- Wooden Horse; Second Round -
With the help of a mysterious Khun who seemed to be one of Khun's allies, the train was stopped for awhile and they made it on time for their grand entrance.
Right on the time.....or perhaps a little bit late, they landed on the black stairs that were supposed to lead them to the train. Across them and standing on a different stairs, their enemies were also there. But instead of them, they were more focused on one new person.
They found a long white haired boy with pale complexion and eyes while holding a sword and wore a silver crown on his head.
"What? Who is that kid...?" Bam asked.
Estelle glanced at Celeste. The two of them had the same white hair and eyes, could it be that they were relatives? But of course, her words were denied by Celeste as she said that she had never seen him before.
"BAM!!" Boro who was running along with the others shouted at them. "BE CAREFUL! THAT KID IS THE BASTARD WE TOLD YOU ABOUT! THAT'S HOAQIN! THE FUG GUYS HAD ALREADY AWAKENED HIM!"
"WHAT?! THAT TURTLE IS HOAQIN?! DAMN IT! YOU SAID THAT HE IS STRONG, SO I'D THOUGHT THAT HE'D BE WORTH TO HUNT! BUT WHAT'S THAT SQUASHED-RICE-CAKE-LOOKING GUY WHO WOULDN'T BE ENOUGH TO FEED A FLY?!" Rak loudly shouted and had greatly offended the child named Hoaqin.
He immediately lowered down his sword that he used to rest on his back. He was more than ready to fight with the alligator who mocked him with veins bulging on his head.
"WHAT?! DID YOU JUST CALL ME SQUASHED-RICE-CAKE-LOOKING?! DOES THAT CROCODILE HAS A DEATH WISH OR WHAT?!"
Estrella glanced down at the ground where there was a huge hole, regulars and corpses. The huge hole or a crack was made because of a fight, she could tell that and there were corpses lying there. She can't count them clearly as it was hard to look at them when she was high above but she knew that there were more than twenties.
"It seems like that there was a fight" she said.
Charlotte remained quiet when she heard that.
Before they came, there was indeed a fight. Or perhaps the word massacre will fit the situation better.
Using Emily, Rachel who had awakened Hoaqin with the rest lured those regulars to come by saying that there was an event. The regulars believed in the Emily, of course and they waited there for the said event or a show to start.
Hoaqin was trapped for who knows how long. When he stepped out from the train, he challenged the regulars there. Those who could bring him four heads will be allowed to go in the train. He sat down on the stairs and waited for them to fight and kill each other until he noticed that there were two regulars who came to challenge him.
Charlotte didn't remember it quite clear. She doubted whether the two regulars that she recalled were the regulars sent by FUG. Her teacher had said to them that FUG would send some guys to deal with this Hoaqin so she wondered whether they were the one who he mentioned or they challenged Hoaqin out of arrogance and irritation. It wasn't surprising if they challenged him out of irritation and anger as Hoaqin who took form a small child, suddenly appeared before them and then announced such a foolish game.
But whether they came from FUG or not, they all ended up in the same state. The huge crack on the ground was caused by Hoaqin by using his sword. All of them died just like that.
Boro and the others wanted to get on the train secretly as they seemed to have some dispute with Hoaqin in the past but sadly, Hoaqin noticed Boro and wanted to kill him due to their past. But a moment after he exposed Boro's identity, they appeared and distracted him which gave Boro a chance to run and greet them.
"DANIEL!" A red haired man with red eyes and dressed in red asked to Daniel who was on a different side. "WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING RIGHT NOW?!"
The man in red, Charlotte recognized him. He must be that Sachi Faker, one of the strongest D- regulars who most of people were afraid of.
"Boro.....that son of a b*tch!" Hoaqin cursed him as he was about to swing his sword. "BORO!- I'll never let you get on the train!"
But when he was about to attack Boro, Bam who rode the [Blue Oar] stopped him and his sword.
"Brother!" Charlotte called his name in worry. She was distracted with her thoughts and forgot the part where Bam would jump right before Hoaqin.
With [Blue Oar], Charlotte chased her brother.
[Time Pause]
For a moment, she stopped Hoaqin's sword before she landed before her brother.
"Charlotte, why are you here?" Bam asked her.
"To help you!" Charlotte answered. "What else?"
"It's too dangerous! Go back!"
"I have just come here and you are kicking me out already? Whoa, you are so cruel, brother!"
Hoaqin looked at his sword for a moment. He was sure that he was about to swing his sword at Bam but was paused for a moment. Surely he didn't stop in the middle of the way from getting rid of the boy.
His white eyes looked at the brown haired girl as he was sure that she was the one who caused it.
