The Life I Gained From Dying

Chapter 30 - Attack On Himawari Part II

"Jayson Hillinger. On orders of Commander Kajar, you are to return to Ignus immediately." Clint exclaimed.

"...Elijah, move this." Jayson said in a scarily calm manner.

Elijah who was shaken up and confused about what was happening, listened to what he was told to do. He moved the water from around Jayson and surrounded himself and his daughter with it.

"Daddy... help him." Eliah said as she began to cry. "He said he'd protect me... help him."

Shaedon's body was completely engulfed in flames and laying there without moving at all. Elijah held onto his daughter while Jayson calmly approached the two attackers.

"Yanno all of this could've been avoided if you just never left Ignus." Travis stated. "Disobedience calls for a punishment."

As Jayson walked towards the two attackers, he stopped just before Shaedon's burning body and gazed upon it with a blank expression. He tightly balled his fist and a sudden flame appeared from his hand briefly. The rage was about to overflow within Jayson before he realized something. His loosened his fist and squated down beside Shaedon.

"It's bout time you noticed." Clint said. "Burning to death is a slow and painful death, which usually involves a lot of screaming and struggling. That kid didn't make a sound when he fell over and hasn't moved since. That's bad acting if you asked me."

Shaedon's body then began to move, pulling himself off of the floor into a sitting position while still being engulfed in flames.

"Sorry Jay, I thought I could've tricked them." Shaedon said as the flames began to diminish.

"You covered your body in fire essence." Jayson concluded.

"Yeah..."

"Who taught you that?"

"If you coat your body with fire essence, you can use it as a net which stops flames from touching you." Clint stated. "Something like that is taught to you as a child, but I shouldn't expect an orphan to be taught anything."

Both Shaedon and Jayson took the insult on the chin, but Jayson deducted something from that statement.

"Was that aimed at just me, or both me and Shaedon?" Jayson asked himself. "Of course he'd know that I'm an orphan, but how would they know that about Shaedon, unless they knew who I left with."

"The choice is yours Jayson. If you want to salvage what's left of this place, you should come back to Ignus, now." Clint exclaimed while holding out both of his hands.

Suddenly a spectral bow and arrow appeared in Clint's hands, aimed towards Jayson.

"...Shaedon, get out of here." Jayson whispered. "Your essence skills won't help in this situation."

"But... you'll be alright right?"

"Of course." Jayson replied confidently.

The both of them stood up to their feet and a few seconds after, Shaedon ran out of the immediate area. However, he did stay close enough to see what will transpire. Jayson looked back at Elijah who had a conflicted gaze on his face as he held his daughter. Gathering all of the strength in his body, Elijah nodded his head and dropped the water that was surrounding them. He ran away with Eliah in his arms and before the water could even touch the ground, Jayson infused his water essence into it and pulled it towards him. Clint shot an arrow at Jayson who ducked and dodged it with ease while directing the stream of water towards both of the attackers. Travis ran forward, evading the stream while drawing a dagger out of his pocket. Clint readied another arrow while Travis engaged for close quarter combat. Falling back on defense, Jayson desperately avoided Travis' attacks all the while keeping an eye on Clint who was calmly tracking the two with an arrow ready. Jayson directed the water stream between himself and Travis to create some distance, but all that did was create an opening for Clint to fire his arrow. Jayson managed to avoid that one as well but just by a thin margin.