Chapter 326: The Little Soldier 15

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Everyone was fighting to take care of their family, either with fists or simply with firearms, many of the young people of Arnicania when they were cornered and had no chance to escape, they took their weapons and shot against whoever had bad intentions, there was no reason to hesitate, it was either die and have your family die too, or have to get your hands dirty in order to protect what you value most in the world. Many young people were ready for today, many of them said that if they had the opportunity to kill them they would have done it already, this was their test to prove how much determination they had.

Mikel who from the beginning already knew what was happening, could not leave it this way, fleeing your home without protecting it, was certainly something he did not like, he had already lost everything before, he did not want to go through the same thing again, that first time his father and mother gave their lives for him to be assaulted, they did not know who attacked them, it just happened on a night that should have been happy for everyone. Now he knows very well who his enemies are now, who is the threat tonight, who is the terror of his family, he always intended to return home to save his family, here they lived, here they grew up, here they shared a lot of things and discovered together new ways to grow, Mikel simply can not allow everything he built with all together to disappear easily, this time he will fight, he trained for a while and knows some techniques, moves and strategies that can serve him, he is more than ready to fight. But when he least realized it, he had lost his strength, every time he proposed to give a blow he was abruptly knocked to the ground, he could not, he was not the opponent against whom to fight, badly wounded, bleeding, losing his teeth, Mikel still did not give up because his desire to protect his family was very big, when he opened his eyes again he was in the arms of Fari, who was glad that he was still alive, he laid him on a bed where the Eldest Brother of the Orphanage was preparing for the real fight.

『You spit out what you have to say, only someone who is sick in the head is capable of betraying his people as an excuse to kill innocents, you know I won't forgive you for what you did you wretch』.

『Bad in the head? the one who is bad in the head is you, in the battlefield we are the most fit for the environment, the one who feels remorse and is still a victim of his emotions, it only makes you weaker, in war is killing, massacring, they force you to fight even if you didn't want to in the beginning, and all this for the homeland? everyone has a beginning, and everyone has an end, instead of rejecting the path that was leading me to that end, it is better to accept it, to be what the war field turned me into, what I saw with my own eyes, some said I was crazy but I could see it for moments, I felt that something fell from me, it was something black, like particles, like powder, it was ashes. .. and when I least realized it, I always looked like a human, a normal person, but I felt that I became something else and I liked it very much when I knew it』-『For you I am someone crazy, but if you understood you would know, I think I remember something, there was a time where earth fell from your body, if you hadn't resisted, if you had taken a different path when we killed Malin, we would have been perfect partners *smiles* Your end was already chosen, you are like us but at the same time different, and that excites me a lot, let's have our second fight and this time if I'm going to go for real』.

The Giant Shadow's way of speaking was equally characteristic of the others, this was a man who accepted the bad of the war to see it as something good, this could be said to be the perfect example of how that environment full of blood, screams of horror and where everyone fights to kill each other, the one who manages to return and resume his normal life, certainly is no longer someone like before, ending the lives of others and see the grotesque at the end you end up consuming you to see it as something normal. Mikel's father, who was also lucky enough to survive the war, would have become a shadow in the same way? because that same man knew what he was going to become, but in the end he died, everyone died, everyone's destiny is to die.

『Tell me Fari, are you upset? I came with intentions to kill your family for the second time, I came to conquer your land, I came with the desire to fight to the death, I came to trample everything you know to have a real fight and revive the war, I came to enjoy the killing, so you also fight seriously if you do not want that when I finish with you, the next ones will be that old woman, that punching bag boy, and those who are escaping to the forest, it would be easy for me to finish them all, tell me, are you upset?』

I wanted to incite him to fight, I was provoking him so that Fari could fight with all his strength, but this was no longer necessary, since that young man was very upset from the beginning, since he found out that his family was in danger. POM!!!!! With a kick that was going to hit the waist of the Giant Shadow, was blocked by that shadow, see the gesture and expression of Fari, was of an anger never seen before, even worse than in his time where he only sought revenge to just power.

