the downfall of a crown

the night in which this world change was meant to be a day of peace, but it turned into the day in which peace cease to exist.

that haunting night Maxwell was walking among the civilians. he then remembers what he was talking on the road with his teammates.

"don't worry about something like that. you will be who you want to be. everything is about what you really want to do and who you want to become."

those were the last words Max ever heard from Robert on their way to the castle.

"once this is over how about one night of fun, you and I pretty boy."

those were also the last words he heard from Emma that dreadful night.

Max wasn't sure about the plan, he felt that something was off or otherwise, why would it make senses that Logan would change the plan on the last minute.

he met members of other groups, which Max didn't know anything before that night. also he felt suspicious that the three less skilled members of the group would be apart of them before the kill.

he knew deep down that it was a trap in which the others were nothing more than the bait and if something went off Ramiro or Ms. Moon would kill him, but the real question is which one of those two is the one who is supposed to take care of any loose ends.

once in front of the castle they were waiting for the king to show up and when they saw the king getting out with many knights they knew this was more complicated than what they expected to be.

Ramiro told him that some knights were getting close to them. in that moment Max takes his sword out.

"go for the kill."

Max yields at the same time that he covers his face with a hood and the two of them run towards the king with their swords.

from far away Raku with a crossbow starts to hit the knights that are near the king. Max is unleashing his primal instincts as he attacks the knights with brutality, until he makes sure that they are dead.

he runs towards the king and all what the knights can do is to slow him down, but not even the worst cut can stop him. at this point he doesn't even feel pain anymore. king Bradley runs and Max is behind him. in a last moment of despair.

"you don't have price do you?.... I see so this is it, right? well it was great while it lasted so will it be painful?..... not a single word coming from you, I see so at least can you pardon my daughter's life. please at least be a man of honor and let a girl live."

the king asks in despair.

the king can see in Max's eyes a monster and not a human. after a long silence.

"it was an order from mister Cromwell, to kill the girl. your majesty, I am a really busy man. so if you excuse me, I had many people to murder tonight."

the king takes a sword from a knight, then he runs towards Max. they fight in a duel. Max wounds badly the king and he pushes the king in front of everyone else to see his execution.

the king stands up. he embrace Max. while no one is looking he puts the ring in Max's pockets, then Max pushes him and in front of everyone on a single hit he beheads the king. the body falls on the stairs.

everyone in shock looks at the bloody assassin standing in front of them. Max's eyes meet the eyes of Cole whom is far away from him. for a moment he sees a creepy smirk in Cole's face.

Cole shows to him a trophy he took from the corpse of Robert and Emma. before Max could do anything Cole vanishes in between the shock of the people.

Max walks around the castle and Ramiro follows him. every knight in their way falls fast and with no will to keep fighting. Max asks Ramiro about Jihye. he tells him that she disappear after the king was murder and he asks why.

"don't trust her nor in our sniper crossbow boy. none of them are whom they said to be, and if I am not wrong one of them has another type of contract with Logan. and if I am not wrong I could said that in it includes killing us if we seem to be a threat to his plans or useless."

Max whispers.

Ramiro swallows saliva. he looks at Max wounds. he tells him that he could cured his wounds, but Max doesn't answer. they see a girl getting out of a window. she walks at the same direction in which they are.

she confused them with knights or guards. when she is in front of them she realized that they are outsiders. Max asks her if she knows where is the princess. she laughs which enrages him. he drags her to the light, then he push her to the ground. she is in shock. there are tears on her eyes.

"you damn barbaric animal, how dare you to put your filthy hands on me? I will have my father the king behead you."

the princess yields at the same time that Max kneels.

"I just beheaded your father the king."

Max said with a smirk.

Alice is freeze in horror. Max stands up. he raise his sword, but he is stop in time by Ramiro. he refuses to continue with this.

"what the fuck is wrong with you? look at her, she is a child. just a mad man traumatizes a child before trying to kill her. sorry I don't care if I die, but no one is going to touch in any way a kid in front of me."

Ramiro yields furiously.

Max reacts. he lowers his sword while looking at Alice. the light of the moon illuminates the face of Alice. he can see the face of a scare kid, her sadness for the lost of a parent.

in that moment he remembers his childhood and how much he has to suffer for being an orphan. how cruel those days were. in a moment of clarity.

