The Spirit Martial

Spirit 65

Naglalakad kaming lahat para hanapin ulit ang bagong tahanan ng mga demons pero ang awkward grabe. I'm walking beside Kailani at nakatitig sa amin si Kali na nasa likoran namin. He kept on staring at Kailani at lilipat sa akin sa kalaunan. It's kind of bothering me at kahit gusto kong magreklamo, hindi ko kaya. I cannot even look at him in the eyes. Wala na akong mukhang maihaharap sa kanya. I just had s*x with Kailani, his brother- in the woods!!! WOODS WITH DEMONS! AND HE SAW IT!

Nabigla ako nang tumigil sina Gin kaya napatigil kami. I glanced up at tumigil rin sina Argo at Lor. I glanced at Hugo and Hex na katabi lang nina Gin and they were stunned.

"What's wrong?" Nieve asked at nagalakad paharap sa amin para sumilip. His eyes widened and he swallowed hard- hard enough to give me anxiety. Parang ayaw kong tumingin sa harap. Naglakad si Kali paharap rin at ganon lang din ang reaction niya kaya mas ayaw kong makita ang nakikita nila. Kailani began to peek and he frozed. What is it?!

I had no choice but to gather my courage and I peeked. My eyes widened at parang humiwalay na ata ang kaluluwa ko mula sa katawan ko.

"W-What ... is that? W-Who-" napatigil ako nang naalala ko ang sinabi ni Lor sa akin.

Gin and Tempest had a younger brother when they went to rescue Hex and Hugo. The last time they saw him is him- being pierced with spears by the demons and that's it. Wala nang balita na umabot sa kanila but- why? why do we have to see this? why us? why them? We are staring at a rotten body, standing because of the spears na nakatusok sa katawan nito. Most of the body are bones at may ibang parte pa na may mga natitirang laman at ang daming uod. My chest began to felt tight kaya napahawak ako nito. Imagine, seeing your younger brother in this state after a couple of years.

I glanced back at Gin and his hands were trembing, pati na rin si Tempest. Hugo and Hex on the other hand looked away. Sumandal si Hex sa puno at napaupo sa ilalim nito. His hands were trembling so hard to the point na hindi na niya ito kayang kontrolin. Hugo sat on the ground at napatakip sa bibig niya habang tumutulo ang luha niya. I can't even imagine the pain they need to handle. If I were them, I'd be crazy- hindi ko kaya.

"B-Bea...than," I heard Gin whispered with a shaky voice at sumakit ang dibdib ko. I wonder if someone felt like this when I died back in my world. Seeing things like this is uneasy- hindi ko kaya, parang naiiyak ako.

I badly wanna comfort them but I feel like this situation, this moment, everything that is happening right now is planned just like how they were ambushed back then. Hindi dapat ako magpapaappekto sa ganito- I must be alert. I have to protect my team mates along-lalo na sila Gin, Tempest, Hugo, at Hex. They're too stunned to fight. Hindi nila kayang makipaglaban ng ganito.

I glanced at Kailani and he frowned. We are thinking the same thing. Nabigla ako nang lumingon si Kailani sa likoran namin. Is he sensing something we can't? He glanced at me with cautious look at napalunok ako. I saw these kind of look before when our mission was at my hometown. It means danger.

I hurriedly looked back and unleashed as many vines as I can at napalingon silang lahat sa amin.

"Aconite Web!!!" I shouted and the vines climbed through the tree at pinaligiran kaming lahat. Their eyes widened when they saw demon weapons na tumusok sa vines ko. Saktong-sakto ang timing ko kasi kung hindi, ubos kaming lahat dito. These weapons have poisons but it doesn't really affect me- it doesn't affect Kailani, Kali and Nieve as well. We are al having the same poison inside us after all.

"What the hell is going one?!" Lor panicked.

"We've been ambushed," Kali replied and clicked his tongue. Napatingin kaming lahat nina Gin pero ganon pa rin sila. They're too shock to move, it's too painful for them to handle everything.

"We'll handle the weapons," Argo said. "Can you handle the source?" he suddenly asked at nabigla ako. "This is isn't time for competition, I'm asking you four if you can handle the source?" he asked again.

"Leave it to us," Kali replied.

"Don't worry, we'll protect them," Lor answered and they both jumped behind us. "Now, go," he added.

Napatingin kaming tatlo kay Kali na captain ng team namin. Dahil sa ambush na ito, parang nawala bigla ang awkwardness na naramdaman ko kanina.

"Let's go!" he shouted and he jumped away para makalabas sa web na ginawa ko. Sumunod sina Nieve at Kailani. Bago pa ako tumalon, I glanced back for the last time and I saw Lor smiled at me. "We'll wait here," he said at tumango ako.

