Author Note: Hello dearest readers! I apologize for the long, and unannounced delay for this novel but I had to get some things straight for this novel and for myself. I will pick this one up again and continue writing Faux Elysias in full power and make it reach to the point it deserves. I have changed the last chapter I posted that this one shares the name and edited it to better fit for the plans I have for the future of this novel so I hope you understand and read it once more.
Again, I apologize for this and ask for your understanding while wishing you all a good time and good day.
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"It'll get harder from now Tsuyoshi, prepare yourself!"
"You don't have to tell me twice bro! Let's do this!"
Tsuyoshi and Mattias were standing tall in front of the monster. The monster nearly killed both of them and weren't giving them a chance to retreat. Monster as well was seeing the duo as a genuine threat now as they threatened its existence. They were staring each other down, assessing their situation and looking for an opportunity to take the enemy down with a single blow.
Mattias could still see some glimmer on the monster's body, indicating its weaknesses. He could see faint light in its jugular notch and also near its belly button. Other than those two there were none. Those two were not as shiny as well, resulting in Mattias thinking if they weren't that efficient.
"Tsuyoshi, can you aim at its jugular notch?"
"At what? Bro is that Japanese?"
"That dip in the neck! There's also the belly button. These are the only two I can see."
"How do you-? Is it the eyes?"
"I don't know myself. Just aim at the- It's coming!"
It was not going to wait for them to speak, that only occurred in stories. As soon as Tsuyoshi turned to look at Mattias to speak, it kicked the floor and rushed at them. The monster was finally using its full power to hunt them.
Tsuyoshi tried to defend with his katana but as it was already stronger and faster than him before, he had no chance this time when it used its full power. He was launched back once again, hitting a car behind Mattias.
Mattias was lucky enough to not be hit by that and took a step to the side at the last second. His red hair got swayed because of the wind Tsuyoshi caused and his grey eyes were wide open by shock. His kodachis were in his hands. But because he was scared his hands were trembling and sweating. He lifted them up and took position shakily. Although he was terrified for his life, his eyes radiated confidence as he looked at the monster.
'Why can I still think clearly?! Does this energy also affect it? I'll dig into it later.'
After sending Tsuyoshi away the monster turned to Mattias and swung its remaining claw, the other being cut by Mattias moments ago. He saw it approaching and crouched down to dodge it. Thanks to his current state, he could clearly see the movements of this creature and act accordingly. Him being able to see doesn't mean he can perfectly dodge or evade its advances though. He nearly got cut by its claws.
The monster was rampaging around, hitting everything and anything while it tried to kill Mattias while he was always a centimeter away from death. Tsuyoshi was a bit dazed from the attack but managed to survive once again and got up. When he saw his friend dodge or deflect the attacks of the monster where he couldn't his pride got damaged a little.
But this thought remained only for a moment before he rushed into the fray once again. He made madly but controlled strikes to it. He was lucky a few times as it was surprised that he was able to recover a second time.
Even though he was able to hit it he couldn't penetrate its skin. Mattias and Tsuyoshi thus flanked it, hitting it with everything they had. Mattias was getting better with his use of two kodachis with the moment.
They were going over each other, sometimes getting flung by the monster and using the environment to their advantage; climbing the cars and hitting it from their tops. Tsuyoshi would hold the aggro and Mattias would weaken it with numerous slashes. The monster was getting wounds everywhere on its body. Its body was painted by its green obnoxious blood. Its putrid smell was enough to make them dizzy and sick. That's why they wanted to end it quickly.
"Looks like we are getting through huh?" (Tsuyoshi)
"Shut up and concentrate! We don't fully know what this thing holds in its sleeve!"
*Roar!*
With a swing of its claw, the monster pushed the duo back and sprayed some blood on them. After taking a step back it readied itself to jump.
"Watch the blood!" (Tsuyoshi)
"What is it doing?"
The monster jumped high with a swish and jumped over them, it's aim being landing on them. They hardly dodged it by throwing themselves to the side. Tsuyoshi managed to stand up but he was half a step from losing his consciousness and Mattias' eyes were starting to ache a bit.
"We have to leave!" (Mattias)
"Are you out of your mind?! That thing can catch us no?!"
Tsuyoshi was right. They knew of its speed when it was weaker and they could estimate its speed when it is this powerful.
"Do we have a choice?! If we don't run we'll be on its menu!" (Mattias)
"I know but…"
"It is injured so we might have a choice! Create a gap for me!"
"Ugh sometimes I hate you so much!"
Without a chance to retort, Tsuyoshi rushed towards the monster once more and Mattias ran towards the car. The monster saw through this and tried to kill Mattias. But as it was also bleeding and lost quite a bit of blood. Thus Tsuyoshi was able to create a gap for Mattias to start the engine safely.
