171 To fight or to run (1/2)

Ellie felt like time had stopped for her.

As soon as she saw Mia's face amongst the group of memory warriors something inside of her began to snap.

When she arrived in the magic world she couldn't bother to even feel any sense of wonder because she wouldn't stop worrying about her family's safety in the hands of Myriad.

But that slowly began to change as she kept following Detra as they advanced through Hana's magic garden and she kept getting more battle experience by defeating several monsters one after another and getting more and more prepared to her duel.

She was finally able to smile again as she felt things were finally working the way she wanted.

But that feeling suddenly vanished as soon as the ponytailed girl showed up once again, standing right in front of her, bringing back all the frustration she was keeping inside of her contained.

”Wraaghhhhh!!!”

”Ellie, Stop!!” Lilith yelled, but the girl didn't listen.

Without even thinking twice, Ellie used her magic to create a pair of claws made of blue diamonds and rushed towards Mia with full intent to kill her in one move while losing herself in her own rage.

Mia's memory spotted Ellie charging at her and raised her palm towards the berserker girl, and as soon as her hand touched the diamonds, they all disappeared as the mirror magic was absorbed by the young warrior.

Ellie was right now with her fist being stopped by Mia, and while the two girls stared at each other, Ellie whispered a few words to the lost memory.

”I'll make you pay... For everything!!”

Mia's memory didn't respond, and instead, two of the warriors that were equipped with blades created by Marceus jumped out to slash Ellie into pieces.

Lilith moved as fast as she could and parried their blades with her own.

”Ellie!! We need to run!!”

”Run!!?? But... But...!!”

Before Ellie could respond, Mia grabbed the girl's arm even tighter so she couldn't escape and threw her against a tree.

”Guahhh!!!”

”Ellie!!”

”Young Miss!!”

Both Lilith and Detra gasped. They knew they were in a bad situation so they needed to find a way to get out of there and fast.

”Sword lady!! Use your speed and blessing to get us out of here!!” Detra shouted while coming over to check on Ellie.

Lilith followed her command and after pushing away the two warriors she was facing off, she began to speed herself towards Ellie and Detra, grabbed the two with each arm, and escaped as fast as she could.

The warriors began to give chase, making Detra start to panic.

”Faster!! Faster!!!”

The warriors were about to reach for the three, but a figure appeared right before they were going to land their attack and blocked their swords.

Lilith looked back and noticed that Marcus had returned and was holding the two off on his own.

”Marcus!!”

”Don't stop!!! Go!!”

”R- Right!!”

Marcus observed as Lilith kept running carrying Detra and Ellie with her and after they were far enough he used his superior speed to follow them.

Detra noticed that the moment Marcus began his escape, the two sword users simply returned to their chase once more.

”Ellie!! We need a wall!!” Detra ordered.

Ellie did as she was told and raised several pillars of blue diamonds to keep the warriors away from Marcus and from themselves.

They finally managed to get away from the memory warriors after going back to the summoning ring.

”We can stop now!!” Detra explained.

”Are you sure??” Lilith questioned.

”Yes!! Memory warriors can't exist outside of the memory ring! We are safe here!”

Lilith finally halted and dropped the two people she was carrying on the ground. She immediately fell on her knees and began to take heavy breaths as a result of trying to run with so much weight while being so injured.

”Is everyone ok??” Marcus asked.

He approached Lilith and gave her a healing crystal which she used to make the pain go away and recover her stamina.