Legacy Of Ennea

=== Zerotus Point of View ===

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There are 11 assassins around me...

And there is this one person, a bit stronger than the other 10...

I should not left Nico too fast... I should have asked him to cast a Barrier Magic on my cloth...

Now I am walking toward the center of the city of Haven, where the center cathedral located... no one should notice me, since I am wearing a cloak...

I have my sword prepared already on my left hip... and I hold my staff right now, while walking...

Those assassins... are still following me...

Some of them are across the street, some are above the houses, and some are waiting in front of me already...

Thanks to the public,... no, the whole world knows me as a strong mage, that can use Fusion Magic... but my real class is actually a Swordsman... Elemental Fighter... and I am a God Tier Maxim Style...

And now, I see the strongest assassins among them... it seems, he is stronger than Rueger... or Orseus...

Taking them off before they know what my objective might be a smart move...

I look around...

And I can see a big plaza... where the place is very crowded...

There is a big building in front of me... a really tall building and beautiful building...

This is the Central Cathedral...

Only assassins that are aiming for me... so I don't have to hide, with the crowd is the best option... also, I can hide myself behind other people, since I can feel that there is an archer...

Also... a Nullifier above the building... a Barrier Caster... sitting on a chair in front of a café... and three swordsman behind my back...

Two spearman in front of me...

Also two mages...

While the strongest on is a spearman... and he is a bit far away...

Well... Now I stand up facing the Central Cathedral...

Then I can feel soldiers moving and approaching me...

Not assassins... but soldiers of the city...

The soldier of Haven surround me... and people around me are evacuated...

This is a problem...

I am surrounded by the soldiers... but I still use my cloak, and I can hear everyone confusion...

"What is going on?"

"Who is that man in cloak?"

"Why there are a lot of soldiers here..."

Something like that...

And a soldier moved forward... from the circle they made...

They surround me with their shield and spear... and I can feel their fear... of me...

"Zerotus Maxwell... you are a fugitive that is trying to kill Empress Navroth... and the Empress said, that you have to be executed..." the soldier that moved forward said...

Now everyone around us looked panicked...

"Z-Zerotus Maxwell?!"

"Hey! He is a hero!"

"You can't just decide like that!"

Yes... I am a hero, just leave me please...

"That is an order from the Empress..." the soldier said to the surrounding...

Now all of them looked afraid...

"Those who oppose the Empress, will be considered as traitor..." the soldier said once more...

The people around become quite... and they moved back a bit...

And the soldier who has been speaking looked at me...

"Z-Zerotus-sama... please surrendered yourself..." he said to me...

"Why?" I asked in confusion...

"Or else the Empress will kill us all..." the soldier said in fear...

They all are stupid...

"Of course I won't surrendered myself... I'll be dead as well..." I said

"For us to live..." the soldier said...

That is such an irresponsible person...

"Create Elements..." I said...

The soldiers surround me looked surprised...

The two spherical light appears, blue and brown, water and earth...

The people around us running away, before this place change to a battlefield... and that is what I am hoping for...

"I asked you once more... die now, or run... leave the army, leave the city with your family, and if you are lucky, you are able to live..." I said

The soldiers are all trembling...

One out...

Two, three... four.... ten leaves...

Everyone leave their weapon and run away from me... except the soldier that spoke at me first...

"T-Thank you Zerotus-sama!" He said and left his weapon behind and run away...

Now...

The plaza is empty...

Not exactly empty... but the real battle begin...

Ten of the assassins surrounded me already...

And the strongest one between here? I don't know, I feel a weird aura... is he really the strongest one?

"Fourth... let me introduce myself..." he said to me, with his spear

"My name is William... and I am the eight..." the man with spear said... so, he is the strongest one, but I feel other aura, like there is someone unseen yet...

Fighting in this place... is very dangerous...

"I see... should everyone introduce themselves?" I asked...

But all of them remain silent...

William laughed with what I am saying...

"There is no time for that-" before William finish his sentences...

I tested the enemy strength...

"[IMPALE]" I said

And a sharpen wood from the ground shoot upward... to each of them...

But...

