ASHER'S POINT OF VIEW
I thought he was not going to answer but he nodded. I just smiled again and entered the gate.
As I walked away from where he was standing, I felt something weird. I glanced at him and there . . . I noticed that there was really something odd. The guard's eyes turned into pure black in a split of seconds and back to normal. And suddenly, he devilishly smirked and said, "You are doomed." It took me seconds before those words sunk in my mind. I looked around and my hunch was confirmed when I saw the students were smirking while looking at us. In a split of seconds, their eyes turned black then back to normal. Damn it!
I looked at Scarlette. "Hey, wake up," I whispered. I even shouted in her mind but still, she seemed not to hear it. "Crap, we are in danger. Wake up, will you?"
I asked the demons inside the guard and the students, "What do you want from us? Answer me!" I received no reply. They just smiled.
'Damn it! What am I going to do now?' I just ran into one of the empty classrooms. They followed us! I carefully brought down Scarlette on one of the chairs and locked the door. I was panicking!
'Aunt Er, help us! They started moving!' I sent through the hidden space in my mind, wishing that Aunt Er could hear it.
"Damn it! They are already creating chaos!" I cursed when I felt Scarlette woke up. The students wanted to get in. They were acting wild. "Crap! What is happening, Asher?!" She was shocked because of what was happening. "I do not know! But there is only one thing that I know, they started moving."
I bit my lower lip as we stepped back when we felt that the door was already breaking. I gave Scarlette a meaningful look and she seemed to understand. "How? I do not know to control my powers yet!" She was trembling in fear and nervousness. "Just remember what your mother told you. You can do it." We readied ourselves.
When the door finally broke and they got in, I immediately used my powers. There were big vines that appeared from the floor around me and attacked those students. Each of them was hit in the chest. However, some of them went inside and attacked Scarlette. She was panicking but luckily, she made a fire and controlled it successfully. And yes, she was brutally killing again and of course, smiling like her mother. She was continuously making balls and blades of fire and hitting her opponents. She even made someone swallow the ball of fire!
We were breathing heavily after an hour of battling. And yet, there were still lots of them! "Damn! I am tired!" Scarlette shouted in annoyance. Corpses and blood were scattered in the whole room. Our uniforms were also covered with bloodstains.
While fighting, I felt that strange presence again, the one who was spying at Scarlette at that time before midnight wherein I was attacked by demons. I roamed my eyes around and I saw somebody, wearing a cloak on the third floor at the building outside, looking in our direction. Even though he was far, I was sure that he was a she because of the red color on her lips.
"Crap!" I was interrupted by Scarlette's grunt. When I looked at her, I cursed because of the knife that was thrust into her right thigh. She was closing her left eye out of the pain while still throwing fire. I helped her stand up but she slapped my hand away and said, "Go on. Catch her. I can take care of this." So, she felt and saw her, too. "But you are injured." I couldn't help but worry. "I do not care. Just catch that woman. I can handle this," she firmly said. I stared at her for a bit while she was battling. She was indeed serious this time. I was aware why she was determined to push me because that woman could give a link for us to find her father. "Okay. Just keep safe." She smiled. "Thank you."
I continuously attacked those who got in my way while running. The woman-in-cloak noticed me going to where she was but she just stood there as she was waiting for me. When I finally got there, she faced me. She took off her cloak's hood and smiled.
'Damn her! This is why every time that I am in school, in our classroom, or she is around, I felt that strange presence.' I gritted my teeth in anger. "I knew it. It is you . . . Rhode." She slowly clapped. "Congratulations, Mister Asher. Finally, you have met the 'Underworld Flower'."
"Why are you here?" I seriously asked. "To have fun?" and giggled. "That is bullshit!" She rolled her eyes. "Oh my! You are too serious. I am not here to make a fight." I laughed mockingly. "But you already did." Her face turned grim. "God Durlen want me to deliver you a message. He said that he will declare war against Hetarnia and will destroy the whole universe. And of course, he is going to kill Goddess Er's beloved husband." The most frightening thing was about to start. 'I already knew that this will happen and yet, Aunt Er did not listen to me. Now, they will use Uncle Max against us!'
"And yeah, by the way, I am the daughter of God Durlen. And before I go back home . . . " She stepped forward and kissed me like a slut. Her soft lips moved slowly on mine. And I just felt my eyes close and kissed her back. I could not stop myself. I bit her lower lip to give way for my tongue to explore inside her mouth. She moaned and moaned between our kisses. She moved her face away from mine and I just came back to my old self.