My Fate System

The newcomer was none other than one of the Fairy Queen's Twelve Wings. It was a literal statement more than symbolic. They were beings created from their queen's wings, and they were far more powerful than the ordinary tiny fairies.

The spirit looked like a child as old as Lucas trained, no older than twelve. However, the presence it gave off was enough for Nikolai to think of running away.

'This is not a battle the current me can take on,' Nikolai knew more than anyone. This monster was at the very least of the C-rank, and it was impossible to win against it with his F-rank stats.

"I am going to take the archeologist and run away," declared Nikolai after sensing the presence of the monster. Lucas turned to him with surprise but nodded after a while. "I need you to stall it for a bit before running away."

"I am not running away," the winds gathered around his body as Lucas took a step forward. "You can save her while I fight against this monster. Be safe, Lyle," he sincerely said.

"Are you an idiot?" Nikolai grabbed his arm. "We are both running away. This monster is not one we can take defeat."

"I refuse to run away from any battle. This is how I grew stronger all this time. I never turn my back to a fight."

"You need to choose your battle, Lucas. This is how we survive. We are orphans, so we know better than anyone that sometimes, we need to run away."

"I threw away that life and have no intentions of carrying its wounds," Lucas shook off Nikolai's grip as he turned toward the monster, which was gathering its energy. "You can run away."

'This crazy bastard,' Nikolai gritted his teeth in rage. It was no wonder that Lucas did not appear later down the timeline because he must have gotten killed by his foolishness. 'I can't believe a person can be this stupid.'

Lucas didn't show any fear or hesitation as he walked forward. The monster has gathered enough energy to form a pair of wings that levitated it.

"I can do the same," Lucas grinned as his wind gathered to form his wings.

The two looked at each other with laser focus, looking for gaps to kill their opponents. Any mistake can give away their life, and any hesitation would make their heads roll on the ground.

"You have disobeyed the wishes of her majesty," the monster began to speak in an ancient voice. "I shall now deliver her divine judgment and retrieve what is hers."

"You are talking too much, old man," Lucas said as the wind gathered around his rapier. "Let us end this show with a single strike. The weaker one shall die, and the stronger one will live on."

"Gogogo," laughed the spirit at his challenge. "You should have listened to your cowardly friend and ran away. But, at least, you get to live your life."

The energy around the spirit gathered to form a spear as long as its body. However, the spear radiated a pulsating aura that left Lucas sweating bullets. It was no ordinary weapon, and no armor could protect him against it.

"Bring it on!" Lucas shouted as his wind gathered at the tip of his spear. "I will never perish!" he roared in absolute conviction as his mana drained from his body. The spirit gave another laugh as it flew upward.

The energy was growing out of control as the building began to disintegrate. The spirit dived toward Lucas, who was gathering his strongest attack. A single desire remained in his heart: to win. This was his path and how he had survived all this time.

As his conviction reached its peak, a change happened to the wind around him. It morphed from an azure color into a darker shade of green, almost turning black.

"Die for her majesty!" the spirit laughed as it descended, piercing with the spear toward Lucas. A tear in space occurred because of the attack, and it left a black trail as it landed.

Lucas closed his eyes to focus. His wind rotated faster around him, and his body shivered at the realization that it might die here. Then, as he snapped them open again, a figure appeared to block the spirit.

"You motherfucker," a hoarse sound leaked out of the dark figure. "I am not a coward," it said as it received the attack with its bear hand.

Boom!

The pressure created a crater beneath the figure, which Lucas has realized to be his new friend. However, the spear did not reach the palm as if frozen in space. Instead, veins bulged on the spirit's face as it coughed blood.

A black flash of light appeared in the sky before disappearing. An object fell from the sky a moment afterward, and it was none other than a decapitated head.

As the body fell to its knees and on the ground, the dark figure began to change a human. The mana Lucas was gathering was never used, and it had no outlet other than to return to his body.

"Lyle? You killed it..." Lucas muttered as he looked at the mysterious retainer. His heart was beating fast to realize that his friend was wielding absolute power.

"Are you an idiot?" turned Nikolai toward the gaping Lucas. "It is far from being dead. It only needs a few minutes to come back to life, and we have no chance of killing it again."

"You did it once, and you can do it again..."

"You are so dumb," sighed Nikolai. "I sacrificed most of my power just to block that attack. You can tell that it was no ordinary attack, as the simple rebound damaged its owner. However, you idiot wanted to take it head-on just to satisfy some unresolved complex."

"You are the one who attacked because the spirit called him a coward," Lucas scratched his head. "We are not that different when it comes to unresolved complexes."

Nikolai had to admit that he made a good point, but it wasn't because he lost control of himself. On the contrary, running away was the right decision in this situation, no matter what the enemy said to provoke him.

'However, I can't let this idiot die here,' Nikolai grumbled as he turned away to walk into the house. 'I may be a cynical, broken bastard, but I am not a coward who lets his friends die.'

His thoughts took him by surprise, and Nikolai froze in place. He turned to look at the unaware Lucas with a complex gaze. It did not occur to him until he thought earlier, but Nikolai considered Lucas a friend.

'It is happening all over again,' Nikolai began spiraling into a dark place. 'This is the same with Sergio.'

"I still refuse to run away," Lucas said as he sat on the chair, waiting for the spirit to recover. "I will fight this monster, and I will win."

"You will die, and Maria will die because of you," his words made Lucas flinch, but Nikolai did not care. "You are an idiot if you think that you can survive every battle you come across. You have been lucky so far, and you won't be lucky forever."

"Do you think that luck is the reason I survived so far?" Lucas turned toward him with unusual rage. "I did everything to get stronger and never skipped a day of training. This power is one that I worked for all of my life."

"And you are going to waste everything for some shitty pride," Nikolai opened the door to the mansion. "I saved your life once, and I will not stay to sacrifice mine. That spirit will only grow stronger the more energy it gathers."

After that, Nikolai walked into the mansion and went directly toward the room of the archeologist. As he walked in, he found that they had been fooled.

"Are you the one who hinders my plans?" asked the woman standing in front of the sleeping archeologist. Nikolai frowned as he saw the wings on her back and sensed her crushing aura. "A frog who has no idea that he is fighting a snake."

"A pleasure to meet you, Fairy Queen," Nikolai did not lose his composure and walked in casually. But unfortunately, the room seems to have been isolated from the world, which is why they failed to notice the queen.

"You are calm," she said as Nikolai walked toward the archeologist and checked her pulse.

Taly was alive, and she was still grabbing into the tablet. It seems Nikolai was not too late, but his survival odds were still slim. As he turned to look at the queen, he cursed his luck.

A domain was more than a place. It was a part of the queen herself.. This means that her chances to ascend would be almost zero if another demigod attacked her domain while she was away.