The dark guardian

C58

ANTHRAX

—Well, well...— Isquius had stopped my attack with just the palm of his hand—don't tell me that you have also come to stand in my way, Anthrax, because let me tell you that it will be in vain too, the fact that you're also a Dark doesn't mean we're on the same level, you know what I mean—he smiled mockingly.

- how dare you laugh at me ? - press my sword more - you're a damn treacherous, you cheated on all of us, you played all this time with each of your friends, you have no face or morals to speak to me, in especially you , Slayer—I glared at him, I could expect anything from everyone, but never from you, we were supposed to be inseparable friends.

•

A LONG TIME AGO

still have so vivid the memory of when I met Slayer, we both lived in the same district, but in opposite worlds, he came from a family of nobles while I am just a boy whose parents were poor, let's live rummaging through garbage And that's how I fed myself. I always went to the house of someone in particular, he always left his food almost untouched outside, surely he knew of my existence because precisely at the time I arrived, they immediately passed a plate with leftovers. I always wanted to have a family like that, that we wouldn't go through calamities, the suffering was mutual, I always wanted to improve myself but my limitations didn't allow me until one of many days a boy the same age as me came out. This time he wouldn't take out leftovers if he didn't invite me to eat.

When I entered his house everything was luxurious, it seemed that everything was bathed in gold, my house did not even compare to his . That day he was sitting at a table with his parents and that boy he was just getting to know. He told me his name and I remember how clearly he said it. Slayer, I will never forget that moment. That gesture of giving me food.

Some time later the visits were so frequent that we began to cultivate a very sincere friendship, until one day he told me that if I wanted to be part of an army that fought for justice, his parents would take care of all the expenses and I I doubt I accepted it.

Together we entered strong and constant until we became very strong, one night when we were standing in front of the stars we made an oath to each other. We would always be together fighting with strength and courage to eradicate all evil, that's how that boy who one day gave me food and I became Dark . Without a doubt, my parents were very proud of me at that time, but more than that, I felt grateful because that boy had given me back my life and my hopes of moving forward.

•

BACK TO BATTLE

—Slayer, if you have something to say, say it now—I yelled with so much accumulated rage—wasn't it that we would always fight for justice? Where is your pride as a warrior? Where was the promise we made to each other?— he remained silent without saying or doing anything—Perfect if that's the case, I'll kill them all—I made my first attack towards Isquius , but I heard him dodge easily—even if you've dodged you won't be able to with my seal number two—I tried to summon it, but my body just froze while Isquius was in front of me with his sword

—What a fool you were, Anthrax, you have fallen under my hypnosis spell—iron maiden spell—around my being he formed a kind of coffin that had pointed needles inside, my body had remained static at his will, of He immediately positioned himself inside that coffin and closed it with great force.

JAMES

Damn, it only took him a few seconds to beat that guy, the worst of all is that I'm just witnessing everything that's happening without being able to do anything about it, I feel like an inferior being right now, his power is overwhelming.

How stupid I was," Isquius said , " I haven't perfected that technique yet, but this guy was so weak that even if he didn't use my hundred percent, he couldn't stand it. "

what did he say? He said he hasn't perfected that technique yet and he hasn't even used his 100 percent, meaning he's just messing with all of us.

—Are you surprised?—he observed me as he took Katsuro —it doesn't matter if one or more garbage like him comes, in the end the garbage is cleaned and that's what I'll do.—he continued walking with Kasturo aside.—I'll show you a spectacle that they have never seen in their miserable lives, what they will see with the body of, Katsuro , is nothing compared to the power that I will have shortly—he took Katsuro 's body and through a spell he made his body float in the air, he opened his legs and feet forming a star behind him, Isquius began to recite something that was written on a parchment that he showed and rose in the same way, but the strangest thing was about to be seen. From each end of Katsuro 's body the spheres that he had said began to come out, they were of different colors, I thought that my friend's life was about to end. The spheres came out little by little until they were exposed, at that very moment there was a kind of fusion between them until they formed a single black sphere, it looked like a diamond, but with a blinding flash. —impressive—his eyes shone as much as that sphere—I finally have it in my hands—he laughed schizophrenic, took Katsuro 's body and was suffocating him—thank you for keeping this sphere well, but it's no use to me anymore. Hit Borius , I need you to kill him right now—he ordered and he immediately cast a spell heading towards Katsuro at high speed , I thought that everything had ended there but it was until then that the explosion dissipated and Himura appeared in the smoke .

