The three look over the rock wall barely seeing the tent in the snow, as its camouflage was well woven. The wyvern is now long gone over the top of the summit hiding somewhere. Roth still looking in deep focus, staring at the small dots walking around.
"That's sick and cruel what they did! Kid, we need to go down there immediately and take them out fast!"
Katsumi was just about to rush down the hill when Roth grabbed a hold onto her wrist.
"Whoa hey! The hell you think you're doing?"
"What? They're right there, let's take them out before anything else happens."
"I get that Katsumi but rushing at them will not give us any advantage. If anything, it will make fighting them even harder."
"Then what do we do now then big brother?"
He looked over the rocks and scouted the area. Just along the ridge was a ditch that easily covered their movements without being spotted. A plan was being set in motion in Roth's head that can take them out pretty easily. He dropped his backpack and took out the many spare arrows he was carrying.
"Drop your bags, I have an idea."
Katsumi and Mina looked at each other in great confusion but complied without argument.
"I will cover you two with my bow, while you both sneak and flank around them."
"Are you kidding me Roth? Me and Mina will be spotted if we tried to sneak towards them."
He turned around and pointed to the ditch behind the camp.
"See that ditch in front of the tree line. You two will go there and take out the guards one by one while I give you guys support up here."
"That's crazy! You're a much skilled fighter, why can't just the two of us go and Mina can wait here."
"I mean... big brother is crazy good with a bow. Like insanely good, I trust him a lot if he's covering us from here."
"Mina... are, are you really okay with this?" As Katsumi asked very quizzically.
"Yup! I dealt with a lot worse, so this really isn't all that new to me hehehe." She admits embarrassingly as she chuckles slowly.
"Don't worry you two, I got something to help you sneak up on them." He places both palms on their shoulders and closes his eyes. His hands begin to glow as a bright yellow light shines from them. The two looked at the glowing hands as their bodies begin to become translucent until they fully became invisible.
"Woah! How did you-?"
"A little trick I picked up from beating one of the top guys at the Fidelity, now you'll be undetected by them now. Let's do this quickly alright?"
They both nodded even though he couldn't see them perform the action. The made their way down the hill as the movement of the snow reveled their location. Roth readied himself and got his arrow nocked. A small gust of wind no wider than a coin spirals itself lifting the spyglass towards his eye for a better view. he patiently waits for the two to get closer. The footprints of theirs split into two covering more ground. The larger set of footprints went to the right while the much smaller ones inched their way towards the left. The larger set of footprints was inching their way towards a man who was looking out on the edge of the cliff.
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The man suddenly seemed to struggle reach for his throat as if he was being choked out. Suddenly his whole head quickly turned fast, and his body felt limp. His neck was quickly snaped making it a quick kill. The body then leaned forward as it descended down the cliff. Just now a man walked outside from the tent and barely saw the man fall off. He was shocked and was about to alert the others. However, Roth quickly drawn his arrow and shot towards the man. The arrow quickly pierces through his center chest hitting his heart. The fiend falls deep in the powdered snow. The large footprints were now heading around the tent.
He looked towards the smaller set of footprints to see it approach another man in brown fur coat. His mouth glowed and before he could realize it, his mouth tightened with a gold band around it. He tried to take it off, but his fingertips couldn't grab a grip. Then he knelt in agony as his achilles heel was cut up. He tried to scream but no sound was coming out until something sharp went through his neck. His body fell in the snow lifeless as the falling snow slowly covered his body. Another man walked around and saw the body and was frozen in place he went to bend over check on him, but Roth quickly fired an arrow deep into his chest. It was going smoothly until suddenly a man with a white fur coat stepped out the large tent and stepped onto the body. He yelled before suddenly getting shot through the neck with an arrow.
Everyone was now on full alert, but the two footprints haven't moved trying not to get their attention. Roth shot an arrow into a running man as he tumbled. Another tried to rush over but was quickly met with the same fate. Roth was quickly picking these guys off left and right until a guy notice where the arrows are coming from and points at the hill where Roth is standing. A loud high pitch whistle tears the sky apart. Suddenly a screeching can be heard flying in this direction. The wyvern returned and circled the camp trying to figure out what happened. Then it flies toward Roth at full speed and opens its mouth. A ball of fire launches at Roth with immense speed.
His face turns to dread and quickly rolls out of the way as it unloads a barrage of fire balls. He quickly recovers and shoots as many arrows into the beast. It doesn't react, in fact, it doesn't even flinch. Its eyes squinted in annoyance as it charges its breath. Roth didn't have time to run and quickly raised up a barrier around himself. The wyvern unleashed a stream of flame directly onto the barrier. Roth gritted his teeth trying to keep the barrier up. The beast finally rests his breath, and the surrounding area showed no more snow. The pure heat melted the surrounding area away revealing the rocks and wet grass. Roth stared as the beast stared back, leaving him with no more options. He lowers the barrier and nocks his arrow.
The beast snarls as it charges up its breath. Roth draws his bow and keeps his aim stead. The bow glows with immense mana as the tip of the arrow begins to glow with pure mana. To Roth, the world felt quiet, the sound of his breathing and heartbeat was all he could hear, focusing on the center mass of the wyvern. With one final breath, he lets go. A shock wave shook the area as the bow snapped in half. The arrow flew towards the beast at an incredible speed. It was so powerful; an explosion was made as soon as it made contact with the wyvern. It's cries of pain soared into the grey windy sky as it fell back. Without realizing it, it was falling back onto the camp. The mercs were in shock and tried to run away but it was too late. It crashes tearing the whole camp apart sliding across destroying everything in its path.
"No! nononononononono!" He quickly flew to the sky and quickly descended to the camp looking for Mina and Katsumi.
"Mina!!! Katsumi!!! Where are you!!!!"
But there was only silence. Only the howls of the snowy wind can be heard.
"Over here!!!"
Roth turned towards the voice and sees a hand sticking out of the powdered snow. He quickly dives and begins to dig with his hands only to find them safe in a barrier Mina had erected.
"Oh thank god you guys are alright..."
"Roth... that was... something. You truly keep on surprising me." As Katsumi sits in the snow trying to catch her breath.
"With big brother around, something always has to end aggressively hahaha."
"Hey it's not like I asked for this okay!" Katsumi and Mina chuckled as Roth gave an exhausted sigh. He looks towards the ruin campsite hoping to salvage what little is left from the wreckage.