We have to go over the bridge and into the island.
We cannot stop now. Even though the amount of beast inside the island is too much.
We must wipe these things out as quickly as possible, before they start spreading to the other islands.
"General Dwight, what's the plan?"
I speak to General Dwight, but his face is totally immersed in the death of his messenger.
His face is totally off and turned away from the current situation, but. Besides that. A flame of gigantic hatred is seen kindling within him.
"General, we must move."
I tap her shoulder to get her to try to react to the situation, but it's as if she's talking to herself.
"Elizabeth, stand back. I'll finish off these evil creatures myself."
The General reacts, but only pushes me away from him somewhat aggressively.
From his back he pulls out a sword. Which he had been holding.
"I'll take it upon myself to take them straight to hell!"
General Dwight, totally losing control. He started running straight towards the beasts located on the bridge without any kind of plan, only with the sword in his hand and his heart full of hate.
"This is not going to go well..."
Charles was the one who said that. With a desperate face, while preparing his bow to attack the beasts from a distance as well.
On the other hand, James just looks with a satisfied smile on his face at Dwight for totally losing control.
"Haaaaaaaaaa!"
General Dwight lets out a scream as his sword begins to glow and expel light blue sparks.
After only a few seconds, the sword began to expel lightning from itself.
At the situation one of the beasts. Specifically the one Dwight was addressing, began to look directly at him.
Its stature is about 10 feet tall, and it has a rather thick and strong body.
The Beast has a face completely filled with blood from devouring the soldiers that General Dwight sent.
His facial expression is totally terrifying. Showing all his sharp teeth, while showing no emotion whatsoever on his face as if he has no life.
The only thing that can be seen on the beast's face is pleasure in mercilessly devouring every single person who tried to fight against them.
"Dieeeeeeee!"
General Dwight, without thinking about it. He aimed his sword directly at the chest of the beast due to the fact that that is the weak point of each of them, if the heart is destroyed, they are finished.
Using his hand, the beast parried General Dwight's attack.
Now, the beast is holding the sword in his hand.
With the great strength it possesses, it can hold the sword as if nothing.
"Shit!"
"I have to finish you off!"
General Dwight, desperate and angry. He started to use all his strength to try to penetrate the beast's hand and finally be able to attack the beast's chest.
But it is useless...
The beast, as if it were a toy, can hold without any complication the maximum force being used by General Dwight.
"We must help him..."
I say that, as I start to slowly move forward to help General Dwight.
"Don't."
James says that, as he stops me with his hand.
"What do you say?"
I reply with a bit of annoyance for refusing to help a fellow soldier.
"Just watch. This is Dwight's fight, so we have no business interfering in it."
James says that without averting his attentive gaze from General Dwight's fight.
"What you're saying doesn't make any sense!"
"We are all here for the same reason!"
I reply. Angry, at the stupid answer he gave me.
"Likewise, how could you help Dwight? You're an apostle and you don't even deserve that position, you got there because of the help of your husband who is sadly dead."
James, turns to look at me, with a mocking facial expression. Clearly trying to offend me by his words.
"Shut up..."
I try to respond, but it's as if the words can't come out of my mouth.
Why can't I respond to him....
I know he has a higher rank than me....
Maybe he is right in what he is saying?
"What's wrong?"
"Are you indirectly agreeing with me?"
James, he keeps mocking me and trying to break my morale and my self-esteem.
At what he says, I can only stare at him with hatred, but I can't respond.
"James, stop it. This is not the time to be arguing with each other."
Charles. Who is never usually serious. He answers James.
"Do whatever you want."
James just replies that and pulls his hand away from me, failing to stop me.
...
The fight between General Dwight continues in the same way, limiting itself to just being a fight between each other's strength.
"Don't underestimate me you fucking beast!"
"You won't win against me!"
General Dwight, yells at the beast, not giving up and admitting defeat against it.
The beast, just looks at General Dwight as if it was facing an ant.
"Electric charge!"
General Dwight shouts that and the lightning bolts that were surrounding the sword now started to quickly head towards the beast's hand area.
The lightning finally forms an electric field around the beast's hand.
The beast just looks at what is happening, not giving it much importance.
"You'll see how I'll completely finish you off, you damned monstrosity."
