The East Wall
“I will end you first, then will kill every single insect beyond that wall.” The monster looked at Miles in hatred as she held her shoulder. Fine blood drops were accumulating under her hand where she was grazed by the arrow. Although its level was low, the energy Miles used made it possible for a seemingly weak arrow to injure the monster.
“You talk too much.” Miles dashed towards the monster, still holding the sword and the crossbow. There were 9 more arrows jammed inside the bolt chamber of the weapon. He raised it towards the monster and fired.
Butterfly woman was expecting this attack and dodged with a finesse. Her gracious wings fluttered as she floated away from the arrow, but while her attention was on the streaming arrow, Miles jumped over five meters thanks to the energy and his overdeveloped muscles and swung his sword down.
His opponent wasn’t weak at all. She was the overlord of part of the insect forest. With the Moth-woman and one other, three were ruling the expansive forest. In the G-Circle she was one of the strongest monsters.
‘I will not let you trample me! After Ice Dragon found death and that black menace left, nothing in this circle can threaten me. Nothing!’ She shouted in her heart.
Miles, who was swinging his sword from above, looked shocked when his opponent dodged the attack. The beast flew backward, and the sword, which should have cut one of her arms, hit nothing.
But in the next second, her eyes opened wide in surprise. A slash of blazing fire was flying towards her. It was too fast for her to dodge. She could only defend it.
Butterfly-woman wrapped her body in her wings, and silks started to cover her body. But as if paper shields, they burned away even before the slash arrived in front of the monster.
“First Shot!” A scream reverberated in the forest while the monster was unable to see what was happening. At first, she felt the temperature rising. But in less than a second, the pain spread through her body. Her wings had nasty wounds but cauterized with the same flames, thus weren’t bleeding.
But before she could gather her wits, a bolt pierced through her wing and stabbed on her shoulder. The energy seeped into the arrow that invaded her body through the wound and disrupted her flow. She could only look at the wound in shock while her wings were too injured to keep her floating.
“Second Shot!”
She looked at the source of the voice and heard the hateful voice. The smirk on that hateful face was making it worse. She couldn’t stand to see it. She wanted nothing more than killing that man, but she was helplessly floating down. She couldn’t even flap her wings to escape. The second arrow hit her on her leg calf.
“Third Shot!”
The hateful arrow pierced through her stomach. Further disturbed her flow. She couldn’t even use silks to escape from her inevitable demise. She could only look back in hatred.
“Fourth Shot!”
Her left-wing, burnt and damaged, now had a hole in it. She was still awake, thus could feel the pain. But being pierced by an arrow hurt every single time. ‘I wish I was unconscious.’
“Fifth Shot!”
Her shoulder pierced through.
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“Six Shot!”
Her arm was grazed. She could dodge by only relying on her luck.
“You shall never pass! You will never pass through these walls and hurt people in there.” Miles spat in hatred as he aimed the crossbow towards the monster. “The Seven Shots of Victory” was a bow technique, but now that he had awakened energy, he could use it with the crossbow as well despite not being able to perform all the premoves. After all lots of the premoves were about drawing the string which was different for the crossbow.
“The Seventh Shot of Victory!”
The arrow cut through the air and flew straight towards the falling monster’s head. Two wide-open eyes were looking at the arrow. Miles could see the multiple pupils were constricted. They were all focused on the arrow, but there was nothing for the monster to dodge the arrow.
It was destined to penetrate her brain and kill her. Nothing could stop its advance. Nothing.
True to its path, the arrow arrived at its destination and met with pale, flawless skin. The sharp point of the arrow made the first cut, but before blood could splash, the arrow pierced through the skull and arrived at the brain, but the power of the arrow was too strong. No bone, no meat could stop its advance. In no time at all, it came out from the other side. Painted the tree in red and pink.
The monster fell to the branch. Dead.
“BOOOOOM!”
An explosion reverberated in the forest. Miles looked towards the west in fear.
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The North Wall
The purple mask on Zall’s face shone with ominous sheen. The monster could see that the mask wasn’t simple, although he didn’t know what it was, he could feel the curse.
But in the next second, his fears came true. Two lights left the eye sockets of the mask and fell down on his body. Before he could run away, the lights left two marks on his chest. He swiped them in terror and cried in pain only to realize it wasn’t painful at all and he couldn’t make them go away.
“Make him bleed on those marks,” Zall told Mihr while he fished out an orb. The orb melted into a shield. Zall held the shield in front of him as he charged forward. When he was in front of the monster he threw the shield in the air. While the monster was looking towards the shield with one set of pupils, the rest were on Zall.
Zall’s thick arms grabbed the monster and pinned him on his body. The beast jerked in panic, but couldn’t overpower the monster no matter what.
“Got it!” Mihr, who had just gathered his wits, ran towards the duo with the sword of light in his hand.
The little boy, who felt his end, looked around in panic and his bones started to pierce his skin. Every centimeter of his skin was pierced by a bone, and all stabbed towards Zall, but no matter how much he attacked, he couldn’t make that giant man drop him. He wasn’t even budging.
Before he could cry, the sword made of light cut through his skin where the first mark was. The sword couldn’t pierce his ribs, thus it wasn’t lethal, but he still didn’t know what would happen to him if two marks were covered in blood.
“Quick!” Zall shouted.
“Alright, alright!” Mihr nodded and swung his blade once again. When the second mark was bleeding as well, something unbelievable happened. Two wounds had closed on their own, and there was no more blood on them. Marks were gone too. As if Mihr didn’t cut the skin in the first place.
Mihr looked at the boy in surprise, while the boy was looking all over his body. Just as he was about to rejoice and attack the sword-holding man, he suddenly lost his power. He fell to the ground, and in a few seconds, he was dead.
“You shall never pass through me.” Zall silently muttered as he looked at the body in regret.
“BOOOOOM!”
An explosion reverberated in the forest. Mihr and Zall looked towards the southwest in fear.
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The South Wall
“Enough is enough,” Xavic answered back, as a bolt of lightning fell on top of the monster who had just escaped from her shackles. When hit by the small but fast lightning, the little girl cried in pain and was stunned once again.
“You should kill her now.” Xavic urged Porseila. The latter, who was daydreaming, woke up and dashed towards the monster. The rapier in her hand flew fast towards the monster’s head. The beast looked at the approaching sword in fear. Her short life ended too quickly.
She hasn’t even kissed a boy yet. Why was she so unlucky. What was her sin? Why did the Seminarian Ivo bring them out of their haven? They were living in peace and weren't bothering anyone. There were some things causing them pain and disturbance, but they were manageable.
Now, she couldn’t even feel those anymore. She would die. Would lose her chance to do things she always dreamed of. She couldn’t even kiss a boy. She would just vanish from existence and no one would even remember her.
“Why?” She wanted to shout but even that privilege had been taken from her. She died.
“BOOOOOM!”
An explosion reverberated in the forest. Porseila and Xavic looked towards the northwest in fear.