Kai Lane: Beginning

The attacks continued and finally the metallic arm knocked Sarah to the ground. Sarah could barely breathe and was barely alive. Her face was completely covered in blood and very hard to recognize. It was hard to believe that her blonde hair was blonde. Mud, worms, blood and many other things had gotten into it.

Nail yawned at that moment. This war was too boring for him and he wasn't doing much. He just threw the two weak girls to the ground like toys.

Even though Yuta was ahead in the rankings, it was obvious in every area.

Nail was stronger than him.

This was probably due to Yuta's devotion to the Hunters. Otherwise, it was doubtful that he could defeat even Kaido.

"I-I... D-didn't... give... up... yet!"

At that moment, a deep voice was heard. Nail was aware that Sarah was being squashed like a bug. So he didn't think she could do anything good. Carelessly, he turned his head to see the arrow coming at his face.

'Purple Sunflower Arrow!'

This attack was Sarah's only chance. She had a chance to hit him when he least expected it and kill him. That way, they would still have a chance.

She could still win!

She could still avenge Zaheer!

He could still live!

Ding....

"But you can't."

Nail caught the look on Sarah's face as she caught the arrow in the air. He knew what she was thinking.

"You can't live..."

With an emotionless expression on his face, Nail picked up the arrow and broke it into pieces. The Purple Sunflower Arrow shattered. Along with Sarah's last ray of hope. Nail could have killed her now.

But at that moment, a light burst from the forest and appeared right in front of Nail. Her jet black hair blew in the wind and her eyes revealed her inner beauty. The ring between her fingers, about to collapse, began to glow.

Milah slapped Nail's cheeks with both hands. Although it was a hard mental attack, it looked more like she wanted to kiss Nail.

Nail looked disgusted as he looked at the girl holding her cheeks.

"Sorry, but you're not my type."

Nail sent countless chains flying at Milah. At the same moment, Milah stumbled and dodged the chains as her eyes fell on Sarah's bloody body lying on the ground. Her mental attack was unaffected by Farhan's protection.

Milah's eyes rarely showed an expression. She was not a person who liked to use her emotions in fights and the like.

But now she was angry and it showed on her face.

"Puppet Lights! Battle formation!!!"

Milah's weapon was quite similar to Zachery's, and Milah had learned a few formations from Zachery.

As the blue lights entered the battle formation, Nail scattered the chains and they attacked the lights in the battle formation. At the same time, Nail and Milah attacked each other.

The two fists collided in the center.

Nail sent his fist into Milah's stomach, but Milah quickly blocked it with her knee and hit Nail's head with her other foot, but Nail ducked out of the way at the last moment.

In that brief moment, Nail's eyes lit up.

"34th Body Kung Fu move! Body Blink Scorpion!"

Nail was not very young and had done a lot to improve himself. Suddenly, he raised both legs, and in the situation with Milah and Nail, they went between Milah's legs and grabbed her shoulder. When Nail grabbed Milah's leg with his hands, the roles changed. Nail rose from the ground and Milah fell with a loud thud. Nail squeezed Milah's leg and a serious expression appeared on his face.

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"Why?! Why are you doing this?! Why don't you let us live?!"

Milah said through clenched teeth. Nail was squeezing her leg and was about to break it.

Nail was enraged by Milah's words and bit his lip. His eyes filled with memories of the past. Burning buildings, small children. They all cried. But why wasn't he crying? He was only 5 years old!

'Mom?'

'Where are you?'

'You were coming to get me?'

'I'm scared. '

'Everyone here is crying. Why are they crying, Mom? Where are you?'

"Why? Why didn't you let us live!?! Why?!!!!!"

There was another explosion. Battle formations and metallic weapons collided.

"I was only 5 years old!!! I was waiting for my mother to pick me up from school!!! I was waiting!!! I waited!!! I waited!!! She never came.... Because the area where I lived was completely slaughtered! You slaughtered it!!!"

Milah looked at Nail's tear streaked face. This man had mercilessly slaughtered Zaheer and many of his friends had perished at his hands. He had killed Jei as well, but now he was crying like a little child.

Why was he crying?

"You don't know. Back then, he was called ...... In the human world, it was called the Great Icelandic Crash. But ..... It was no accident! You .... You took everything from me!!!"

"How can you be so sure that the Developers did it? Maybe it was the Hunters."

Nail gritted his teeth and looked up at the sky through the rising smoke. It was getting dark.

