But he didn't want to give up so easily. He continued to struggle and try his hardest until he was finally able to grab the tip of the spear with the clasp of his legs.
With all his strength, he pulled out the spear and made the wyvern roar again, then quickly passed the spear to his free left hand.
"Die, you bastard!" he shouted. "Go to Hell!"
Stab! Stab!
Once, twice, and five times Mathias stabbed the wyvern in the stomach. The sixth stab accidentally hit the creature's chin as it tried to grab Mathias' spear with its jaws.
Stab!
The wyvern's blood was pouring out and with the spear embedded in its chin, it lost consciousness.
And Mathias knew there was no way he would survive the fall from that height.
Gravity took over as the wyvern no longer had the energy to flap its wings.
Both of them fell very fast.
Mathias screamed at the top of his lungs and the next moment, the wyvern was slammed hard into the side of a hill in the shape of a giant pillar. The farm boy was still lucky as his body was caught by one of the wyvern's wings.
The two of them fell again, crashed into the trees, slammed again into the cliff wall below, and finally plunged into a river located between two narrow gaps.
Slowly their bodies sank.
The river hidden among the wilderness that filled the hills had extremely clear, blue, and translucent water.
But that was only for a moment as the blood from the two bodies that continued to ooze out and was slowly carried away by the river's current, had turned the water around them reddish.
No one knew for certain whether Mathias and the wyvern were still alive or dead.
The river's not-so-fast current continued to carry the two motionless bodies downstream. And as it turned out, the end of the river ended up being a fairly high waterfall.
With nothing to stop it, the wyvern's body was the first to fall with the waterfall, followed by Mathias' body.
Splash!
Stomp!
Mathias' body slammed down on top of the wyverns before sinking into a natural pool created by the waterfall itself.
***
Mathias choked and the river water he had swallowed earlier spurted out of his mouth. Then he groaned to endure the intense pain that was tormenting his body.
He had no idea how long he had been unconscious in that strange place. All he knew was that when he woke up, he found the surroundings still bright, his body filled with pain, and his stumped right hand still dripping with blood.
He got up and sat up despite having to exert what little strength he still had. His face was so pale that even his lips looked dry and cracked.
The first thing he did was to take off his shirt which had been torn here and there, and used the rest of his shirt to tie up his severed right shoulder. At least, to stop the bleeding that was still going on.
"I don't want to die," he muttered as he tied up his right shoulder and looked around. "I don't want to die. Alie... I have to find my sister!"
Although limping, Mathias was finally able to stand up, his left leg was broken between the knee and the ankle.
"I'm not going to die here," he muttered to himself. "I will not die!"
He found the body of a wyvern floating at the edge of a pond.
That's probably the wyvern that attacked me earlier, he thought.
"Where am I?"
Mathias felt he was in a large cave mouth with a natural pool formed by a waterfall.
He scanned the area and was increasingly convinced that he was still at the top of the cliff as he could see the vast treetops below.
"Holly shit!" he muttered and turned around.
He thought that this one section was the cave tunnel itself as it looked quite dark, also with the presence of some stalactites and stalagmites in it.
After one long breath, Mathias decided to enter the not-so-wide cave tunnel.
"Oh, God... help me here!"
***
Ten days since the Demon Army's first surprise attack on the Land of Purbha, the continent had now been overrun by monstrous creatures for two-thirds of its expanse.
The warriors and soldiers of the Kingdom were only left in one-third of the area, on the West Coast. They are still holding out and continuing to try to put up a fight against the ferocious creatures.
Most of the survivors had been relocated to other kingdoms on the Dakhsina Continent in the southern hemisphere.
But, that was only for those with middle-class status.
Those from the elite and nobility were moved to the Central Continent, Svarnabhumi. Even so, there are still some nobles and elites who remain on the West Coast for one reason or another.
In the southernmost part of the West Coast.
The battle was still going on. A group of monstrous creatures from the Demon Army were trying to destroy the great wall, a barrier to the creatures' movement.
"Hold your positions!" shouted a Warlord. "Don't let those creatures over the wall!"