『Good! I like that!!! A fight between shadows! A fight between 2 people who saw the worst in the world and accepted it!!!』

He would counterattack with a blow where Fari instead of blocking it, this one would dodge it, he knew that although he has already become someone older,tall and gained muscle mass, if he receives a direct hit of this type, he knows that he will fall seriously injured, the Savate's fighting style will end up helping him a lot, a technique that consists of dodging and being able to attack when he manages to have an opening with his best blows, not only has to be limited to fists as other fighting styles, his legs are also, light movements and dodges, this being smaller than the Giant Shadow instead of being a disadvantage, it was rather an advantage, he managed to see his movements and had more room to escape, perhaps many are afraid to dodge to his side because of what he imposes, but this Fari did not care.

Quickly Fari managed to dodge a blow and as if climbing a mountain, the young man of Arnicania reached the head of the Giant Shadow where he would give him a variety of blows in the face as fast and hard as possible, but before being able to continue, he could perceive how some giant hands were going to take him, so he would proceed to improvise in the march, he took the shadow's neck and as if it were a swing made force to give him a strong kick with momentum. POMM!!!! The blow he gave him was enough to knock the Giant Shadow to the ground, this we could not believe, both Margarette was impressed, as well as Mikel who managed to see all this and how Fari managed to hit him with his blows, the only thing that boy who was regaining his strength was thinking.

『(Incredible!!!! Fari is amazing!!! He is very strong!!! Our family is safe if we have my Big Brother to protect us!!!)』

Mikel couldn't stop admiring Fari who would continue fighting without giving the Giant Shadow a moment's rest, Fari would launch himself with a punch to hit him in the head or neck, but quickly the Giant Shadow would react and stretch his arm to grab Fari by the garment, which the young man noticed, and tried to retreat at the last moment, but .... The size difference here played a dirty trick on him, he managed to grab the garment where quickly Fari instead of hitting the arm, would try to remove the garment but it was too late.

『I'm going to whip you again and again against the floor!!!!』

He felt that he was pulled with great force, where when he least managed to notice, they ended up slamming him against the wooden floor,POMM!!!! So much was the attack that they ended up destroying that part creating a hole, the Giant Shadow was going to continue with the whip but instead, Fari was thrown with force against the wall in the same way destroying it. The Giant Shadow, upon realizing that he had Fari's garment in his hand, managed to remove it before receiving another blow. Fari got up from the rubble with the intention to fight, as this was not over yet.

『You too will get up as many times as I knock you down, this is more entertaining, bare fist without any weapons, I have intentions to kill you with my bare hands, but you Fari, what intentions do you have to fight without any weapon』.

『My only intention since I saw you was simple, kill you all, especially you who enjoys torturing others, people like you must die, I will never be able to forget, how you destroyed everything we knew, that anger is still present and when I saw that airship explode, for sure many shadows are dying, I felt a little more calm and satisfied knowing that I could give them back a little of what we went through』-『But this will be the only time I will stain my hands, I do it out of necessity to free my family, I would never spill blood again because it's fun! Killing is not fun! You kill in this life because you have no other choice, and it's something I don't want my family to go through ever, not everyone can stand that abrupt change in their lives』.

『I'm glad to hear that, you want to kill me makes me happy, but also don't trust that you will never do it again, who already ended the life of not only one but many, will do it again and as you said out of necessity, ending people's lives will become common someday, we shed blood on the battlefield now, it would be beautiful to shed blood on a public street where everyone is passing by, somewhere, I know, I would like to witness that new world 』

『New World....con that's your vision towards a new world, where anyone kills anyone else because they just happened to be there, yes, no doubt I disagree with you a lot, now with more sense I have to finish you, that thought you have I must stop it』

『No one can stop it, it will always be there and for one person to stop it is impossible, anyone who tries to stop the nature and need of man will fail in the attempt, but enough talk, I came to kill you, but it is fun to change ideas with you, having different thoughts makes the world more entertaining don't you think so? because if there was no one to deny what I am, I would not be able to kill myself』.

