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Season 2, Chapter 19: The Strongest
Elizabeth sighed heavily, as if she knew that what she was going to say deserved absolute respect. The three maids leaned forward, trembling with emotion.
Elizabeth (serious, but with a slight smile):
"Okay... I'll tell you."
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The memory begins
After the feast, the night fell quickly. The air was fresh, and the sound of laughter still floated between the houses of the village. Elizabeth lay down, feeling for the first time... part of something. He closed his eyes without knowing that what he was about to live would change his life forever.
The next morning was another story.
A gigantic rumble shook the earth.
Elizabeth (narrating):
"I got up suddenly. I didn't know what was going on, but... I took my sword. Not because I was brave, I think... but by instinct."
He opened the door of the cabin and saw the chaos.
People running, screaming, carrying their children, closing doors. Despair permeated the air like invisible poison.
Charlotte appeared behind her, serene as always.
Charlotte:
“Calm down.”
Elizabeth: "What's going on!?"
Charlotte (looking at the horizon):
“They arrived.”
Elizabeth: "Who...?"
A voice rumbled without her noticing him approaching.
Valterion:
"The causes of all the pain of this people."
The tone was not of fear, but of something deeper. An imminent trial.
Elizabeth (narrating):
"I didn't feel it coming. It was as if he appeared between heartbeats. I turned to him, but a question broke my soul."
Elizabeth: "Where is Juan?"
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Valterion raised his arm... and pointed towards the field.
There it was.
John. Alone.
In front of thousands and thousands of orcs marching towards cultivation.
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The scene freezes
Elizabeth (narrating):
"I was completely alone.
His torn shirt.
On the back... a huge wound.
A cap of that mole that he had defeated in silence."
Charlotte (scared):
"This is more than we imagined..."
And without waiting any longer, Valterion threw himself.
A red flash. A roaring armor. I was going straight to the orcs... but...
A single word stopped him.
Juan (serious, imposing):
“Stop.”
Valterion knelt dryly. Not for magic. Not out of obligation. For absolute respect.
John (accoming):
"I thank you... but I'll take care of this."
Elizabeth (narrating):
“Valterion did not argue. He didn't hesitate.
He just got up and walked to one side.
In his silence, he was telling the world:
He doesn't need help anymore.”
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The old lady's offering
An old woman approached Juan with a trembling smile. He had a cloth in his hands.
Old lady:
"Young man... put this on."
Juan: "What is it?"
Old lady:
"An old trench coat. But it will protect you from the cold.”
Juan looked at her for a few seconds. Then he nodded.
Juan (calm):
“Thank you very much.”
When he put it on, the world changed.
Elizabeth (narrating):
"The sky... seemed to stop.
The wind stopped.
His silhouette was like that of a king from another world.
His aura...
His aura screamed power, without saying anything."
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The beginning of the massacre
Juan walked towards the enemy army. Each step sounded like a war drum dictated by the universe.
Elizabeth:
“Every step was a decision from heaven.”
The first to face him was a gigantic orc. His tattooed body, his protruding jaw. But even he trembled.
Juan looked at him... and spoke calmly.
John:
"Are you going to come... or are you still hiding?"
Silence.
John:
"Do you think I don't see them?"
His voice changed.
Juan (lower, darker voice):
"Good spell...
But it doesn't work...
When you're slower than me."
And he disappeared.
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A divine war machine
He appeared on the orc and knocked him down with a single blow. His body trembled and fell like a tower.
Juan (shouting):
"It's not going to work when the one in front of you is stronger than your entire army together!"
His eyes... were no longer human.
There was evil and arrogance.
And that made several orcs retreat.
Juan (furious):
"These people just wanted to work!
And you!
You are cowards!
They attact from the shadows using these beasts...
...Who only came here to die!"
It moved like lightning.
Orc after orc fell to pieces.
Those who were still conscious fled.
Some, freed from the spell that controlled them, cried when they escaped.
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The reaction of his allies
Elizabeth (trembling):
"No...
None of us had seen him fight.
Valterion, Charlotte, not even me...
What we saw that morning...
It wasn't Juan.
He was a monster.”
Valterion knelt down.
Elizabeth: "What are you doing?"
Valterion:
“I pray.”
Elizabeth: "To what god?"
Valterion (serious):
"To none.
I pray... for the four people who control these orcs.
Because when Juan finishes here...
They will be the next.
And they don't deserve to suffer so much.”
Charlotte also knelt down.
Yol (from afar, terrified): "This is a massacre!"
Old lady (calm):
“Pray too.
You told him he wasn't a hero.
Pray that he forgets it."
Yol (sweating cold):
"I'm sorry, Juan! I'm very sorry!"
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The final sentence
In the field, Juan stopped walking.
John:
“...Sufficient.”
He raised his fist and hit the ground.
The earth broke.
A giant crater opened, and dozens of orcs fell into the void.
Then... he turned his head.
John:
"I found you."
He disappeared.
In a fraction of a second, I was holding someone by the neck.
He stamped it against a rock.
The figure began to take off the camouflage.
A masked man. His face was not visible, but his eyes were...
They were those of someone who knew...
...That he was about to die.
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Chapter 19 finished.
