Chapter 69: Who Is Jetos?
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-Ugh, where am I? – A random person opened their eyes – My chest. What happened? – Suddenly, flashbacks of her deaths consumed her mind. She looked down and saw her broken armor. She touched herself and saw she had no injuries – How am I alive?
The person stood up. She started walking and looking around. Corpses of fallen soldiers and monsters surrounded the place. Her head still hurt and she was exhausted. After some time of walking, she arrived at what was supposed to be a camp, but it was destroyed. She was disturbed. She went inside one of the torn up tents, and laid down.
-My head. – She put her hand on her forehead – Jetos, that monster. He would've done this... - She looked at her hand - How am I alive? – She was confused.
After an hour she stood up and headed towards the city of Mal. When she arrived, she was devastated. The city was in ruins.
-What happened while I was away? – She thought.
She started looking around for food and water. After a while, she couldn't find anything and gave up.
-Guess I'll just go to the main road. – She heard something fall down – Who is there? – She shouted with menacing intent.
A stray Bebel ran from the ruins. She barely dodged it.
-*Tsk* I'm too exhausted to fight!
The Bebel attacked again. She rolled away and found a metal poll. She picked it up and when the it pounced on her, she pierced the Bebel in the heart, killing it. She wiped of her sweat.
-Don't *Huff* underestimate the Silver Rose, Maya. – Maya sat down – I need to leave, fast.
*Meanwhile*
-The crystal, it's shattered. – Said Sukoda.
-Who was that woman, she has immense aura. – Duster started walking down the stairs – More importantly, what happened to him?
Duster approached passed out Jetos. He kicked him and Jetos rolled on his back. Duster put his leg on his chest.
-He is out cold. – Said Duster – His aura is non-existent, it's like he is in a coma.
Sukoda looked behind the broken wall. He had an angry face.
-He succeeded. – He banged his leg on the cracked floor – We couldn't stop him.
Duster glanced over the elite guard. He smiled and took out gloves from his pockets.
-What can we do my friend! We did what we could.
Sukoda looked over in disgust.
-Huh? – He started walking down the stairs – How can you speak in that tone, when some monster is out there, AND MAY KILL INNOCENT PEOPLE!
Duster didn't respond. He put his gloves on and headed towards the exit. This made Sukoda even more angry.
-HEY! I didn't even ask, you knew Jetos name, right? Were you in all of this? Are you a traitor!?
Duster stopped and turned his head around.
-Don't act like a kid please, elite guard-san. Take Jetos before he is unconscious.
Sukoda clenched his fist in anger. He knew he didn't have the time to fight him.
-The armor will be too heavy, make it disappear.
Duster giggled.
-What's the magic word? – He looked over and saw Sukoda wasn't in a joking mood – Fineee. – He said in a tired way and walked over.
He took off his glove.
-This is some rare and powerful equipment, are you sure you want me to turn it into dust? – Asked Duster.
-You are probably right. – Answered Sukoda. He calmed down a bit.
After some time, with some effort, they removed his armor.
-In this state he is, I don't think he will wake up until tomorrow? – Said Duster and wiped off sweat from his forehead.
-How can you be so sure? – Asked Sukoda.
-Just my theory. – Said Duster, smiled and stuck his tongue out.
Sukoda got a bit annoyed, but didn't get provoked. He looked down and saw Jetos stomach was bandaged.
-Should we remove the bandages? – Asked Sukoda.
Duster took a goofy thinking pose.
-I always wondered what was below them.
-What? You knew this? – Asked confused Sukoda.
-Yeah, he showed me once when we were on a quest. – Answered Duster in a relaxed way.
-What? – This made Sukoda even more confused.
-We were in the same party at the adventurer's guild in Nissel. – Said Duster in a somewhat sad tone – I don't know why he did this.
-YOU D...
-I don't want to talk about that topic anymore. – Duster got serious for one second, then returned to being goofy – Well what are we waiting for, let's remove the bandages!
Sukoda looked at Duster. He saw the immense pain he was carrying from his smile. He decided trust Duster and started removing the bandages. Both of their eyes couldn't comprehend. On Jetos stomach was a massive scar with the form of an X.
-This... - Said Duster – This isn't a battle scar..
-There's no way this is what I think it is. – Said Sukoda in a trembling voice.
-Jetos... - Duster bit his lip and clenched his fist – I BELIEVED YOU WOULDN'T DO ALL OF THIS!
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