I felt the sound more than heard it, and Yuri’s shriek made my heart sink to my stomach.
Why can’t I protect anyone in this life?
I looked at Nikolai’s body, sprawled on the floor as Yuri raged on against Quintus.
That’s why he didn’t want his son to be a part of his world.
He didn’t want Nikolai to get caught in this kind of crossfire.
And I couldn’t do anything to protect him.
Not in my previous life, not in this one...
"I told you he wasn’t going to make it. That you weren’t going to be able to save him, didn’t I?" Quintus spoke straight to , while holding Yuri’s head like it was a toy.
And his words hit like a bomb.
I heard those words before, when I saved Nikolai in the abandoned warehouse at the docks.
Quintus’ hand was growing back as he started to crush Yuri’s head like a fruit, but I wasn’t going to let him do it again.
It didn’t matter how fast and strong he seed to be, I was faster and stronger.
I had to be.
I threw the other dagger towards my brother’s wrist, and luckily it was able to sever his hand, freeing Yuri from Quintus’ grasp. He took a few steps back, his face bleeding from a few bruises, but overall looking fine.
"DON’T GET NEAR HIM!" I shouted to Yuri, charging against him and taking him out of the way as soon as an enormous mana wave was sent towards where he stood.
"Where the hell did you appear from, kid?" Yuri’s eyes widened at my sight.
"No ti to explain, just follow my lead!" And I started to run, feeling the mana trail as it ca in huge bursts in our direction.
’System, can I lend...’ I imdiately stopped thinking.
If the weapons were left to by Orkas, and were bound to my soul, it was up to if I could lend one of my weapons to soone, not the system.
Imdiately I summoned [MIDNIGHT BALLAD] and put it in Yuri’s hand.
"Put it to good use, I’m lending you this for this fight, now do as I say and we might win this."
Yuri looked at a bit confused, but nodded and started moving around again.
Maybe it was his ability, [BLADE PROFICIENCY], but he seed to be able to wield the sword as well as a master swordsman, running around and following my words when I said that he could get closer and attack.
I joined him, splitting Quintus’ attention between the two of us, which made it harder for him to focus.
Good.
Let’s see how you deal with a few more of myself.
[GHOST STEPS OF A THOUSAND FEET]
I felt my body becoming lighter than a feather and began moving around, and it felt amazing!
Even I was able to see my afterimages, which definitely made Quintus more and more confused.
It looked like I was all around and all over him. Even Yuri looked srized by the sight of my skill.
I was able to strike him four tis along with Yuri, but when I was about to strike the sixth ti, Quintus’ eyes glowed more brightly in that sick red hue, and a shockwave sent and Yuri violently flying towards a wall.
It made see stars, but I tried to get my bearings as I got up, stumbling in my own footsteps.
"You think you can win with just this? Why don’t you just co and let assimilate you? It would be way easier for you..."
His voice now didn’t sound like my brother’s, it sounded more like the one I got so used to hear after I ca back to life...
"So it is you after all... I didn’t want to believe it, but how?"
I felt his hand squeezing my face again but my vision took a while to focus on his face.
"What took you so long to understand?" He smiled, crazy. "You’re just a part of that went wrong, just co back. I’ll fix you..."
Yuri charged to attack, but he wasn’t fast enough, letting Quintus grab the hand holding [MIDNIGHT BALLAD] and breaking it like a twig.
I felt sothing inside breaking, snapping. I didn’t feel the rage I rembered from killing Octavius, but the power of my awakening roared, hotter and hotter.
I still didn’t know what kind of power it was, but it felt like a tidal wave crashing over .
And Quintus’ hand began to sll burned as he took his hand away from , releasing from his grasp.
Yuri on the other hand, wasn’t so lucky.
Quintus took his face with his burned hand, and Yuri began being absorbed, screaming, shrieking in absolute, painful horror.
But I couldn’t move.
I felt tired, falling to my knees, but I still could see Quintus’ body falling down, looking at while saying his last words.
"You won’t... Be able... To... Save them..."
And when his body fully disintegrated, there was only that red crystal remaining.
I walked towards it, looking at Nikolai, his body completely snapped in impossible angles, and at Yuri, his body nothing but a dried up mummy.
I couldn’t save anyone again, and when I reached towards the crystal, I heard Arias’ voice again.
|Do not take it! Leave it be, you won’t be able to overco three pieces at once, no matter how you managed to ta the first two fragnts.|
"First... Two fragnts?"
So it was really this that gave the system and allowed to co back to life in this world...?
’But what will happen if I leave it here? Won’t anyone find it and allow more of... It to happen?’
|Sotis that’s the only thing one can do...|
I huffed, frustration taking over .
This ti, I couldn’t just agree with Arias, so ripped a piece of my shirt and grabbed the crystal from the floor, placing it in my pocket, carefully wrapped.
’Sorry Arias, I know you know better than , sohow, but I can’t allow more of this to happen. I have to go save Evellyn and the others.’
And I started running towards the school as fast as I could.
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