The fight would resume where Fari was running with great speed and elegance through the large room, but quickly as if he had superhuman strength, that Giant Shadow picked up a bed that was next to him and threw it at Fari without thinking, but thanks to the speed and dodge of Fari, Fari managed to move to the side where again the Giant Shadow would try to hit him with his fist, but instead of doing the same tactic of climbing over him, Fari maneuvered his arms to make a key and with a strong kick he managed to unbalance the Giant Shadow making him fall to the ground, but before making his next move, Fari felt a great pain in his leg. !!!!! Without having seen it, that Giant Shadow was biting part of his leg with intentions of tearing it, quickly Fari to stop it would try to hit him in the head but he covered it, it was a movement that he did not see it coming and this made him panic a little, as he could not move, he quickly began to hit elsewhere in the large body, but they failed to do anything, he kept biting him hard that Fari resisted the pain like never before, and without realizing it, he was being lifted little by little to take the maximum size, he tried to kick but did not have enough strength, he tried to give blows but they were useless, the Giant Shadow had him between his teeth and with a quick hand he took the whole face of Fari, the part that bit him had a big mark and was shedding blood, Fari tried to fight and defend himself but he simply could not. And in a moment to another having him cornered, he prepared his huge fist and....

POMMMMMMM!!!!! He gave a strong blow to Fari's stomach, who could not scream or breathe because he was covering his face, the blows continued and continued without ceasing, Margarette and Mikel saw how that young man from Arnicania was being tortured by the giant being who did not stop hitting everywhere while enjoying the moment.

『You thought you could beat me!!!! A kid like you!!! That fight you were lucky in leaving me an easy target, but now that's useless to you, your goal was always to hit the face or part of the neck, but in the end you turned out like the others, a simple punching bag!!!』

Fari was trying to reach with his punches the face of the Giant Shadow, but his arms did not reach the being who was laughing for feeling superior, POM!!!! Again he received another blow where Fari the only thing he could do was to resist as much as he could, Margarette would go to help him but he did not have a weapon or a knife with which to defend himself, so he would simply prepare his blow and try to hit the Giant Shadow, who realized that the old woman was trying to hit him.

『What? do you want too?』

POM!!!! With a kick she kicked Margarette hit her, you could see how she smashed her against the door of the room, the old woman could not believe that she really received a blow, her body quickly could not move, she was shaking and her sight was blurring, she wanted to keep fighting because this is her home and the children are under her protection, Fari was trying to struggle as much as she could to get out but she simply could not.

『Leave Fari!!!!』

Mikel screamed and would try to go fight the Giant Shadow, but it was useless, he still hadn't recovered and wanted to keep fighting, so when that boy approached him, with a simple flick of fingers on his head he sent him back to the ground, but here he waited for something to happen, he would stare at Mikel for a few seconds and just as he imagined, that boy was trying to get up no matter how weak he was, this made the Giant Shadow happy but at the same time annoyed him he said a few words to him.

『I already beat and slaughtered you, what do I have to do to stop you from standing up, you are no match for me, are you an idiot? I love people's determination, I enjoy it, but when the difference is obvious, you get tired of it, I'm tired of you kid, stop standing up and die for good』.

『I can't do that.... I have to protect my family...I promised them...』

『*tsch* Family this family that family the other...IS THAT THEY CAN'T THINK ABOUT ANYTHING OTHER THAN FAMILY!!!!! I'm already starting to get sick of hearing that's their driving force to keep fighting!!!! Fight because they hate me!!!! Not because your family is in danger!!!!! You too Fari I asked you if you hate me!!!! And you didn't answer me!!! You fight because you hate me or you fight to protect your family!!!! Tell me your answer!!! The old lady is also doing it for her family!!! family family family family family family family If family is so good why is it easy to destroy it!!!! Eh!!!! Look how the city is ending!!!! We are easily destroying everyone!!!! It's nothing! You are nothing! Those who fight with that purpose disgust me!!!!! One in the end is left alone and that's all you have, what you built for years is what keeps you, and not because you and your silly family are going to strip me of what I am!!!!! You are all nothing!!!!』

Giant Shadow ended up getting annoyed that so much everyone around him was repeating the Family thing, this got to a point that made him sick, it was supposed to be a mutual hate fight, but it seems the reasons are different, quickly Giant Shadow carried Fari and threw him out of the big hole in the ground to throw him to the second floor, POM!!!! Fari fell down to the second floor, he was getting his breath back after not being able to breathe for a while, and when he opened his eyes, he saw how the Giant Shadow was throwing itself from the second floor towards him, He quickly managed to get out of the way and escape through the rooms of the home, he managed to sneak through the home, when the Giant Shadow saw this, and when he found out that his fighter was running away from him, from the fight he was waiting for so long, he got so angry that he screamed and was heard throughout the orphanage.

