Inside the Townsvolk Library, five minutes ago:-
Lin had kicked the big burly knight out of the way. The knight, named Bjorn flew through numerous shelves, almost knocking himself out. But he was one of the Floral Knights. There was no way he would lose that easily. He pushed away the pile of books on his head and broken wood all around him. He stood back up and dusted himself off. And he breathed out with rage.
Lin stood in front of Melissa and pulled out both his blades. He took a quick scan of the room and noticed the Crest on all of the knights. They were indeed related to Melissa. He had to keep his eye on all three of them, and was on guard, checking each and every movement of theirs.
Bjorn was to his right, ready to charge. The other two were to his ahead of him to his left. The strong looking one, the pink haired Rose, bad his hands behind his back, cockily looking at the sole warrior. Beside him, Olaf looked pissed too.
Olaf: Why that asshole..!!
Isabella, the librarian, was terrified of their presence, but her library was being wrecked and she couldn't process her situation. She ran to Olaf, the one nearby and stopped him from moving.
Isabella: Stop it! STOP! You are ruining this library!!
Olaf: Huh? Move, woman!!
Rose looked displeased at the way Olaf was treating the old lady, but he didn't care. He started walking towards Lin and Melissa.
Rose: I don't care about you...Librarian. We mean no harm to innocents. But no one...decides OUR battlefield. We choose where we fight. And right now, we have dreaded criminals, right in front of us...letting them out...would be "risky". I'd love to avoid that...
Olaf: If you need any remuneration, my Clan will pay it in the future. We can even send you Platos, despite you not worthy of those riches...
Olaf hand waved her, as if shooing her like an animal. But Isabella was pissed.
Isabella: It's not about the money!! I just want no damage to the books!! Books are treasure. No amount of money will reverse time for the precious words in it!!
She again stood in his way, absolutely determined to stop him. And this got on Olaf's nerves. He raised his hand.
Olaf: I really tried being reasonable...and you had to throw it out the window.
And then, he almost struck her, swinging for her cheek. But his wrist was stopped by another man, David Mercurius Steefan.
David: Woah Dude! It's unmanly to hit women. Especially women that didn't do anything wrong...
David turned to Isabella and smiled. She was terrified for a second realizing that the man was about to slap her. But thankfully David had her covered. She slowly moved out of the way, and David dropped his arm. Olaf looked disgusted.
Olaf: I didn't give you permission to touch me, peasant!!
David: Oh...You are one of those, huh? And I'm sorry I don't remember the lady giving you permission to touch her either, spoiled brat!
Olaf was taken aback by his behaviour. He was never disrespected by anyone in his life, and it was humiliating. He immediately pulled out the long sword in his sheath. The sword gleamed in the dimly lit room.
Olaf: WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY???!!
David: Uh oh.
David was always confident in fights. He knew he would win most of them.....only when weapons were not included. After all, he had never fought with anyone in a death match. All were tournaments with a few champions his age.
Seeing that the brown haired individual being extremely narcissistic with a sword, he realised that he might be killed.
He had to disarm him. But Olaf swung his sword directly at David's neck but he dodged it by going below. David realised that this was the real deal.
Lin noticed them trying to hit David. Honestly, he didn't care, but he wanted to help out. But Bjorn came charging in at Lin, screaming like a bear. He brought out his double sided axe and swung at Lin he was distracted. Still Lin managed to block it with his blades, but the force of their impact knocked him into the shelves behind him.
Melissa: Lin!!
Melissa shouted his name, as he seemingly vanished amidst the books. Bjorn then turned his head to Melissa and smiled, and terrified her.
Bjorn: I guess that's it for you, Miss Evil Queen...
Melissa realised that she was in danger and started running to ber right. Bjorn started chasing her, but he was enjoying her screams of panic. He slowly, but menacingly followed her as his large body could move faster. Melissa absolutely terrified, lost balance multiple times, occassionally turning back to see the looking threat.
Bjorn: So, you ARE capable of emotions!! Or are those facades as well??
Lin suddenly sprung out of the wood and saw the large man chasing her.
Lin: No..!
He started moving to fight him again, but suddenly their commander, Rose...walked in between them, cutting his path. He still had a superior look to him, and his hands were tied behind his back.
Lin: Move it, Asshole!
Rose: I'm not an asshole...and let me introduce myself. I AM COMMANDER ROSE, OF THE FLORAL KNIGHTS. And you, are guilty of helping a mass murderer and kidnapper.
Lin: I don't care!
Lin took his Kukri blades out and strted fighting him, but fighting was an overstatement. Rose didn't even unsheathed his sword, he just moved and dodged every single strike aimed at him. With his eyes closed.
Rose: Hmm...pretty premature swings...are you sure you are cut out for this?
This pissed of Lin so much. He took his stance.
Lin: I am Xi Fei Lin, a proud warrior of the Fei Clan, of the Four Warrior Clans of the Great Amazonian Nation.
Rose: Who??
Lin started striking at him, but he missed all of his strikes again. It was almost as if Rose knew where the strikes would be. Lin realised that and decided for an undercover mission. He kept striking from multiple directions, and soon as he dodged all of that, Lin slowly shifted his angle and started sprinting towards Bjorn and Melissa. But instead Rose caught him and pulled him back and made him fall down.
Rose: Come on...you need to try better.
Chuck Westwood was in the third floor and had finished explaining Max and Albert his situation. He ran to the middle and screamed at the fighting Lin.
Chuck: Hey guys!! I called Max and Albert!!! They will be here soon!!!!
Rose immediately saw upwards to see the young kid, who screamed. Lin tried attacking during his distraction, but Rose still avoided it.
Rose: Max and Albert? Are they your allies??
Lin: Nope. And I don't care. I can defeat you on my own.
Rose: My my....are you hallucinating, right now? You clearly aren't aware on how weak you are...a
Lin clicked his tongue, in spite. He had been called weak, ever since he was a kid. He was called weak this entire week. He had had enough of it. He wanted to win, before Max got there.
Meanwhile Chuck was running to keep his eyes on Melissa, to make sure he doesn't lose her. He wanted to know her whereabouts, so that he can relay the information to Max when he got there. And as he ran, something started shining. The fireflies were still above him, but he turned to see, a familiar symbol on the book shelf. The mark of an Eternal Tome.