The Soul Labyrinth

(Yeah)

(Sorry…I just woke up. Also, technically Matthew can make a force field but from Asayoru’s case, it doesn’t help much. Don’t worry, there’s one other person who I planned is going to take out the archer :P)

(Okay then, shall we?")

(Sure)

An arrow came through the broken window, though it seemed to hit Caden’s corpse rather than the Knights. The archer had mistaken Caden for a Knight.

Tolkalee turned o the window that the arrow had come through. "He's not over there," he commented after a moment. He was trying to see better, but the mask he still wore impaired his vision, more than it already was. Out of frustration he ripped it off and threw it to the ground, revealing his scared face, and the eye patch over his left eye.

Matthew was shocked at what Tolkalee did, but came to realize that he was still alive so ripping off the mask would be just fine. The newcomer asked Cassius what happened then when he got his answer, he flew outside using his wings…he had something in mind.

Tolkalee watched the window for a moment, not paying attention to the person that had just gone out. "He's been ricocheting his arrows. He's behind us," he then looked around. "Where is Cassius?"

Cassius was upstairs, healing his brother and Cronos. Matthew pointed to where he was and told Tolkalee “Daniel told us that he had a plan, so he just flew out”.

"Does he know that the archer is over there?" Tolkalee pointed to the other side of the room from where the arrow had come in.

Not long after Tolkalee said that, a black and white coated figure was thrown in through a window, following them was Daniel. “That was much easier than expected…” he said, whilst breathing relatively hard.

Tolkalee turned towards him and smiled. "Oh, how I like people that know what they're doing," he said coming over to the coated figure, his short sword in hand.

“Daniel…You son of a—“ Daniel stomped on the figure’s head. “Shut up Royal…your archery skills might be amazing…but you forgot to keep it silent, so here’s your punishment for not being a professional…” he changed from stomping the figure’s head to stepping on his torso. He gestured to the figure “Go ahead…” he told Tolkalee.

"My pleasure," Tolkalee crouched down next to Royal and pressed his blade to Royal's throat. "Would you mind telling me what you people want?" his voice was terrifyingly calm.

The figure grinned and laughed. “well…since we’re at it already…these Knights in front of you…all of them, are not worthy of the title. One is physically weak, one is mentally broken, one has one of the strongest abilities but refuse to use it in battle, one is a god who is too selfless and one…is an overconfident idi—” Daniel stomped on his head so hard that it broke part of the floor.

Tolkalee gave a cold smile. "That only half answers my question," he pressed the point of his blade slowly into Royal's shoulder. "What do you and the others want," his voice was still calm.

The figure gave a psychotic laugh. “Can’t you tell…? Elimination of all the Knights is our goal…”

"Hmm, yeah, I can see that, and yet you still haven't answered the why part," he dragged his sword down his shoulder, leaving a line of blood. "Would you care to explain that?"

The figure hesitated before whispering. “Replacement…”

Tolkalee nodded, seeming to understand. He then looked up at Daniel. "Let him go please," he said completely out of nowhere.

Both Daniel and Royal looked at Tolkalee. “Why…?” Royal asked with a surprised and slightly thankful voice.

"I understand you that's why, now let him go please," Tolkalee stood up and sheathed his sword.

Daniel sighed. “Fine…” he took his foot off Royal. Royal slowly stood up…”Thanks…” he took out a hidden knife, stabbing Daniel’s throat before escaping through the window.

Unfortunately, Tolkalee saw it coming, but he needed it to happen. He already had a cloth in his hand, which he'd grabbed out of his satchel. He pressed the cloth on the wound careful not to cut off Daniel's breathing. "Cassius, I require your healing abilities please," he called.

Cassius just finished healing both Cronos and his brother, he then walked back down to Tolkalee’s calling. “Throat? Well, this might take some time” he commented. “I’ll try to do this as quickly as I can” he said to Tolkalee. “Can you also take care of Cronos for the time being? He’s still unconscious but his body is back to normal now” he requested.

Tolkalee sighed. "Yeah, he'll probably wake up soon," he nodded. "Don't take pressure off of that wound if you can help it." He stood up walked to the window that Royal had gone through, and then walked over to Cronos. "Just another long day," he told himself.

Matthew and his cat was beside Cronos and Aisen. “A little hard isn’t it…” Matthew said to Tolkalee while petting his cat. “I just really hope that the others are still alive…” he said as he looked outside.

"Unless we can find all the others, they won't be," Tolkalee moved Cronos' position, to where he could breathe better. He did the same with Aisen. "Would you believe me if I told you that I meant for that to happen?" he gestured to Daniel.

Matthew giggled slightly. “Well, from what Cronos told me before we met, you’re pretty smart. So what is it that you want to accomplish with Daniel getting stabbed?” He asked before hearing a sound of a gunshot from nearby.

"If, Mr. archer thinks we're going to try and save him, he won't think that we'll follow him," Tolkalee explained. "Seth trained me to be able to track anything, and I gave myself an easy way to follow him."

Matthew looked out the window to the direction the sound came from. On the ground below, he saw Steven’s corpse. He looked around, seeing no one near. He left Kohaku with Tolkalee and went outside quickly to grab Rainer’s orb, Parasitic Hive and came back in, safely.