The dark guardian

C74

We were at Lakai 's house , we were all together planning to do something about it against these guys. Kai and Ates were in a room, both were sleeping soundly, they were in recovery and were being treated with home remedies that Lakai himself had prepared.

I looked at Kai's face and I felt bad that he was in that state, after everything he has done for us, I was also very sorry for the fact that he had run out of powers, but I was also struck by why he tried save Ates, was something he wanted to ask her as soon as he woke up.

Meanwhile, go back to the room where we all are.

"How are they ?" Astrid asked with concern.

" Yeah, how is he ?" Mike also asked.

—They both look fine, normal, asleep. I don't see that they have serious injuries, it's just weakness more than anything, but back to the subject. What have you learned about the central dimension? Jinsu —look at his face expecting good news.

—I don't know, but what they did inform me is that they had already found close information that was lost, surely they must be analyzing it at this moment and when they have better news, they will surely let me know.

AT THAT MOMENT. IN THE CENTRAL DIMENSION

BARCLAYS

—I hope it's for something good that he sent for that idiot, Kaskade , because the last time I asked him for help he behaved like an idiot—Rubius and Wolfpack came to my side, Kaskade had called us to his laboratory with the purpose of teaching us information about the Volt.

—I don't think he's playing— Wolfpack said —I don't think he called the three of us just to tell us stupid things.

—That's right, we have to understand that he is like that, his way and character, but we must recognize that he is the only one who could help us right now—Rubias opined.

We finally arrived at his laboratory . Knock on the door about three times in a row.

—Come in—he was in front of a screen with a lot of information going by quickly—I'm glad you came, Gentlemen, I thought you wouldn't come and that you'd take it as a joke.

—For a moment I thought that, but given the need to know something we had to come—I sentenced him—so I hope that what you have for us is good news.

—That's right, but how desperate you are, Barclays, be thankful that in the end I had the will to do it, but hey, come here—the four of us went to their research room—as you can see, the Volt are a human tribe, better said called vampires of souls, as their name indicates, they feed on the soul of the forgivers to strengthen their body and in the process also lengthen their life—he showed us the image of several Volts—I also think I have the answer as to why they want that boy's body —he showed a video where the Kai race was fighting against Volt—this has been a war for generations, the Kai clan was always at war against the Volt, it is something interesting that after so many years only one has remained and that is the--the video was cut off.

—What happened to the video?— I wanted to know—I wanted to see it in its entirety to see what happened at the end.

—I'm sorry but that was the only thing I could rescue from here, after the subject who wanted to delete it.

—what I want to know is that if in the end they stole the lives of Kai's relatives—asked wolfpack .

-The only thing I know is that in the book records it says that the Volt feed on the souls of dead human bodies, but that law only existed at the beginning of those years, after that they began to attack living humans, themselves they broke their laws, now I think that the things that are happening in the world of the living are similar to what happened years ago, but now with the sole purpose of devouring as many humans as they can.

—It can't be!— Rubios was surprised—that sounds catastrophic, we must do something about it or else the number of humans will decrease in a short time.

JAMES

—That's right—Lord agreed responding to Katsuro —according to what they informed me is that Karius plans to open a portal to the underworld with the purpose of becoming the love and lord of that place, that way he will increase his power and abilities, we have to do something before it happens.

"But what I don't understand is why does it necessarily have to be with Kai's soul?" Atrid asked with great interest.

—That is if I don't handle it very well, there isn't much information about it at the moment, the only thing we can do is try to stop it and protect Kai for as long as possible.

the talk and I was just thinking about what had happened with Karius in that mansion, I just used a finger to immobilize myself, I felt a great power that came from him and that he doesn't have a sword or something, if he is already powerful, how will I be able to stop him when he achieves that power that they talk about so much? This really worries me a lot.

—Is something wrong, James?— Lakai made me come out of my trance state—I see that you are very thoughtful as soon as we talk about Karius , are you afraid?

-Of course I'm not afraid, I was just thinking about the battle I had with him , I don't use the greatest effort to get like this, I want to confess that... in my current state it would be impossible for me to defeat him, my power is not like what had in the central dimension, here everything has changed—everyone was shocked.

Immediately someone opened the door of the house, we were all alert thinking that it was the enemy once again. We took our swords and prepared ourselves for when that guy came through the door.

Suspense… suspense…

At the end of the set who had arrived was Asap .

"Asap ? " we all ask in unison.

"But what are you doing here?" Asap ?— I wanted to know, I didn't know how he had found me either.

—well, I came here because I felt a very dark power, rather depressed, but look how far I went—I look into my eyes—it seems that you are the one who is wrong, James. The weird thing is that. Inca had seen you like this.

right," Lakai said, " we hadn't realized all this time that James is depressed. "

Asap said , "but how can we know about that state?" He took my arm, taking me to a room in the same house in Lakai .

—I also have the perfect place to get rid of that mess— I opened a secret door on the floor of the room, Jinsu and Katsuro took me by the arm and threw me into the abyss.

"They're completely crazy!" I yelled, plummeting. What a way to cheer me up with all these crazy people.

BULLS

"My lord, what are you going to do with that?" Karius went into the rubble of the mansion, he had found a good hourglass that he had had for many years.

—I think it can still be rescued—I remove it by moving away more debris—here there must be some tools to repair it—I look for more among the things.

—Don't worry, I'll look for them for you—I pretended to look for them.

—It's not necessary, Bulls, don't think me so useless, I can look for them myself so don't worry.

Deep down I didn't like to see him like this, I knew he was sad about his mansion, but those damned will pay me when I have them face to face, I'll be so cure them that I plan to give them a painful and very slow death. No one had the right to event like this and destroy our home.

