Chapter 21 We lost

Shepherd pants, as he carries me.

Shepherd speaks but I can't make out what he is saying.

My ears are ringing and my body feels really heavy.

Shepherd puts me down in a corner.

"Wake up, kid! Don't die on me, come on."

Shepherd yells, shouting.

Am I dying? Is this it for me?

Shepherd hovers his arm over my face.

His hand was cut off by Paxton.

Blood leaks from it as he squeezes it over my face.

"This is the only way. I'm sorry I can't lose you."

Shepherd says he eventually fades away.

An overwhelming energy jolts me, so I feel it clearly.

I woke up in the corner of the rooftop.

This energy covers this entire area, like a coat.

Hearing Shepherd panting clearly, in the distance.

He is fighting, killing Ohme left and right.

As he dashes, bursting at speed.

Leaving a trail of blood behind him.

He rubs the bullets off his body.

His body is covered in silver.

As liquid ran down his chin.

He licks his lips, satisfied with his current meals he just had.

I smell it on his breath in the blood.

Shepherd scans the roof.

He doesn't seem to notice my recovery.

Shepherd's body is lifted by a mysterious force.

Someone laughed behind the door Shepherd walked through.

"It seems like you cannot sense magical energy."

Zenith says, grinning as he begins to bend Shepherd's limbs in different directions.

"Graaaaa!!!"

"You can solidify yourself, that is interesting, you can use a bit of magic but you aren't trained," Zeniths says.

He continues to crush Shepherd.

Shepherd screams in agony, not being able to reply.

"That foolish boy, Faron, thinking it would be that easy to kill me. I always come prepared." Zenith says.

Shepherd is thrown onto the roof.

I got up, using both hands.

Looking at my other hand, it's come back.

Staring at it, I began to move my fingers and clench.

Zenith turned to me, staring in shock.

Before he reacts, everything slows down for a moment.

Shepherd looked at me in awe as I sprinted towards Zenith.

Crushing the ground with each of my footsteps.

My body feels enhanced, stronger and my senses better.

Leaping in the air.

Lifting one of my legs, I kicked Zenith in the face.

With a lot of force behind my foot.

Zenith's barrier is cracked like a thick mirror.

Zenith's body is pushed towards the edge, but he manages to catch himself.

Even with his fragile old body.

He's further than us. He has the advantage.

But we have the speed and durability, he can't keep up with both of us.

Shepherd stands up as his limbs slowly regenerate.

"Let's go kid." Shepherd says, sprinting, leaving a trail of energy behind him.

Everything slows down again.

I now understand why he moves like this, why I can move like this.

Zenith stood in place gathering energy.

Then he blasts a wave of pure force.

Creating a cyclone as it rotates, this energy has manifested itself into wind.

Shredding our skin slowly as it slices around us.

Shepherd stands in front of me.

Shepherd attempts to shield me as we both sprint ahead.

This is why Zenith is known to be one of the strongest of Ohme.

Because no matter if you're faster or stronger than him.

There is always a spell that he will use to defeat you.

We get closer, as the winds get stronger and faster, slowly pushing us back.

As the winds get more aggressive, so do we, as we reach the end.

Shepherd is blown away, bumping into my shoulder.

But that doesn't stop me, I push through.

Grabbing Zenith's right hand, snapping it.

"Aghh!"

Holding his broken hand tightly, I pulled Zenith closer to me.

Punching him in the face.

Zenith grunts as I squeeze his hand, making him fall to his knees.

"You stupid brat, you won't be able to kill me Faron." Zenith says, blood dripping from his mouth.

I chuckle.

"You can't say that when you are there."

Zenith gathers an immense power with his free hand.

I feel it as his aura becomes more apparent.

Aiming at my chest, sending me across the roof.

"Die Faron!" Zenith shouts.

I hear thunder, as lightning shoots down at me in the form of a giant snake.

Holding out my hands, attempting to channel this energy.

Standing up slowly, Zenith stared at me.

"Faron, I was never fond of you. I already knew what you were. A traitor since the beginning, I bet you planned to escape the Queen's daughter." Zenith says.

I continue to struggle. Zenith walks closer.

This energy is overwhelming.

"AGGHHHHHHH!!!"

"Don't die yet, Faron."

Zenith says, pulling out a weirdly shaped dagger.

It's curved with a needle point at the end.

The dagger glows pure yellow.

Zenith imbues it with pure energy.

"This dagger is from that church... I forgot the name. They channel magic from the sun. It's very powerful."

Zenith presses the dagger on my skin.

"GAAAA!"

I grunt, the dagger burns my skin, leaving a marking on my skin.

"Why don't you look at that?" Zenith asks.

The lighting eventually began to break my posture.

"Your spirit is still intact. I respect that, but you die here, Faron."

Zenith thrusts his dagger.

I caught a whiff of a strong familiar scent.

Shepherd gets stabbed instead.

"You!" Zenith shouts.

"Yeah it's me."

Shepherd is weakened by the dagger.

As he struggles against Zenith.

I absorb the lighting snake.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGHHHHH!"

"Impossible!" Zenith shouts, shocked and enraged.

That snake nearly killed me, I was staring into the pits of death.

Inside of its mouth was some entity created by Zenith himself, I bet.

Stretching after the burns I've endured.

Feeling heightened, I rushed towards Zenith and Shepherd.

"I'm going to kill you both!"

Zenith shouts annoyed.

Shepherd grabs onto Zenith's free hand.

"You aren't going anywhere", Shepherd says.

Holding him in place.

Zenith begins to chant something.

But I'm faster than whatever spell he is chanting.

Shepherd and Zenith look at me waiting for my next move.

I won't slow down to find out what it is, this is it.

Sprinting at Zenith, punching him in his chest.

"YOU DIE!" I shouted, enraged, throwing a powerful punch.

My fist went inside Zenith's chest.

He gasps, before his body falls limp.

Shepherd let go of him, pulling out a knife.

Standing over Zenith's corpse I sigh.

Holding his beating heart.

"He didn't mean anything to you, did he?" Shepherd asks.

"Hell no, it's just right."

"Okay, good because I'm hungry and we need to leave as soon as possible."

Shepherd snatches the heart out of my hand, chumping on it.

I stare at him as he leans towards the edge.

He turned back to me.

"What?"

Shepherd asks.

"Why did you?"

"We lost here Faron, we need to leave now or we are dying here."

Shepherd says before jumping off and sprinting at high speed.

"We?"

I ask myself while following his trail.