My Second Chance In Life In Another World

CHAPTER 37: RAGE

The battle between Ruel and Father started. Ruel was the first to attack and started to activate a skill while charging towards Father.
 
"Sharp nail!"       Shouted by Ruel, then his speed doubled, and he targeted Father's body.
"Wind repel!"       Father shouted, then the sword that was supposed to hit Father's body stopped as if it were blocked by something.
"Tsk, you and your tricks," Ruel said, then jumped backwards to make distance, but Father didn't miss that opportunity.
"Wind eagle!"       Shouted by Father, then, five winds that are shaped like eagles started to attack Ruel.
"Spinning shield!"       Shouted by Ruel, then his arm with his sword started to spin and block all the wind eagles that were coming.
"That kind of magic wouldn't hurt me, so if you treasure your life, then just get out of here," said Ruel.
"You're a really cocky one," said Father with a serious face.
"But no matter what you say, that won't affect me one bit." "Do you know why?" "Because I know someone who is a hundred times stronger at swordsmanship than you," Father added.
"You know that I can kill you this instant if I want, but I choose not to because you're still a citizen of this kingdom," Father said with a smile.
 
Maybe in everyone's view, Father was still strong and could cast so many spells, but that's not really the case. I already know that Father was a great liar, but this thing is not something that he can hide easily, and that is that he's almost out of mana. Maybe he cast so many spells earlier that he's now nearing the limit of his mana. That's why he can't fight like he normally does because, when a magician runs out of mana, he will collapse and become unconscious. There is also a possibility that the magician will get mana sickness.
 
While Father and Ruel are continuing their fight, someone is about to interfere and wants to end it easily. That is the blonde guy who was by Carson's side earlier but is now sneaking towards us; he doesn't seem to know that I can see him. Most likely, what he wanted was to take Chris and me hostage and let Father get killed by Ruel, but I won't let him do that.
 
"Chris at your back!" I shouted, then Chris got surprised and looked into her back, where he saw the blonde guy that was sneaking towards us.
 
"Tsk, there's no other choice," he said, then charged towards us.
"Water shield!"       I shouted, then the blonde guy bumped into the water shield and fell to his butt.
"Chris, don't kill him." "Aim at his leg so he can't move," I said.
"Okay," Chris replied, then started to cast.
"I call an arrow of water here and now." "Let the tremendous protection of water be upon the location thou seekest." 
"Water arrow!"       Chris shouted, then three water arrows appeared and headed towards the blonde guy.
"I'm sorry, mister Conrad," said Chris before the arrows hit the blonde guy's leg.
"Aaaarrrggghhhhhh!"      Screamed by Conrad
 
Conrad?       Where did I hear that name before?
Those thoughts were on my mind, but suddenly they were interrupted by someone that I didn't expect to make a move—it was Carson. 
 
I didn't sense his movement at all, and he just suddenly appeared at my side, holding out his sword and about to slash me.
 
"Don't think that I'll just be there standing and watching my henchmen get beat one by one," said Carson, who then moved his sword and was about to slash me.
 
father, who is fighting Ruel saw what was happening and looked towards us; his expression suddenly changed to one of surprise and anger.
 
"CAAARRSSOOONN!!"       Father shouted
"Water Javelin!"       Father shouted, then a javelin made of water rushed towards where Carson was, but Carson was still ahead of him and was about to hit me when suddenly a figure of a blonde girl my age jumped towards me and blocked my vision, and instead of me, she's the one who got slashed.
"CHRIS!"       I shouted, worried about Chris.
"Don't worry, Will, this time I will protect you," said Chris while her back was bleeding.
 
She has a cut on her back, but the cut doesn't seem deep. What did she do? Wait, her clothes are wet. Did she cast a water ball before jumping?
I know that this is not the time for it, but I smiled proudly at Chris for her improvement.
 
While I'm thinking that, the water javelin that is heading toward Carson hits his shoulder with a great force that sends him flying over a few meters. The javelin pierced his shoulder, but it seems like Carson was lucky and didn't die with that hit. 
 
"Don't ever dare touch those children!" Father was still in an uncontrollable rage, and now he was preparing to cast another spell when he was interrupted.
 
"Are you forgetting about me?" Asked by Ruel, she started to activate a skill.
"Sharp nail!"       Shouted by Ruel, then his speed doubled, and he was targeting Father's body.
"I don't have time to waste on you," said Father with a serious tone, then he cast a spell.
"Water Curtain," he shouted, and then a huge circle of water covered Father's back, and Ruel's sword just bounced back on it.
"Water Arrow!"       Father shouted, then five arrows directly hit the unguarded rook.
"Aaarrrggggghhhhhh!"       Ruel screamed in pain.
 
"Now let's go back to you, Carson," Father said with a serious tone that indicated he was about to kill someone. The father right now wasn't the father that I knew; the man in front of me right now was a monster that was ready to kill his prey, and even I was scared of him right now and couldn't speak.
 
"You want to kill my family?" "Then I'll just kill you," Father said.
"Water javelin!"       Shouted by Father, a javelin made of water appeared and rushed towards where Carson is.
 
I cannot do anything. Carson was going to get killed by my father, and I cannot stop him because I am too scared of him right now. He's not the normal him; he's like a monster. Is he like that on the battlefield too?
 
While those thoughts were circling in my mind, the javelin was about to hit Carson, but someone blocked it so Carson wouldn't get hit. It was Conrad. With his arms open wide, he received the water javelin, which pierced his stomach and went into his back.
 
Father, who was like a monster earlier, came back to his normal self and fell to his knees when he saw what happened.
 
"W-what did I just do?" Father said
"Conrad!"       Shouted by Carson
"Sir Carson, with this, I have already paid what I owe to you; thank you for helping us when we're in need; I'll just ask one more favor," Conrad said, then he coughed up blood.
"Sir Carson, please don't tell my family that I died; instead, please tell them that I was just sent on a mission," he said, then coughed up blood again.
"I don't want them to be sad," Conrad said, then fell to the ground.
 
Father was still on his knees and looking at the dead body of Conrad, while Carson was walking towards Conrad's body. After that, a deafening silence enveloped the whole place.