General Dwight again shouted at the beast again.
The magic that General Dwight uses is lightning or electric, therefore, it produces quite a bit of damage in combat, but it requires a certain charging process to exert an attack.
The beast's hand, almost instantly after General Dwight shouted that, began to swell and turn red.
"Now you will see how you die!"
"This is for killing all my soldiers!"
"Electric blast!"
After General Dwight shouted that last sentence....
the beast's hand exploded
Spewing a large amount of yellow liquid onto the wood of the bridge.
That's the blood that the beasts have....
It is very different from that of humans....
The beast simply had the slightest reaction of recoiling a little when it saw its hand explode.
But there is no sign of pain or suffering on its face.
That clearly says quite a bit about the type of enemy we are facing.
The beast, after stepping back. He raised his arm to get it closer to his face.
Therefore, it began to look at the wound General Dwight inflicted on its arm.
The beast only looks at his arm, which has no hand, at the same time. It also looks at General Dwight, the one who caused it.
The beast's facial expressions have not changed at all.
It still maintains the same terrifying smile showing its sharp teeth....
"Now I will destroy you!"
"Electric sheath!"
General Dwight, again aggressively re-wielded his sword and aimed it straight at the beast's chest.
"Die!"
...
As he was only a few inches away from burying the sword into the beast's chest and finally destroying the heart....
The beast had the reflex to strike the sword in the side with its left hand. Which is still intact, changing the direction of the sword several centimeters to the right.
The sword was buried in that area, being considerably away from the heart.
"Don't think doing that will save you!"
"Electric Blast!"
General Dwight again once again used the same ability he had used recently.
This time, an electric flash came to the fore. Which caused a significant glow on the right chest area of the beast.
The color that began to emerge from that area is too light blue, it even causes some pain in the eyes to see it directly.
General Dwight closed his eyes before the explosion to avoid being blinded by the glow.
Following General Dwight's lead, both James and Charles and I positioned our hands in front of our eyes so as not to see.
...
Slowly and almost at the same time, we all began to open our eyes.
"What!"
All 4 of us, we are shocked, to the point of screaming.
What our eyes are seeing is completely unbelievable....
This can't be real...
General Dwight's attack caused a gigantic hole in the chest of the beast, just as he had predicted.
But...
The heart of the beast is completely intact...
Without receiving a single scratch...
You can see the entire inside of the beast in the open air and how its foul yellow blood drips from the inside.
The Hole is of a considerable size that you can even see through the beast.
The inside of the beasts is not much different from ours, their flesh is pale red and they possess organs just like us, the only thing that is different from us is their blood.
"It's not possible..."
"How did that not kill you?..."
General Dwight's face changed drastically from anger and satisfaction at believing he was winning the fight. To total fear.
He even began to tremble with terror at not understanding what is going on.
It is completely rare to see General Dwight like this, while he is young and hasn't been a general for long, it never interfered with his leadership and combat ability.
But...
This time is different, I notice General Dwight very different than other times.
He is much more emotional than usual.
He can't fight in that state...
After all, it must be very hard to fight against the creatures that killed your closest and most trusted platoon.
To General Dwight, they weren't just soldiers, they were friends or even family.
...
"Yuck."
"Yuck."
To make matters worse, a foul smell began to emanate from the wound the beast inflicted on General Dwight.
The damn smell began to cover us. Which made it impossible not to hold your nose because of the nausea it causes.
"Burg!"
Charles, was weaker and ended up vomiting from the disgust caused by the smell.
"Cough Cough!"
On the other hand, General Dwight started coughing desperately as he was the closest to the smell.
It can even be appreciated as if he was running out of breath.
General Dwight in despair. He dropped the sword and let it fall to the ground. Then he remained on his knees and finally began to beat his chest to try to breathe, while at the same time holding his nose so as not to inhale the nauseating smell.
General Dwight was left completely defenseless to be attacked by the beast.
"Damn..."
"We must help General Dwight."
Seeing the situation, I whispered that.
I want to move forward, I really want to.
I want to join the fight to try to help General Dwight.
But I'm immobile...
I'm not what Roxanne thinks I am....
I'm not a hero like she thinks.....
"Damn it."
"Move. Damn body..."
I can't do it...
