care enough to really try thinking about it,the girls weren't finished,but they didn't need to fight anymore since they had already taken out most of the lamia leaving the rest to the ratman as they ran towards here they had watched the things that occurred here and knew that I was almost sliced to death their hearts were worried running faster as if they were running for their lives wanting to reach here before it was too late,but they didn't need to worry.

I knew what I was doing.

If I don't do this...and somehow get her back then I am scared that I will lose her somehow that death between one of us would be inevitable.

I even once told dakiro...Losses were inevitable...thats why I swore to not let these losses happen in front of me to the girls that is even if it costs me my life which is always the only bargaining chip I ever had this entire time.

It would all come down to this whether or not hobura was strong enough to breakthrough and I was confident.

Who knew if this confidence would pay out,but it didn't matter I would still do it no matter what.

Thinking like this I held onto hobura's right hand again tightly stroking it while staring at it too...the tattoo the emblem on her back hand was still present almost not even visible at first glance,but unforgettable for someone like me the person who had given this emblem who started this girl on her path and brought her here.

-Remember...

I whispered holding onto her hand tight without me knowing the light blue color of my eyes started to shine unknown symbols were forming into those crystal like eyes constantly switching from symbol to symbol each in different color and shape finally stopping at one particular symbol,the dark red blood sign.

I could feel immeasurable amount of information getting sucked into my brain experiences and small bits of memories that didn't belong to me getting recalled and awakened most of these memories were about me...

Cooking,Pondering,Crafting,Eating,Sleeping.

The images were running fast finally coming up to this point in specific slashing at me,the feelings of guilt,sadness and anger revolved around this moment when she charged at me kicking me into the tree she tried to yell and shout,but was silenced internally.

-Its okay...I don't mind,it wasn't your fault...

I whispered and just as I did the sword once again stopped small sniffing sound could be heard as hobura's eyes were producing even more tears the emblem on her right hand was now glowing bright red almost burning hot,but in my hand the warmth was more then pleasant then stinging.

-Lahrd shoron ! Hic...(sniff)...I...I...ahm sho sharryy !

Hobura cried out her glowing red eyes completely turning back into their normal beautiful serene ones as she hugged me tight dropping the giant sword in her and crying her eyes into my shoulder.

Feeling her presence through my transmission link I could finally feel safe and happy inside my heart,hobura came back.

-Grrrr...you idiots don't forget where you are standing right now !

The succubus roared now much more pissed off then before her flames radiating endlessly as she charged at both of us,seeing her charge made me momentarily remember the situation we were in this whole event had made me and hobura lost into each other ending up ignoring the succubus.Hobura also realized the mistaken and quickly was about to take her sword back to retaliate,but both of us knew that hobura wouldn't be able to be quick enough it made hobura desperate as she tried to throw me away,but my eyes quickly shone as I knew that we weren't in danger at all.

(Bang)

In the very instant a loud banging sound came coming from the succubus,stopping in her tracks suddenly her nose bleeding profusely as she stepped back with a very dazed look on her face it looked as if she had just hit a wall and in a sense it was true.

A Force Wall that is.

I smiled looking to my left side I could the other girls had already arrived hasumi was one of them raising her hands and concentrating very hard while staring at the dazed succubus with a deathly glare her control over pure force was astounding she could wield her powers easily with a single though of her mind when it came to control and toughness she was the better magician out of all of us.

-Grrr...you cockroach friends came...hmph ! SO WHAT I JUST KILL YOU ALL REGARDLESS !

The succubus was now even more enraged getting humiliated like this seemed to have pulled her last straw as the flames started to circulated in a very wild manner her skin and appearance changing multiple times the beauty she had at the very beginning was now turning into a hideous beast,it had a hellish like appearance with dark red scales and cracks covering its whole body,the wings had turned stony too showing a almost rotten look truly demon like.

She was stronger now...but still we were together it wasn't a problem.

But just as we were about to attack all together a loud voice boomed out.

-This is enough rhelreia back off !

The voice was loud and strong from where it came from was unknown making all of us immediately guarded as we stood in a set formation,we didn't need to wait long for the owner of the voice to reveal herself just like the first succubus we had encountered this one also came forth through a black hole like portal and it was also not surprising that this woman was also indeed a succubus with her long dark red skinny wings attached and beautiful appearance.

