Inside the warehouse, Alex was standing right in front of Santiago, patiently waiting for Kael to come back, even though he was certain that he wouldn't. Which is why, he was contemplating whether to just kill Santiago right there since he was in his range.
However, upon closer look of the positioning of the guards, he could tell that if he does anything, Rose would be in a world of pain and might even die because these guards don't care about their own lives. They only care if Santiago lives or not, meaning if he dies, Rose would be useless and killed.
Meanwhile, Rose glanced at Santiago and closed her eyes for a second, multiple times, gesturing Alex to kill Santiago, which Alex noticed. "Does she not care about their own life? If I do that, she'll die as well," Alex narrowed his eyes. "Hm...but...what if I let her die? If I do, I can kill Santiago, the drug dealers and help Kael fight Tristan."
After a small moment of thought, Alex sighed and reluctantly took a step forward, trying to behead Santiago but he managed to just barely dodge it by a hair's breadth. "Ya prick. Do ya not care about her life? Tch, very well then," Santiago said, a wide grin on his face. "Bury her alive!"
Before the drug dealers could start moving, Alex appeared right in front of them, slashing their heads instantly with a single slash. "Run," Alex ordered, turning his attention to Santiago, who was clearly not able to fight due to his injuries and was only able to use an assault rifle.
"BRRRRRRRR! FUCKIN' DIE! WOO!" Santiago screamed, firing at Alex and putting holes in his own guards. However, Alex deflected every bullet with his sword and slowly closed the distance by walking.
And as he glanced at Rose, he noticed that she was able to dodge the attacks of the guards, though, it was clear that she was getting lucky.
Soon, she managed to escape the warehouse but she wasn't out of the danger yet as the guards took out their guns and aimed at her, firing without hesitation. However, Alex teleported in front of the bullets, cutting every single one down.
Rose ran as fast as she could, however, a bullet managed to pierce her leg, making it hard for her to escape. "How troublesome," Alex thought, rushing towards the guards and slashing them instantly. Once he was done, he was about to open his mouth and speak but before he could, Santiago punched him in the gut but didn't just stop there, he followed up with another punch that he was about to land right in Alex's face.
But before he could, Alex blocked that punch with his sword, causing it to break instantly from the sheer power of Santiago's punch. "Tch...my sword. These blades aren't as durable as my power nullifying sword, which that owl broke," Alex thought, getting launched from Santiago's punch, almost knocking him out. "Damn...it," Alex said in a low voice, his consciousness slowly fading.
He only thing he saw before his vision faded was Santiago putting a pistol at Rose's forehead and the sound of a gunshot.
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At the same time, Kael managed to reach Tristan's house that he had found by asking around. Whenever he did, people would smile as soon as they heard his name. "That Santiago dude really wants me to kill a nice guy? Fuck. I have to do it...in order to save...Alex and Rose," Kael thought, reluctantly pressing his finger on the doorbell.
"Should...I go back?" Kael thought, but knowing that it was too late, he simply stood there, waiting for Tristan to open the door, which he did. As soon as he did, Kael recognized him instantly. "Isn't he...the man that Owen transformed into and the man I had accidently slashed?!"
"Oh...hi, it seems that we meet again," Kael said with a nervous smile that quickly faded with a serious, killing intent.
"Indeed," Tristan replied, even though he didn't recognized Kael at all.
"...Forgive me for this," Kael said, punching Tristan and launching him onto the wall of his own home. "I'll give you a painless and quick death," He said, punching Tristan again right in the face with all of his power in order to kill him instantly.
Though, before he could, Tristan simply muttered a few words, causing Kael to be teleported to a classroom, where every single student had the exact same face as Rose, acted the same as Rose and had the personality of Rose. In fact, even the teacher was the exact replica of Rose.
"What...the hell?" Kael thought, speechless. "Why...am I here? Last time, I remembered...I was walking towards Tristan's house."
"Hey, Kael, can you share your notebook with me, I lost mine," Rose said with a nervous laugh. "I am kind of clumsy."
"...Sure," Kael replied automatically. He didn't know what was going on but he decided to go along with it. "This is probably a realm...or something," Kael thought, his eyes narrowing. "Wait...why was I walking towards Tristan's house in the first place?"
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Alex widened his eyes, he wasn't going to lose his consciousness so quickly, he had trained for this exact moment. However, the scene that he had just witnessed made him completely speechless. Rose was holding a gun with her shaking fingers and Santiago was on the ground, clenching his stomach that was currently bleeding. "Fuck...ya stupid bitch. This...shall not be my end. I am da fuckin' king. I am..." Santiago stopped mid-sentence, heavily breathing.
"Ya...know what, bitch? If I'm gonna die, you're comin' with me. I'll need someone to keep me company," Santiago said with a smirk, licking his lips and aiming his gun at Rose. However, before he could shoot, Rose shot him again, this time at his head, killing him completely.
Rose gasped and trembled, her face pale. It was the first time she had killed anyone...but at the same time, she felt relief and as she noticed Alex struggling to stand, she instantly started to heal his wounds using her ability.