Overknight Hero

Chapter 20: Alter Bridge (5)

"Serena, I can't fight him alone. His backup, that big animal over there, is really a nuisance!"

"Figures...you did quite well surviving this long. I suppose you're Forte is quite powerful,"

"In this type of combat, I think it's far too useless if my aim is to win. That's why I need your help,"

"Sure. But first, tell me your power,"

That sentence made Xaviel somehow uneasy. He remembered that Hoff said revealing that you have a Forte or even saying how the power works out loud. It would be a dangerous feat. Now, however, Serena was asking that question. Contemplating on trust, Xaviel thinks back to events he had faced. He remembered that day. That fateful day where everything changed. The day he tempers with the Odin's Crow.

He questioned himself. Why did he deploy them by himself? Why didn't he call one of the stage members to tell them? Or maybe record the warning message as proof. Yet the only thing he did was pursue his OWN dreams fulfilling his OWN need for self accomplishmen