The dark guardian

C25

We gathered in a circle in front of the door while Lord gave some instructions. At that time there were certain insecurities of all of what could happen.

—What awaits us behind that wall, even I don't know, without a doubt it will be a danger, but we can no longer go back, I will give you some general suggestions, when you are facing the enemy, do not hesitate to attack, do not think that it is like in planet earth, people here are willing to kill without hesitating for a second, so don't hesitate to do it either. As for you three —he pointed to Mike, Astrid and Kai— I know you have powers, but they are limited, so I will ask you to be very careful when fighting, first analyze the opponent and thus see what weak points they have Don't act impulsively like James.

—Me what? —I reneged—accept it, I've become stronger and I've kicked the butt of those guys who have come before me, so I'll do the same to those who show up.

—I know, but that's not a guarantee, James, what we will face is something stronger than what we've seen so far—he frowned—this is not a joke or a game, I just ask you to help me. Pay attention when ordering something, otherwise we will all be dead before our time. Do you agree? —he raised his tone waiting for a response.

"We agree," we answered in unison. Lord assumed powers similar to those of a teacher.

-Well, the Plan is the following, after crossing the door we will be united all the time unless it is required to separate. Kai and Mike will pair up while I'll stay with James and Astrid. okay?

A guy with a sword appeared from the shadows. A hat of solid material that covered his head, a samurai outfit .

—I'll go with you—you couldn't tell his face, but yes, the security of his voice.

"What are you doing here , Asap ?" The old man had addressed him. "Shouldn't you be in the training room as we agreed?"

Between us we discussed what is what was happening. We didn't know if this guy was an enemy or an ally.

—You definitely won't go—the old man scolded the guy arrogantly—you're the only thing I have left in this life—his voice was brittle, the situation was emotional.

"I'm too old for these things, father." You know I've always wanted to fight them—the guy yelled at the old man taking his sword.— One day I swore to be a very strong and well-known samurai , you can't take that right away from me—he grabbed his hand.

I immediately went over to find out what was going on.

— you who are you?" I pointed at him frowning.

—I am Asap , the son of this man—he pointed to the old man—I am the last descendant of the family and I have always wanted to fight against the vigilantes, I will show them that I am stronger than them. Please take me with you—in his eyes you could see how much he wanted to go

—why don't you leave him old man?— pat his shoulder—let him do it, he has every right to decide what to do with his destiny, don't you think so? Just see how it is. Believe me that where I come from my father would also support me in my decisions.

— He is my only son—sobbing—you wouldn't understand, most of my children died in similar battles, I don't want to lose him. It's all I have left in this life!

—Father—he approached him—I promise not to die on that trip, just trust me and my ability, you have been an example all this time, I cannot complain about the father I had to have, apart from father you are also my teacher , but you've always known what I've wanted— Asap moved even closer to hug him.

"If that's your decision , I'll respect it. " She dried her tears. "Please, Lord." She looked at him with an expressionless face . "Take care of my son." Her gaze was heavy.

—Don't worry, old man, I'll take care of him like I've been taking care of all these kids. Ah, I forgot something, for nothing in the world if you see a Dark try to fight against them, it would be something exponentially catastrophic, none of you have the power that they have, you only have the right to fight with the vigilantes, have you understood?

say, Lord," I shook my head. " I don't know why I'm so afraid of those Darks ?" You have me tired with the same, but well...

"Let's go through the door," he placed himself at the head of the group.

The first entered, we stayed a little behind waiting what would happen to him . Passing the door, he disappeared completely. We all stayed looking at each other's faces debating what would happen? Instantly Lord came out in high spirits.

"What are you waiting for?" Come on in, there's just a small empty chamber.” He called us with his hand.

We entered and indeed there was a small chamber with walls of a material similar to metal. He didn't look like he was from another dimension or anything like that.

"How the hell will this take us to another dimension?" I wanted to know by touching the walls inside. I just see that it is something common and current.

In that the camera began to vibrate constantly, the temperature rose so that we began to sweat. The heat was intense.

"It's time to create your protective shields," he warned us and we immediately managed to form them.

The camera began to illuminate how the sun itself left us temporarily blind. Our bodies began to disintegrate like dust in the wind, we were traveling in a kind of path where there were planets around us, we all floated with our protective shields.

- Where are we Lord? - I wanted to know seeing everything around me.

