THE RISE OF THE KNIGHTS OF SINNERS

#18# PENT UP POWER

Leo was satisfied and relieved the siege duty was over. He talked and joked with Indra and the other team. Not a few also Valdia troops who are drunk because most drink red wine makes the escort slack. But fortunately, thanks to all divisions of the Yurei forces, prisoners who tried to escape could be recaptured.

" It's cloudy tonight? " Lo, riding on a horse, looked up at the sky.

" It might soon rain. It is unfortunate, on this special day the weather is not supportive, "close senses also look at the sky.

" I want to go home soon and rest in peace, " muttered Leo.

" Mister forgot? The king and princess are in Valdia. It seems like rest in peace you haven't been able to get now haha, "joked Indra.

" Hhhhh, would we rather just run away? Looking for accommodation in a nearby village? "

" There is a master who will be scolded all out by Miss Thalia, "

" Ahahaha is right too, "

In the middle of their conversation, the prisoner in front of Leo often glanced at him. The suspicious glances of the prisoner were noticed by one of the Yurei members. He immediately walked in front of Leo to cover the sight of the prisoner.

As the moonlight began to be covered by the black clouds, the rearmost prisoners rebelled. He kicked two Valdia warriors and then cut off the rope that tied his hand by swiping the rope on the sword that one of the soldiers was carrying. The prisoner then took a silver dagger from his trousers while running towards Leo.

" Old awaaaa! " cried Indra jumping from his horse to Leo's horse.

...Jraak!...

A dagger stuck in Leo's left abdomen. He fell unconscious and fell off his horse. Indra also ordered all Yurei troops to pursue the perpetrators. While the stabber managed to run with a horse belonging to one of the Valdia soldiers.

" Capture him alive or dead! Don't come back until you get it! Division one take Mr Leo to base! Get him to the basement! " cried Indra in a panic.

All the divisions of the Yurei forces other than the 1st division were directly chasing after their master piercer. While Leo, Indra brought to the city with a tight escort from the 1st division of Yurei troops. The leadership of Valdia's army was immediately taken over by the commander of Valdia's 7th division.

***

Upon arrival in the city, the entire guard force and police force instantly gave way to Leo. The residents huddled around curious about what happened to the point that the guard troops descended from the city fortress. Indra who brought Leo along with the accompaniment of the 1st division Yurei troops entered the city in a hurry. Not a few visitors to the city who were hit by Yurei troops because it is a solid state of the city.

Leo was brought inside the headquarters of the Yurei army. The headquarters gate was closed tightly with tight security. Residents are prohibited from approaching the headquarters within a radius of 200 meters. The city park itself was also immediately closed on orders from Indra. Instantly the settlements around Yurei headquarters were deserted. Visitors and residents were diverted to other roads. The party that had been prepared in the city center was finally forced to be canceled.

***

In his own palace, king Charles (king Gerelia), daughter of Licia, with all Valdius family members except Leo were having dinner together before the start of the feast. They talk about Valdia's progress and about Licia's match with Leo. However, in the midst of the solemn conversation, a Valdia warrior without manners interrupted entering the palace's dining room. Marquis Aiden was surprised and a little angry to see the soldier.

" Substantial has no manners! This is not a place you deserve to go to! " snapped marquis Aiden.

" I'm sorry sir, I want to report something important! Ryan and his troops were captured, "said the soldier.

" That's all? Isn't that what you can report later after we finish eating? " sela Thalia.

" And Mr. Leo was stabbed on his way home. Now Mr. Leo is being treated at the Yurei base. The culprit was one of the rebels who escaped. That's all I want to say. Sorry for my boldness in front of your majesty and Mr. Aideni. "said the soldier saluted and left.

Marquis Aiden suffocated immediately to hear the news. While Thalia and Melina went straight to the Yurei army headquarters. The two of them ran over with tears dripping down their cheeks. Upon arriving at the Yurei army headquarters, the 2 Yurei members directly confronted Thalia and Melina.

" Sorry, lady, you are not allowed in! " sternly said one of the Yurei members.

" I am his sister! I deserve to know about my sister's situation! " thalia snapped with an anxious look on her face.

" Mr Leo is in special care of our troops. No one should bother even his family! " reply to Yurei members.