Everyone successfully avoids that...

[IMPALE] is much faster and quieter than [EARTHSPIKE]... but they manage to survive from it...

They are too slow... I thought they are stronger than this...

But I can sense rage from all of the enemy... and also fear at once...

They are angry because I attack them out of a sudden... and fear, because I almost hit them...

"Go!" William said

A swordsman come closer to me... and aim for my head, but I dodge the slash, behind me, a spearman has prepared to attacked me...

When I moved back, he point his spear toward me, but I use my staff to hit the spear, so that I avoid the blade...

An arrow was shot, and I am still able to deflect it with my staff...

Now both swordsman come from my left and right in the same time...

In front of me, are the previous swordsman...

Behind me is a spearman...

They will attack me at the same time...

"[WATERPRISON]" I said after casting water magic...

And the four of them is trapped in a circular prison made of water... and they can't breath...

But then, I see the mage... and he has a blue spherical water above his head...

Water mage?

"[PRISON]" I said

I decided to close those assassins that were trapped by my [WATERPRISON] with [PRISON]

The water mage looked surprised...

How about the other mage...

Before I looked at the mage... I am pushed by Wind Magic...

When I look at him... a green and a red spherical orb...

Wind and Fire...

And I can see a Barrier Magic was formed between me and the four hostage I held inside the [PRISON]... William and the other spearman destroyed the [PRISON] and the Water Mage successfully stopped my [WATERPRISON]...

They all survived...

They have a good teamwork...

A [FIREBALL] was shot toward my direction... and I create a wall made of water to block it...

When I raise the water wall...

"Arghh!" I shout in surprised... and I looked behind my back...

My knee was shot by an arrow...

Wait... I didn't see it go...

I pull the arrow out of my knee...

Now, a swordsman with Ares Style come forward... and launch series of attack toward me... and without using my sword, I am able to dodge every attack...

"[ROOT]" I said...

And the swordsman that attacks me stopped moving... his feet is bond with my wood magic...

Another one coming behind my back... I can feel it with that bloodl.u.s.t...

Maxim is much much faster...

"[IMPALE]" I said, and when he jumped forward aiming for my head, a sharp wood summoned from the ground and pierce his body...

The person that is using Ares Style were scared after seeing that...

"[IMPALE]" I said, and it is his turn...

Another sharp wood launches from under the ground upward and pierce that swordsman's body...

9 more to go...

I decided to do this seriously...

"So, you are going to do it seriously this time?" William asked me...

And in a second I use my maximum speed and...

"Where are you looking at?" I asked the Fire-Wind Mage...

I am behind his back... when he looked behind... I unsheathed my sword... and cut his body into two...

When everyone looked at me in surprised, including William...

"A-A swordsman?" he said in surprised...

It seems that he is a person that thing the strategy thoughtfully...

He lost...

"Not only a normal swordsman..." I said

And I activate my Elemental Fighting mode...

Blue Sword...

The swordsman and spearman come closer... and I block every of their attack... until they movement become much slower, with the effect of the Water Elemental Fighter...

"[IMPALE]" I said...

And now, the two swordsmans and a spear-wielder are dead...

William, a Nullifier, a Barrier Mage, an Archer, a Mage left...

"[WATERPRISON]" The water mage said...

But I hold it...

My water magic is stronger than his... and I stare at his eyes... I can see fear on his face...

A bloodl.u.s.t behind my back, and I move aside...

Did I dodge something?

That something hit the ground, and I can see an arrow...

What is that arrow...

No... is it... Dark Magic?

I come closer to the Water Mage... but then William blocked me...

Without any hesitation...

"[1000 SLASHES]" I said... and using my sword to slash his body... all of his blood flow from his body...

He is weak... is he really the eighth?

And I come closer to the Water Mage... and kill him... in a slash...

The Nullifier, and Barrier Mage and the Archer left...

This feeling... the strongest one is still alive?!

He is not William... who is william?

I should ignore both Nullifier and Barrier Mage... they are useless against me...

Nullifier could break my magic at once, but they must aim it at me...

I moved really fast, even their eyes can't see my movement...

The only problem is the Archer...