—the safest thing is that we are on the path that only the Dark can pass , no mortal like us could pass here if it were not for the shield we have, that is why they had been asked to create them as resistant as possible, yes A shield from you were to break his body wouldn't last a single second on this path. I knew all this through stories, it's my first time going through this, but there's a detail .” He put his lips in a single line.

"What do you mean by that detail?" I frowned .

—If we have crossed this place as much as possible, it is that they know of our arrival, just as this is the way to enter the other dimension, it is also a means of tracking for them, everything that passes through here will immediately be detected, so So I'll ask you to try to lower your power as low as possible, maybe with luck they won't detect us having done that, but don't neglect your protective shield or you will die if you make contact with the outside.

"Why didn't you say it before?" Mike asked .

—hey, I didn't know where that door would take us either, I'm in the same shape as you, besides , my life is also in danger or what do you think? I can die too.” He crossed his arms.

"Look there," Astrid pointed out.

It looked at a huge palace with several temples around it, it looked chilling. The palace was situated on top of a hill in a way that made the temples look tiny.

—Damn, that must be the central palace, what was missing—Lord, he was very worried.

MEANWHILE IN THE CENTRAL PALACE

The alarms had been turned on, the news was spread that a group of humans was approaching the central dimension, the guardians of the gates positioned themselves to protect them, on the other hand the vigilantes took their swords in battle position. Something big is approaching, something that has never been seen in this dimension.

—What is that Jinsu ?— I wanted to know, the alarms always went off when intruders were entering the central dimension, but until now I had no idea that someone could enter this far.

"I don't know, Katsuro , I suppose some stupid people have come here to seek their death, but I hope there are many because I want a bit of action." He smiled as he looked at his sharp sword thirsty for blood and more blood.

Immediately some sudden came to whisper something to him in hatred, he nodded so that suddenly I could see the expression on his face that something different was happening.

You can leave," he told them . " I think I know who 's come here and I guess why," he nodded animatedly.

—Come on, tell me, at least I have the right to know what's going on out there—the alarms continued to sound with an ascending tone.

—It's about the boy who had been entrusted to you, Katsuro , it seems that he and other boys have had the brilliant idea of coming here to rescue you—he laughed—they have signed his death, they will never be able to get here. Do you know how many Dark take care of this palace? With just one of them he could kill them in a matter of seconds.

—Are you talking about James?— I felt powerless being imprisoned and not being able to help stop this madness—how come you come here?—I hit the wall with my fist too furiously— he's stupid and stubborn, I know I warned, but he never listens! Jinsu ...—I looked at him.

—No! I definitely can't, if you think I'll get you out of here I can't do it—he shook his head—that would be challenging my authorities and I don't want to be your companion to see how my head could also roll.

"Damn Jinsu !" Just get me out of here, I promise not to get you in trouble, I won't say that you helped me—I took my hand out of the cell taking him by his neck—you know how many favors I've done you in this time, it's time you paid me, if it weren't for me in many battles we had together you were dead.

—I could do anything, but except this, Katsuro . We both know that they would kill me without hesitation, what I can do is keep you informed of the things that are happening here and even so I am committing a serious fault.

James, what have you done? —I shook my head—I don't know what you're thinking in that empty head of yours, but this definitely won't work out. I just hope he doesn't run into any Dark .

BACK WITH JAMES AND HIS FRIENDS

"Lord, can you explain to me why you got like this?" I was surprised, he always showed how relaxed he is even in the middle of battles.

—It's the central palace, that means we go straight to where all the vigilantes are, including the Dark ones . you know what that means right? We have taken the bull by the horns and that was not the idea. I never thought that our bad luck would take us here.

—Don't exaggerate Lord, I'm not afraid of those guys. I don't know what the scandal is, besides , sooner or later we'd run into them, right ? - Look at Astrid, you could tell how worried she was. That if I did not like it at all, I did not like my girl to be sad.

"Don't worry, Astrid, I promise I'll always take care of you, okay?" I nodded .

"I trust you." His gaze radiated.

Suddenly the dimension began to attract us with greater force. Once again our bodies disintegrated in the air, this time elastically. Creating a kind toned with our body.

"Hold hands and don't let go" I ordered with authority, but it was impossible, the dimension had an attraction so strong that it exceeded our powers, causing a huge explosion that the last thing I saw was when I extended my hand to Astrid, leaving me unconscious of the flash that produced the explosion.