The Princess And The Lord

1275  The Savior

From the sounds, Dan could tell that there were three Dragxtarns who entered the room where they were hiding. The light from the flashlight suddenly illuminated the pile of boxes where Lydia was hiding, in reflex, Lydia and Dan lowered their heads in haste.

"Where's the light switch?" complained one of the men.

"I'm looking for it, okay!" the other man replied peevishly.

Dan and Lydia look at each other in fear, knowing it will be over for them when the lights are on. They suppressed the shiver then all of a sudden Owen groaned softly and their hearts stopped! Lydia immediately covers Owen's mouth but it is too late.

"Do you hear that?" n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

"Yeah, it's coming from here," the man pointed his flashlight to Dan and Lydia's hiding spot.

Lydia's hands trembled as her heart clenched with dread, meantime the enemy's footsteps got closer and closer. Dan clenched his fist, he had to make a decision right away if he wanted to save Owen and Lydia.

"Don't move..." Dan pressed his index finger on his lips.

Lydia looked at him in confusion when Dan suddenly shot at the enemy, after he got their attention Dan rushed to the window and then jumped through the window causing the glass to shatter.

"GET HIM!"

"He jumped down!" Using himself as bait Dan knew he took a big risk but this is all he can do to save his brother. Dan rolls on the grounds while behind him the Three Dragxtarn follow. The three men grinned look at him with a cold sneer.

"Ha, you finally show yourself!"

"Where are the other Rats?"

Dan discarded the empty gun on the side and then took out the swords from his back, "Are we going to talk or fight?!" Dan challenged them.

"Huh, you like to talk big, huh" The man looked at the youngster like a fool, he raised his mechanical arm, the man clenched his fist then a row of reddish glowing sharp claws emerged from the knuckles.

The other Dragxtarn noticed the unease on the boy's face and they all laughed. Not long after, five other people appeared and they surrounded Dan, although they didn't interfere in the fight between their members and Dan because it wasn't necessary, even so they won't give him another chance to escape again.

Dan's hand held his sword tightly, he transferred his ice power into his swords soon the swords imbued with ice power.

Dan put on a tough face even though deep inside he was scared, his hands were cold and clammy but he had to persist despite knowing full well he could not win against any of them let alone all eight of them, still he must buy some time untill Garrof and Lloyd come.

The man with mechanic arms looked at him with a deprecating look, just like the others he was assured that this fight wouldn't take long.

"Don't kill him, we need him to tell us where the little healer is hiding" One of the Dragxtarn remains his comrade.

"Tsk, I know" The man with mechanical arms clicked his tongue in annoyance, he wouldn't kill the boy but he would definitely play to his heart's content.

Dan took the chance when the man wasn't paying attention to him, he took a long jump then swiftly struck the man but the man's claws blocked his sword in time, the man's eyes glinted maliciously, "Cheeky little brat" he snorted then swung his other hand but Dan swiftly dodges the attack though he's not fast enough as the claws managed to graze his arm.

And I didn't expect the man to move that fast, though he had heard from Garrof and Lloyd that the weapon called Dragna gave the user the Dragxtarn a superhuman power that even many Gifted people couldn't match, therefore Garrof and Lloyd warned them many times not to face Dragxtarn for any reason.

Dragxtarn is not only stronger than them but because to become Dragxtarn they have to undergo years of gruesome training which not only makes them strong physically but also mentally, therefore, Garrof and Lloyd keep reminding them under any circumstances never fight against a Dragxtarn.

Even though it was good advice, unfortunately at this time he had no other choice, Dan himself was not sure whether he could get away from this alive or not.

A sudden heavy blow hit his arm causing him to lose his grip on his sword. His sword was thrown away far away from him. Dan grimaced in pain, he guessed his wrist should be broken right now.

The enemy didn't give him a chance to breathe and then launched another attack, this time Dan wasn't quick enough to dodge the attack and the enemy's sharp claws scratched his chest soon after spurt into the air, and then his body fell with a loud thud.

"Just that?" sneered the man while looking at Dan condescendingly.

Dan lying on the ground with blood flowing from the red claw marks on his chest, everything felt blurry his consciousness almost drifted away but then he remembered there were still Owen and Lydia waiting to be saved so how could he fall like this, no he can't, at least not yet. Dan took a sharp breath, then leaned on his sword, with great difficulty he pulled his weak body up from the ground.

The Dragxtarns were quite amazed he was still able to stand, "You're quite tough, if you weren't dirty-gifted people I wouldn't mind taking you back as a new Dragxtarn candidate"

Dan's expression became frosty once he heard their condescending remarks. Even though it's not as bad as in the past, there are still some people who hate Gifted people, and many of them live in Luxemborough as many of them share the same view that gifted people are freaks and threats but ironically they also envy their power, and who they envy the most...of course, The Lucients.

"No thanks, even though I'm just an ordinary person, I still don't want to be like you. You think I don't know that you all traded your lifespan for power, isn't that because you are jealous of people like us? ha, and you guys dare to dream of killing the Lucient family, don't you feel ashamed!" Dan openly hit their sore spot.

In an instant all of Dragxtarn's faces hardened, anger boiling within them like molten lava. Yes, it was a complete embarrassment that even after so many years of their group being formed, not a single one of them managed to kill the Lucients, even worse, they didn't even have the chance to harm a single hair of them let alone hurt them, meanwhile, the whole reason for their existence was to killed the Lucients but after many decades no one was able to harm the Lucients family not even close.

"Kill him" one of the the Dragxtarn hissed. "Yes, we already put a track on that little healer, we would find her with or without him, anyway," said the other Dragxtarn.

"Yeah, I was too lazy to look for that rat before, but I changed my mind, let's just kill this arrogant brat" Even though his tone was calm, the killing intent radiating from the man was apparent.

The man raised his mechanical arm when suddenly a gunshot was heard hitting the man's arm and his movements paused, the man then slowly turned his head over his shoulder.

"What…" Everyone looked simultaneously towards the window on the second floor of the warehouse.

That's when they saw Owen aiming his rifle at them, his face pale as a ghost but his eyes sparkling with determination, while Lydia remained behind. him, he also insisted on staying.

"O..owen?" Dan flabbergasted.

The Dragxstarn grinned widely "Found them"

"Owen get out of there!" Dan screamed in fright.

However, Owen kept firing at the Dragxtarns, one of Dragxtarn's gloves transformed into a giant shield then blocked the shot at the same time the other Dragxtarn sprinted then took a long jump while raising his hammer towards Owen.

Dan could only stare in horror and scream, "NOOO!"

Lydia closed her eyes while hugging Owen tightly.

'Someone, please help us!' She prays.

At that moment, dozens of ice spears suddenly appeared from the dark sky and rained down on the unsuspecting enemy. Dan shut his eyes and covered his head, that's why he didn't realize about the transparent barrier that shielded him safely from the ice pricks.

"SH*T!"

"What is this?"

"TAKE COVER!"

The shield user enlarged his shield to allow nearby comrades to hide under it while others standing far away had no choice but to defend themselves, however, facing dozens of ice spears falling like rain, they couldn't help but get injured even though it wasn't a serious injury.