Ares: Never Grow Up
A stampede!

POV: Ares

SRASHH!

"AAAAA FORGIVE US! PLEASE LET THIS THING GO!".

"SICKNESS! SICKLY! PLEASE RELEASE!".

I was silent ashen looking towards those who were screaming in pain. Spiky, spiny green tendrils, blood-draining red roses. Smell and smell combined into one.

Sssrr.

A rose petal fell in front of my face, I then glanced towards Merlida who was still focused on using her power. She also looked at me with her pink eyes.

"Hey! Save the kid!" he said it pretty hard to me. I was immediately shocked in shock, and ran towards the boy who had been ganged up earlier.

"Hey, can you stand up?" ask me when I get in front of him. The body is so small and there are a lot of bruises and burns. Her eyes even looked a little swollen, probably because she had been crying for too long.

"... An ... da ... who?" ask the boy in a soft and husky voice. Without further ado I directly carried the child on my back and then sprinted towards Merlida.

"Hey! We have to treat this kid first! Let's go back to Ken and Vani!" say him. Merlida then nodded her head, she then stared at her rose tendrils which were still ensnaring the brats.

Shush.

Within seconds the rose tendrils disappeared into a fragrant pink smoke. The brats who were tied up on top so instantly fell down. I still saw those who were embracing pain and writhing on the asphalt like caterpillars.

"Let them! I'm sure even before we were kids, they were bad people!" said Merlida who was in front of me. After that she and I ran back, leaving the injured brat there.

Me and Merlida rushed to the house under the tree as quickly as possible, but on the way. Something happened that was beyond our expectations.

So many other children prevented us from bringing this child.

Whahuh? Why are they so looking for this kid?

"Hey, I don't intend to be friendly with you. Quickly put the boy down if you don't want to die here" said a boy with blonde and half brown hair.

"If I don't want to?" I stared at the child sharply, I tightened my sling so that this child would not be forcibly taken. Merlida had also prepared beside me by bringing out rose tendrils from the ground.

Looking at me and Merlida who were about to fight back, the boy who threatened me earlier actually smiled in a slant. "Is that so? Then what can I do. We'll take it ourselves."

Ctic!

The boy snapped his fingers, and all the children behind him began to surround us from all directions. Honestly, for me or Merlida, this is a scary situation.

Shit ... 2 versus 50? Is this possible? Although Merlida's strength earlier could defeat many other children, but it could be done if she ambushed them secretly!

The problem now is that we have to face it face to face. A sneak ambush was impossible.

"Ka .. sis, get off .. can I... you run ... only."

Deg.

I heard the voice of the child I was carrying. His body felt trembling and something that only felt on my shoulders.

She cried?

"Calm down, you'll be fine." I told her calmly, when in fact I was also panicking and confused how this should be ...

I then lowered the child and sat him on the asphalt. I looked at the face of this boy. Green eyeballs and snow-white hair, his heavily bruised body and burns as if adorning his pale skin.

"Protect it here, wait a minute." I started to imagine the last thing I did.

Make a tiny bunker.

CRING!

BRAKKK!

The bunker appeared in front of me and immediately closed the child safely inside. Outside of this bunker, there was Merlida and me standing guard.

"Ho~ hahaha! You guys really intend to protect her huh? Do you know that kid?" The boy with half hair spoke to us again.

"No, does helping someone need a reason?" I answered with a cold expression. The boy smiled like the devil.

"That boy, has the power to bring good luck. Give him to me, then I will be able to become the ruler of this world!"

DEG!

So that's the reason! The reason that made that weak child earlier was hunted all out by these greedy people!

I was speechless unable to answer the unreasonable talk of that half-hearted child. I can't accept it because he just thinks of man as a tool to rule the world.

CRING!

I instantly made a gun and pointed it at the head of the boy with that annoying half-hair. I smiled in anguish as I looked at his shocked expression and was a little frightened. "Right, it seems like I'm the fool for sympathizing with the greediest creature in the world."

Click.

I touched the trigger of my gun.

"QUICK GET THE KID IN THAT BUNKER!"

"AARGHHHH!"

All the children who surrounded us began to attack from all directions, front, back, right, left. All of them were like ants looking at sugar.

DOR'S!

CRATTTT!

I grit my teeth hard.

It's the first time I've killed someone by firing a bullet in the head. There was a feeling of guilt like a nail stuck in my heart. This feeling will remain until I die.

But in this world, I don't care. There are many people who are not like humans here.

SRATT!

GRADAKK!

The asphalt where I stand is lifted. It turned out that this was a Merlida tendril that was under the asphalt and lifted us up.

"WHAT?! THEY HAVE THIS MUCH POWER?! CLIMB QUICKLY!"

"ARE YOU CRAZY?! YOU DON'T SEE ANY THORNS IN THERE?!"

The hordes who were about to charge at us fell silent as they saw me and Merlida was on top.

"Ares, why are you holding back your strength?"

"Huh?"

I was silent to Merlida's words. From beside the bunker that was brought up, Merlida glanced at me with her pink eyes.

Me? Withholding my power? How indeed? My strength is just like this, right?

"Ares! Your match rate is higher than mine! I'm sure your strength shouldn't just be this way!"

...

"My strength ... yes?" I was silent while staring at the gun in my hand. Indeed what Merlida said was true, even to make this one gun, my chast barely increased. But I also don't know how or what to do ...

Tok tok!

"Hm?" I turned to the origin of the voice, which turned out from inside the bunker. The boy seemed to have overheard my conversation with Merlida.

"What's wrong?" ask her.

"Is the power of brother creation?" ask the boy. I was silent for a moment, not like it.

"Looks right? Why?"

"If not, then what?"

I fell silent again, I remembered the tattoo I got at that time.

"Dreams?"

"the dream? Doesn't that mean ...

Brother can create the impossible?" asked the boy again who suddenly made me think of the unexpected.

Something ... is impossible?

I immediately stared at the gun in my left hand, then turned to look at the children down there who started burning Merlida's rose tendrils.

"Miracle ... huh?"

CRING!

TBC.