"Daiki? Are those-?"
I look at where Ivy is pointing at and-
Huh?
Those are foot steps!
Not monster steps.
"Nice, Ivy!"
"Urgh..."
Huh? what was that sound?
I look at where the sound came from and I see...
"Blake!"
I run at him.
"Are you okay?"
"Urgh...Y-yes just... a bit."
"Can you stand up?"
"Y-yes."
Blake stands up.
"Blake, what happened?"
"...They took Colonel Vex Morran. "
"Who?"
"Who else?! All of the monsters! The remaining people... Left us."
"...I see." I said while thinking "Do you know where they took him?"
"No. But I heard them."
"You what?"
"I heard them, look, remember the monster?"
"The human-looking?"
"Yes, that one talks our language."
"So that one took Colonel Vex Morran."
"Yes."
"H-help"
Huh?
I turn at the direction the voice came from, and I see a person.
"Hey! You okay?" I said running at the person.
"Urrgh..."
"What's wrong?"
"The injury is too bad..."
Blake comes from behind me, and checks the injury.
He looks at it and then speaks "When did you get this injury?"
"Um... A minute ago?"
Blake's face turns pale. He then slowly grabs his short sword.
"B-Blake?" Ivy gets closer to him.
I grab her by the shoulder.
Blake swings his short sword and the person dies.
"Monster."
"What did you do?!"
Blake turns around, "Look smoke is coming out of it, it was a monster."
"..."
Fwoosh!
Then an arrow falls to the ground.
"Get down! behind that rock!"
"Shoot, we are surrounded."
"Blake is something wrong?"
Blake looks pale.
"...They sent us to die. I heard them they... they want us to buy time for them, so they can escape! Those scumbags!"
"Are you sure?" asks Ivy.
Fwoosh!
Another arrow.
"It's game after game. Now I don't even know if this is real. They are playing with us."
"...."
"I'm leaving."
Blake stands up and walks to the middle, away from the rock.
"Blake wait!"
"...Bye."
Fwoosh.
Then an arrow shoots straight to Blake.
Tsshhk!