Rogue Wars Online

Chapter One-Hundred Seventeen: School of Rogues and Hunters

-chapter one-hundred-seventeen-

THIRD PERSON

"Maxine... please, huwag mong gawin 'to..."

The quiet corridors in the fourth floor of the school was filled with pleads and whispers. Kasalukuyang kaharap ni Zhai at Kizeah ang isang clone ng malapit na kaibigan nila. They quickly fought it, thinking it was just the same clone from the tenth city, pero laking gulat nila nang masabayan nito ang bawat galaw nila na parang kilalang-kilala.

It feels like they weren't facing a clone but the real player.

Kaya naman nang maisip na baka nga totoo ang mga clones na ito, hindi na nakagalaw silang dalawa. Maxine was always the strongest out of them three, and she only died because she sacrificed herself for them at the Rock Island. At ngayon... ngayon, hindi nila ito kayang patayin.

Napapikit nalang sila sa mata at hinintay ang matinding sakit na darating, ngunit hindi iyon nangyari. Instead, they felt cold liquid in their faces and a body falling to the ground. When they opened their eyes later on, they have to hold on their screams of terror.

Their dear friend, Maxine, was dead on the ground and it was her blood that was sprayed on their faces. Ang pumatay sa kaniya ay si Kairo na agad nilinisan ang dagger niya. Wes stood behind him, ice-cold fury seeping from his body.

"Get up." utos ni Kairo bago sila tinalikuran. "Don't be fooled. They're just clones."

Sandali lang silang tinitigan ni Wes bago sumunod kay Kairo. Zhai and Kizeah stared at the two retreating figures. It's such a strange sight to see them cold and ruthless when they were begging for Finn's attention a while ago.

Sa kabilang dako naman ay pinipilit na pababain ni Dierran si Oliver dahil sa nakita niya.

"Ano ba, ano ba, bakit ka nagmamadali?" reklamo naman nito.

"Basta, bilisan mo na lang para mauna na tayo doon sa ilalim-"

Dierran tried to push him down the stairs again but Oliver was unmoving. Nakatutok na ang mata nito sa kung ano man ang nasa likod niya. Kaya sigurado na rin si Dierran na nakita na nito ang hindi dapat. Shit, hindi na talaga siya nawawalan ng problema!

"I-Insan..." mahinang banggit nito at akmang maglalakad palapit nang pigilan siya ulit ni Dierran. "Si insan 'yon."

"He's a clone. He's not real. At alam nating magsisimula siyang umatake kapag nakita tayo so please just keep walking forward. Hayaan mo na ang iba na makipaglaban sa kaniya dahil paniguradong hindi mo kakayanin-"

Naputol ang sasabihin ni Dierran nang umulan ng needles sa banda nila. Oliver was just in the right mind to deflect all the needles with his air magic, pero nagulat pa rin siya nang biglang sumugod papunta sa kanila si Caspian. The gentle and quiet cousin he always adored was gone and replaced by this monster that wants him dead.

"Insan-" he knows he shouldn't be calling out to him like he's not a clone but Oliver couldn't help it.

Dierran raised his dagger to stop the fire needles that Caspian threw. Ngunit distraction lang pala iyon. Habang abala si Dierran ay dumaan ang clone sa gilid niya at tinulak si Oliver sa hagdan. Summoning five needles, fire coated its sharp tip and he rushed forward to stab them at the stunned Oliver.