"AHHHHH!"

Alfonso was struggling on the ground while grabbing his right eye.

"It hurts… it hurts… it hurts so much!" Alfonso couldn't contain the pain, he wanted to faint, but he knew he couldn't do that!

"If I faint now, them he will kill Artemis and… wait where is Demeter?" Alfonso looked with his left eye, his vision was blurry, but he could only identify three bodies on the ground.

"One is Artemis, the other one is Alberto and the other one is Felio… Demeter, where are you?" Thought Alfonso.

However, his thoughts were interrupted by the unbearable pain.

"I… potion! That's right the potion!"

Alfonso, with trembling hands, took out his last potion from his shoes, he hid one last potion in case of emergency.

Alfonso almost left of the bottle, he gritted his teeth and with the last bit of his strength he took the potion.

*Gulp*

"HA…ha….ha…ha" Alfonso took deep breaths while the pain dropped for quite a bit, however, he couldn't open his eye.

"Oh? What is this?" Lucio was surprised, he walked towards Alfonso and took the empty bottle from his hands.

He smelt the bottle, shake it and then lose interested.

"This bottle, since that you have someone from Vega city to bring it to you, not bad, anyway, its time to finish this, I have to get back to dragon city" Said Lucio while going towards Artemis while kicking the dagger of Alfonso to the other side.

Alfonso, who was lying down on the floor looked at Lucio who was walking slowly towards Artemis, his heart turned cold.

"System, if I use the hero badge, how much is the possibility that little pit is summoned?" Asked Alfonso.

He wanted to use the hero badge since a while ago, however, he was nervous, if, by any chance, the system brings little pit to the battlefield, he would have sacrificed him for nothing, little pit was a hero after all!"

'DING! Answering the question of host, the possibility of bringing Pythagoras is the same as the other heroes on the hero list' Answer the system.

"Should I... take the gamble?" Thought Alfonso.

Alfonso thought for some time before denying this possibility.

"I will only used it if is the last choice!" Thought Alfonso.

He used all his strength and slowly stood up.

He almost fell down but used the cane to stabilize.

"WAIT!" Shouted Alfonso.

Lucio was surprised, he turned around and saw Alfonso, who looked like a dead man, bleeding from all his body while his right eye was closed.

"You…" Lucio wanted to say something else but didn't.

He just saw how Alfonso walked.

Slowly.

Step by step.

After two minutes, Alfonso passed by the side of Lucio, however, Lucio didn't stop him, he just stood there looking at Alfonso.

The two armies had stopped fighting, they saw all the process since Lucio entered the battlefield.

Nobody was in the mood, to fight anymore, they knew that their fates will be decided by those two men!

The daughters of Okeanos were crying, they couldn't bear seeing Alfonso nor Artemis in that condition, however, they knew they couldn't do anything.

"Ha…. Ha…. Ha….ha… ha….ha" Alfonso's heavy breathing could be heard in the battlefield.

Finally, Alfonso stood out in front of Artemis, he endured the pain and extended his arms.

"If you… want to touch…her… you will have to pass through me…" Said Alfonso in a weak but resolute voice.

The other soldiers were also touched. Even the arcadia soldiers were touched at this sight!

Lucio looked at the weak Alfonso, he felt uncomfortable after seeing him.

"Why? You are obviously scared, yet, you still stood there, do you think I don't dare to kill you!?" Shouted Lucio with an angry tone.

"No… I am… 100% that you will kill me if I piss you off too much" Said Alfonso.

"Then why?" Asked Lucio.

"Because…" Alfonso made a small smile.

"I HAVE SOMEONE TO FIGHT FOR!" Shouted Alfonso.

Lucio was stunned, the soldiers were also stunned!

The whole battlefield was in silence for some time.

After a whole minute, a voice broke the silence.

"Hahahaha…" It was a cynical voice.

Lucio who had been quiet all this time, started laughing while grabbing his stomach.

"At the end…" Lucio stooped laughing and lifted his sword.

A red aura impregnate his sword while his muscle inflated like balloons.

His all aura changed, he looked more… like a beast!

"You are too annoying, just die" Said Lucio.

With an unbelievable speed, he lifted his sword and tried to slice Alfonso in two.

By reflex, Alfonso lifted his cane with both hands to intersect the sword.

*CLANG!*

The sound of metal colliding could be heard in all the battlefield.

Both parties used all his force in this attack!

"ARRGGGGG!"

Alfonso tried his best too endure the madly attack of Lucio.

*CRACK*

Suddenly a sound came from the cane, Alfonso's eye suddenly view stunned when a fissure appear on Chrono's cane!

"Im- impossible" Said Alfonso.

*CRACK*CRACK*CRACK*

More fissures appear on the cane until one moment.

*PAM!*

The cane was split in two!

"Is this how it ends?" Though Alfonso.

Even if he activated the hero badge now, it will too late the sword of Lucio was just in front of him!

"Demeter… Artemis… everyone" Thought Alfonso

"I am sorry"

Then he closed his eyes waiting for the sword.

*SWOCH!*

The sound of the blade cutting resounded in all Tulip.

After a minute, Alfonso who had prepared for his second death, notice something… strange.

"Mmmm? Where is the pain?" Though Alfonso.

When Alfonso open his eye, the first he saw were small drops of blood sliding down the blade of a sword.

However, that wasn't his blood!

"But if isn't mine then…" Before Alfonso could say anything else.

"Thank you, for protecting us, Little Al" A small and sweet voice came from behind Alfonso.

However, Alfonso didn't recognize this voice.

When Alfonso looked up, he was stunned.

A beautiful face was smiling at him, the woman was extremely beautiful, she had white snow skin and green eyes, her brown hair was on the longer side, however, it wasn't that long either, just long enough to cover her shoulders.

"Little Al?, there is only one person who calls me like that, but… " Just as Alfonso was thinking,from the broken cane of Chronos,a green smoke flew and entered in Alfonso by his nose.

*DING*

'Host Alfonso Lockheart has discovered an unidentified dimension, host will enter in a coma state'

An announcement from the system came to Alfonso's head, while his eye became heavy. He suddenly felt sleepy.

"Who… are… you?" Asked Alfonso while his consciousness was drowned away by a force.

"Don't worry, just rest and leave the rest to me" Said the beautiful woman.

Alfonso closed his eyes and took a final look at the system.

[Demeter, The Protector! (Summer Form)]

Alfonso made a small smile and fainted out.