Landing on the ground .. the captain ... swung her blade filled with an enormous amount of energy at the two beings ...
instead of making a sound that could harm ones eardrums ... the strike was silent ... but Theo knew better ...
the strike was a second earlier than it was supposed to be .. so her attack didn't directly cut through the wind .. but the space surrounding them ...
instead of a terrifying sonic boom ... a cracking sound resounded on the mountain ... as the arc of light ... flew towards them ...
the lightning struck the ground and destructed the entrance .. causing debris to rise into the air .. like celebration gun shot up releasing tiny multicolored papers ....
Theo stood behind her this entire time ... and watched as the two 'angels' met their doom ...
but ... there was nothing that was destroyed in the process though ...
as the arc stopped an inch away from its targets ...
"Tcelfer ..." a calm voice .. reverberated .. behind the arc ...
and all of a sudden ... a green barrier appeared infront of the attack ...
as if he understood the meaning behind the words ... Theo pulled the captain down with him ... and rolled to the side ...
just after that ... a silver light flashed at the spot and created a huge cleft ... that created no sound ...
and behind the brilliant light of green .. appeared a slim Harpy .. with more humanoid features than the two ugly harpies ...
it's arms weren't dangling like the other harpies ... they were like normal human hands with feathers covering them ... and instead of four fingers and three toes .. he had ten for each aspect ...
with unnoticeable sharp yellow claws ... its beak was even smaller ... and it had blue long feathers hanging on its head ...
it's eyes were a beautiful brown ... and it wore a brown robe with an insignia of a Harpy head and two small wings on the right and on the left ...
"Uoy owt tndluoc eldnah eerht elpmis serutaerc .. woh era uoy dessopus ot niag eht tsurt fo eht feihc ..." the two injured harpies .. went on their knees and kowtowed towards the Harpy ...
(A/N: This is the Harpy language ... reading the speech in backwards could help you understand )
it seemed to be of high authority to them despite being so .. ordinary ... but it was obvious that it was stronger than the both of them combined from how it repelled the captain's attack ..
but there was a problem ... the mammoth and the captain couldn't hear anything he said ...
Theo released the captain from his arms and sat up with an aching back ...
when the captain looked at his back .. she immediately cast the holy glow which slowly reattached his muscles and bones back together ...
although he got them out of the way .. the attack was a second earlier than it was supposed to be .. so he got hit a second before he grabbed the captain ..
she then looked up at the stronger Harpy and glared ...
"Teg gnivom ... dna ylf kcab ot eht niatnuom ... enoyreve si gnitiaw ... lli eldnah ruoy ssem ... ekil I syawla od ..." the stronger Harpy waved it's hand and sent them off ...
it then shifted it's gaze towards the three .. creatures ...
it then approached them .. "Won .. uoy citehtap stna llahs eb ruo tsaef ..." the Harpy raised it's feathered hand up into the air ..
"Yortsed .. ylneveah sdrows .. " its wings rose up from its back ... and hurled sharp long feathers covered in a silvery aura ...
"Don't worry about me captain .. " Theo said quickly standing up ... causing his unfully healed back to open up .. and spit out blood ...
the captain wanted to walk up to him and heal him but Theo held out his hand .. to her stopping her from coming to him ...
he brought out a cube ...
"Come out spirals ..." he said in a hoarse voice ...
the cube trembled in excitement as two humanoid lightning blob like beings appeared before him .. another pair appeared with a white flame enshrouding them ...
"Protect the captain ..." seeing the four unknown creatures appear before him ... the captain ... nodded and created a particle shield made up of her flames ...
preventing the sharp feathers from piercing through their defence ...
the four creatures that came out of the cube raised their hands into the sky ...
and each turned into a huge bullet of the element they were attuned to ...
the two white holy Flame bullets ... and two lightning bullets ... which shot at the Harpy ...
the latter simply waved his hand and conjured an invisible wall which stopped the attack ...
the captain rolled to the left and shit a large flaming arrows covered in lightning at the Harpy ...
from measuring the harpy's strength ... Theo could tell that it was any stronger than the captain .. rather .. they were of the same strength ...
but the Harpy had training and a very long time testing his powers ...
