Endless Winter's
Chapter 5: The Truth

With a feeling of annoyance and anger, I left the royal castle while taking back Julian's diary. Not knowing which direction I wanted to go, I tried to reopen and reread the book.

And I conclude one thing, that a friend will not stay away from a friend alone. Which means I have to go to that place. As I expected, after arriving at my destination I saw someone with normal posture wearing winter clothes being on the brink. The only ravine closest to the Vigilo kingdom is the Devil's Gorge.

I don't know how much time he spent just standing there. And I began to move my legs a little closer to him.

"Waiting for someone to get out of there?" I asked who started the conversation.

The young man turned his body, then he saw his brilliant blue hair. And the same eye color with his hair is quite dazzling.

"It's none of your business! And how dare you show up here!" Reply her.

"Oh sorry for my stupidity, and I have something for you." I said while giving you a book.

"..."

From the looks of it he researched the book I submitted, is this book genuine in his opinion? Without a word, he was still observing the book he was holding.

"Hmm... Now you know the truth, right?" Lucien asked, making sure.

"Of course, I'll tell you what I know." I said with confidence.

I'm retelling the incident that happened to his best friend Julian.

"You're still from before. Trusting others too much. No wonder you always get stabbed in the back." Lucien said as if to tell me something.

"Huh? Whatchu mean? I don't understand what came out of your mouth just now." I said that I don't understand anything.

"Ughs... I shouldn't have wanted to say this. But I'll be clear again. Look Alex, the government has lied to you." Lucien said that clarified his argument.

"What's? How did you know?" I'm the one who doesn't know about this.

"The story conveyed by the King's Counsel is incomplete. They tried to cover it up again. I'll tell you again and I'll give you a little extra!" Lucien.

(After the five of us survived the earthquake, we returned to the government to ask for help from the rescue team. Days of rescuers and paladins left searching for the whereabouts of the princess and Julian. Until a time when both victims are in danger. We all rushed to save them both from the danger. However, bad luck befalls Julian. You, Alex Witcher, decided to leave him alone in this deep abyss.)

"That's the story, what were you thinking back then about leaving him, huh? Though he has fought hard to protect the princess to survive from evil demons. Have you forgotten all that important stuff, Alex?" Lucien, who has been on a blackboard because of my new reaction to this.

I, who have no defense against the accusations given by Lucien, can remain silent. Regretting and crying while kneeling, not daring to look at the person in front of me.

"No way!? Was I that cruel? Why am I doing such a stupid thing?! Why?!" My mind that does not accept destiny.

"Oh, you deserve to forget everything. It's all thanks to some of my fists that have awakened you. I shouldn't overdo it to make you amnesiac. But it's worth it to you! No. That's not how much!" Lucien said all his annoyance to me.

"..."

"Your nature used to be very different from what it is now. You're very cold, cruel, no matter the lives of others. All you think about is your job. What because of the amnesia that made you change? It looks like that. But no matter what happens to you, I still hate you!" Lucien continued to humble me.

"..."

He was upset that I didn't look at him when he spoke. As a result, he began to approach me and forced me to look at his resplendent eyes.

"You should know that the reason I quit the organization was not because of this incident. Unless I get a letter of dismissal from the King for knowing this." Lucien said while holding my hair to look into his eyes.

Then he let go of his hand and left me and joined the snow

Soon, an army of dispatches from the King surrounded me from all directions just wanting to capture me. I who no longer have the spirit of life just surrender to be arrested.

In that state of despair, came a swordsman who had emerged from the abyss of demons. From his appearance alone was already filled with threats. The black aura that enveloped him seemed to say that revenge was in his hands.

With the attention of the soldiers fixed by the swordsman. I got up and took advantage of the moment to escape from there. My two legs I use to avoid the siege of the soldiers.

"Hosh hosh. But I'm curious about that armored swordsman." I said with my breath out.

"In hindsight, the armor that the swordsman used was no stranger to me. Don't..is it possible.it's impossible.it can't be him!" My mind does not believe.

The armor was enveloped in many black flames, which was clearly no longer human. What is familiar is the hair accessories that are on the protective helmet. Straight long hair blazing like a fire.

That's right, it's a missing member. None other than Julian Aldrich. Who was massacring the King's army blindly. The scene I saw was brutal. I wanted to cut both my eyes out.

"Bad crazy! He's not the old Julian anymore. He's a monster! How could he come back like this?" I said while scratching my head.

He arrived, somehow he knew. The monster turned its head and looked at me with a threatening look. I was shocked and hid behind a rock. My frightened me and my heavy breathing tried to recite a prayer so that he would not come here. After it was safe enough, I ventured a glance. And it turns out he's gone.

"Fluuuh... Thank goodness she's gone..." I breathed a sigh after that.

And I realized something, "He's gone... Don't tell him...!" Cold sweat was flowing all over my body.

I hurried to leave the abyss and return to the kingdom that was only a few meters away. My guess is very precise, the monster ravaged the building and slaughtered innocent people. I also saw the guard troops trying to ward off the movement of the monster. Since I didn't want to see their struggles go to waste, I decided to join the fight.

Without proper preparation and weaponry, I just launched my first attack. The attack was successful enough to bring him down.

"splitting the strength of the body is indeed very powerful and powerful turns out." I said while enduring my leg pain.

It turned out that he was quite strong, able to stand up again. Even ordinary humans would not be able to stand up again exposed to the attack. This is another story, really a terrible monster.

Then I launched my next attack, I lunged forward and then dealt a backlash to the monster. When I attacked him, I saw his reaction and it turned out that my attack was not working at all. He still stood there watching me like a fool.

I ended my attack with a final hard blow. However, it all just made his armor look dirty. I was so surprised by this monster. Of the many opponents I faced, only he made me serious. I accidentally saw my fist, the result was red and bloody.

"Ralat, it's really a monster rock. I've folded it 10 times is still not working." My inner.

I who was thinking too much was unaware of the attack from him. The punch was right in my head and enough to blow me very far from his sight. I got a severe wound.My appearance was very messy, a lot of blood was flowing from my head. I don't know why I don't feel any pain.

"Hey, did you hear me? Try analyzing the opponent I'm dealing with!"

[Okay sir! It takes a while... I know who your opponent is. Abysswalker is a pretty tough opponent for your size. With extreme physical Durability, that's what makes it so difficult to subvert.]

"There's no more? Is that all?"

[For now that's all we know.]

"Alright, very useful information."

[Oh yeah, there's one more. You can summon your sword by saying "summon"]

"Huh? My sword? How can that be?. Okay I'll try... Summon!"

A jet-black sword appeared that was quite foreign to me, and did not look like the sword I was used to.

"It doesn't look like..."

[Use it to beat him!]

I was shocked by the attack from the monster, fortunately I was able to avoid it. I replied with a slash that hit his body. The attack was powerful to penetrate the armor he was wearing.

"He's down, it's a good time to strike again." My inner.

I swung my sword many times just to defeat this monstrous monster. I was just this first time, feeling very tired after doing that. I dropped my sword and sat down while taking many breaths.

"Huft..huft... Feel that! You're losing too!" My words are still exhausted.

I saw him, he fell down and knelt motionless at all. The aura of fire that enveloped him I could no longer see.

"Is he really dead? If so, thank goodness. I can breathe a sigh of relief." Thought.