I looked around...

And I found this very weird...

Why do I still have a feeling that there are stronger opponent here...

I come closer to the Nullifier... since I am not able to find the Archer... and...

When I was about to hit him with my sword, he dodge it...

"Hoo?" I am impressed...

And he moved back... and so do I...

I am facing him... and the archer and barrier mage come closer to his friend the Nullifier...

"Hmm... so, all of you are using those newbies to test me out?" I asked them...

They smiled...

"They are actually an A rank Assassins... you are too powerful..." The archer said...

"And, you must be the real William..." I said to the Archer

The archer nodded...

"I am sorry for lying to you..." he said to me...

"I am the real eighth, William... and this place will be your end..." William said to me...

I know it from the beginning... for an S-Ranked Assassins, they were too slow to avoid my [IMPALE]

He is actually very smart...

Now... more of them are coming...

All of them are wearing a black cloak...

When the eleven of them has gathered...

"Do you want to give up?" William asked me...

"Huh? Why should I?" I asked...

"Zerotus-sama... you should be able to see this... you won't be able to defeat us..." William said...

"Haha! But a Maxwell never give up!" I said

And William give a smile...

"You are so cool... Zerotus-sama... but an order is an order..." William said to me...

I prepare my stance...

Then, I feel a bit dizzy... wait, the arrow that got me... is it poisonous?!

The breeze of the wind flow through the battlefield...

We are still in the middle of the plaza...

There is one more spell... that I never try even once...

I am 200 years old... and I am still not brave enough to use this spell...

But no time to hesitate... other spell is much worse than this spell...

I close my eyes... and cast a spell...

"Kill him..." William said after seeing my mouth moving... means that I am casting a spell...

"[PRISON]" a mage casted a spell on me... but I move away to avoid it, while still casting the spell...

I can feel that there are two mages...

Fire & Water Mage, and a Wind & Earth Mage...

"Fire Magic... [BATTLECRY]" one of the mage said... and all of them glows red... the assassins will fight much fiercely...

"Wind Magic... [SWIFT]" and all of the assassins glows green... they will move much faster...

"Water Mage... [MAGICRESISTANCE]" and all of the assassins glows blue... they will have more resistance toward magic...

"Earth Magic... [EARTHDEFENSE]" and all of the assassins glows brown... they will have more resistance toward physical attack

How harsh is this... what a cruel fate I am facing...

I am still closing my eyes and casting the spell...

A swordsman is coming toward me... and launches series of attack...

I dodge most of them, but I got a small damage...

They are in a different level...

I moved back until...

A wall behind my back!?

And an Axe user come toward me and about to behead me... but I dodge it...

Again a swordsman and a spearman come toward me... but I dodge most of the attack... until...

Ugh...

I got hit by an arrow...

That arrow... I am not able to detect the presence...

I dodge most of the attack then...

Their combinations are too good...

A swordsman and the axe guy come closer and try to hit me at the same time...

I feel a bit dizzy now... but then I remember Nate...

He is trying really hard...

I should not give up!

I jumped up higher, and I never expected that someone has been waiting for that opportunity...

The spearman threw his spear, and aim for my heart... but I move a little bit, so that it hit my shoulder instead directly to my heart...

Not only the spear that hit me, but an arrow pierce my belly during the midair...

When I return to the ground, I spit out the blood... and now I can't barely move...

My vision...

I moved back slowly but... my back hit a wall... and they cornered me...

"You are finish..." William said...

I feel that everyone has surrounded me in this corner...

And I decided to open my eyes...

Casting spell with my eyes close are faster for me...

I looked around, and the eleven of them surround me...

Indeed there are no more escape...

I looked above my head... and I can see that I am leaning toward the Central Cathedral...

"There is no more escape..." I said...

William nodded in agreement...

"But..." I said

William looked at me seriously... and he notices that I just talked with him... which mean that I have finished casting my spell...

"Kill hi-"

"[NATURALSELECTION]" I shouted and hit the floor with my hand...

A tree grows from it, and then more trees are growing... covering the whole plaza...

Vines are growing from the trees and pierced my enemies...

