ed, holding his arm as tightly

, carefully si

't sens

n mine... Is he a 4th- No maybe e

ced as he took s

lert the guild!!" He muttered to h

itality for how you treated my nephews and niece here*." Uncle Matsu

Hatagi exclai

POPPP

ck Hatagi's arms behind his back and shoved his foot into his ankle as far

another leg around in an

bbing it and slicing i

atagi upright as

tsuda ordered, droppi

appeared in fr

see it." He asked,

atsuda took out another talisman from ou

g reduced i

see?" He said,

I–" Alexim

und, facing Hatagi a

er seen Uncle angry befo

n, grabbing him by his collar he spoke: "Now then. Who exactly

concern yourself with me... *huff*" Hatag

ed his eyes

man came from before he c

k of it..." H

. blue streaks

denly

he *Onix* clan

didn't

e it clear that any Onix who leaves the city... would be

king about, Uncle Mats

"That's quite enough, yo

making his aura

hed but didn

g the *Eden Search* along with the 'cursed sinner': Runnulf. He was

that's

you are– Matsuda O

the face, sending a blast o

GHHH

nce more..." Matsuda pi

agi relented, unable to wit

se... just let me go!!!" he struggled, feeling

atsuda dr

just–" he shook, scra

g the Eden Search!! We made sure of it ourselves!!" Matsuda grab

... Maybe I can get out

Did you actually find a corpse?

s at a los

ago... I know all about the circumstances of the Eden War,

ayed!! Mercurius is the cause for all of this... if it weren't for him...–" Matsuda

atsuda?' Aleximus furrowed his

-lucky... I've never see

o the body slump

rabbing her at last

his arms, and saf

?!?!?

nderstruck. On Anna's neck

zed, swinging his head to

and in front of Matsuda, s

his voice apprehensive, kn

rd!" Hatagi's mouth twitched in

wing Hatagi was evil eno

I was ca

arrived!! They'll be here soon and you'll be fi

d!!" Matsud

he most dangerous human led organizat

e find us here...?

i chu

there, are what's known as 'Scavengers'. We hunt for rare items and

atsuda's attention now. The guild members w

an upper should be her

reality. But when the pressure started coming at a more rapid pace, I knew something was amiss. We would try sending small waves of Sanctum pressure through this axis to th

leximus

n't me

understanding that Al

What is he t

. "A-Anna... ca

ed. Everything clic

his would happen!! She was just heali

g. Aleximus finally understood why his uncle had always warned them about magic use in the axis. It was

us. 'This... can't be... the ca

Anna isn't even 11 yet. Not to mention I haven't taug

he attention back to himself, "-None

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time... but s

HIRRRR

undid themsel

wary of being followe

CK! CLIC

redid th

of the room was de

in neat rows, spanning on in w

walk around. She had long dark hair, gl

e man spoke with a di

n didn't

gh an aisle, brushing hi

ked, as he opened a book and beg

still didn

to relay an ora

d over to him,

at's all I needed.*" he closed the

grabbed

the back of the li

stood there. It was wearing a toga, and on it

et stood

e, sister.*" h

oment, before turning her atte

smatically and walke

did they

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his eyes, jo

inside the waterfall and I saw that...' his thoug

oor next to him, while Anna an

aid limp in A

Aleximus

unresp

few hours earlier, was dying, laying

s?! Why is Anna just laying ther

ooking at his brother with te

eaking, blood all ove

er eyes sligh

"ANNA! Thank goodness! Don'

r...*" she spoke wea

r energy! Just lay stil

at was happening. She was in her room

" she asked, grabbing

er and colder. Her comple

" Aleximus muttere

y body... i'm scared" she groaned, he

cold shiver

!! You'll be f

, but it looks like poison... and if it's spre

t it was impossible. He knew he had no way

r breath started slowing

her!" she cried, holding onto Aleximus as tight a

ll out to her brother, looking up

her scared eyes as her grasp onto her bro

ediately understand what was happening in tha

th me... Uncle Matsuda will heal you in just a moment

lready stopped breat

and unimaginable sadness in his eyes.

lings into one word, Aleximus cried more t

!!!!!!!!

broken that blood began to se

tanding that his sister was now gone and th

m's skin, anger burned, reverberating throughout his

couldn'

ult...!!" he thou

Uncle Matsuda and Jace...th

–" his train of thought was int

't you gonna save her from me??!?! H

his grip on Hata

struggled, but c

or resolve to save anyone!!! And

pping his head towards Hatagi, re

Matsuda ju

Shockwave through the sta

ve Hatagi and Matsuda, and th

to be crushed underneath the statue, w

E!!*" Hatagi cried, his voice be

mus yelled out a

atagi, digging into the ground be

K!!!!" H

ed and his sc

e rocks, seeing a lea

i was

anctum Pressure?* How did Al

at's not the immediate concern.

k him by his shoulders, hoping

ALONE!!!"

ightened

"What you just did–". He

other need to leave the axis at this very moment. More of them

began to regain focus,

o the crumbled sta

Aleximus

....?" He gulp

head, forcing Alex

ht thing, Aleximus!!" He consoled him, hoping t

ar up a little. "B-But

his lip, unsure of

. We've wasted too

couldn'

of him, grabbing his arm

sniffled, too embarrass

commanded, a fier

me knows what it means to take a life, and yet I've n

care... Maybe it's cuz t

le. Enough so that no

f him. He wasn't sure what, but

they walked, felt a

.it didn't feel bad. In fact, he believed that his

d... then the disruptor needed

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