Too late ?

Ace ran as fast as he could, using his remaining strength to reach the village.

Relentlessly Ace arrived in 1 day of non-stop racing in Lu village.

Breathless, he looked out over the village as his eyes grew cold and hatred emanated from them.

Lu village was on fire, houses burned down, mostly in rubble, while ash and smoke flooded the now destroyed village.

The villagers screamed in fear, as most tried to flee but were shot by bandits from the same lair where Ace came from.

Ace clenched his fists tightly as his fingernails entered his skin causing him to bleed.

He resumed his course and finally arrived on the outskirts of the village where he saw bandits trying to rape a Zise woman, in front of a 3 year old child who was crying for his mother and father who had died in the battle against the invaders.

Ace's field of vision narrowed as he began to breathe heavily, eventually a mist replaced everything in his head, his only thoughts were:

Kill Kill

Ace armed himself with his iron sword and rushed over to the bandit now undressing the woman.

"Ahaahaahahaah, woman please me-" before the bandit finished that sentence, his head was no longer on his body.

"Aaaaaah" The woman screamed as she moved closer to her child and sobbed, saying reassuring words to him, like: everything will be fine, it will be over soon.

Ace left them both alone and continued his fury, another bandit saw him and wanted to slash him but these bandits were normal humans with normal iron swords, it is not even the beam swords that are technologically developed through Catalysts of Power by advanced civilizations.

Ace parried the bandit's incoming blow and slit his throat so quickly that the bandit didn't see the blow coming on him.

The bandit fell to the ground holding his throat, he looked at the man who had killed him and what he saw was a one-sided massacre, all his comrades were sliced ​​like cattle in front of a wolf, it was the last visions of the bandit before closing his eyes and dying in his own blood.

***

The minutes passed and finally Ace ended up killing almost all the bandits, you have to know when seeing Ace they all came on him like showy cows of grass to graze.

*Slash*

Ace slashed the last bandit with his sword and killed him instantly.

Behind him, corpses everywhere, mostly bandits, but also villagers, children and old people trying to defend themselves from the assault and brutality of the bastards of bandits.

Ace shook his bloody sword at the ground and walked quickly towards the center of the village which was only a few feet away from him.

He then entered Lupo's house, the house was completely turned upside down, the chairs broken, the table demolished, the walls filled with blood.

Ace spotting a trail of blood sliding towards old Lupo's garden, which he hastened to follow.

As he entered the garden, Ace saw a figure near the stream which was lying leaning against small fruit trees.

Ace knew who that figure was, he walked over and crouched down in front of him, took him by the neck and spoke to him.

"Old Lupo, everything is fine, I killed all the bandits, tell me where is Mia."

Seeing the wound and having nothing on hand to help cure old Lupo, Ace knew there was nothing he could do, so he decided to give it a try and find out where Mia was, since arriving in the village and after all the massacre, he had seen no trace of the little girl.

Lupo opened his eyes and smiled when he saw Ace, he coughed up blood as he tried to speak with difficulty "I ... thank you ... Ace ..." He pointed painfully in one direction as he let go. his last sighs knowing that his village had been avenged, he had defended himself extremely well for his village, despite his old age.

Ace closed his eyes and sighed, gently resting old Lupo on the ground near the tree, grabbing his bloodstained sword and rushing out of the village in the direction old Lupo had indicated.

As he left the village he saw small footprints corresponding to Mia's short stature.

But what worried Ace, were the footprints behind her, two large adult male footsteps.

He drew on what little strength was left in him as he quickly rushed where the footsteps led, hoping that nothing had happened to little Mia.

Otherwise, the people who had done something to her would rather go to hell than go on living.

The last rays of the sun were reflected on Ace as he ran at an inhuman pace using his last resources within him and preparing for the potential battle ahead.

What Ace didn't know was that the Power around him was starting to stir and he was absorbing him inside his body, making a connection with his heart and mind.