While the trees keep growing in height and also in area...

It reaches the wall now... and it is as tall as the cathedral now...

Now... it covers the whole Haven...

The vines are entering every house... and rooms inside this city... it kills everyone that I thought as my enemy...

My enemy is, those who follows Navroth... and my ally is those who still have faith on us...

And I fall to the ground...

I passed out...

Find the staff... my last consciousness is transferred to the vines...

I am moving really fast inside the central cathedral...

And the staff cant be found in the bas.e.m.e.nt... not in the first, second, third, until the tenth floor...

The staff... I see it...

I grab the staff using the vines... and I keep it inside the tree I created on the tenth floor...

Jeremiel... now is your turn...

I finally did it!... something like what my ancestor did...

But they died protecting something, how about me? I died because of finding this stupid staff...

Somehow I laughed... what an irony...

This is not a bad ending after all...

Wait... what is this image... everything is so foggy...

Jeremiel... you were so helpless back there...

I am seeing a baby Jeremiel... in a craddle

Jeremiel... you are the only one that can change the world...

Now...

He has grown...

"Jeremiel?" I called his name...

"Hmmm? Grandpa?" he called me back...

Grandpa?!

"Nico?!" I said

And he smiled on me...

Ah, yes Nico... he is much stronger than his father... and I believe in him as well...

I patted his head...

"Goodbye Nico..." I said to him and smiled...

He then looked at me with a confuse face...

Nico... Jeremiel... both of you are the hope of this world...

The trees and vines are keep growing... and it reaches outside the city...

All of the enemy of Zerotus were killed... and those who is on the Navroth side were killed...

Zerotus killed a total of 10.000 people, soldiers, civilian, and even assassins...

Those who is on the side of King Ethen and the Maxwell are still alive...

Eighth and his 10 S-Ranked assassins are dead as well...

Haven now turns into a forest and it is all because of Zerotus Maxwell's spell...

=== Nicolas Point of View ===

'Goodbye Nico...' a voice from my heart...

Out of a sudden I cried...

"H-Huh?" I said in surprised... and I feel my heart really hurt...

"N-Nisan... why are you crying?" Ed asked me

We are on our way to Vosen...

"I-I don't know... but something is not right..." I said

I wipe my tears...

Eria and Roxane looked concern...

Ethan and Bran are on the driver seat...

Rin looked at me worriedly...

"Nico... something bad is happening..." Rin said to me...

I nodded as well...

Goodbye? That was Grandpa's voice...

Grandpa... please stay safe...

=== Clement Point of View ===

What is this weird feeling...

My c.h.e.s.t feels really hurt...

Now I have a bad feeling about this...

"C-Clement-sama? Are you sick?" Precilla asked me...

"N-No... but I have a bad feeling..." I said to Precilla...

What is happening...

Everyone, stay safe...

=== Jeremiel Point of View ===

So, what is wrong with my body...

I never feels this weird... I am shaking out of a sudden...

Nico? Ed? Is something happen with both of them?

I used my Clairvoyant and search for Nico... but it is blurry...

I let a sigh in relieved...

He is still alive...

Next... Ed, and it is blurry...

Fiuh, I let a sigh in relieved...

Clement?

I search of Clement... and...

The images are blurry...

He is safe...

Tousan?

I use my Clairvoyant... and...

Blank... it is dark and cold... and I did not see anything...

Tousan... what did you do...

What happened...

"J-Jeremiel-sama!" one of my Protector shouted...

The other four looked at me in confusion...

A-Am I crying?!

What is actually happening...

I wiped my tears...

"Phobos... Deimos..." I called both of their name...

Both of them are my Protector...

Protector is the same as Commander in Perius Kingdom, and Admiral in Aerios Kingdom...

"Go and find Zerotus Maxwell as fast as possible..." I said to him...

Everyone looked surprised with my initiative...

I am currently sitting on my throne...

"Jeremiel-sama... we have not left this kingdom for more than ten years... are you sure about this?" Europa asked me...

I nodded...

"Phobos, Deimos, bring the fastest Pegasus with you, and make sure not to be spotted" Umbriel said...

