Harem Reborn

Chapter 62: Afraid Of Losing

Something broke inside of me as Lavender and Tilly's screams tore me to my soul.

"SOUL AVENGER and SOUL BRINGER ACTIVATE!"

I slammed my foot down and crushed the pavement, and the next instant, I smashed the MOUNTAIN BLADE into Fate, but the black chain got in the way. The force from the blade's weight could not be stopped so easily, though. Fate smashed through multiple buildings, and I followed, attacking relentlessly. The demon and Fate seemed to be able to keep up with me barely, but I was getting farther and farther away from the group, but I couldn't stop now.

Suddenly, Fate disappeared, and I found myself in a back alley of some very tall buildings. I searched everywhere, but I couldn't see anyone, but I could feel him all around me. Or I could feel a lot of somethings evil around me, and that wasn't good. This place was a trap.

Before I could react, hundreds of windows smash simultaneously. Glass and Demons fell to land on the ground around me. A sea of black-bodied monstrosities surrounded me as I burned with light.

"Think you will win this time, Hero? Or is this another mistake? HAHAHA!"

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Lavender had begun to cast a spell through tears, but after Dave left, the two demons and heads turned to smoke. The group was unsure what was going on until a flying army truck came to rush down from the sky to park in front of them, but everyone stood open-jawed when they saw who stepped out.

"Get in now! We'll explain on the way." Grace yelled at the girls as The Duke opened the door for them.

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Golden flames surrounded me as I cut through swathes of demons, but they were endless. I had no idea where they were coming from, but they continuously fell from the broken windows.

Soon my bracer shield broke, and even with all my strength and destructive power, I couldn't hold them back forever. I slipped on some of my blood, and the demons dove onto me, whittling me down to critical health. They stopped and held me as Fate descended a building like an octopus, chains coming from all parts of his body.

"Looks like you lose again, Hero! Bait so easily by your emotions, how many lives have you lived now? That's right, your mind is still a little cloudy, right? It doesn't matter, just like I played bait for you, The Hero will be the bait for his lovelies, HAHAHA!"

Everything went black.

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(Changing to Lavender's perspective)

"What do you mean bait!?" Iona screamed.

We were back in the castle after looking till dark. We searched until the army arrived to take over. The Duke had an escort, and we followed the trail they had left thought the city, but when we arrived at the end of the destruction, no one was there. A puddle of blood was on the ground, and blood sprayed on the shattered glass covering the alley.

All surrounding buildings had the glass broken out of the windows, but I had to hold a cloth to my face when we got inside with our escort. Dead and rotting bodies filled the corridors, stairwells, hallways, and everywhere else were filled will decaying bodies. After finally leaving the rest of the search to the army, we returned to the floating castle.

"This Fate used an illusion to make Dave lose his cool and baited him into a trap. There is no guarantee that Dave is dead yet."

The Duke tried to reassure us, but I was shaking until Tilly put a hand on mine.

"He's not dead, our rings are still active. Fate will use Dave as bait now, to lure us in and take us out all at once."

"What are we going to do?" Victoria asked.

"You will fight the demons of the castle since these are the only ones left. It's not safe to go into the city, right know. Even the King is surrounded using his Eternal Shield and Divine Knights. Fate has murdered every noble house in the city, and all the demons are missing. We need you four to become stronger, or everything is lost."

The Duke was right. If we left now to find Fate, we would all just be killed, and it would be game over, and who knows what Fate will do this time if he wins. A horde of demons was about to start tearing the city part.

I closed my eyes and then opened them again. Nothing would change what has happened. We needed to kill the demons and rescue Dave, but this was usually his job to lead us? I am only a god because he fought so hard to save me over a silly promise made between children. We couldn't let Fate put him through hell again.

"Ok, let's go."

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I opened my eye's in pain to see that I dangled from cuffs that cut into my skin. My feet could touch the bottom of the cage, and I wanted to take away the pain in my wrist. Unfortunately, my feet were instantly burned, somehow, and the cuffs dung into my flesh deeper as I lifted my burnt feet. I cried out in pain, and then maniacal laughter filled the large chamber my cage was placed.

Fate walked out from the shadows to stand in front of my cage, still laughing as he leaned closer.

"So, not looking too hot there, Hero? Maybe your little harem will come to save you so I can kill you all at once? That would be nice! AHAHA!"

This idiot wasn't funny, but I wasn't about to go wasting my energy talking. Fate sneered at me, but I just stared back defiantly. The girls weren't stupid or weak. I was the one that rushed off and got myself into this mess.

Seeing I wasn't going to talk, Fate turned and left the room, slamming the door. I tried to use my HUD, but nothing happened, but I thought he would have done something to stop me from using my interface.

My feet were killing me, but I put them onto the barrel ring bar surrounding the vertical ones. Intense pain ripped through my body and almost made me take them off, but I resisted and grabbed the chains above my cuffs, taking some of the weight off my burned feet. I took another round of pain to try and activate my AVATAR using the quick menu. I slid my shackles down my forearms and then flexed to hold myself briefly while I tried to activate it.

My sweat-stained body causes my flex grip to slip, and the third round of pain nearly robbed me of my consciousness. When my eyes cleared, The blue AVATAR screen was hovering over my bleeding wrist, and I was able to smile when I saw all my activatable Skills were still online, unlike my gray passives. I needed a break, so I rested on my heels while holding the chains.

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(Changing to Lavender's perspective)

"You need to calm down! We just got back from the arena and everything else!" Victoria complained.josei

"What did we really do? Dave did everything, we had one fight each, and we fully recovered. Do you think Dave will just sit by and be a captive? What are we going to do if he gets back here before we can save him and we haven't Improved?"

"He did just beat four-floor bosses, but none of us seen him level up since then," Iona mentioned.

"Then we can't become a burden, to him, even though this is his fault," I stood as I spoke.

"Let's burn through these demons! We aren't small-time adventures anymore!"

I watched Tilly hop from foot to foot with excitement, but then my eyes were drawn to Victoria's worried face. I walked over and sat down beside her. Victoria was looking troubled about something, so I tried to get her to talk.

"What's up? Why do you look so worried, Vic?"

"I'm scared of losing again. I can't do that again, and you know this time it will be worse. You saw the sick trick Fate just pulled at the restaurant!"

She was in tears now, and I pulled her in close.

"You know we just have to do our best then. I bet you Dave will get himself out of trouble before we can get rid of the first demon," I said with a smile squeezing her.