I watch as the fire spread quickly, from house to house, but to be honest there were more like small huts than actual houses.
Some of them were made from straws other were made from wood, and a smaller few were made from bricks.
My guess is this village have their fair share of both poor an rich citizens.
This simple fact really stood out to me, I really can't relate to how been poor really feels like, nor do I want to imagine such fate either, and the fact this world and most likely every other world that has currency suffers from the same thing.
"Even in another world one cannot escape poverty, truly a sad reality."
But nevertheless I couldn't idly stand by and let my mind drift off to such trivial things, especially when my targets are before me and fresh for the picking.
I watched as the blue man, were eating the children as if they were a delicacy, or a rare treat for say.
So I waste no time in saving them, I might be cold all the time, but even I know the importance of children, and for them to succumb to such harsh fate was unacceptable in my book.
But the problem is they were easily about hundred of them, roaming about doing there injustice as if it was a common thing for them, so I need to find a way to take all of them out all at once.
So I decide to use my weakest familiar to fight of this hoard of monster that was plaguing the village, and disturbing the village inhabitants.
"Ok Author this familiar might be the weakest but it destructive capabilities is nothing to scoff at, so I will only infuse about 15% of my power into it."
From there I began to look around, for a higher distance, and a little bit more up the hill on the left side, a giant tree stood high and mighty.
But what made this tree special was the fact that it stood out the most, in this barren and ice cold waste land, this tree alone stood out the most.
It was at least sixty meters tall, it trunk and branches were pure white in color while the leaves that were on it was crimson red, while these weird fruits were of all shape and form.
But what they all share in common was the fact that all of them were mixture of red a white.
I gaze upon the tree in awe, it was so big and so majestic, divine and heavenly was the only words suitable to truly describe it's beauty an presence for what it truly is.
In this barren, frozen, and unforgiving waste land this tree alone felt like a symbol of hope and peace.
But just as I was admiring it beauty I heard footsteps behind me.
I instantly react as I made a sharp katana out of my blood, and was preparing to strike down the enemy who was bold enough to sneak up behind me.
--Slice--
The menacing sound of my blade echoed through out the area, almost as if it was sending a shout to the heaven as declaration of war.
But just when my blade was about to strike down the enemy I stop when I almost reach the targets neck.
And upon stopping I gaze upon the figure before me.
A girl 6'2 was before me, you can even say she was pretty tall, but of course I was taller, she had on what I can only call a chain mail armor, but it was rather busted up.
Almost as if someone was forcefully taking it off of her.
She was holding her side tightly, I gaze upon the wound she was holding, a lot of blood was pouring despite the firm grip and pressure she had on it.
It look like a deep claw mark, no a really deep claw mark, most likely from the goblins invading this place.
She had curly orange hair up to her shoulder, she was at least a b-cup, her eyes was grey in color but the thing is, her left eyes was gone, reason be a fresh claw mark wound could be seen going down her face, she has pale skin mostly due to the blood loss.
My guess is she was clear skin, behind her back five broken spears was sticking out.
She had a face of fear and desperation on them, behind her though was three children all of them were boy that look the same or more so triplets, one of them was holding a little baby girl in their hand each of them of course had minor injuries plastered on them.
But none was as worse than the women before me, anyone could tell she was dying.
She gave me a dread look, filled with fear but at the same time hope, maybe a tint of admiration for some unknown reason.
She look at the blade that almost reach her neck to claim her head, and right after she look back at me.
Her eyes were filled with slight hope as she began to build up the courage to speak, but there was one thing wrong here, I couldn't understand her at all.
"#&#& #-#+z#_ #&&-#€¢¥€."
"What the hell are you even saying?"
But upon me saying that, the girl streak back in fear she gave me frightening look.
Even the children fall back in fear, one of the even piss themselves as they all began to cry.
"What happened to them, there pissing themselves, what the hell."
But the more I speak the louder their screams as crys became.
Instantly I realize what happen here, it my draconic accent, it made me extremely intimidating, but I can't help it, the helmet distorted my voice as such.
So for there sake and mine I decide to shut up that way the kid will shut up, and honestly speaking I hate and love kids.
So as I silence my mouth they were still crying, even the woman who was badly injured was looking at me with worry hugging the children, maybe as a way to protect them.