"Ramiro I want you to go back to the others. tell them that the girl was running outside of the kingdom with knights and I went solo behind them."

said Max with tears.

Ramiro refuses to leave him alone with the girl. after what he just saw there is no way in hell he could trust a mad man like that. Max gets irritated.

"I am back to my fucking senses. I won't harm the child. now go the fuck to do what I told you to do. otherwise when the others arrived at sight without mercy, they will slaughter her, or worse so get the fuck moving. and distract those bastards so I can hide her in a secured place..."

Max yield while looking at him.

Max breathes in and out until he is more calm.

"if you really want to save her. now is your opportunity to do the right thing and help me, to keep her safe please."

Max said to Ramiro.

Ramiro nods as he leaves. Max helps her to stand up, then he carries her like a small kid in his shoulder. he takes her to a safe place.

Ramiro looks around of him. he sees the whole place in fire and innocent people being slaughter in front of his eyes, but he can't saved them all. he closes his eyes to not see the horrors done my man. and more specifically done by the man he works for.

when he turns around, he looks at Logan who is in front of him. he is drinking tea with a smile. Ramiro kneels in front of him.

"my lord, the princess escaped with some knights, but worry not Max went behind them by himself and he seems confident in doing the job."

said Ramiro with a force smile.

Logan doesn't seem pleased. that isn't the answer he wants to hear. his anger is gone when he looks at one of his knights playing with the head of the former king Bradley Manley. he laughs hysterically .

"there is no reason to be worry. he already gave me a kingdom, why would I be angry for a small brat and a group of fools? running away like rats aren't they. go and search for your mates."

said Logan with joy and pride.

Ramiro knows that something was wrong about the way Logan spook to him, but he ignores it. he goes around the town in search of his teammates.

after half an hour he found the bodies of Robert and Emma. there were also other bodies. he knew some of the wounds were done by a gun from his world.

it was obvious they weren't the only hunters in this world. and someone else might be out there to prey in their weakness and their fears.

.....

in the meantime Max was hidden in a small house with Alice. she wanted to leave, but he couldn't let her go. he had promised to his partner that he would take care of the girl, so now he will keep his promise.

they waited in there until the sunrise of the next day. once outside of there they saw what was left of the castle, which now was a bunch of rocks on fire.

they were witness of the collateral damage of war. when they saw the bodies in the ground. the bodies of kids, females and males.

it was a frightful look at the fragility of the human body. Alice couldn't stand the pain of seen so many people dead. she trow up, then she started to cry. for Max it was too painful to look at that sadness.

"I am sorry. I was part of this, but this is mostly the doing of Logan Cromwell if you need. no what you need is to get stronger, stand up and lead your way to the bloody path of a warrior to take the life of the man who has ruin yours. Logan Cromwell."

said Maxwell trying to give her a purpose.

Alice looks at him with the hope that she could be strong enough, to do as this man says and go for her cousin. but at the same time she feels anger and most specifically rage against the assassin, the assassin who killed her father. now he is trying to tell her what to do.

.....

far away from the Martyrium kingdom; Logan Cromwell is walking inside of a castle with a handkerchief around his left hand, which is bleeding a lot.

he drags his right leg which is also badly wounded. he takes a bullet out of his left arm. he has a cut in his right cheek which is bleeding. a king walks in front of him.

"now you know why arrogance is a weakness, as you can see that old man out smarter you. now the real question is what you will do about this and how you will justify your loss."

this king said showing intimidation.

Logan turns around. he laughs as he walks around of the palace. his blood is staining the floor, something that the king dislikes a lot.

"that is not a problem. I kill that bastard so I am officially the new king. there is nothing to talk about. it was just a stupid last minute joke of that old fucker, but there is nothing more to talk about I am here...."

yields Logan with pride.

he scratch his head. he laughs with a hand on his mouth as he salivates thinking about power.

"I will. listen well because I will take it all. and there is no one who can stop me now. you will rise at my side to the top and they would see that they committed a mistake to laugh at us. they underestimated us and our father. they commit a severe mistake to look down on us. and we will show them that we are the bringers of death. we are the messengers of chaos. we are the ones to bring honor back to our father's grave."

yields loudly King Thurstan Cromwell.