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Chapter 12 - Hopeless

The statues with the ones holding the anvils tried to crush Natsuya, but before their hands could touch him, he ran and jumped over their arms, giving him a chance to evade their slaughter. He ran to collect the yellow fire with another wood, holding the lit ones carefully in his right hand, the unlit ones in his pocket. When he reached the blue fire, he uses his precision to use his occupied right hand to get the unlit woods, lighting it, then making his way to the corpses of the E-Grades, attaining the red fire, and then dashing to the middle, where he placed the red, orange, blue, and green colors, on the four torches, while he has to make yellow and purple fire to complete the rest.

Natsuya: "As I can remember, don't panic, red and green make yellow!"

He grabs his remaining sticks to light up the red and green fires, using his right hand to use both sticks to make yellow fire, then he lights an unlit torch, which gives him one last torch to light. Before he could act, the statues with the scythes cut his right leg, and he lost balance, nothing but to kneel.

Natsuya: "Ow!!! UGHHH! JUST A FEW MORE STEPS! IGNORE THE PAIN, NATSUYA!"

He reached for the remaining woods as the statues started walking toward him, slowing down, seeing the bright presence. The statue with the scythes started to go after him, as it reached for the red and blue fires. He barely lit the red fire,

Natsuya: "Ow... That'll do it."

Ignoring his pain, the blue fire was on the other side.

"KEEP GOING, ALMOST THERE!"

He tried hiding from the statues with the scythes, but the statues with the anvils slammed the ground, causing him to jump high from the intense vibration, landing next to the blue fire, lighting it with the wood.

Natsuya: "Don't give up..."

At this point, Natsuya became very weak and then stood up with all his strength, leaning to the unlit torch, using his purple fire torch to light it.

Natsuya: "DON'T GIVE UP.... NOW!!!!!"

Natsuya threw the stick with the purple fire at the torch next to the blue fire, and then the statues with the billhooks impaled him, leaving gallons of blood. He saw the purple light; all the lights are lit. The colors were in a rainbow pattern until they all turned to blue fire, unsealing the well in the middle. From there, it arises a bright, blue light arises, transforming into seven mysterious objects resembling Swords, floating, orbiting around the well before slicing through his arms, body, and legs.

Natsuya: "Death already came... I should've done nothing."

The statues, seeing the swords, returned to their original position, while he stayed pinned against the well. He stayed alive somehow and stood there for some time.

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