Issue #6-Chapter 12, Part 1

Gazing at the door being banged up by the lycans for a little bit, Silverus turned to the old man and Aleke. "We need to search for the spices and the light."

"I'm looking for something to light up the room right now," Aleke said while she continued searching for it.

"And I'll try to search for those spices," the old man said when his eyes darted at Silverus.

"Okay, good. We need to hurry." Silverus turned back to the door. "Those things could break in at any minute now."

While Aleke and the old man searched for items, Silverus just stood there and turned to the survivors and the bending door back and forth for a little while. He hoped his allies would find the things they were looking for quick enough. He couldn't imagine being killed by those monsters once they'd successfully broken in.

They took a while to search for the items due to the minimum moonlight available in the room, struggling to find them so far. Yet the lycans were about to break at anytime, so Silverus began to wander his eyes around for anything to restun his enemies, anything to stop the lycans from getting into the building. But he hadn't found anything so far, no matter how desperate he was.

Dammit, dammit, dammit!!! There has to be something useful against those things somewhere. There has to be.

After a while of hopelessness, Aleke finally shouted, "Found it!"

"Already?!" Silverus twisted his body around for Aleke's attention and saw her bending forward towards the candle, searching for anything to light up the candle at the round table near a corner. "Well, about time!"

"Here, take this!" The old man shouted, spraying the spices at the hole on the door right before those monsters had a chance to break the door open.

Silverus turned back to the front and watched the scene while his nose sensed the smell of spices wafting in the air. His ears caught the lycans' screeches in agony and their footsteps backing away from the door.

He grinned at the old man in amazement with his widened eyes. "Hey there, that was amazing, um, uh…"

The old man turned around and said, "Call me Eugene."

"Eugene…got it."

As soon as Aleke lit up the room and the sound of her breath blowing out a match, she said, "Okay, let's hurry up and find a hiding place before those monsters come back in."

Silverus turned around and watched Aleke place the match onto a candle holder. "Right!" He turned to Eugene and Aleke back and forth. "Let's go!"

After Eugene nodded, he, Silverus and Aleke began their search for a hideout. Eugene sprayed the spices in the rooms on the first and second floors to prevent the lycans from finding them even further as quickly as he could. Aleke found a secret door in the basement and she, Eugene and Silverus hid themselves from the lycans and Silverus created a potion for Eugene before they agreed on their search for the larger one, thinking it was Alpha the lycan king.

During their search in one of the alleyways of Pagis, Aleke turned to Silverus while carrying her crossbow. "So who will we hunt down next as soon as we defeat Alpha?"

"Ah, we would be hunting down the vampiress inside that castle over there," Eugene said, also carrying his crossbow.

"'A vampiress,' huh?" Aleke repeated when she and Silverus turned to the castle standing in the distance.

"Yes, haven't you heard? That vampiress was Alpha's wife," Eugene said.

"'The Alpha's wife?!'" Silverus gave Eugene his confused look on his face. He turned to the castle and Eugene back and forth.

Eugene nodded, "Yes, you heard me right…" He told the tale of Pagis' curse.

"No way, we have to defeat the former monarchs' daughters and that witch up there?!" Silverus questioned, appearing to be less confident in himself.

"Yes, that's right. That's not only what I heard, but also the only way out of this place."

"I see…" Silverus swallowed his spit whenever he gazed at the castle.

"And how long have you been here, Eugene?" Aleke then asked when she turned to him.

"Oh, about a year," Eugene answered while he scanned for Alpha without looking Aleke in the eye for a little while. Then he turned his head back to her and Silverus sideways. "What about you two?"

"About a month," Aleke responded.

"Oh, me? Well, I would say a month and a half, I think," Silverus replied while he looked up at the sky.

"Huh, you two have been here more than I am, huh?" Aleke said.

Silverus turned to Aleke. "Yeah, pretty much."

When a man's scream echoed in front of Silverus, Aleke and Eugene, they all immediately turned around to see what was going on. Even though the fog blocked their view, they aimed their guns out forward and remained calm. They wanted to prevent the lycans from sending their fears and made them weaker.

"Alright, gang. Looks like we got one," Silverus said. "Let's get moving."

"Right!" Aleke and the old man agreed as Silverus dashed his way forward in that voice's direction, hearing a couple of footsteps running in his direction. They followed his lead with their serious looks on their faces.

Silverus and his allies ran as fast as they could. Whenever they ran their hearts beated faster and harder on their chests and their sweats were forming all over their bodies.

By the time they encountered a man being tripped over by a rock, three regular lycans appeared in black silhouettes darting their glowing eyes at them. They stopped near the panting man and aimed their crossbows at their enemies. This time their crossbows were made out of silver, so they should be able to kill off those monsters, especially the larger one.

They managed to rescue the man and kill off their enemies, they not only struggled to fight off incoming enemies but also encountered Alpha who was the strongest fighter of them all. The injured Eugene told them to run for their lives as he figured out how to fight off the monsters and lead himself to safety. Silverus and Aleke were separated from Eugene and never heard anything from him again.