Asurea (The soul of Rage.)

Chapter 13. The battle.

Asurea pov

(A tiny bit of gore in this one.)

Horns blared from the castle's watch towers while troops charged my town's warriors. I did notice none of the soldiers had guns. They were rare weapons, so they didn't want to waste them. I stared in horror as the two sides fought, weapons clashing and people screaming filling the air. All of the sounds were drowned out after two more bangs roared, a bit farther than before. I looked around, seeing two more waves of guards from my town coming in from the west and east. There were so many of them and not enough troops on our side. "ASUREA-" I looked over to Drue, who was calling out my name. He pointed behind me and I instantly flipped around, an arrow flying straight toward me. My eyes widened as I raised my arm to block my face, and then I waited for impact...and waited...and waited. After a bit I looked up to see Neon, standing over me, with an arrow in his arm.  "Brought you a little something." He said, smiling while handing me my axe. I looked up at him. "You'll be fine, Asurea." I nodded. "Okay..." I looked over at the horde of troops. "Remember your training. Everything they will do, you've seen coming." I started feeling better after he said that. "Alright. We will see each other afterwards?" He nodded. "Obviously. Now go get them." I smiled, nodding and then started running toward the horde. It was odd, as much as it was a huge battle between multiple people, there were mini-battles within, usually one of each side slashing at the other. 

Eventually, I ran into the middle of the crowd, looking around frantically. I heard an ear-piercing scream for a second and then the scream turned into gagging. I looked to my side, and there was a soldier from my town taking their sword out of another soldier's neck, blood dripping off the tip. I stared in horror until I noticed they were looking at me. "...They sent children to fight us? This fight will be over soon."  They slashed through the air, as I dodged to the side. "Don't be annoying now." He grumbled while slashing at me again. I held my axe up to block it, pushing against them. He pushed harder, before swiftly pulling their sword away and slashing my side. I barely dodged, watching it cut a line through my shirt. I heard him chuckle. "At this rate, you're not even going to swing once." He swung his sword once again and I ducked under it. He threw a lot of weight into that swing and it took him a few seconds to recover. They slashed at me again and I stepped back. "QUIT DODGING YOU LITTLE BRAT." They went for another slash with a lot of force into it, and I dodged under it once again. I couldn't let them recover this time. I slammed my axe into their back, it going clean through the armour...and his skin. His top half slid off while his lower half fell to the ground. I almost threw up when I saw his guts starting to spill out of the armour. After a few seconds, I shook my head and started looking around.

I noticed Neon fighting with nothing more than his hands, and yet I saw many corpses surrounding him, with 3 more guards rushing at him. I looked away and found myself looking at Drue and Zana, who were fighting together. At the look of things, they've taken down at least 2 soldiers. I looked ahead of me, hearing a thud. Another soldier from The King's Blade was on the ground, with a soldier from my town going to stab him in the neck. I acted quickly and knocked the blade away with my axe. Both the downed guard and the attacker looked at me.  The attacker let out a huff and walked past the downed guard and slashed at me. I moved to the side and attempted to slice at them with my axe. They blocked it with their sword and pushed me back. They ran forward and sliced at me again while I was recovering. I fell backwards onto my back, barely avoiding it. I looked up and saw the blade coming down at me. I rolled forward and slash at their legs. The axe went right through the armour and the legs...again. The soldier fell onto the ground, screaming. I watched as the soldier that was once on the floor plunged his sword into the legless man's head. The screaming stopped soon after. 

I looked around, the fight was coming to a close, and this group of soldiers was no match for The King's Blade's army. I felt a little happy knowing we were alright, but I couldn't shake the feeling of dread about ending a life. I stumbled toward Drue and Zana, who was drinking water. Drue gulped down a mouthful of water. "Hey Surey, you feeling okay?" I nodded and then felt something start to come up my throat. I arched over and vomited all over the floor. I heard footsteps and felt pats on my back. "Drue, go find the butler." I watched Drue run off toward the castle. "Try to keep it down." I nodded, feeling it rise. "...first time?" I nodded again. "Yeah...this is how I reacted my first time too...You'll get through it." I nodded and they continued patting me on the back. Eventually, I stood fully up, looking over at Zana. "You're weirdly helpful," I said. They shrugged it off. "Well? Would you rather me not help you with this?" I shook my head. "No..." "Then shut it." They said in a joking tone. I nodded, feeling a bit better. 

We stood there for a few moments until we heard footsteps coming up behind us. Must be Neon and Drue. I turned around and only Drue stood there, looking a bit shocked. "....Where is Neon?" I asked. He started stammering out something before the King came up behind Drue. 

"They took him."