He had saved Katsuro , his body was badly injured, but he still had the strength to continue fighting.

—wow, another garbage to eliminate— Isquius took his sword and was going to attack him—now it turns out that Himura is also another hero here, but do you know how heroes end?—he mocked—try the edge of my sword—he pounced on him , but before he finished his attack he was intercepted by two very fast guys.

They were Lord and another guy he didn't know, but this time Lord was wearing a different armor and even his transformation and appearance were different.

"Arriving on time?" Lord asked me smiling, immediately the boys arrived trying to help.

Almost the majority of all the Dark arrived instantly , including their leader, the henchmen and other vigilantes so that we were many against them.

up, Isquius , we are more and together we can destroy you and your henchmen—said the leader—you can't circumvent the authorities of this dimension, everything is finished, you don't have a place among us.

"Is everything finished?" He smiled sideways, lowering his gaze, "I knew that if this happened I would have a plan B of course, so they leave me no other alternative but to use it even though it's quite risky."

Immediately a giant portal opened in the sky and thousands of demons came out of them, it was something terrifying since those demons were giant in size, it was opening a portal for them to come out of where we were, immediately Isquius used a spell that encapsulated the body of Hit Borius , Slayer and him, rising towards that portal. It was something I had never seen even in fiction movies, just at that moment we were all spectators of that great event, some of the Dark who were there seemed somewhat surprised to learn that their own companions had betrayed them.

—Let them—said the leader—do not do anything to stop them, the place where they go is an empty and lifeless place, it is a place where what reigns is evil and perversion , we could never survive in a dimension like that. Isquius ! —he shouted—I never believed that you would corrupt yourself in that way always looking for your own benefit regardless of the consequences.

—not even you would understand, Ragnar, your stubbornness makes you a blind man, that's why you don't see beyond your own limits, we know that the position of the gods is beyond the imagination of any human being, vigilante or Dark is a place where limits do not exist, power and glory are there and that is why I will take that place. It has always belonged to me, so I say goodbye to you heaps of cockroaches. From now on I will no longer call myself Isquius , now I claim my throne as king of the underworld and my name will be recognized as Dante, I will be the prince of darkness. Very soon we will see each other again—the portal closed and with it , they.

•

We were all in a recovery room, around me I could see how he was being treated with his injuries, meanwhile I was being cared for by other people, the good thing is that my friends were fine, but I still couldn't see Katsuro .

—close your eyes, young man—listen to a girl who was healing me—it's not good for you to move or the wound will open, we need to control its bleeding.— At that moment appreciate, Astrid.

"Leave it to me," he said quickly, " I can do this," I noticed that his hands flashed a very warm light by putting it on my wounds, as if by magic they began to close faster than normal.

"Astrid, since how long have you...?"

" Shh , shut up," he placed his index finger in my mouth and continued to heal me, besides being the woman I love so much, he was also healing my body.

KATSURO

—please come here— Himura was calling me and I didn't know why, he was on a stretcher very injured.— I know that I tried to kill you and that I couldn't protect you from the beginning and that's why in the end I did. I guess you're wondering why I did it? But there is something I want you to know before everything—he directed his gaze to mine.— I know that you did not have a very good childhood and that you lived in a place where poverty was extreme, go through many things before coming here , but I carry a very heavy conscience and that is that you are my younger brother. My parents abandoned you when you were little without me realizing it, it was until years later that they were dying that they told me that there was a younger brother giving me your address, they made me swear a promise to them, it was to protect you, but not I complied with the same oath that I had taken as Dark before the Supreme Court, I could not violate the laws even if your life was in the middle of them, when I knew that they were going to sentence you to death I did not know what to do, on the one hand there were my feelings and on the other there was my pride and my oath to justice, but everything made sense until I fought against James, that boy with whom you made a great friendship on earth made me open my eyes, who had to fight against the same laws to protect to our loved ones, that's why I defended you in that last attack, I didn't care about anything more than making amends for my mistake. Now in life I only have you, but I know that you are not capable of forgiving me after I have told you the whole truth, I know and I understand you, I am a damn selfish person who thought of his own benefit.— He writhed in pain — Katsuro , please forgive me for all the damage I caused you all this time. If anyone deserved to die, it should have been me without a doubt.