The twins of the Sacred Army

Both members of the Sacred Army were looking down at us. Like predators seeing their prey.

We found the plant we needed easily and did not encounter the wolf using these ruins as a habitat. No, we had to run into members of a faction that we didn't like.

"Hey, Mae, Isn't that guy the one that the captain was all mad and shit about?" Mentioned the male one while pointing at me.

"Riiiight! Seems that it is him, Jett. Fits the description he gave us" She was surprised and a smirk formed on her face. "How about I take care of cute boy over there and you deal with the pretty lady? She seems more your type"

"What? Did you fall for his green eyes? Didn't know that was yours"

"You didn't deny you liked older women"

At that point, a barrage of fireballs came up to them. They jumped out of their spot in different directions, avoiding the attack. The wall of the ruins lost a chunk from the onslaught.

"Who are you calling old?!"

She said older, not old.

When I looked at Dara, she was fuming. I could swear she had fire in her eyes from how angry. Her tail was pointing to the sky. Magic energy was coming out of her, causing her hair and robe to flutter.

"Marcel, I don't care who they attack, SHE IS MINE!"

Note to self: never make her angry.

Besides how old is she?

Dara continued casting fireballs towards Mae, the woman, but she kept dodging.

Then Mae jumped towards me and fell in front of me. Her face got very close to mine. She winked and stuck her tongue out. I felt my face going hotter and red; she was cute now that I saw her up close, her eyes were purple.

Then she jumped to the side and I saw a fireball going directly at me.

I managed to dodge to the side, and I heard the spell hit the wall I was against, destroying it.

"Watch where you aim!" I yelled at Dara when I fell to the ground and turned towards her. I don't want to know how much it would hurt to get hit by one of her spells.

"And your back!" I heard the guy's voice right on top of me.

I did not have enough time to react when I saw Jett falling on top of me with two daggers on his hands, aimed towards me.

I tried to move with the little time that I had but he managed to hit me with one of his weapons as I moved out of the way. I dropped and rolled on the ground, seeing the 10 points of damage he caused me.

HP: 100/110

Even after calling out his attack he still managed to hit me. They were cocky, but dangerous at the same time.

He jumped towards me after I moved, to which I had only time to raise my sword.

Vs Check!

Tie!

That was a tie, but this time I did not take damage. The impact caused me to drag my feet a couple of centimeters while he jumped back and took distance.

"I don't see anything special on you. Why would the captain be so obsessed with you?"

"He has a very sensitive ego"

Jett chuckled and then nodded "He does"

Then he jumped and ran back at me, swinging his dagger at me.

He was fast, and I guess that is the danger of his skills. He managed to get some swings at me without letting me cover first well. Even when I dodged, he managed to get a few attacks in.

-3

-4

-2

-15 Crit!

HP 76/110

He did little damage, but it was constant and precise. He did not give me time to attack back.

"Bleed!" He yelled, and I saw the sign that he used a skill against me. He managed to hit me in the chest, leaving an open wound.

-1 Bleed!

HP: 75/110

That was too low damage, but I saw some blood starting to drop from it. I placed my hand, trying to stop it and putting pressure.

-1 Bleed

HP: 74/110

The bleed was going to slowly get me killed, especially if he continues attacking as relentlessly as he had so far. Once again, this had put me in a dangerous position, more so since I could not use my class passives as he would never get me in one shot.

"I don't have time for you!" I yelled out of frustration.

-1 Bleed

HP: 73/110

What could I do? If I continued doing this it was going to be the end of me and Maple would die because she would not get the antidote. I was cursing inside of my head.

I managed to get a glimpse of Mae as she continued dodging Dara's spells. Dara was not calling out her casting and was shooting like a Gatling gun.

"Did I touch a nerve, hag?"

"Stop calling me old! I have only 23 years!"

Then why are you so upset about that?!

Mae was slowly going towards Jett, dodging while laughing at Dara's expense. She was getting close.

Too close.

I took a swing at Jett, who managed to get a hit at me. I got scared for a second and failed to avoid the damage, and that caused me to cancel my attack. He, however, took a small skip back.

-5

-1 Bleed

HP: 66/110

And the two were close together, noticing each other.

"Combustion!" Dara cast and snapped her fingers.

An explosion happened between both brothers, sending both brothers flying.

Jett and Mae received 125 and 130 points of damage respectively, and a bonus of 20 each when they hit a wall. A cloud of dirt formed, covering the area.

"I hope you learned your lesson and don't call other ladies old" She fixed her glasses as if trying to recover her own composure.

"Why didn't you get them sooner?" I asked. Considering the situation, it was a lot of wasted MP.

"I-I needed to get them close" she was blushing while saying it. I got her on a lie, and she knew it. She probably only got the idea when she noticed they got close or in the middle of her rage.

-1 Bleed

HP: 65/110

I forgot about that.

"I forgot, I am bleeding," I said. Somehow, saying that without a sense of urgency felt weird. I looked under my bars and I could see a red symbol that seemed to be a drop of blood. A small number 1 was on a corner. It started to blink.

-1 Bleed/healed

HP: 64/110

"Oh...it's gone"

"It lasts for a mome-" she got interrupted.

A bolt came out of the cloud of dirt and hit her on the arm. She received 60 points of damage and indicated a Crit and her body was flung back, making her fall to the ground with the hit. Before I could say anything, a dagger that spun through the air, hit me on the arm too.

-45 Crit!

HP: 21/110

That time I actually felt the pain. The Low HP warning appeared in the corner of my sight.

"Watch your step, sis! You almost got us killed!" I heard Jett's voice talking from the cloud.

The cloud was slowly dissipating.

"Well, if you weren't an idiot that just keeps playing with your prey, we wouldn't be in this situation!" said Mae. When she came into view, she had a hand crossbow in her hand and was reloading it.

"You tell me that? You kept teasing that vulpin lady instead of just finishing the job too" answered Jett.

"I hate those two brats," said Dara, who was slowly sitting up.

"Seems you could not get her. She is a mage, how much HP does one have?" said Jett, yelling still at his sister. "You are useless by not killing her in one attack"

"Oh, shut up you stupid brat!" Mae turned to him and hit the floor with her foot. 

These two were insufferable, considering we were still and they were discussing like nothing. I could tell they were siblings.

I remember I saw her having 100 HP when she showed me her status. So she should be at 40. But she was level 10.

Kali and Nayleth received damage on the thousand, and they were still alive, only dragged to low levels of HP. Why does she have such a lower HP than the others?

That is when I heard something come up on the ruins behind them. A large figure rose over the wall, looming over them and jumping down.

"Let's just finish the job here," Said Jett, then he heard the sound of something big falling behind her.

My eyes went wide in surprise. Dara's expression was the same and the siblings slowly looked behind them.

A big white wold just jumped over the wall of the ruin and fell behind them, looking down at them, growling and showing his teeth.

It was the creature that Dara warned me about. The wolf took this place as its habitat.