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Chapter 17 - Chapter 17 : Sacrifice For The Beloved

Galadriel is completely shocked when she finally finds out that the dagger that the female assassin stabbed towards Thrain is poisonous.

The female assassin just laughed at her and then she says, "I don't expect that you elves are that careless. You even didn't notice that all this time, the dagger that I used to stab him contained a deadly poison."

Galadriel devastatedly replies, "How could you use a cheat way at a battle?"

The female assassin then says, "What? You think that I will fight with everything I got and even sacrificed myself for the sake of honor? HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!! DON'T MAKE ME LAUGH!!!!!"

Galadriel strengthened her fist as she heard her reply.

Then the female assassin continued her words, "Assassins never think of that in the face of battle. Not like you silly dumb warriors, who always think of fighting, honor, pride and nobility. For bounty hunters like me, we only think of one thing in a fight, which is TO WIN!!!!! Do whatever it takes to finish your opponent's life in any way possible, even with immoral ways like poisoning, stab someone from behind without them noticing, or even make our opponent suffer by finishing the one that they hold dear first. I don't care about your ideals and struggles, my objective is just get the job done according to my client's desires and order, then after I get the job done, I receive my reward with a lot of gold. That is all."

Galadriel then replies, "How…..could…..you…..live your life like that?"

The female assassin says, "Because people such as myself, survival is essential. The only way to survive is to get your hands on a lot of gold to buy needs and the easiest way to gain that is to get your hands dirty with blood."

Galadriel replies, "HOW SHAMELESS!!!!!"

After that, Thrain gets even weaker and spits more blood from his mouth.

The female assassin sees that his blood is pure gold.

As she sees that, she smiles and says, "Well, well. It seems the legend is true after all."

Galadriel is confused and replies, "Hah?!"

Then the female assassin says again, "Just like the old stories that our ancestors told us. That elves are indeed pure gold and not just that, legend also said that to those who drink their golden blood, they will receive a very long life just like the elves and that is the reason why that elf's blood is truly expensive. A lot of nobles have tried to retrieve the precious blood of your kind. HA! I'M LUCKY!!!!!"

Galadriel gets mad and replies, "Don't ever think that you could take his blood."

The female assassin says, "Don't worry, I won't take his blood. Instead, I will take yours."

Galadriel is surprised and replies, "HAH?! MINE!!"

The female assassin smiles and says, "Yes, if you ask me why. It's actually quite simple. Because you're stronger than him. Rather than your weak boyfriend, it is better for me to take the blood of a strong warrior like you. Does it not?"

Galadriel then looks at Thrain.

He's spitting more and more blood.

At this rate, he is dying.

So then, she makes an agreement with the female assassin.

She says, "Alright, you could have some of my blood for yourself."

The female assassin is surprised and replies, "Heh, really?! I don't expect that you're really going to do it."

Galadriel says, "I'll do it, but only if you give him the antidote."

The female assassin replies, "Oh, so that's how you gotta play."

Galadriel nods.

The female assassin then says, "Alright, I'll give it to him. But you have to give your blood first."

Galadriel replies, "Show me the antidote, then I'll give my blood to you."

She sighs and says, "You're truly a stubborn fellow, aren't cha."

After that, she takes the antidote from her pocket and shows it to her.

The antidote is a pink liquid in a small glass bottle.

"Here's the antidote, satisfied?"

Then, she pushes a small glass bottle at the floor and a dagger towards her

"Now, give me your blood."

After that, Galadriel grabs the dagger.

But suddenly, Thrain replies, "My love, don't do it. Remember our blood is holy. And because of that, God had ordered the entire elves to only give the blood to the one who was worthy. If not, it would be a curse to one who drinks it. Not just that, the giver also will be condemned as a sinner from our clan and the entire elves will no longer accept you ever again. So, if you give your holy blood to her, she will use it according to her desire. IT WILL BE A DISGRACE TO YOUR BLOOD!!!!!!!!!!"

Then the female assassin says, "Well, it's up to you to decide. If you give me your blood, I will give the antidote and you could save his life or you stay loyal to your elve's code, but as an exchange, he will die. So what will it be, elf?"

Galadriel starts to feel anxious.

The female assassin says again, "Stay loyal to your tradition and watch him die or break the rules and save his life. The choice is in your hands."

Galadriel then speaks in her mind, "WHAT SHOULD I DO?! WHAT SHOULD I CHOOSE?!! IS THERE ANY OTHER OPTION?!! NO! NO! NO! NO! THERE'S NO OTHER OPTION LEFT, RATHER THAN THIS!! AH!! WHAT SHOULD I DO?!!!!!"

Thrain says, "DON'T DO IT, GALADRIEL!!"

The female assassin then says, "Pick your choice."

Then, a lot of words start going to Galadriel's mind.

