Hero began to smile and drew his sword. Guard Knight immediately pulled the trigger, but Hero was swiftly in front of him and swung his sword. Guard Knight jumped back, quickly drawing his own sword.
Hero pointed upwards. "Hey... Look up!"
Guard Knight looked up, shocked to see hundreds of winged Demons flying towards the palace.
Hero was quickly in front of Guard Knight. "Let's continue this."
He swung his sword downwards, but Guard Knight merely tilted his body, dodging the attack. Guard Knight swung his sword sideways. Hero tilted his head, and Guard Knight's sword grazed his cheek, then he immediately jumped back.
Guard Knight immediately advanced and slashed at Hero. Hero's chest was wounded with three large gashes and some houses behind him were damaged, like a wild animal's claws.
Hero began to smile. "Heh... Not bad. I'll increase my strength."
Hero was swiftly in front of Guard Knight, then he swung his sword downwards. Guard Knight couldn't dodge and braced himself against Hero's attack.
Heavy!
The ground Guard Knight stood on crumbled, and he sank further down. Guard Knight quickly grabbed his Arquebus, intending to shoot Hero's chest, but Hero immediately jumped back.
"I'll end this now," Hero said.
Hero raised his sword upwards, then swiftly swung it down so fast it couldn't be seen by the naked eye. Suddenly, Guard Knight's left arm was severed, shocking him. Hero immediately advanced and kicked Guard Knight, sending him flying into a house. The house wall crumbled, Guard Knight's upper body was inside the house, while his lower body was outside.
Hero walked closer to Guard Knight and pointed his sword at Guard Knight's neck. "Surrender."
Guard Knight began coughing blood, and blood oozed from the gaps in his helmet. "N-Never!"
Guard Knight quickly grabbed his Arquebus, which was still attached to him, aimed it at Hero's chest, and pulled the trigger. Hero's chest was shot and bled.
Hero was wounded and enraged. "Damn it!" Hero then stabbed Guard Knight in the chest.
Suddenly, Royal Knight appeared beside them. Hero, surprised, immediately jumped back. He pointed his sword at Royal Knight, then looked up at the building and smiled.
Guard Knight began coughing blood and said to Royal Knight, "S-Senior, quickly go... S-Save the people... L-Leave me."
Royal Knight, in a flat tone, replied, "I will not."
Guard Knight smiled. "My life won't last much longer."
Guard Knight took his last breath. Royal Knight, seeing this, immediately knelt down, removed Guard Knight's helmet, and closed his eyes.
Royal Knight, in a flat tone, uttered, "Rest in peace, Hans Vlamin," then put the helmet back on.
"How sad to see your junior die in front of you, Royal Knight."
Royal Knight heard that, without turning his face, he drew his sword and swung it upwards with an extremely powerful slash that created a beam of light.
Behind that light slash, Hero's body briefly turned black before returning to normal, then Hero's right arm was severed, causing Hero to fall and be severely wounded.
"H-Hey... Go to the Palace, and see the King's condition, perhaps he's already dead at the hands of Lord Dark Mage."
Royal Knight heard that, immediately stabbed Hero, killing him, then ran towards the Palace.
A few moments later, Royal Knight arrived at the Palace. It was already filled with Demons devouring the corpses of soldiers.
"Ah, you're back!" Dark Mage turned around.
Royal Knight was shocked to see someone wearing black armor identical to Lance Knight's, and that person held Lance Knight's spear. He also saw before that person the deceased king, his body impaled by the Lance through his throne.
Royal Knight angrily roared, "I will kill you!"
Dark Mage smiled. "Go ahead... If you can."
Dark Mage began to conjure a black portal in front of him. He immediately entered the black portal, followed by Shadow Knight who carried the King's corpse. Royal Knight jumped towards the portal, but it began to close.
Royal Knight stared at the throne in front of him. "Forgive me, Your Majesty, this was my duty, but... I couldn't save you."
One of the Demons walked closer to him, then attacked Royal Knight from behind, sending Royal Knight flying forward, hitting the shattered Throne. Royal Knight stood up, but instead of attacking the Demon, he merely knelt. The Demon was now in front of him, intending to attack.
Suddenly, a Longsword was thrown from the front gate. The sword impaled itself in the wall near Royal Knight, blocking the Demon's attack. Someone wearing full white armor with a blue cloth attached to his head walked in front of the Throne door. He was Sword Knight.
Sword Knight immediately advanced, gripping his impaled sword. Then he swung it sideways, cleaving the Demon's body.
Sword Knight turned and extended a hand. "Are you alright?"
Royal Knight stood up. "I'm fine." He looked at Sword Knight. "If you're here, did you bring your two comrades?"
"Yes, they're both helping the citizens." He looked around. "This place is truly chaotic... Is there no hope left for us to win?" Sword Knight asked.
Royal Knight began to answer, "No, we have a little hope left."
Hell Knight, Saint Knight, and Yuna were now in front of a large, magnificent white building. Yuna immediately ran towards the entrance and turned back.
Yuna smiling widely. "Welcome to the Saint Associate Main Headquarters."
Yuna, Saint Knight, and Hell Knight went inside. They saw a man dressed all in white with yellow stripes. Yuna immediately approached the man and wanted to meet her brother. The man nodded and immediately left to meet Yuna's brother.
A few moments later, Yuna, Saint Knight, and Hell Knight were in a room with stairs in front of them, and above the stairs was a throne. Saint Knight immediately knelt. Hell Knight, not understanding, also knelt.
The sound of a door opening and footsteps were heard.
"Raise your heads."
Saint Knight and Hell Knight began to raise their heads. They saw a man wearing the same clothes as Yuna and a hood. The man had white hair with bright yellow irises. That person was Yuira Frontsen, the leader of Saint Associate.
To be continued.....