When his disciples came to his side, the handsome man's lips twitched slightly. Actually, he wanted to open his mouth wide and laugh, but half of his friend's disciples were dead.
"At ease my friend! They died defending their sect, they deserve a smile after them. Perhaps this will be the beginning of thousands of lives that will follow them!"
While the Holy Bone Hueso thought of offering the enemy as a gift to his disciples, the leader of the opposing side was angry.
"Sneaky pig, so you've been preparing for this day all this time!"
"Eyshan sweetheart, weren't you doing the exact same thing? What did you think, that we'd just stick our necks out and turn a blind eye to you taking our heads?"
Atractivo joined the conversation; it was obvious the two groups needed a bit of a breather, but the third party in the arena was in ruins. When the representatives coming on behalf of the Mercenaries joined the battle, those in their entourage had to fend for themselves.
They were quite prepared, but since they weren't equipped for prolonged exchanges of blows, the casualties were huge. Out of a force of a thousand, only a hundred, maybe a hundred and fifty people were alive. Even though the Atractivo-Hueso duo didn't take a big head, they had cleared out quite a bit of the riffraff.
"They've arrived!"
"They're here!"
"The Generals have arrived!"
"We're saved!"
When four lights descended from the sky to the ground, a festive air blew from where the Mercenaries were; the cries of the survivors radiated hope. The ground exploded; the cracks starting from where they set foot spread so fast that the entire garden looked as if it were covered with a spider web.
Two women and two men scanned the surroundings with piercing looks; they came so fast that no one, including Eyshan and the Fiends, could figure out what was happening. Only the Four Representatives quickly came before them and knelt down; everyone was in front of the person wearing armor forged from the same gem as themselves.
Even though the Representatives radiated light, they were nothing but embers next to the newcomers; their armor was on a completely different level. They didn't unleash their colors as if wanting to blind onlookers, but the glow of the energy they carried was enough to illuminate the surroundings.
"Two Sheikhs and a few disciples!"
The middle-aged woman, who gathered her snow-white hair on top of her head, was the first to speak; the representative kneeling before her didn't open his mouth.
"Must be a joke, we couldn't have been summoned for this!"
"Queen Eyshan, would you care to explain?"
The duo, who turned their faces to the Queen of the Hell Realm, had their hands clasped together on their chests, and their appearances were exactly the same. If it weren't for the armor specific to different gems on them, it would be impossible to tell them apart.
"Guild Generals, what a great joy to see you!"
"Let's cut the chatter! Answer the question!"
The fourth general snapped; there wasn't a single wrinkle on the frowning woman's face.
"Unexpected events are happening, now is not the time to interrogate each other!"
The Queen didn't back down; the air mass caught between the two women had become as heavy as a stone.
"Queen Eyshan, first you said there was a portal opened to the Holy Blood Sect and asked us to finish the job, but when the time came for the portal, it didn't open. And now, the casualties you've suffered against a handful of people are legendary, we need to redo the pricing!"
The general with a long white beard intervened alright, but he lit the fuse of a much bigger problem. His gaze was as if expecting an answer from Eyshan; Atractivo cutting in was a surprise even for him.
"Don't take it personally, it's always like this! She's said kill twice since the battle started, but as you can see, we are alive and kicking!"
"The Holy Blood Sect, isn't it?"
"Yes!"
After checking Atractivo out from head to toe, the General turned to Eyshan.
"In addition to the Holy Bone lands, we want the Holy Blood lands too!"
Hearing the offer, Eyshan started shouting.
"This wasn't our deal, you're going too far!"
"Either you accept, or I'll take everyone and leave here. Then you can figure out how you'll face your enemies!"
The General with the long beard called her bluff; he didn't leave the slightest room for negotiation. Eyshan's eyes welled up, her hands trembled, and her voice accompanied them.
"I accept. Get rid of them!"
The Queen bowed down and pulled back with the survivors from the sects loyal to her. The battle would take place between the Generals of the Mercenaries and the Holy Blood and Holy Bone disciples who had grown tired in the final battle.
"Atractivo, I have an offer for you!"
The General, who had his pitch-black hair cut short and messy, stepped forward; his golden armor was emitting a sharp yellow color.
"If you and the corpse next to you kill yourselves, I guarantee your disciples won't be harmed. They can continue to live in the lands of the Mercenaries."
Placing one hand on his head and the other on his chin, the Holy Blood Sect sheikh turned to Hueso; it was very obvious he wasn't expecting the offer at all.
"What do you say, my old friend!"
"Works for me! We should also ask Muslo!"
The voice came out of the man's lips and the gap in his cheek at the same time, traveling to his granddaughter's ears from two different directions.
"Staying underground has rotted your brain, grandpa. If the Holy Bone ends, our lives end with it!"
The young girl's answer was loud and clear. Atractivo turned towards his own disciples; his gaze was on the Second Elder.
"I am the last protector of the Holy Blood Sect, they cannot enter those lands without stepping over my dead body!"
Bursting into roaring laughter, Atractivo didn't stop for dozens of breaths until his voice was cut off by a cough.
"You heard them, right? If you're going to take our sects, you're going to have to sweat your asses off a bit!"
The handsome Sheikh called their bluff; the two fronts had no other way out but to fight.
"So be it!"
"I was so scared they would surrender for a second, I'm going to kill you with my own two hands!"
The Generals responded to the answer they received with the same harshness; energies had risen, weapons were drawn.
"Use the serums, we're going to finish them off right now!"
The Four Generals stuck thin needles with glass chambers behind them into their arms. As the liquids inside rapidly filled their veins, their eyes started to glow.
"Protect yourselves. They are using Concentrated Energy Liquid!"
The energy field wrapping the bodies of the Four Generals grew at least tenfold; the change wasn't limited to just quantity either. It was obvious enough to see with the naked eye that they got stronger, what was going on?
"The might of the liquid invented by the Engineers is dazzling my eyes!"
Atractivo seemed relaxed against the change, but his friend Hueso wasn't as calm as him.
"Be careful! Out of millions of people, they are the only people who can adapt to the liquid. Don't you know there are only ten people in the land of the Mercenaries who can use Concentrated Energy Liquid?"
The Holy Bone Sect Sheikh knew the people they had been fighting for a long time, and this knowledge had made him break a sweat.
"No wonder she gave up two sects, even her own body wouldn't have been enough to hire Four Generals!"
Despite the miserable state of Eyshan, to whom he turned his gaze, Atractivo didn't hold his tongue; he kicked her while she was down.
"Forget dealing with them now, what are we going to do?"
"We will fight! At least; we know who is friend and who is foe. Everyone get ready, from this point on I cannot guarantee your safety. If you run within fifty breaths, no one can catch you, the choice is yours!"
The Four Generals were getting stronger every second, and they had the forces led by the Four Representatives with them. Atractivo's words exactly reflected the truth; while the two of them tried to hold the generals, the others would have to face the rest.
"Ma'am, take Nora, Lareina, Alis, Jashua, and Ralf and run! As long as they are alive, the Holy Blood Sect is alive!"
The Second Elder analyzed the situation; he was after saving the young disciples, but there was one thing he forgot; they hadn't spoken yet.
"The Leader of the Sect says run, the Second Elder is trying to put a babysitter over our heads. What gives, when have we ever let you down that you insult us like this!"
Nafız came next to Atractivo with slow steps, quickly drew her bow, and released the arrow. The target of the arrow made of blood was the aggressive female general; the young girl who was a disciple of the Holy Blood Sect was making the first attack.