but even though it was stronger .. it didn't dare take the arrow lightly ...
the explosive power of the two elements was powerful to even blow it away ...
it cancelled it's feather skill and conjured a green barrier ... but instead of reflecting the attack this time ... the barrier broke ... and the arrow pierced through its shoulder ... causing blood to trail down it's neat feathered body ...
looking down on the red thick liquid ... the Harpy ... harumphed in displeasure and disgust ...
it's free hand turned into a sharp silky blade ... and it called back it's wall skill ...
the four bullets went towards it ... but in the next second ... four feathered arrows flew from its big wings and clashed with the bullets causing an explosion that blew fire into its face ... of which unhindered it's steps in any way ...
it's brown eyes were sharp like a hawk's ... and its aura rose through the roofs ....
an illusionary giant silver sword manifested through his aura and spiritual power ...
it's robes fluttered but didn't even show any signs of tearing to shreds from the horrifying pressure .....
Theo looked at it unbothered ... although most of will washed away .. he still had enough to stand against bullies ...
especially those in the same rank as his captain's ...
he looked towards the captain .. and the latter returned the look ... both nodding before launching their biggest horrifying attacks ...
this meant that .. Theo would get damaged even more ... but he didn't have a choice ...
inside of him ... a loud sound like chains clanging resounded ...
Theo heard the sound .. and was suddenly calm ... his attack receded ...
he didn't know why .. but this sound .. felt familiar and very soothing ... it was like a song derived from a soul stealing musical instrument ...
the aura around the mystery assured him that it was fine ...
but the captain though ... didn't get that kind of feeling ...
and for the first time ... she released the mighty chimera from its slumber ...
a roar ... shook the skies ... and made the harpy's eyes widen ...
he quickly ... attacked ... her spirit ...
at that moment .. the captain fell down with saliva drooling from the sides of her mouth ... her pupils shrunk to nothingness ..
her aura disappeared .. as well ...
the Harpy didn't waste time .. as it knocked Theo and the mammoth unconscious .. before picking them up into three spheres of nature energy ...
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"Oh ... damn ... why does my head hurt ..." a deep voice reverberated ...
the owner of the voice woke up with a headache ... and stiff muscles ...
he felt like he couldn't move .. he wanted to feel his head but he was bound to never move ...
his grey eyes ... darted at the sky ...
but his sight was still blurry ... as he couldn't even tell if it was the sky or something else ...
but it was sure light like the sky .. and kind of warm ...
actually why was the sky on the ground ...
wait it was even getting hotter ... his eyes instantly shot open .. as he turned his head to the left ...
and then right where he found the captain tied up to a tree log .. that was rooted into a fire pit ...
"Captain ... Psst ... captain ..." he whispered in a low voice so that no one could hear him ...
'Oh crap ... we're toast ...' he thought inwardly but didn't show a panicked expression ...
infact he wasn't panicked at all .. which made him feel uneasy about the whole situation ..
this was when his will activates to protect him .. and this is when his bone dagger appears to save the day ... but he was calm ..
he didn't like being this calm ... this couldn't be normal ...
he could even feel his mouth stretching into a soft caring kind of smile ... which sent chills down his spine ..
'Ive been caught by my demons ... aaaaaaaaah !!!' he cried ...
"Captain pssst .... pssst ... psss "
*crunch*
"Bzzt ...??" his whispering suddenly turned into a buzz as a branch snapped ...
a few metres away from the captain and him...
a few silhouettes appeared in the shadows ..
each had a pair of wings .. except for one tall majestic silhouette .. holding some sort of a round shaped tip trident ...
behind it were two more silhouettes with no wings .. but only reached the tall silhouette's shoulder ...
as if .. the shadow area had become a firefly place ...
multiple glowing eyes .. of green .. orange ... red ... blue .. etc ...
