[Enkonomiya's POV]
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Fallen on the ground in front of me, her eyes looked up to me as she returned to her 'human' form. Her snake skin was shedding at a rapid rate, before it evaporated in front of me. This time, I didn't see any sign of trickery, as if she had surrendered herself to her fate.
Normally I would just kill her, but honestly… I am not the leader of the group. Plus, I don't kill a bunch of powerless kids, especially the pitiful ones like her.
"What should we do now?" I thought really hard as I saw her before I sensed Walter coming towards her with a head in his hand. It was one of these men whom Irene was fighting, wasn't she?
'Why is Walter… ' I was thinking, but then I saw Irene just walking behind him with her head low in frustration. Guess Walter interfered and killed her target? Seems like they got an equal match or something…
"Oi Miya! What are you doing?" Asked Walter as he looked between me and the Medusae. Curiosity filled his eyes as he pondered what exactly was going on. Even Medusae looked at the head of her men with a bit of a shocked gaze.
"Nothing really. I was wondering what I should do with her?" I spoke out my thoughts and Walter grew even more confused as he simply spoke,"Kill her? What else are you supposed to do with your enemies?"
Looking at his face, he was pretty much serious about it. One of those men who doesn't leave anything behind that could bite him in the back, huh?
"Well. I decided that maybe Michael might need her for something? He is special, you know, so," I spoke and a slight stupefaction appeared on his face. He then looked at the head in his hand as he spoke with an awkward expression,"Do you think this would be fine?"
He was talking about the head in his hand and questioning if this head was worth anything for Michael.
"Only Michael can tell that," I chuckled as I saw Alex and the others reaching closer to us. Even Reeve, George and the Slythereen woke up and began walking towards us.
"What are you going to do now?" This time it was Medusae who asked this question. Her eyes observed me with a slight curiosity. Her fear was still there, but it wasn't as much as before.
"What do you mean?" Walter asked as he looked at her and she turned to Walter, and as if talking to a worm, she answered,
"Now that we couldn't defeat you guys, Miss Angela won't be happy with us. Our death is set in stone… But on the bright side, we will be let off easily. What are you guys going to do? Anyone who has interfered with Miss Angela's work doesn't have an easy death, you know?"
The confidence in her words made everyone serious here except me, as I am familiar with the limits of Angela.
"Michael is dealing with Angela right now," I spoke and everyone's worry washed away, as if that didn't even exist. The sudden change in the atmosphere made Medusae and the Slythereen much more baffled than before.
They just looked at me with a questioning face. Their eyes were more than just curious at this point.
"Who is… Michael?" Medusae asked as she looked at me. I could see her eyes begging me to answer that question.
"I wonder about that," I spoke as I sighed. He is our leader? I doubt that's what she is trying to ask. As for his origin? Honestly, I don't even know anything about him. What's his goal? What's his motive?
'Now that I think about it. Do I even know anything about him?' I thought as I wondered about that. Because of how familiar he was with my father and how father trusted him and all, I don't think I need to worry about anything, but still…
'Won't hurt to ask about it, when he comes out… though what is he doing there for so long?' I pondered as I looked at the red house where he went about an hour ago. Earlier I was able to sense him, but now I can't sense him at all.
'Could he have lost against the Witch? Hmmm.. that's not possible,' I thought, as even I can deal with the Witch if I use most of my powers. Someone like Michael shouldn't have any problems in dealing with her. So what could have happened?
"Should we go and check?" spoke George as he glanced at the red house, where everyone was now looking.
"Let's go, I guess. No point in waiting here," I decided to go rather than wait. While it would have been better to let Michael deal with the Witch on his own, waiting here for an unknown amount of time isn't really my thing.
And thus I began walking towards the house, as the others, though having their own thoughts, started following behind me. Towards the red-coloured house.
Though it was even before we could reach closer to that red house, I found a familiar energy signature which made me smile at first, but then that smile turned to confusion as I sensed another energy mixed with the previous one.
"The Witch is alive!" spoke out loud, that Slythereen as he turned to me before I spoke in slight annoyance,"Even I can sense that."
Hearing my annoyed voice, he took a step back as he put his head down. His body was shaking a little as he didn't dare to even peek at me. Ignoring him, I sensed those two slowly moving out of the red house as we all just stood there.
Not long after, I saw Michael walking out of the house with a serious look on his face. His serious face turned the situation a bit heavy as the rest grew tense looking at him. My eyes wondering what happened to make him turn serious like that, I analyzed him a couple of times.
Though before I could reach a logical conclusion, I noticed another being coming out from behind him. Her head faced towards Michael, her eyes wide open as if she had witnessed something unbelievable. She took one step at a time monotonously behind him.
While Michael's serious face did piqued my interest, his expression intensified that curiosity a thousandfold, as I couldn't help but wonder what was-
"Huh?!!!!!!" My eyes opened up wide as my Golden Mana Eyes automatically activated and I saw a signature… a signature of a being that I didn't expect to see in this lifetime…
-Whoosh!
I ran towards Michael as I stood face to face with him. I analyzed him from top to bottom multiple times, confirming what I was witnessing was not a mistake. But the more I looked at him, the more I grew baffled.
"You!" I took a step back in amazement as I saw him turning to Angela. Doesn't seem like she had noticed…
"How did you end up meeting with-" I was about to ask directly but Michael just interrupted,
"We have a major problem… a really serious one."
He looked worried… scared, perhaps?
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