Kapitel 12: ASSAULT ON THE CRACK.
The next day, as planned, we decided to leave at dawn, torrential rain was falling, however, time was short, so we decided to leave in the same way. I looked at them all, they seemed a little worried, so I lowered my shield until it hit the ground and out of a surge of courage, I told them: "As long as I am by your side, you will not be in danger, my shield will protect you at all costs, trust me", they all looked at me, and seemed to hold back their laughter…
- What's wrong? Did I say something strange...
- Hey, it's fine that you want to show off in front of the girls my dear gentleman, but you'll make even me blush.
- Ehhhh… that is a bit disturbing Franz…
- It's okay man, trust us to support you, don't worry, you'll see that we'll be fine.
So, the small group set out on their journey bathed in the rain and darkness of early morning, the chief guard Colt escorted them to the entrance of the village, "Good luck" he said, with a look of hope in his eyes, and to this last he added, "I'll wait for you for dinner"
Everyone felt the warmth of these words, and the trust that he was placing in them for this mission, no one else could help them, only they who arrived like a ray of light offering an opportunity for salvation.
When the doors closed, everything was left in deep darkness, the rain was falling and they were immediately drenched from head to toe, "we don't want to attract attention, so I'll use this spell" Saria approached everyone and made a gesture like a circle near their faces while saying "Clarity", then everyone started to see around them, it wasn't exactly like seeing with sunlight, but the silhouettes of everything around them were clearly seen as if they were shaded with white. "Great, this will help us even inside the rift" Rose said, to which the knight commented, "it won't be necessary inside the rift, for some reason they're always lit, you'll see when we get there."
As they advanced in the rain they could see a large trail of footprints of all sizes leading into the forest, more and more mud was seen, it seemed that it was a large number of creatures, Franz quietly climbed a tree, and said: " Hide quickly, this doesn't look good", everyone hid, and then they could see how a large number of monsters seemed to be heading towards the village, some were round in shape with large thorns and a grotesque mouth, others looked like wolves with three tails that were armed with teeth
When they got far enough away they all came out from a veil that Saria had prepared, "we have to go back to the village" to which the knight commented "on the contrary, it's our chance to settle the matter" Franz looked at him stunned as he said "hey what are you saying", "run, let's go in quickly, if we hurry we can win before a single life is taken" said the knight, however, the others seemed confused, and did not want to enter, and without hesitating Franz reiterated that it was better to return,
- You may not know it, but inside these cracks there is a specific monster that makes them remain open and more and more creatures continue to form without stopping, it is like their nucleus so to speak, when they die, they will no longer generate more creatures in that place and This will close over time, if we hurry, we can kill him and corner the others against the city walls.
They all nodded, the plan seemed good enough to go wrong, so they quickly ventured into the crack, this was a big alleyway, its shape not much different from an ordinary cave, but roots were spreading through it. the walls as if they were veins that glowed red, and just as the gentleman had said, you could see inside the place, everything was lonely, the silence already gave some uncertainty, "are we really in the right place?" the knight kept running at full speed while drawing his sword.
- Aaaaaaggggg, the time has come for monsters to cease to exist.
He passed through a large spiked monster with great ease while charging another with his shield, "come on, the time has come, if we stop we won't be able to reach it and we will die fighting for nothing", drops of blood began to fall from the great hall and as they advanced it seemed like a rain that began to blind them "Rasthagor" Saria yelled, at the same time that Rose conjured her "Valanhar", the rain of blood was no longer a problem, however, Franz perceived something behind them, and his suspicion was not long in coming, some muffled roars were heard among the drool at the moment the monsters rushed to attack them, one injured Saria in the back and the speed spell succumbed at the same time that she fell to her knees, the monsters continued Pooling from the blood pooling on the floor of the crack, "No, Saria, hold on, I'm here with you," Rose said as she placed her hand on the wound and healed it.
Franz, despite wanting to explode in anger, began to shoot arrows killing the monsters, but they died and kept coming out of the pools of blood, they could not get out, they only had to move forward, they continued to flee while Franz took care of the rear and the knight defended the Vanguard.
Finally, they could see something different, it seemed the end of the journey, when they managed to get there, they could see a huge chamber and in the center of it there was a huge pile of human bones covered in blood, Rose turned around and began to vomit, those who saw the scene froze.
- Hey, the monsters have stopped appearing, let's get out of here, we can't do it.
The silence that existed made Franz's screams heard throughout the place, Saria was still bleeding and was barely conscious, a chill ran through Franz's body, something was not right.
A crack began to be heard, it seemed that they were branches breaking, and suddenly pieces of people's members began to fall from the ceiling of the cave, there was something there, but they could not see it, it was only dark as if from a large hole in the roof was treated.
The blood that was there throughout the entire journey they made began to collect inside the chamber, flooding the place and their feet.
- This is bad, very bad, we have to get out of here.
When they turned around, a huge shadow fell from above, splashing the entire place in red, Rose displayed light and then the mysterious figure revealed itself, in its mouth it had the back of a man that was split by two protuberances that came out of the upper and lower part of the jaws, while one of the horns that protruded beyond the jaw was embedded with a naked woman who dripped blood and seemed to be still alive and said "help... mom, don't leave me, it hurts, mom, help me, don't go far, help", on the monster's head there were three eyes on each side of the skull and it had an impressive robustness, while its body was covered in scales like a reptile, its muscular limbs were remarkable, four upper with two claws per arm that resembled hooks and its legs ended in a webbed shape with five claws.
They all froze for a moment, then the monster jerked its head around and threw the dying woman, hitting Franz and Rose hard, knocking them to the ground, then the creature roared and got into position to charge and started running towards them. , the knight forcefully struck his shield with his sword adding the phrase "unbreakable" while forming an aura of light that encased the shield and protected them from the monster, then the sudden onslaught collided like a loud noise, the knight seemed to resist as it hit him. He delivered multiple lunges and blows.
With one knee on the ground, the shield in front and the sword buried, he supported himself resisting, however, the resistance and magic that had been cultivated during the years of training seemed to be not enough in the face of the threat, "Damn, I can't fight." I have to protect them, but I can't keep resisting, it's going to tear my arm off."
None could run away, but it was then that Saria, supporting herself on her staff, invoked some robust and dry roots that created a prison covering the wounded, including her, "it's the best I can do to help you, fight, or we will all die, we were going to support you." remember…"
It's just what she was waiting for.
Just then the monster raised its arms to strike with all its might and when it hit, burying the knight's feet, an immense amount of blood that was on the ground rose up, among the wave that rose up it was heard "reflecting" with a great force fanned the shield that had turned crimson outwards and smashed the monster against the rock wall of the place.
- Come on, let's attack, this is not the time to be lying on the ground.
"Catch him, roots of the forest" Saria yelled, then some vines tied the monster to the wall, while it struggled to remove the ties that kept growing and growing, the knight cut him non-stop all over his body, slapping his shield and penetrating his body. abdomen with his fine sword.
Franz began to shoot arrows at his knees and heels making him move slower and slower, the euphoria of the battle took away their fear, Rose continued to heal Saria and at the same time contained the enormous bleeding of the woman that the monster had thrown.
The knight's blocking and lunging made the monster tremble more and more until the inevitable happened, it fell to its knees to the ground, then the knight ran displaying his sword, but the monster gave a deafening scream that made them fall back and the knight now He was the one who was on his knees while blood came out through the helmet, with a blow from his tail he sent him flying against the barrier that Saria had invoked.
Soon footsteps were heard and the ground began to shake, the monsters were returning, that scream was calling them.
Now they were lost.
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