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I left the building that was bathed in blood on the outside due to the body of the magician who had thrown the beast, how strange, how could he have thrown a body with so much force if it is a four-legged animal. I doubt his mouth has enough strength to throw something at that speed and with that distance, after having several doubts, I stopped in the middle of the street. In the distance I could see it, it was the beast, I thought I saw a figure hidden in the distance behind the beast, how strange, then I lost sight of it and there was only the beast. Before embarking on my suicide mission, the elf girl told me some things about them, they call these beasts Cerverus, they are very agile and usually walk alone, but it is also possible that they walk in packs during the different seasons or climates of the year.

Apparently its weakest part is its stomach, although well that is something that is out of my reach, if I'm lucky that beast won't bother me anymore.

After seeing me in the middle of the street it started to walk faster, it was anxious to tear me apart, its left eye was without vision and it had many wounds but its upper skin is incredibly resistant despite having many wounds.

I started to trot towards an abandoned building that had a somewhat fortified entrance, this was an old shelter that was abandoned a long time ago, I knew because it was me who did it at the time with help.

The beast without further hesitation, began to run towards me, I waited patiently until it was in the range I wanted, the Cerverus are very intelligent, the elf girl told me that a group of magicians had already fought against this beast a few weeks ago but it had wiped them all out, that's why the Cerverus could very easily dodge his attacks, that means the same attack wouldn't work against him twice, unless you attack with something new, or just take him by surprise.

When it was close enough, I gave the signal with a shot in the air.

A flashbang grenade came out of a window and landed in front of us, I closed my eyes and covered my ears, the beast noticed the flashbang too late and was stunned.

I took advantage of those seconds and positioned myself at the entrance of the building, as soon as the effect passed I shot the Cerverus in the head, my bullet just bounced off.

This made him angry and he took great speed to attack me, before he was going to hit me, I used the elf's girl staff and activated his shield, I was able to stop his bites and claws, but since he was going so fast and with too much force we flew towards the tent, without However, the beast had not accompanied me on its journey because it was trapped in the entrance due to its large size.

Well, it had turned out better than I expected, that entrance had been fortified by me and my companions in times of yore, it was sturdy enough to withstand the spells of the mages, but I don't know how long it will hold the beast.

The Cerverus began to twist sharply, half of its body had been trapped by the speed at which it was going, it was beginning to tear the entrance apart, it was not going to last long there, without wasting time I took out my last weapon and resource, the C4 I had with me.

I set a time of 30 seconds and threw it under his body.

I ran like a leaf in the wind, I ran, ran and ran, I felt like I was going to die, it had been a long time since I had run so fast.

A few seconds later, a wave threw me to the ground, and I started to hear the building collapsing.

After watching for a few seconds how the entire building collapsed, I was left lying on the grass, the simple fact of breathing made my existence hurt, I didn't know what was better, whether to let myself die here or continue on my way, Ah. .....after being sarcastic to myself, I looked at the sky.

How beautiful the sky was, it really is the only thing that still retains its nature and beauty in spite of everything.

After being a while looking at the sky I wanted to get up to leave, but my body did not respond, I think I had already cooled down and I began to feel the excess of tiredness and pain.

While I was trying to get up I heard another noise, I looked where the noise was coming from, Oh... how bad....

It's a chimera.

Just as a moment ago I was calm, I began to enter a state of extreme nervousness, shit, I had to move, I began to crawl, my back was burning too much and the pain did not let me stand up, I had been holding all this time but I had reached my limit.

I was so nervous that I used the last 6 bullets I had left against the Chimera, I fired a shot every 5 seconds to buy some time, but it was useless, the beast was not going to die from that, at one point my shot managed to wound one of his ears. The beast let out an angry growl and shot out some sort of spikes from its tail.

I turned to dodge them but I didn't have enough reflexes to dodge them all and one of them hit my left eye.Ah... I was a bit dizzy... I saw a lot of blood on my clothes, and I couldn't see very well, in the distance I saw how that thing was coming closer, as if giving me to understand that I had no escape.

Without further hesitation the beast from its mouth threw a kind of strange acid, this was coming straight towards me, I tried to move but it was in vain, when the acid was going to hit me.

The elf girl appeared, I don't know how to explain what I felt at that moment, was it hope to live? Or perhaps admiration for her beauty? Her hair flowed in the wind, for a moment time seemed to pass very slowly.

The elf girl had appeared and covered me from the acid with her suit using it as a shield on her left arm, however due to a small mistake of movement her hand was exposed and was bathed by this acid, the suit she had as a shield melted as if nothing, and her hand also melted as if it was fire burning a leaf.

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She gave a scream of pain so loud it stunned me, I can't imagine the pain of seeing and feeling your hand melt, however, she stood her ground and tried to stay calm, she closed her eyes and started to glow in a strange way, her light was very beautiful, her hair started to float, she opened her eyes, they seemed to have blue flames inside them, as the beast ran towards us it started to throw spikes and acid at the same time, when I thought we would die here, an incredible beam of light came out of her right hand towards the beast.

In a matter of seconds the beast disappeared and the light from it disappeared, the beast disintegrated, I don't know how to explain it, the elf knelt to avoid falling to the ground while using her only hand to steady herself on the ground.

The wind kept fluttering around us and kept going as if nothing had happened, it was beautiful and horrible the truth, after looking at her for the last time I fainted.