So I did what any person would do in a situation like this, well I think this was what I think anyone would have done.
I gave them one last look as I began to walk away shortly after, I could tell the woman was actually surprised by my actions.
She honestly had a face of regret almost as if she made a serious mistake.
She force herself to crawl towards me shouting in a language that was foreign to me, in more ways than one.
"@$_#+#_#( #&#+-:;#-#!!!"
I stop mid way not for the woman voice no it was because a huge explosion was heard.
--Boom!--
The woman and the children began to panic as the woman was shouting towards me even more.
"$&#(#-#./&@@@:;?!#&!"
The children cries went off like an annoying alarm and then another loud explosion went off in the background, but this time about six meters away from the children.
The scream and the smell of smoke and piss enter my sensitive nostril.
"Agh... disgusting what the fuck just happened, who the hell tried to attack us?"
I said loudly, but due to the sudden life threatening attack that came from the front, I was ignore.
But that when I saw it, the same place that was hit by the attack, a small crater lies ahead and at the center of it a basket ball size cannon ball with pointy spike that was on fire lying there in waste.
The woman ears suddenly perk up as she began to scream out to me.
"¢^¥¢®%/-@#$$#!"
Of course I didn't understand her but I soon realize what she was trying to tell me.
Because my sensitive ears suddenly perk up as I heard a loud explosion going off near us, so I instantly turn towards the sound.
But that when I saw it, one of the giant flaming cannon balls was fired towards the children, but I was too late, but just when I was about to call it their loss and my mistake, the already wounded girl.
Pick up the shield that she brought with her an push all the children out of the way, she quickly place it in front of her to tank the incoming attack.
But as soon as she did that, the iron shield was easily peirce, and the flaming hot spike plus the immense force it was fired at made quick work of both the woman shield and the woman itself.
As the iron shield was rip apart and the impact cause the woman to fly back, but the worse part was that the flaming iron ball rip through her right arm above the elbow practically blowing it off.
--Boom!--
--Screetchz!--
The screams of pain and agony could be heard from the woman as blood flew everywhere.
Staining the snow beneath the woman as she rolled in pain and agony.
"Aww... #&@_@... Aghh...#&..#-#..#-)@@_."
Her voice rang through my ears like a broken record, if I was a little bit faster all of this could have been prevented.
In a fucked up way I caused this, her pain and suffering, including the children trauma was my fault, I had the power to stop this but yet it happen because I was too slow.
I don't know what to do in situation like this, all this power and yet I froze in general shocked and fear, honestly I have never seen so much blood in my life.
I have never heard such a painful screech in my life, what the hell was I supposed to do?
Honestly I already know the answer deep down which was to eliminate the target that is attacking us, but been put into a situation like this the aspect of war, blood, and murder was new to me.
Hence the reason I completely forgotten that even had special abilities to begin with.
But before I could think thing's through again my ears perk up once more, as I began hearing the sound of cannon fire once more from the distance.
This time I won't be so slow, I see the spikey cannon ball aiming for the children that was comforting the tall woman, who was now shaking in pain on the ground.
Luckily I made it this time, and place myself Infront of the cannon fire.
I brace my feet into the ground preparing to tank it, as I brace my arm together on my chest.
I close my eyes preparing for the worst.
--Boom!--
Instantly I felt immense pain coming from my arm that was in a blocking position, and my chest, as I was push back slightly.
But my upper body tank the entire attack to protect the people behind me.
When I open my eyes, somehow by some miracle the spike ball blew a huge hole in my chest revealing my inside.
My guts and intestines drop to the ground, both my arm were blown off, and the hot spike ball was stab and stapled deep into my left lung.
My slow beating heart was reveal for the world to see, including my esophagus, but despite that I found the energy and the courage to remain standing.
As I slowly turn around to meet the woman and the children who bad a look of pure shocked, terror an despair.
And suddenly blood flew out my mouth and landed on them, and upon touching them it evaporated instantly giving each of them a slight burn.
But just as they were in despair, that emotion was soon turned to pure shock and confusion.
As my bowel that were on the snowy ground suddenly and instantly evaporated, even my blood and hands that were all over the place instantly evaporated.
And the spike ball that was in my chest was pushed out instantly, and what happened nest completely shocked them.
