Chapter 68: The Ghost (1/2)

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Snowflakes fell from the ashed sky and the wind blew them softly in a single direction. The trees in the Darknar forest were covered in a multitude of white snow and only a few birds flew in this extremely cold weather.

The scene that would be a beautiful sight in the minds of others, was not appreciated by two trembling figures standing at the edge of the forest as they stared at a child in front of them with their faces completely drained of color.

They've heard the rumors, and both knew full well what seeing someone from the Ghost Legion meant. Not much information was known about Lord Aur's secret unit, the Ghost Legion, and it was obvious why. When they made a move they never left behind any traces or witnesses. The only reason there was a semblance of their existence was the fact that Lord Aur had no other guards protecting him. Even though he was stronger than most demons, there were still quite a number of people stronger than him and if one of the other Great five thought it necessary to dispose of him, he would need strong guards around him to buy himself time to escape.

They knew what this all meant, lord Aur had sent his personal legion to do something to their boss, and they would be killed just to tie up loose ends. Bam swallow a mouthful of saliva as he clenched his fist, he didn't want to die like this, treated as garbage to be disposed of.

They were born into the Zorak family even though they were ogres from a now-extinct branch of the ogre family that was most likely eradicated by the Zorak's. Yet, they never once considered betraying the family. And now, this happened.

The girl simply looked at the two for a moment before shifting her gaze back to the pained Zomatsu. A short blade made of green energy formed on her right hand and she walked towards Zomatsu, a green magic circle appeared on his back and glowed before fading away. She then walked next to him and kicked. A body flew through the skies like rubbish and slammed into a tree with a loud bang.

Zomatsu gasped in more pain as he struggled to breathe, he could barely think yet he knew instinctively why he was being attacked. He placed a hand on his belt and gripped a small box as tightly as he could. The girl noticed his actions and confirmed her secondary objective, she moved like there was no distance between the two, almost gliding through the wind. Her blade moved in a smooth and swift motion towards his heart when a sudden interruption caused her aim to be off and the blade pierced Zomatsu's abdomen.

Bor was surprised by what just happened. He turned his head to look at Bam who had just launched an attack on the ghost with a dumb expression on his face that seemed to ask, what in the world are you doing? Bam's expression was almost the same as he because he also had no idea what he was doing. He just couldn't watch his boss die in front of him without doing anything. What's more, they were going to die here anyway so why let the ghost do as she pleased.

Bor could understand what his brother was thinking because, it was one thing to be weak and stand no chance, but it was something worst to give up before you've tried. The ghost turned her head to face the two and her eyes narrowed, a jolt of electricity went through the brothers and they forced their selves to focus. Bor launched a barrage of spells.

”Lightning!”

”Fire Arrow!”

”Fireball!”

”Wind Cutter!”

”Arcane Beam!”

They spent every single Mana they had and launched as many spells as they could at the girl, not minding how loud they were or if the flashy spells would attract any attention. As a matter of fact, they were hoping it would attract the attention of the people within the castle or even a strong monster that would be a good distraction and an opportunity to make a move, perhaps they would miraculously be able to escape.

However, they had once heard their boss talk about a theory, whatever can go wrong, will go wrong, and everything right now had gone wrong. What they were hoping for was nowhere to be seen as all their spells saturated until they disappeared in front of her.

The dream they had of receiving help before they died came crashing down without even giving them a shred of hope.

The girl raised an arm and the dagger made of light flew out like it had been shot out from a crossbow. None of the brothers had any Mana left to defend themselves so they opted to dodge the attack, however, they were merely Tier 2 mages, how could they be able to match the attack speed of a member of the Ghost Legion. The blade pierced through Bam's chest cleanly leaving a hole in its place and Bor couldn't even see it happen.

Bam's body still tried to move in other to dodge the attack, unaware that he was already dead. He raised an arm to move only to lose his balance as he fell flat on the ground bleeding out from the gaping hole in his chest. Bor finally realized what happened but he didn't have any time to grieve, as another blade of green energy appeared in the Ghost's hands, already preparing her second strike.

Bor tried to move but his legs wouldn't let him, he no longer had any confidence in avoiding the attack. His expression went pale as he felt it was all over and could do nothing but accept his doom when suddenly, he heard a loud thud. Forcing his eyelids up, he saw Zomatsu trembling hands as he struggled to get up but he didn't see the ghost anywhere.

He was dumbfounded and confused and stared blankly at the spot she once was until he heard the coughing sounds of Zomatsu which snapped him out of his daze and he rushing towards him. He used the light healing scroll on him which alleviated most of the pain, stopping the bleeding from his abdomen and helped him recover some of his cognitive functions.

Bor then looked at the still Bam who laid there with a pained expression that remained frozen on his face. There was no doubt in his mind anymore, his twin brother was dead.