Chapter 6: City of Criminal

"City of criminal?"

Akashi frowned.

Shohon suddenly side glanced her hearing this. Now, it made a lot of sense to him about those people's behavior whom he and Akashi saw before.

That woman closed his eyes, and sighed, then said:

"Yes."

Then she opened her eyes again, looking sad, she added:

"This city always wasn't like this always. At the beginning it was a normal city inhabited by normal folks. But then, 3 years ago, when a horrid name Disaster Horrid appeared and launched its nightmarish massacre, this city was too caught in the onslaught. More than half of the city was destroyed and many people died."

She sighed, and continued:

 "After that incident many people abandoned this place. Even after that there were still a lot of people who decided to stay in this city. Sadly, a year ago, a bunch of criminals forced those people out of this place and turned this place into a criminal city. And the government just turned a blind eye to this all when the leader of the criminal paid him a handsome amount of money."

"This is terrible!"

Akashi made a loathsome face hearing this.

She smiled, but with disparity in her eyes.

"I have been living here to take care of this inn. This is all I have left... Business was booming a years ago here."

Suddenly an image flowed in her head for a moment. In the image an middle aged man wearing a black coat was sitting before the table of the inn. He looked happy as he was looking at a young female child with black hair. The young child looked more the the inn lady of now.

"Why don't you leave this-this place? I mean it's a quite dangerous place to live in."

Shohon finally said something for the first time in front of her. So, hearing this, she looked at him with a surprised expression.

"As I already have said, I can't live this place. This inn is my family legacy. I must protect it no matter what. It has been standing here for more than 5 decades. Besides, those criminals aren't that strong. When they came to bother me, I gave them a strong beating. Now they don't bother me except for the leader of this place..He is strong."

The woman scowled:

"He said that he will let me work here on one condition: I have to become his wife. Though, I keep on refusing his proposal. But still, he keeps on insisting it. At least, he is being forceful in that way rather than completely ignoring my feelings. He said marriage must be done when both sides agree to do so. So, he will keep insisting. What a bother!..Even so, I can never forgive that bastard for killing my FATHER."

Shohon exhaled, and said:

" I see."

Shohon looked a little enraged hearing that. He did not know what to say beside saying' I the see'. He couldn't think of anything else. Scratching the back of his head, he looked the other way.

The woman said:

"If only a hero were to arrive in this city and got this city rid of those criminal, then it could return to it's former glory.

"Anyway, we should go."

Akashi said, looking at Shohon.

He clearly doesn't want to hear anything else. He just wants to pass this final trial as soon as possible.

"I see, you don't want to stay then? Fine."

That woman said, and sighed.

Then, both of them stood on their feets, and left the place showing gratitude by vowing their heads a little.

***

Both of them were walking on the middle of the road, seeing that there were no vehicles.

As they were walking, they spotted few shady people sitting across the road, smoking.

This time Akashi was walking behind Shohon. Shohon was gazing at the beautiful stary night. He likes star gazing. When he looks at the stary night, it gives him a kind of peculiar and calming sensation which can't be described in words. It just simply melt away all of his worries and discomfort.

Anyway, Akashi was looking a bit little grim. This whole time he was staring at Shohon's back for some reason, with a grim face.

Then abruptly, he gave a twisted smile, and put his right hand in his back pocket of his pant, which was really lengthy. After that, he uttered Shohon's name:

"Shohon, can you turn around for a bit."

Shohon nonchalantly turned around. Then,

Out of nowhere, a stabbing sound could be heard.

"Huh?"

Shohon looked at Akashi with an expression of someone who had just been betrayed.

Suddenly, blood came out of his mouth. He lowered his head and saw a knife which has pierced his chest.

"Why?!"

He asked as he vomited blood.

Akashi stopped his twisted smile, and his face became shaded.

Shohon fell on his knees. He grabbed the handle of the knife and slowly pulled the knife out from there. As soon as he did that, blood came gushing out of his body, not his heart. Horrids can not regenerate there heart. Once it is severely damage, they die.

Shohon then fell forward with a lot of blood in his mouth.

"Aahahaahaha. Finally! I have been waiting for this moment from the moment we met. I love seeing people die Infront of my eyes."

Suddenly, Akashi burst into laughter, looking very satisfied.

After laughing for a while, he calmed down.

"Now that I know that we are in a place from where escaping is easy, I should get as far away as possible from this place before the trial starts. 

Akashi looked at Shohon with a ridiculing eyes and added:

"Die."

Then he turned round. After that, he began to run as fast as he could,thinking he is almost free. Seeing his face, anyone could tell he was practically few steps away from tasting his freedom.

It was odd. Anyone ,who's under the "Inprisonment Spell", intending to run away dies. But, for some reason that wasn't the case with Akashi. He was still alive and kicking.

Meanwhile, Shohon laid on the ground with his face against the pitched road, looking angry. He was cursing himself for believing a stranger again.

Damn it. It's happening again. Why did I believe a stranger again. I should have learned my lessons when Elora betrayed me.

Even though it wasn't his fault when Elora betrayed him since he was in under her spell and also this time too. It's not like he completely trusted Akashi. But seeing as they both fought side by side in the first trial and emerged victorious together, he at least wanted believe him now. He thought once everything was over they could become friends and thrive together in this unknown world. Sadly, It turned out to be a wishful thinking.

He clinged his teeth, then after a while sighed.

Maybe, today is my unlucky day. I have been betrayed twice within these past 9-10 hours.

Those shady men stood up, and came near him. There was five of them, all laughing at him. One of them put his hand inside Shohon's pocket. But couldn't find anything at all. So, he became disappointed.

"That guy is poorer than we are."

He said, and burst into laughter.

The other four also laughed with him.

Damnit, damnit, damnit.

Shohon was enraged, not with them, but with himself for being such an easily believing person till the very end. 

I will kill him. I will kill that bastard Akashi. I am through being a nice person. There's no point in being nice to others, if it means getting betrayed like a fool..I..I want to stand up for a bit.l

Shohon clinged his right fist, and hit it on the pitched road.

I will..Kill..them. all.l

As he said that he made a face which looked like a vengeful wild beast, and his orange eye balls turned purple colour, glowing.