"DON'T DO IT, GALADRIEL!! OBEY GOD'S ORDER, SO WHAT IS GOTTA BE, ELF? DON'T DO IT, GALADRIEL!! STAY LOYAL TO YOUR TRADITION AND WATCH HIM DIE, DON'T DO IT, GALADRIEL!! OR BREAK THE RULES AND SAVE HIS LIFE, DON'T DO IT, GALADRIEL!! SO WHAT IS GOTTA BE, ELF? PICK YOUR CHOICE, DON'T DO IT, GALADRIEL!! THE CHOICE IS IN YOUR HANDS, DON'T DO IT, GALADRIEL!! SO WHAT IS GOTTA BE, ELF? DON'T DO IT, GALADRIEL!! SO WHAT IS GOTTA BE, ELF? DON'T DO IT, GALADRIEL!! SO WHAT IS GOTTA BE, ELF? DON'T DO IT, GALADRIEL!! SO WHAT IS GOTTA BE, ELF? DON'T DO IT, GALADRIEL!! SO WHAT IS GOTTA BE, ELF? DON'T DO IT, GALADRIEL!! SO WHAT IS GOTTA BE, ELF? DON'T DO IT, GALADRIEL!! SO WHAT IS GOTTA BE, ELF?

THE CHOICE IS IN YOUR HANDS."

Right after that, Galadriel screamed, "SILENCE, BOTH OF YOU!!!!!"

Thrain and the female assassin turn silent.

Galadriel says, "I HAVE MADE MY DECISION!!!!!"

Then, she grabs the dagger.

Thrain replies, "GALADRIEL, NO!!!!!"

She immediately says, "SHUT UP, THRAIN!! I'LL DO IT!! EVEN IF THE ENTIRE ELF CLANS AND GOD CURSE ME FOR IT, THEN SO BE IT!! BECAUSE WHAT MATTERS TO ME IS YOUR LIFE, THRAIN!!!!!"

Thrain starts to cry and replies, "Please, please, don't do this, my love. Please, I don't want you to bear the consequences, just because of me. It's not worth it."

Galadriel says, "DON'T SAY THAT!!"

Thrain surprised.

Then she continues her words while shedding tears, "DON'T EVER SAY THAT, THRAIN!! It is worth it. Sacrificing my blood is truly worth it to save your life."

Thrain replies, "WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS?!!"

Galadriel answers, "BECAUSE I LOVE YOU, THRAIN!!!!!"

After that, she cuts the skin of her hand with the dagger.

Then, she clenched her fist and let her golden blood drop like a waterfall to the small glass bottle.

The blood continues to drop until it's full.

After it's full, the female assassin takes the bottle and closes it.

She keeps it in her pocket.

Right after that, she throws the antidote to her.

Galadriel immediately catches it.

Then, the female assassin says, "As we promise, the antidote is yours."

Galadriel bows and replies, "Thank you."

The female assassin answers, "You don't have to bow for that and now, it seems that I don't have any reason to kill you."

After that, she walks away.

But then she stopped and said, "Oh yeah, as fellow strong warriors, I would like to know your name, elf? What's your name?"

Galadriel replies, "Galadriel Galvardar."

The female assassin nods and replies, "Hmm, beautiful name. My name is Zahira Al-Nasr."

Galadriel stays silent.

She waves her hand and says, "Till we meet again, Galadriel."

Then she jumped to the ceiling and disappeared quickly like a skilled ninja.

After that, Thrain lays down at the ground and says with a dying voice, "Galadriel."

Galadriel then goes towards him and replies, "THRAIN!! Thrain."

Thrain says, "You shouldn't have done that, my love."

She replies, "I am willing to do anything for the sake of the man I love."

Thrain sighs and says, "You are truly amazing, my love."

She smiles and says, "Okay, my love. Now drink the antidote."

Then he drinks the antidote 'till the bottle is finished.

After that, Galadriel helps him to get up.

Meanwhile, the others have defeated the guards and Yukari has succeeded in making the exit door highly damaged.

Yukari punches the door one last time.

"ALRIGHT, ONE MORE TIME!!!!! HYA!!!!!!!!!!"

After the last punch, at last the door is destroyed.

Then, all of them screamed, "YEAH!!!!!!!!!!"

Yukari also overjoyed, "I did it, I DID IT!! DO YOU SEE THAT, EVIE!! I DID IT!!"

Evie smiles and nods, "YES!! WE DID IT, YUKARI!!"

Then, Yukari says, "ALRIGHT, EVERYONE, LET'S GET THE HELL OUT OF HERE!!!!!"

After that, all of them ran outside.

"YEAH!!!!!!!!!!"

Galadriel says to Thrain, "Could you walk?"

Thrain replies, "Yeah, I could still walk."

Galadriel smiles and says, "Finally, we can return home."

Then, Thrain says, "Let us return home."

Galadriel smiles and replies, "Yeah."

They think that they finally succeeded to escape, but they don't know there's a truly dangerous wicked witch waiting for them outside that door.

Meanwhile at the other side, The blood crimson witch, Seraphina Vermillion gets up and says with a wicked smile on her face, "It seems like it's already time for lunch."

She says that, while licking a small droplet of blood near her lips.

TO BE CONTINUED............…..

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