The Masque: Part 1: Unwanted Struggle

The Masque: Chapter 4: Allies

Jack has finally revealed Gem's unknown origin of his to Sir. Elleanor. The knight felt a surge of anger and disappointment upon learning the truth.

"You're an idiot Elleanor! What about that custody you were referring to? Huh?!" Jack says to the knight.

"You are not the type of person to accomodate an enemy like us."

"In fact, you just said that whatever we do you will never cooperate from the likes of us."

"Why not turn him over, Elleanor? You'll remove the chances of that idiot spreading chaos on your kingdom."

A moment of silence went by between Sir. Elleanor and Jack. The knight only kept a deadly stare on the eyes of jack.

"I'll take that as a no, huh? That's fine by me." Jack's mask lets out a faint glow of yellow.

"A Masque hunting another Masque. Isn't that strange? In the history of fighting between our sides, we rarely encounter things like this." Sir. Elleanor says.

"The likes of you are always coordinated and friendly towards other fellow Masque Elites."

"And having something like an attack of your kind... is kinda' strange, right?" The knight looks at the faint glowing mask of Jack.

"Gem's hiding something that you people don't want us to know."

Jack didn't respond to the knight's assumption. Jack's hand is starting to seperate from his arm because of Sir. Elleanor's sword pierced on it and continually streaming lava.

"Now then, Jack. You can still save your hand here. Only if you answer my question."

"What does the Masque Elites desperately trying to hide from us? I know I wouldn't be getting my answers from Gem. He already went through the mist, his memories are long gone."

"Answer me, Jack. Or I'll finish you."

Even with all of the interrogation and threatful words that the knight shows, Jack didn't oblige to answer. Instead, he started laughing it off.

"You... all of you. Absolute idiots!" Jack shouts those last words and rips off his hand that's pinning him down by the knight's blade.

"I haven't lost yet, Elleanor!" Jack smash his other hand that's glowing, through the ground.

"What are you-!?" Sir. Elleanor says and noticed also that Jack's other hand is glowing through the ground. He quickly makes some distance as he expected a bomb to emerge.

"Nightmare: Undead grip" Jack's mask begins to spew flames again and casted an ability of his.

The ground instantly started crack to where Elleanor is placed. Rotting hands of human emerges and immediately grabs unto Sir. Elleanor's body forcing the knight to fall, but to no avail. Some of the hands attempts to latch unto the knight's sword, but failed to do so as they melt upon contact.

"A~Ano... 'to?!" The knight questioned the ability while struggling to get out of the rotting hands that's pinning him down.

Sir. Elleanor starts swinging his sword again and again to cut down as much hands as possible. But upon doing so, the hands just instantly emerges through the ground and just latches on the knight's body. Meanwhile, Jack pulls his hand on the ground and looks at Sir. Elleanor, struggling.

"You really thought you got me, huh? Elleanor?!" Jack says to the knight.

"You forgot that the opponent that you're facing is equal to the Eskrimadors."