The dark guardian

C22

We arrived at a dimension where there was a dark temple, the gravity was greater attracting us a little to the ground. The reaction was immediate.

"Is everyone okay?" I made sure they were. "Are you okay, Astrid?" I looked directly into her eyes.

"I am," he agreed, then I could see that his gaze lowered to my lips making a small station. It was the first time Astrid had done that, she didn't know what it meant either.

—Yes , James , nothing happens, this gravity is not a big deal— Kai and Mike also agreed.

Where are we, Lord?" I wanted to know because of the effect it had caused.

—I don't know, according to my calculations we would have to be in another temple, not in this one—he narrowed his eyes trying to distinguish something. I have no idea where the hell we are.

"Someone's coming," Kai said. Taking the battle stance

came out of the temple with a black outfit with white lines on the edges, on one side he had a sword, his face was friendly. But a dark and strong feeling could be felt inside him, which made him extremely dangerous.

"It can't be." Lord had paled. This can't be happening, it's just unacceptable .” He took a few steps back bumping his back against me.

" Who are you?" I took the hilt of my sword. Whoever it was I definitely don't like him at all.

"Wow, apart from being human they are rude, is that the way to treat a Dark ?" He got closer and closer. "I don't know how they managed to get here." He dried his head while he continued smiling.

—I don't care if he's a Dark , but if you've crossed our path it's because you plan to stop our path—I unsheathed my sharp sword attacking him immediately.

" No!" Lord shouted trying to stop me. "What the hell do you think you're doing, James?" It was too late, he had already attacked with a lot of power.

The subject drew his sword, it was very black. Immediately his sword took a larger size managing to repel my attack with ease.

—how aggressive you are— he smiled —I guess you 're James Brixt —he pushed me with a gust of wind that he created in a very short space. It was strange, never had someone who had fought before possessed those abilities.

"How do you know my name?" I wondered, not having given it to him. What he hated most was the way he acted.

—with much more reason I would never let you in here. No human is worthy of stepping on this dimension, much less moving forward, it is better that this ends here—I keep his sword—I don't know who could help them cross to this world, I see something strange here , but I don't think they can last long, yes I am not the one who eliminates them, it will be another companion—I create a portal in front of us that absorbed us with great attraction, taking us to some unknown place

•

—Where are we?— There was a town with wandering souls, they were souls that led a normal life similar to those on earth.

"I don't know," Lord said. I think we are in the Esperanza town, I mean, because of the shape of the town, but I'm not sure.

"By the way, why did you try to stop me before attacking that guy?" Personally I wanted to kick his ass, didn't you see his stupid smiling face all the time?" I shook my head as I spat.

" He 's a Dark , you don't know what that means, right?" The last are the subjects or apprentices, in the second are the vigilantes and in the first level are the Dark , they are better said as masters of each dimension, that one you saw was one, it is called Hit Borius , did you notice that his sword was black ? Well, that sword is capable of changing time through the years, if only he had wanted to kill you it wouldn't take him just a few seconds to do it, I think he was very generous in sending us to this dimension.

—Look—Astrid pointed towards the town, all the souls were watching us as intruders. forming a barrier.

"Damn, they just need to see us as their enemies," Mike said preparing to attack.

—Wait a minute—I stood in front of them—we are not bad people, we only come for a friend of ours, we have asked giving in this dimension.— Look how they observed my sword—don't worry, this sword I carry will not be used against you.

From the heap of souls came two, one older and one more or less my age. The older subject wore simple clothing.

—don't worry, we believe you—they approached us—please come with us.— he took us to a temple.—we see that they have appeared out of nowhere, from there we knew that something was not right time travelers do not appear that way , so we deduce that you are not—he rolled up his legs.

"That's right, we were heading to the next dimension when a guy named Hit Borius came out and transported us to this dimension, by the way, what is it called here?" I wanted to know as I placed my sword aside, we were all sitting in circles listening to the older guy.

—This is the people of hope, the souls that live here have the hope of being able to leave and have the privileges that other dimensions have, here we live rationed everything and live under constant siege, especially by the vigilantes. Before it was not like that, but for some reason they have become different, we do not differentiate if they are for good or against it.

—I understand—I shook my head—I thought the same, but apparently I was right since I could see when they took Katsuro . Do you know how to keep moving forward? Since my friends and I don't know this place very well.

