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𝘼𝙧𝙘 1: 𝙁𝙞𝙧𝙚 𝘼𝙬𝙖𝙠𝙚𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝘼𝙧𝙘
𝘾𝙝 10 – 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙤𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙗𝙤𝙩𝙝 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙡𝙙𝙨 The moment they entered—
Everything felt… 𝘄𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗴.
𝗔 𝗯𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝘀𝗸𝘆 stretched endlessly above them.
𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗳𝗶𝗲𝗹𝗱𝘀 swayed with the wind.
Soft laughter echoed as glowing, 𝘀𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗶𝘁-𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗴𝘂𝗿𝗲𝘀 drifted through the air.
𝗣𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗲𝗳𝘂𝗹.
𝗕𝗲𝗮𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗳𝘂𝗹.
Almost… 𝘂𝗻𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹.
For a moment—
Everyone stopped.
Just staring.
“…𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘦?” Akira’s voice cut through the silence.
They snapped back.
“𝘋𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘭𝘦𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶!” he shouted.
“𝘔𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘴—𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵! ”
The mages quickly formed a circle.
Spells ignited.
Mana spread outward—
Searching.
Reaching.
Then—
They opened their eyes.
“𝘞𝘦’𝘷𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘵!”
One pointed ahead.
“𝘍𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘶𝘴!”
Without hesitation—
They moved.
Fast.
Minutes passed—
Then—
The ground 𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗹𝗲𝗱.
A massive figure burst out from beneath the earth.
𝗔 𝗚𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘁.
It stretched lazily.
Rubbed its eyes.
Yawned.
Then looked down.
“…𝘍𝘰𝘰𝘥.”
Before anyone could react—
It grabbed an archer.
And bit down.
Silence.
Then—
𝗛𝗼𝗿𝗿𝗼𝗿.
𝗕𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝘀𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱 across the grass.
The body 𝗱𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗱.
“𝘔𝘰𝘷𝘦!” someone screamed.
The giant raised its hand again—
“𝘍𝘳𝘰𝘻𝘦𝘯 𝘉𝘭𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘈𝘵𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘴!”
A massive shard of ice shot forward—
Slicing through the 𝗴𝗶𝗮𝗻𝘁’𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗺𝘀.
It roared in pain.
The witch from earlier stepped forward.
Eyes fierce.
“𝘞𝘦’𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴! ”
She looked back.
“𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨!”
Akira hesitated for a fraction of a second—
“𝘋𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘥𝘪𝘦.”
They ran.
Mages and archers following him deeper into the field.
𝗠𝗲𝗮𝗻𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗲 — 𝗢𝘂𝘁𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗚𝗮𝘁𝗲
𝗟𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗲𝗱 across the battlefield.
Indra moved like a 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗺.
Daggers 𝗳𝗹𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴—
Turning into 𝗯𝗼𝗹𝘁𝘀 𝗺𝗶𝗱-𝗮𝗶𝗿—
Striking monsters before they could even react.
He paused—
Eyes shifting toward the distance.
A group of demons.
𝗘𝘀𝗰𝗮𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗴.
𝗧𝗼𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗮 𝘃𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗴𝗲.
“…𝘕𝘰.”
He flicked a dagger.
𝗕𝗢𝗢𝗠.
Lightning struck them down instantly.
Behind him—
Varok appeared.
A punch slammed into Indra—
He was thrown across the field.
Just before impact—
His body flickered.
And vanished.
Varok’s jaw tightened.
“…𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦—”
A hand emerged from his chest.
“…𝘗𝘦𝘦𝘬𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘰.”
Varok’s eyes widened.
Indra stood behind him—
Half his body flickering between 𝗺𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗴𝘆.
Not fully 𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻.
Not fully 𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁.
His hand was inside Varok’s chest.
Not tearing.
Not destroying.
But holding.
“…𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵” Indra said quietly.
Varok raised his hand slightly—
Signaling the monsters to stop.
“𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥𝘯’𝘵 𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘮𝘦,” he said, forcing a smirk.
“𝘠𝘰𝘶’𝘳𝘦 𝘢 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘰… 𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯’𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶?”
Indra’s expression didn’t change.
“𝘖𝘩, 𝘐 𝘸𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘺𝘰𝘶.”
His grip tightened slightly.
“𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵.”
Varok gasped.
“𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴.”
Indra’s 𝘃𝗼𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗱𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗱.
“𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶…”
“…𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘸𝘦𝘳.”
Varok’s breathing grew uneven.
Indra narrowed his eyes.
“…𝘞𝘩𝘺 𝘥𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘥?”
He squeezed again—
Just enough.
Varok flinched.
Indra smiled faintly.
“…𝘚𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶’𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘮𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘥.”
𝗠𝗲𝗮𝗻𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗲 — 𝗜𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗗𝗶𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 Breathing heavy.
Some archers leaned against trees.
Mages began healing minor injuries.
Akira didn’t stop.
“𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘧𝘢𝘳?” he asked.
One mage hesitated.
“…𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵—”
“𝘞𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦.”
Akira turned.
Eyes sharp.
“𝘐𝘯𝘥𝘳𝘢 𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘦.”
Silence.
“…𝘏𝘢𝘭𝘧 𝘢 𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘳,” the mage finally said, pointing ahead.
Akira nodded.
And moved.
Then—
A 𝗺𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗱𝗶𝗰 𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴.
Everyone froze.
They all look over at a pond—
𝗔 𝘄𝗼𝗺𝗮𝗻 was standing in it with half her body being in water, humming a song so beautifully the mages and archers stop healing and bandaging their injuries and lean toward the cliff to look down at the pond.
To hear her singing.
She was Beautiful.
Unnaturally beauty, with attractiveness beyond human standards.
Akira frowned.
“…𝘈 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯?”
Some archers hesitated.
One stepped forward.
Drawn in.
Akira’s eyes widened.
Something felt—
Wrong.
“𝘖𝘐—𝘚𝘛𝘖𝘗!”
Too late.
The archer head cut off in a 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘁.
His body fell into the water.
His head— resting gently in the woman’s hand.
Silence fell over them all for a moment,
Then-
The water rippled.
More figures emerged.
𝗪𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻.
From the 𝘄𝗮𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝘂𝗽.
From the 𝘄𝗮𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗱𝗼𝘄𝗻—
𝗦𝗲𝗿𝗽𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀.
Their hair moved.
Alive.
Hissing.
Eyes glowing faintly.
“…𝘺𝘰𝘶’𝘷𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘬𝘪𝘥𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘦…” one mage whispered, stumbling back.
Akira stepped forward.
Drawing his blade.
“…𝘚𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘴𝘯’𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘭𝘭.”
The creatures smiled.
Akira lowered his stance.
Grip tightening.
“…𝘍𝘪𝘯𝘦.”
His voice steadied.
“𝘓𝘦𝘵’𝘴 𝘧𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵, 𝘣𝘪𝘵𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘴.”