I'm terrified...
Even though I'm experienced, I'm scared.
I'm too scared.
Even my legs are shaking too much.
If General Dwight couldn't defeat one of those things.
What's in store for me and the other soldiers?
Besides, there are too many of them and when they finish devouring the remains of the dead soldiers, they will start moving to the other islands.
At that moment everything will be over...
They are going to massacre all the people....
They will devour them all.
...
"Hey!"
It was James who shouted at me.
As I'm immersed in my thoughts, I decide to look at him, but then I look away.
I don't understand how he can still keep that usual sour, confident face in a situation like this.
It's as if nothing is bothering him.
"I'm talking to you!"
James yells at me again, as he tugs on my shoulder.
Again I look him in the eyes.
"Your dear General is in trouble, isn't he?"
James asks me that as he diverts his gaze to General Dwight's situation.
"Answer me!"
James urges me.
"Yes, he is in trouble."
I answer him, in a low tone, as I look down at the ground.
"So what are you going to do?"
"Are you going to stand here and watch him die?"
"Or will you help him?"
"I honestly don't care."
"To me, you're completely useless."
"But..."
"Dwight has a lot of respect for you, doesn't he?"
"Are you going to disappoint him?"
"The decision rests with you."
Why are you saying these things to me right now?
I don't know what decision to make.
I want to help him because it's clearly my duty, plus I consider him a great friend.
But...
I have 2 daughters and one is still very young.
I can't afford to die in combat....
Someone must take care of them.
...
The Beast now, reached out his hands to hold General Dwight by the neck, leaving him in the air.
"No!"
In reaction, both Charles and I said that.
Hell, this time I really must move, I can't stand still.
But what if we get the attention of the other Beasts?
If we do that, we're done for.
There are no reinforcements in this area and we wouldn't have enough time to call them.
The Beast now began to strangle Dwight.
Luckily, the light armor he has protects him from suffocating to death.
But it won't hold up forever....
If too much pressure is exerted, it will break.
"We must attack."
Charles said that, while drawing his bow to aim at the beast's arm.
He's willing to cut it off to free Dwight.
But Charles isn't entirely sure about whether he should shoot either.
What if the beast uses Dwight's body for cover?
We don't know what these things are capable of.
They're different than what's out there.
"Charles, put that bow down. Now."
James, said that to Charles.
"What are you talking about?"
"This is no time for jokes!"
"Our partner is in trouble!"
Charles, angry, replies to James.
He again aims his bow directly at the beast, this time focusing the arrow directly at the beast's heart.
After all, the beast has not yet regenerated, so that gives him a chance to destroy it.
If it regenerates in time, everything will be over.
"Charles, if you shoot, I will attack you."
James, willing, answers that, while positioning his arm behind his back to be ready to draw his weapon in time.
I don't know if James is entirely serious.
James is very hard to predict.
"Stop talking Nonsense, James."
Charles snaps back at James, furious that he's wasting James' time.
"The decision is going to rest with Elizabeth!"
"I won't let you interfere, Charles!
"I want the good-for-nothing to prove whether she deserves her current title!"
James, Again replies to Charles, as he forcibly slams Charles' shield to knock him to the ground.
"You're losing your mind, James."
"You're gambling a partner's life on stupidity."
Charles just said that, with a deep stare at James.
"Whatever you say."
"So, Elizabeth, what are you going to do?"
...