My bowels, and injuries that were suddenly cast upon me began to instantly regenerate, bones, flesh, and skin started to meld back together, and my missing hand instantly pop out of the wound as smoke was slowly coming from the newly emerge body parts, and the horrible pain that I was feeling was instantly gone.
And what happened next was the voice of the woman from earlier.
[You have adapted to the enemy attack, it will not work on you a second time]
[Your resistance to pain has increased]
"I see so this is Yarklane adaptability capabilities."
"But still what the hell is this cannon ball, it almost like its ignoring defense in a whole."
But I didn't have time to think as my ears perk up once more as I began hearing cannon fire coming from the distance.
I watch it come closer, but I didn't move as I let it hit me.
--Boom!--
And upon impacted the ball flatten like a plate almost as if something compress it while some of the spike broke off.
Both me the kids, and the woman watch in shock and disbelief.
The attack that fatally injured me was turn into this metal plate.
And the best part was I felt nothing.
So I wasted no time and watch the direction of the attack and honestly it came from far because all I saw was nothing but hills and mountain covered by thick fog.
I estimate it was at least seven to eight miles away from here, but who would fire a single person from so far, because it was obvious the target was these guys.
So I began to summon Morpheus monocle as I began my chant.
"Heed my call eyes of the sleepy one, and manifest in the world in the form of a monocle, aid me in thy blindness, to see what cannot be seen, come fort and show me the way, Morpheus monocle."
Upon saying those words the three layer monocle appear before me as I look into or more so the direction of which the attack was coming from and what I saw can only be called as mayhem.
Before me a giant army of goblin was heading this way, all clad in armor and riding horses, while other were walking.
And the location of the cannon was on a giant goblin that look like a gorilla and alligator had a baby.
It was green in color and upon it's back was a small green goblin putting in a spike ball in a cannon, the barrel was at least eight meters long.
While behind the armor one was many green goblin with nothing but sinister eyes and pointy teeth's with razor sharp tongue, and they wear nothing but loin cloths as clothes covering their privates.
But the most disturbing things was the fact that over a hundred metal carriage with spike on them, was been pulled by giant beetle like monsters, that were all green in color.
But what made these carriages truly stand out was the fact that upon them were woman.
You see fuck up come in a lot of shape and form, many serial killers and psychopath get creative in killing and torture but what I was seen been display before me was truly a nightmare to behold.
On the iron chariots, on the front of them that is, many woman of all ages young and old was tied to the front like a convenient decorations all their limbs were cut off, arms and legs.
The wound were fresh, while others has long taken infection, they were all trembling in pain and agony.
Their eyes were covered up by a white cloth but they were all bloody, right away I knew they were stab or pulled out.
But the most fuck up thing was that many of them had huge belly meaning they were pregnant.
If that wasn't bad enough many of them were given birth as small little blue goblins came out of them, but what was scary to me was the fact that as they came out they instantly matured.
And as soon as one came out, five more come to breed the enslaved woman from front on, while the cart was moving.
Right away I puke on the ground, I was vomiting my entire stomach out.
"What the fuck was that there was easily over a hundred thousand of them all shape and size, and to make things worse they were increasing at a rapid rate."
"What the fuck did I just saw?"
"How the fuck can I unseen what I just seen?"
"No what kind of fucking nightmare is this world?"
"Nononono! they have to die, no they will all die mature woman is one thing but treating innocent children as a convenient breeding cattle is another thing, since you like exploding things so much let me show you a real fucking explosion."
From there I went to the edge of the hill slope that was in front of me, I place my hand tightly together as I began chanting.
"Heed my call O'great spear of the huntsman Orion, and manifest the blessing of your creator wrath in thy Mithril blood more durable than iron, your name is Aschente."
From there a bright red light came out of my hands lighting up the area around me.
Of course with the aid of Morpheus monocle my targets as long been lock on which was the giant cannon.
And with the aid of Yarklane my strength was triples so my physical strength was at new heights meaning I was confident I can throw this baby at mach speed at a total of 10 miles.
So I went into throwing position as I took Aschente and grip it tightly the ground beneath me began to crack as I anchored myself deeply on the ground and with all my might I shout out while throwing the spear.
"Aschente!"