Tales Of Darkness And Light
Chapter 47's

Arthur ran inside the garden behind Hirrim's palace without looking back. The moonlight above the night sky made him able to see his surroundings well. How long can his guards stop the Apples? He doesn't know. The figure he had seen just now was no longer human. The madness in those blood red eyes was truly terrifying. The only thing King Hirrim had in mind right now was to move away and gather the soldiers in the palace.

Suddenly, Arthur saw someone jump high past him. Landing not far in front, the person turned his body facing him. Fear envelops Arthur as he sees who it is. A body full of blood, big hands with long claw-like nails, a face full of black tattoos, blood red eyes and a smile full of madness— Apple.

"Apple..." Arthur looked at the Apple with a deathly pale face.

Apple's smile grew wider as he stared at Arthur. Slowly, with red blood continuously dripping from his hands, he walked up to the man in front of him.

Arthur who saw the smile of Apples walked back a few steps back. That smile was terrifying and full of madness. He knew, he had to fight the young man, because the young man would definitely not let it go so easily.

Raise his hand and cast a magic spell. A large turquoise-blue magic circle appeared before him. Thousands of huge ice needles shot out from the magic circle towards the Apples.

The apple did not reply to the attack with magic, it just moved to avoid it. However, the ice needle moved after him. Raising his right hand, a pillar of fire appeared protecting him.

The ice needle magic was destroyed when it collided with the fire pillar magic. Arthur did not waste the opportunity, as Apple's attention was on his magic, he ran and jumped from beside the young man. Wielding the sword in hand, he aimed for his opponent's neck.

The apple reflexively captures Arthur's sword, and Arthur smiles at it. He had predicted that the young man would catch his sword. Therefore, raising his left hand, he made a magic circle and recited a spell right above the head of the Apple.

Apple was quite surprised by what Arthur did. Releasing his hand that captured Arthur's sword, he leapt back. However, it's all too late. He doesn't manage to dodge Arthur's magic anymore. An extremely strong electrical voltage emerged from within the magic circle and precisely hit the Apple. The young man's body bounced strongly until it fell far back.

The apple that bounced back did not move, but Arthur also did not dare to approach it. He knew, his magic was hitting the Apples precisely, and he doubted that any human could survive if it received a magic attack from such a close distance. Merely, after seeing the figure of the young man, he was not sure anymore whether Apple was a human—.

An unmoving apple suddenly rose. Raising his face, he stared fixedly at Arthur who did not move in the slightest. Red blood flowed from his head, however, the madness-filled smile on his face did not go away.

Arthur pressed his hand against the sword. He was certain that now, the young man before him was indeed not a human. What kind of creature it is, in no case, it's just that it's a cursed creature and should not exist in this world.

Staring at Arthur continued, Apple then laughed. Raising his head up, he laughed very loudly full of madness. Slowly, his black hair elongated and turned silver white. The black lines that filled his face again moved and filled his entire body.

Arthur was not so surprised anymore to see the change of the Apple sosk. Trying to calm himself down, he only focused on finding a way to face or escape from the cursed creature in front of him.

Stop laughing, Apple lowered his head and looked back at Arthur. A second later, with incredible speed, he moved towards her. Raising his claw-like right hand, he attacked Arthur.

Arthur quickly raised the sword in hand to resist the Apple attack. However, the apple did not let him. Raising his legs, he kicked King Hirrim strong.

Arthur's body bounced away and fell into a pool. The incredible pain he felt. His ribs must have been broken. Ignoring it all, he tried to get up. However, the Apple had been in front of him. Using his left hand, the young man pressed his body back into the pool.

Arthur tried to get away. However, Apples are too strong. No matter what he did, the young man did not budge in the slightest. His breathing was running out, and he felt his strength begin to dissipate.

The apple sees Arthur's helplessness beneath it full of joy. His blood-red eyes sparkled with excitement. Laughing loudly, he raised his right hand. He wanted to kill again, wanted to see the red color—ingin to pull out and feel the human heartbeat in his hand.