As Dwight is hanged, the neck area of his armor begins to break.If the armor breaks, there is no doubt that with the strength that beast possesses. It will be able to effortlessly break Dwight's neck, killing him on the spot. However, the armor that is created to face the beasts can vary between iron, gold and titanium. This does not guarantee that they are completely durable. Since, if we expose ourselves long enough to the force that a beast possesses, it will undoubtedly break it.Hell.... I must think of what to do fast, but what could I do?General Dwight is too exposed to make a direct attack.What do I do?I can't help but bring my hands to my head and start scratching my head, as I try to think of what I could do.My face is totally disturbed and grim as I analyze all the possibilities to do.If I try to attack directly, it is possible that the beast will use Dwight as a shield, on the other hand, it is also possible that the beast is not using its full strength. So that if I
James positioned himself in front of Charles. To receive the bubble of acid that the beast threw. So he totally ignored the headache caused by the blow, on the other hand, he completely disregarded the blood that was still aggressively dripping from his nose."I only have a second to pull this off!"James shouted that, while on the features of his face you can see how he is still in complete pain, as if his head is split in 2.It makes perfect sense that James is still in excruciating pain. For, Charles' hand was quite thick. So that with his fist he was able to cover more than half of James' face."Stone Barrier!"James, shouted that and consequently pulled the shield from his back at full speed, standing firm at all times without succumbing to panic, while at the same time maintaining an attacking and totally cold gaze towards the attack that threw the beast.Then, James buried the shield in the ground. So that on the orders of those words he said, a gigantic stone wall began to eme
The beast, wounded by the explosion caused by the fire arrow thrown by Charles, began to fall directly and at full speed towards the beast that still holds Dwight by the neck.As the beast falls, it tries to open again its tailpiece to be able to fly and stay in the air as it was doing before, but it is impossible because the fire has already burned them completely. So, the only thing that comes out of the area where his gualeta should be, is blood. Also yellow in color."Garrrrrrrrrrrrrr!"The beast begins to make totally terrifying sounds of complete disgust as it falls, it is even possible to notice its desperation as it shakes its whole body uncontrollably to try to find some way to save itself....On the other hand, the beast still choking Dwight. He begins to slowly look up to the sky, only to see his colleague fall, covered in flames, as if it were a ball of fire.The reaction of the beast was completely abnormal and unfeeling. So it just stared at the whole situation without
Both boys prepared to fight underwater against the beasts.The combat scenario is not at all favorable for them. Since, being under the sea we lose much of the mobility, on the other hand, as James mentioned, these creatures can move especially well both at sea and on land.This can go very well, as it can also go very badly."Haaaaaaaaaa!"Without a second thought, the short-haired boy used his wind magic to give himself forward momentum and deliver a surprise and quick attack on the beasts."I'll finish this in the blink of an eye!"The boy, the moment the momentum carried him to stand in front of the beasts, shouts that, while raising his sword.In the process that he raises his sword, a white aura begins to spread from the sword, causing its size to increase by at least 3 times.I see...The plan that the boy has, is to use that move to finish off the 4 beasts at the same time."Wind Stretch!"The boy shouts that, at the moment the sword already reached a considerable size to perf
I have to continueI have to go onWhere the hell are you?"Froilan!""Froilan!"No answer at all.I hope he's all right.I'm trying to move as fast as possible with my magic underwater, but it's impossible to be able to see anything at a great distance.If I continue at this speed, it's very likely that I'll end up coming face to face with some beast.I can use the ocean currents as momentum to go much faster, but it's totally exhausting all this."I must think calmly."I stop instantly and start looking around to try to visualize which direction Froilan might be heading.It's impossible to see anything, I'll have to use my magic.If I use my water magic, maybe I can disperse this area of blood.I raise my wooden staff in a forward direction and take a deep breath.I must channel the full power of my magic into the ocean currents. So that with the sea's own force the red zone can be moved to another location."Sea pulse..."I mutter that, as the tip of the wooden staff begins to glow
"What was that?"Surprised and worried by the cries of pain heard in the distance, I try to make out what is happening in the still existing sea of red."It must be the screams of that boy with the hair..."I start biting my lower lip the instant that thought crossed my mind."Why did that boy go off in such an aggressive manner?""It was obvious something like that was going to happen.""He shouldn't have let his emotions get the better of him like that."Trying to make out what's going on in the depths of the sea of blood, I begin to picture worst-case scenarios in my head."Damn...""I couldn't do anything."I try to pull again on the threads that have me trapped to check if I can free myself.But it is again useless.As a reaction, I lower my head in disappointment as I look at the beasts in the depths. They still remain as if they were statues, while holding the threads...."FUSSHHH""What is that?"I raise my head instantly as soon as I hear that sound coming closer and closer