—The one who can help you is my son. Nobody is better than him—I patted him, he was looking down and with his hands together—can you help them with that? —she looked at him

"I can't father, I can't help these people." He kept his head looking down

"How come you can't?" I frowned taking his chin. "They're not bad people. "

"I can't because I don't trust him," he pointed out to me . " Since he came here, I can feel that only problems will attract this town. "

"What did you just say?" I got up, but Lord took my arm trying to control me.

— Yes , that you are the problem here and I don't know why my father accepted them? Being just strangers—he took a sword from his hilt, took up battle stance.

"What do you want to fight with?" Okay if you want that I'll give you—take my sword the same way.

-James! Sit down—Lord commanded arrogantly.

—Forget it, Lord, if this boy wants that, I'll give it to him, no one comes like that to talk bad about me.— Come on, attack me , we'll see if you're really good.

He immediately unsheathed his sword. His moves were good, but they weren't able to defeat me, he fought in a very different way than the guys I've faced before. It moved from one side to the other with enough precision.

—If you think you will defeat me with that, you are very wrong—I raised my power to show you a little of what I was made of—feel the power of my sword—I waved it, generating a gust of wind that made it hit the wall.

—It seems that this fight will be a bit interesting—he rejoined taking his sword, immediately vanished appearing on top of me—take this— he launched his attack on me .

—Don't think you'll defeat me so easily—I stopped him with my sword, this boy was really quite strong, but still not strong enough.— We'll see how you do with this—I took his chest throwing him to the ground, inflicting great damage. His body was embedded in the ground.

-do not follow! You will destroy the place—Lord yelled, the boy's father was nervous.

—don't neglect yourself—he rejoined, took my arm, the arm he used to carry my sword—immobilization spell!—a flash emerged from the palm of his hands.

Shit, I instantly felt like my arm was like stone, I couldn't move it at all. It was totally unusable.

What have you done to my arm?" I looked at him and didn't believe it. Trying to get out of his spell.

Die !" He threw his sword at my head, this guy was very serious

underestimate me !" I raised my power even more by taking his sword in my hand. The edge had cut my hand but still would n't let go. —I still have the strength to fight—I grabbed my damaged hand out of the spell—try this!—Immediately his father crossed, stopping my blow with the palm of his hand.

—Enough !— I frown —it's a shame that you behave like that with visitors—I slapped him—I've always taught you the right path and the first thing you do is fight with a guest.—I'm very sorry with you, but my son has a problem with new people, ever since he lost his best friend at the hands of those people he always harbors enormous hatred. For which I apologize." He lowered his face.

"Don't worry," Lord spoke, "we also apologize for James' behavior, he 's a bit temperamental, but he 'll apologize too, won't he ?" He nudged me.

—That's right—look down—I'm also very sorry. We are just looking for a way to return to the dimension where our mission began, but if we don't have his help we won't be able to continue.— Look at me—I turned to him—just as you lost your best friend, I don't want to lose mine either, so if If you are willing to help us, I will greatly appreciate it.

The boy debated for a few seconds, raised his head.

"Okay, I'll help you" his look had changed.

—by the way, how did you do that?— I wanted to know since it had been strange that a soul that wasn't a demon immobilized me.

"Are you talking about what I did to your arm?" He set his lips in a single line.

— Yes , how did you immobilize it using your hands? No one had ever done it. It was also a very fast attack.

—It's simple, if you want I can help you, maybe later I can be of some use to you.— I smile—so you saw Hit Borius himself ?—he sounded animated.

—That's right and not only did he attack him, but he used that technique. The one that made us find this dimension.

"Didn't you feel chills when you fought him ?" Do you know that he is one of the strongest Dark among all? But his character makes him less offensive, if you were an observer you may have noticed that his expression on his face was always serene, but his power is potentially enormous.

—hey, I'll give you some advice—take his shoulder—you shouldn't fear anyone no matter how powerful they are, you don't know what you're capable of when you're in danger. That happens with me, the more dangerous the situation, I get the best of me .

LORD

It is impressive how much this boy has changed, my teacher has taught him many things, but among the ones that I can notice is his mental strength, he is no longer the inexperienced boy that he used to be before, I accept that I had some fear when he suddenly attacked Hit, but I also see that he is someone determined. Very well done James Brixt . But what I also wonder is how did we find that Dark so soon? My calculations were not those, I also know that no one could notice that Hit had mercy on us, if he wanted to kill us, he would have easily done it at that moment, I feel as if he let us escape.