Will Of A Deity

45| Get Up

Time Unknown
Claude Manor Ruins
Hyron Dominus Rye Claude

Everything happened so fast.

When I turn around, Helios is still alive. He was pointing his cane to my direction with a large amount of mana heading straight towards me. It was too late to dodge or summon my shield, so I cross my arm in front of me  in a futile attempt to protect myself. 

I heard the loud bang of the mana ball hitting but I didn't feel anything. When I opened my eyes, the first thing I saw is fur- orange fur. I look up to see the fox protecting me. It had shielded me with its body. Its tails were covering me like a cocoon. The fox look back at me and I almost screamed. Half of its face is bloodied and it can no longer open one of its eyes. 

"N-No..."

Before I could think, the bastard starts firing multiple strong and fast shots at us. I saw the fox closed its eyes to wince but it didn't move from its position. It took all the shots Helios was firing at us.

"STOP! NO! YOU CAN'T! STOP!" I screamed amidst the firing but it won't move. "You can't do this! No! Save yourself! Please!" I plead. Tears were running down my face in frustration as I try to push the fox away but it wouldn't budge. "GO! I don't want you here! Leave! please..please leave! I can't...please...you can't die for me...you can't.."

It didn't listen and stayed. After a while, the firing stopped. I look up at the fox and it isn't moving. Its orange fur turned dark red with blood. A few more seconds and the fox's body...went limp and fell on the ground.

"Shit! No...please...no..." I ran towards it as a bright light engulf it. It started to shrunk to the size of a human. And when the bright light subsided, I saw someone lying in place of it. She my be covered in blood and most of her skin has melt off but I can recognize her completely.

I immediately held her body. "Selene! Selene. can you hear me? Selene," I put my ear on he chest to hear if she still has a heartbeat.

"Don't worry, hindi pa siya patay." 

I look up only to see Helios' grinning face. He didn't even say anything and just kicked me in the face. I land on the ground and spat blood. This bloody bastard!

"You should really be getting my blessings first before making a move to any of my daughters, you know. I mean, kaibigan ko ang pamilya niyo pero I'm not giving them away for free." he scoffed. When I look back at him, he has his foot on top of Selene's chest.

"What do you think you're----" I tried to get up but he flicked his hand and I got thrown away far. 

"I'm just harvesting what's mine," He said as he press his foot on Selene's chest. Selene start gasping for air but she couldn't move. I imagine the pain of her burnt skin touching the ground is enough to render her immobile. And finally Helios, press his foot on Selene's chest even harder until Selene stopped gasping for air. When he remove his foot. Selene's body went limp as tiny glowing ball roll out of Selene's mouth.

"Finally!" Helios picked it up and raise it to the sky. He was looking at it like a jeweler. "Ahh..the fox bead! It's mine!" I have no idea what that is. But one thing's for sure.

"I'm going to kill you," I said as I try to stand up but my wounded up legs keep giving in.

"Come on, Ron! You're always no fun. Aren't you even curious what this is?" He said as he hold up the marble in front of me. I noticed that most of his wounds had closed up. This motherfucker can regenerate. He's no longer human.

"This is a fox bead! Now, kung nakinig ka sa teacher mo sa school maybe you know what this is. Pero since mukhang di ka nakinig, ipapaliwanag ko sayo." He comically says as he take steps towards me. "Ang fox bead ay naglalaman ng kapangyarihan ng isang gumiho. Ginagamit ito ng mga gumiho upang higupin ang kaluluwa ng mga biktima nila. Naipapasa ito gamit ang halik. Pero, hindi ako humahalik ng aso." He laughed. "Anyway, bukod sa kapangyarihan nilalaman din nito ang lahat ng kaalaman sa mundo. Tulad ng sabi sa alamat, pag nilunok 'to ng isang tao ay mapapasa kaniya ang kapangyarihan at kaalaman. At mamatay ang gumiho pag hindi ito nabalik sa kanila, dahil nasa loob din ng maliit na bola na ito ang buhay nila."