[ Bold Guy ]

“Connor do something!”

The man with a scar on his eye threw smoke at me that covered my whole head. I barely could see anything but I knew exactly where are they. Even though I could see them there was something off about it.

[ Connor ]

“Weak minds like yours won’t be able to withstand that attack especially when you’re in blind rage…”

[ Eric ]

“My mind is not weak… IT’S BROKEN!”

With smoke covering my vision I rushed toward them with my sword in hand. The first one to make a move was a bold guy with a knife and a hatchet in his hand. His strike with the hatchet almost got my ear cut off but with a power of a sword, I dodged it and was able to slice off one of his fingers.

[ Bold Guy ]

“You f***er! IT HURTS! IT HUUUUUUURTS!!!”

Even though he screamed out of the pain he got his knife ready to stick it in my head. I parried the attack and slide my sword across the knife and then I cut off his thumb. I was going to end it but this… f***er! This Connor stopped my attack with his sword and kicked me away.

[ Connor ]

“How long till the sunset?”

[ Shaman ]

“Around two hours!”

[ Connor ]

“Looks like I’ll need your help. I can’t defeat someone with the sword of the sun until the night comes.”

It was my chance to kill that bastard! He wasn’t running or hiding this time. I was in a rage but I was stable enough to not spill the fact that I’m mainly after him. I could probably kill him with one strike but that’s not what I’m after. I hope he will suffer before he dies… With my sword in front of me, I was ready to strike him but that was just a pose to make them focus on the sword while I drew a hatchet and threw it at the shaman. While he was concerned with the hatchet I dashed toward Connor. I fainted my attack with my sword and switched the side of the attack. He went to block the sword not knowing what will happen to his shoulder. It even looked like he was going to be hit with a real sword but before that could even happen he somehow dodged it. He didn’t move his muscles at all. He just stood a few steps away.

[ Connor ]

“Good timing Kayle!”

[ Eric ]

“Oh… Right… I forgot you’re also from earth… So you already died once… I shouldn’t feel bad at all now…”

Looks like this fight might be tricky… I have never seen a shaman in this world nor fought one. Did Tae run into some problems? I thought I got everyone on the way here… There is no time to think about it. I was aiming for his arm with the hope that he will block it but by surprise, it got stuck in the wood. It was the shaman’s doing but I thought that you can only use spells specific to the god that chose them. He changed the shape of the wooden plank.

[ Eric ]

“How are you doing this!”

[ Kayle ]

“Shamans are completely different than the types of you.”

While I was just standing there Connor was ready to stab me in the stomach but I got the perfect ability for that. With False Fear, he hesitated for a moment so I grabbed his hand and threw him over the shoulder to the ground. I would like to do something more to him but the shaman would probably interfere so I threw my last two hatchets at him. While he defended himself I took the sword out of the plank. I was ready to just kill him but the bold guy came to his senses and blocked the attack. I could already feel this guy coming from my back. With not much time to think I grabbed the bold guy and threw him at Connor. Of course, nothing could go as planned and when I threw him, the shaman took the chance and threw one of my hatchets at me hitting me right in the back.

[ Eric ]

“Now YOU’VE DONE IT!”

I usually use False Fear to force people into making mistakes or making them hesitant but this time it’ll be on for the whole fight! I’ll make them feel like they are fighting something far more frightening than some angry brit… I could already see him shaking. I took the hatchet out and threw it away. Now with only a sword in my hand, I was ready to just kill them. Then I heard someone running toward me with a scream. I was going to cut his head with one swift swing but when I looked back I saw Landrir with a wooden club.

*BASH*

[ Loki ]

“That was stupid…”

When I opened my eyes I was in a dark place and I was lying on the water. I don’t know if it was deep or shallow but I was able to stand on it. Above me were many shiny and beautiful stars.

[ Eric ]

“Did I die?”

[ Loki ]

“No… Just knocked out by the guy you didn’t want to kill earlier… I was pumped when you told me that you’re going to massacre those Mani believers but I guess it was all talk… to some extent.”

[ Eric ]

“And how could I know! I met him a few weeks earlier than that ‘war’ happen and I just found out he is my enemy… But he is a citizen of Sehus… Don’t they believe in this sun god?”

[ Loki ]

“Well… There is one problem. I don’t know how it happened… maybe because Mani and Sol are sisters? Sol believers can become Mani believers in an instant… but usually, they act somehow differently… Like that one guy twenty years ago. Father of your dear friend Astvar.”

[ Eric ]

“Something like that happens? To Astvar’s father? How do you know!?”

[ Loki ]

“I’m a god. I know a lot of things. So he didn’t tell you? I guess this was his biggest secret. After all, he was the one who killed his father and gained that title of his.”

[ Eric ]

“No way… that’s why he didn’t want to talk about his title…”

[ Loki ]

“Since you’re going to be here for longer than usual… I’ll tell you the… ekhm… legend…”