" I don't care! I want to see my brother's condition! " Thalia tried to enter while pushing two members of Yurei. Without the slightest fear, the two members of Yurei pushed back Thalia until she fell down.

" How dare you!? " the wrath of Thalia. His emotions are out of control because of his intelligence.

" We don't care, miss! Our master is only Mr Leo! As long as Mr. Leo has not allowed you in, we will not let you in. And if miss is still forcing, we do not hesitate to expel with violence! " butting back Yurei members while pointing their swords at Thalia. He didn't expect Leo's army to be that brave.

Moments later, a magic wave rattled the Yurei headquarters. Thalia felt her body turn cold shortly after the magic wave blew. Melina was immediately sprawled. The magic seal on his stomach lit up and made him feel an overwhelming pain.

" Mellina! " Thalia grabbed Melina. He looked to the right and left trying to find help. But things are very quiet. While the Yurei troops did not care about what happened to Melina.

" Help! Please take my sister back to the palace! If you obey Leo, you shouldn't let Leo's sister be like this! Please! " Thalia cried in front of the two Yurei members. His mind was chaotic because it was not yet known about Leo's condition plus Melina's condition which suddenly worsened. Hearing Thalia's cry, one of the Yurei members approached them and held Melina in her arms. Without a word, he led Melina towards the Palace.

Arriving at the palace, Sely was waiting in the Hall. He felt his seal on Melian weaken. At the sight of Melina, she began the sealing ritual again.

" What's going on!? " marquis Aiden limped trying to run towards his youngest child who was limp.

" I don't know sir. It was only two days ago that I re-sealed Miss Melina but somehow today the seal is weakened. It was only this first time that the seal I was wearing weakened quickly, "said Sely as he began the sealing ritual.

" What's going on? " king Charles came to the Hall with Licia.

Not yet answering the king's question, Marquis Aiden instantly collapsed. His condition weakened instantly. Boris swiftly restrained the body of marquis Aiden.

" Aiden!? " the shock of king Charles.

" W-what happened to my kids? I've lost my family, my wife, and am I going to lose my son too? " said the weak iron masked man on Boris' lap.

Licia came up to him, then held the marquis's arm full of bandages. " Uncle just relax. Everything must be fine. I'll check Leo's condition and bring him here. Uncle just take a break, "

" I'm asking you to help Licia, "

" Yes uncle. I went first, "reply with Licia and ran out of the palace to get to Thalia.

As she was near the Yurei headquarters, Licia saw Thalia kneeling in tears begging to be allowed to enter.

Licia approached and hugged Thalia's body, "Thalia what happened.Why are you crying here? "

" I just wanted to see my sister's condition but they wouldn't let me, "thalia groaned in Licia's arms.

" I am Vladilicia von Kalius Gerelian! I am the princess of Gerelia kingdom order you to open the door! This is a direct order from the king's family! " letus Licia told the two Yurei members who were on guard.

" We don't care! Again our master is only Mr. Leo. Even if miss is a princess, if miss forces entry then we will use force to expel miss! " snaps Yurei members. Licia herself fell silent after getting that clash.

" please! I just want to see my sister. Please! I don't want to lose him! " thalia's insistence was accompanied by a cry.

" It is better that the lady go home and wait for Mr. Leo at the palace. If miss continues to make noise here, it will only interfere with our master's treatment, "

" No! I want to wait for him! "

" If that's what Ms. Thalia wants, then wait out here" replied the Yurei member.

" Thalia we better go back and wait in the palace. Tonight it will rain, you can get sick if you continue here, " concluded Licia looking at the sky full of lightning.

" You go home first, Licia. I'll wait for my sister here. I'm not leaving him. Tell dad that Leo's okay. I'm afraid my father's condition will worsen if he keeps thinking about this, " said Thalia wiping her tears. Licia had no other choice, she went back to the palace to report what Thalia had said.

Shortly after Licia's departure, the sky was full of thunderous rumbles sending down very heavy rain. Victory night parties that had been prepared in various places in the city were forced to be canceled. Thalia herself was willing to wait in front of the gate of the Yurei army headquarters even though it was soaked.

" Miss! It's better for miss to take shelter, " concluded member Yurei.

" No, I'll wait here until you let me in" Thalia said. He looked down and shed tears in the rain of the night.

