I AM AN ATHEIST

Twist and Turns

The Royal Palace of the city Yuzu was working just how it worked, the court, the royal kitchen, the imperial guards, everything was right in its place except a single person.

This person was missing, he always used to follow the king, he rarely missed the court but today he was absent.

This person was currently walking to and fro in the garden.

" Razor, stop worrying so much"

A man walked towards this person while carrying a water bottle which he intended to give it to this person.

As soon as he heard the voice, Razor stopped moving around, at the same time he walked towards the man with the bottle until they met.

" Brother-in-law, I am trying to stay calm but my heart does not seem to listen to me, I... I am having an ominous feeling that something might have happened to them "

Hearing Razor, Alfred opened the bottle cap, taking a sip of water he said: " your name as over pampered father is well deserved".

" Take this to keep your mind calm", the king then offered the water to Razor.

Razor did not refuse the king, he took the bottle and gulped down the water, then returned it after making sure that the bottle was empty.

" Razor, you don't believe me but I am as worried as you but it is necessary"

Taking back the bottle, while scratching his beard the king said.

" I believe you brother-in-law" Razor did not doubt the words of the king as he knew his brother-in-law more than anyone else.

" There is something, I always wanted to talk to you about, it's about your sons "

Hearing the king's words, Razor enlarged his ear, after all, it's about his sons, no father would refuse it.

"you don't have to worry about them, they would return alive while also becoming strong "

" The thing that will drive them would be the fear, the fear of death".

King assured.

The words of the king couldn't be taken lightly, Razor did not doubt it at all, he knew how the king's evaluation always turned right.

" However I can not see my son coming alive if he remains as he is now "

King continued.

Razor did not understand because the prince was outstanding, either it was sportsmanship or literacy no other young man in the kingdom could compete with the prince.

Razor opened his mouth to ask but was stopped by the king's sign of the palm.

" I know what you want to ask, Xavier's talent is the best that the kingdom could offer, but the talent he displayed was just a fraction of his original potential"

" He did not reach his maximum potential because he had no rivals or goals"

" Xavier is not afraid of death but it also means, so he can not reach his full potential like his cousins"

" Your sons may even leave him behind if Xavier couldn't unlock his potential"

" In the morning, you have asked me why I have not sent soldiers to escort them, the reason was simple"

" It is just, I want the prince to find his resolution, his goal, not only him your sons too also should know that they are weak without the protection and their identity "

" The way to the gurukul is not much danger, they should be able to handle the danger, so stop worrying "

The king would not have said it if he knew that the danger that they were currently in.

" Razor, remember that the one who sits on the thrown should not only be strong but also resolute".

The king said to Razor while picking the leaves of the plant.

At the moment, the chief general Wenton came towards the king, while bowing to Alfred he said: " Your majesty, As you predicted, the spies from the kingdom of Gala were trying to infiltrate the brothel, we caught them all".

Meanwhile in the Harbinger Valley.

When faced with the creature's gaze, Xavier also shuddered a little before charging at her with his sword.

" You wanna play with me"

Seeing a guy running towards her with a sword in his hand, she said and at the same time, she dashed forward while carrying each knife in her both hands.

Fast! Xavier shocked seeing her unnatural speed, she was at least as fast as a horse.

"Clang"

The sword and the knives collided within few breaths, Xavier was pushed back as he felt his hands going numb.

Xavier realized that she was not just fast, her strength was much greater than him.

" You blocked my attack"

She seemed to be surprised only for a while before saying "now block this one", then she swung her right arm while pulling it from the very backside of her waist.

" clang "

Xavier blocked her knife, but his hand was pushed aside due to the force behind it.

Giving him no chance to stabilise his arm, she made a complete rotation to her right side while her left arm was heading towards Xavier's throat with the full kinetic force resulted due to the rotation.

Things happened within one breath, Xavier was completely at disadvantage.

The onlookers could tell that, there was a very wide gap between the parties in every aspect from strength to skill level, the creature seems to be superior.

Xavier knew if he could not dodge the knife, he would be done for, with a quick decision in his mind he stabbed his leg.

"Aaa"

The sudden reflex from his nervous system made him sit with an unbelievable speed, making him avoid the knife with a hair's breadth away from his throat.

"Clang"

The sword and a knife collided again as Xavier was thrown into the ground, then she sat on him and put one of her knives on his throat.

" Should I cut you down? Should I play with you more"

She asked.

Xavier did not feel like replying, who would reply to such a question anyway.

Seeing Xavier's life was depended on her decision, someone from the onlookers came forward with a shout " Leave him, I will play with you".

It was the voice of a woman, Xavier knew who it belonged to, then he saw the knife which was on his throat slowly being lifted.

