THE CHOSEN ONE II (REUNION)
By Kim B
Date: October 16, 2025
Ch. 48THE TRAP


The battle between Marcelos’s armies and the strange people was very bloody, and the strange people were killing more of Marcelos' armies than Marcelos’ armies were killing them.

The princes, the princesses, Hawk, Lilia, Ryn, and Benjamin were shocked by the way Esther fought Marcelos without giving Marcelos any chance to take a point against her before she thrust the golden arrow into him and he fell dead.

Tracy was fighting with his other arrows when she suddenly first felt her golden arrow leave her quiver and looked at it to see it going toward Marcelos. Tracy tried to call her golden arrow back but it didn’t answer her and she continued to fight knowing Esther wouldn't let it answer her.

As the princes, the princesses, Hawk, Ryn, Benjamin, and Lilia continue fighting, they become shocked and confused upon seeing Marcelos fall dead but that doesn't make Esther stop (still holding the sword) and she continues to walk toward Marcelos dead body on the ground like she knew her mission hasn't been completed. The princes, the princesses, Hawk, Benjamin, Lilia, and Ryn don’t believe Marcelos to be dead because it is said that it is only the sword that can kill Marcelos, and Marcelos’ armies continue to fight as if nothing happened except the Marcs that suddenly went unconscious in their position immediately Marcelos fell dead.

As the princes, the princesses, Hawk, Ryn, Benjamin, and Lilia continue to fight, they see Marcelos’ armies attacking Esther as she walks toward Marcelos to stop her from getting to Marcelos and they are astounded by the way they see Esther fight Marcelos’ armies with the sword with her smiling as she kill them like she was enjoying the fight. They saw Esther's skills were far better than that of Ramsay who seemed to be the best to them when it comes to martial arts and swordsmanship which made them fear her.

Esther's offensive moves while fighting Marcelos’ armies were so fast making it hard for an eye to calculate and just a swing from the sword killed two of Marcelos' armies. Any of Marcelos’ armies that also tried to attack Esther from behind suddenly shattered but that didn’t stop Marcelos' armies from continuing to attack Esther.

Ramsay fought through to Camelia who was angrily killing Marcelos’ armies and fought alongside her as he got to her. As Ramsay fought alongside Camelia, he said to her “I need you to go stop Esther”.

“Esther?” asked Camelia, as she continued fighting.

“Yes. I need you to go stop her” said Ramsay.

“Why would I do that when she could take revenge for Redrick by killing Marcelos finally and everything would be back to normal?” asked Camelia with annoyance.

“Because she won’t be able to kill him and she might end up dead” said Ramsay.

“How will she end up dead? The golden arrow already did whatever it did to make Marcelos look and seem dead and Esther has your sword to finish the job. Why should I stop her when killing Marcelos ends everything?” asked Camelia.

“By now you should have understood that Marcelos is more clever than any of us. Though he makes mistakes sometimes none of the mistakes he has made have done any damage to him because he plans like he knows the future. So do you think immediately he set his eyes on Esther he wouldn’t know the powerful state she is in and come up with a plan? We need to stop Esther from making a mistake and getting killed” said Ramsay.

“But I still…..” said Camelia.

“We need to stop her now, Camelia. Trust me. I have a feeling that Esther is falling into a trap which will get her killed” said Ramsay out loud.

“But you see the state she is in and she refuses to answer anyone. Why do you think I will be able to stop her when she might hurt me for trying to stop her?” asked Camelia.

“Why do you think she went into that powerful state? It was because of Redrick, and you are Redrick's sister. All you need to do is make her understand that there is another and perfect way to get revenge. Make her understand she is blinded by her rage which can get her killed and she will never get to bury Redrick and Redrick wouldn’t want her death which can put an end to every living thing” said Ramsay.

“Okay, I will try but I can’t guarantee that it will work” said Camelia.

“It will. I know it will. If anyone can stop her it can only be you” said Ramsay.

“Okay. How do we go about it?” asked Camelia.

“I did say am sure you can stop Esther but we have to come up with another plan if you fail to stop her so we will be needing the others” said Ramsay.

Ramsay and Camelia continue to fight alongside each other as they both fight through Marcelos' armies toward Esther who was fighting through Marcelos' armies to get to Marcelos. Ramsay made sure Camelia was closer to Esther as they fought through Marcelos’ armies before he left her to Noah.

Upon fighting through to Noah and fighting alongside him as he got to him, Ramsay said to Noah “brother, I need you to pass this message to the others and the strange people”.

“Okay” said Noah.