"BLACK TURTLES!" Rak shouted as he jumped while holding his red spear. "THAT GUY IS MINE TO HUNT!"
"CROCODILE!" Khun shouted at Rak who jumped and then landed on his lighthouse. He didn't land on it perfectly as he nearly fell.
Rak who was holding his spear was holding the blue lighthouse next to him to prevent him from falling.
"HEY! COME BACK! GETTING ON THE TRAIN IS THE TOP PRIORITY NOW!" Khun shouted again, only to be ignored by Rak.
"THAT'S MY PREY! LEAVE IT ALONE!"
"YOU CRAZY FOOL!"
Celeste looked at her own sword. If she threw her sword and used it as a stepping stone, will she be able to get into the other side?
Rachel used her own lighthouse as a stepping point for Daniel to walk across and then attacked the crocodile, causing him to let go of the lighthouse and fell down.
Daniel took of his hood and looked at the regulars, "Why waste your time from coming here, kids? Do you think Jue Viole Grace's potential will be enough to stop us? His explosive power in the Train City was just coincidental. You never had, and will never have the possibility to beat us in fight, especially now that Hoaqin's awake."
The famous D- regular Sachi Faker looked at Daniel who greeted him, "Long time no see, Sachi."
His words didn't seem to have any particular emotions to Sachi.
Rachel and Yura had also landed before them and behind Daniel.
"Sorry to say this when you have come all this way, but I have no intention of letting you guys on the train yet" Daniel continued. "No matter how hard you stop us, we will take over the train until Hoaqin regains his power back and Roen comes back to life."
"And that Hoaqin seems to be the right person to bring your beloved one from death right?" Altaira asked him with a smile. He closed his eyes and added, "But it's a shame, your Roen won't be able to come back."
Daniel frowned when he heard Altaira's words.
Sachi tapped his shoulder and said to him, "Just a sec.....Khun Family, we need to talk. Since it's our job to make him come back to his sense."
Altaira shrugged off and turned around to walk away, "Alright."
"You are thinking of using your sword as the stepping point?" Raisin asked Celeste.
"Do you think it will work at this kind of distance?" Celeste asked at the guide.
"To be honest, we don't have to do anything" Altaira answered. "This second round will end with nothing."
Estelle, "What?"
Raisin looked at the slayer nominees. With the two of them around, changing the fates of all the people here, his ability as a guide was completely useless. All the decisions that they made changed the others' fates without even knowing it which made him did not know whether he should laugh or cry.
Hoaqin found these two interesting. Unlike any other regulars, these two were able to block and stop his sword. They could properly react to it even though they seemed to have a trouble to win against him.
When Bam showed up the thorn and was about to use the [Flare Wave Explosion], Hoaqin guessed their identities immediately.
"SO YOU MUST BE THAT JUE VIOLE GRACE!" He said while swinging his sword again.
If it wasn't for Charlotte who paused the time and then pulled Bam back by his collar and used her fan to block Hoaqin's sword swiftly, then Bam would have hurt because of Hoaqin's sword.
Charlotte knew that Hoaqin himself was a slayer candidate. When he was sealed inside the train, he was unaware of the situation outside the train. When he knew from Rachel and her companions that FUG had taken two new slayer candidates, he wanted to kill the two of them.
And the twins were able to tell that by his tone and his words.
[Flare Wave Explosion] or the [Floral Butterfly Piercing Technique] wasn't the technique that everyone knew and could use. It was the technique that was only taught to FUG members. So it wasn't surprising that Hoaqin recognized this technique.
"The swordsmanship of the Arie couldn't be read" Charlotte said to Bam. "So don't try to read it."
Bam nodded his head and then looked at Hoaqin who looked at his own sword. If his swordsmanship couldn't be read, then how will he be able to defeat Hoaqin?
Meanwhile, Khun was worried of the pair of twins that he leaped to his lighthouse and wanted to go to the other side as well. But unfortunately, Yura Ha didn't allow him at all. While riding on Rachel's yellow lighthouse, she planned to confront him head on.
"This is a chaos" Estelle said to Altaira who didn't allow them to go to participate. "Why aren't we allowed to play as well?"
"Because it's unnecessary" Altaira answered. "Save your energy first. This fight is pointless."
"Pointless? Bam and Charlotte are there risking their lives fighting with some random guy with big sword" Estrella said and pointed her index finger to them. "You could have helped them."
"They won't die" Altaira calmly said again. "None of us will die here....because the real game hasn't started yet."
A moment after he said those words, something happened to all of them there.
By the time that they realize what happened, they were in somewhere else.
They were in the Hell Train!