Battle War; Magic, Sword and Dragon

7. Despairs

Alan Saegrus. A burly man with a large body two meters tall was more. Having a fierce face that makes himself will be mistaken for a criminal if walking in a public place.

Unfortunately, he is a criminal. Together with the small organization he created, Red Crow, he attacked Sirei Mall.

He did not attack because he wanted something from the mall. Although many luxury items were sold in the mall, but none of them were desirable, let alone risking everything he had, including life.

Why does he keep attacking?

Unostentatious. It's because he has another purpose.

Red Crow, a group he founded with a vision of equality for non-magicians in the empire. Witches and non-witches are both human, but why are they treated so differently? Especially in the Houo Empire. A person with the ability to use magic will immediately get special treatment.

In the eyes of God all men are equal, but in the eyes of men, men are all different.

With that vision and that goal, Red Crow members quickly grew. He realized he was doing the right thing.

But the harsh reality is blocking it. As much as any non-magicians gathered, they were just insects in the eyes of witches. With magic, they could be finished off easily if anyone wanted to.

This can't keep happening. In addition, their movements that affect the minds of the public are finally smelled by the government.

Sooner or later the organization he created would be destroyed. Besides, without proving anything.

No. gabe. If destruction awaits them, that is what they will receive. But before that they have to prove that they are right.

This world has to change.

Unfortunately, he has no power for it. He can only wait for death to come.

But at that moment a figure offers an offer like that of a demon.

I will give you the opportunity and the strength to prove you right. Let the whole empire know the world is wrong.

Recalling that figure, he closed his eyes for a moment.

(Why did I accept it then? Is this really the right way?)

He was a little regretful after coming this far, but he was already unable to step back.

It is true with anticrystals they can kill witches and non-magicians can be as powerful as witches.

They just need the right tools.

"..."

Alan took a deep breath. He tried to dispel the doubts in his heart. He has to focus on what he does.

The remaining 6 Knights attacked with knives. He didn't know if they were stupid or if they didn't love life. But if they want to die, he'll give it to them.

With an evil smile, he ordered his 13 men to point their weapons towards the Knight.

"Kill them!"

Alan knew the six Knights were after 3 of his men wearing anticristal armor, and since 3 of his men were an important part of his plan, he could not afford to lose one.

He had to admit the Knight they were fighting was quite intelligent. That was why Alan intended to finish off the six Knights as quickly as possible.

"Yeah!!"

Knowing the enemy was about to shoot, the Knight Captain threw his knife and hit one of the enemies wearing the Anticristal armor and killed him before they shot.

The two main targets left and as if unconcerned with the death of his men, Alan only showed a look of no mercy.

Then the criminals started shooting. The two Knights who dodged were directly hit by bullets and ended up falling on the mall floor.

The remaining four Knights were still advancing by zig zagging to dodge the bullets with their remaining strength, but before it could get close, the remaining 3 Knights fell down as the bullets had pierced through their chests and bodies.

All that remains is the captain.

Although his body was injured, he continued to advance while dodging bullets at an abnormal speed.

He could move like that not because he could still use magic normally. Even now there was an anticrystal bullet in his body that made him unable to control his body.

The only reason why he could make a move was his determination and pride as a Knight. His training and his stature as a high rank mage were also helpful, but without it he could not face the enemy.

The Knight captain took out another knife and attacked the nearest target. He knew it was impossible to defeat the 13 criminals, but it didn't matter, as long as he could kill one wearing anticristal armor.

"Yahoo!!!"

With his last strength, he finally managed to get close to one of the villains wearing anticristal armor and intended to tear his neck with a knife.

The criminal looks panicked as the knife-eye goes right to his chest, but-

Dooor!!

The captain stopped moving and dropped his knife on the floor. It was at that moment that a hole was seen on the Knight captain's forehead.

The one who killed the captain was none other than Alan the leader of the Red Crow.

"I respect your resolve, but I can't lose any more men."

It was a sign of respect for the Knight captain who fought to the last breath.

As a man of equality, Alan knew he had to respect the man who fought to the last breath for his duty and duty.

"Gather the corpses of these Knights and execute the plan of the third stage!"

his 12 men nodded and parted into two grubs. The 2 people wearing anticristal armor stayed with Alan and collected the corpses of the six Knights. The remaining ten people went upstairs to the roof of the mall.

Meanwhile, Fila and Laila who saw the incident only fell silent and shed their tears.

They were amazed and saddened when the six Knights died for the sake of carrying out their duties.

As an S-ranked magician, Laila felt that her abilities differed greatly from those of the Knights. No, not only in ability, but also determination to sacrifice. For the first time he felt so weak and could do nothing.

"Tsk!!"

He scratched his lips in anger.

Thanks to the anticristals scattered near them, Laila did not cast her fire magic. Fila was grateful for that.

It would be terrible if the villain found out that the two of them were hiding and observing the fight between the Knight and the Red Crow.

Fila knew and understood what Laila was feeling, but this was not the time to act recklessly.

"Chelle.."

"!?"

Fila patted Laila's shoulder. It made Laila return to her consciousness.

"Laila, let's get out of here. This is our only chance."

"Well, but..."

Laila glanced at the corpse of the Knight captain located on the mall floor. Somehow he felt like he wanted to become someone like the Knight captain, but in order for his wish to be granted, he would first have to survive this mess.

"That's it. . There's no point in you being sad. The knight died with honor."

"......"

"Because that's why at least we have to live so that the sacrifice is not in vain."

"...I get it, but where are we going?"

"....umm.m..."

Fila was thinking and looking around from the crack of the clothes.

He can see 3 criminals. 2 people are arranging the bodies of the Knights and the other is communicating with his friend by radio.

