Chapter 3 Death

Not even a second later he impacts on the chest of her literally, Shocked, father.

The power of the lightning flows unhindered through his body and fries his magic circuits, crippling him forever.

The dangerously close beam of blue energy evaporated in an instant and left nothing behind.

Her father falls to his knees as smoke and thine red lightning snakes surround him.

Against all odds he was still alive.

This last attack was something that she managed to create after countless tries and failures.

Just like the sword beam this was also a manifestation of a mastered technique and experience, but instead of a sword it was magic.

She slowly starts to walk to her father who kneels inside the giant crater that the collision of the two sword beams created.

His head hangs low and black lightning like scares reveal themselves after the smoke and lightning dissipated.

These are prof and a reminder of Astral's ultimate magic.

Semo Astratum, a spell that has hundred percent armor penetration and targets the magic circuits of her enemy, destroying and crippling them in instant.

Standing in front of her fallen father she slowly raises the now once again black blade and prepares to swiftly decapitate him.

But before she could swing her sword, blue cold eyes pierce into her own.

The look in these eyes let her freeze in place.

All the anger, pain and sadness are gone.

The only remaining emotion is guilt.

Guilt at his own incompetence to understand his daughter.

To her own shock she could feel how her chest gets heavy and a clump forms in her throat.

Shortly after, a lonely tear rolls down from her left eye.

Seeing the tear rolling down his daughters face the blond knights' eyes widen in shock and surprise.

In all his time with her he never saw her cry.

"Locks like I can feel for others after all." Surprised at her own display of emotion Astral says these words in a low tone.

"You always felt for others, you just didn't know how to express them." Her father says in a slow and deep voice.

"And I never let you show these emotions as I was to stuck up with my knights code." He continues.

Realization made its way onto Astral face.

"So, it was all a misunderstanding because of my own lack of experience in life." She says in joking tone which brock against the end.

"I'm sorry my daughter. I really am." Her father says as tears stream down his face.

This short conversation between her and her father made her realize that all her goals, all her believes where built on a misunderstanding.

Emotions that she didn't know she possessed flood her mind and soul as they crash against her consciousness.

Normally she would control them and use them to fulfil her desires, but this time she just let them out.

"AAAAHHHHHHH!" She screams and swing her sword down next to her father and creates a giant ravine that reaches into the far distance.

Letting out all the incoming emotions at once she swings her sword around till the crater locked like a cracked mirror.

Through the whole fit she screams all her doings all her pain all her guilt into the world.

Stunned at the outbreak of his daughter he just kneels there as the guilt continues to grow with every word she says.

Exhausted by the previous battle and the following reveal and outbreak Astral loses her grip on her blade and falls to the ground.

With her head hanging low she repeatedly punches the ground as that becomes muddy from her tears.

Then out of nowhere a spear impales her back and nails her to the ground.

The appearance of the spear rips the blond knight out of his trance as he locks at the figure which threw the weapon.

At the edge of the crater stands a savage locking man in armor on a horse.

One of his eyes was completely white and many scares disfigured his face. On his head he has short grey hair and a missing left ear.

Staring at the unknown man Astrals father couldn't remember having seen him before and if the confused lock in the eyes of his daughter is anything to go by then she also doesn't know this man.

With the spear impaling her chest Astral was unable to move even a bit and could only lock at the stranger who she never met before.

`Funny, I'm going to die by the hands of a complete stranger shortly after realizing that my whole live long I misunderstood myself.` The thought strangely amused Astral as slowly breaths in her las breath.

Then everything went dark.