Kira and the group watch as the troll growls and runs towards them, turning his trunk into large circles awkwardly. Each of them goes in different directions, while the beast roars trying to reach them. Kira turns to the troll running again before jumping on her back, burying her fangs back in her back; but it doesn't last too long when you have to prevent the troll from grabbing her.
She begins to run, guided by her sense of smell to head for the waters, the rumbling of the footsteps of the troll they follow her, it is the only thing that tells her without looking back. She can hear others following her and the troll, running between the fire and smoke is quite difficult, getting to feel her lungs burning. When at last she was able to see the edge of the pier, where Maldey's boats can still be seen, jumping straight into one of the boats of Maldey.
"Can anyone turn on the slider boat?"
Banzai is the next to jump falling on top of the boat cabin and transforming into a human to enter. They have to go in something faster, or the troll would catch up with them before they even touch the swamp.
The others manage to get to the boat on time as well, but that meant that the troll too, the beast simply dropped into the water, it barely reached half a leg. The beast lifted the trunk towards them about to hit and split the boat in one fell swoop, when the roar of the engine bursts into silence, starting the sliding boat.
The sound seems to stun the troll for a moment, allowing the boat to immediately depart in full gear. Kira along with the others barely manage to hold on to the railing of the loading area, otherwise they would have given themselves a good blow against the water.
She advances towards the cabin still held firmly while the boat almost seems to glide over the water, a look back confirms that the troll continues to give them huge strides, splashing mud and water causing the Light water to turn dark in its path.
Kira opens the cabin door by being fastened to the sides of the cabin, entering as fast as she can before she slips.
"Go ahead, do you know where to go to the swamp?"
"Yes, it's better I have a faster path but something more laborious."
"It doesn't matter, I don't think the troll gives us much room for freedom, go in that direction." Kira peeks out of the open door. "Come on, come in!"
She holds the door open on the other side of the cabin, allowing the rest of the group to enter, reducing the comfort of the space, even though everyone now in human form, will have to endure it. Kira stood next to the left window, used a handle to bring the glass down and peeked out to see the troll.
The beast continues the chase behind them, now more enraged and growling, waving the
"You'd better speed up, Banzai!"
"Then hold on, it will be a rough ride." Banzai grits his teeth nervously, pulling the gear lever, pulling it back and to the right, causing an impulsive start of the engine.
The sliding boat moves somewhat faster before making a sharp turn to the west, towards an area full of abandoned islets and stones. The machine glides through the waters, using the floating lands as ramps to move faster as the channels are narrow. Kira returns inside after banging her head against the edge of the window, growling at relief where she received the blow, though she barely stands by the movements. The pot wobbles, barely managing to stay in one piece
"There, you can see it in the distance!" Exclaims the tigress, a girl with three long stripes in each of his cheeks, pointing to the foggy area in front of them
"How are we going to use that thing against the troll? It's a silly legend," hisses the Koibra, a boy with torn eyes.
Kira is about to answer when the sliding boat stops, before being hit the cabin with the trunk of the troll, sinking it on them, you can hear how the metal platform behind them creaks. Kira gets out quickly and stumbling out of the vehicle, as the others almost step on her because of the rush and panic.
"Run to the swamp!" roars Kira before transforming and running into the fog, without even looking back to see if the beast follows, it can serve as protection for others.
"Now what?" Banzai asks running next to her and the two wolves.
"Attract the Whistle, attentive to its whistles, if you hear it in the distance it is close, don't let your brain say otherwise!"
The group is divided using vegetation as camouflage, the troll easily loses sight of them in the fog.
Kira walks slowly, trying not to move the water too much as she goes. She wrinkles her nose, the combination of smells is as if she burns her nose inside, even up to her lungs. You can hear the footsteps of the troll dragging mud and water, advancing through the new territory.
