A Love In Dark Times

That afternoon Luisa entertained Guio by talking to him about swords and weapons, wars and battles, feigning interest whose only purpose was to distract him from his work as a builder, and in the evening she excused herself to go to the bathroom and go to sleep, the gentleman in his eagerness to fulfil his commitments was careless, She took advantage of by going out a window running first to the shop to buy some gums or something sweet, without even suspecting that something sinister was looming over her, dark shadows rushed against her making her remember the battle of the other day, this time her screams came out and her feet responded to try to flee, the shadows behind her seemed to enjoy her fear.

It seemed that no one else heard her, she felt that she was not running in any direction and she was right, because her fe did not even touch the ground, as she stood still she heard many voices saying, “If you see, it is very easy for us to run: -if you see it is very easy for us, we only needed her to give us the opportunity of her bruteness.

Kill her and let's devour her.

“No, they want her alive.

-Alive but not whole.

No, if we taste her, we'll only stop when there's nothing left of her.

Luisa closed her eyes, praying, thinking of Luis, her mother and siblings, she felt that she was being carried through the 2 very quickly, suddenly she was released and fell against something like some bushes, when she opened her eyes she saw strong man, her heart was happy and she said to him: “Luis, is that you?

Luis, is that you?

But slowly her sight focused on him showing her that it was Guio who came to her aid interposing himself between the shadows and her, again he saved her, she examined around her seeing that the shadows were four, that although their bodies were of black smoke, they had human faces that each one spoke as if they were choirs although not angelic, but o sick cats, she almost did not understand what they said, one said something like this:

“You damned hero, get out of here, we promise we'll let you run away.

“No, not even in your dreams, I'll kill you, I'll drink your existence, I can taste you already, I remember every other hunter I've gobbled up.

Yes hero, think about it, you don't stand a chance against us in this dark forest.

Guio didn't answer them so as not to enter into the game of their lies, not because he was afraid of them, he had already fought against similar creatures, although with his master he accompanied him those times, I remember he told him that for bugs like these he should invoke weapons of light, he concentrated trying to create a great sword, without achieving i only small sparks came out of his hands, -maybe I haven't rested well, -reflected Guio, -if I can't even make a weapon, let alone open a portal.

“What a disappointment,” one of the shadows pronounced as he approached Guio, “they have sent us the worst hero of sadness, he can't even materialize a kitchen knife.

-It's sad how these shoddy heroes now depend on those spells,” mentioned another shadow that turned to Luisa, “they don't make them like the ones before, who carried their armour and heavy swords even to go to their latrines.

Yes, it's all the fault of those who came from above,” shouted another shadow calmly, “they got them used to it, of cours; now it's fun to kill them because they can hurt us, not like before when only their metals pierced us like the shadows tha we are, how ridiculous they looked in their last moments.

Ym going to destroy this hero and to savour it I'm going to hit him, no cuts, only blows and I'll hold back so I don’t kill hi with just one,” he said this throwing powerful blows on the hero that he couldn't dodge, while the monster produced a strange sound of laughter, a blow took the air out of him, leaving him on his knees he could see that Luisa ran away, “I hope she can be saved,” he thought while he continued receiving a beating,

The shadow got tired of hitting him with his arms that he materialized only to give him fists, so he began to send him upwards, letting him fall free, the shadow was bored, because it seemed that the hero accepted death, without trying to fight and that was although everything changed when a few seconds before crashing to the ground he could see Luisa wh was brought by the other shadows that pronounced:

Stop playing with that jerk, finish him at once, since we have to take this prey with us.

“Wait, it's not fair that he’s having fun and we're not,” muttered one of them, “I'm going to eat one little finger.

