>>5256442>>5256443>>5256447>>5256461>>5256530Benny runs out of the house in a flash, with you bumping into furniture as you grab the halberd on the front door and place it under your back, as much as the weight of your weapon still hurts to carry, you're not sure how far the boy can run.
"Vlad?"
"Where are you going?!" Your mother and Farnese could only watch as the both of you disappeared into the frozen fields.
His weak constitution coming from over a decade of malnutrition makes it easy to pursue him, even if your fractured soul keeps telling you to go easy on yourself, you never lose sight of him as he's always panting a couple meters in front of you.
"Listen to me, Benny! I don't want you to die in my journey! I've already suffered with allies of mine falling before my eyes! You have much to live for in a peaceful world, don't throw it all away before you see it's creation!" Your hand almost reaches him as he runs to the outer ring of Ilos and into the frozen river.
"W-W-w-hat does it matter!? Y-Yo-u, M-M-me, C-Cindy, Dad! E-Everyone's going to die one day! W-W-Why should I care i-if it's t-tomorrow or in 20 y-y-ears?! W-Why am I not allowed to th-put myself into danger like y-you? I-I-I would give anything for Zhafira to be normal again, I would s-sacrifice-" He finally stops as he slips into the gelid layer of ice, panicking as the lack of friction makes him slip further onto the thinner layers.
"Benny! Don't move! I'll get you out of there!" You attempt to get him out of that situation, spreading your feet apart and slowly treading to where he is as he retreats from every step you take, before one wrong foot is accompanied by the sound of a loud crack, causing a rift that would isolate him from all other sides.
As the fog is exhaled from his mouth, you briefly consider jumping over to save him, but that would merely send you both to a frosty demise. Just then, right before your eyes, a jolt of dark energy is felt around you as the unthinkable happens to save the isolated child from his own incompetence.
Out of the sky, the image of Zodd and Griffith are made clearer. The angel of darkness, now sporting an armor not unlike the one he held when fighting at Doldrey's castle, watches over the increasing despair of Benny's predicament before mounting out of Zodd and dropping in the ice to save him.
