Holymancer : Unang Aklat

Chapter 43, part 2 : Desert battle, the girl and a scepter

"You're a girl?" di makapaniwalang tanong nina Clyde at Crissa sa kapwa nila rank S hunter sa wikang Ingles.

Tiningnan sila nitong Japanese hunter na tila ba'y nagsasabing, 'obvious ba?'

"My gender is irrelevant. What's truly important was that I'm gonna kill and kill every single one of those goddamn dungeon monsters until I kill the last bit of those damnable pests!" kita nila sa mga mata ng babaeng Hapon na rank S hunter ang matinding pagkapoot habang binibigkas ang bawat kataga sa statement na 'yon.

Nagkatinginan ang dalawang Filipino rank S hunters. Pagkatapos ay nagkatanguan silang dawala. Ngayo'y mas kumbinsido na sila sa kanilang mga sarili. Hindi duwag at iniligtas lang ng Japanese hunter ang kanyang sarili para siya'y makalabas ng buhay. Kahit na ba ang mabigat na kapalit noo'y ang tiyak na kamatay ng kanyang kasamahang mga hunter kagaya na lang nang sinasabi ng iba sa kumakalat na mga bali-balita.

Di na rin nagtaka ang dalawa sa kakayahan nitong magsalita ng universal language na Ingles. It's already like an unwritten rule amongst the top class hunters to be able to communicate to foreign hunters dahil it's a necessity. There will come a time na kakailanganin nilang lumabas ng bansa to send reinforcements to other countries for their own country's sake as well. Even if those top class hunters doesn't really possess a sense of nationalism or belongingness, they still got their own families for them to safeguard.

That can't even be more true for the famous lone top class hunter named Masahiro Musashi. Some top class hunters have their own peers to go with but Masahiro was quite famous for not forming his, or rather, her own clique for some unknown reason.
"Was the name Masahiro Musashi even your real name?" Crissa can't help but ask that curious question.

Tiningnan lang s'ya ng babaeng Hapong rank S hunter without uttering any word at all. The two Filipino rank S hunters can't help but think that was a kind of symbolism rather than that being her real name.

"Do you want me to heal your amputated arm and leg?" di mapigilan na pagmumungkahi ni Crissa after she felt bad by all the bad rumors she heard about her that are most likely false. She suggested it out of goodwill.

Also, kahit na nababalutan ng isang full-body armor ang pangangatawan ng Janapese hunter, kita pa rin ng Saintess ang improvised na tulisang metallic right leg ni Masahiro Musashi na nakausli sa kanyang baluti. Nandiyan din ang totally nawawala n'yang left hand up to her shoulder that the third strongest hunter didn't even bother to hide.

"Hindi! Sa tingin mo ba sa taglay kong lakas at kasikatan ay kakapusin ako ng pera upang ipagamot ang sarili ko?" matindi at pagalit na pagtanggi ni Masahiro Musashi sa offer ni Crissa, syempre, sa salitang Ingles rin.

Pagkatapos nang outburst na 'yon ng babaeng si Masahiro Musashi ay tumingin 'to sa alapaap na para bang may kung anong malalim na iniisip.

"It's a reminder to myself. A reminder of my incompetence that caused me the lives of my companions at that day. It's so I should never forget to keep loathing and hating myself for being too incompetent. I won't stop killing those dungeon monsters until I took my last breathe. And I won't stop breathing until I kill all of them." they saw how her eyes, Masahiro's eyes turned red from agony and anger.

It's a look Clyde can never forget in his damn life. Those were eyes he used to wear on himself. A look that can't see nothing but only vengeance.

Alam ni Clyde that those kind of people with that kind of eyes would not ever listen to reasons.

The only people who can help these kind of people are them themselves.

He can only offer her his prayer.

A vicious cycle still awaits her.

"You can recuperate here now for a bit then you can rejoin the battle later on." malumanay na turan ni Clyde kay Masahiro pagkatapos ay marahan n'yang inalis 'to sa kanyang mga bisig.