『AHHHHHHH!!!!!!! And now why are you running away!!!! This was supposed to be our fight!!!! Don't run away coward!!!!! Where are you!!! where are you!!!! Get the hell out of here!!!』

Fari was hiding in a drawer that was there, this was badly injured and needed a rest to recover, while the Giant Shadow this the first thing he did was to go all over the second floor in order to find Fari, he entered the dining room where he quickly destroyed both the big table and chairs, when he reached the kitchen this was even worse angry that he hit everything he saw, both the main room and the passageway, what he did was to destroy everything because of the anger he felt.

『Look how I destroy the places where you spent time with your family!!!! Come and defend them!!!! Because you'll never spend time with them again!!!! I'm going to kill you Fari!!!! Fight me for real!!!』

Fari could hear it clearly but he needed a breath, the blows that the Giant Shadow gave him really had left him very weakened, on the second floor he could hear how someone was taking steps, it was Mikel who was going to help Margarette to recover, the old woman was unconscious so she needed rest, at that moment he could hear the Giant Shadow, he had an idea for Fari to go out.

『If you don't come out!!! I'll make you do it!!!』

Quickly with this Fari realized what the Giant Shadow was going to do, he was going to go after Margarette and Mikel first, he had no choice so he had to come out if or if from where he was hiding, but when he did, the Giant Shadow turned to the side before going up the stairs, the sound came from at the bottom, this made him happy and he shouted that Fari was finally showing himself.

『So that's where you were!!!! Come and face me...you're not Fari』

The Giant Shadow of how excited he was, quickly his desire to fight went down, the one who had shown himself was not Fari, but it was Vie who had returned through the back door, the first thing he met was the big Shadow, Vie was afraid because when he didn't hear gunshots he thought they hadn't arrived, he had a big Shadow of those he was so afraid of, but even so his desire to be with his friend was greater, so he would speak without any buts on his tongue.

『I...I'm not afraid of them anymore,so I don't care! I came for my family too!!!』

But by the time he finished saying his words, already the Giant Shadow had appeared to strike Vie. POMM!!!!! Fari had appeared to kick the Giant Shadow in the head, this blow was effective and even made it flinch a little, quickly Fari shouted to Vie to go back to where he came from or to go to a safe place because that is not a place where he should be. Quickly the Giant Shadow got excited again and went after Fari, who being on the second floor and having more rooms connected would use it to his advantage, he took the Giant Shadow with him leaving Vie alone, she was trembling but she had to control them by clenching her fist in her chest. Quickly she managed to hear how Mikel was helping Margarette on the second floor so without hesitation, the little girl was going with her friend to get back together.

The fight became bigger on the second floor, because wherever Fari passed by, the Giant Shadow was chasing him, he didn't give him a second of rest, he wanted to take him in his hands again to continue hitting him, while Fari was going through his home, he realized how his enemy ended up destroying his home, of what all were beautiful memories with his family, now it would not be like that again, the home had been destroyed, in his face you could see, he was upset, the dining room where he ate and talked with the children, the kitchen where he prepared food with Vie, the entrance when the children gathered to receive his family, the living room where they used it to play, everything now was destroyed and this only made him more enraged.

『This time you will pay for everything!!!!』

Fari threw up what seemed to be ashes, that fell directly into the eyes of the Giant Shadow, when he was cleaning it he realized that they were not ashes, but had more consistency, it was dirt that had fallen, he stood still to remove it, but when he tried to resume his path, what he heard was decisive.

『Enough of games, you are in my home, you are in the place where I grew up, you are treading the same ground as my family, someone like you should be thrown out of here, what you want is a direct fight, you want your opponent to get angry, then it's easy and I have done it for these years, I just have to give you the counter!!!』

Fari realized that fighting him face to face he will not be able to beat him, the Giant Shadow was now in a state where the blows that they give him did not affect him, the only places that do affect him because of his previous fight, are the head, neck and chin, that's how he defeated him with a kick before, he fell like a big bear to the ground, he tried to do the same this time but it turned out to be useless, he has to gather enough strength to do it, take him by surprise like that time, he had the advantage that he did not see him fight for several years and he did not know about him, but now it seems that he knows what he is going for. Fari knows well everything about the house, its paths to where they lead and all that it contains, and above all what might come in handy, is all the gifts that Mikel has given to the children. Since as previously stated whatever might be a hindrance in their escape was best left behind.

