Capítulo 22: A battle to survive [2]

"Ugh, it hurts... W-what happened?" As Sylviette finally regained consciousness, she opened her eyes, revealing their beautiful color, only to see fire and destruction surrounding her.

'W-what happened to everyone else...'

As she looked around, she saw burnt body parts, which made her feel sick to her stomach. Looking further ahead in the distance, she spotted Lucas and another person talking to each other, making her eyes go wide open.

'A dark elf!'

'I need to go help hi-'

[Dont. Father is angry...]

Hearing a voice in her head, she panicked and spotted a cat with majestic black fur and blood-red eyes next to her feet. She recognized the cat. It was Lucas's cat, who didn't leave his side no matter what.

"W-what... did you just speak?" she asked in a bewildered tone.

[hmm I can send my thoughts to your mind. You can do the same by just thinking what you want to say to me and saying it in your mind]

"I-I see. So, you have the ability to talk..."

"What did you mean by 'father is angry'?"

[mm, Father, I mean Lucas, is angry at the dark elf. If you help, you will be in the way.]

She couldn't help but furrow her brows at this statement.

"I am not so weak, you know that I would be in the way when I want to help him."

[mm I know, but what I mean is that even though you are strong, father is stronger. He will destroy everything until he kills that man who almost hurt us... and killed the humans and elves outside the carriage.]

Hearing what the black cat said, she couldn't help but widen her eyes.

'Everyone is dead? Even Sir Gerhald?'

"Then I definitely need to help him. Sir Gerhald was a high 7-star level mage... If even he died, then Lucas can't handle him alo-"

Before she could finish her sentence, she felt a pressure as if a whole planet fell on her shoulder. Cracks started appearing on the ground all around her.

Gazing at the source of her discomfort, she saw something she would never forget...

Instead of seeing Lucas, she saw a colossal creature with white scales and blood-red eyes. It had two huge wings on its back and a huge tail. Seeing it, she fell on her back out of pure fear, and in the next second when she blinked, the creature was gone, and she saw Lucas with red and black energy type of aura surrounding his body.

Then he disappeared from his spot...

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"Huh, who said I was gonna die? As if someone as fucking weak as you is enough for that."

He was pissed hearing the white-haired boy mocking him like that, someone who was obviously weaker than him. As he watched the boy get in position with his knees bent and back bent forward while holding his sword at his waist to fight, he scoffed inwardly.

'Does he really think he stands a chance?'

Before he could finish thinking, he felt as if a planet crashed on top of him as the ground around them began cracking and breaking apart. Gazing at the source, he saw something that almost made him fall back, yet out of sheer will, he held on.

He saw a huge colossal creature with white scales as snow and blood-red eyes, the creature had two huge wings on its back and a huge tail.

When he blinked, the pressure was gone as if it was never there, and he saw the boy still in his position with red and black energy surrounding him that made him feel like he was extremely inferior to the boy with white hair.

The second time he blinked, the boy was gone...

The third time he blinked...

The boy was suddenly in front of him out of nowhere. He didn't see him move at all; he was just there as if he always was. His brain screamed for him to dodge or he would die, so he did. He crouched down and saw the boy swing his sword horizontally, meant to decapitate his head. The swing sent out ripples of shockwaves. Again his brain screamed to dodge because of a skill he had, [danger sense], and so he did. He jumped as far back as he could, yet his brain kept screaming to still dodge, so he moved to his left after landing at the first alert.

He saw the boy swing his sword vertically with red energy enveloped on his sword, [sword aura], and when the boy finally swung where he previously stood crouched, nothing happened....

As if the world itself still had to register what happened, suddenly the ground exploded and cracked, and a deep long cut appeared where the boy was to where he previously was when he jumped back, and it kept going where even his eyes couldn't see.

'W-what! What is this kid!? No, no way he is human!? That monster can't be human!?'

As if the boy himself heard his thoughts, without giving him a chance to catch his breath, the boy aimed his right palm at him while his sword was in his left hand and channeled his mana. The boy closed his hand tightly into a fist.

He was confused at first, but then he felt the ground vibrating. He didn't understand what was happening; his skill [danger sense] kept screaming alarm bells while the ground was vibrating.

Suddenly, he felt the ground underneath him heat up, and that's when he finally understood...

'SHIT!'

He instantly used his mana this time and controlled the wind on his feet, running straight to his left.

As he gazed back to where he previously stood, the ground cracked even more, and the next second, a huge pillar of fire erupted out of the ground, reaching the heavens themselves.

'OI OI, YOU HAVE TO BE FUCKING KIDDING ME! HOW CAN THIS MONSTER BE SO SKILLED AT SWORD AND MAGIC AT THE SAME TIME? THIS IS UNFAIR!'

As he stopped running, he gazed back at the boy with white hair and saw his right hand aimed above him as hundreds of red lightning javelins surrounded him. When he swung his arm down, all the javelins shot rapidly, one by one, at him.

'Well, fuck...'

He crouched down and put his palm on the ground, sending mana into it as huge stone walls started erupting from the ground, shielding him from the barrage of red lightning javelins. Each time a javelin hit, a wall would break, creating loud explosions.

BOOOM!

"Shit, if this keeps going, my mana will be depleted! How is he not out of mana yet?" He couldn't understand the thing he was fighting; he thought he was just a kid, but he had never been more wrong in his life before...

Suddenly, something happened that shocked him to his core. He felt a weird type of energy invade his body, and all of his mana was cut off for a few seconds. As his mana was cut off, he couldn't create any stone walls to protect him, and due to the confusion, he had not enough time to dodge the remaining javelins coming straight at him. When they hit him, it sent him flying dozens of meters back.

He blacked out for a second, and when he came back, he saw he was on the ground, feeling a stinging pain on his right side.

When he looked at his right side, he saw that his right arm was gone...

"A-AAAAARGGGGGGHHHHHHHH!!!"

He screamed in pain as he heard footsteps approaching him on the scorched ground surrounding them with fire and destruction.

Step

Stopping a few meters in front of him, he gazed at the white-haired boy with bloodshot eyes.

"What was it that you said again? You would grant me a quick death, right? How about I make a similar offer. You tell me everything about who hired you to attack us, and I will grant you a quick death," the boy said with a sadistic grin on his face as he looked down on the dark elf.