Don't look back.Don't look back.Don't look back.I have to repeat that phrase to myself inside my head at all times, because if I don't I'm very likely to go insane.Behind me there are all these damn monsters following me. So if I slow down a little bit while swimming. They will murder me.I move my hands frantically and desperately to swim faster, but it's amazing how in a tense situation like this. It feels like the sea is pushing me backwards.At a time like this when the possibility of dying is too great. It's completely hard not to be perceptive to things and your surroundings."I'm about to get there."If I get to where my rod is I'm going to be able to defend myself against these things and slay them.I'm so close.I can't give up.My arms and legs start to ache from all the effort I have to make to get to where my weapon is.I can feel my muscles getting exhausted and not responding very well, I even feel my arms and legs getting much heavier as I get closer."Haaaaaa""Haa
Elizabeth is still paralyzed after seeing how the beast was able to amputate her arm without thinking too much about it.The eye contact between the 2 beasts and Elizabeth becomes more and more tense, to the point where you can't tell for sure who will make the first move."Go ahead, come and get me..."Elizabeth says that with a totally serious and calculating look on her face, she clearly has a plan in mind."¡¡!!"It is the same beast that lost its arm earlier that makes the first move, swimming at full speed towards Elizabeth, as it places its strength in both arms.You can very clearly see the beast's veins fully swollen in both arms. So it can be inferred that it will make an accurate and direct attack."That...""Fall into the trap..."Elizabeth says that, while attentively observing the path the beast takes until it approaches her.At the same time, Elizabeth begins to stretch the thread that is still stuck in her arm, so that there is tension on it again.The part of the thre
"Wow....""I guess it's morning""My whole body hurts, it's so hard to sleep in the middle of the street."A boy, with short wavy brown hair says that as he gets up from what appears to be a small hut made of wood that is located on the side of the street.The boy's name is Fritz, he is 12 years old and an orphan, on the other hand, he is also poor, which is why he has to sleep in the middle of the street.Unfortunately, the boy never got to know his parents since they both died. So he only survives on food and things given to him by his neighbors and friends."I guess at this time of the morning not many people are awake."Fritz says that, as he scratches his eyes and prepares to leave his little hut.As he does all that, his belly sounds a lot from hunger, but unfortunately he has nothing to eat."I don't know if it's polite to do what I have in mind.""But....""I think I'll visit Roxanne, I bet I can have breakfast with her."Fritz mentions the idea of going to Roxanne's house and
"No way!""We must go help Elizabeth as soon as possible!"Dwight mentions that, as he approaches the edge of the bridge, visualizing exactly the area that just broke, exactly the same one where Elizabeth fell through along with the beast.He grips his hand in anger, and tries to see through the sea for some indication that Elizabeth is in good condition, but to no avail. There is no trace of life."Mr. Dwight, I think we have more important problems right now. Which we should start worrying about and trying to solve."Charles mentions that, as he slowly approaches Dwight's back, trying to get him to reason in a good way about the matter, but Dwight ignores him completely and continues to stare directly at the sea, despite no trace of Elizabeth."Dwight?..."Charles insists once again.James, on the other hand, still keeps avoiding the falling acid on the floor of the place, since if it touches the ground, there is possibly no stopping what happens next."Shit!""This can't be happeni
The beast begins to move its legs desperately and agitatedly forward trying to hit Froilán, but he quickly dodges it by moving through the body of the beast, using some scales that protrude from the others, this is done with the idea of establishing some distance.The beast's blows do not stop, and this time it begins to use its free arm to try to tear the boy's face, which ends up being useless. Since the boy managed to get away in time from the attack range of the beast.Now the beast tries to free itself, as its arm is stuck in the torso of the swimming beast.The beast's movements are repetitive and strong, but it fails to withdraw its arm even an inch.Then, the beast after realizing that it cannot move, decides to change its plan. So now it begins to put its arm through the beast more and more, with the purpose of stabbing the heart.Quickly much more blood began to flow out of the beast's body, and its speed progressively slowed down.Froilan quickly discovered a new reason why
