Rory's revenge

The king cannot be blamed in this situation, given that the world is still entrenched in its medieval era.

He tried his best to contain the plague and contained it in the end,

He first waited for a month to determine the origin of the plague and when he was sure that the village was the origin, he resorted to drastic measures, obliterating the village entirely.

This was a cruel but effective method, it prevented the plague from spreading and did not kill anyone else other than the villagers,

The boy in controlling the monsters is named Rory, he was also a villager of the plagued village, but at the time of plague, he happened to be staying with his grandparents in another village.

Rory, aged 10, witnessed the excruciating scene of soldiers firing arrows upon the villagers,

His parents were also among those villagers, who wanted to get out of the village to see him,

But were shot, he saw their corpses rotting with bloody tears,

This left a scar on his mind, taking him to the direction of the black magic,

Although black magic grants strength in a short time, it comes with clear and dire consequences.

In most cases, the life essence will be used, inevitably turning the users into liches.

However for some, the outcome is far more tragic, they turn into a living zombie, with their senses intact but losing the control over their body,

They have to see their body killing and ravaging even his loved ones,

So the use black magic was banned, but some still find a way to use it.

Rory said to Emma: " Since you are not surrendering, I don't have to be polite "

The purple stone in his hand shimmered, casting its glow, while the web-like patterns on his body gleamed in unison.

The eyes of the monsters emanated a menacing purple glow as they surged toward Emma and her teammates.

Emma was just an elementary level mage, with her senior standing at the peak of the elementary level, her teammate, a warrior, was also an elementary-level swordsman. 

Emma and her senior both casted a fire blaze spell, momentarily halting the advance of the monsters.

But with Rory's command, the monsters disregarded the flames and leaped directly into the fire.

Their fire was also not that strong and could only burn the skin of monsters to some extent,

Although typically, the monsters flee after getting injured this much, but now that they are being controlled and don't care about their wounds,

Emma and her teammates quickly fell into disadvantage and were getting injured by every second,

Evan still composed, turned to me with confused expression,

I said: "Just wait, we will get our chance "

Despite his confusion, Evan still chose to watch,

Emma and her teammates were covered in wounds, blood gushing from their injuries.

Rory stopped the monsters at this moment,

Exhausted and in pain, Emma and her teammates collapsed to the ground.

Rory walked up to them through the monsters and said: "See, surrendering would have been easier."

Emma glared at him: "But it would have been cowardly "

Rory grabbed her throat and effortlessly lifted her with one hand.

Rory said: "How brave. "

Emma's struggled with all her might, but Rory's strength far surpassed her own.,

 Eventually, her consciousness began to fade as level of oxygen in her body decreased.

Just as she was about to lose consciousness, an arrow hurtled through the air, pierced Rory's hand that lifted Emma,

"Ahh.. " With a pained cry, Rory released Emma, his grasp loosening abruptly.

Emma was finally able to take a breath, eagerly inhaling the air around her.

Daisy was the one who had fired that arrow.

The hero's team had arrived and were attacking the monsters,

With each arrow Daisy fired, she killed a monster, while Mary took down another with every strike of her sword.

Arthur was also killing monsters effortlessly as he was and adventurer and been killing monsters for a long time

Rory directed the monsters to attack the hero's team, but as the monsters were not strong enough and were getting killed by them,

He realized that he is not a match for these people and decided to flee,

I turned to Evan and said: "It time "

Evan also nodded and we both leaped towards fleeing Rory,

As Rory ran out through the monsters surrounding Emma and her teammates,

He saw Evan and I standing there, waiting for him,

Before he could react, Evan swung his sword at him, leaving a deep gash on his chest.

Rory coughed up blood, groaning in agony.

Rory said: "Who are you? "

Evan was going to ask something, but my sword had already decapitated Rory,

His headless body fell on the ground followed by his head.

I said: "Do you believe the one who provided him with the information would allow him to speak? "

Evan said with a surprised tone: "So you know who is behind him?"

"I'll let you guess," I said as I stabbed my sword into the purple stone.

As the stone crumbled away, the control over the monsters also wore off,

The monsters, now confused, more than half of them fled, while the rest continued to attack us. but were no match for us,

Within minutes, only their corpses could be seen.

Mary and Daisy hurried over to me.

Mary asked with concern in her eyes, "Are you all right?"

Daisy echoed with the same worry, "Are you injured anywhere?"

With a sigh, I sheathed my sword and turned to Evan,

"Are you not going to tend to your sister?"

Emma has lost consciousness now,

Evan nodded and retrieved a couple of healing potions from his storage ring, poured them over her wounds.

Emma's wounds began to visibly heal, yet she remained unconscious.

Mary and Daisy now each holding one of my arms.

Mary said: "Why are you ignoring me? "

Daisy also chimed in: "It's okay if you're angry with her, but why me too? "

With a slight jolt of my shoulders, I pushed them both away.

I said sternly, with a straight face, "Don't cling to me, sisters!"

Both were taken aback and were surprised by my push, as it was the first time I had pushed them away.

They both wore sad and betrayed expressions on their faces.

I shook my head and turned to Jake, who was holding a big bundle of cores.

I said: "Let's head back and claim our reward,"

As I turned, my gaze fell upon Arthur, who standing in the side with a peculiar expression on his face, simply staring at me.

Arhtur had thought that he would have a great time with two beauties,

But that didn't happen, Mary and Daisy spent the entire time arguing about Archie.,

When they entered the forest, their quarrel started. However, when the monsters attacked, they both were concerned for Archie, and started searching him in the forest.

Arthur felt left out and as if he didn't have a presence, simply following the two girls.

This was the first time something like this happened to him.

So, bewildered, he was staring Archie, lost in thought.

'What's so special about him? He's just handsome, a bit talented, and just a strong background.'

'Other than that, he's nothing special. Look at me, I'm special. '

My voice interrupted his thoughts.

I said: "Arthur, keep an eye on the princess and her teammates. We'll be heading back "

Evan, Jake, and I then departed from the scene, leaving everyone else behind.

Daisy pondered aloud, "Why did he change so much?"

Mary said, "He changed just before he called off the engagement."

"I think he is heart broken "

Emma has also regained her consciousness by now but was pretending,

Daisy said: "That must be the reason. I think I should heal him. "

Mary angrily said: "You're his uncle's daughter, his cousin. how can you think of him like that?"

Daisy said with a teasing smile: "t's not that uncommon in noble families to marry one's cousin."

Mary said: "If that's the case then I don't even have a blood relation with him "

"So I will be the one healing him "

This sparked another quarrel between them.

Meanwhile, Arthur was now in awe of me, simply observing as the girls fought over me.

Emma was still thinking about Mary's words about heart break,

'So, am I the reason for his change? '

Emma felt guilty, but when she heard other things Mary and Daisy said, she was instantly enraged.

'How dare these girls think they can take someone from me '

Despite her rage, Emma was still in pain and chose to deal with this matter later.

Soon, the teachers arrived along with healers.

The healers attended to the injured, while the teachers examined the body of Rory.

The teachers then asked question about what happened here,

They had already questioned other students about their story, and half of them said they were rescued by the first prince's team and the other half was rescued by Arthur's team.