Looking at the once busy street turned into an empty path, Elizabeth walked through the heavy silence surrounding the area as her gaze fixated upon a certain faraway direction.
Behind her were a group of four rangers with one of them was a familiar figure to her since he had accompanied her this whole afternoon. Instead of helping their fellow rangers and warriors, all four of them were ordered to babysit her, something that she was fully aware of since the rangers had been looking in the same direction as her line of sight.
At first, Elizabeth wished to reject the kind gesture. She thought hiding in the chief's abode would surely be safer even without any guards. Perhaps, even some random houses that weren't used by the villagers would serve the purpose just fine.
Leaping sideways to dodge the fatal blow, a glinting blade whistled at his side and brushed his neck. A faint line of blood appeared while his hand reacted to the assault, thrusting his hardened, knifelike nails to his enemy.Instead of feeling the fresh liquid and the warmth of the flesh, the claw struck into the wall invisible even to his eyes. Subconsciously, he hissed as annoyance simmered within. But before he could make his second move and vent out, his instinct screamed to him to tilt his neck to the side and an image of his head being pierced flashed in his mind.Unconditionally following his guts, he avoided yet another strike that aimed to his head. Though he might even survive by having his head damaged or looped off of his neck, the idea of being taken captive and experimented with his enemies filled his mind
Feeling the bombardment of the explosive arrows, the gigantic being whose appearance was formed with endless worms finally shrieked in anger. It thought that at last, it would be able to overwhelm anyone on its path and take on a feastful massacre. Yet, what awaited it was an obstacle harder than it had imagined.Those tiny warriors with their little bows were easy picking back when it dealt with them one at a time. Even a group of three or five was hardly a problem. But when more than twenty of them gathered together, along with a mysterious figure clad in wind, they were so troublesome, to the point it thought of them as a threat.However, the real peril lay on the figure whose body was shrouded in wind with movements just as fast as the torrent he had summoned. It thought it was the ruler of the wind and death, the wind was
Panting heavily, Aaron glared at the wizard who was ten meters away in front of him. The wand which the wizard possessed had materialized a transparent, muddy-like sphere right at the spot of the goat's carving. Shiver clawed to his spine every glance he directed to those spheres and his once boiled temper had calmed down by now.For he had no luxury to go berserk in his state. Half of his stomach was gone, leaving a half circle wound with intestines and bones showing out, with a bizarre scene of his blood that didn't flow down and was still intact on his body, considering there was an empty place beneath them.His arm wasn't spared either, leaving behind a similar severed limb like his opponent. But in contrast to his foe, his arm and stomach didn't heal at all, only black smoke coming out of his scarred flesh.
"Gahk!"Spitting out a mouthful of blood, another wizard was trampled right underneath Edmurd's paw while it scrutinized the fallen foe, especially the stuff hidden beneath his black cloak. And again, it's expectation was betrayed when the items that rolled out of that cloak were some stack of papers, a straw doll, and some chains.Considering Edmurd had dealt with the wizard with the same amount of effort as the others, the result might have been disappointing. Not to mention, since that was the last wizard it had taken care of in this whole fight, the only wizard left would be the one who was fighting with Aaron.The other rangers that helped them were already injured to some extent and now have been waiting for their chance to help Aaron for a while. But no ma
At the far distance away from the battlefield of the elves and the wizard, an outline of a figure was standing upright at the very top of the tallest tree in the area.The tree was dead, with not even a single leaf on its numerous branches, similar to all of the trees around. Because of that, the moonlight unobstructedly casted it's illumination to the caster land below, making everything to be brighter than the normal wilderness.An old telescope was held in his hand while the figure used the telescope to see a certain scene. Soon, the edge of the lips beneath the shade was curled upwards. Putting away the telescope, a glowing pair of gold were squinted slightly. Then, he softly muttered, soft enough to only be heard by himself."Glad to have a plan B in c
"Rawwwrr!"Roaring out loud, the air in front of Edmurd immediately created a ripple. In the next moment, the artificial demon has its movements halted whilst excruciating pain emerges in its head. Within that period of time, tree's roots and vines started to sprung up from the ground and went to the hurricane. Half of them were quickly torn to shreds but those ones that were thicker had succeeded in tying up the demon.Obviously, the demon wanted to break free and forcefully rip apart the vines and roots with its strength. But seeing that it's strength didn't work, it changed its tactic and let the black wind begin to corrode and chipped them slowly.However, Edmurd didn't just stay still and dashed to the demon. Fangs and claws bared, edmurd growled and pounced
When she finally saw Edmurd back to the chief's residence, along with Aaron and some ranges in tow, Elizabeth quickly walked to their side to ask about the current situation. Yet, instead of receiving a good news, the information about how the demon would destroy this part of the forest and the chief was the only one who buy some time for them, had made Elizabeth stunned silly for she thought with edmurd and Aaron, the wizards wouldn't have a chance to win at all.Now that the worst possible scenario has unfolded, Elizabeth felt the sense of urgency to get back to the other side as soon as possible. But she couldn't just run away by herself. For now, she decided to help the elves to pack up and organize the civilians.With the exception of Aaron offering his help to the villagers, Edmurd was only observing the village whi
As blood trickled down from his forehead, a series of heavy breaths flowed out of his mouth with one of his arms throbbing unbearably. The gigantic mass of darkness stood in front of him as he felt the warmth, but exhausting surge of energy condemning beneath his sole feets. Whilst the winds still blew incessantly around him and carried his weary body in the air, the notion of him winning this fight was dwindling as time passed.It was unfolding like he had expected. His previous spells which could affect the creature's ethereal form have turned out to be no more than gentle pokes by now. The once equal battle had changed into one sided match. It takes a few of his best spells in firepower to keep the demon busy."Still… Strong?".Contrary to before where