6 A Girl's Tears (Revised)

"She must not in there. She's not a weak girl. She must escape before the hut burn in the fire" muttered that, Roland tried to calm himself.

His bestial aura slowly faded and replaced with a sense of calmness.

He begins to think, that the girl he found is not weak. She must escape from anything that comes to this hut. Even though that is anything, Roland knows the reason why the hut in the fire.

But the question is, "Where is she?"

Roland can't feel any life form burning in that fire. Because his twenty years experience in battle said that.

He sees the land around. There are a few footprints from iron shoes. Which means there were few soldiers come to this place.

However, the footprints look messy. Roland's ability to read a scenario from the past tells him.

"They must be fighting with the girl, and the cause of the fire must be from arcana spell that a soldier used. The girl manages to escape from battle because she had not enough energy to fight them all. So she runs and the soldier followed her"

He looks into the depths of the woods. Where a hundred-meter area filled with a quite big tree, and if you follow it to the end, you will face a big tall wall of the kingdom.

In there, the girl will reach his end of the road and the soldiers that already increase their number will corner her. Which means that would be a dead-end to the girl.

Succeed to calm himself, reading the mood, and devised a plan, Roland in his battle mode.

Bring up the one-handed sword in the right hand. A sword that has two meters long, has a thin body but it as a power that makes it glow green. It looks like made with emerald but not. On it's handling, there is a part that circles it. The connection from its body. It has a shape that looks like a yin-yang symbol.

On Roland's left hand, he created an Arcana disk that has a sword symbol in the center. A unique arcana with different runic than others that just only him who can use it.

He prepared. On the next second, his arcana begins to move on its own. Work as he wants.

In the next second, three big swords begin to appear behind him. Then he lifts his left hand, and throw it in the direction where he stands. On that move, the three big sword moves too. Directed their own body, and threw away a hundred meters to front direction.

On the next move, Roland creates four normal size sword. The four swords pointing down. Has a green glowing light in their body but brighter than three big swords before.

"Ailes de fée"

Spells were spoken and Roland begins to fly. To a direction where the girl hides or tries to defend herself.

***

A bunch of soldiers has deployed. But no one has found the cursed girl.

Everyone is on full alert. Ready for every danger that could kill them. But there is still no one who gets kill yet.

A man that in his different armor than others getting impatient. That is a Paladin. The commander of that mission. Mission where they have to capture one survivor of attacker of the royal palace.

He is Ogier the Dane. One of the twelve Paladin who had a unique sword. A sword with its power can be quite a trouble for the Strongest One.

Ogier the Dane on his full armor. Wearing such blackish silver armor that looks tough. To take it simply, that armor and his battle skill is no match for killing ability. Like the one he chased.

"Where is she, why it takes you so long to captured her?!"

He getting angry at his many soldiers. Although he pointed that mad question at the one that together with him.

"I – I'm sorry sir, but she's really fast. And with her cursed ability, she easily can avoid every soldier"

The soldier with him spoke with fear. However, that won't calm himself. Whatever they are chasing is just a little girl, and many adult soldiers had cornered her.

"But, still, why is she hasn't captured yet!"

He getting angrier than before. But on a moment he had spoken, a big size sword flies toward them. The soldier beside him glared in fear. Only him remain calm.

That big sword is trying to attack them, and that makes Ogier getting silence and calmer.

In a narrow moment, he can manage to pull out his sword. On that momentum, a large lightning stream grabbed and hit the big sword. Annihilated the sword and turn it into light beads.

However, that was just a bit. When the big sword turns into light beads, a pathway of light fly above them and goes down to the scent behind them.

Ogier knows exactly what was that. His feeling mixed with anger and calmness. Even though he mad at him, he must remain calm because if he not, there will be no chance of winning that battle.

***

The girl has tried her best to not get caught. But it's time to stop because she begins lost consciousness.

She feels really tired. She has a few wounds on her little body. Plus she feels really weak. She has done her best to escape. Looks like it's time to give up. Give up with every dream she dreams. Give up with the last hope that hasn't come to save her yet. She is hopeless.

In her beautiful face in pain, fell off a few tears. Even though, she remains a smile because she had enough of kindness from a few people.

Like from her only red-haired girlfriend. Or from a kind woman who always gives her food every night. Or from a man who reacts sadly at her faith.

She already had enough to fulfill her heart content, and whatever will happen now, she will accept it gracefully.

"I found her!"