I jumped away at sumunod sa kanila. I used my vines to hold the trees as my vines para mas mabilis sa pagtravel. We kept protecting ourselves from the weapons and surprisingly, ang daming lower demons na nakatago lang sa kahoy kasi hindi nila kaya ang init so we had to eliminate them while evading from their attacks. Although marami sila, there is only one specific weapon that has the strongest poison but not as strong as mine at iyon ang hinahanap namin. My web caught around 5 of its weapon and there is around a hundred in total so I think wherever this source is, malayo siya sa amin. Isa pa, habang nakikipaglaban kami dito, I've never encountered any og its weapon again.

Napatigil ako at bigla rin silang napatigil habang hinahabol ang paghinga nila.

"Cygnus, what's wrong?" Kali asked.

"Proceed, I'm figuring out something," sagot ko. "Trust me, just go," sabi ko.

"Fine," Kali said with a worried tone. "Be fast," he added at tumalon ulit sila palayo habang nakikipaglaban sa mga lower demons habang ako at nakasabit lang. My vones held on the trees on each sides so I'm kinda floating right now with my eyes closed. I have to focus and find the right source para matapos na itong lahat. There is a tendency na aattakehin nila sina Lor at Argo doon kaya dapat maunahan ko siya- or sila- o kung ano or sino man ang gumawa nito.

I heard explosions na di masyadong malayo sa akin- it's probably Kali and the others. I took a deep breath and I opened my eyes. My vision turned purple and I smirked for a bit.

"Found you," I whispered and used my vines as an elastic matter para makatalon ako ng mataas- mataas pa sa mga puno. My body went upward fastly and there I saw a girl holding 10 daggers while she was floating in the air. Her eyes widened when she saw me and she began to panic. A girl? I bet she was the one who ambushed Gin and the others back then too. Ah- I'm so angry right now. Ramdam ko ang pagdaloy ng galit sa dugo ko at kabilang na doon ang kapangyarihan ko. "I'm really gonna kill you," I whispered and grabbed the other trees once again para makalapit sa kanya.

"Nuisance!!" she shouted and aimed the 10 daggers papunta sa akin. I moved my body as flexible as I can para hindi ako matamaan but unfortunately, natamaan ako ng dalawa kaya napatigil ako. She began to laugh and summoned more daggers so I laughed back at her.

"You really think you did something?" I asked and her laugh started to fade as her eyes widened. "Ambush, you ambushed Gin and the others before, right?" I asked at napalunok siya. So it's really her. I'm so tired of watching dead people- I wanna watch dead demons too. "You ambushed them because you can't handle them on your own?" I asked and she gritted her teeth. "Coward," I added with a smirk and she shouted.

"I am not!!" she shouted as her daggers pierced to me again but this time, I didn't evade so all of her daggers pierced into me.

"On behalf of our Captain, Gin and his brother," I whispered and for some reason I felt something inside me. It's surging but it's not coming out. The only thing I know is that my vines were getting thinner but stronger. This is the first time it happened. Not only that, I felt an electric current around my body. The weather even started to change but the sun is still there-it's just you can never hear thunder in a sunny day right? "I will never forgive you, and I will kill you," I added and the next thing I new, I arrived behind her in just one blink and I know for sure I arrived that fast in a lightning speed and lightning magic which I never knew I had- is it because of that electric monster I handled back then?

I never hesitated anything and just like than, my vines cut off her head and I caught it by my hand. Her body fell into the ground and I watched it as it stopped moving from the sudden cut I did. I smirked and raised the head that I am holding. Her last expression she's wearing in this head is priceless.

"I've never been so happy after killing," I whispered to myself. After all I've been through, after all the deaths that I witnessed, after all the sacrifices I knew, sawa na ako maging mabait. Somethimes being evil isn't that bad after all.

I glanced back to where I heard explosions at agad akong pumunta doon. I stopped immediately when I saw the three of them fighting off lower demons but they were large kaya nasasayang ang oras nila. I frowned when I saw Kailani's arm with a wound. Bumitaw ako sa mga kahoy and kept my vines back, allowing my self to fell into the ground.

When I landed at the ground, a thick smoke from the ground began to spread and I saw how I made a huge crater with electrical currents surrounding my foot. The smoke faded at napatingin ako sa kanila. Napaupo si Kali nang makita ang dala kong ulo.

"C-C-C-C-Cygnus?" utal-utal niyang tawag. Nieve was too surprised at nahulog niya ang hawak niyang sword.

I glanced at the lower demons na nanigas nang makita ako. What's wrong with my body? Hindi naman ako kinokontrol pero bakit parang may nagbago? I looked away and I clicked my fingers. My vines appeared and just like that- it pierced the whole group of lower demons habang papalapit ako kay Kailani. Sa kanilang tatlo, siya lang ata ang hindi nagulat sa pagdating ko. I touched his wound to heal him.

"I need blood too," he said and I smirked.

"Then bite me," I responded.

He leaned down and bit my neck. At first I was startled but I kept healing him. I glanced at Kali and Nieve who were stunned to see us. I'm sure they can tell what my mood is right now. I'm so done with this world. If I need to kill demons or humans then so be it.