pulled two Silenquedea from his belt. Ghiauna grabbed a pitchfork. Instead of attacking the soldiers with the tips, however, she struck with the blunt side and managed to break some of the necks.
You could imagine how elegant and deadly she could fight with bars, but her sprained foot prevented her from carrying out her attacks."Get Ghiauna out of here, Vill! Hurry!", Guiseppe called to Villiano, while he tried to protect the panicked Maya and hit him with a hammer.
He nodded in confirmation and fought his way to her when a loud scream rang out behind him. Khai just went to the ground.
Villiano bit his lower lip to hold back the tears that filled his eyes.
He picked up Ghiauna and miraculously reached the small door. Outside he dived further into the forest, followed by the screams of the fighting. Suddenly he noticed the orange-red reflection that was emerging on the trees.
"What is that?" Asked Villiano without looking back.
"Fire. The barn is burning. Blazing lights ..." Her voice sounded strangely toneless.
And then they could hear a terrible screeching. Agonizing. Pleading. Dying.
Villiano wished he was deaf so that he would not have to hear those cruel sounds any more.
He stopped in front of a bush and set Ghiauna down there."Wait here. I have to go back one more time. I have to help you!"
He turned to go when Ghiauna tried to hold him back.
"It's no use. If the soldiers see you you are dead and besides ..."
"I won't let my friends down!" He snapped. His eyes glowed threateningly, but she pushed him to the ground and pressed a hand over his mouth to keep him silent.
"Villiano, their screams have stopped! You can no longer help them!"
Only now did he notice the sudden silence. Just the crackling of the fire and her irregular breathing. Otherwise silence. Silence...
The word echoed in his head and ate its way into his mind.
He began to understand. Silence. It was over.
Then he surrendered to his tears.
"... I'm sorry about what happened there. Really," Ghiauna whispered after a while and it sounded sincere.
He nodded.
Then he drew the two Silenquedea and looked at them in the pale glow of the fire.Blood dripped from the blades.
"Guiseppe made them for me. As a token of our friendship," he said softly.
"I've never used them to kill and never wanted to. But now ... he's dead. Just like Khai. Just like Maya. Like Aristide. They're all dead ..." his voice faltered, but he caught himself again, "Ghiauna, I have lost everything. I have no one left ... except you. Let me accompany you to Sanderith."
Silently she looked into his rust-red eyes. Shirai's eyes ...
"Yeah," was all she replied.
Then they got up and walked into the night.