"I feel like I haven't had this much fun in a while" said the one that was carrying a huge sword as he was slashing the villagers

"Calm down Entil at least leave some for the rest of us"

"Why would I do that, I've lost count of how many I've crushed , I can't shake the feeling of their skulls breaking in my hand"

"Especially when the trash tries to fight back"

When I finally arrived at the village the houses were all burning, there was screaming and screeching while the people were running trying to get away, there were about 8 guys from what I could see with covered faces and in tunics, maybe there were more I couldn't tell, they were killing young and old with their bare hands, I saw one of them crush someone face with just a punch while he ran. The ones that tried to run got slashed down by them.

"i'm going to go look for my family" said Irene as she ran towards her destroyed house

Irenes face was covered in fear and desperation

"Take my bow and arrows just in case, Meet me in the forest when you find them" I told her

my legs were shaking but I had to take a hold of myself, I hope Irenes family is alright

I went around the back of village to my house where the enemies couldn't see me

"Where are they, where's ann, mom, and dad"

They weren't there... There were piles of incinerated bodies just outside the house. When I looked up, I finally saw what it was, or rather, who it was. Malice came from him, and I felt like he wanted to kill me. He seems to be the leader of the attackers. I was scared; I hid among the rubble of my destroyed house.

I saw Irene running; I wanted to shout for her to stop, not to go there.

"YOU MONSTERS WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS TO US" she shouted towards them

In what seemed to be a split second what seemed to be an arrow pierced her head

"What hav.. what just happened... this must be a joke.. irene... is she really dead" my mind was spinning

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I didn't know what to do. I was afraid, I didn't want to come out, my stomach hurt, and I just wanted to cry. I wondered where my family was, where my little brother was. There were bodies in all the houses, but not in mine.

There was a possibility that they were still alive. There were soldiers everywhere some had heavy armor and were attacking the people that were running away. These weren't the usual soldiers that came with the merchants.

"Theres no way a human being could be that strong and that fast." Shouted one of the villagers as he was being slashed

I started thinking, my grandfather told me there were people capable of doing unimaginable things; they could heat their bodies, run faster than anyone else and had unthinkable amounts of strength. They used strange objects that could create fire and ice, That person had what I believe was one of those rare items in his hand.

"...ien...nai...Aduil" i head him say

He had a back tunic on and I couldn't make out his face.

When he finished chanting those strange words a ball of fire came out of his hand. He was the one responsible for the burned bodies

the sky darkened even more, the air thickened. The sound of tortured screams mixed with the sound of people burning alive was torturing me.

a sense of unstoppable doom and danger closing in, I looked for where we kept our equipment and grabbed whatever I could get my hands on.maybe I could run back towards the forest and leave until I find my family or maybe I could fight them just like Irene did.

I looked up the person that seemed to be the leader hovering about 100 feet in the air, how was that even possible. he was laughing; he was laughing as if this gave him pleasure.

Agony was the only thing that came to my mind, the figure with the artifact turned his gaze towards me, that chilling smile playing on his lips. The atmosphere crackled with unholy energy, and I knew surviving this would demand more than simple courage. It would demand everything I had... and more.

That second I realized I didn't have a chance at beating them, even if I had my bow. I saw some of the people firing arrows at them, but the arrow tip would just break when they came in contact with them.

"Where is the bracelet" the guy that seems to be the leader directed towards me

"Just kill him captain, the trash doesn't know anything" said the guy with the sword as he closed in on me

"Entil why are you holding someones head..."

They talked amongst themselves...

I had to think about buying time. I looked again more closely; my grandfather had told me of artifacts similar to the ones he had in his hand in a song he used to sing me when I was younger.

the guy in the tunic he had a black bracelet, and every time he whispered that chant, fire came out. I remembered the artifact he told me about was a bracelet as well; it was a black bracelet similar to his, he told me that if I saw someone with it, I should run .

This was my only chance to buy time, I'll tell him there's one in the forest, it's most likely going to interest him. Since none of the other attackers had anything similar and he looks like he's the leader, I have to act fast before they kill me.

"Hey, there's one of those here, a black bracelet right, that's what you're looking for"