The Dark Slayer's

[S3] Chapter 36: Tears

The wind rustled, the dust floated in the air until it made a slightly tight breath. The scorching sun was stinging, but the fight was still so fierce over this desert.

Hearing the various kinds of explosions, Starla continued to run while tightly grasping the stone Vord gave her. His breathing quickened, he was so worried about the current state of the Vord.

"The vord...." His voice was so slow. "Don't die...." But, instantly his footsteps stopped. His entire body was stiff, like something was stopping him from moving.

Far ahead, Vord looked covered in blood. His entire body was filled with this red viscous liquid. However, both his hands and feet still continued to fight against so many Tan.

"The lord!" Starla just ran after putting the Vord-given stone in her pants pocket. Black lightning then came out from all over his body. Then, from the lightning formed a black sword in his right hand.

Starla jumped up, then slashed down some Tan that became a barrier. Two of Tan's tails instantly fell down, while the others immediately moved back.

A moment after the Tan retreated, Vord's body stopped moving. The young man was not even able to move his limbs anymore. Smoke also emerged from his body.

"The lord!" Without the slightest hesitation, Starla stopped in front of the young man, ignoring so many corpses of Tan lying around.

"Star .. la ...." Despite being very slow, Starla could still hear Vord calling her. "Per .. gi."

"No! I'll stay here with you!" Though I don't know how to save Vord. Starla remains adamant about staying here.

Starla is so confused right now. He no longer knows what to do. If it carelessly touched the Vord, it might be able to add to the young man's injuries. Therefore, Starla could only remain silent. If only there was a healer here.

"Vord, hangin. I'm gonna finish these Tan's and take you away." Lightning shot out from Starla's right hand, and a black sword appeared. He turned around, preparing to fight.

"You have to per—"

Starla is pushed to her knees before hearing Vord finish his sentence. Starla then turned around, her eyes widened so wide to see Vord was lying with a large wood stuck through his body.

"No!" The sword in Starla's right hand disappeared. The girl immediately tried to pull out the large wood that stuck in Vord's body. However, suddenly a large gray creature emerges from Vord's back and immediately brings Starla running away. "No! The vord!" Tears could no longer be held back by Starla seeing this incident.

With a slightly blurred vision due to tears, Starla was able to see Vord smiling at her. The young man's mouth seemed to say, "Don't cry, and stay alive, Starla ...."

Before long, some of Tan blocked the path of the gray creature carrying Starla. However, they were all instantly helpless against this gray creature.

***

Starla's distance from this place is already so far away. Vord smiled happily knowing this, and did not care what would happen after this. Maybe, everything will end soon, making this heavy struggle no longer meaningful. However, Vord remained content to devote all his strength to protecting.

Suddenly, the wind blew so hard. Dust flew all around, and Tan's herd stopped moving. Vord felt an incredible pain from his wound right now. At such a moment, a large-bodied figure with a silver crown appeared before him.

"It turns out you're pretty tough. Not only was it able to finish off three of my men, but it was also still able to survive the Tan's attack."

"Pff!" Vord laughed at the words of the creature in front of him, although it caused his pain to increase until his mouth spewed blood. "It turns out you're their boss?"

"What are you laughing at, huh?"

"No. I just never thought that their boss was a lipless creature like you!"

"You dare insult my appearance!" A Tan then plucked the wood in Vord's body.

"Aragh!"

"Just calm! I won't kill you if you bow down and apologize and pledge allegiance to me! How's it?"

"Pff! Ahahaha! Don't make me laugh ugly!"

"You're so stubborn! I, King Tan, have been kind to you, but you've wasted it!" Slowly King Tan in front of Vord touched Vord's hair, then strangled his neck and hung the young man with one hand. "I'll make you my slave forever!"

"Aragh!" Vord's screams sounded so loud when his body seemed to be put into such a hot fire.

"Don't think I'll just kill you!"

"Aragh!"

"Araa!!!!" Vord's screams grew louder as the pain radiated into his body.

"Hey! I don't really care about you or anything. As long as you give me what I want, I'll kill you without pain!"

Vord's breathing was puffing, his eyes blurred. But he was lucky to no longer feel burned.

"Quickly, give your life stone this shape!" King Tan took out a red stone from his pocket.

Vord's head is so dizzy. However, he could see the stone in King Tan's hand. It turned Night to hand over his life stone to this ugly creature, Vord thought. But I'm lucky now, because my life stone is not in my hands.

"Quick give!"

"Argh!" Lagi, Vord merasa tubuhnya dibakar. Namun, tak lama kemudian siksaan itu berakhir. "Jangan kira kau bisa mendapatkannya dariku!" Dengan keras kepala, Vord menjawab.

"It turns out, this torture is still not how ...."

Another Tan came, slashing both Vord's hands and feet.

"Araa!!!!"

Not enough to get there. King Tan hollowed out Vord—'s stomach which he healed— with one punch.

"Gurgh!"

"Now, beg for forgiveness and give me what I want!"

Vord smiled faintly. "A true warrior will never lose to pain, for it is pain that shapes his life!"

"Whisper!" The so upset King Tan severed Vord's neck with just one hand. "It seems that the stone is not on you, but on the girl who escaped along with the gray creature earlier."

***

Inside the Hope Tower, a soldier in a dark blue uniform ran down the hallway. His breath was so breathless when he arrived at a room containing several people.

Leon turned his gaze at the soldier, but then glanced back at the man with the golden mask. For now, he only wanted to rush to the city of Heels in order to help Vord. But ... that desire immediately ran aground.

"Report, Sir! Some Ti appeared in the north! They'll soon break through our defenses like this!"

"What did you say?" The first to react to this was a level 1 ranked 2 Energy Eater next to the masked man, his name was Nozzle Klaurius.

Klaurius, originally this name made Leon think that the place he used to experiment was here, in the Tower of Hope. However, the golden masked man told her that the Claurius Family was divided, not just here. And, the reason they knew Leon was only because his actions had spread. At least, that's what Leon believed. Now is not the time to think about that anymore.

"Nozzles! Bring all the level 1 Energy Eaters in this Tower to head them off!" said the gold masked man.

"Good!" Soon the Nozzles go out.

"But! What about the city of Heels?"

The golden masked man immediately turned around. "It was just a small town founded by Vord. And, the problem here is much more important to solve!"

"But Vord it—!"

"I don't care. If you care, go with your friends!"

Leon clenched both hands tightly. His teeth were grinding, but he had no hope of negotiating. "Well .. I'll save him myself! Without your help!" Leon immediately turned around and walked down the hallway.

××××

Hero's is coming!