***

In the basement of Yurei's army headquarters, a bare-chested Leo is seen, his hands bound by two chains. He was drowned with stab wounds that continued to bleed to make a pool of blood on the underground floor. The pool of blood was glowing red and boiling like heated water. Around Leo the Yurei members including Indra were performing a sealing sacred magic ritual. Already more than 10 times they tried to seal Leo but were always destroyed by the powerful magic waves that came out of Leo's body.

" Mister Indra, we've started to run out of magic energy. If we continue, we can all die from running out of energy, " complained one of the Yurei aggota who already looks pale.

Indra was silent while sighing deeply. He did not expect the stab wound to have a very severe impact on Leo. " Get me the ice emperor's spear in my closet, "

Some members stopped the ritual to retrieve the spear Indra meant. Moments later, they carried 5 golden spears whose each spear handle was tied to a cloth with the mantra of holy magic.

" Are you sure? "

" Just a needle puncture wound alone can kill an ice emperor, then what about a stab wound of that size? We must follow Mr. Leo's orders to kill him before he loses control. This is painful for us, but it is the only way to save Mr. Leo and the entire population" Indra said.

" Wait, sir, did you forget the paper shreds we found in the Angelusia library? "

Hearing the words of one of the Yurei members, Indra immediately remembered. " Is Miss Thalia here? "

" Yes sir, he's still waiting at the gate, "

" Well, this is the last chance. Good luck. You guys focus on holding Mr. Leo. I'll take Miss Thalia, "

Indra rushed out of the basement to approach Thalia, he ran out and jumped over the gate of the Yurei army headquarters.

" Thalia? " wail Indra while holding the shoulder of Thalia who was still sitting while bowed sadly in the rain.

Thalia looked up. He looked at Indra's face and spontaneously grabbed her legs and prostrated. " Uncle Indra, please let me see Leo. Please, "cry Thalia on both feet senses.

" Hey calm down Thalia. I came here to meet you with Mr. Leo. Forgive my two men for forbidding you. It was all an order from Mr. Leo, we couldn't refuse it, "indra shrugged Thalia's shoulders to stop prostrating.

Thalia nodded her head, "Where is my sister now? "

" Come with me. " Indra invites Thalia to enter the Yurei base.

" Not miss! That's dangerous! " prevent Indra pulling Thalia's hand and keeping her away from Leo.

" What happened to my sister!? " Thalia cried to see Leo's condition drooping weakly with blood continuing to pour from his wound.

" I'll explain that later. The reason we brought Miss Thalia is to help Mr. Leo. Now Mr. Leo's life is in the hands of the lady, " Indra said, releasing his grip on Thalia's arm.

" W-what should I do? " ask Thalia. Indra then took a needle from her pocket and gave it to Thalia.

" Needles? Wh-wh-what for? " tanya Thalia again looked at the needle given by Indra.

" Dip the girl's blood in that pool of blood. Just one or two drops, " replied Indra looking at the pool of blood under Leo.

Thalia obeyed Indra's orders. He walked up to the pool of blood and stuck the needle on his right index finger.3 drops of blood fell and mixed in a pool of blood. The puddle immediately reacted with the increasingly bright red light.

" What was the unfinished "indra said, the pool of blood suddenly shrank and formed blood red tentacles that wrapped around Leo's body.

" Gawat sir! The energy is getting out of control! Looks like she's refusing Miss Thalia's blood! " panicked one of the members of Yurei's army who was restraining the blood movement with a magic seal.

" How now!? What will happen to my sister? " Thalia is confused.

" There's no other way. You guys get the lance ready! " Indra picked up the prepared golden spear.

" What are you guys going to do!? " ask Thalia who feels Indra and the Yurei troops will do bad things to Leo.

" For the safety of the lady and the people of Valdia, we must kill Mr. Leo before he loses control, " Indra said.

Thalia ran up to Leo and spread out both hands. " No! There must be another way, right? Please don't kill my sister! Please! "

Indra glanced at his comrades while sighing deeply. " There's one more way. But this way can kill the lady. That's why we don't want to do it, "

" Tell me! Anything I would do so that my sister could come back even if I put her life away! "

" But the "says of Indra hesitated to do the second way.

" Do! " press Thalia.

