Bonus Chapter (part 5) Icarus’ Perspective Ten years before joining the Elite team of the Crimson Guild _______________________________ When I stretched both of my arms to attack each gryphon, which was akin to a nuke, the sphere collided and dealt considerable damage against the mythical creatures. The towering gryphon behind me who was the first enemy I targetted received considerable damage as it flapped its wings and tried smashing its body and head against the nearby mountains. Time healed the burning wings of the gigantic gryphon, but the wounds it had received were considerable enough to slow down its movement. As that happened, that colossal gryphon looked like it had a weakness against fire attributes. Fortunately, I could generate flames out of my hands as if it was second nature. The smaller gryphon tried attacking us by using its body and beak as its means to deal damage against our group, compared to the larger gryphon who used its magic and conjured a spell out of it
Bonus Chapter (part 6) Icarus’ Perspective Ten years before joining the Elite team of the Crimson Guild _______________________________ Since, logically speaking, I didn’t have to precast my phoenix spell, which was the Icarus ability that was derived from my name, I let it act as my passive ability and activate it if my body felt like I was going to die. The skill was broken, but I still had to keep in mind the usage of my spell and the chance I could use it. If I activated [Phoenix] too soon or without doing anything, that would mean having a lesser chance of me defeating the gryphon in front of me. Lava manipulation was useless for now, since the terrain of this place was filled with rocks, sands, and mud without fire. And I doubted that the smaller gryphon could cast magic, especially when that monster only attacked me using physical moves. But I could get the gigantic gryphon to use its spells against me, considering that monster could cast skills just like my fire attribute
Bonus Chapter (part 7)Icarus’ PerspectiveTen years before joining the Elite team of the Crimson Guild__________________________________________Nevertheless, the statue-like girl didn’t stop me from fending off the smaller gryphon and buying some time for the magic circle to complete. Since it had come to this, I used a wall of fire around the girl and blocked the gryphon’s vision. It would not be enough to use the pillar of flames to attack the gryphon, but it was enough to distract the gryphon from coming closer in our direction. I just had to buy time for the magic circle to appear cast by the towering gryphon. And even though there was a scarlet wall of flames in front of me, I knew exactly where the gryphon was. It was because I was the one who cast the spell.So I grabbed the girl out of the place and took her away from the fight. The other student who had already made a huge lead bypassed the gryphon and went behind the rock, leaving the two of us behind. But since she had
Bonus Chapter (part 8)Icarus’ PerspectiveTen years before joining the Elite team of the Crimson Guild__________________________________________“Come here, you little bastard! I won’t let you kill anyone!” I shouted, while arresting the gryphon from its freedom to move around. The mythical creature did everything it could to free itself from the approaching doom. Woefully, the two of us would be caught by the magical spell. And I knew that I couldn’t leave and save myself from this place. The only important thing now was I saved the girl as she headed away from this dangerous site and went to a safer ground. I didn’t know what was ahead of us, but I sure wished that environment wasn’t as deadly as this.Suddenly, everything surrounding me turned bright. My eyes perceived nothing but a flash akin to a diamond house covering my environment. I didn’t close them. I let my orbs accept my faith, while my body shivered in fear. My existence was two worlds apart. But I knew that I did the
Bonus Chapter (part 9) Icarus’ Perspective ____________________________ The man who had approached me was just a regular soldier without abilities. This man didn’t look like he was an English man residing inside my country. My eyes also didn’t deceive me as I scrutinised the man’s weapon, only to learn that it didn’t have any supernatural effects. It was just a plain old rifle as ancient as the wielder. I had no doubt about it. But despite his average weapon and species, the old man had a buff body that could crush my head with his bulky arms and fist. And judging from the old bloke’s eyes, it seemed that this person had undergone more intense, terrifying, and viscous events than this place. Within a few moments, just before I could pass out, one girl and a guy caught my eyes. The lady wore an outfit dyed in white. The girl looked like an angel in disguise with that uniform. But with the soldiers backing her up, I could only guess she was someone important in the group. And when I
Will Valve’s Perspective Bonus Chapter (part 10) This event took place after Will invited Icarus to the Crimson Guild ______________________ I had retired five years ago from the military thanks to the peace we currently experience. Even terrorists were silenced, and I had never heard anything from them every since, thanks to the United Nations. I made a family throughout those five years. I had a loving wife and a daughter that I cherished. My daughter’s name was Tris. When she arrived in this world, I knew that I was living the perfect life that I had envisioned in my dreams. There was nothing else that put a smile on my face besides the smiles of my wife and my daughter. But my family was easily taken away. In the blink of an eye, the world took everything from me. Not everyone…. Fortunately, someone was still alive. When I returned home, my house was turned into nothing but ashes. As I glanced at the side, the entire neighbourhood was engulfed with flames. And there were cr
Will Valve’s PerspectiveBonus Chapter (part 10)______________________Goblins, according to children’s books and games played by these noisy teenagers, were little rascals that were smelly and odd-looking. They feared death, but these goblins also acted cocky because of their numbers when they attacked. And their traits weren’t different right now when these green monsters wanted to kill us inside the cave. After announcing our presence, every monster within our vicinity chased our tails.Besides the goblin, there may be more creatures lurking in the shadows. I had faced tanks, bombs, airplanes, and even an army. Luckily, I survived those attacks and numbers. However, I only did that because of my training I underwent when I was still in my prime. Thankfully, the training had also included supernatural phenomena closely related toi what was happening right now.I still had my handgun with me and my combat knife hidden in my scabbard. If the situation calls for it, I will have no oth
Will Valve’s Perspective Bonus Chapter (part 11) ______________________ Just as I was having a personal talk with my daughter, some goblins stabbed my back using their rocks as their weapon. The sharpened stone pierced through my skin as the sword ripped through my chest. Fortunately, the blade didn’t cut through my heart or any other organs beside it. But I suspected that the strike broke my ribs, cut my veins, and ultimately caused me to bleed out. My eyes couldn’t keep up as blood kept gushing out from my back and front. As time passed by, my legs wobbled like springs and wished to lay flat on the ground. But the job here was not yet done as the goblins continued smacking my head using their fists. However, the pain coursing through my back negated those hits. Unfortunately, my body knew better than me as I slowly kissed the ground. “Tris… Get back… Save yourself… I love you, Tris… Daddy loves you.” I knew this was the end, so I exchanged goodbyes with my daughter and pleaded