Towards the Unbeatable

Act 70: The Dark Shadow

Arthur!

A talented knight from the western kingdom, why is he here? Is he on a mission? Or is...

"You don't have to be afraid of me" said the man, they finally faced off.

"You ... Arthur?" danny, the man smiled.

"ah! I don't have to introduce myself, I'm here on a mission, oh, what's your name?" said it.

"I'm Danny and this is Patricia" Danny replied a little nervously.

"It's nice to meet you, you're on a mission?"

"Oh, yes we are on a mission, rather we are on our way to the training ground" Danny replied.

It was unexpected that Danny was able to meet his idol in person.

"Where are you going?" ask Arthur.

Hearing the question, "We're going south, Mr. Arthur ...." Because Danny has good instincts, he can say that.

"Oh, I happen to want to go there too, how about we go together?" Barat Arthur, Patricia's eyes even sparkle.

"Okay, with pleasure, sir!" patricia said wholeheartedly, she felt happy to be able to 'wash' her eyes by looking at the handsome man.

Haaa ....

The three of them walked together through the rocky area, "Do you know what this area is?"

Danny and Patricia shook their heads, Arthur finally told me about this place. "There was once a great flood, so big that it brought a variety of materials, including these large stones ...."

"So this rock is right here because the flood is receding?"

"True Danny .. but if you say, this area is a unique area, and rarely touched by people."

It seemed that Arthur knew a lot about this area, indeed the knowledge of a royal knight was truly great.

"Annu ... Mr Arthur you're on this mission alone?" danny asked, wondering why a great knight was not with anyone.

"Yes I'm curious" said Patricia who did have the same question with Danny.

As they walked Arthur began to tell me, "It's a special mission for me" he said with a smile.

"You're a famous knight! You can do anything." Danny comments, Arthur just replies with a smile.

This warm feeling was very different when we first met, "So when we first met, why did you put on a scary face?" ask Patricia.

Danny was surprised by Patricia's question, please ask so?

"Ahaha ... earlier I was just acting like meeting an enemy, you guys are disturbed huh?"

It was just an unintentional misunderstanding. "Ah forgive us Mr. Arthur, we are talking a no-no" said Danny, he was afraid to offend the knight.

"Let's relax, don't call me master, I'm just like you, a fighter, anyway" said Arthur, he had a tremendous sense of humility.

"I've always heard of you, the greatest knight," Danny said.

"Don't overdo it, sometimes people's comments can be different from reality!"

"Grand ...." Danny just smiled hearing that, even though a famous knight was disciplined and resolute, it turned out that they had a friendly side as well.

After walking for almost an hour, finally a large area of rocks can be passed through it, they arrived at a slum, very similar to a village but seems to have been abandoned by its citizens.

The situation in the village was no longer managed, some buildings even only live chunks that are no longer shaped.

The atmosphere around seems very quiet, you can see there is no one around here, for now.

"Me ... why is there an abandoned village here?" Patricia was astonished when she saw the place.

Danny and Arthur are just speechless they seem to be observing a fairly interesting silence for them, at least according to their own instincts.

"Tu-ah Arthur ...." Danny still slipped the call, he was still nervous talking to the person he admired.

" yeah? You said something?" Arthur was busy looking around.

"This place, it seems -"

A SRUG!

"?!"

The three of them were astonished by the sound of things falling suddenly, Is that it?

Arthur followed the direction of the voice, he peeked ....

Seen an adult man wearing a mask, he looks like he is looking for something among the chunks of buildings that have collapsed.

Arthur signaled that they should not make an unnecessary sound.

Crews!

"!"

Unintentionally Patricia stepped on the twig below, her voice quite loud until the masked adult man realized it, he immediately tried to escape from there.

HUSH OUT!

Without the slightest pause, Arthur darted, more precisely like disappearing and then appeared above the masked man, pressing down on his back and forcing him to fall.

BUGS!

Danny and Patricia could not see the speed of Arthur, they immediately ran towards Arthur who was quite far ahead of them.

"Nusus ...." The masked man growled because Arthur locked himself, so he could not escape anywhere.

"Who are you?" Arthur wanted to pry information about the stranger.

"... A. .. I ..." said the man stammeringly, as if he had been overwhelmed by Arthur, making him have trouble speaking.

Arthur slightly loosened the lock, "Who are you?" ask for a second time.

"I'm a community from this village .." said the man.

"Community? You live in this dead village?" Arthur could not immediately believe the man, the possibility was very small if it was true that he lived in the abandoned village.

"People ...our village is in the tawan" said the masked man.

"?!"

"What did you say is true?"

Arthur could not judge whether he was telling the truth or not, on the other hand there was indeed a possibility for something like this to happen.

Danny saw this, "A-Arthur, I think this masked man is telling the truth."

"Better, we'll let him explain everything first" added Danny

Arthur agrees to Danny's proposal, he abandons the lock, leaves the masked man standing, and takes off his mask.

Seen as a young man, he was quite handsome but his countenance was filled with sadness.

"You ...." Arthur looked closely at the man.

"Today we ask you to explain, what are you doing here?"

"A .. I managed to escape from the group that holds all the villagers hostage" he said.

"Why were these villagers kidnapped?" Danny was curious about the reason behind the kidnapping of the citizens.

"The group that took us hostage and kidnapped us was engaged in illegal human use."

"!"

"God ...." Patricia seemed surprised by what she heard at this moment, nothing worse than the heinous thing she had heard.

"We, forced to work for them, to meet their needs, I suspect they are being rude to the captives they have kidnapped."

"Why didn't you report this to the authorities?" ask Arthur.

"It's not that easy, their group has a special ability they are able to move as fast as the shadows and the citizens don't even realize they're being kidnapped, they lose consciousness in the victim and in the end the victim is already in the headquarters of the bad guys."

"I wear a mask so that when a stranger is evil, he cannot recognize me directly at once to hide my identity."

Arthur realized, this action is an act of crime that is classified as severe, it seems there is no justice if this is not resolved.

"Well how did you get away from them?"

"I wasn't in the village when it happened, I just saw from afar the presence of their evil group, and luckily they didn't see me after kidnapping the group's citizens and began to destroy the village to leave the impression that this village had been abandoned."

"Jeez." Patricia could only be sad, it seemed that this was a serious problem for this man.

"I survived here alone for three days, among the rubble of the building, looking for something I could eat to survive."

"Well, do you know their hiding place?" ask Arthur.

The man just shook his head, "... I don't know ...."

The man was sorry for what happened in his village, but everything had happened, nothing could be changed.

DEG!

A... What is this?