Everyone looked at me... and I nodded as my agreement with Umbriel...

"Then, please excuse us..." Phobos said...

And both Deimos and Phobos are leaving...

"Your highness... are you sure about this?" Europa asked me once more...

"Yes, my father is dead... and I have to find out why..." I said

The other three of my Protector looked surprised...

"I understand..." Titania said

Europa and Umbriel nodded as well...

Tousan... you haven't seen my last son...

In a sudden, I remember on a day, where Okasan is still alive...

I was in a forest, with Kasan...

I hold Kasan's hand, while she carried Clement..

We walk alongside the river...

"Kasan... why do we have to live here? While Uncle is a King..." I asked Kasan...

At that time, I was 5 years old...

"Hmmm, let me give a thought..." Kasan said while thinking...

She is a beautiful woman with a long black hair...

"Tousan do not want us to become a royalty..." Kasan said with a smile...

"Huh? Why?" I asked...

At that time... I thought become a royalty is something really cool...

"You see, there are a lot of things that you haven't see in this world..." Kasan said while patting my head...

"There are a lot of problems, when you decided to become a royalty..." Kasan said...

"But everyone loves Uncle Erhart..." I said

At that time, Erhart Perius is the King of Perius Kingdom...

"They do love Uncle Erhart... but you see, there are a lot of people hates him too..." Kasan said...

I looked at her... wanting to know a lot from her...

"Why do people hates him?" I asked...

Kasan gives me a smile...

"You should ask to the person in front of you..." She said...

And when I looked forward...

"Tousan!" I said and running toward him...

I give him a hug and he carry me...

"Jeremy!" he said happily...

"Tousan... why do we have to live here?" I asked Tousan...

"Huh? Is that a problem? Look at this place... isn't it beautiful?" He asked me...

We live in a beautiful forest once, where river flows... and trees everywhere...

"It is beautiful..." I said

"Then, what is your problem!" Tousan said while patting my head...

I remain silent...

"Ummm, should we live outside the forest?" I asked...

Tousan looked at me...

"Why is it?" He asked me while giving a smile...

"I-I thought we are a God for them..." I said...

Tousan looked surprised... and he looked at Kasan...

Kasan looked surprised as well...

"How do you know?" Kasan asked...

"W-When I was playing in the forest... I found a traveler..." I said

Kasan looked surprised... also Tousan...

"And they bowed at me... saying that I am a God..." I continue

"W-Wait... when did it happen?" Kasan asked me seriously...

She looks... afraid...

"Y-Yesterday..." I said...

Tousan and Kasan looked at each other...

And both of them run toward our house... Kasan carried Clement, and Tousan is carrying me...

"You see Jeremy... not everyone believes us as a God..." Tousan said...

"B-But..."

"And those person who come to this forest... is not a good person..." Tousan said...

"W-Why?" I asked...

"Because... I asked Mera Sect to close the forest for us..." Tousan said...

"Which is?" Tousan asked me...

And I remain silent...

"Those who comes here are not from the Mera Sect..." Tousan said while still running toward our house...

Not from Mera Sect? So who came?

When we are getting closer... the house is still there...both Kasan and Tousan enters our house

"Margareth! Take important stuff only!" Tousan said to her... and she nodded...

She moves to a room while carrying my little brother...

Tousan moved to the other room... and take a... sword and a staff...

A-Are we going to fight or what?

Also, Tousan put me down, and wears a robe...

"Tousan... where are we going?" I asked in fear...

"We should leave this place..." Tousan said...

"B-But why?" I asked...

"Because, our place is known..." Tousan said...

"And?" I asked...

Tousan looked at me seriously...

"All of the people you have seen, is showing respect and love toward us..." Tousan explained...

"But, those people are only 1 of 10 people..." Tousan said...

Now I remain silent...

"So, you mean... the other 9 is..." I said

But I hear an explosion from outside...

Tousan immediately carry me... and move to the other room...

But after we left the room...

I can't even take a breath...

"K-Kasan!" I shouted...

The other room is completely destroyed... half of the house is destroyed...

Tousan immediately searches for her...

And...

I hear a crying voice from a debris...