At that time, a soldier took a view of her. He rapidly runs toward her. Even though she said to herself to give up, her feet won't stop running. Even though she said she had enough, she won't stop crying and call out for help.

"Help... please, someone, help me"

She ran hard. Forcing her weak feet to not get caught. Almost flattering. But her feet won't stop. Her hearts won't give up hope to every hope she can get.

"Don't run away!"

The soldier getting close. His friends also catch up from behind. Giving her a big fear into her heart.

"Don't - "

The soldier behind her getting very close. He began to grab his hand to catch her. But she simply doesn't want to give up.

She twists and faces the soldier. Creating a sword from blood on her right hand. For her left hand, it's already full of blood, can't make any use of it.

She stood very scared. While the soldier in front of her making a quite happy face.

"Don't fight or I will kill you"

He pulls out his hand and put a shield in front. His friends that already catch up doing the same thing. Walk slowly toward her.

At that time, a blow-up sound coming from a direction in front of her. At that momentum, a pathway light goes down in front of her. Any soldier couldn't manage what happen.

The first glance back, and when the light just falls in front of them they followed it.

On the next moment, the closest soldier to the girl getting thrown out with a powerful wind. The other soldier couldn't manage what was happening, and with their lack of battle ability, made them have the same fate as the first soldier.

All of them getting thrown out. But that powerful wind only made them flew away and not hurt them.

The girl couldn't manage either to process, what was just happen.

However, when the field getting calm. She took the view of a man. A man that promise he would come back for her.

he is floating with a complex system of abilities. Put that aside for a moment, she feels grateful. Tears of joy come out from her eyes without she knows.

"I'm sorry I come late."

The man talks heroicly to her. Then he twists his head to see hear.

In front of her, there is someone who wants to save her. Someone who wants to pull out his sword to protect and attack everyone who wants to hurt her.

Her tears won't stop coming out. She even fell over her knee because of happines and weakened body.

Roland is relieved, besides her wound, she's all okay. Atleast her soul still in her body.

The girl still crying on her back. Roland facing forward. Her left hand lift to the front, doing a defend pose. At that rapid momentum, a big lightning strike coming. Roland manages to create a disposable sword to protect them, the sword endure the damage and disappear once defend its the owner.

"I never thought it would be you, the one who kills all of her kind, that coming and try to save her"

A voice comes out from toward them. Although the existence of its voice still far away, Roland can hear his voice and feels his anger.

That voice comes from Ogier the Dane. Roland ally at Knight in King Order. One of Roland's rivals at swords fighting skill.

"Well, I never thought it would become like this too. You try to capture her, and I try to protect and take her away from here"

Although Ogier's existence still not visible, Roland responds at him. The girl that already stop crying looking at him. Feel confused and standby at everything will come to them.

She stands up. Invent her sword and facing toward Roland looking. She's not afraid anymore, because her knight is here.

"Say, The Strongest One, why would you try to save that girl when back then you kill all of her kind?"

Finally, the Ogier form is visible. He comes out from the darkness in front of them. His one-handed sword at the right hand, held very strong and ready to cut anytime.

At Ogier's presence, the girl can feel a really big aura. Just like Roland's. But it full of rage, hatred, and impatience. Just like Roland back then.

"I was really mad. I can't control myself when I see a view of our lord getting stab, and there is a sword pierce his body. Who didn't want to kill everyone on that scene at that time?"

"I see, so, why do you want to save this one?"

Ogier looking at the girl. Questioning her existence at Roland's back. The girl swallowed her saliva because of Ogier looking at her. Looks ready to kill her.

"You know the fact that they just scapegoat, right?"

"Yeah, but that did not circumvent the fact that they had attacked the castle"

"You are not wrong. But, still, that didn't make me have to hate what they have done"

"They kill all of the guards at the palace"

Ogier didn't want to hear what Roland said. He keeps countering what Roland says and makes the atmosphere feels heavy, and the result of that makes a girl with them want to cry.

"They didn't have another choice"

"They always have another choice"

"What did you expect to twelve-year-old kids?"

"They have power"

"They didn't have braveness"

"They can kill every guard, even every maid at the palace, they have the braveness to do that"

"They are just want to live free and to attack the royal palace is what was promised by their employer"

"They just have to kill their employer and –"

"You think they as smart like you, they are just ki -"

Roland stop his words when he heard the sound of a girl's crying.

"Hiks... hiks... please... please, stop fighting, over me"