"You've had your fun." His mother said through gritted teeth.
Looking down at his brother, he was out cold and his head dangled backwards.
'Pathetic. I must have been really weak and foolish back then.' He clicked his tongue.
Releasing his grip on Naz's blood soaked collar, he pulled his hand forcefully away from her grip.
[Make up mission: 10/10]
[Congratulations on your successful completion, you have a total of 170 points earned]
Hurriedly summoning his status window.
[Name: Nix Lae]
[Level 1]
[Health: 88/100]
[Exp: 62/100]
[Energy: 50/100]
[Strength: 62/100]
[Agility: 87/100]
[Trait: Courage, Hope, Survival, Determination]
[Class: Wheedler]
[Gift: Fire]
[Points: 170 to be distributed]
He smiled at the total number of points he had acquired. All he needed was a bit of rest so the stats climbed back to how they were.
Once he had recuperated, he would make use of the points.
"Yes I surely did." He snickered, walking away.
'That should put him place.' He shoved his hands back into his pocket.
"Where do you think you are going?" His mother questioned. She couldn't fully use her gift as she concentrated her energy on her passive healing gift on Naz.
"You did say, when we settle whatever differences we had before we can be allowed to see Aimi." He shrugged.
"That's what I plan on doing, so please concentrate on healing my dear brother. I wouldn't be able to bear the sight of him being bedridden for the whole week."
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Stroking her hair, he looked down at her still body. He had never bothered knowing what causes those seizures. Has she always been like this?
He could remember his mother made mention of it acting up 'again'.
"What kind of troubles have you been through while your brother was ignorant?" He held onto her hand.
She was the one he had considered family, yet there was nothing he could do than sit by and watch.
Jolting awake with a gasp, she held onto his hand, trembling.
His eyes glanced around, he couldn't understand what could make her violently shake like that.
"Brother Nix!" She cried, her tears running down her cheeks profusely.
Rushing to hug her, she held onto him, soiling his clothes with her tears.
"I'm here. You can talk to me." He whispered into her ear.
His words only made her cry more.
He didn't understand why she would be acting this way.
Sniffling, she pulled away from him. She needed to get something in her closet.
"What is in there?" Nix looked at her confused as to why she would suddenly walk towards her closet.
"If it's a change of clothes, I can help you with it." He offered.
Shaking her head, she stopped him from moving any closer. She needed to get it herself. "No."
Pulling open the closet by the handle. She picked up a scroll holder, examining it's content.
Nix's eyes widened at the object, this was the same object their mother had hidden from him. Why was it in the possession of Aimi?
"Here." She placed the scroll in its holder on his palms. "Please guard it with your life." She begged.
'Even Aimi knows about the content of the scroll?' He looked down at the scroll in his hand.
"Why are you giving this to me? Mother had clearly not wanted me to see this, but here you are in possession of it?"
"Let me call mother." He had swiftly wanted to dash out, until he heard her words.
[Agility activated. Your movements have been increased by 43%]
"It's already too late." Her eyes brimmed with tears.
'What did she mean?' He tilted his head in confusion.
"It's here, it's all doomed." She coughed, her eyes wide in horror. "Save yourself, please keep it safe, it's your one ticket out of here."
"Aimi, you aren't making any sense. What is this? Who wants this? What do you mean by my ticket out of here? What about you?" He shook her slightly.
He needed answers, but the more she spoke, the more complex it sounded to him.
"Ahhh!" She held onto her head once more as a sharp pain struck.
He was caught in a dilemma, to go out and get their mother or stay by her side, there was no way he was going to leave her.
'Mother is still healing Naz, there is no way she would be able to come here in time.' He reasoned.
Reluctantly he deactivated his agility, dropping down onto the chair.
"Brother Nix, don't just sit! Go!" She yelled.
"What do you mean by your last statement?" He yelled in confusion.
When they were in the dragon's territory, she had accurately predicted the arrival of one of those monstrous beings, and now this?
What nonsense was she spitting about them being doomed and him saving himself? What about her? What about their mother and brother?
Nix shook off his worries momentarily, if he was going to save himself, he was going to do so with her in the picture.
Scooping her into his arm, she struggled to get out of his grip.
"Aimi, please stop this." He held onto her tight, no matter what she was thinking, he wasn't going to leave without her.
What's more, his family is a prestigious family, who would dare attack them?
"I would only be a burden to you." She cried.
'Burden? I don't care. We would both survive this.' He activated his agility. He needed to go find
[Agility activated. Your movements have been been increased by 43%]
"Mother! Brother!" Nix yelled in a panic, he tried to see through the dense smoke that engulfed the room.
Covering his nose with his sleeve, he needed an escape route. What had happened here?
Boom!
Flying away by the explosion and slammed into the wall, Nix groaned. He had been separated from her.
Luckily he found the scroll laying not too far from where he was. Immediately grabbing it, his eyes darted everywhere.
'This could have been the perfect time Naz's powers would have come in handy.' He gritted his teeth at his incapability to do anything about the smoke
Coughing, his ears tingled, shaking his head, he looked around in search of where Aimi could be.
Aimi trembled, she was in tears, her hands outstretched in the direction of her brother.
"Brother Nix!" She groaned, she could sense something or someone was approaching her at an alarming speed.
"Please save yourself." She said in barely a whisper, her strength was diminishing the more she tried to struggle to get up.
He needed to get out of there, if he was going to make it out alive.
Pushing himself to his feet, he tried to look in the direction of her voice.
Rhhhng!
He heard heavy footsteps approaching, the smoke was starting to settle and his vision was beginning to normalize.
"Aimi!" Nix yelled once he had caught on to where she lay helpless.
A figure slowly approached her from behind. A silhouette of a weapon, probably a sword could be seen raised and aimed at her.
"Nooo!!"
[Agility activated. Your movements have been increased by 43%]
He dashed towards her in hopes of getting to her in time.
The figure raised the sword, plunging it into her neck.
Stab!
Nix halted as something tugged at his heart. A sharp pain caused from watching her soulful blue eyes widen in horror before she was stabbed. Blood spurted out of her mouth.
Her once outstretched hand, dropped. She jerked a bit before finally losing the color in her eyes. Her blood oozing out and making a trail towards him.
He dropped to his knees. His grip on the scroll tightened in rage.
[Congratulations you have unlocked a new trait: Rage. Right the wrong caused by seeking revenge]
[Resolve: Personal vendetta]
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