PROJECT: Demon Annihilation

5: Beginning of Despair

Sierra

Kasalukuyan kong nililinis si Semira nang makaramdam ako ng kakaiba sa paligid. I can feel tremors from the ground. This feeling...this unusual magic powers...it's them!

But how? The headquarters was supposed to be hidden from the outside. No one can see it except from the members of the Corps. We used a high enchantment to conceal the entire village. How can this even be possible?

Tumunog ang kampana hudyat ng isang pag-atake. Dali-dali akong lumabas sa aking silid at bumungad sa akin ang mga Arnima na hindi na mawari kung saan pupunta.

Tumakbo ako paliko sa pasilyo at nakasalubong ang tumatakbong si Ephraim. Muntik pa kaming magkabungguan.

"They have entered the town. We have to evacuate the citizens!"

"What happened to the concealment?" Pigil ko ang panginginig ng boses ko. This is not the time to be self-destructed.

"The spell was broken. We have to hurry!" What in the world happened!? Is this how strong these things are? They broke the spell without even knowing the HQ's location?

"Where are they?" Tanong ko.

"They destroyed the East Gate." Damn it! How stupid can they be? Nagkamali sila ng oras ng pag-atake lalo pa't narito lahat ng Tower.

"Where's the Master?"

"He left the village after the selection." Oh right! Nice timing! If the master's not here, then no one will command.

"Create a barrier, Ephraim!"

"It won't last long!"

"Just enough to buy us some time. Hurry!"

Ephraim used her Water to create a barrier to the whole village.

"Please, hurry. It's draining my magic power."

I'm sorry. I promise it won't take long. Please endure it, Ephraim, for a little while.

I have a plan but I'm not sure if it will work. This will be the first time that I'm doing this. If I went wrong about casting the spell, I don't think my body can withstand the damage. Kinakabahan ako. Paano kung magkamali ako? I can also harm the others. Or worse, I might bury them to the ground.

"It will work, Sierra." I just heared a voice inside my head. What is this? A telepathy?

"Exia? Is that you?" Did she just hear my thoughts?

"Yes. I will use Link Magic since you're too far from me. In that case, I can enhance your magic power. Use it to separate the location of the town and the demons who entered together with all the twelve." She guided me. But....

"I don't know their locations, Exia." Nag-aalangan ako. I can't think straight! My nerves are taking a toll over me. Shit! You're better than this, Sierra! In the first place, ako ang nakaisip nito.

"Of course, you can. Feel their magic. Transport us far away from the town. If there's anyone who can do it, it's you, Sierra. Right now, you're the only one who can save all of us."

"I-I'm scared." No matter how I fight it, I just can't help it! I've never been this terrified in my whole life before! It doesn't bother me whenever I'm fighting against demons but now is different. Shit! Just shit! Pull yourself together! For the first time, I doubted my own abilities. Damn!

"You have to hurry. Ephraim will be in danger." Hinanap ng mga mata ko kung nasaan si Ephraim.

Kitang-kita ng dalawang mga mata ko kung paano siya nahihirapan sa pagpapanatili ng barrier na humaharang sa mga demon na makapasok sa village. I'm sorry.