The Overlords Witch {BL}

Chapter 14 - Scared

The man looked back at the witch again the big pink eyes just look back at him, he could see deep in his eyes were a confused expression with worry and pain.

The man was trying his best to come up with a solution in his mind, but it was risky, as he'd already recognised the amour. It was the shadow knights, a personal unit of knights pledged and loyal to only to the emperor. Not only was he raised with them from young he trained them to the powerful frightening unit they are and when it is the emperors time to pass, they too would follow. Just twenty of those knights are all they need to bring down an entire kingdom.

All knights and soldiers aspire to be them however the trials and challenges to get to their standard is immense and extreme.

Their achievements sound like ridiculous and farfetched myths, but the emperor is the breaker of myths and creator of truths.

Idea's in his head bounced around off each other but there was no good solution as far as he knew the witch was a baby chick with his powers and going against these seasoned veterans, he honestly doubted the victor of this outcome.

"Can you kill them?" he suddenly whispered to the witch.

"I can't" the witch answered immediately.

He smiled helplessly "I didn't think so, I'm sorry," he said barely sighing under his breath.

The man place himself in front of the witch, fell to his knees and buried his face in the dirt, "your majesty I recognise my crimes as unforgivable sins, but I beseech you to absolve the witch as he bears no crime"

Amongst the dark-clad of mounted knights, there was one figure that particularly stood out, he visibly wore less armour than the others and lacked a helm. He dismounted from his steed with fluency and a telling presence.

"And who are you to command me?" the man spoke both bemused and irritated by the proposal.

He continued, "You both commit crimes punishable by death and then further commit treason. You dare to beg for mercy, how vain." Although his voice sounded amused, the man didn't need or even want to look upwards to his terrifyingly detached eyes.

"I know he's a witch, but he's of no harm he can't use his blade to strike. He's an innocent. Your Highness please spare him he's unable to commit a crime" the man further begged.

"The act of treason shall be paid with blood" the emperor spoke with an unshaken resolution.

The man trembled and huffed heavily as he lowered his head, "I'm sorry" he said in the direction of the witch behind him.

Just as the emperor's blade swung down with intense force an ear-piercing ring reverberated and the blade unexpectedly bounced backwards.

Not in the slightest expecting this outcome Ares was taken aback and gawked in surprise, he couldn't even react, he was beyond stunned, but even more so excited.

Noticing he was unhurt the man quickly looked up to see something resembling an icy crystal shooting out the ground like a branch hovering over him. He turned to face the witch only to see his finger erect before himself and his pink eyes alight like starlight's filling the desolate sky with a brilliant burning glow.

Despite the bow sticking out from his arm his demeanour didn't seem to waver and his passive expression was very deceiving.

"You were going to get hurt, why? " the witch asked the man, feeling something fill his throat.

"You're scared?" the man asked at close inspection, in fact so was he, so much so he didn't think he currently had the ability to stand.

"You were going to leave me" the boy's lip seemed to twist into a frown.

Just when the man felt like his legs summoned the slightest amount of strength, he noticed a glint then a smoky figure approach from behind the witch at an extremely fast pace. Just when his brain caught up with his eyes, he felt his voice and body lacking in caparison "look out!" he reached out his arm.

He was too late as the sword pierced the witch from behind and only after it the blade went through him did, he react, "augh".