The traitor

Ritter sensed an ample magical power not far from where he stood. Immediately, he walked as light as cotton wool to find the magic center. The darkness of the night did not disturb his sight at all. The closer to the magic released, the stronger it could be felt by Ritter.

Ritter was very good at hiding himself. Therefore no one would notice his existence.

Ritter stopped when he saw two male figures not far from him looking straight ahead. And the source of that magic is there.

"I found you," he muttered to the silence.

Ritter did not attack first. He would wait for them to finish their job. Because he knew Volker would protect the people he had targeted in another corner of this forest.

And sure enough, during a shrill scream, Ritter could hear something falling. It must be the human that the two men's magic managed to attack. They stopped attacking after that as if to give the enemy time to relax.

Until a conversation they were doing was heard in Ritter's ear. Ritter heard it all the way through, and not a single bit of their sentence was left behind. Rodenis and Eorta are working together to get their revenge on different enemies.

Ritter couldn't believe he would face his clan tonight. And, Eorta? The man doesn't seem deterred by the bloodshed that occurred hundreds of years ago due to war.

"So, you are the traitorous Rodenis?" Ritter's voice that cut through the silence surprised the two of them.

They immediately turned around and could see a male figure standing behind them.

"Who are you?" asked the man Eorta. His eyes narrowed in displeasure at being disturbed.

Ritter did not answer. The man took out a light from his hand so that the place looked bright. It was only a few seconds until the light disappeared and darkness reigned again.

Made the two men in front of Ritter look surprised. Their surprise had not disappeared when Volker suddenly came and stood beside Ritter. The man's gaze fell on the figure of the man in front of him.

"Waller," Volker said coldly. Waller's eyes seemed to tremble slightly with fear when he met Volker directly. After all, Volker was someone respected. "So that's you?" he continued.

Volker never expected or tried to shake off bad thoughts about Waller, even though he already had the man's badge stub. But it turns out Waller betrayed. In the hundreds of years, they had worked together. There had never been any sign that Waller had dared to cross his clan. But it turns out that Volker misjudged.

"What exactly do you want to show Waller? You want to be acknowledged if you have great abilities, is that so?" Volker's gaze moved to the man beside Waller. "You are even cooperating with the Eorta clan?"

Nothing hurts more than being betrayed by your clan. And this time, Volker felt his anger explode inside his body.

"My apologies, Lord Volker. I only did this to destroy those humans."

"And also kill you." Ritter answered quickly.

Volker turned to Ritter, who was beside him with a frown. Ritter didn't answer, but Volker immediately guessed.

"So you guys conspired just to do something this pointless?" asked Volker in an annoyed tone. "And you, Eorta, who asked you to kill me?"

The Eorta man chuckled, hearing Volker's stupid question. His gaze pierced Volker deeply as if he couldn't wait to kill the man's life immediately.

"I certainly don't like being told. I did this of my free will to get revenge on you. You have killed many of our clan, and also my father." The man's eyes showed deep hatred.

Still clear in Deja's memory – the man's name – how his father lay motionless with his body covered in blood from the incisions that tore his skin. At that time, Deja was still very young when she saw her father unable to open his eyes because of death. Deja's body froze when she saw the incident. He couldn't cry. He didn't even dare to get close. And he must be willing to lose the figure he loves the most.

That's what makes Deja always cast a grudge in her heart against a man named Volker. Diligently, he studied sword and sorcery, determined to avenge himself on behalf of the people of Eorta and his father. Deja's hatred has reached its peak, and there is no negotiation to discourage him. Deja must avenge revenge. Volker must pay for the death of Deja's father.

And it seems the universe is on his side. He met Waller as the man glared at the humans with vengeful eyes. Because he knew Waller belonged to the Rodenis clan, he approached the man and told him his purpose. Even though at first Waller refuses, he promises to give Meiga's magic so he can create Gendewa. Then there was this collaboration.

"I swear on my father's name, tonight, you must die. Volker!"

Deja immediately attacked Volker in one leap. The man lunged at Volker and pushed Volker with both hands. Volker was pushed back until the forest floor he stepped on was dragged along with his footprints.

Seeing that, Ritter also waited for Waller to attack him. And sure enough, Waller is now running towards Ritter to kick Ritter in the chest. Ritter calmly dodged. Waller did not seem to recognize who he was fighting because Ritter's face was not visible except for his two eyes.

The gripping atmosphere of the Terena Forest was giving rise to heat all around. The fight was thrilling. None of the four people who fought against each other wanted to lose.

Deja pulled the sword from its sheath. After a while, they were fighting barehanded. Volker glared at Deja. If he didn't use his sword, too, he would lose. But if he took out his sword, he couldn't control his bloodthirsty sword.

"Why did you stop!" Deja looked Volker right in the eye as he raised his sword. "Let's fight!"

Deja dashed towards Volker with her sword held high, swinging it straight at Volker's stomach. Only one step away, Volker used his sword as a fulcrum so he could fly. His feet landed on Deja's stomach and made the man push backward.

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