KAI LOGAN

I opened my eyes little by little and saw that I was in a recovery room and next to me was Ates, he had a bandage on his head and on his arm, he moved and complained of some pain.

Does it hurt?" I asked, but I was in the same condition.

"Not much," he answered in a low tone, " the medicine that your friends have been using on me seems to have worked very well." .

—Don't worry, I know it's not your fault, besides, it was already destined that Karius would look for me sooner or later, the good thing is that you've seen your mistake and you try to correct it, that's the most important thing.

—It's funny what you just said, a long time ago Karius said the same thing, but they were just empty words, but I do believe it about you, you've shown all this time that your word counts.

—Did Karius ever tell you, what was he thinking of him once he was already inside the underworld?— That question had been bouncing around for a long time.

—Not really, he never wanted to confess it to me and I even think to no one else, but whatever he's thinking, good things don't come out of that head. Actually I feel bad about everything that is happening , I never thought that he himself would break the rules of attacking living humans although I have also failed, I attacked some living humans and now I feel so guilty because he also encourages that.

—but you're not a bad guy—try to make him feel good—all this time you've been helping me, doesn't that make you see things differently?

-I know. But sometimes I wanted Roa to be a human and cease to exist, I see that you have . A better life than ours, do not think that immortality is something that pleases after so many years. Imagine that I won't be able to have any offspring, at least you have that happiness.

—I know, but you have to settle for what you have, at least I am like that, I try to take advantage of what I have, for example now that I have no powers I realize that I have friends who love me and care about me . Now you also look at the environment, it is not necessary that you return with Karius and his people, if you want you could well stay with us, we would make a good team and we would treat you as you should.

—Even if I wanted to, I couldn't do it, my duty is different and I could never belong to your people, but I feel happy to have met them, especially you Kai, we have created a great friendship in these difficult times, the only admission I have in this life is to try to stop Karius 's plans even if I have to die trying, but I can't afford to sit idly by.

—and you continue with that absurd idea…—I shook my head—there are other solutions so it won't reach the extreme you say. Please think things through.

JAMES

-dammit. In that state even I could defeat you, really you are disappointing me a lot, James, come on raise your head and start fighting like you always have- Asap scolded me grabbing my shirt- I have not seen a subject as pathetic as you .

" He 's right," said Jinsu , "I hadn't seen you like this before, not even when you had to fight against the Dark , before you had a determination that could be seen from the outside, but now the only thing you give is pity."

And yes, I don't know why I was in this state, but the only thing I felt was disappointment with myself and not being able to do anything, maybe because I no longer had the power I had before, that was a point where it made me feel less than others.

Where are you James ?" Jinsu made me come out of my trance state using his sword to hurt me. I immediately reacted, defending myself with my sword but it catapulted me several meters back—imagine how weak you are wue with this simoletic attack I made you go back so much, it hardly seems that you can only hold your sword.

—That's right— Asap also attacked me and hit me hard on my arm—is it necessary to do this so that you get out of that pathetic depression you have, take your sword and fight bravely or is it that you are afraid of Karius ?

"How stupid you're saying, of course I'm not afraid of him" I frowned.

—I say that if he is afraid of him, whenever we talk about him he gets in that state and not only that but he also defeated him like nothing happened— jinsu was provoking me.

—both are crazy, I'm not afraid of that guy and I'll show him that I'll kick his ass too—I stand with my sword in front of jinsu .

The battle had begun and it seemed like a battle to the death, the sword clashing over and over again without stopping. Jinsu 's strength was superior to mine, that surprised me since his had never been stronger than mine. It was a cause for concern.

—I don't want you to lower your guard—he launched a kick that he could land on my abdomen—you're not the James I met in the central dimension, that James I met at that moment had self-confidence and wasn't weak like him. I am getting to know here, besides, at that time you did not ask yourself if you would achieve it or not, excuses were not your forte, you were always determined to win now, where is that thirst that kept you in a constant fight?

You're right, I must get out of this state, there are many who need me outside, I can't disappoint all my friends. This time I took my sword and attacked with great force, my sword could be felt like before and Jinsu 's attacks were weaker, I felt like the energy I once had ran through my veins, to the point that I managed to corner Jinsu .

—That's enough James, I was just encouraging you to get out of that state so I used all those phrases to make you see reason—he raised his hands feeling unprotected.

—and yes that you did it, thank you—I shook his hand.

•

Meanwhile in the room where Kai and Ates were. Ates was waking up and he felt guilty on his shoulders, he had realized that he had a little pride that he would try to remedy the damage he had caused, his logic was to stop Karius and his minions even if he was in bad condition. He slipped out of the room to go towards where Karius was . His body was swaying from side to side from the weakness he possessed, but he hadn't realized that two others were watching him. Those two were Laki and Lord.

"Do you think he'll survive this time ?" Lakai asked , watching him walk.

"I don't think so," replied Lord, "but if you feel that this is the best path to take, you have to let him do it, all warriors have a common pride and we can't interfere with that, but in the meantime I need to go to the central dimension , the little information we have here will not be of much use to us.

"Okay, I hope you're doing very well, we must act before the enemy tries to take advantage of us," he replied.

A portal opened in the air where Lord would travel to the central dimension, everyone seemed to be there. On alert for the new enemies they had, enemies with little information, but with evil plans.

KAI LOGAN

I woke up better than last night, the sun's rays had hit me in the face, it felt good, but when I got back up I noticed that Ates's bed was empty, I got up and looked around the rest of the room. I guess he was stubborn and goes on with his dumb idea.

He is gone !