It was time and the two arrived at their location. The enemy was there Chaos Eclipse. He saw that some guild members were already taking action and battling the enemy, others were more stealthy in sabotaging the enemy, while others would escort the civillians away from harm and help rescue them from the enemy.

Alexandre looked at Rose and spoke "Where do your talents lie? I am a fighter and my best role is to fight the enemy head on? What about you?" technically she was with the rest of the guild. Despite him unable to guess her age, he figured he should still treat her as an adult and he didnt need to baby her anymore. She was a Paradise Dawn member and thus he would behave accordingly. What her next strategic moves were, were up to her. If she wanted she could still work with him. But for now, his plan of action was to fight the enemy. So he drew his broken blade as he prepared for action

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From her voice trailing off, to her eye contact and body language. He could tell that combat was not her forte like his. Which was reasonable. But time was of the essence since they were in the heat of action. He should've asked her what was she good at as they were horseback riding. It was his mistake he didnt ask her that sooner. But he suggested another compromise of an idea
"How about this. You go and find the people of Rush Valley and rescue them. I will stick close to you as a protection escort in case the enemy attacks you two. So like dont worry about me and keep your eyes on the innocent civillian?" he hoped she would like that idea.
That way the both of them get to do what they're good at. She gets to be tender with civillians and get them to safety, while he gets to fight the enemy that tries to attack her and the people

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He was glad he managed to reassure the young dragon slayer, he saw the burst of confidence that gleamed out of her as she used a spell and dashed away to help the civillians. Alexandre didnt need a spell to keep up as he was actually surprisingly speedy for his age. But with Rose and her spell, one could say he was on par.

Anywho, he would entrust Rose to seek out the defenceless and scurry them off to shelter while he'd just shadow her and stay close. He would use this chance to slice at the Chaos Eclipse people that were nearby and eliminating them from the equation so Rose can conduct her rescue endevaours in peace. Although he would always glance if she was doing ok or if she needed assistance. Alexandre wasnt the rescuing kinda guy, so he was no expert on the matter and the people. He assumed she knew where to determine a safe place.

The ice dragon slayer glanced at the other guildmates but most were unfamiliar. He couldnt spot his usual partner in action which did bum him out. But now he couldnt dwell on that as he was with someone now
"Hows it going over there?" he'd pipe in and ask her if she was holding up well with the rescue and assistance endevaours

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He shadowed Rose and stuck close to her, making sure she was safe as she scanned the area for people left unattended to rescue. Along the way he'd knock down and out some Chaos Eclipse members that were nearing their position. He'd see that Rose stumbled upon a broken down dilapitated building that looked like it would collapse any second. She had no time to help anyone! For the sake of buying time and security, he'd use his magic to make pillars of ice inside the building, so it could stand more. Which actually then bought Rose just enough time to gain the kids trust and get them up and out to safety.

Out of security and precaution, he'd pipe in and ask how was she holding up with the recue and relations between victim and hero. He forgot that his appearance was not really friendly. Holding a weapon and all. Thats why he let Rose do the rescuing and him the minor assistance and most of the fighting.

She would speak how she found these two children. She was very good in her retelling what has happened. And he nodded. He sheathed his weapon and nodded.
"Right, we can find their parents easily" he just hoped they were alive. After all he can sniff them out, but he cant guarantee what he's sniffing is parents in safety or a corpse. Though Alexandre hoped they were alive
"We're dragon slayers, we can sniff out their parents and reunite them with the kids" he spoke in a more mentor-y manner now, because he was not sure what Rose knew of her abilities. Though he noticed the kids fear and how they clung onto Rose, just confirmed he made the right choice sending her to do the rescuing

Rose though handled it like a champ and reassured them that he's on their side. One of the kids spoke to him and he nodded.
"Yes we can find them" he looks around and sniffs a bit to catch a scent. He was sure Rose would do this better since her senses were sharper. But he was sure enough he got a scent of someone. Perhaps the mother by the scent
"Come. This way." he motioned them to come with him. Though he'd glance at Rose to see if she had those senses developed or if they needed to be honed and trained. She had the motion sickness of a dragon slayer. She should have the senses. Usually its said the worse the motion sickness, the greater power the slayer possessed.

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Alexandre managed to lead Rose and her kiddoes she resqued to their parents. He watched as there was an emotional reunion. Which was pretty sweet to an onlooker who was a normal person. But Alexandre wasnt a normal person. He was someone with too much blood on their hands. Too much darkness in them.

Before Rose went on to venture more with him, he spoke "How about you stay there with this family. Protect them in case someone comes to fight them. Show your fearlessness." he spoke and then left her and leapt into action. He drew his blade once more as he dived into the hordes of the enemy.

He could unleash his malice and bloodshed onto them. Alexandre didnt do much to protect the others as he relied on his guild mates to do that. He merely slashed and sliced the Chaos Eclipse enemy. He was able to be as bloody and as brutal as he wanted. But he was nowhere as brutal as Tamas would be. That man was a large tank. Alexandre could match his bloodlust but not his brutality. If Tamas was a warrior, Alex would be the rogue of the group. So his attacks were different in nature. Nevertheless both men enjoyed the gore. There were not heroic in any way. Which is why they joined Paradise Dawn. A guild that allowed them to be more cutthroat than the rest. Granted Alexandre was supposed to join Sleeping Calamity, but that meeting didnt go through. So he was here at Paradise Dawn, even though he attempted to join Fairy Tail instead. He should thank Elise for sending him onto this path maybe. Granted this was supposed to be the Guild Tamas learns from.