(She approached him, looked at him deeply for a moment while he was unconscious, then she took her backpack and began to look for something to cover her wounds, she was too tired, and she had lost her hand, she had to use her mouth and her only hand to bandage the man and taking off his jacket, when she finished bandaging the part of his eyes and the rest of his wounds she let him rest a little, she got up, and took a few steps to admire the sunset)

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I opened my eyes, as soon as I did, I felt how my mere existence hurt me, the first thing I saw was darkness, I could not see anything, I tried to remove what was in my eyes but I felt a lot of pain in my left eye so I could only uncover a little my right eye, after doing so the first thing I saw was a ruined roof and a lot of dust, I moved my head a little to know where I was, I was in a kind of improvised bed, and next to me was the sleeping elf girl, she had fallen asleep sitting on a rubble next to me.

I could see that her left hand had disappeared, in its place there was a bandage, I felt guilty for the loss of her hand, unconsciously I raised my hand to be able to touch that part of her body, every movement was a terrible pain.

I tried to get up but I couldn't, so I decided to give up and look at her, she looked very beautiful, I don't remember the last time something had looked beautiful to me in this life.

After coming out of my thoughts I tried to touch her hand for the second time, I succeeded this time, her skin felt very soft in spite of everything, after a few seconds she woke up.

Wizard: Hello... I see you've woken up, you look pretty bad.....

~What happened?

Wizard: When I recovered you had fainted so I bandaged some wounds and then I brought you back and finished bandaging you.

I tried to look at myself a bit, I had bandages all over me, I looked like a mummy, not to say I can't see out of my left eye, though it's something I let go unnoticed for some reason.

~Mmm... you don't look so good yourself....

I said this in reference to her hand, which had many bandages and where her hand was missing.

Wizard: I guess we had a bad day.

~Haha it doesn't sound so bad if you put it that way.

I was amused by the way she said it.

After seeing a bit of doubt in her eyes he spoke again.

Wizard: My name is Samantha.... What is your name?

I didn't expect her to tell me her name, however it was beautiful like her.

~My name is Robert.

It had been a long time since I had said my name to anyone.

Samantha: I'm sorry you had to end up like that, I wasn't much help even though you helped me at the time.

Robert: Technically speaking, I was forced to help you...

Samantha looked at me as if to tell me with her eyes "Because you are a spoilsport" or so it seemed to me.

Robert: Well... What are you going to do now? Your companions were killed by that beast and now you're alone, and.... What were they doing in that place?

Unconsciously I asked several questions, I guess I really wanted to say it, Samantha looked at me as if hesitating, she didn't know whether to say or not what she thought, after a few seconds looking at me, her face got a little weird but she started talking.

Samantha: we were looking for an ancient piece of an artifact that has an incredibly strong power, legends say that it was created by the gods themselves.

Robert: Gods? do gods exist in the gap?

Samantha: Our worlds are slightly different but they have some things in common, even though we have magic and other things, you have more advanced technology than we do, and yes, there are several gods in our world as well as yours.

Robert: That and the ecosystem is completely different from my world, While saying that, I made reference to the Chimera and the Cerverus.

Samantha: Eh... I won't deny you that our ecosystem is more dangerous than the one here, although that was more a side effect of the gap, animals can enter this world through different places in the gap, that's why there are so many beasts and of different types in your world, normally they would stay in their habitat, but they may have unintentionally crossed the gap.

Robert: Because when the gap opened, the nature of my world expanded out of nowhere?

Samantha: That's an interesting question, I would say it's because your world originally had no magic, when the gap opened it came in contact with ours and magic began to enter this world, in my world the trees and plants have their own magic, that must have affected yours, that's why the streets look like they were abandoned a thousand years ago even though they've only been there for 10 years.

Robert: By the way, why did they create that gap, are they looking for something here?Samantha was a little thoughtful but then she spoke.

Samantha: We are looking for something that was lost in this world, an object that has a very strong magic, and can change many things whoever possesses it, my group was looking for a part of that object.

Robert: Have they been looking for it for 10 years?

Samantha: We had a master magician who knew how to find it thanks to his unique magic, but he disappeared years ago, since then we have had to look for it according to the latest findings or places that the magician had indicated to us.

Robert: I understand, I guess we have bad luck for all this to happen to us.

Samantha laughed a little as she touched the place where I was missing an eye.

Samantha: Yeah I guess you were unlucky.

Robert: Wait, did I lose my eye forever?

I finally started to worry about my own well being.

Samantha: Unless you have the ability to create another eye, yes, you lost your left eye, be thankful that the Chimera didn't kill you with its spikes, you were lucky.

Robert: So I lost my left eye and you lost your left hand... sounds kind of strange.

Samantha: It's annoying if you highlight it so much....

I think she was getting angry.

Robert: Mmm... well... So back to the first question... What are you going to do now?

Samantha thought for a moment, looked at a wall and then looked at her absent hand.

Samantha: I don't know... My situation is quite complicated at this very moment....

After trying to think a little better about my current situation, Samantha looked at me with strange eyes, after that she started talking.

Samantha: I think you can help me look for the artifact I'm looking for.

I was a little shocked when she said that.

Robert: What do you mean?

Samantha: Just kidding, sleep for now.

After saying that, she used some kind of liquid on me and my eyes closed.