Burning Soul

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“Oye!

Do you even know what you are saying!

It’s impossible! He’s never held a sword!” Vivian out of concern spoke out.

“Ah! It’s all that I got, and he can only do the task with this baby here!

Listen to me, you need to slay a bear. That’d be easy right?”

He replied as he handed that sword to him.

Hearing him everyone had a questioned look.

‘A bear?

What is the planning?’ was on the mind of everyone!

Without wasting much time, he opened the door and began walking, others had no other option than to follow him.

He then led them in a certain direction for a while.

The wind was colder for some reason, it was totally different that's how it was before.

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“Be on your toes, I sense some strange force dear, be ready just in case.

The temperature drop is due to some magic related phenomenon!” Luna warned Ember as they walked deeper and deeper into the forest!

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After walking for over a while Lumiere stopped and signaled others to quiet down as well.

Looked like they had reached the spot where they could hunt the bear but what they saw made the land beneath their foot slide away!

It was a giant creature with a creepy aura, it seemed as if that creature was some astral beast!

“What the hell is that creature?

Do you call that a bear?

That’s more of a hellish creature than a bear!”

Catherine asked as she had a shocked expression looking at that beast.

“It is just a bear,

Looks like he got demonized. You know that right if the mana in one is overloaded it can either kill it or turn it into something like this poor bear.

Did I not mention that?” Lumiere answered looking at her while shrugging his shoulders.

‘How can he be so irresponsible?’ was clearly written on everyone’s face.

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“That fact that there are no people nearby and I put up a barrier is him, it just appeared out of nowhere and now it’s destroying this place.” As he said he pointed towards him.

That creature was munching on a deer and was sitting near a pile of dead animals and bones.

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There they spotted some familiar skeletons of humans as well.

It was killing innocent people as well.

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“I received a request from a certain someone, he was crying and begging for me to slay it.

His beloved and his only daughter with whom he lived ended up being his target one day.

He was away from home, when he returned, there was nothing left to be recognized.

Bearing that agonizing pain he came all the way to me to ask me to slay it.” He told them while tightening his fists.

“Why did you not do it then? And aren’t there any sentinels?” Aeneas asked him to know that if there were sentinels, there was no need for them to move out!

“He went by himself when I turned him down.

I can’t do it anymore,

I’m no longer capable of doing all the fighting Dimitri, that’s why I’m asking you to prove it to me if you can do it or not.”

He looked at Theo who was standing there looking at that creature.

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“I will do it!” Theo replied with a hint of resolve in his eyes.

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“What do you mean you will do it? Can you even use a sword!

Don’t you dare move!”

Vivian grabbed him by his collar and pulled him while warning him, being right next to him it made her blush but right now wasn’t the time for this!

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“I can’t stay like this anymore;

I need to become stronger in order to move forward.

I need to!

I’m the one who is supposed to do this.

Relax,

I won’t die,

I will get it done somehow!”

He then took a step and looked at Lumiere who was standing with a hint of relief, after all, that he couldn’t do was about to be done!

“You are keeping your promise okay!” Theo asked him to which he nodded,

“Sure,

try to get him when he’s not focused on you, that way it’ll be quick!”

Theo nodded and stepped forward while others stayed back.

“Is it really okay for him to go in alone?” Ember asked Aeneas to which he replied with a concerned look,

“I’m not having a good feeling about this!” Hearing this she asked him,

“Why?

Is there something wrong?”

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Aeneas replied in a serious tone,

“That creature is not that easy looking, he’s manifested in Mana, looks very dangerous.

I hope it works out just fine.

He’s lucky after-all at that!”