Instant Time Mage 13
Everything happened so fast and sudden that it was hard for me to catch up and digest the changing situation.
Creaking noises of walls collapsing heavily resounded. Loud and clear, they told the limited time we had to reach safety and clear away. However, that matters little compared to the horrific sight of what Vice President and I were seeing.
[R)-%@%$!]
Vice president gave a horrific scream as her mien warped into despair.
Suddenly out of nowhere, Red girl was skewered by a long think of something shape like a pole. It punctured through her small, delicate torso, creating a disturbing, bloody mess that spilled blood in the air.
Ryuka... Was dead.
The instant that pole had burrowed its way into her fragile body had subjected her hellish pain that could shock her to a screamless death. Taking only an instant to reap her soul as her expression distorted to disbelief.
Then, the pole that skewered Red girl slightly trembled. It lifted Red girl's delicate frame from the ground. And slowly pulled her towards the broken walls. Our eyes were slowly trained on Red girl's body. Only to see she was pulled by a bigger form of lifeform.
It was... A spider.
A humongous spider.
Its thin, 8 legs were taller than any tree in the forest and its body was 50 times more massive than any known tarantula. However, what made it so different from any spider other than its size, was the big, dark mouth that was gaping like a black hole. Peering into it almost had our eyes sucked out from its sockets.
In our shocking moment, the long pole that was actually one of the thin legs of the monstrous tarantula, took Red girl's dead body like a bloody, uncooked, skewered barbecue of a person, and ate her in a single chow. Munching her like what we human would with our mouths as her blood and innards gushed like a fountain. Depicting the common nightmare of every human being where they were consumed by monsters marked as potential predators.
This horrific scene where Red girl small body was consumed whole by the gaping mouths of monsters were burned in our memories as inner demons. And would traumatize our lives forever.
As I regain my senses in a second, I soon notice that the giant spider was looking at me. That single moment gave me tenterhooks like no other. And force my instincts to scream at me. Telling me to run away.
Not only that... The room was about to collapse!
I look at Vice president, only to see her stricken with terror as her ghastly gaze of despair fixated on the giant spider.
She trembled in fear, her eyes shaking and her teeth clattering. Not minding the imminent collapse of the room as dust and rubble fell on her.
She was too shock to sense the danger around her.
[Vice President, snap out of it!]
I grab her by the arm and drag her out. Careful that I couldn't break a bone from her as we hurry to the exit.
Puchi!
But then suddenly, an intense agony course through my body as I felt like my right thigh was burning in flames. The agony made me stumble from my footing and I fell to the floor with a thud.
[GyuUHH!!!]
I tried to get up, only to realize the pain wouldn't let me and forced me to scream in a bloody manner. I look down to the reason, only to see it gone.
My right leg, the one that I use to walk anywhere along with my left leg, had disappeared as it was amputated. My fluids profusely bled a pool of blood, along to see my right leg was settled at a considerable distance from me.
I was stricken pale as a paper. I had never sweat so much in my life. Much less drenched by blood as it mixes with my sweat.
Fear and pain were encroaching my heart, and I had never been so terrified in my entire life. The dust and rubble landed on me mercilessly. And the ceiling had already begun to collapse. Raining large debris everywhere.
I look at Vice president, who looked at me with her despair filled gaze. Her trembling eyes trained on me. Her twitching lips prevented her from speaking. Her body shook uncontrollably. And all she did was grab on to me. Her hand latching on to my arm, my hand, my fingers. And remained rooted on the spot.
[Vice... President...]
What was I going to say to her? Save me? Stay here? Don't abandon me? Hold me tight? Let's die together?
I would be lying if none of those thoughts had ever cross my mind...
But...
[RUN!!!]
All I could tell her was that I love her.
It seems she came back to her senses after I told her that. Like that one word was filled with power, it gave her the tiny push she needed to make the choice.
She looked at me. Showing an inexplicable expression of fear. Then she looked outside, where the monster spider was at. Showing an indescribable expression of hesitation. After which, she looked back at me. Showing an apologetic look of pity...
[I'm sorry...]
And quickly released my hand.
She stood up and broke into a sprint, heading towards the exit... Or so I thought
[Wait... What are you...]
I was astounded.
The moment when I thought she had chosen to flee for her life, she suddenly grabbed a chair. Using all the strength she had, she ran back to the broken wall where the monster spider was in full view.
What is she going to do?
That question never crossed my mind as I wanted to shout her "Run!"
But my words got stuck in my throat as the next scene made me flabbergasted.
Vice president, with a chair in her hands, lifted it up in front of the monster, and bellowed with all her might.
[FORGE!]
And like that, the chair in her hands lit up brightly. Its very frame warped into a shapeless form before transforming itself to a different object as it slowly dimmed. Revealing what seem to look like a sword that was long and glinting. Emanating an astounding sharpness just from its presence.
Huh? Chair? Sword? Spider? What?
I was confused. Confused and nothing else. Even when the pain still bothered me, my eyes never left Vice president, who wielded the sword with both hands. Brandishing it against the monstrous spider before her.
Like a warrior in the battlefield, she swung the sword diagonally with a grunt. It was a crude manner of swinging a sword. But it nonetheless bisected the spider from its legs as it fell--
Wait, what?
Now I've notice something strange about this scene. Even though the distance between Vice president and the spider was relatively near, it was nonetheless far for a sword to reach. Yet, she swung without worrying over the details and hacked the monster from its legs...
[...]
What?
I still don't get it!
Even with all my processing power in full throttle, I still can't understand what's going on!
[Giuuhh!!]
My sudden movement provoke the pain of my lost leg and made me squirm. No matter what I did, nothing could stop my blood from oozing out of control. Causing me to lose more fluids and an imminent death due to blood loss was slowly reaching me.
I panted heavily. Gritting my teeth hard as I endured the pain. But even with all that, nothing can change the story that I am amputated without a leg.
[Hold on!]
I suddenly heard her voice. Turning my gaze on her, I saw her drawing ever so near to me. Her face scrunches and her eyes were bloodshot. Warping her beauty away due to the distortion of emotions.
She uses her hands to press against the wound. It hurt and made me lose my breath. And it was useless what she did as the blood continued to flow. So, she retracts her hands and began to panic.
[What should I do?! He's going to die at this rate! Tell me, what should I do?!]
She suddenly pleaded for answers. Looking ahead where only empty air was seen. Her gaze fixated there. Where only silence and the crumbling sounds responded.
[... What... Are you... Doing...]
Hurry up and run! Was what I was about to say when she interrupted me by gently pressing her hand on my forehead. Her gaze unchanged. And for a second, she showed a conflicted mien before reluctantly nodding her head.
[I... Understand... I'm sorry.]
She finally turns her gaze towards me and shows a bitter smile.
After that, I was knocked unconscious.