The Archers lined up at the top of the great wall, aiming at every creature from the Demon Army they could find.Outside the wall, the Knights and Swordsmen worked together to bring down the monstrous creatures. They ranged from those the size of a full-grown buffalo to those dozens of times larger. From creatures with trunks and legs to creatures with no legs at all.As for the battle in the air, to intercept and repel enemies from the winged dragon race, it is the Mage who takes the role. With all their magic and abilities, they try to bring down the creatures that have the breath of fire.Not a few have become victims, both from the human side and from the Demon Army side. All lay lifeless on the ground, with their bodies intact or disjointed. With bodies pierced by arrows and other weapons or burned.The few warriors and soldiers who were still alive down there tried to crawl away and find shelter until the war was over.But it seemed the attacks of those ferocious creatures were
Flakes of human flesh and blood spurted from the wyvern's gaping mouth.In the next instant, the dragon that also belonged to the Sky Dragon species felt a terrifying aura heading towards it. Its instincts told it so.The moment the wyvern looked back, a blinding lightning bolt flashed and hit its body, thumping loudly, and killing it instantly.The wyvern's body split into several large pieces. It fell to the ground with blood gushing violently from each piece of its body.The mysterious man with the wide hood was floating calmly far up there. He took a deeper breath, keeping an eye on the monstrous creatures still raging for the destruction of the Southern Wall."Two down," he muttered. "And many more to go!"He took off again, chasing after the winged dragons that were still in the air and threatening the warriors and soldiers with their fire breath.Whoosh!Not wanting to linger or let the Demon Army rampage any further, the mysterious man cast a spell while flying quickly toward
But one thing was certain. The magic possessed by the mysterious figure far surpassed all the mages on the West Coast. At least, they considered the mysterious man to be a Great Mage."Where did he go?" asked an admiral on the Great Wall.He was watching every point down there with a telescope."Looks like he doesn't want to be recognized," replied a female mage to the admiral's right. "Oh, God... imagine if such a powerful mage were our friend!""Yeah," the admiral replied. "That's exactly what I was thinking. Goddamn it!"The admiral gave up trying to find the mysterious mage with his telescope."No matter what," he continued, "we need to find out who he is. Then bring him to the Central Empire!""I think that's a great wish that might be difficult to fulfill.""Nothing is impossible!" the admiral glared at the mage. "While we have the chance, we can do it!"The mage took a deep breath, then cast her gaze down to where the surviving warriors and soldiers were cleaning up the battlef
"Only this area of the West Coast remains in the Land of Purbha," Edwar said. "The orders from the Svarnabhumi Empire are clear, all the nobles must be in the Central Continent to better strategize and plan the resistance. Admiral, what about the soldiers and warriors?"Another middle-aged man stood up."Lord Blackwood," he said and then addressed the others, "Gentlemen... the remaining soldiers and warriors, they will remain here until the reinforcements from Svarnabhumi and Dakhsina arrive.""I think it might be better to just let the Land of Purbha be occupied by them," said one of the officers on the left. "We can take the soldiers and warriors with us!""No, that won't happen!" argued another."He's right!" said the one in the center. "Letting the Demon Army take over the entire Land of Purbha is tantamount to driving humanity to extinction!""Don't you realize, huh?" said the man on the left. "Those few thousand soldiers and warriors left, they'll all die before the reinforcemen
The hooded man growled softly pressing his head even harder. He became annoyed and removed the wide hood on his head, throwing the thick and coarse cloth onto the bed.For a moment he just sat there, wringing his hair before standing up and approaching the window.He looked at the sea with its not-so-big waves, lapping and breaking on the shore.The moonlight right at its highest point provided a little better illumination.And the mysterious man was none other than Mathias.He looked up at the night sky which looked quite beautiful this time, then down at the sea which reflected the moonlight, glittering like a pile of diamonds here and there."Where are you now, Alie?" he murmured almost inaudibly.He looked back at his right hand, turning it over and over in such a way.Just as he was about to return his gaze to the sea at the far end, Mathias heard a woman's scream from the right.He frowned and found a bit of commotion in his line of sight."Do people like this deserve to be save
Once he moved his right hand back, the bluish light hit the warrior instantly, sending him far back.People gulped as they watched how the warrior whose back had hit the wall hard was slowly burning. It started with his chest turning red, then peeled off like burnt paper, and spread to the rest of his body.He screamed in extreme pain. An instant later, his body disappeared along with the debris that flew in the wind.People looked back at Mathias with eyes filled with great question marks and shock. But even greater than that was the fear of him."Surround him!" shouted a soldier commander.More than a dozen warriors instantly moved and locked Mathias in the center with the girl, the Knight, and three other shirtless warriors."You have killed a warrior, Stranger!" the commander shouted. "And that was a big mistake!"The three shirtless men looked at each other with pale faces and feared for their own lives now.Two of them were mages, but neither possessed the magic they had just se
"No, wait, please! Spare my life, please―"Stab!The thirty-year-old man died with five holes in the face. His body still twitched for a few seconds before settling down.Mathias grinned at the bloodied fingers of his right hand. He stood up and glanced towards the back left."Wh-Who are you? Why are you killing them?" said another person in the corner of the room, a very messy room."You're the one named Aoris?"The man in the corner gulped, face pale, eyes wide as he looked at the heavily hooded man approaching him."I-I..." In the end, he nodded albeit stammeringly."Then you must die as well!""Why?" cried Aoris. Cold sweat dripped down his temples. "What wrong have we done?""You know better than I do!" Mathias stopped a step in front of Aoris."B-But, but we're Purbha's soldiers! We're fighting against the Demon Army!"Mathias grinned faintly. Slowly, he removed the hood that covered his head and part of his face.Aoris grew choked up as he looked at the face that was now clearl
The two had just finished lunch when a soldier came to meet them."What do you want, soldier?" asked Ryvel as he leaned against the back of a chair."Young Master," the soldier bowed. "Lord Blackwood requests your presence on the center deck. Everyone has gathered there."Cindy stood up and headed for the wardrobe."Don't worry, soldier," she said as she selected her clothes. "We'll be right there.""Very well, Miss Zircon."Ryvel waved her hand, and the warrior nodded and left the luxurious room."Could there be something important that he wants from me?"Ryvel walked up to Cindy and then hugged her intimately from behind.Cindy giggled softly in amusement."He's your father, Ryvel. Not mine. Try to understand his nature and character better.""Yeah, right..." Ryvel kissed the nape of the girl's neck while his two hands wrapped around her slender waist. "How about you become my teacher, hmm?""Oh, stop it for a second, would you?"Cindy giggled again and turned around with a dress in