I closed my eyes bracing myself for impact when the sound of earth-shaking thuds broke the silence. Opening my eyes one by one I made a double-take, as all four tentacles were now completely severed writhing on the floor like giant severed octopus tentacles. "What the heck?!" Grace and I asked gasped in utter shock and surprise scanning our surroundings to see what happened.
The sounds of a set of galloping hooves echoed as a knight in pristine pure silver plate armour similar to Daisy's and a perfectly white armoured horse rode past us wielding a giant very beautiful looking lance coupled with a huge shield, to which I believe is named a kite shield with a green and silver dragon painted on it. "Who is that?" Grace uttered in shock.
Quickly flanking around the side he held out his lance pointing it at several tentacles facing him ready to strike, his lance began to glow brilliant white shooting out a pure iridescent white laser beam cutting off several tentacles. "My God what is that..." I uttered in shock.
Quickly standing up grabbing her bow Grace began to rapidly fire arrows at the monster, "Emilia the fight isn't over yet." She yelled making me quickly scramble for my wand and jump to my feet.
The silver knight carried on blast away the tentacles, "We still need to protect the others, I think he's too scared to hit the others." Grace said shooting more arrows hitting one readying an attack behind them. Taking the opportunity of it reeling back in pain I quickly severed it with another scorch ray.
"I can't really see are they near the head yet?" I questioned Grace.
"They are almost there, running across the body now," Grace answered me still shooting off more and more arrows.
Several tentacles began attacking the knight in rapid succession, somehow despite having no hold on the reins the knight and his horse rode in unison weaving in and out avoiding all the incoming attacks without losing balance or posture. "Wow...." I uttered in complete awe.
As Seraphine and her team neared the head, Pichard and Serpahine stopped and began casting some spell summoning two large beams of light to pummel down on the head of the monster making it release a deafening screech of pain. "What's happening I questioned?" Hoping Grace had an idea.
"... you said it had a life draining aura right?" Grace questioned after a few seconds of silence.
"I think so." I answered.
"Crap, I think they are trying to weaken it, it must be regenerating from absorbing the surrounding life force." She answered and began rapidly releasing arrows into the air and with a green flash rained hundred upon hundreds of arrows in a concentrated effort to penetrate the creatures.
"You gotta be kidding me? We need to overcome it's regenerative ability?" I questioned summoning a Flame sphere at the location of the sun beams driving it down into the creature.
Like an expert analyst the knight changed his angle of travel now circling the monster holding out his brilliant white lance shooting a beam along the side of it tearing apart its body gutting it like a fish as thick black steamy ichor began to flow out of the wound.
With another hideous screech the monster's tentacles suddenly for some off reason stopped spawning and the huge gash the knight tore through began to rapidly regenerate like it wasn't hit at all, "What the hell?" I shouted as a sharp unbearable pain stuck my core forcing me to one knee almost making me lose concentration of my spell.
"CRAP...." Grace yelled as she also fell to one knee also and began trying to drag me back, "I don't know how but we're in its range of is aura now!" She yelled at me in a panic and began to drag to try dragging me back.
"You gotta be kidding me... " I muttered as my vision quickly began to blur as my life force was getting sapped from me.
"This is not good we won't last long in it's aura." Grace yelled I could tell by her voice she was in an absolute panic.
"What about the others...." I struggled to retreat the pain growing faster and faster numbing every limb.
"We won't be much help if we die here!" Grace yelled desperately trying to pull herself and help drag me to safety.
I took a deep breath trying to ignore the pain focusing my eyes towards Seraphine and the others, I broke into tears seeing Pichard and Seraphine collapsing on the floor while Daisy was down to one knee struggling to even drag her maul her holy aura barely visible resembling a dying flame on its last flickers.
Witnessing their life was literally getting sucked away from them. "Paul... if you can hear me..... we NEED YOU NOW... WE'RE DYING!!!" I cried in desperation into my badge praying to God that he would hear me.
Something small and black flew into Daisy making her vanish from existence completely, "Noooooo!! DAISY!!" I cried as Grace's grip on me loosened making me look back, "GRACE!" I yelled as she laid there still conscious struggling to breathe.
"Save... yourself..." She barely conveyed to me between staggered breaths.
"PAUL!!!!" I yelled with the last remaining strength and breathe I had left inside me as my coconscious began to fade.
Out of nowhere a brilliant white huge beam of light shone out the monsters head making it let out another deafening cry of pain that somehow lessened the pain inside by a small fraction, "THAT MUST BE PAUL!! WE'RE SAVED!" I cried in pure happiness trying to keep myself on my knees trying to see him. Another bright yellow light shone out high above in the sky the warmth and energy was unmistakable, as a figure came screaming down from the sky in free fall.
With one resounding crack the cry of pain instantly silenced as the monstrosities body violently vaporized letting out a violet shock wave blasting me on my back along with the shower of what I could best guess was blood and ichor. "Is it over?" I questioned using use the last slither of energy keeping myself awake and breathing, my hand instinctively reached out to Grace, "Grace say something!...." I prayed tears still flowing down my eyes uncontrollably. I let out a huge sigh of relief feeling a very faint but definitive slow severely weakened exhalation and inhalation of breaths.
The sound of galloping hooves quickly rushed towards us, "Paul?" I questioned as joy and relief filled my body eagerly awaiting to hear his voice. The sound of rapidly stopping of hooves and the neigh's of a horse along with the sound of clamouring plate armour, it must have been the knight earlier.
"Thank the God's you're still alive... Take this, it's not much but it'll do for now." A feminine voice instructed lifting my head a little and began pouring a liquid into my mouth that instantly re-energized making it easier to breathe and move a little. "I'll see to Grace now," she answered placing my head back down gently. "You're safe now." The feminine said as the sound of a popping vial followed.
The knight proceeded to lift me up and began moving me, "Please are my friends okay?" I pleaded her to answer.
"Thank the God's everyone survived." She joyfully answered picking me up and placing me on her horse. "Try and hold on, I'll get your friend." She said giving me a firm pat on my shoulder.
"Are you sure my friend Daisy, she disappeared amongst the fighting?" I desperately questioned her hope for an answer trying to look at her with my blurred vision.
"She's safe. Here we go." The feminine voice smiled as she lifted Grace onto the horse and jumped on behind us. Without even a word the horse stood up and began trotting back in the direction of the other.
"Thank you so much for helping us." I thanked her.
"You guys are really lucky I sensed trouble and came to investigated the bright light." She smiled as the horse very calmly trotted us back making the ride surprisingly comfortable.
"Thank Serra!" Daisy voice yelled out as her blurred figure came to view.
"I'm sorry I can't heal you guys anymore, I only had a few healing potions on hand sadly." The female knight answered.
"You did enough, no words can express our gratitude," Seraphine answered her sounding wounded and battered herself.
"Here," Pichard said reaching out to grace and I and began muttering what sounded like a prayer making lessening my pain and restoring my vision. "Sorry, that's all I can do for today." He smiled giving Grace and I a firm pat on the shoulder and a nod of respect.
The horse knelt down to let us off, "Thank you, knight of... I'm sorry I've never seen your sigil before..." Seraphine began to thank the knight but paused unable to recognize her armour or faith.
"No need for thanks, we're always happy to help." The feminine voice smiled taking off her helmet flicking her golden blonde hair in the wind.