126 Gheele Folami - Major Chapter - Against The Two Of Them (1/2)

I glanced at the girl who had Agatha in her grasp. To be fair, dealing with her and Ivar at the same time would be troublesome. Perhaps one of us could end up dying right then and there. However, I didn't intend to let that happen.

The pain from being pierced somehow made me remember one crucial thing. Once, Klaus had explained who the Four Pillars were and what their Aegis could do as well, aside from the one named Kian. It was no doubt that the girl in front of me was Mara.

I tried to remember anything else, but the pain prevented me from doing so. It felt like my body was burning, literally.

”Take her down, Ancile!” I yelled.

The Ancile on standby beside me instantly reached out to Mara. Perhaps out of instinct, Mara moved away from Agatha and took several steps from her initial spot.

It was hard, but I tried to pull myself forward in order to get rid of Ivar's wing. When I managed to do so, I willed the Aegis particles I had spread in the alley to propagate.

”Mara!” yelled Ivar.

A cl.u.s.ter upon cl.u.s.ter of orange Aegis crystals popped out from thin air and filled the alley. It continued to spread after that, clawing its way into the streets before it stopped. From a glance, there were only my Aegis crystals in the area. The walls of concrete buildings in the alley were covered with it, up until the edge of the rooftop where Ivar was sitting.

I used the towering crystals as a cover. Swiftly, I hid behind a corner deeper into the alley with Agatha. I had made a small path beforehand for us to move, but the Ancile didn't come with us. My heart kept telling me the Ancile was already crushed under my Aegis crystals, and I couldn't risk going out there to check.

”d.a.m.n it.” Ivar raised his right hand up in the air. A moment later, the outrageously ma.s.sive Aegis crystals I formed had cracks all over. It took a few seconds, but the crystals shattered into a million pieces; shards of it then crashed onto the ground.

”My wings,” said Ivar. Both of his peach Aegis wings had been broken into half. The cause of it was most probably because of my Aegis crystals. ”To think that I let my wings got trapped in his crystals . . .”

”I-Ivar,” called Mara.

Agatha and I were still hiding when the wound on my torso regenerated.

Mara had Agatha's winter coat in her hands. She looked at Ivar with sad eyes. ”I-I'm sorry. I let them slipped away.”

Ivar waved at her. ”Doesn't matter. They shouldn't have gotten far.”

Those words of his were repeated by Agatha next to me as we made our way to the streets. She had an earpiece on her left ear, which was connected to the destroyed Ancile.

I was surprised that the robot still worked.

”They're looking for us right now,” said Agatha.

”Of course,” I said simply.

We popped out into an empty street not long after, and those two Pillars were nowhere to be seen. I had antic.i.p.ated a few Anciles patrolling nearby, but it turned out to be the opposite.

”Your uniform, Master Gheele,” said Agatha as we ran across the street.

”It's torn, yes. I was careless. I let him caught me off guard. I should have expected a Pillar somewhere around here since we are in Sweden.”

We pa.s.sed a few blocks across the streets and decided to enter an alley in the end. It could be seen as a foolish decision, but, since there was n.o.body in the streets, our figures could easily be seen by Ivar. Going into an alley was something I came up with hastily.

”Master Gheele!” said Agatha.

She stopped running and went back to check on me. I was panting, trying to take in as much air as possible. I knew I didn't have that much stamina in the first place, but to think it would be that disgraceful . . .