79 Side Chapter Behind The Scenes 3

Tifa POV:

I jumped from Building to Building.

A High Ground always covers a wider view.

Since their destination was the coliseum then it shouldn't be hard to find the two if I follow the path.

I looked around on top of the houses, and I finally found them.

I was almost relieved that nothing happened to them but there was something very wrong here.

There were around 20 people Blocking the Kids path and Faith was on the ground.

This isn't good, I quickly notified the others of my position through Wind Voice spell.

I looked back at the crowd and suddenly one of the people wearing a fox mask Punched Hope.

[That Should take care of you.] (Masked man)

Something inside me snapped and I jumped straight towards them.

I took out my Dual swords and when I landed in front of him, I swung the Swords widely.

[Woah there.] (Masked Man)

The Masked man Jumped back and evaded my strike.

I quickly looked towards Hope's condition and she's lying down, unconscious. Her face was completely red and swelling on one side while her nose was bleeding.

I can't check Faith's condition since she's lying down.

I Clenched my teeth in anger.

They will Definitely Pay For This!

[Looks like I'm Really Lucky. An Elf came to intercept Me!] (Masked Man)

I didn't realize but my hood had come off of my head and was dangling behind me.

I pointed my sword at him.

[I don't know who you are and I don't know what you want, but I will make you pay for this.] (Me)

[HAH! Well then, Bring it On!] (Masked Man)

I Jumped forward while swinging around to give power to my sword as I swung it towards the Masked Man.

He stepped back and two others came forward, one intercepted my blade and the other tried to slash at me.

In the nick of time, I brought up my other sword which blocked his slash.

I quickly stepped back.

[I don't know if you've realized but we outnumber you ten to one. Though I do have some Elven servants but selling one as a slave yields much more profits. especially one like yourself.] (Masked Man)

He's just trying to distract me, I have to focus on the fight.

They outnumber me right now but Lucy and the others are also coming here, and Lucy isn't a grandmaster for no reason.

I sheathed my swords and took out my Silver Bow.

Evan taught me a lot about the bow, and because of that, I'm now more proficient in using the bow rather than the swords.

[Damn! Everyone with Shields! Get in Formation!] (Masked Man)

I opened my legs wide as if planting myself on the ground and took a couple of arrows out of my quiver.

Three people with a Metallic Tower Shields blocked my path.

This is one of the "Skills" Evan taught me, Its called the "MultiShot". But that's not the only thing Evan Thaught me.

[What're You gonna do now, Huh!?! Come and fight us Face to face if You Dare!] (Masked Man)

[I Don't need to.] (Me)

I aimed towards the sky and shot.

As soon as I shot, I quickly took few more out of my quiver.

[DAMN! I forgot They're Master Archer's! Everyone! Scatter!] (Masked Man)

The moment the shield wall moved away and as soon as everyone saw the grave mistake they did, I had already shot.

Two of the arrows got stuck on the shields but the rest 4 went through the gaps and hit their marks.

They are definitely not dead but at the most, they can't fight.

[You Bitch! I Thought I would be lenient with you. But now you've given me no Choice!] (Masked Man)

The Masked man shouted at me while I pointed towards the sky.

The arrows I shot before rained down and even though they missed most of their targets, two of them still fell down.

[DAMN IT! Everyone On The Offensive! I Ain't letting her Go!] (Masked Man)

I prepared myself for the next onslaught, but an icicle wave came from behind which froze the ground as it passed me and froze the three guys with shields in front of me.

[What!?] (Masked Man)

I looked behind and The others were here. Luna seemed to be the one who casted the icicle wave.

She was angry, Everyone was.

They all ran up to Faith and Hope. Lucy held onto Faith and Luna Held onto Hope while Oswald stood beside me.

[Sorry, we were late.] (Oswald)

[Dont be, We're all Friends.] (Me)

Faith seemed to not had any kind of repercussion while Hope was the one who was hurt.

Luna seemed to know healing Magic. That's rare, she was treating Hope with the magic.

[A silver Daemon huh? Looks like one of you survived when we completely annihilated them.] (Masked Man)

[You Did What!?] (Me)

I looked back at Luna and she has the eyes of a demon.

[I Swear right now that I will kill all of you Cultists!] (Luna)

[Whoops looks like we got found out, what a biggie. This just means that we have to kill you first.] (Masked Man)

Oswald and I stood on guard in case of any surprise attack.

Luna POV:

I will kill them.

I Will Kill Them!

I WILL KILL THEM ALL!!!

My Mind was filled with never-ending hatred, but somewhere in that sea of dense hatred, I heard a meek, weak little whimper.

It was from Hope, who was in my hands. The Bleeding and the swelling had stopped but she was crying.