"Huh?""Where am I?""How is it possible that I'm alive?"Froilan, the boy they've been looking for, is alive."How is that possible?""The last thing I remember is that a beast was punching me in the chest repeatedly until it broke my armor."Froilan, after saying that, brings his hand to his chest to see if he is bleeding or if he has wounded, but realizes that the armor is only too fractured."I must be really submerged in the sea right now.""There are only a few areas with sunlight.""Even so it's hard to see everything around me.""How could I have stayed alive?""How did the beast not pierce my chest and end my life?"Froilan is full of doubts right now, but at the same time he can be seen with a rather satisfied face for being alive."My brother and that girl...""Where will they be?""I guess they must be much higher up.""I just hope they're still alive..."After saying that last, Froilan takes a last look all around to see if he can sense anything or anyone, but he sees not
"Come on, you damned devil spawn. Face me this very moment!"The boy shouted that, while waving both arms at the rage he feels at the moment.Despite sounding completely aggressive, it is very easy to notice the fear he feels at the moment.Subsequently, the beasts that surrounded the boy began to increase very considerably and slowly the size and thickness of their throats and mouths.The boy begins to spin on his own axis as he watches them prepare to launch the next attack.The boy in his mind tries to look for a way to escape, but finds no way that will guarantee him an escape. For he finds himself completely surrounded, with no opening to get out.In his mind also goes through the idea of submerging even more so that the attack only affects the beasts themselves, but this is not very convenient. Since the water pressure right now is very considerable. So that it generates some slight headaches for him, therefore, if he tries to go down even further. It is very possible that the s
"This must be a fucking joke, right?"The long-haired boy says that, while his whole body trembles at the sight of the danger that is approaching him.A large number of beasts are approaching swimming at full speed towards the position where the boy is standing.Within the horde of beasts, 3 different types of lizards can be distinguished.The first type of lizard could be considered the common type. Since it is the one that walks on 2 legs and has a morphology too similar to the human.The second type is the strange lizard that swims on 4 legs, has a very strange structure in its neck that allows it to levitate and worst of all, spews acid from its mouth.And the third type has not been seen so far, so it is not known what it is capable of, its appearance is very similar to the second type, but with the difference that its legs are much shorter and has a much more scaly skin, but the most frightening of all is its jaw, which is too large and long, it also has much sharper teeth than
Elizabeth is still paralyzed after seeing how the beast was able to amputate her arm without thinking too much about it.The eye contact between the 2 beasts and Elizabeth becomes more and more tense, to the point where you can't tell for sure who will make the first move."Go ahead, come and get me..."Elizabeth says that with a totally serious and calculating look on her face, she clearly has a plan in mind."¡¡!!"It is the same beast that lost its arm earlier that makes the first move, swimming at full speed towards Elizabeth, as it places its strength in both arms.You can very clearly see the beast's veins fully swollen in both arms. So it can be inferred that it will make an accurate and direct attack."That...""Fall into the trap..."Elizabeth says that, while attentively observing the path the beast takes until it approaches her.At the same time, Elizabeth begins to stretch the thread that is still stuck in her arm, so that there is tension on it again.The part of the thre
Don't look back.Don't look back.Don't look back.I have to repeat that phrase to myself inside my head at all times, because if I don't I'm very likely to go insane.Behind me there are all these damn monsters following me. So if I slow down a little bit while swimming. They will murder me.I move my hands frantically and desperately to swim faster, but it's amazing how in a tense situation like this. It feels like the sea is pushing me backwards.At a time like this when the possibility of dying is too great. It's completely hard not to be perceptive to things and your surroundings."I'm about to get there."If I get to where my rod is I'm going to be able to defend myself against these things and slay them.I'm so close.I can't give up.My arms and legs start to ache from all the effort I have to make to get to where my weapon is.I can feel my muscles getting exhausted and not responding very well, I even feel my arms and legs getting much heavier as I get closer."Haaaaaa""Haa
"What was that?"Surprised and worried by the cries of pain heard in the distance, I try to make out what is happening in the still existing sea of red."It must be the screams of that boy with the hair..."I start biting my lower lip the instant that thought crossed my mind."Why did that boy go off in such an aggressive manner?""It was obvious something like that was going to happen.""He shouldn't have let his emotions get the better of him like that."Trying to make out what's going on in the depths of the sea of blood, I begin to picture worst-case scenarios in my head."Damn...""I couldn't do anything."I try to pull again on the threads that have me trapped to check if I can free myself.But it is again useless.As a reaction, I lower my head in disappointment as I look at the beasts in the depths. They still remain as if they were statues, while holding the threads...."FUSSHHH""What is that?"I raise my head instantly as soon as I hear that sound coming closer and closer