-Rahhhhh ! Wylniva ! Why are you here ? This doesn't concern you to the least so back off !

The now hideous beast that was once a beautiful woman roared out clearly displeased by the woman that just entered without asking.

Hearing her words the woman just snorted coldly giving the beast a cold glare which calmed down the beast significantly or rather frightened to calm down.

-Did you already lose your sanity through actually changing into a demon or are you just really that of an idiot ? Even if you try fighting them you won't stand a chance because of your playing around you missed your chance multiple times already...

The woman hissed out her words had stroke a sense of realization towards the hideous beast the situation was truly not in her favor she should have killed me when she had the chance when she had some amount of control over hobura that is.

-Who said you two are going to run ?

I spat out angrily stepped forward while summoning large amounts of ice that I was surprised to be able to summon,The amount was ridiculous that I couldn't even count anymore the two succubi were evenly impressed by the display of power that I had just summoned.

The girls didn't understand my words because I spoke in a different language,but they still understood my actions the reason I summoned so many ice spikes that is as everyone started raising their weapons and magics to start fighting the newly added succubus was very bitter from her looks it didn't seem like she was confident enough to put a proper fight with us,she wanted to escape thats for sure,but at the same time she seemed to be awfully curious about something that something being the emblem on girls hands and me in particular staring intently.

-Hey you... ? Am I right ? You seem to be able to understand us if I am correct...

Her words were polite and gentle it made me dumbfound hearing her talk to polite to me all of sudden the anger that had be pumped into my body wasn't dissipating though through simple words.

-Do we even need to talk ? I see no reason for us to stand here and talk you should rather prepare yourself to fight for your life since I am not going to give you chance lady...

My words were cold and murderous it didn't faze either of the succubi,but made them look at me in a very complicated look on their faces not sure what to say.

-That...that emblem on the ...it is a emblem that is unique to the isn't it ?

The woman spoke quick with a excited tone in her voice,her words made me momentarily stop in thought as I started to regard her more properly and what she just said...

She knows ? The question floated on top of my head it created all kinds of questions thinking further about the issue,but I quickly stopped my thinking at that point and a few things clear.

She attacked us the succubi up until now always attacked us even if she knows something why should I consider making a negotiation with her now ? I am not a complete idiot ! She simply wants to stall for time ?

On top of that I could see the very uncertainty in her voice the way she talked and expressed herself told me that she was very knowledgeable,but experience and certainty wise speaking she had no clue if what she said or assumed was true at all,in the end it just didn't matter.

-Kill them !

I roared immediately initiating the attack on these two firing off my ice spikes at them the girls also started roaring and charging with full might at them with their weapons ready.

The woman who had just tried to talk to me was dumbfounded she was standing in place still not sure what to do really,the hideous beast on the other hand wasn't surprised she looked panicked and tried to escape,but I quickly stopped her freezing her wings and legs mainly slowly her down significantly this time around there wasn't anyone with her that I needed to keep attention of just like hobura it was a easy task for me to keep her in place or at least slow her down a bunch.

The girls moved charging forward they first tried to put down the succubus that was standing in place who had only now realized her predicament for some reason and kneel'ed down onto the ground raising her hands up into the sky yelling.

-I SURRENDER !

The girls obviously didn't understand a single words she had just said and disregarded her words about to strike her down ending her life,seeing her like this made me very confused she wasn't even trying to struggle or anything she could at least run couldn't she ?

I sighed...my previous thought of simply killing both of them had slowly turned into kill one of them I had to remind myself that even through my anger I needed to have better control over myself.

-Don't kill her hobusaku and hasumi tie and lock her in momentarily if she tries to escape or struggle then you are allowed to kill her without a doubt you understand ?

My message was send to everyone here they understood my words and started to avoid attacking her no,one seemed to particular care why I did this hobura didn't mind my strange order either and just charged madly towards the hideous creature with her giant sword now leaking this dark ominous aura very intensely.

There was only pure rage present in hobura's eyes followed with humiliation that I could guess from where came from.

-I WILL CHOP YOU UP TO BITS !

Hobura yelled finally slashing the hideous beast.

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