"No... We were in the territory of the hunters.... You destroyed the town to attack the hunters.... You destroyed the city!"

"But me! What was my fault?!? What did I do to you! Fuck!!! I was only 5 years old!!!"

Milah felt Nail's rage. As Nail's anger grew, his body filled with fractures, but not a single sound escaped Milah's lips. Even though the pain in her body was too much, she tried to bear it. She pushed the pain away in her mind. If Farhan hadn't put a shield over Nail's mind. Milah would have ended this war.

She was the mind thief who blocked Farhan.

But she could understand Nail's pain without reading his mind. His eyes were far away. He was still waiting.

"I.... I don't understand... I don't want you to understand."

"I just want to understand, that's all."

Meanwhile, Sarah had pulled herself to the edge of a tree. She took a deep breath. She drew her arrow and tried to aim, but her hands were shaking. She couldn't draw the bow. She was powerless.

"Zaheer... I am sorry. I... I .... I can't... I can't."

Sarah tried to draw her arrow and aim it at Nail, but it was very difficult. Even if this arrow went through Nail, it wouldn't kill him.

Sarah....'

Sarah turned her head and saw the young man, his black hair blowing in the wind. His face was white as death. Under his eyes was a black eye. But most importantly, there were several holes in his chest. He had no heart.

"Calm down.... I'm .... I'm dead."

Sarah's eyes widened as Zaheer's voice rang in her ears. But when she looked, she knew Zaheer couldn't be there. She didn't look.

"You can cry..."

Sarah's tears flowed. Her tears soaked the floor. Her sadness and memories came alive in the ground.

"You can scream..."

Sarah gritted her teeth. Maybe it was ridiculous. Maybe this was just a fantasy of another slayer.

But she couldn't stop herself.

"AAAAAAAHHH!!!......."

"HAAAA!!!!!........ "

She screamed. She screamed as her tears fell to the ground. Her voice was lost in the surrounding explosions. The battle formation was defeated.

"But I..."

"I can't give up!"

Sarah stood up. The dark-haired boy was still standing next to her, but Sarah didn't look at him, even though she knew he was there. She didn't want to look there and see nothing but emptiness.

Sarah drew the bow. She held the bow in her left hand and one last arrow in her right. She had one last shot. Milah's life was at stake.

"Forget everything, Sarah."

"This world..."

"This pain..."

"This man..."

"There is only you and the bow in this world. The rest doesn't matter."

Zaheer's voice sent a deep feeling through Sarah's body. The entire battlefield disappeared. The world disappeared. The pain disappeared. Zaheer disappeared. Only she and her bow remained.

"Sarah.... I am this arrow.... Now.... You know what to do..."

Sarah opened her eyes. The battlefield was back. The world was back. The pain was back. Zaheer had come back. But it was too late.

"Just let it go..."

"I... I'll go with the pain."

Sarah gritted her teeth. Her bow trembled, but her eyes were on Nail. Her arrow shone brightly. It was the will of the bow.

"Let me help you this time, Sarah."

Zaheer's spiritual body entered the arrow and it began to glow brighter. At the same moment, Sarah's eyes glowed. A purple sunflower formed in those eyes.

"An eye for an eye..."

"A tooth for a tooth..."

WIIIINNNNNN...!!!!

The arrow pierced the heart.

"And heart to heart."

And Zaheer's voice echoed one last time.

"The Art of the Purple Sunflower.... 9th Leaf.... Fury of the Night."

Nail's eyes opened wide. The metallic arms fell. Milah took a deep breath and stepped back. Nail just stood there. She could feel the pain in her chest and taste the blood in her mouth.

Sarah turned her head and looked at the last remnants of light that had disappeared beside her. Then she lowered her head to her waist.

"Thank you, Master, for teaching me one last time."

Nail's body fell backward. The blood from his mouth spilled down his cheeks and onto the ground. His heart was shattered and he could not speak. Only his mind was still connected to life. And that mind saw the possibility that he had always pushed aside in the few seconds of his life that he saw in the last moments of life.

'Maybe Ryuga was right in the beginning...'

'Maybe it was the Hunters who caused those volcanic eruptions in the first place.'

'Maybe I killed all those people for nothing.'

'I.... How stupid I am....'

' If that's the truth.... '

' I'd like to be a developer. '

' Or a good man. '

' But in the end, I'd still like to be a hero. '