When Mattias looked once more, he saw the perfect gap to create an opportunity for Tsuyoshi to get in the car. So he floored it… towards the monster.
"What.. the fuck are you doing?!"
When Tsuyoshi saw this he kicked at the creature and launched himself backwards, falling to his butt. He was not expecting Mattias to do something crazy like driving on this monster. The monster, seeing his prey fall back, tried to jump on Tsuyoshi but jumped backwards instinctively, avoiding the car easily.
"Shit. Get in!"
Mattias yelled. Tsuyoshi quickly got up and opened the door while the monster attacked the car. Mattias was able to duck in time to dodge the attack but the door caved in the glass spread everywhere inside.
"I'm in go! Go!"
Mattias floored it once more blindly. He was still ducking to dodge the claws of the monster. He also wasn't holding the well so Tsuyoshi carefully but hastily grabbed it and fixed their route so they wouldn't hit any cars and stop. Mattias was swinging his kodachis to prevent the monster from getting too close to claw at him. And soon enough, they were far enough for it to start giving chase instead of attacking. Mattias took the wheel back and started driving around the clear area and turned to their house. Tsuyoshi looked at him and spoke in a concerned manner.
"Do you think it will be enough?" (Tsuyoshi)
"I sure hope so. Look behind us to see if it is too close!"
"Okay!"
Mattias focused his eyes on the road but his vision was a little bit blurry. He was currently forcing his eyes beyond their limits and this caused him an almost unbearable pain. It felt like small needles were prickling them out or when you didn't have enough sleep and woken up. His normal limit was about 10 minutes but now that it wasn't a normal situation, he couldn't predict his time limit. He was fighting for 5 minutes already so maybe the limit was the same but the burden got heavier? Or would there be some sort of a back lash and worsen his eye sight?
He tried to calm the energy but has failed in doing so. He tried a few times but instead of calming, it sometimes got even more active.
'Is it because of the adrenaline?'
While he was thinking about it, he heard gunshots, followed by a horrible scream. They were coming from behind them and as if to confirm that, Tsuyoshi talked with excitement.
"Bro! The monster is down!"
"What?! That easily?"
"Yeah! Someone is willing to help us!"
"Are you sure?"
As soon as Mattias stopped talking, he saw some people block the road with a long car and point guns at them. Mattias stopped the car, looked at Tsuyoshi and smirked while Tsuyoshi hung down his head in embarrassment. Mattias took a deep breath and closed his eyes, trying to calm down. It was successful this time but not without any consequences. As soon as the energy calmed down, his eyes hurt a lot and he spat out a mouthful of blood. Tsuyoshi immediately saw this and held him in fear of him falling or hitting his head to somewhere.
"Are you okay bro?"
"Yes. I just… overworked myself a little bit."
"A little bit? Your eyes were gray for god's sake! How is that 'a little bit'?"
"I don't know what you are talking about."
"What?! How can you-"
"We'll do this later. For the time being, get your hand up. They are coming."
"Huh?"
A group of 5 people were walking towards them, all armed with guns. 3 of them with rifles and 2 with hand guns. The ones with the hand guns approached the car while the other 3 stayed a bit back and aimed at the duo in the car. Mattias and Tsuyoshi naturally lifted their hands up.
"Out. Now."
Said one of the people with the hand gun. The duo slowly opened the doors and got out. Tsuyoshi was still holding his katana while Mattias' kodachis were on his waist.
"Weapons on the ground."
"You have guns pointed at us. Do you think we are fast enough to draw them and kill even at least one of you before you shoot us down?" (Mattias)
"I will not repeat!"
"Haah."
Mattias drew his kodachis and threw them near the feet of the man talking to him. This garnered some hostility from them but because he didn't attack them, they didn't fire at him. Tsuyoshi did the same and threw his sheathed katana at their feet. People with the hand guns got behind the car and started searching through the trunk while Mattias and Tsuyoshi were being held at gun point.
Mattias was irritated while Tsuyoshi was angry. Thankfully, he didn't voice out his concerns and started yelling or else they would've been shot. Just as they were thinking all hope is lost, they heard a deep voice talk behind the car.
"Don't mind searching through their stuff. If they had anything valuable, they wouldn't come here, let alone carrying it all the way here."
Soon after, a man dragging the corpse of the monster behind him and holding a rifle over his shoulder walked from behind the car, followed by the tow people with the hand guns. The man with the rifle dropped the leg of the monster and put his foot on its head. While smiling triumphantly, he talked to the duo.
"Well well. Look what we have here."