CH.2 “A WOUNDED LION [1]”

AZURE POV,

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several masked men appeared, covered in black clothes and armors,

"We finally found you, after that war, you suddenly disappeared the world thought that you died but It turns out that you had a fatal wound " declared one of the masked men, they radiated a horrible aura with evil killing intent emitted that made my knees tremble as my knees were ready to give up, grandpa stood in front of me he waved his hand, he released a powerful pressure, even stronger than the masked man,

Their aura clashed,

"In the past, NOT EVEN MERE SUPREME MAGE DARED TO RAISE THEIR HEAD IN FRONT OF ME" Stated Grandpa with a pride-filled voice, As He suppress the masked man's Killing intent,

"Even Injured With a Fatal Wound, YOU are still standing strong, An injured lion is still a KING, But You know your death is here" spoke the masked man who appeared to be the leader with awe filled-voice.

"cough- Coug—"

"Grandpa, why are coughi—" as I was moving to see grandpa's face, MY Face drained of all color,

"I— IS that blood, Are y— you really injured" I stuttered trying to speak.

"OH, You had a Grandson, interesting That's a new information, sadly a good seedling has to die today" declared the masked man as he was eyeing me,

"STAND BACK AZURE, This is a battle that you are too weak to take part in" spoke grandpa with authority.

"WHY are you Worrying About him, worry about yourself first, the kid will follow you shortly after we make sure you are dead"

"HAHAHA, you think, you ants can Kill me, even if you managed to, Do you think you are making it out of here alive, IF I was at my prime a mere wave of a hand would be sufficient to wipe you out of the face of existence"

A TERRIFIC KILLING INTENT exploded out of Grandpa even coloring the air around him red, as he laughed at the masked men, BUT thankfully the killing intent wasn't directed at me, nonetheless, I Felt the atmosphere growing cold and it was becoming harder by the second to breathe,

All the masked men were trying to fight Grandpa's intent, As some of them were falling to their knees

"But for how long can you hold on" uttered the masked man these words with trouble as he was fighting to break out of the pressure,

As to show that the masked man was right, Grandpa started coughing blood violently,

swish swish swish

taking the chance that my grandpa was coughing, three of the masked men including the leader instantly attacked, I knew that I was a liability as I was behind grandpa, he Couldn't evade without letting me be a sitting duck, I Cursed myself for being used against grandpa,

'SH*t'

Clank Clank Clank

I heard multiple sounds of Clashing,

All I saw was a blur, then the three men were shot back with wounds, one with a missing arm and another with a deep slash across his chest, Their leader only had a scratch on his neck.

BUT I was Worried about Grandpa, looking at him, A chill ran down my spine,

"G—Gr-GRANDPA"

A HUGE SCAR FROM Grandpa's right shoulder ran diagonally to his left hip, the scar emitted a hazy dark aura,

"AZURE, Only A split second in a battle is needed to see ahead rolling on the ground, A warrior should never be distracted besides this scar is from an old battle"

"It is true if it wasn't for the fact that you were wounded, and close to death bed we wouldn't dare attack you, now where is the 'origin stone' That you have" spoke the leader of the masked men as he wiped the blood off his neck,

"NEVER, I won't give it up, You will have to take it from my corpse" announced Grandpa but it felt like a resolution to death,

"You were always a hero, are you playing it till the end even now"

"I was never a hero, I ONLY did what I thought was right, Everyone has a cause to fight For and I HAVE MINE" replied Grandpa with tranquility,

BUT IT was more like the Calm before the storm hit,

to BE continued...

A/N: word count=712 WORDS