Tousan immediately get there... and see a body...

"K-Kasan!" I jumped from Tousan and hug Kasan...

I am crying... but Kasan is not awake...

"Kasan! Kasan! KASAN!" I shouted...

But she is not responding...

I wish that I could use a Healing Magic...

Healing Magic... I read it once...

It was belong to the Holy Attributes...

"Create... Light..." I said

And a white spherical orb flying above my head...

Tousan looked surprised...

"H-Healing Magic!" I casted on her...

But...

Nothing happen...

Meanwhile Tousan is standing behind me...

I looked at him, at he looked at me sadly...

"W-Why it is not working!" I shouted...

"Because you haven't learn it yet!" Tousan said with loud voice...

Even I am surprised...

Then I hear Clement's crying...

Tousan immediately moved me aside... and also, Kasan...

Clement is alive!... he was protected by Kasan...

"C-Clement!" I called his name... and Tousan take him and carried him...

He then carried me as well... and Tousan started to run away...

B-But... "K-Kasan is there!" I shouted...

Tousan did not say anything and keep running...

"T-Tousan! Kasan is left behind!" I shouted at him...

And Tousan did not respond anything...

W-World...

This world is cruel...

I see this vision, where Tousan hunt an animal... and kill it...

We were having fun back then... but now...

I just know that living thing will eventually die...

Now... I remain silent along the way... while still water flowing from my eyes...

Tousan looked at me, but he changed back his view to the forest...

Uncle Erhart... where is he?

Why is he not here! When we need him! But Tousan is always there when Uncle Erhart needs Tousan...

I thought the King should be there for his people... where is he!

'They do love Uncle Erhart... but you see, there are a lot of people hates him too...' Kasan said...

Is that why... people starting to hate each other... hatred...

In the next few days... we are escorted by the soldiers...

We are now inside Epius... and directly head to the Royal Palace...

When we leave the carriage... King Erhart has been waiting for us...

Tousan give a bow... but...

"Y-You!" I shouted and yelled at him...

I give a punch to his stomach...

And the soldiers around us... and also Ethen looked surprised...

The soldiers come closer to stop me but...

King Erhart raise his hand... and stopped the soldier...

And he immediately hugged me...

Also, I begin to cry...

"W-Why! Why are you not there for us!" I shouted at him...

"I am sorry, but I don't know that it is going to happen..." King Erhart said...

I am hugging him now... and still crying...

After quite a while... he carried me...

"Zerotus... I am sorry..." King Erhart said...

Tousan did not say anything...

But he nodded...

"We are leaving..." Tousan said...

"No..." King Erhart said...

"I told you already... I am not a capable King... the first bloodline should take it..." King Erhart said...

Tousan face the opposite way...

"No, we are the Kingsguard of House Perius... since Maxim Maxwell decided that already..." Tousan said...

Maxim? Who is he...

"A Perius is the best King for Human Race..." Tousan said...

King Erhart remain silent...

"After what just happened... why are you still able to say that... I am not the Sword and Shield of the people..." King Erhart said...

"You are... and you are the right person who fit for the throne..." Tousan said...

Tousan... he is strong...

I will be stronger too...

Fine, I have decided... when I grow older... I make my own kingdom... where people loves each other...

I will always be there... for my people...

But now... I am not there when Tousan need me...

"Jeremiel-sama... are you alright?" Umbriel asked me...

I am crying once more...

Tousan... you had it rough don't you...

His whole life... fighting alongside with the Beastman Race... and become their hero...

We could have live there... but instead, you still follow your duty, becoming the shield of House Perius...

You live humbly... become a teacher, and taught my son... while I live here in my own Kingdom...

You are the person I admire the most...

And I should have told you...

"Thank you..."

Navroth Point of View

Eighth... you did a great job...

Zerotus... it is your time to take a rest... you live with hardship, where you live by yourself alone... your wife left you, Jeremiel build his own Kingdom, and Clement become the next shield of House Perius...

You have completed your duty... and bring two of your sons to greatness...

A soldier come inside the throne room...

"Orphamiel is going inside the labyrinth" the soldier said...

