Science/Magic

"Someone kidnapped the girl of the dreams." Regina said as though it was nothing important.

However, her words were like thunder in Sara's ears.

"What did you say!?"

"… It was the men that attacked the city lord's daughter at that time." Regina continued. "Probably the so-called shadows."

Sara's face turned pale, then, her paleness turned into anger.

"Why did you do nothing!?"

"Why would I?" Regina countered coldly. "Until just a moment ago, you were my master's enemy. The fact that I bothered to keep an eye on her is already more than I should do."

Sara wanted to rebuke, but her words were caught in her throat. Plus, she was too worried about her sister to quarrel with Regina.

"Now is not the time for this! Damn it! I need to find Gina!"

Sara stopped caring about them and started to think about the situation.

Bloed sighed at that moment.

"Calm down, your sister is fine."

"Huh?"

"Regina, can you tell me what happened and where is Gina?"

Regina nodded. She then recounted everything she saw as shortly as possible.

"The girl was put to sleep, but they did not dare to injure her, apparently because they had orders to keep her safe. I thought that master would be interested in her location, so I left a bit of my energy on her body to track her."

Bloed nodded and turned towards Sara.

"See? Although Regina speaks like that, she is just a tsundere deep inside. I'm sure She would have acted if Gina was truly in danger."

Sara grunted in dissatisfaction, but the coldness around her decreased slightly. Bloed smiled seeing that.

"Let's go then. Regina, led the way."

"Understood, master."

"By the way, what are we going to do about him?" Liu Ying kicked the still alive Gerald and asked.

Sara snorted in hatred. "It doesn't matter. He will die soon anyway."

Liu Ying shrugged.

Thus, the group of four jumped onto Leto and rushed towards Gina's location.

As for Gerald, he could only look at the sky while death slowly came for him and the pain of the poison tortured his mind.

Finally, after five minutes, a wolf monster arrived at the alley attracted by the smell of blood.

When it saw the corpses, the wolf howled. Soon, the alley was filled with hungry wolves thirsty for blood.

Then, one of them bit Gerald's neck, finally releasing him from his suffering.

…

On Leto's back, the group advanced quickly through the streets of the city.

But before even one minute passed, they stopped abruptly.

Liu Ying's eyes opened wide.

"This is…"

Bloed sighed and clenched his fist. "Damn it."

In front of them, a scene of desolation could be seen.

Monsters after monsters were hunting in the city, slaughtering the powerless citizens and having a feast of human flesh and blood.

Bloed could hear the people's cries and desperate screams of help. Some adventurers tried their best to protect the people and help them to escape, but the overwhelming number of monsters meant that they were quickly drowned by the claws and fangs.

Bloed's eyes turned red. Instinctively, he turned part of Leto into the sniper rifle and started to shot the monsters.

But the monsters he killed were just a drop in the ocean.

Watching so many people losing their lives under the monsters' fangs, Bloed could not help but feel guilty.

Regina saw that and put her hand on Bloed's shoulder.

"Master, I forgot to tell you something. When I was outside the city, I saw the two demigods fighting… The one in the side of the monsters was human too."

"… Human?" Bloed was surprised.

"Yes, master. I'm sure he was the one behind all of this."

"… I see." Bloed took a deep breath to calm down. After he heard Regina's words, although he still felt bad, he felt less guilty. "Let's go, we need to catch up with Gina's captors. Also, let's try to help as many people as we can during the way."

The three girls beside him nodded.

…

The fight between Sebastian and the mysterious demigod continued. The two mighty powerhouses exchanged tens of moves each second, trying to kill each other.

But even after fighting for a long time, none of them was able to get an edge over the other.

Sebastian was a bit stronger than his enemy, but the mysterious demigod had a way to halve the power of Sebastian's attacks. Due to that, neither of them could come close to land a decisive blow.

Sebastian's expression had become chilling. He could see how the monsters broke into the city and started to slaughter the citizens. More than once, he attempted to leave the fight to deal with the monsters.

But in the end, there was not much he could do under the watch of another demigod. In fact, each time he tried to ditch the fight and assist the city he ended getting a new injury.

"What in the hell you want?" Sebastian said without hiding the anger and hostility on his voice. "Are you happy causing this meaningless slaughter!?"

"It's not meaningless." The demigod said with a chuckle. "No, there is a very noble purpose, Mr. Sebastian. All these people are nurturing my master's plan with their lives."

"Master? Who in the hell is your master!"

"You don't need to know. Not yet at least." The mysterious demigod shook his head. He then raised an eyebrow and took a communication crystal out.

After he heard the message of his subordinates, he smiled.

"… Well, it looks like my men finished their job. Perfect. Then, Mr. Sebastian, it was a pleasure to meet you but I have to go. Till the next time we meet."

The mysterious demigod bowed funnily and smirked. Then, he kicked the ground and ran away in the direction of the city.

"You! Do you think you can escape like this!?" Sebastian was enraged and sent a wave of sword energy in his direction. "Nobody that attacks this kingdom will escape punishment!"

"Hahahaha, we will, Mr. Sebastian. Because nobody can stop us, just like nobody can stop the day from turning into night."

Sebastian froze. Instantly, a memory of many, many years ago appeared on his mind.

His body shook briefly. Softly, he whispered something.

"You… Those words… Are you from a member of Returning Dusk?"

"Oh? You know about us?" The mysterious man asked in mirth.

Sebastian did not reply. Instead, his mana and killing intent was completely released, turning everything in the surroundings in a blood-red color.

Suddenly, his eyes turned red as though he was crazy. Then, he raised his sword.

"Returning Dusk, Returning dusk... All of you deserve to die!!!"

The next second, a sword slash cut everything in its path into two.