『(Here I have a lot of resources that I can take advantage of, toys are fine but I would like to have something else on hand, we have ingredients and other provisions, I think I can do it)』.

Arriving second floor, Vie saw how Mikel managed to put Margarette to rest on a bed, she was still not awake, Mikel was afraid as he thought that because her eyes were closed she had died, he held her hand but it was cold, he was apologizing for not being stronger and not being able to defend the family. But at that moment Vie appeared at his side and taking his wrist to measure his pulse and putting her finger near his nose, she gave the go-ahead that Margarette was still alive. This made Mikel happy but anyway this made him sad, he remembered that he couldn't do anything even when he got bigger and stronger, again he was humiliated in the worst way, this only made him cry silently, as all his life so far he couldn't hit back.

『I'm useless and weak...I can't protect my family...I tried, I tried hard...but I couldn't do anything...I can't protect my family with my own hands...I'm bad at fighting...I'm not made for this...I just didn't want it to happen again...』

Mikel was crying because of how his act of protecting ended up being a failure, Vie seeing that Mikel considered himself nothing even with all he tries, to her she didn't see it that way, maybe this kid is not able to do rude or aggressive things than others, but that doesn't mean he is not able to do other things, she already knows that and Mikel knows that his forte is to make his family smile, but the little boy also wants to have the power to defend them with his own strength. Vie looked for a way that Mikel can be useful in combat, then something came to her mind, seeing Margarette also on the spot, the 3 of them together again made her remember that day when she discovered she had such ability and then.

『No! You have a very acta skill to come out victorious, but not the way you want Mikel』.

On the second floor the fight was still going on, no matter how much the Giant Shadow chased after Fari, Fari was running away from him no matter what, this was already bothering him that he ended up hitting a loud shout for him to be seen, but the moment he opened his mouth, quickly they threw something at him, this was green medicine of the disgusting kind, quickly the Giant Shadow was so disgusted at having to taste it that he quickly tried to clean his tongue, but not seeing his back, he did not notice that there were small pellets that made him fall on his back POMMM! !!! He quickly received a blow to the head where he quickly tried to see who it was, but when he managed to balance himself he realized that there was no one. He was touching his head as many blows especially this last one that he didn't see it coming, was starting to take effect.

『You can stop with the tricks and come and fight!!! Show your face as a true warrior!!!』

『I'm not trying to be a warrior, I just want to protect my family and I will do it with your support』.

As if it was a kind of improvised tricks at hand, when the Giant Shadow took a step forward he realized that he was thrown a bag of flour that exploded at the slightest contact, the whole place was filled with flour where he could not see anything, but quickly his fighting instinct acted, he would know where his enemy would pass, so he tried to give a blow but....There was no one there, he quickly took another wrong step and ended up stepping on a stuffed animal that made a sound, this distracted him that POMM!!!! He had just taken another blow to the head, he was attacking again with all his might but there was no one there, this was starting to annoy him. With his hand he tried to see what he had in front of him and when he tried to take something that seemed to be a knife, he took it and armed himself with it as if telling it to start slicing everything in its place. But when he looked at what he had in his hand it was not a knife, but what he was holding was the handle of a saw. He didn't understand, it was like everything he touched or went to was completely unknown to him, he wouldn't know what could be next. He quickly tossed the pan aside and heard someone cry out in pain.

『There you are!!!!』

Quickly he could see the silhouette of someone so this one was sure to go with his loaded fist, he was going straight for the head to hit. POMM!!!! But quickly the one who ended up screaming in pain was the Giant Shadow, his hand resonated by itself, what he had hit was not a person, but the shape of a person, his fist ended up hitting with a clothes iron that if it had been on would have been better. POMMM!!! He received another blow this time in the neck that ended him lying on the ground, he wanted to get up but quickly felt how someone grabbed his arms and legs, when he least realized, he could no longer move and much less free himself.