Kira begins to run to get the attention of the whistle, the whistle of the creature is deafening and almost unbearable, she needs to attract him to the troll, who begins to follow her with difficulty through the mud. She moves as best she can, barely managing to dodge the troll's hands trying to grab her, she jumps as high as possible when he almost manages to hold her hind legs, she falls to the ground rolling through the water. Behind her, the troll falls to the ground with a strong blow from the weight of the beast.
Kira recovers by looking at the muddy troll and struggling to get up, the swamp is not the best place for such a heavy animal. Her ears are still attentive to the whistle, which began to be heard farther and farther away until it disappeared completely, she feels a wet and heavy cold in the environment, followed by the dragging of a sack through the water, making what was inside rustle.
Kira then noticed the humanoid silhouette in the fog that begins to dissipate around it.
The Whistle becomes clearer and more visible, a grotesque creature that still carries its heavy sack on its back. A bizarre smile full of teeth in the form of razors is drawn under the shade of his hat.
Kira looks almost hypnotized at the creature, as if time has stopped. Suddenly, the humanoid began to hit the troll with his sack, hitting him directly to the head while whistling again as if he were happy. The saccade is soaked with blood with each blow, the bones that were inside begin to tear the bag and spread on the troll.
Kira began to back and move away, the troll roars and slaps, seeking to defend himself from that monster, while trying not to drown. She runs again, walking away from that scene, she doesn't want to know how that will end, but she is sure that the troll cannot get out of it.
The group resumed the way back to the markets, taking almost two hours when they finally reached a cargo port. Where they sat on the edge of the harbor.
"Fuck, that was terrifying," snorts one of the werewolves dropping on his back on the woods.
The smell of smoke and fire is still perceived, but it seems to be more at a distance
"You don't need to say it," the other wolf stretched out his back and arms, trying to disguise his tiredness. "Although I must admit, Lycan, that was a great plan and control of the situation."
"Thank you, it's my first time or at least in a situation like that," Kira sighs, everything hurts after that race and fight, she will have to be checked by a doctor for sure.
Kira's smartphone starts vibrating, she pulls him out of her suit and accepts the call upon seeing that she is his godmother.
"Hello, I hope you don't need another mission or anything like that anymore,
Her godmother's laughter is the first thing she hears
"Exhausted, right? Don't worry, we managed to get everyone to safety and we are putting out the fire. The only one who managed to escape apparently was Maldey.
"Exhausted, right? Don't worry, we managed to get everyone to safety and we are putting out the fire. The only one who managed to escape apparently was Maldey."
"Shit!" Kira hits the ground with a fist.
"Don't worry, the goat of oblivion will begin to mobilize the people who will seek him, we must return to him, he has something for us."
"We're going to add one more to the team."
"Kira..."
"He helped me a lot, Annie, she has no family but her father and this is a criminal. We work well together, as well as being smart, although he needs some more courage and to lose his fear."
"Hey, I'm not a coward!" Banzai growls.
"I'll see if I can contact your father to see what we can do, I'll go find you on a boat."
Kira says goodbye before hanging up, sitting on the edge of the harbor to wait.
Little by little the others were saying goodbye and taking their own path, leaving only Banzai and Kira waiting. A larger passenger slider boat it arrives in front of the port where they are. Anastasia beckons them to get on the boat and when the two go up, being something difficult for both of them because of muscle pain and fatigue.
"Good job, Bluish Crow and you are?" Annie asks looking at the boy when he sits down,
Banzai babbles without understanding what the strange name comes from.
"Silver tuna," Kira replies quickly, knowing that they are still in an unsafe area, where they can be discovered. She looks at Banzai connecting with him. "It's a code name, at least until I get back to safety."
Anastasia saw that exchange understood what was happening, then she will ask for the real name of the hyena. She is very curious about how these two ended up working together.
"I see that you begin to regenerate your wounds, but the pain is still there."
Kira nods, noticing how her wounds begin to close and heal, although she left her godmother to check on her. The only thing she wants at that time is to sleep for a whole day, the plane ride and the mission that made her run everywhere to reach the goal, have her exhausted. No
She closes her eyes, letting her mind relax before reaching her destination and continuing the adventure.