" You look weak, but still let me grant your wish"

The creature said as she stood up and dashed at Faiza.

Faiza was prepared, she unsheathed her sword and was ready for the impact but after experiencing the speed of the opponent, she understood that she had zero choices of blocking her attack.

She knew it even before she interrupted her that she was not her match at all, she did not know why she did it, maybe because she did not want to see him die, she felt her heartache when he wounded himself.

She closed her eyes awaiting her death but was surprised with a " clang".

Opening her eyes, she saw two people in front of her.

They blocked her knives simultaneously while supporting each other.

" Golu, you came back to senses "

one of them said.

"Yes Molu, How can I let my sister-in-law die here"

The other person said.

Surprisingly it was the cowards Golu and Molu who blocked the attack.

What did they just call me? Sister-in-law? Faiza blushed when she heard them calling her sister-in-law while forgetting about the situation.

" Interesting, Interesting you were the second one to block my attacks from the morning"

The creature laughed as she pulled herself back then dashed at Golu.

"clang" Golu's sword collided with one of her knives, she was rotating again.

She was using the same pattern that she used on Xavier but she miscalculated this time because when Golu's arm pushed back, a sword came from his underarm, as the tip of the sword was heading at her belly.

She tried to stop her body from being rotated to dodge the sword but it seemed that her speed was her enemy, she was not able to halt her moment at all.

"Puch"

The sword pierced through her belly, the impact made her vomit a mouthful of blood.

"How is that, you evil creature? Does it feel great? Do you still wanna play?"

Molu who stabbed her yelled.

She was injured, she could not believe it, but somehow she seemed to enjoy it.

"Hahaha, I love it"

She said as she held the blade of the sword, the other side of the sword was in Molu's hand.

Molu did not want to give her a chance to escape, He tried to push the sword deeper into her body.

"Molu"

Golu called out and appeared in front of him in a second and blocked the incoming thrown knife.

When did she? Molu sweated as he did not see that knife coming at him all.

Taking the chance, she freed herself and charged at the duo again while carrying a single knife and half injured body.

"Clang"

She was attacking with a single hand while her other hand was being used to stop the bleeding from the belly.

"Clang"

"Clang"

"Clang"

"Clang"

"Clang"

She was using everything she can to attack, but they looked useless in front of the duo.

The duo was not actively attacking, they were defending.

She tried every possible way she can think of to c***k the defence which included attacking while jumping down from the nearby tree, using her strength to overpower them separately, using her speed as an advantage.

But nothing worked, the duo's coordination reached a very high level, every time she used her speed and strength as an advantage, they blocked her attack either by blocking together or supporting each other physically.

Whenever she tried to separate them, they seemed to understand her intention and came together and when she tried to attack one's blind spot the other would guard it.

The fun she was having soon turned bitter, she was annoyed by not being able to penetrate their defence.

" They have improved" Xavier who was watching the battle from sidelines exclaimed.

Xavier fought with the duo two years ago and lost the battle utterly and after two years he thought that the duo would not be a match for him or if they fought it would be a close battle.

And now, he understood how naive he was, Golu and Molu were when combined were much stronger than him.

" Clang"

"Clang"

" Clang"

After another few exchanges, both the parties were tired, especially the woman was tired and still, she was bleeding.

Golu and Molu also tired because they have to defend against a force which was much greater than what their current selves could handle, they were mentally tired too as the coordination and cooperation required the brain usage.

" Zena, you became weak, you could not even handle two clowns"

A figure appeared on a branch of a nearby tree, he had similar features, a human body with no clothes or skin.

Xavier did now only remembered the words of Foen, he referred her as them not you.

Xavier understood that Foen knew there could more than one butcher.

Thinking about Foen, he looked around, however, he could not find him, his doubt was soon cleared when the man threw a human head down.

The head fell just a few metres away from him, Xavier could see the terrified face of Foen.

" This rat was escaping, so I took care of him for you".

The man said.

" Now, now looks like we have to take care of all these clowns"

The man said, then keeping the fingers in his mouth he whistled, the whistle looked to be a sign of calling people as more of such kinds appeared on the surrounding trees

There were more than ten butchers, but less than 15, all of them had either knife or axes as weapons.

They slide down the trees and encircled Xavier and co.

"I can't believe it, how did you weaklings injured Zema to such extent"

The man gazed at Golu and Molu as he said.

The butchers were taking steps towards them, Xavier also took steps back and reunited with Faiza, Golu and Molu.

They were intentionally slow as they wanted to play with their pray.

At the moment, " Roar" a roar shook the valley from the sky.

" Run he is coming," The man said before running away while abandoning the task of killing Xavier and co.

" Let's play some other time if you can survive ", after saying it out, Zema also disappeared along with her kin.