However, just as Apple's right hand nearly pierced Arthur's heart, he stopped. The moonlight made him able to see himself reflected in the pool water well. Silver colored hair with blood red eyes that are sinister full of madness, hands shaped like animal claws, faces and bodies full of tattoos and blood— damned creatures that should not exist.

Releasing his hand that pressed down on Arthur, the Apple leapt away backwards.

Arthur, who had been freed from the apple, immediately rose from the pool while coughing. With a puffed out breath, he stared at the Apple full of confusion. The creature in front of him clearly intended to kill him earlier, so, why did he suddenly stop and let go?

Apples did not care about Arthur, he raised his two claw-like hands and looked at him. Fear filled him, he had lost control of himself again, his hands were covered in blood again—he had killed again.

"Don't come any closer, Mirthy! Get out of here now!" arthur orders once he sees Mirthy arriving beside him. Panic filled her heart for fear that Apple would attack her younger sister.

Mirthy didn't care about Arthur's orders. Staring at her glassy figure of her brother now, she turned her head to look at Apple full of fear. Mirthy knew, the creature that was in front of him was Apple. His form has been very different. However, her blood-red eyes did not change at all "A-apple, please let my brother go."

The apple didn't say anything, he just kept silent.

"R-rue is okay, k-therefore please, l-let go of my brother..."

Hearing Rue's name, Apples suddenly came to a realization. Rue's smiling face was clearly reflected in his mind. An overwhelming fear filled him. He did not want Rue to see his form like this anymore. What if Rue leaves her? What if Rue felt afraid, disgusted and hated him if he saw his figure now?

Mirthy and Arthur just stared at the Apple with a look of disbelief, Apple's hair suddenly shortened and came back black, as well as the hands and tattoos that filled his entire face and body. He looked normal as usual.

"Mirthy, wait!!" call Calix's voice suddenly

The apple turned its head to stare at the source of the sound. He could clearly see Calix and Fedrick running over. His gaze then fell on the figure, Lara, Regis, Mire and Vin behind them, as well as Rue who was on Vin's back.

Rue's.

Not caring about anything, with panic and fear clearly visible on his face, Apple immediately ran over to approach Rue. Raising both of his hands, he wanted to touch and make sure the girl was fine. However, his hand stopped when he saw the red blood that smeared him.

"He's okay, Apple. I healed his wound. You don't have to worry anymore." Obviously Vin's fast.

The silent apple did not reply to Vin's words. He just kept staring at Rue's face. He can't touch her. His dirty and blood-filled hands never deserved to touch him—how could he who was damned dare to touch him?

Silence filled the garden behind Hirrim's palace. All eyes were fixed on Apple who was staring at Rue with an unexplained look, until suddenly from behind they heard the sound of footsteps running closer.

As Fedrick and the others looked back at the source of the sound, they saw the soldiers inside this palace had gathered and ran towards them.

"Hurry you guys out of here!" mirthy said as soon as he saw the soldier.

Fedrick, Lara and the others quickly regained consciousness. They are very confused and have many questions. But, now was not the time to ask, they had to leave this palace as quickly as possible.

"Follow me! I know the route to get out of this palace!" Said Mire and ran forward followed by the others.

The apple remained silent saying nothing. He ran following from behind, and his pair of blood red eyes never escaped the unconscious figure of Rue on Vin's back.

"Mirthy, what are you doing?" arthur asked in anger. His blue eyes stared at his sister sharply.

"M-sorry, Brother. But, I-I don't want them caught.." Reply Mirthy. Leaving Arthur, he moved forward facing the approaching soldiers.

Lifting both hands, Mirthy made a bluish-white magic circle and recited a magic spell. The air temperature suddenly dropped dramatically, and instantly, a blizzard appeared attacking everything in existence.

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