Chapter 5: For your heart

,,Let me help you.'' a young voice said. It was one of the young mages that stayed with the group to defend the village. He had short, spiky black hair and was tall for his young age.

,,I don't want to see any of you here! Go seek shelter immediately!'' screamed Yello as she saw more and more mages gathering behind her.

,,It is our village and we will protect it with everything we can. You won't stay in our way, I'm sorry, Mistress.''

Yello being an older, high praised mage is the reason they call her ''Mistress'' as a sign of respect. Yello realized they were way too many to send them all away so she gave in and decided to fight with them side by side. She didn't even say anything to them, an incredible amount of pride filled her heart as she realized how well her tribe evolved in these hard times. The fact that she couldn't use her powers frustrated her even more now. It was time to fight side by side against the biggest enemy. The more she wanted to fight now. She wanted to protect her home, her heart.

A few minutes passed since the Angel attacked the barrier and he didn't move ever since. Everyone was like frozen, they were too scared to even blink even though they all knew they had to make a move.

,,We need to make a move, we can't waste any more time.'' thought Yello. The young mage stepped to the front and prepared his attack. It was almost as he heard Yello's thoughts. He closed his eyes and put his index finger on each other. After a few seconds he pulls them apart and a glowing, yellow matter has been formed between his fingers. It looked like he controlled a small lighting between his hands. As the matter has been stabilized, the young mage opened his other fingers and another small lightnings have been formed between each of them. As he controlled the matter, he placed his hands horizontally. The shining lightnings became a single, big matter.

The sheer power of this summoning caused the ground to shake. The sandy paths that led to any house or tavern were blown away. Some rooftops of certain houses were destroyed or even flew away. The young mage took a step back, swung his hip to the side as he would prepare to throw something. With a loud growl he put all his power together and threw the matter towards the Angel. It cost him so much power that he immediately collapsed. He realized that they weren't prepared for this kind of enemy.

The glowing matter made its way toward the target with an enormous amount of speed. The Angel still didn't move an inch. Everyone had their eyes locked on the bright yellow matter hoping they can cause damage. This accumulation of pure energy would be enough to wipe out an entire small village, around the size of the mage tribe.

It would be only a matter of milliseconds until a collision occurs. Some mages folded their hands as they were praying to their god.

,,Please, let it happen.'' whispered Yello as she was doomed to only watch along. And in a matter of an instant it happened. It looked like a bomb detonated, a big explosion followed by a loud shockwave which shattered even more houses. Nothing could be seen as it was too bright but as soon as only the smoke was there, all eyes were locked on the scene again. Uncertainty overshadowed everything that was happening. The impact was extremely large, so much that people in a radius of 35km should've been able to hear it.

As the smoke slowly disappeared, the truth was unveiled. Right where the angel stood was nothing. Almost like he was evaporated. The attack had an impact. After a few seconds, everyone realized that they landed a big strike. They started to cheer and hug each other, some cried because of the relief. Was the attack so big that the Angel fled the scene?

Yello and some of the other mages were surrounded by the smoke, the young mage collapsed to their left a few seconds after after he launched the attack. As Yello approached him to help, she noticed that a silhouette stood there. She was relived that he was able to stand up again. As the smoke was cleared slowly she noticed that something was wrong. Until she saw what really was happening.

Pure shock marked her face. Her glowing skin turned pale and she couldn't control her breath.

The silhouette she saw was… the Angel.

His monotone face was covered by his long blonde hair. His white uniform with the golden buttons highlighted the dark, misty surroundings. He looked her straight to the face with no emotion. What kind of monstrosity was hidden under this human skin?

Beneath him lay the corpse of the young mage. He had a big hole in his torso and his face was completely disorted. After a few seconds, the other mages also realized in what situation they currently were. The attack they launched was the maximum they could do. Yello can't use her power while Lyca and Pollo were tasked with the evacuation, but even if they would have been on the spot, they wouldn't be that big of a help since Pollo can only summon his tamed beasts and Lyca doesn't have any abilities at all. Her tribe are masters at fighting with the sword rather than being 'blessed' with abilities.

,,D-did he just teleport?! What the hell did he do?!'' someone said from the back. Disbelief and fear was written onto their faces. They lost one of the strongest members and are now exposed to a superior enemy.

The Angel looked Yello in the eyes but said nothing. His face didn't move at all. Even his beautiful face couldn't hide the fact that he was far away from being normal. The Angels were all disguised in human form but were true soulless monsters inside meanwhile the common demons like Yello, Pollo or Lyca had features that differed a lot from the human race. But with the way they spoke, moved and acted at all, they were pretty similar to the humans.

After staring at Yello with his cold blue eyes for a few seconds, the Angel started to levitate from the ground.

,,My duty was done, this has been a warning to immediately stop all attacks towards the Holy Angelic Empire. Fighting won't serve any purpose.'' he said. His voice was so at such an uncommon pitch that barely anyone could understood him. Since they speak a completely different language, Angels have the ability to translate what they speak through an organ only they have. That is why their voice have a weird pitch whenever speak the common language.

After speaking out the warning that probably came from the Emperor himself, his body started to dissolve into many tiny butterflies. Their colorful wings were a contrast to the aftermath of the attack.

This has been a presentation of how low their chances to win this war are. Yello knew she had to keep herself together even this shocking event. She was a leader and she had to act like one. Everyone else were in pure shock and they couldn't express their feelings at that moment.

,,Yello! Are You okay?!'' screamed Pollo from a distance while approaching her. He and Lyca were also witnesses of what happened since it was impossible to not hear or see anything even from a distance.

,,I need to contact Mello.'' she said. Pollo knew what that meant and quickly summoned a beast. By saying a spell in an antique language his tribe spoke, he called a small bird.

,,Find my friend Mello and give him this letter.'' he said to the bird in the antique language. Yello quickly wrote some words on a piece of paper with information about the situation. All their hope for a better and peaceful world were crushed in an instant.