Esther was able to get a few paces from Marcelos because Marcelos’ armies that attacked her failed to stop her as she was killing them all but they continued to attack her. At the same time, Camelia was much closer to Esther and she had to stop her.

Esther was able to fight through to Marcelos and she stood in front of Marcelos’ dead body smiling and looking at the body. Esther raised the sword to stab Marcelos in his heart and at the same time the golden arrow came out of Marcelos’ heart and went back to Tracy's quiver but just as Esther raised the sword down to kill Marcelos, Camelia got to Esther unawarely to her and speedily used her body hit Esther body making Esther fall to the ground with the sword.

Esther got up immediately in anger with the sword to see who hit her away and she saw it was Camelia. Camelia said to Esther “you need to listen to me, Esther, and stop this”.

Esther said nothing to Camelia but continued to stare at her. Camelia said to Esther “I know you are not in your right senses right now and you want to take revenge but this way is not the right way to take revenge, Esther. You need to calm down”, but still Esther said nothing but continue staring at Camelia.

At the same time, Noah and Ramsay already get the message to the others and the strange people and they all agree with the plan and make it work out.

With everything Camelia was saying to Esther so she could change her mind about killing Marcelos to take revenge on Marcelos, find a way to bring down her rage, and come with her, Esther said nothing but continued staring at Esther like she didn’t care or hear what she was saying and that confused Camelia.

Suddenly, Camelia could no longer open her mouth to talk and felt that Esther had held her with her magic making it impossible for her to talk and she began to levitate. As Camelia began to levitate, Camelia talked in her mind asking what Esther was doing so Esther could hear since she couldn’t speak with her mouth but that changed nothing and Esther threw Camelia away.

Esther hit the ground in the middle of the battle and had to quickly stand up to continue to fight because she was attacked by Marcelos’ armies. As Camelia fought, she looked in Esther's direction and saw Marcelos on his feet and his three Marcs surrounding Esther, and that made her realize the reason why Esther threw her away was because of Marcelos and his Marcs to save her. Camelia also realizes that it was truly a trap that Marcelos had set for Esther.

Ramsay, the others, and the strange people who were on the course to make the plan work out saw Esther who was surrounded by the Marcs and Marcelos, and that made them all worried. Ramsay realizes he is right but they stay on the course of their plan.

Immediately Marcelos regain consciousness, the Marcs also regain consciousness and disappear from where they were to where Esther was. As Marcelos stood a few paces from Esther with his Marcs surrounding Esther, Marcelos smiled and said to her “even though in your rage with your power you still care about them and you failed to kill me. You even walked into the trap I set for you. What a glorious way to end the great Sa’er who was blinded by rage”.

Hearing that, Esther laughed crazily and Marcelos wondered why she did that. Esther stopped laughing and said with a smile to Marcelos “it was great knowing how you died”.

Marcelos was confused upon hearing Esther say that and he angrily said to Esther “that is impossible. No one can know my end because I have none”.

“Don’t be so sure, wizard. I am the Sa’er who knows the end to all things and you are just human like everyone else. So your end is not impossible to know and I know it. Guess what? Your end is…….” said Esther.

Esther couldn’t finish her words because Marcelos was annoyed with her words and he angrily told her to shut up. Marcelos said to his Marcs “kill her”.

The Marcs took their fighting stance to attack Esther but Esther did nothing but just smiling. Just as the Marcs took a step toward Esther to attack her, Esther drew Marcelos to her speedily with her magic which Marcelos couldn’t resist. Marcelos got in front of Esther even though he tried as much as possible to resist Esther's magic who has a hold on him and got a hold of himself.

The Marcs had to stop their attack upon suddenly seeing Marcelos get in front of Esther who was smiling and Ramsay's sword placed closer to Marcelos' belly. Esther said with a smile to Marcelos “as long as I live you will never win”, and she stabbed Marcelos in the heart with the sword saying to him with a smile “goodbye Marcelos”.

Immediately Esther stabbed Marcelos in the heart, Marcelos screamed in pain out loud just like the Marcs, phoenixes, and Bane, and then Esther, the princes, the princesses, Hawk, Lilia, Benjamin, Ryn, Redrick's dead body, and the strange people both the ones in their houses and the ones fighting disappeared together as once.

Zussorader, the Marcs, and Marcelo's armies were in the middle of a battle trying to take over a town that the town soldiers were trying so hard to protect when Zussorader saw the Marcs and the phoenixes scream in pain, and that made him wonder what was going on. Zussorader also saw the phoenixes fall to the ground from the sky and they all vanished just as the Marcs with their screams. Seeing that, Zussorader realizes the only way what he just saw happened can happen is if something had happened to Marcelos.



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