"Good..." I said

Who is inside the labyrinth... Nico and the other are in Aerios Kingdom...

Clement? Rueger? Ninth? Where are they...

"How about Alduir?" I asked the soldier...

"No news from him..." the soldier said...

But then another soldier come...

He bow in front of me and say...

"Alduir has set sail from Aerios Kingdom and head for Qiteron Kingdom..." the soldier said...

Good...

Euclio is a real threat... we should aim for his head...

I am sorry Nico... but I have to kill your best friend... even after I killed your Grandpa... world is crueler than you thought...

A week after Zerotus's death...

=== Clement Point of View ===

I hope everyone is safe outside...

I have this bad dream, what is actually happening out there...

Tousan or Nisan?... are both of them okay?

Lately, I always dream about my childhood... I wonder why...

"Clement-sama... dinner is ready..." Precilla said...

"Okay, thank you Precilla" I said and she left my house door...

Nicolas, Nate, Nathalia... also Ed... I hope each of you survive...

T-They will... I put my faith on them...

I leave my bed and bring my sword outside with me...

The first thing I see every time I am awake, is the giant tree in the middle of the labyrinth's floor...

"Good morning" Fredrich greeted me...

"Good morning Fredrich... how's your day?" I asked him...

"I am great... I have been training my Vareos Style with Persey..." Fredrich said...

Vareos Style is a style for spear-wielder that play defensively...

"I see... that's great, you will surpass me in no time..." I said to Fredrich...

"That would take some time..." Fredrich said with a smile...

We walked through the houses... and pass the teleportation circle...

I see Lisa is standing in front of her house...

"Good morning Clement-sama..." Lisa greeted me...

"Good morning Lisa... Have you seen Maxim?" I asked her

Since we need him in case of emergency...

"Maxim left us this morning, he said that he has something to do..." Lisa said...

"I see... thank you, let's eat..." I said and she nodded...

Maxim left... I don't actually mind, since this place is very peaceful... there won't be any threat...

The thing that should I give a thought, is those who are outside this labyrinth...

But... a 0% chance of intruder is impossible...

There could be even, a chance of 0.001% of someone enters this place... but a possibility is a possibility, it doesn't mean that it is impossible...

After giving such thought... I hear a loud explosion from the entrance of the floor...

"W-What is that??" Rick come closer to me and asked...

What is going on...

I have a bad feeling now...

No one has destroyed the boulders... if Nico or the other come, they will put down the wall... not destroying it like that...

"Persey! Take the children and go..." I said to Persey who is currently in the dining room...

"But, the horses..." Persey said...

Yes... the horses are near the entrance...

"Should we fight?" Precilla asked...

"No... finding this place is almost impossible, those who found this place must be very strong... and one of the most resourceful person..." I said...

"I can scout that area if you want..." Lisa said...

"It's too risky... let's hide to the bas.e.m.e.nt!" I said... and everyone run toward the bas.e.m.e.nt under the dining room...

We made this in case of emergency... and also, we have food supplies...

And this room has a passage toward the waterfall...

We are now waiting...

There are three walls before you reached this floor...

The first explosion is must be the outer wall... there are distances from wall to wall...

And now...

'BOOOM!!!'

The second explosion can be heard... and the floor is trembling...

"Persey, Lisa, both of you run to waterfall trough the secret path... make sure to see everything, who attack us... and whether is it possible to defeat him..." I said to both Persey and Lisa...

Both of them nodded...

And run toward the waterfall through the secret passage under the ground...

"Karl, Rick, Fredrich... watch the bas.e.m.e.nt entrance..." I said

The three of them nodded...

And finally, the last explosion can be heard...

'BOOMMMM'

It is louder, since it is closer...

And we wait...

Wait for quite a long of time...

Is there someone up there...

I don't hear anything... until...

"Teleportation Circle..." I heard a voice from above...

He is right above us...

And I can see Persey and Lisa come slowly...

Both of them shows an X on their hand... means, we can't defeat the person above us...

Who is he...

Persey come closer and prepare his stance...

This looks like a serious problem...

"Why this place is so quite... I am sure that there were several people here..." the voice above us sounds...