" Well if the lady wants to bet on life. The way is pretty easy. Let Mr. Leo absorb the blood of the lady. But this way can make the lady die from blood loss, "

Without a second thought, Thalia smeared the blood previously on the finger to the neck. He walked up to Leo who was still drowning. Thalia lifted Leo's chin. He looked at the blank gazes of the two blond hair youth's eyeballs.

" Bite Leo. Don't mind my safety. I promised my mother to protect and save you no matter what, "Thalia thrusts her neck at Leo.

Leo, who smelled Thalia's blood, immediately bit and sucked her blood. Hisapan by hiss made Thalia's view start to blur. He endured the pain of Leo's suction and continued to fight so that he could remain conscious even though his entire body began to limp.

After 2 minutes of sucking, the blood tentacles wrapped around Leo slowly shrink and then sucked back into the stab wound in Leo's stomach. The wound on his stomach also disappeared instantly after all the blood returned in. And Leo fell asleep in Thalia's arms and was still sucking blood.

" Shame-thankfully "thalia's moans were relieved after feeling the surge of Leo's magic energy start to fade.

" Your lady is okay!? " Indra approached Thalia and supported both of them.

" Yes, I'm fine. Just a little limp and dizzy, " said Thalia who was still sucked blood by Leo.

" We'll release Mr. Leo's bite. Miss hold on, "Indra tried to release Leo's bite on Thalia's neck. They managed to pull out Leo's bite and took him to his room.

" Miss, change your clothes. You can get sick if you wear such a wet shirt, "Indra gives a black robe that is the uniform of the Yurei troops.

" I'm sorry this is the only robe I can give you" Indra said.

Thalia shook her head while smiling sweetly. " Hmh thank you. Oh yes uncle Indra, can you tell me about what Leo is going through? "

" Miss better change clothes first. I'll tell you in Mr. Leo's room. Come over there. " Indra left Thalia in the basement.

After changing clothes, Thalia met Indra in Leo's room. Where Leo himself fell asleep in his bed. Thalia sat on the bed looking at her sister's face..

" So what really happened to him? " ask Thalia while looking at her sister.

" The true evolution of the master Leo's magic is the blood-manipulating magic. He can manipulate his blood into a wide variety of dangerous magic weapons, "

" What!? " Thalia stood surprised, "I've never heard of such an evolution. "

" I was told myself by Mr. Ryuki. When Mr. Leo managed to master the ice element, he was hit by a scratch wound from the ice he had made himself. The wound was bleeding a lot and Mr. Leo lost control. He manipulates his blood into a sword and goes on a rampage in Mizu's palace and kills many of its inhabitants except for his grandmother and grandfather. At that moment he was successfully calmed down with a seal from the ice emperor. He trained many times to master that power but always failed. In the final experiment, the ice emperor was killed after trying to seal back the blood power of master Leo. Until now we have not been able to tell about the true death of his teacher, "

" How can it be? " Thalia still doesn't believe in the power of her sister. He was inexhaustible behind Leo's tenderness, there was a power like never before.

" I'm with Yurei's army already looking for all the books on Mr. Leo's power in Angelusia's library. At that time there was hardly a single book that discussed the strength of Mr. Leo. But, after a month of searching, there was an old book that slightly alluded to Valdius's origin, "

" Valdius? "

" Yes, miss. In Valdius' body seems to flow blood from the vampire queen, "

Thalia widened her eyes to hear Indra's words. " What? I didn't hear wrong? Vampires are just mythical creatures uncle Indra, "

" I also thought at first like a lady. But from the legende book about vampires, there is a detailed explanation of the background of the vampire queen. In history, only vampire queens have the element of darkness. That element he got after his fight against the god of hell. In addition, the book also mentions a little about blood manipulation magic which is a combination of water and darkness elements. There is also written how to seal the power that is with the sacred seal of the goddess Cilia and the blood of vampire descendants. She had proven herself with the blood of the lady to be able to calm Mr. Leo down, "

Thalia fell silent then looked at Leo's face and stroked him. " Is it really like that? Our ancestors were never known of their origin. It is just that in the scriptures Deus is said that the element of darkness is not the inspiration of the gods but a hereditary power. Does it really have anything to do with vampires? "

" I don't know about it either, Miss. But there's a lot of evidence, right? Moreover, of every descendant of Valdius at least had a drop of the element of darkness. Maybe that's what triggered Mr. Leo to be able to evolve his magic elements and not be able to master because the energy capacity of Mr. Leo could not accommodate the sudden surge of dark magic energy, "

