Half the Fallen Angels
Episode 11: The Fight Against Men In The City

Devan has not answered the man's question. He took a step back, his breath was drawn in.

"You.. how...", unfinished the sentence was said Devan, suddenly a foot hit hard right on his left cheek. Dived down, making Devan slam into the asphalt of the road.

Devan slammed to the ground. His hand held his left cheek that was flushed to the ear. Then Devan spat out, two molar teeth were removed. He felt dizzy, his ears ringing.

Devan is trying to wake up. He pushed his body up with both arms. Not finished he rose, suddenly Devan was thrown strongly against the wall until the wall behind him raised cracks spread.

Devan's collar is firmly gripped. He groans. When Devan's body was blown away against the wall, his right hand reflexively swung towards the side of the man's neck. However, when his punch almost hit the man, Devan's hand was thrown firmly to the side, pushed aside using the man's fist until it hit right on Devan's wrist. Devan's right hand fell down.

"Jawab!. Don't talk about it any more!. Whoareyou?. What business are you here for?", said the man in a high tone, the look on his face.

"A. I'm Devan. I'm looking for someone here" said Devan, weakened by being pressed against a wall.

"Searching someone??. By spreading death throughout the city???"." said the man in high pitched.

"Wait. let me.", suddenly Devan was thrown by the man until slammed several times in the streets.

Devan tried to get up, he stood up again but not firmly, while enduring pain in several parts of his body.

"Some people woke up wounded because of you. Go then!. I could have killed you right now, but I don't want to deal with the Delbora residents."

"Delbora?".", Devan frowned, while enduring the pain. "I have to meet someone first" said Devan panting.

"There is no one you will meet. Bhoomm!!!", suddenly the man was already in front of Devan with his fist smashing into Devan's chest. Devan's body curved, then thrown backwards.

"Uaaakh!!!", Devan's back jolted violently at the elbow of the man who was suddenly again behind Devan.

After receiving the attack, Devan was still trying to hold his balance. His face that seemed to be enduring the pain was looking back. But the man moved in front of him. Devan only had a glance, and the man immediately struck Devan many times with both hands.

Devan fell on his tiptoes, his right knee and both hands touching the ground trying to hold the balance. His head lowered, with a stingy breath he endured the pain.

Devan began to fall tilted to his left side, but the man immediately lunged strongly Devan with his right foot made Devan slam the rate up to several meters.

Devan sloped motionless on the ground with a heavy breath. He coughed occasionally. Just then, the small pouch of luna that was in Devan's jacket pocket slowly fell down. The bond loosens to a little open, making those colorful sand grains spill a little. From that slight spill, came a radiance of a reddish-white color aura that spread out in a fleeting glance.

"Haa?".", the man reacted lightly. But because the aura was faint and for a while he did not notice it.

Devan opened his eyes, his gaze a little dark. He tried to hold back his consciousness. Then try to get up. As he sat down, he looked at the small pocket and realized it was coming from his jacket pocket.

"This.", said Devan, he remembered the incident when in Rayyana.

(.....Luna walked up to Devan while taking something out of her shirt pocket. Then he moved it into Devan's black jacket pocket.

Right in front of Devan, Luna lowered her head.

"I feel like you're going to leave, Devan. I don't like to part like this." Luna.

Devan took the small bag, then a little spilled of color sand he held wherever he could and put it in his jacket pocket.

After that, Devan tried to stand up. Sometimes he staggered. Soon he was able to keep his balance. He also fully stood up while holding his reed heart which was still sore hit by the man's fist.

Devan turned around, and came back face to face with the man. They looked at each other seriously.

"Tough on you too".", praise the man. Devan was silent. "But you don't know when to give up."

After that, Devan saw a wave like black smoke from the man spreading widely, like an explosion in all directions. The wave even pierced through Devan.

The man then walked leisurely, his eyes not even paying attention to Devan. Devan was astonished, he just silently stared.

The man arrived in front of Devan. Then the man's right hand clenched, swung his right hand back and then slammed into Devan's face.

Just then, the waves of black explosions that had previously spread wide in all directions, instantly from a distance all returned inside the man. At the same time, Devan shifted his head, dodged the man's fist, then jumped backwards.

The man was surprised, his eyes wide open. He did not expect Devan to avoid his fist.

The man also moved back. Laying a fist, throwing a kick several times to Devan. But Devan easily avoided it, because the man's movements were too simple.

Devan could see that every movement of the man always began with a black wave burst that spread out in all directions, and when the attack almost reached him the whole wave returned to the man's position.

The man again aimed a fist at Devan's face, but this time Devan did not dodge. He caught the man's fist, then pulled it to the bottom side. The man also fell. But before the man fell to the ground, Devan had stretched his right leg, then swung it forward to produce a hard kick that hit the man's right cheek.

The man slammed a few times into the asphalt. But the man immediately improved his balance, so as to reduce the impact of the kick with both legs and managed to stop hempas.

After that, the man spewed out three teeth that came out of his mouth. He also fell to his knees. His head was dizzy his ears were ringing.

Devan's still not moving from his place. While the middle-aged man, had to wait for a while just to be able to stand back up.

("What's really going on?".", thought the man.)

The man saw a small piece of asphalt rock that had slipped off the road as a result of him being slammed. He also tried to kick the stone shards, instantly the black wave explosion from him spread widely in all directions. But everything is as usual. The rock that was kicked was floating quickly hit the wall of the building in the city.

"You.", the man went back to Devan. "What are you doing?."

"What do you mean?", asked Devan, not understanding.

The man was surprised to see Devan. No more bruising on Devan's face. Devan, who had previously stood staggering, was now standing as if completely unharmed. It was precisely the man now who was in trouble, just by receiving one kick. Now the situation has turned around.

"What is the purpose of you coming here?"

"I told you, I'm looking for someone."

"Looking at the way you've been searching by spreading death in this city, what are you going to do with that person?."

"You misunderstood. First, it's because I'm a resident of this city everything is like this. However, I myself do not know why it happened."

"You mean?".", the man frowned.

"Secondly, I was advised to head to this city, asking for answers to the matter."

"Who suggested you?."

"A fairy grandfather, from Rayyana, the land above the clouds. You..believe it?", asked Devan doubtfully.

"You.", said the man with an unexpected look. "So so. All right I got it. Come with me", continued the man. Then the man walked.

"So, do you know who I'm looking for?"." said Devan, following him from behind.

"The person you're looking for is me."

"Ha?".", Devan stopped stepping.

"The fairy grandfather must have told you to meet someone with a time-controlling magus, right?".", said the man looking at Devan for a moment and then walked back.

Devan also remembered the words of the fairy grandfather.

(....."A person who, because of his arrival, had all stopped, yet again walked after his departure."..).

("Good time controller?.”, Devan asked inwardly.)

“Ya.", said Devan as he walked.

"Someone is me. I can stop and run back the time as I please. You should have understood after we fought just now."

Devan remembers the fight just now. The man was quickly many times in front of him, or had suddenly attacked him.

("That explains it all.", thought Devan.)

"But." said Devan, recalling his conversation with Grandpa Luna.

(....."That's a girl's story you said earlier. So then.. Is that guy still alive?. I thought that story was long ago."

"That's an old story. Even before Luna was born."

"Where can I meet that woman?."....).

"But what?"." asked the man.

"The fairy's grandfather told me that the person I was going to meet, she was a woman."

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