And just like that, another wyvern had appeared out of nowhere.
Flapping its wings, it looks at Alex straight at her eyes - and she can see it blinks looking down at her.
[ Tsk! This is bad! ] she bit off her tongue and groans as she looks at her enemy.
'There was no way' - she can't win this. This is something that is out of her capability. There is only one thing she can do for now: run.
[ Everyone! Run as fast as you can! Get away from here! ] she blurted out to her remaining companions as she took hold of her sword that was on her waist.
[ Bu-But! We can't just leave you here, Alex-sama! You're our captain! ]
[ That's right! I'm your captain, and I will do my job as such! ]
As their leader, she just can't let herself the first one to run away from a fight- she will at least try to buy time for those who are under her. They are knights, they pride themselves as people who will not run away from danger, but this time, their deaths are for sure, and for now, her last act is to minimize the number of those who will perish by sacrificing herself.
[ Alex-sama... ] one whispers her name and the others were just quiet.
They looked at the figure of their leader as she unsheaths her sword and they began to tear up. They will not be able to do anything, right now, their captain was the only who can do something - and what she will do was to buy time for them.
[ Just go! ] she shouted again at them.
Knowing that they will only waste this sacrifice by tearing up, they began to scatter away, still with tears on their eyes. But they were knights, so they wipe those tears off with their own arms as they continue with what she had told them to do.
And as they ran, the wyvern's eyes went towards them, seeing this, Alex taunt it away off them.
[ Hey, bastard! Look at here! I'm your enemy! ] she grips her sword hard and shouted.
And just what she had intended to happen, the wyvern focused its eyes on her. Its eyes were like those of a reptile, and one thing she knows for sure is that creatures with this kind of eyes are dangerous.
And she was more than correct to think so -
As immediately, it blew flames at her.
[ Argh...! ]
With the side of her sword, she blocks the flames.
With the force of the flames, she was pushed back, and with its heat, her armor was torn off - they became loose, and slowly, the metal pieces that were covering her shoulder, legs, and arms fall off the ground - if the wyvern was a little bit closer to her, she doesn't know how terrifying those flames would be.
And as the flames continue to smolder her down, she turns to look back to see what her companions are doing.
[ ... ] and she smiled as she saw that they already left.
Then - it took a while, but the enemy was finally out of flames to breathe at her.
[ Haa....! Haa...! ]
Instantly, as the enemy's attack was over, Alex's legs fell on the ground - but just in time, she was able to prevent herself from completely lay off the ground as she used her sword to support herself.
She turns her head Down as she catches her breath.
Her armor is now in a complete wreck - her pale skin is already showing off bare as her clothes were also burned in the heat of the flames. What's worst was that even the edge of her golden hair is slowly burning away from its edge.
[ Argh... ] she forces herself to stand up and look at her enemy.
*Bam!
And just like that, the wyvern had already landed itself on the ground in front of her.
'This is it' - this is where she will die.
But she did not look away at her enemy. She's prepared to get killed by it.
And she continues to look at it as it again opens its mouth for another burst of flames.
And slowly, as if time had paused, she saw the flames get thrown out from its mouth - and from it, she will die.
***
Zero continues to walk in the road beside the forest. And pretty soon, the view - again - changes to that of a plain grassland.
As he travels, it was always like this; one time they will arrive inside a forest, swamp, or another town, and then suddenly, they will be brought back into the grassland. Maybe because this world is yet to have many towns and roads of transportation that there is almost nothing yet to see, but still, to Zero, every bit of this world was refreshing to experience and look at.
[ ... ]
And so, he continues to walk and looks far ahead, hoping to see only the road, a few trees, farm, and maybe even a river, but this time, that was not the case, what he saw this time is something he can only describe as a battlefield.
He saw a completely messed up place field with destroyed and burned up camps, carriages, and anything that was made out of wooden materials; there are also some destroyed brick walls and a few crashed towers - the place looked exactly like an abandoned base.
But it seems like the battle there is still yet to be over.
[ Tha-That is! ]
And as he focuses his vision closer, he saw something that he never expected to see in the least in such a plain area.
There - he saw a wyvern.
Wyverns are considered weaker than dragons, but definitely, they are considerably strong compared to the power leveling on this world. A group of warriors would get devastated by one of these monsters and someone like Richard, who is considered a powerful adventurer in this world would have a very low percentage of defeating it.
Zero wouldn't be surprised if it was at fault of why the base he's seeing right now is in a devastated state.
[ Wait... ]
( That's a survivor! )
He focused so much on the sight of the enemy that he almost did not see in his vision the person that is confronting it.
'Should I rescue that person?' - the thought came into his head as he looks at the person that might be the only single survivor that remains in that place.
This person has nothing to do with him and rescuing him would not affect him at any rate.
But...
( I shouldn't think like this... There's a person there about to die... )
Before he knew it, he was already running.
Zero's mindset was obviously already changed by the time he had spent in this world. And of course, his change of race had also already affected his behavior, if he was his past self, he would immediately come running there without a second thought, but that was not the case this time, he was not his past self anymore.
But...
He was still once a human. He knows what he should do in this situation, he would not act by what he's feeling, but by what he should do, and what his past self would do in every situation.
He will rescue that person.