Theo gulped down his saliva .. but fear did not seem to be familiar with him anymore .. it was like he was possessed by a really nice demon ....
the silhouettes then moved forward towards them ...
and there ... the tribesmen of the Harpy race .. appeared in hundreds ...
the shadows dispersed and revealed another huge number of harpies ...
they were like an army ..
an army of 'beaked bastards' ...
that was what he dubbed them ...
and now that his sight was more clearer .. he realised that the mammoth was nowhere to be found ...
he glanced in every direction hoping to see what he was looking for but there was no luck ...
he turned his head at the harpies .. whose faces contorted into an ugly mash ...
he guessed that ... everyone was uncomfortable with the smile on his face ... who wouldn't be .. even he felt uneasy ..
the tallest out of all of them .. walked up to him .. and indeed ... no folded wings .. it was just a bare back ...
and there were no marks of the wings being ripped off ...
and this tall one .. had a human face ... a unique one ..
with his eyes on the Harpy ... he noticed the fleshy breasts ...
and looking at this tall one .. he noticed the difference between it and the other harpies ..
it was more human ... but it had similar features of Sun Wukong ...
but instead of golden fur .. this Harpy .. had golden feathers ... around her head forming a crown ...
these feathers were even longer than those of that gibberish Harpy ...
she even had golden hair ... and golden irises ... with black vertical pupils ...
beautiful cherry lips ... and a gorgeous feminine face ... she was a beauty ...
and what he couldn't believe was that ... this Harpy was more beautiful than his captain ...
she was more woman than the captain ...
but unfortunately for the Harpy .. Theo didn't really care about it .. he just wanted to stop smiling ...
when the Harpy arrived before him .. she raised an eyebrow ... "Why are you smiling .. while you're in a situation like this ..." she spoke .. much more clearly than that brown eyed one ...
"Trust me ... I'm more uncomfortable than you right now .. all I want is to at least frown at you and be angry .. but I just can't .. " he said .. trying to lower his curled lips ...
but the mouth .. sprung back up ...
"See .... the demons have taken over my handsome serious face .. I now suddenly look like a stupid whacko ..."
"To me .. it seems like you already are a lunatic ... " she said ... crouching down to his eye level .. with her 'staff' aka the round shaped tip trident ... hovering next to her
"Hmm ... you're quite unique for a lunatic though .. " she said ... causing Theo to look at her ... instantly ..
the Harpy though had already walked in the captain's direction and crouched down to her eye level ..
she was still not awake ...
the Harpy then blew into her face ...
golden dust went into her nose .. and her eyelids started to twitch ..
*groan* ... she opened her heavy eyes ...
Theo glanced at her and noticed her fragile state and thin body ...
"What did you do to her ... !!!" despite trying to be angry and all ... his smile remained .. and instead of his tone being heavy .. it was beautiful like he was cheering ..
he wasn't even worried about her .. which made him try to manipulate his mind to cause his heart to ache .. but he was still smiling ..
the captain couldn't even raise her head ... she had grey circles around the eyes .. and her skin was white without blood ...
she was tied onto the log like an animal after being hunted down to get eaten ..
her multicolored hair .. greyed ... and her mouth .. thinned like she was awfully hungry ...
"Hello ... there .. little Miss Gaumont ..." the Harpy female said .. with an alluring smile ...
Theo glanced at the Harpy .. and tried to gnash his teeth in anger ... "What did you do to her ...!!!" he shouted ...
"You freaking .. feathered bastard ... you dare lay your filthy feathers on my captain ...!!" all eyes on him ...
the harpies glared at him and beared their small saw teeth at him ...
even the female Harpy glanced at him with an unsatisfied expression ..
"Filthy feathers ...??"
"I don't care if you kill whatsoever .. but if I were you .. I wouldn't hurt her ... if you love your life ... you don't just know her family name .. you know her family won't take her death lightly ... there are a lot of experts .. in that family ..." he threatened ... with a smile .. and boy he liked this smile now ...
he even widened it ...
but the female Harpy just laughed at him .. "Uh .. wow ... what a scary family that is huh ... let me put what you said to the test ... if I cut off her leg .. her clan head would probably come running into the mountains to kill me .. isn't that right ... " Theo stopped widening his smile for a moment and gathered his thoughts ...
"Why have you captured us ... is it because of some clan enmity ... if that is .. don't involve her into it .. ..." he complained .. struggling to get out of the ropes he was bound with ..
