Chapter 229: Launching the attack (2)
"Are you alright?"
Althea stopped in her tracks and looked worried at Hex. Hex grimaced. He gritted his teeth and nodded at her.
"Go with your team. I will go the other way."
He shouted over his shoulder as he already moved past her. He didn’t wait for her to protest. His chest hurt like hell. The pain didn’t come from the blast or debris. Although he still felt the sting and prickle on his back. His chest hurt because of the multiple energy manifestations appearing in the air.
Sometimes the greatest gifts can become the greatest of curses. Hex realized the truth in that. His sharp and enhanced senses helped him avoid many struggles and risks. But their sensitivity picked all the energies around him.
Hex looked up. The dark sky was more lit at the moment than during noon when the sun stood at its zenith. The magnificent Hawk phantom was being besieged by two other phantoms. Their appearance drew his attention.
All the phantoms Hex witnessed so far were shaped like some kind of animal. It was the first time he saw other shapes. On the left, a giant halberd flew through the sky, going straight toward the Hawk. The massive halberd shone with a mixture of blood red and grass green.
On its right another weapon flew toward the Hawk. This one looked like an arrow. Short and sharp. Its head glistened with a violet flame as if it could explode at any moment.
"Gordon, you are the Commander of the South. I don’t wish to kill you. And Vella, your father, the Southern Governor, was my good friend. I don’t wish to end his bloodline."
The Commander’s voice reverberated as the Hawk skillfully flew between both phantoms and flew up higher. Hex could hear how unwilling the Commander was to engage those two Transformed Knights.
’It should be those two.’ Hex thought back to the two men in the middle of the Temple. They stood with the Oracles but Hex didn’t sense any Fate Strings on them. But his sensitivity to Fate wasn’t that great yet. He couldn’t be sure until he saw their phantoms appear in the air.