Chapter 25: The Attack ( 1 )

Inside a wooden cabin a pair of teal colored eyes watches as the leaves of the olive tree moves softly as the wind blows. His long vanilla colored hair dances through the air as he slowly closes his eyes, enjoying the serenity and tranquility of the place.

Yes, indeed this scene would be beautiful and perfect if not for the ongoing battle being heard not far from the place and laying corpses around the beautiful young man. Screams and agony of the fallen soldiers and bandits can be heard with the clashing to the blades.

" Commander! We just got the report from Lord Hybels Stanley. According to his report, though they managed to secure some of the bandits, the second brother Eagle, and a couple more bandits managed to escape. He also said among those, is a bandit with a pure black sword who managed to go toe to toe with his aide, though he must be severely injured from the fight. He said that you must not let your guard down. "The soldier said looking at the beautiful young man.

Yes, this young man is indeed Commander General Lionel Ellis Von Kinsley. He had disguised himself as a woman hostage to spy inside the bandit's camp, and after hearing that the bandit's second brother Eagle would be going away, he immediately calls for an attack.

" If he indeed managed to go toe to toe with that aide that bandit must be at least if not less then as strong as Eagle." Ellis said, turning around looking at the young soldier. " What happened to the first brother Dragon and the third brother Panther? " The young commander asked.

" Reporting to the commander, Dragon has escaped and we currently don't have any definite information on his current location but the general Kinsley, your brother, is chasing after him. As for the third brother Panther, our soldiers have managed to heavily injure him but he managed to escape killing fifteen of our men and injuring thirty five of them. As of now the total count of the soldiers killed are twenty and and the injured are fifty, ten of them are in a critical condition. They are now being treated in the medical center." The soldier said, finishing his report.

" I see, brother is chasing Dragon now so we don't have to worry about him, as for Panther… he's injured so he wouldn't be able to get far search for the whole area and be prepared Eagle might have already been informed of the camp's current situation." The young commander said walking out of the cabin, looking at the current situation and accessing the best possible outcome.

Walking to the pile of blood and corpses, seeing the tragic sight, the young commander couldn't help but sigh but his face remained calm and emotionless. He knows he mustn't let his emotion cloud his decisions; His Majesty has given him this opportunity, he can't let him down. Too many soldiers have already lost their lives, he can't let their sacrifices go in vain!

Aizel looked at the camp burning down to ashes, piles of bodies of both soldiers and bandits alike stacked together over each other. The soil slowly drinks their blood making it its nutrients. It's indeed a horrifying sigh, but he knows better than anyone else that one should sacrifice something to get what they want.

Just like him then. He has sacrificed his freedom, his happiness for the sake of his family's well being. He thought he would never be able to go to the battlefield much less hold a sword but here he is now, chasing the enemy . He doesn't know what changes the king's attitude towards him and his family but no matter what it is he just hopes that things will continue the way they are, for him, his family and the kingdom's sake.

" General! We haven't located Dragon's location yet but we have found Panther he's currently being surrounded by our soldiers." A soldier said looking at the beautiful man before him.

" I see." Aizel said, sighing." Let's go to check the situation first; we already surrounded the whole place Dragon won't be able to escape this place easily."

Aizel turns around walking toward the direction where the second brother Panther is. Even though Panther is the weakest between the three brothers, he's not someone to be underestimated, He is still a person that can easily kill thirty men without breaking a sweat. Not to mention those magic weapons they have can be a bit of a headache.

Reaching Panther's location, Aizel saw the the covered with blood , he is indeed been injured but he knows too well that the last thing he should do in the battlefield is to look down on one's own opponent.

Walking closer, Panther noticed the presence of the man before him. He has long silver hair and a pair of cold teal color eyes… the demon of the battle field- the cold hearted general Aizel von Kinsley!

Subconsciously Panther slowly gulped looking at the man. He knows too well that he's not someone that can fight the demon of the battlefield , especially not in his current state! Panther grinds his teeth. He needs to get out! If he does get out of this place he would surely die!

Bracing himself Panther raised his five feet tall sword. It's 31 centimeters in wide sword that has a red and black handle, a black blade with silver edges embellished with a red colored rune. It slowly sucks the blood on its blade as the runes slowly glows in a reddish light slowly covering Panther as his eyes slowly turns red and his fangs slowly grow larger and longer, making it look like his turning into a beast.

Aizel watched as his enemy slowly grew larger signing his men to back away. He can't let more men sacrifice themselves for nothing.

Panther looked at the general before him and smirked feeling the incredible power flowing inside him . suddenly he vanished from his place and reappeared before the young general. Aizel calmly raised his sword blocking his enemy's attack .

The ground shakes with the impact of their swords clashing together but the people around them didn't do anything but watched as their general faced the beast before him. Suddenly the blood around the place turns into smoke slowly being sucked into the sword making the runes glow brighter making Panther grow stronger as his rationality slowly gets more cloudy as the time passes by.

He knew he should finish the fight as soon as he could or else he would completely lose his mind but even drinking all that blood, he can't see any sweat on his enemy's face! As he's thinking of a way to defeat his opponent suddenly his arm flies behind him detaching from his shoulder. Blood sprayed from his would covering his body and his right cheeks.

" AHHHHHHHH!!!!!" Panther shouted from the pain of losing his arm.

Aizel slowly walks towards his opponent and seeing the young general walking towards him, Panther couldn't help but shake in fear. He does want to die! He thought as he fell down from the ground attempting to run away from the demon before him.

Anyone help him! Panther said in his mind calling for help as tears slowly formed to the corner of his eyes. Slowly his consciousness fades away. Aizel coldly looked at the man before him. The man suddenly jumped toward him as Aizel calmly dodge his attack.

" Poor thing. He has completely lost his mind. " The young general said blocking the beast's every attack.

Aizel sighed, he can't let this fight for too long, he still need to chase after Dragon before Eagle returns. If those two met it the situation would become more complicated. There's still many eyes praying at them in the capital, they can't let anything bad happen to this mission. Not now especially that his majesty is giving them an opportunity.

Aizel slowly raised his pure white sword as the temperature around the place lowered, creating tiny bits of ice crystal on the ground, As Aizel slashed his sword ice glazers formed to the ground separating soil from soil as a head fell to the ground.

Aizel coldly looked at Panther's dead corpse and his severed head. He slowly holds his scabbard, putting his in sword.

" Clean this place up. We still have to find Dragon." Aizel said as he turned around walking away from the place.

The soldiers looked at the beautiful general walking away from them. Truly after seeing their general easily fight the vicious third brother Panther, no one would believe that he had once put down his sword to be the queen of the kingdom.

" He's truly the Demon of the Battlefield. " One of the soldiers said looking at their general, making the other soldiers agree with him.