Guardian Of The End

"Jason, we have to run right now." Amber said from the side. She knew who the woman was and could tell by Jason had frozen up.

"Right." Jason shook his head and was ready to run away.

However, the mind-controlled Zara wasn't going to let him run away that easily.

"Oh you're not getting away this time. Come here you, little bastard." Hecate spoke through Zara's mouth before dashing towards Jason.

The latter looked once at Amber and they came to a silent understanding. Together, both of them started running in the opposite direction.

Jason and Amber new that they were leaving their backs wide open by running this way. However, their guardians were there to prevent this from happening.

'If I can't send her away, the least I can do is keep Jason safe.' Hestia silently thought as she glared at  Hecate alongside Flamey.

Black lightning suddenly started dancing around Hestia's body. The ground inside the alley started trembling and flames appeared around Flamey.

The two guardians were ready to protect their vessels at any cost but they had forgotten one key thing.

Hecate was inside her vessel, one which was stronger than both Jason and Amber combined.

"A wolf and a lizard. You both make a funny pair." Hecate commented with a smile. Zara's hair suddenly stood up following by a decrease in temperature.

Mists appeared all around the alley and Zara's body vanished within them. Flamey and Hestia didn't care about that.

Both of them released their attacks simultaneously. Black lightning bolts crackling with power shot in every direction.

Flamey erupted magma walls all around the alley in hopes of preventing Hecate from going after the children.

"Tch." Hecate clicked her tongue in disappointment. She focused on removing the two guardians out of commission. That ws the only way for her to go after Jason without any interruptions.

Hecate instantly appeared behind the two guardians and kicked them away in the old fashion way.

Neither Hestia nor Flamey could match her speed since they weren't connected to their vessels. However, both of them grinned in their animal forms.

[ Good luck getting to Jason now bish! ] Hestia shouted before she vanished from her spot. Flamey vanished too as the two guardians directly appeared inside their vessels.

Hecate soon realized that Jason and Amber had long since entered the mansion. They must have told someone about her and people would be coming to capture her soon.

"Tch! I'll definitely get you in the future!" She hissed.

Zara's body suddenly started glowing  in the middle of the alley. An invisible mist came out of her mouth and eyes slowly.

The mist took the shape of a cloud and vanished somewhere in the alley. Zara's body hit the ground a few seconds later.

A few minutes later, the entire Syrward family came running towards her body.

"Same eyes like Ariana's…" Risa murmured the moment she saw Zara's eyes. They were covered by the same mist Ariana's eyes had been covered with.

Ray picked up his wife in an embrace before bringing his ear closer to her breast. His ear touched her body as he closed his eyes in concentration.

"When demi-humans fell in love with someone from another race, their hearts are connected to that person," Issac said in a grim voice. "He can check on her condition better than Risa can."

Jason understood that Issac had been explaining the things for his and Nora's sake.

Jason placed a hand on Nora's right shoulder to calm down his anxious little brother.

"Is she going to be all right?" Nora asked Issac in a low tone.

"I don't know." Issac replied with the truth.

Ray finally lifted his head off Zara's chest. His expression was grim and he looked like he was about to burn an entire city.

"Mist is surrounding her mana core and it had spread to her entire body," he said in a clear voice. "We are leaving this city now. I don't want anything else to happen here."

Issac nodded in understanding before he looked at Risa. She understood what he meant and bent on her knees with a resigned expression.

Risa started creating a teleportation circle on the ground. Jason immediately looked at Issac with a nervous expression.

"I know what you are thinking," Issac sighed. "But there is no other choice. I have a feeling that someone else is soon going to come after you. Its best for us to return to Duphia for the time being."

"…" Jason was silent as he hadn't expected his grandpa to say that. Issac was usually someone who took revenge for anything bad that happened to his family.

But this time, even Issac had given up or so Jason thought.

"Don't worry.  I will make that woman pay soon but I'm going to do that alone." Issac said with a humorless smile.

Then only did Jason understand that Issac wasn't retreating. He was just going to Duphia to make sure that they were all right and once he had done that, he would set on his journey to find Hecate.

"Its completed." Risa declared a few minutes later as the magic circle on her feet was completed.

Jason didn't trust her abilities to create a magic circle but there wasn't any other choice for him.

[ Host, look at the entrance of the alley. ] The system suddenly suggested.

Jason turned his gaze towards the entrance of the alley. Amber was standing there with her family.

By the looks of it, they were leaving too since they were caring all of their belongings and fitting them inside a space ring.

[ Jason, let's meet at the academy. It will be good to have a friend with me. ] Amber's voice echoed inside his head.

[ Definitely. We will see each other soon. ] Jason agreed.

[ Promise? ]

[ Promise. ]

Amber waved at him from the distance and he waved back. Simultaneously, Jason remembered something that Sancus had told him at the Bar of Gods.

"Make sure you upheld the promises you make Jason."

Those were the words Sancus had said to him back at the Bar of Gods. Now that Jason had made a promise, he knew he was going to have to uphold it.

"Its time for us to leave now." Issac informed before all of Syrward family members walked inside the magic circle.

Jason had no idea when he would return to the capital but he was sure that he wasn't going to miss the place.

'Soon, I am going to enter the academy.' Jason silently thought with one last glance towards the arena which was still visible from his position.

With that, the Syrward family left the capital.