[Please... don't fight.] (Hope)

She could hardly talk.

[Papa said.... never to hurt anyone... otherwise he will be sad.] (Hope)

After saying that, she fell unconscious again. As if Seeing her father sad was worse than death.

She reminded me of one of my own.

A happy kid that did nothing wrong... Killed.

More Killed.

Everyone was Killed.

What did I do?

I was Sleeping dreaming of a better tomorrow.

I Don't Know What to Do!

I didn't know when but tears were streaming down my face.

[I Don't *Sniff* I Don't know what to do.] (Me)

I hugged the sleeping Hope while trying my best not to cry.

{Author Note: Oh, This can be taken Metaphorically as well.}

[Luna...] (Lucy)

Lucy was beside me holding on to Faith. I looked in front of me and Tifa was shooting arrows while Oswald was protecting her with Mana Shield.

If they're Fighting and protecting then what can I do?

[Luna, we should run.] (Lucy)

What?

I shook my head.

[No, I Can't, I Can't run anymore.] (Me)

[Luna, You know, the very first thing Shishou thaught me was to Run.] (Lucy)

{Author Note: Wait, Hold on! This Doesn't sound Inspirational at all!}

What?

[Though I kept wondering up till now why would he teach us to run first? and now I finally know why.] (Lucy)

I looked at Lucy with my tear filled face.

[Its to Piss Off the Enemies!] (Lucy)

Huh?

{Author Note: Well, one thing for sure, Evan's Personality is slowly sipping into them.}

[If we run now, They'll bring their whole Crew to stop Us! And when they do that We would have already told the Whole Kindom of their presence.] (Lucy)

[That's true, But.....] (Me)

[Luna, Fighting back may win us the fight but not the war. If we run now then we may have lost the fight But Win the War! As a Princess yourself, which do you think is better?] (Lucy)

The Single word "Princess" Woke me up.

I'm a Princess, No, I'm a Queen! Not by any ascension, but by Blood!

As a Queen, my First and Foremost Job is to Protect Everyone!

Even If I Have lost Everyone, Even Then, I Have to Protect the Ones that are With Me.

I got so lost in everything that I forgot about who I am.

Now I know why Mom always told me that being a queen will be really hard.

I Stood up and held onto Hope as she Woke up once again in my Arms.

{Author Note: Holy Moly, This can be taken Metaphorically as Well!}

Her swelling and bleeding had stopped. She was completely fine now.

[Hold onto me as hard as you can, okay?] (Me)

She nodded her small head. Like a cute little squirrel in my arms.

[Tifa! Oswald! We're Retreating!] (Me)

I Slammed my foot on the ground and a Huge Ice wall stood up in front of them, Blocking the whole alleyway.

[What?] (Tifa)

[We're Retreating!] (Me)

[But- No, You're Right.] (Tifa)

[Alright! Everyone! Follow Me!] (Lucy)

We all nodded.

Lucy and I were holding onto Hope and the now awoken Faith.

{Author Note: So Many Metaphorically Meanings! Is this a Coincidence? Probably.}

[W-What Happened?] (Faith)

[Oh, Faith, You're Up, Just hold onto Aunt Lucy as hard as you can and don't let go. Okay?] (Lucy)

[O-Okay!] (Faith)

We started running and heard screams from behind the Ice Wall.

[YOU IDIOTS! STOP THEM NO MATTER WHAT!! WORD MUST NOT GO OUT OF OUR PRESENCE!!!] (Masked Man)

[Wait, Sensei! Why are we Running? We could've taken them On!] (Oswald)

[Idiot! Did you forgot Shishou's very first lesson!?] (Lucy)

[Absolutely Not! "Sometimes It's Better to Runaway than to Solve Your Problems!" So are we not gonna mess with the Cultists?] (Oswald)

[Its the Opposite, just wait and See!] (Lucy)

Lucy was leading us to the Coliseum.

That's a good tactic, Due to the Fight, A huge crowd should be near there.

It seemed like a good plan but we were immediately stopped by the Cultists.

They seemed to have anticipated our move.

The worst part was that the same Masked man was also among these guys.

[Sorry, but you're all my guests today. So please, accept my hospitality.] (Masked Man)

Damn! What do we do now?

I suddenly received a Wind Message.

"Hallo! This is Aisha! Evan and I beat the threat. now we're rushing to the Magician's Library, see you all there! Peace!"

All of my worries were sucked out and I Smiled once more

I quickly send a Wind Message to Aisha.

"Alright, We'll be there."

[Lucy, Where's the Magician's Library?] (Me)

[Hm? Right Behind us?] (Lucy)

[Alright! We'll all go there to rendezvous with Evan!] (Me)