H-How can he be so sure...

And I can hear footsteps above us...

"The food... is still warm..." the person said...

And I looked at Precilla...

She is a bit shaking...

"They should have heard when I destroyed the boulder of rock..." he said...

...

His predictions are all correct...

In no time, he will know this place...

I give a sign language and ask everyone to walk slowly toward the waterfall...

Everyone nodded...

We walk slowly... and we don't make any sound... until...

Fredrich kicked a stone...

Everyone become silent... no one move...

But...

'BOOOOMM!'

Our secret passage entrance has been found...

He destroyed the secret passage ceiling with his sword...

T-That is... Orphamiel... the sixth?!

"So, this is where you hide..." he said while facing us...

"RUNN!" I shouted and everyone started to run...

But Orphamiel is not a play thing... he is the sixth, we can't just run easily, which is why...

"I'll hold him for you... Run!" Persey said...

"Persey!" Julian called him...

"Run!" Persey shouted and Persey take his broadsword from his back...

"Stay alive!" Julian said... and Persey nodded,

All of us started to run... while Persey defended us from sixth...

All of us keep running and finally we reach to the end of the passage, which is behind the waterfall... and we started to run toward the horses...

But as we got closer, we realize that... all of the horses has been killed..

"Clement-dono... we should fight..." Karl said to me...

I nodded...

We can't escape...

All of us hear an explosion under the lake... it is from the secret passage, where we left Persey fight against Orphamiel...

Then, both of them fly toward the sky, and fight mid-air...

They do not fly, but it is from a high jump...

Persey... he is getting better...

"[FIREBALL]" Karl said and he shot a [FIREBALL] toward Orphamiel... but he cut through it... and, it gives opportunity to Persey...

Persey come closer and try to hit Orphamiel... but Orphamiel dodge it...

And finally both of them landed on the ground...

Persey is in front of us...

He sees the horses and knows that we can't run...

"Then, let's fight together..." Persey said with a smile...

"Let's do it..." I said...

All of us take out our weapon and prepare ourselves...

But in an instant...

He is behind us...

"Rick!" I shouted...

And...

Rick dodge his attack...

"Ho?" Orphamiel looked surprised...

Lisa instantly attack Orphamiel, but then Rick is kicked away, and Persey joined the fight... also I join the fight, and try to kill him with my sword... it is a 3 vs 1... but we can't even touch him...

But we can still read his movement...

After the three of us moved back...

"[FIREBALL]" Karl said and shot another fire magic...

And again, Orphamiel slash the [FIREBALL] and we enter the fight once more...

Julian is not a fighter, he can't help us...

Rick and Fredrich enter the battlefield and we are catching up with him...

I launched an attack, he dodge it... Persey do it as well with his broadsword and he dodge it once more... Rick launch his attack but he parried it... but parrying is a mistake... and Fredrich able to pierce his shoulder...

Orphamiel moved back a little...

And so did us...

We need to prepare our combo once more...

It is quite a success... we could hit him once.. and the next combo will hit more...

"Ready?" I asked...

Everyone nodded...

"[FIREBALL]" Karl said...

Orphamiel dodge the fire magic, and run toward me...

But Persey come closer to me, and swing his giant sword, which makes him move back, Lisa and Rick launch their attack at the same time, and he dodge both of the attack, but Fredrich keep his distance with Orphamiel within his range of attack...

Fredrich... he then use his shield to block an attack launched by Orphamiel, and Persey give Orphamiel a heavy slash to Orphamiel...

Orphamiel dodge the attack by lowering his body, and launch an attack to Persey... but Precilla come closer and protect Persey with her shield...

That is Precilla's job... protecting us, as a support... alongside with Karl...

"All of you are tougher than I thought..." Orphamiel said..

And Lisa is actually behind Orphamiel...

When Lisa launches a hidden attack. Orphamiel noticed it a bit late... and he dodge the attack, but he got a scratch from Lisa's dagger on his face...

He wiped his blood...

And all of us return to our position...

"It seems that I have to go all out.." Orphamiel said with a smile...

And the serious battle begin...