Lost Spirit

Just when James lost all hope, the grip on his shoulder started to loosen. As James was lost in despair, he did not realize what happened. Blood started to pour down his face from the demonic beast. There was a sword that exited from one side of the demonic beast.

"James! James stand up!" Francis called out to James as he pulled away the demonic beast from him. As the demonic beast fell down, Francis saw the situation James was in. There was a deep bite mark on James' shoulder. He even saw some white being exposed. This might be his bone.

Having lost all his spirit, James did not know what to do. His hopes and dreams were crushed the instance the demonic beast was stuck on him. His mind was blank at the moment. Nothing made senesce anymore. James' mind started to cloud with tons of questions, "Why do these beasts attack us? Why are we fighting these beasts anyway?" These questions consumed James mind to the point that gave up on living, "With the strength of these beasts, we might as well end up killed by them."

With a slap on his face, James realized that he was still in the Hermes and alive at that. Looking up, he saw Francis shaking him furiously. Francis mouth was moving, yet there was no voice exiting it.

As James looked around him, he saw various demonic beasts engulfing their locations.

A smiled formed up on his face. However there was something off putting to this smile. Turning his head to Francis, James stood up and removed the grip of Francis. Opening his mouth, James started to question Francis, "Do you know why these beasts attack us? What about the reason for these beasts?" There was something off putting to the questions James was asking.

Unsure how to react, Francis ignored the questions, "Now is not the time for that! We have a battle to fight!" Facing back to the demonic beasts Francis continued, "Look at those bastards over there! We have to beat them. Pick your sword up aga…" Before Francis could finish, he saw James move forward. Yet he was not carrying any sword.

Opening up his arms, James walked forwards towards the demonic beasts, as if he wanted to die. Laughing like a madman James shouted to Francis, "We will all die anyway! Let them take us now! It will be quick, I am sure of it."

Francis realized now that James fell in despair and had not recovered yet. It looked as he lost his mind. Shouting angrily at James Francis, "Are you out of your mind! What are you doing over there! Get back here now!" Realizing that James was not reacting at all, Francis started to move towards James trying to pull him back in. As he stepped forward, he noticed that one of the demonic beasts aimed at him. Because of this, Francis had no time to waste on saving James.

James ignored everything that Francis was saying as he moved forward to the demonic beasts. Spreading his arms wide, it looked as James was inviting the beasts to attack and even kill him.

His wish was answered, as one of the demonic beasts noticed him and started flying towards James. James welcomed this, as he turned towards the beast and closed his eyes. The weird smile he had did not disappear from his face as the demonic beast was dashing towards him.

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