"Hehe ~ ... clan enmity huh ... that's a nice approach ... I guess ... " she giggled ...
she then waved her hand at one of the two harpies that were more human like her ...
one was a boy and the other one .. a girl ...
both of them .. had a weapon in hand ..
the girl held a beautiful golden Lance and the boy held an axe mixed with a hammer ...
the two harpies walked towards the captain and waved their sleeves ... conjuring multiple razor sharp feathers which pierced her arms ...
yet no blood came out .. instead ... a white powder came out fading away ...
the tall female Harpy smiled .. at Theo .. antagonizing him ...
the powder was actually her bones ... they had become crystal powder ...
soon ... the captain's arms and legs were riddled with knife holes ... and white powder ... flew out ...
the smile on Theo's face contorted into an ugly growl ...
his canines but into each other .. causing his gums to bleed ...
his heart suddenly felt all the emotions he wanted it to feel ...
after the rush of emotions ... his heart felt a touch from a cold hand ...
a scary deathly presence appeared behind it ... the redness lost its bloody color ... the thumping stopped ... and his cells darkened ...
the blood around the lungs and his entire system .. became black ... his veins became roots of blackness that tightened his tough grey muscles ...
his grey irises turned black .. and the retina as well ...
his khaki hair ... submerged itself into the color black ...
his skin turned black and boney legs snapped his back open and cut the ropes clean ...
the exception to the change were the boney legs ... as their color illuminated the blackness with a shiny golden white jade kind of light ...
the fire in the pit ... instantly went out .. in the deathly presence ..
the log he was tied to .. burnt to ashes ..
the harpies surrounding them .. retreated with caution ... even the tall female Harpy took a step back ... and a wing made up of golden dust appeared right behind her arm ...
Theo took a step forward .. on his front boney legs ...
a sizzling sound resounded around the area ... as the greenery the legs came in contact with melted into them and churned the ground into an infertile land ...
the female Harpy suddenly stopped ... her legs trembling ... her golden wing dissipated into nothing ...
her eyes shook and her forehead sweated ...
"You are ... you are .. a W@%hkkajh%%%÷gshka---¿¿‽¡#&@hhagba" ... her words couldn't even travel to the other harpies ears ... and the captain's ...
actually it's like the universe didn't want her to say anything ...
the moment she mentioned the first letter .. the entire word was gibberish ...
"All of you stand down ... " she said lightly .. dumbfounding the two harpies who were already having the urge to slice the captain to pieces ...
the Harpy people glanced at the tall one and whispered amongst themselves
"What's the chief thinking .. we should kill this human now .."
"Yes ... but what's with her now .. a minute ago she wanted to kill that female human .. but now .. she just changed ... "
"Predominant Pasare .. what is the meaning of this ... " .... the girl with a lance said with an angry expression ...
the tall female Harpy ... released her overwhelming cultivation unto the two teenagers ...
"How did you come to this ..."
"Shut up .. you pesky little beaked bastard ... if you don't let her down and heal the damage you've done to her ... I'll rip your village to shreds ... and feed your blood to the dagger ... " Theo said in a horse eerie tone .. before moving one of his boney legs ... cutting off the head of a Harpy close to him ...
the body instantly dissolved into a black goo .. which turned to black ash afterwards ...
"How long has it been since I cut the head of a living creature ... it feels great... no it feels weirdly amazing ... I hope you don't mind me .. butchering your people ... I can already sense some uselessness amongst some of them .... oh and .. if you try hurting her because I'm in a weak state .. your days will be numbered .. you oversized bird ... your soul will not meet Meng Po ... Anubis ... or any of those stupid gods who lead souls to the afterlife .. instead .. it will meet an even more terrifying being ... it'll tear you apart and reanimate you for the same process to take place once more ..." his mouth then curled into a horrifying smile that sent chills down Pasare's spine ...
Theo then walked past her ... I'm a swift before slashing his boney leg into one of the harpies near him ...
when looking closely ... at his jade boney legs .. one could see that they were absorbing some sort of energy from the people it cut down. ..
the darkness swirling around him .. got more thicker ... as a black cocoon covered him whole ...
in a second .. the cocoon shattered to black parts of darkness which went inside of him .. making his aura rise to another level ...
his strength and the elemental body were healed ...
he quickly glanced at another Harpy child ...