And it opened its jaws showing long fangs and approached Luisa’s hand who screamed with all her strength, Guio stoppe its fall stretching his hands and feet and like a cat jumped over this shadow breaking its fangs with a blow, He gave a crescent moon being in attack position, his energy aura reappeared along with a golden lasso with which he attacked on of them wrapping it around his body, if you could say, he wrapped it like a boa contristo, he pulled it tightening the lasso light until the shadow exploded into a thousand pieces, The other two cursing began to attack him this time with claws a fangs, they crashed against the warrior who gave them with everything trying to finish them before he recovered the one that broke his fangs, if it was already very difficult against two of these beings, surely against the three he would lose the battle, He took advantage of a fraction of a second to see Luisa who was lying down praying and crying, with so many tea that her ochre eyes seemed as blue as the sea of her native land, Greece, was she the Greek goddess who had prophesie that she would be his great love? , The shadows attacked him again and again until they growled with great force, taking out several hands, many sharp claws with which they attacked and grabbed Guio, little by little his shining armour dissolved, leaving him at the mercy of the beasts, he remembered his childhood, his family, He remembered his childhoo his family, the league of the warriors of the light, of how a tragedy ended with the first ones and took him to the last one: he looked at Luisa who was still praying, she felt his gaze and she also looked into his eyes where she could see that hop was ending, she desperately shouted at him:

will you be my boyfriend?

Yes, of course I do," shouted her knight rejoining the fight again with his aura and with a sword in each hand, he launche his attacks cutting hands and claws, until an anguished scream from Luisa made him lose his concentration at the same time that he felt something entering his back and coming out of his chest, indeed the shadow with the broken fangs join the fight to end it by attacking him treacherously.

She watched helplessly as Guio fell to his knees and the shadow that was on the ground transformed into a great sword that the others brandished towards his head and a few millimetres from his throat where he could even feel the cutting wind stopped and a light blinded them, Luisa who was a few meters away as her sight contrasted she could see a very strong man, dressed in a white suit with symbols similar to those of Guio, who with a great sword of light stopped those beings, she could see his smiling face that greeted her:

Hello Luisa, sorry I'm late,

It was none other than Luis who, although he looked older than I remembered him, his smile was like the sunrise, so beautiful that it took away her anguish, making her also get out her beautiful laugh, which was overshadowed by one of the shadows that said:

“You're not meaning anything to us, it's just another prey to be devoured, it's fresh meat.

-0f course you may be right, you trio of cretins,” Luis replied, “I may not be able to take you, but at least I will try, what el can I do against you, except maybe buy time for the sun to rise or for my reinforcements to arrive.

Wait mate, there may be another option,” it was Guio who stood up leaning on Luis’ shoulder, “please summon me a swor of light and let's fight shoulder to shoulder against these henchmen.

50 be it," Luis replied as he made the magic passes, joining his palms together creating a bar of light, handing it to him and telling him: “We will defeat them, you are incredible, I thought you could not stand up.

Guio receiving it answered looking at Luisa:

-Of course we will, now I finally have something to live for.

We are going to break atoms!” exclaimed Luis, ramming with his sword to the shadows who swelled attacking with many claws, the sound of metal against nails was prolonged in the forest alerting the creatures there, who were already close, disappearing even more the distant possibility that they could be saved by the dawn.

“We only have one possibility, and that is to try to generate a portal,” said Guio to Luis, while swinging his sword, althoug it would be difficult for those shadows to leave them even if they were to throw themselves into a non-existent abyss.

-1 don't think we can, maybe we have to fight until my master comes," he said, not delaying.

Hopefully by the time he arrives he won't find our remains.

“You'd better surrender, we promise you won't suffer too much,” said a shadow.

-Don't speak for me; spoke another shadow, *I will enjoy devouring them slowly.

“We have no way out, we beat them, we outnumber them, we outnumber them. -mentioned the shadow between babblin with his broken fangs.

Perhaps you are right, you are many, that is why you are called “legion’,’ a booming voice sounded, “but that is what I came for, to match you, we are still fewer, though we are certainly more powerful.

-Master Marco! -shouted Guio, “you are always so timely.

-1 wish I had come sooner,” added Luis, throwing thrusts at the fangless shadow that now looked worried.

-Dark devils, here comes a real hero, one of the best, we may not stand a chance.

“You are wrong, yes you do, your armies are coming, I can feel it in my bones,” said Marco loudly for all to hear, “so I will take my chances by performing a powerful technique that will surely use all my energy while you fellows summon a port and take us to the barracks,” saying this he clapped his hands loudly pronouncing “ji u”, and the forest was filled with a bright light, dragging the shadows against the horizon.