At least Decebal and Durkos were at other guilds. He was pretty sure Decebal was at Eternal Nightmare and Durkos at Utopian Demise. Basically all in dark guilds with Tamas being in this independent one.

But that was a thought for later as now he focused on the enemy and crushing them. He'd see the other guildmates as well as the person he was speaking about.
Tamas who had just arrived to the battlefield. If he only knew. But he can dwell on that later. He should treat this as a solo quest. He cant always depend on the juggernaut to fight his battles.

Alexandre used his ice magic to deal some frost damage on his foes and finishing it off with his melee. He wondered how much more of these Chaos Eclipse guys does he have to fight off. It feels like they tried to raise an army before launching their assault. Perhaps that is why they had enough confidence to strike this guild. Because Alexandre was sure that Yuurei was the most powerful guild master

As he fought the horde of Chaos Eclipse, one of the enemies manage to wound him. Alexandre used his magic to freeze the opponent in place and shatter him with a kick. He soon went away to heal his wounds. Not much to do but bandage yourself up. He found some cloth from the chaos that floated by and he grabbed it to wrap his wound to stop the bleeding. But that stamina, he was an old man by fighting standards. He was not at his strongest, so his stamina was leaving him. He was endagering himself.

Nevertheless he knew he couldnt cower in fear but fight onward. He could've swore he saw Rose in the distance, which was more reason not to hide and back down. So he jumped back into action holding his blade. Fighting off the enemy as much as possible.

But for a solo man, these numbers were too much, especially for a 2v1 battle. While Alexandre did see the enemy numbers were thinnig, they were trying to take out Paradise Dawn members by teamwork. It wouldnt be long before one of them lands a shot. Which in this case was a backstab. Alexandre managed to defeat the enemy infront of him and deal with the enemy who pulled out the knife and made him yelp from the pain. Before kindly returning the favour and stabbing the enemy in the face.



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He wanted to go and heal to recover, but even that was no easy task. As there were still enemies a plenty. And he wouldnt be able to find safe space just like that. Enemies where everywhere, no matter how much you cut them down. As he fought through them. One of them landed a shot on his foot with an arrow that went thru
"Fuck" is what he thought to himself as he fell onto the ground and quickly conjuring out an ice spike out of the thin air to lodge it into the archers head.

Alexandre pulled himself away from the battlefield and all those in it. Including allies. He pulled out an arrow that was in his foot. He hated to say this but the pain was unbearable. He got 3 rather strong wounds on him and he was not in the best shape. He needed to rest.

Again he went to improvise some first aid he could do. Like try and disinfect the wounds. He had some alcohol on him. Drinkable one, not quite medical and sterile, but contained alcohol so it should in theory do good. He had a flask of some booze with him. Like beer and he decided to pour that on the wound. He wasnt sure how effective that was to say. Its not like he knew the percentage of alcohol. But he needed to do this to recover.

He hated this, but he felt he needed to stay out of the battle for now. He sat and wanted to rest against the wall but remembed his back got fucked up too. He definitelly needed assistance from a teammate, but everyone was busy either helping civillians or fighting the enemy.

Granted he could go back to Rose, but he didnt want her to see him in this injured state. He decided to nevertheless push himself onward, even if he was unable to walk. He went behind some cover, preferable with a good vantage point so he can see the enemy. And he would use his magic to assist from afar.

Using an ice spike like a projectile for sniping the enemies. But even with that help, he needed to mind his mana and how much magic output he can do. Alexandre cursed his weakness and lamented his woes. He was not in his prime like these younger generations are. Nor is he magical like a seraph or something that has an extended life. He was a mere mortal man

On the bright side, the numbers were surely dwinding and he could see Tamas taking care of the few last men that were up there. Because he arrived so late he was the one full of vigor the most. Alexandre though didnt want his companion to see him in this state. So he went to find a nurse or a medic. Eventually he'd find a volunteer nurse and put himself in her care.

While other members of Paradise Dawn would go on to help the civillians. Including Tamas as well, Alexandre though had to stay out of that. He was out for the count as he was too wounded to actually help the wounded and the trapped and the homeless.

The medic were able to take him in and treat him. They didnt have healing magic but good ol fashion traditional methods of non magic, which meant his recovery process would be long. He felt hurt and pain. It was unbearable, but something he had to endure. Although at least he was in the company of a lovely and caring lady who was pleasing on the eye.
It was sad she had to tend to others as well as he enjoyed the nurses presence and he wished to spend time with her more. So only he could do is rest and watch her at work while hearing some whispers and going ons from the passerby people from his guild that brought people for medical care.
Alexandre couldnt help but he wondered if he even wanted to help if he was able to. Probably not. Charity work was not his kind of work, so he was glad to stay out of this. Although the man didnt know of the challenges to come, for his old age he felt this was enough excitement for a day. He would trust Tamas and the guild to take care of the Chaos Eclipse. And the more things would move on where the guild would take care of the problem, the more he could relax. With him eventually being free from medical care, he was able to return to his guild just on time as they would celebrate their victory over Chaos Eclipse. Alexandre wanted to see Tamas, but would see that his friend was busy and having a moment with Lumikki. So he opted to celebrate on his own

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