We had no choice.
"Move it to the southeast, angle 220 degrees..." First is telling the direction in which I should point my bow and arrow.
I was nervous while holding this weapon. What made it even more difficult was that there was no hole in the middle of the bow. I used my finger to straighten it. I didn't really see anyone, just trees, rocks, bushes, and leaves so I don't know if we would hit the target.
"Steady and... shoot!"
I let go of the arrow and closed my eyes.
"Nice shot!" he praised me.
I looked up and asked First. "What happened?" I can't see anything in particular from that distance.
"You hit Sectwen's shoulder."
Huh? Will I be happy or sad? There is something that stings my heart. I hurt Sectwen.
"The others are already there. We got to go and attack them." First was about to hold out his hand to me when he noticed that I was stunned.
"What's the matter?"
"T-This is wrong. This is not the right thing to do," I'm getting teary-eyed.
He brought his face close to mine and stared at me deeply. "Look at me... Just look at me. Think about surviving, winning. If we don't fight, we won't reach our goals. I know we can do this."
I took a deep breath. I am touched by what he said. He has a point. We will only suffer if we do not want to fight for life.
"But does it really have to be like this?" I questioned him.
"How about… we will go fully on defending ourselves and let them attack first?"
His suggestion makes it less deadly. I agreed because I have no better idea. We ran as he held my trembling hand. I stopped crying because I must be strong like him.
"Someone's following us," I felt uneasy about what she noticed. "We can't just run. We need to face them."
We stopped running and waited for whoever he said was following us. Not long after, it was Karson and Myriana.
"Myriana!" I called her and waved. They are just 10 meters away from us. I am happy to see that they are safe.
"Heavien," she stuttered, looking surprised.
"Hey, guys! We've been following noises and t'was you."
Are they following us?
"What're you doing here?" a serious question by First.
"Because my partner heard a fast-crackling sound, probably running. I smelled the scent of a girl, lol. It just smelled like Heavien," he winked at me. "Then we followed you. I wasn't sure if it was Heavien's scent, but it's really you." Karson is talking about scents. His nth sense must be a sense of smell.
"If you can smell Second, doesn't it mean that you already know that I am with her?"
"I didn't tell Aeith that I could smell her, so she insisted we chase you to confirm from whom the footsteps she heard." And Myriana's must be a sense of hearing.
I looked at Myriana, and she was just silent.
"Why don't you say... You want to attack us?" First's mischievous question. I stopped him, but he just gave me a look saying, 'Don't worry, I got this'.
"Ah, hehe." Karson grinned. "What a blunt man you are. Well, accuse us whatever you want. We don't have a choice because you two are closest to us right now."
Karson pulled out his pistol. Just one click of the trigger and we can die!
Myriana looked at me. "So sorry, Heavien. I have to do this." She slowly took the… g-grenades out of her suit pocket!
What are we going to do? First also presented his sword to the two of them and then told me, "Ready your weapon."
After he said that, against my will, I aimed my bow and arrow at them. I am trembling.
"Haha! Sword and archery? Traditional yet classy. But ours is more powerful." Karson boasted. Thirtwen from whom I met was loving to his friends who died early during the tri-games. Now, he has become an overconfident opponent of ours.
"More useless information," First replied with a flat tone.
I crouched down and closed my eyes as Karson fired his pistol. I opened my eyes and saw that First was still standing.
"Did you just avoid the bullet with your sword?" Karson wondered incredulously.
Wait, avoided? Can First's sword evade the bullet of a pistol? And with the size of the bullet and not that big of a sword, he was able to aim the sword at the bullet?! How unbelievable it just happened. First ran closer to the two.
"Myriana, the grenade!" Karson commands Myriana.
Because of what Karson shouted at Myriana, I can't release the arrow. I ran because they were planning to have it explode. Myriana threw it at us, but the sound of the explosion was not too loud.
Where's First? I hadn't gone far yet, so I inhaled smoke and gunpowder. It feels unpleasant that the chemical is sickening me. I licked my dry lips when I tasted bitterness in the air. Why did I taste something bitter?
Wait, I have to look for First. I coughed.
"First! Where are you?" Several calls and I heard someone coughed too. I approached where I heard that coughing and saw First lying on the ground. "First!" I approached him and helped him sit up properly.
"That explosion was enormous," I rubbed his back as he continued to cough.
When he was okay, I talked to him. "What happened to them?" I can't see them because of the thick smoke from the grenade.
He looked into my eyes. "I killed Thirtwen."
"H-Huh?" I am puzzled.
"Please forgive me. That was the only way. I made the sword invisible and managed to get Thirtwen's guard down after the grenade exploded. I wasted no time. It was instant death for him. He actually planned to attack us first after the explosion, but I went to him faster."
I searched around and saw Myriana running away. My eyes widened. Karson, on the other hand, has no life lying on the ground. I went towards his bleeding corpse. This view deeply saddens me. First just killed someone with his own hands. I don't know how to feel and react.
When I regained my emotions, I adjusted myself. I helped First stand up and held out my hand.
"It was all sudden," He is limping because of his injured left leg. "I hope I didn't scare you." I heard him groan.
I remained silent. I'm out of words. I made him put his arms on my shoulders. I have no right to judge him because he killed someone. He wanted to protect himself and me from danger, that's why he did it.
We continued walking to find a safer place to rest his injury. "Be strong. Be alert to your surroundings. Ensnare your senses."
When he asserted that, I gulped first and turned a blind eye. I already know what my nth sense is.