Chapter 33: Helping People

The Lady of Asmara smites bandits left to right in the distance. With the Captain and the others, he held the line while the injured gets treatment by the healers of the war band. The Captain had a great stamina and like always he moves like a panther crippling his enemy’s movements first before killing them with his shark saw dagger.

He wore a shield and armor. He protected the Captain by deflecting stray arrows that are coming from the bandits. The mages have put a barrier around the encirclement but in order for it not to be destroyed. The rest of the war band has to kill the bandits. The war band fought tooth to tooth and nail to nail with the bandits. With their lives at stake it was obvious they would become animals.

The Captain was different. He held no fear and his mind had one thing going. He was there to help and all of those who cry for help will be heard by him. He followed the Captain wherever he goes. The Captain proves to be a good fighter so there was no need to worry about the bandits trying to surround him. He had no armor so he had to protect Arden from the others. He had no magic either so he had to make sure the captain doesn’t get shot again.

“HELP US”

A plea for help sounded out. The Captain, as if he was a hound went there. He followed the Captain and saw the villagers trapped in the rubble. The fire brought down the ceiling of the village. The bandits didn’t follow to this building because of the fire. The Captain had a worried look on his face seeing the trapped villagers. He looked around for anything then found a wood to help lift the debris. There was a peasant who wore armor that helped the Captain while he guarded the two.

The Captain and the peasant who wore armor lifted the debris. The villagers trapped immediately went out along with the village elder that had his arm bloodied in the fight. The village elder thanked the peasant who wore armor. They knew each other. But the moment the elder turned to the Captain. Hurls of insult came towards them.

“You and your war band! If it wasn’t for you lots then we wouldn’t have suffered this raid! We were living quietly isolated and protected by silence yet you and your war band have to ruin it by making campfire, drinking, and producing many noises! We were an unlit lamp. But now we are brighter than ever and now the moths are here to kill us all!”

The Elder shouted at the Captain. He couldn’t take the insults being given to the Captain and tried to defend the Captain. But the Captain merely looked at the elder with the eyes reflecting fire. The Captain’s golden eyes that had no light seem like it was burning.

The Captain told the Elder he needs to go. The elder calmed down seeing the frighten children men and women around him. The Captain helped him and he knows it himself that the Captain was not the leader of the war band. He apologized to the Captain and told him to go. He followed the Captain who led the villagers to the encirclement where the war band is. The elder got treated by the healers while the rest of the war band kept on fighting like usual.

The maid of lady Asmara decided to help in healing. She was a maid who could do healing magic so her assistance was welcomed despite her being a maid servant of the Lady of Asmara. The Captain was restless while waiting. He has a few scrapes on him. His robe had cuts and holes and was rather tattered. Ashes lingered on his skin and hair. His auburn hair, his wolfish appearance made him looks so worn out. The war band tried to tell him to rest. But the Captain won’t have it. He needs to help. It was crazy for him to do so. The bandits are still raging on and if it wasn’t for the lady of Asmara who keeps hundreds at bay in the distance then he and others would have been overwhelmed.

They hate the Lady for leading them into this kind of situation. But they respect her for her overwhelming prowess as an ascended knight. He followed the Captain again who was like wrought steel. The Captain saves, save, save, save and help those who would cry for it. He thinks that the Captain was crazy for doing all of this. But he followed the Captain because he was worried for the Captain. He held respect for the Captain and in times like these, he had to make sure that the Captain survives.

He was no leader, the Captain was. People just came to him for help. He didn’t manage people. He merely helps them. That was all the Captain can do. So he followed him everywhere with his worn armor, sword, and shield. The Captain was an agile panther. If he had magic the Captain would have become the best fighter among the village. His magic was sealed but the Captain uses his quickness to immobilized and cut people in saw motion or impales them. He never saw the Captain swing his shark saw dagger at anyone unless the Captain could see an opening.

The Captain only wore a robe and leather body armor. Unlike he who wore armor, sword, and shield. He was getting tired. The Captain hasn’t tired out yet because of his outfit. But one shot from an arrow in the leg would kill the Captain. He wasn’t a healer and he was no magus. He was a fighter who carried his sword and shield. He was tired as hell but he followed the Captain around to make sure that doesn't happen.

The Captain arrived on the ends of the village. There he saw more trapped villagers and decided to help. There was no one that could help so he decided to lay his shield down.

But then suddenly a beam of light happened. Seeing this beaming light firing at the direction where they are. The Captain uses his arm recklessly and ripped apart the beam blocking the villagers. The villagers ran but the Captain was too late to escape. He tried to save the Captain from being injured but the Captain got blown into a wall of a house and convulse badly. He rushed at the Captain and saw him trying to lift himself up. He tried to lift himself with all four of his body but his limbs were probably broken.

The Captain bled. He didn’t like how the Captain was looking. So he grabs the Captain and carried him on his shoulders. He abandons his shield and armor and tried to carry the Captain back to the encirclement in a hurry. The Captain coughs violently as he vomits blood. The Captain was pale as snow. He didn’t like it and told the Captain to preserve his strength. The Captain resisted, saying that there are people that need help. He told the Captain that at the moment he had no way to help.

The Captain was stubborn. He said that he would just reinforce his body with magic. He wondered what he was talking about. Doing so would short-circuit his magic veins considering that his crest is partly sealed. The Captain, however, didn’t care to listen and tried it. He failed for the first try and when he tried the second time. The Captain coughed blood and fainted. He thought it was better for the Captain to faint. But then he saw a terrifying light again. The light from the lady appeared yet again.

It was a strong attack and it tore through bandits as if like there was a knife slicing cake. The Captain was unconscious and seeing that beam of light of coming towards him and the Captain. He made a choice.

He used all of his strength to throw the Captain out of the way. He felt his strength left him and as if it was cruel. He saw the Captain widen his eyes as he looks at the beam of light coming from the all powerful lady of Asmara puncture his side and slices his body in half.

The Captain screamed at him. He didn’t hear the Captain’s word. The beam of light drowned his hearing and the agonizing burning pain that burnt his body made him unable to think anything other than he somehow made the Captain free from danger.

He never expected himself to do this kind of thing. It seems that in the battlefield he has grown respect and loyalty to the Captain he thought that was foolish at first.

The last scene he saw was the Captain being pushed away by the violent shockwave that the beam of light coming from the Lady of Asmara. The Captain’s body looked like it was a doll being hurled. Then he saw the bright light enveloping him. He then saw nothing after that.