" Yes, it's true what you said. We have a drop of the element of darkness. And he thought that Melina became the container of a cup of dark elements. I hope to release Melina from the shackles of that power, "

" There must be a way to save Miss Melina. All right then, miss. I've told you everything I know. Now I'm retreating, "

" Hmh, thank you uncle Indra. "

Indra left Leo's room and left Thalia in it. Thalia herself sleeps next to Leo while humming her often mates for Leo when she has trouble sleeping. The girl looked at Leo's sleeping face. In his brain he kept thinking about Leo's power. He stroked Leo's face and stroked his blond hair.

" There must be a lot of suffering that you've been through, Leo. You are always silent and look mediocre even though your heart is always hurt by your strength. Forgive the brother who could not accompany you at that time. "sorry Thalia while hugging Leo in her tears.

" Sister never got anything wrong. It was all my fault for being too weak, "Leo answered softly in Thalia's arms.

" Leo!? "

" My past is painful. I've killed hundreds of people and including my own teacher. Grandfather and the others always complained to me that their deaths were due to the plague, but I realized I was the plague that killed them. I'll never forget that. Regretful for my weakness, I will never forget, "Lo cried in Thalia's arms. He recalled the slaughter that was carried out during the rampage.

Thalia hugged her sister's body tightly and replied, "There's no harm in regret. But, for the sake of those who have died, you must become strong and be able to control your strength. "

" Hmh I will definitely be strong, "

" Yes, my sister should be like that. Now go to sleep again, " said Thalia trying to remove her wound but was prevented by Leo.

" Stay like this, brother. This warmth, the smell of this perfume, the humming I heard earlier, made me feel in my arms again, "

Thalia smiled slightly without answering anything. She kept hugging her sister with tenderness and warmth. Leo fell asleep again in the arms of the long unraveling red-haired beauty.

***

Shortly after Leo fell back asleep, the entire Yurei army that was chasing the stabbing perpetrators returned. They all came back wet and carried a round object wrapped in cloth. Since Leo had just rested, Indra was forced to appoint Thalia as the temporary leader. Thalia was summoned to the headquarters hall where the entire Yurei army was already lined up facing a wooden throne. Thalia came to the hall and sat on the throne staring one by one at Yurei's troops.

" Miss Thalia will receive your report for now because our master is resting. Now report about your mission! " indra insisted on Yurei's forces.

Kiran (head of the 6th division of Yurei) came forward facing Thalia while carrying the round object.

" I Kiran, the chairman of the sixth division, would like to report that Mr. Leo's pursuit of the stabbing agent failed, "

Kiran looked down at Thalia. He felt ashamed that only this time the Yurei army failed to complete its task.

" What do you mean failed? Did the culprit get away? " ask Thalia.

" No miss, "Kiran opened the round cloth cover.

Thalia and her senses were shocked because the round object opened by Kiran was a head. " When we surrounded him, he destroyed the body with explosive magic. And only his head remained intact, "

" What the fuck? " rumam Indra.

" From the way he escaped and the magic he used, we concluded that he was a hitman" Kiran continued.

" Yes, I thought so too. But why was it Mr Leo he was after? The existence of Mr. Leo himself in Gerelia is still not many who know, "said Indra.

" It's true he's not after Mr. Leo. Go after marquis Aiden. He deliberately joined the rebel forces in order to infiltrate Valdia. When the rebels were captured, they were taken to Aru. Most likely because he did not want to completely fail the mission, he decided to stab the leader of the army. This is what hitmen often do, " explains Kiran.

" It's no surprise that he's after me. But thank God even if he dies at least father and Leo are fine. Thank you for all of your hard work. Now all of you rest, " said Thalia with a sweet smile on her lips.

" But miss, don't we need to investigate the mastermind behind this stabbing? " ask Indra.

" No need for senses. The real culprit must have been one of the nobles who opposed Valdia. You seek out the kingdom to protect it. At least from now on be more vigilant and do not miss anymore. " Thalia left the Hall and went back to Leo's room to rest. He had heard too often about the arrest of the hitmen who were after his father. Therefore the girl was not surprised anymore and considered the incident was common.

^^^To be Continue.^^^