Kai hurried to the young guy crawling on the ground and stopped at his side, trying to help him out as he placed the daggers in his arms at his sides.
He bent down, held the guy on the armpit, and helped him upward.
When the guy saw the boy's face, tears wailed in his eyes as he pointed a finger at the far distance where the gate was.
At the look at the gate, Kai saw two figures rushing toward where he and the now bleeding guy were, but tore his gaze from them and looked at the guy's arm still clutching the sickle tightly.
"Senior Corporal…" the guy said, his voice cracking and breaking as he coughed out blood. "We are… under… attack…"
As the last word of the guy echoed, his head lowered, leaving his body limp… and in that moment, Kai saw the blue glow around the guy fading.
Kai inhaled, brushed his right palm across the guy's face, closing his eyes, then exhaled, letting a breeze fall on the guy.