『Yes, this is better than fighting head on』.

Fari managed to tie him up with the ropes he had thus completely immobilizing his limbs, the Giant Shadow was more than annoyed, shouting all the time that this was not the kind of fight he wanted to have, when finally the flour fell apart, he finally had Fari in front of him, he no longer had any shadow on top of him, for this round he decided better to fight as a human instead of a shadow, that was the kind of victory he wanted to have, one where his family would support him.

『You're a fucker!!!! What a fight that was!!! At the beginning it was a real fight and I was getting excited!!!! I'm not a fucking caricature for you to pull these pranks on me!!!!』

『Well for the next one find someone who is really interested in fighting, all I did was protect my family, and now say goodbye』.

Fari was wrapping himself in shadows again in order to gather strength and knock out the Giant Shadow, while the Giant Shadow was complaining like a little kid who doesn't want to lose this way.

『I already lost once because of your strength!!!! I can't lose this time because you outsmarted me!!!!! I refuse!!! I am not your mockery!!!! I am not your toy! Release me right now and let's have a fight-----------』

POMMMMMMM!!!!!!!!! With a downward kick Fari ended up knocking out the Giant Shadow, who this one finally managed to stay defeated and no longer put up any resistance, Fari to this was happy because he could see how a Shadow he hates so much showed him that side that they too can complain like spoiled children.

『Although they always were but well, I have to finish him off, where's the knife now------------』

POMM!!!!!!!! Fari when he was going for the knife to kill him, quickly this was shot in the shoulder, his first reaction to this was to seek protection by the walls, the bullet went through his shoulder, he was starting to bleed and the pain was getting more intense, while the responsible for this was the same Colonel Shadow who finally arrived at the orphanage, this seeing Fari shot him without hesitation but not thinking too carefully ended up hitting him in the shoulder.

『Fuck!!!! I had to hit him in the head!!!! Where are you!!! You're the one who made me look ridiculous to my people and my family!!!!!! Come out wherever you are!!!!! I will regain my honor and pride by killing you!!!! No one mocks me and lives to tell about it!!!』

Colonel Shadow had his gun ready to kill whoever got in front of him, when he heard the shot, those on the second floor were alarmed, that meant someone had a gun, Fari didn't have one so it must be from the enemy. This worried Vie more saying that they have to escape, but Mikel was answering her how can they do it, that was the hardest thing, besides they have an unconscious wounded man that would be Margarette and for nothing in the world they plan to leave her alone.

『I can walk...but Margarette...I know she would say to leave her and let us escape alone, but it's something I wouldn't do, either I escape with everyone or I stay to defend my family, I only have those 2 options』.

『But we can't do anything...with someone who is armed our chances are slim, fighting face to face is impossible』.

『I...I...I...have to go help』.

Mikel would prepare to go to help his friend Fari, but he was quickly stopped by Vie who refused to this, he already said it but fighting is useless, if he had to help in something, it would be with what he told him, the ability to see through people, that would be his only ability that could help him in the fights, but of course, more than strength that ability would be used for a strategy, someone who would act behind, someone who could see what people want.

Colonel Shadow was walking and saw the Giant Shadow, when he saw him tied up the first thing he did was to take his knife and free him, while his comments were like insults to him.

『But how useless you are, you can't against a simple child, I have to come myself, but better this way, if you had killed him I would have taken your life myself, Where are you Fari!!!! Come, I'm going to kill you! You and your whole family!!!! I'm tired of being good people with you !!!! Those who reveal themselves to their owner only deserve punishment!!!!! Nobody makes fun of me...』

Colonel Shadow shouting and perceiving the whole place, from how calm Fari was recovering his strength, he could quickly hear a gunshot. Pom!!! Fari quickly fled to another place as the bullet passed by him, Colonel Shadow had fired knowing that Fari was around, but annoyed to know that he missed this one blamed himself.

『Yes I have lowered my level these years...but if I manage to hit you alone it will mean that I didn't lose my touch!!!!! You'd better not stop!!!』

Colonel Shadow was shooting according to his combat instinct, while Fari was dodging running the shots that were coming towards him, as the wood was old and already had its good years, the bullets pierced him easily, it was like the hunter was hunting his prey calmly, Colonel Shadow did not move and just shot, while Fari's hiding did not work, if he stopped in a place to wait, he would only be a dead man. Colonel Shadow reloaded and again the shooting continued, then quickly Fari was able to deduce something.