Radio is also arguably an outdated tool that is rarely used by the general public.

Although the radio was used in wartime, but due to the development of technology that uses magic, the radio was replaced by a kind of magic phone to communicate.

In addition to more functions, the magic phone can also display the image of the interlocutor, but the most important thing is that everyone can use the magic phone even though it is not a witch.

Each magic phone is connected in one government-controlled system, giving the government freedom to listen to the conversation and turn off the magic phone.

And even though their conversations are always supervised, the general public still uses them as a means of communication for practical reasons and pays small amounts of money.

But there are some witches or people who use cell phones outside the system that the government created. Of course this is a criminal act, but this is also done by some people in the military (Knight) to keep secrets.

Fila understood why the criminal was using the radio instead of a cell phone.

Anticrystals can not only eliminate magic, but also can eliminate magic stones contained in mobile phones that are used as a source of energy.

That makes Fila can guess that the number of people who wear anticristal more than four people (two died in Knight's death) and if in remember the number of people in the mall who wear the symbol crow red, then the number of 50 more people minus the 15 on the 4th floor (where Fila is currently), so there are still many enemies on the 3rd floor and below.

That made Fila unable to decide to go downstairs.

Even though he knew Laila was an S-ranked witch, he and Laila would not win if faced with anticristal-wearing criminals.

The fight between the 6 Knights and one villain that happened just a moment ago proved that magic alone would not be able to face them. And it's not from suicide.

The strong enemy. That is their enemy now. And even though help was coming, he knew that perhaps most reinforcements would fate just like the Knights in the Sirei mall.

So what should he do to escape this kind of situation?

He has a way, but this is the way that is currently impossible to do and does not necessarily work.

"Fila?"

Fila only fell silent when she heard Laila's question.

Where should they go to hide?

The 4th floor of Sirei Mall is a special place to sell clothes. It makes the place to hide a little because many stores sell by showing off their collections so that buyers are interested.

(Damn?!)

Fila begins to run out of options, which is when she finds a way to survive despite being caught while looking for a place to hide.

"Fila, why are you picking up an anticristal? Wouldn't it instantly neutralize our magic even if it only came into direct contact?!"

Fila only smiled when she heard that question from Laila.

He had reason to pick up anticristals around them that came from grenades thrown by the enemy to make the Knight unable to use their magic.

"Laila, don't shut up. You also pick up the anticristal and put it in an invisible place and make sure it touches your skin."

"Eh?"

"Just do it! We must neutralize our magic so that the enemy cannot sense the mana of our bodies. Even though the two criminals were wearing anticristal armor and we can tell that those two people were not witches, but we don't know if their leader is a witch or not because two people wearing anticristal armor are always nearby. And that's why..."

Apparently so. Laia understood the intent of Fila's actions telling her to pick up the Anticristal.

"Although we are discovered because this place is not much hiding place and a little open, but we can pretend to be a person who is late to enter the shelter"

"Yes, but we don't know if they'll kill us when they find us."

"I don't think we need to think about that. So far they have only targeted and killed the Knights guarding the mall, in other words they don't want to kill people who have nothing to do with this. One more thing, even though they know I'm the witch from my school uniform, I'm not too sure they're gonna come after me"

It was related to a special rule that forbade magicians/magic school students to fight with criminals.

"Hmm. right too. And I'm sure they know it's free to kill us. "

"... Then have you found a place to hide?"

"...We can hide in the staff room in the swimsuit shop. I'm sure we can hide there. Even though it's not a safe place, I doubt the villain will go there."

"...alright. I understand.."

After arranging what they took (more precisely where they hid), they put the anticristal into an invisible place and directly touch their skin.

That place was of course in their BH.

After that, with their hearts they settled down and crawled like they were fighting between their underwear.

"......."

"Damn.I forgot about this...."

The 4th floor consists of several main parts, namely the underwear section, the swimwear section and the daily clothing section.

All of those sections are connected by a large hallway which is the only way to go to the swimsuit section of the store. The staff room is not far from the hallway.

This of course makes the possibility of them getting caught when passing through the hallway is getting bigger, but at the same time they will get to their destination.

"We have to get through it!"

"Eh?"

Laila was shocked by Fila's words just now.

"Just calm down, our current enemy is only 3 people. With such a large floor, it would take a lot of time to patrol or just look for people. And as far as we know, the three criminals just stayed in that place. Hmm .. Maybe they were watching for reinforcements coming in or preventing people from coming to the roof of Sirei mall"

"I don't think we have any other choice."

They both smiled wryly and passed through the hallway in a running manner.

Tap tap tap..

The sound of echoing shoes was heard every time they stepped, it made them realize that they had made a fatal mistake.

"Damn..."

They had no choice but to speed up their run.

The sound of their footsteps must have been heard and made the three criminals know the location and what they were doing at this time.

"Yeah!!"

"Laila!?"

Laila fell as a result of her tripping legs.

Why at such an important time?

"Just calm down, I'm okay.ouch"

Laila's legs are slightly sprained. It made him feel pain in his left leg as he tried to stand up.

Knowing that, Fila immediately helped Laila by breaking it.

But they know they don't have much time. The criminal can come at any time.

"Hold on, we're almost there"

"Mk.."

Laila nodded.

At that time he could see a door that read specifically staff in one of the stores.

They have reached their destination.

But-but

"...?!"

Cold sweat immediately flowed as the two realized that the enemy was already aiming at them with a gun from 50 meters behind them.

Their enemy was one of the criminals wearing anticristal armor.

"Kuh.."

What do they need to do to survive the crime?

They didn't know, but that's when Fila and Laila prayed to God for a hero to help them from despair and death .