"why... Why are you doing this..."
He did not respond but instead blocked the upcoming attack of the enemy.
He keeps fighting while protecting the five women behind his back, with severe injuries which they could not even walk.
He keeps blocking, hitting, blocking, and making sure that no enemies could lay a hand on them.
He just looks at them and smile, a reassuring smile at the same time goodbyes.
They just watch him getting shot in the knees making him kneel, however, the man in front of them did not give up, he stands up with his chest high and did not stop to fight back, thousands of enemies trying to kill them, but none of them are dead they were being protected by the man who they treat as an enemy.
But this enemy...
Is the one who is protecting them, five.
"..why...after what we did to you..."
They wanted to help him, but they can't, he is exhausted, injured, and dying despite this, he did not let any enemies hit them.
They see his back who is protecting them at all cost.
They wouldn't even imagine, that the words that came to his mouth is something unbelievable.
"why...? Heh, because...."
A new take on the first novel of the Anti-Hero story line, with updated and polished writing. Expanding and rewriting the story along with adding never before scenes and characterizations with most of the original story beats along the way.
This is not the official canon novel, however I'd like to think of it as an alternative universe. You might recognize some things, and see new ones as well.
This is also a test for the audience to see how my writing has improved over the years. See which one does best. This is a demo, and will only be up to eight chapters before the main plot of the story unfolds. So if this gets enough traction and if people like this version more, then I'll continue writing it and make this one the canon version instead.
(This would also make it a rewrite for Secrets of Demise)