『(He doesn't move from where he is, and if he does it is little, his aim is bad but if I'm careless he can hit me, but what surprises me is that he realizes my presence and where I am, I have to be thankful that he is fat, if he was in shape he would certainly have died already...)』

Fari thought while he kept running away and taking pans or something to cover himself with, this as a defense measure, while Colonel Sombra kept shooting until he finished all his bullets, and when he did it he reloaded them again, that was the moment where Fari had to take advantage to attack. !!!!!! Fari managed to run to his side while he was wrapped in shadows, quickly Colonel Shadow would take out his knife and try to slice Fari, but here it was different, Fari was much faster and agile than Colonel Shadow Pom! Pom! Pom! He gave a series of blows to Colonel Shadow who would end up falling to the ground, there was no time to lose, he had to finish him off at once. POM!

What was this, Colonel Shadow had already finished reloading his bullets, with a smile he was aiming at Fari again.

『In my youth I was the best gunslinger in town, a punk like you would never be a match for me!!!!』

Fari would try to escape since he could see him, facing this man at close range was terrible, he knew that his aim would be perfect if he does it, so quickly Fari would retreat from the place while being greeted by shots from Colonel Shadow, so much was the emotion of Colonel Shadow that he quickly ran out of bullets and had to recompose them again, this confident would do it slowly because he knew that a few bullets managed to hit the young man.

『This is my last reload, and with it your last chance, stall me as long as you can, escape if you want, but if I'm going to kill you, I'm going to kill you』.

Fari was bleeding from his right leg, his left arm had also been hit, his waist had been grazed, in addition to the bite and the shot in the shoulder, Fari was in a state where it would be difficult for him to continue fighting. His strategy as the previous one would not work, this man would shoot before he set the traps and that would be the end of him. The only way for him to win is for someone to distract him, but even then it's too risky, besides, how is that distracting him, for that he has to put one of his family in danger and he doesn't want that at all.

Pom! Colonel Shadow shot up to the second floor because he felt that someone was moving there, he was annoyed, he was annoyed because he didn't like to move much, it was already a lot of work to come here. But with a smile he went up the stairs to see who was on the second floor, while both Mikel and Vie who were carrying Margarette tried to get out, they couldn't because of the missed shot.

『That guy is armed, we barely got out and he almost hit us with his bullet, trying to escape now is impossible...』

『...No...yes it is possible...we have another way down, you guys go down the hole while I distract him, I'll make him stay at the door so it will be harder for him to shoot you』.

Mikel's idea is that his friend and the old woman go down the hole, he is literally asking them to fall in order to save their lives, Vie saw this, she was afraid of getting hurt, but there was no other way, but she knows very well that if Margarette was awake she would be the one to carry her and resist the weight of the fall. But then she turned to look at Mikel, who in his eyes was afraid, she had to go with them too, they had to escape together, but she knew that her friend would refuse, if they needed a form of distraction then....

『!!!!!』

Vie quickly went to his bed, but quickly another shot could be heard coming through the wooden wall, really this man if not hesitate to shoot. Here they could also throw the mattresses to cushion the fall but that would take time, so no. Vie took out of his bed something he took from Mikel some time ago, it was his yo-yo. She knows very well that her friend wouldn't get rid of his belongings because they mean a lot, she might not forgive him for the yoyo, but if she has to, then she will.

『(I'll throw it, hopefully that will distract him and we can run away...yes..I have faith it will work)』.

Vie was taking the yo-yo to her chest while Mikel was still standing firm at the door, she was about to tell him her plan but quickly. Pom!!!!! A bullet ended up grazing her face, it was fast but traumatic for Vie, she saw how the bullet almost hit her whole face and almost ending her life, quickly Mikel hearing the shot, went to where her friend who ended up falling on her knees to the ground, she couldn't react anything, her eyes were blank, where she would proceed to cry no matter who is in the place.

『(I almost died...I almost died...I don't want to...I don't want to die...why .... why do we have to fight each other...why do we have to be killed...why do we have to make difficult decisions...I just want to be with my family)』

Vie was crying like never before where Colonel Shadow already from the noise she understood that there were children still in the orphanage, Mikel was trying to calm her down but it was in vain, even if he took her hand she was still shaking, she was squeezing him so hard and telling him to never leave him or never let go.

『I don't want to die Mikel...I...don't want to....』

Hearing her friend's pleading, this awakened something in Mikel that quickly Colonel Shadow could see it, and he himself commented that he feels like someone hates him with all his being, when he reached the big room, he found a sad scene, of how Vie was crying and only her crying could be heard, of how Mikel was trying to comfort her without letting go of her hand, Colonel Shadow was gladly and without saying anda pointed his gun at Mikel where the boy said.

『It was you who made Vie cry, I won't forgive you, I will never forgive you...Ask Vie for forgiveness!!!』

Pom!!!! Mikel had thrown himself to fight against Colonel Sombra until a shot was heard, Mikel of how angry he was quickly this one was in shock that he ended up falling to the ground on his back, he simply could not believe what had happened, he saw how in front of his eyes someone shot someone else to kill him.

『Die!!! Fari!!!』

Colonel Shadow saw that at the same time Fari had come to rescue his family, quickly Colonel Shadow fired at him with all his hatred, where quickly Fari would use both arms wrapped in shadows to protect himself from the bullet, if he had used a frying pan would have been the same, it would have pierced him for how old he was, it was better to use the strength he had accumulated over the years. Fari ended up with both arms pierced by the bullet and were bleeding but quickly to be face to face with Colonel Shadow sensed that he would shoot and as if he no longer cared about anything. He was again using his arms to dampen the shots, which Colonel Shadow couldn't believe, again using his winning move, Fari dodged his knife attack to proceed with a spinning jump.

『You leave my family alone!!!!』

Fari managed to give a strong kick in the face to Colonel Sombra who ended up falling to the ground defeated, all this could be witnessed by Mikel who was still on the ground lying down witnessing everything. He could see his friend Fari as he was, his arm full of holes, his body totally bruised and full of blood, and... it was not only his arm, the bullets grazed part of his face, his ear and part of his neck from the ends had been torn off. But still badly wounded, Fari was able to protect his family until the end, this one would turn to Mikel.

『You are not a nobody Mikel, do not pay attention to what others tell you, that does not define the person you are and want to be, they do not know the things you did, and better that way, who does not recognize you better not to be with that person, me, Vie, Margarette, all of us at the orphanage know about your feats, it must not have been that you defeated someone strong, finished off the enemy or stopped a fight, your way of fighting is to make people smile and bring happiness to everyone, it is a style of bringing peace that I like very much, I would like to see that New World we talked about that day, I've always thought about it, a world where there are no wars and no one has to go through this anymore, my only selfishness would be if we never get to have that world of peace, that you, my family is the only one who lives comfortably, I would give everything for you *smiles* You are an exemplary and important person Mikel, you just do what you want, what you do, makes everyone happy, people like you who are free are for me the best people, I. . ..still don't want to die, I want to see my family again, can you help me Mikel *smiles*』

Fari after hearing from the Giant Shadow how he treated his whole family for trash especially Mikel, this one wanted to contradict him and tell his virtues to his friend and family Mikel. The wounds were serious, anyone would say that he was about to die, but not yet, Fari refuses and will continue to fight like every day, to return home and see that his family is well as always, that's what he wants most at this time....------------------------------------

Pom!!!!!!..............

A gunshot had been heard, a person falling to the ground lifeless, Mikel again did not think he would be alive again but witnessed again how he lost another loved one in front of his eyes. Fari fell to the ground and with no signs of getting back up, Mikel was in shock he could do nothing, the only thing that could be heard again was already Vie's low cry and also how someone achieved their task.

『I did it....I really did it...I killed someone....I did it!!!! Look at me daddy!!!! I killed a person!!!!』

It was Sombrita who had a gun in hand and when she saw Fari who was unprotected she did not hesitate to take his life by shooting him straight in the head, he was happy, excited, because he could finally do something to make his father recognize him and be proud of him. They were 2 different scenes and emotions, the little shadow who was happy and blushing waiting for the praise of his father, and Mikel who returned to prensenciar as it is to lose his family.

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