"What? Sir, I can go on!"
When I grabbed her body to stop her from falling down, I felt her shaking. She looked pale. Using mana blade for twice back to back drained her. I also had blurry vision due blood loss. That blow to my arm probably severed the artery. Both Leyla and Doğukan also had wounds covering their bodies. They were wounded worse than me due blocking its attacks directly.
"This is an order. We hold it right here. You go."
She looked at my wounded arm.
"Sir, no!"
"Shut up rookie! We are not going to die! We are just going to stall time!"
Leyla shouted.
"This is not the first time we faced something strong. We know how to deal with it."
Doğukan also added. I knew that both lied. While they hid very well, I have been with them for years.
"Go. It is our job to keep you live. We already failed one of you."
I said as I looked the rookie which was gutted by monster. It now lied on the ground, motionless. More laughing came.
"You think you can hold me?"
Its voice send shivers down my spine.
"Yeah, we can."
I said as I bolted towards it. Ayla started to run to dungeon entrance. Her legs shook slightly. I smiled, ever slightly. Both of my comrades joined me. As we were pushed back I talked.
"Thank you, guys."
"Food is on you!"
Doğukan said.
"Shut up and fight!"
Leyla shouted.
"Pft!"
Monster laughed as all three of us were blown away.
"You."
It pointed to me.
"It hurt. I will also take on of your eye before killing you."
In blink of eye it was in front of me, swinging its claw. I raised my useless arm and blocked it. I screamed as bones broke.
"You have good eyes, seeing my movements."
Truth was I didn't see his movements. I just predicted them, just barely.
"Burak!"
Both of them screamed. That thing moved so fast that keeping up with it was a struggle by itself. Even when we reached it…
"Shit!"
"Aghh!"
Leyla's spear was broken in to two. Doğukan's shield was in pieces and his blade was chipped. All of my throwing knives were thrown and I only had my combat knife to attack.
"What happened to holding me here?"
It played with us. If it wanted we would be dead.
"What are you?"
I asked to stall.
"Does a dead man needs answers?"
Fuck, it didn't fall to it.
"Which one of you I should kill first?"
He pointed to three of us.
"I know. I will kill you last."
He said as he pointed to me.
"Then I will go and kill that girl."
So he still wanted to kill Ayla. I gritted my teeth.
"Don't talk shit you fucking monster!"
Leyla used her broken spear to attack.
"Wait!"
I tried to stop her. But even before I finished saying it, Leyla fell to ground with a huge gash on her chest.
"Doğukan!"
I moved. Its new target was Doğukan.
"I am sorry."
Doğukan said before his throat was ripped open. Seeing both of my friends mortally wounded, I stopped moving. It opened its arms wide.
"What happened? Aren't you going to fight?"
I could hear the sarcasm in its voice. I raised my arm.
"Roar!"
I shouuted as I attacked. It closed its claws, forming a fist. Without me reacting that same fist hit to my chest. I coughed as I hear my ribs shatter.
"Cough. Cough!"
I couldn't breathe.
"Damn, you guys frail."
I gritted my teeth and stopped my coughing forcefully. I swung my knife. At the same time something heavy hit my face. I felt my cheek bones flattening. World around me went dark for a second. I felt my body falling. My brain shook. I caught myself. I am no going to fall. I am not going to fall. Not until Ayla escapes. I looked at its eyes directly. Yellow, animal like eyes looked back at me.
"Come on! Come on!"
As its fist pounded my body, noises similar to cannons shook the air. I coughed blood. I couldn't breath. I slowly fell down to my knees. Or I thought I was falling down. But it grabbed my broken arm and lifted me to air. I grunted due its rough grip.
"Urgh!"
"Now, let's get rid of! You fucking bitch!"
I felled to ground as it let me. I looked up. Leyla stood despite her huge wound and stabbed it in neck with whats left with her spear.
"Burak. Survive."
Her voice was so weak. Despite that I heard it perfectly. I also heard her skull getting crushed under monsters feet.
"That bitch! She should have died silently!"
My comrade. My friend. My teammate. I forced my broken body to rise. While its back turned to me, I grabbed my broken bow. I jumped to its back. Using my healthy arm I wrapped its string around monsters neck. I pulled it using my weight.
"You bastard!"
You are the bastard! You killed my friends! My underling! Me!
"I am taking you with me!"
Blood loss and my wounds caused by its fist was too much for me to handle. I could only hang on my consciousness with full willpower. But if I was going to die, I am taking this bastard with me!
"Sorry mother."
I even promised you. I felt pathetic for not fullfilling it. I felt pathetic for not being around Nur more. I felt pathetic for dying before Zehra even started to talk.
"But I am not letting this monster go!"
Dying itself wasn't what I feared. But this monster going free and killing other people scared me!
"You bastard! Let me go!"
It trashed around to throw me off its back. So it can be killed by suffocating it? Good. I tightened my grip. Its fur was so thick and durable that I had to use all of whats left of my strength.
"I trained to hold my bow when it is fulled pulled back!"
Since I was 12, I trained with bow. Pulling a bow to its full tension required insane amount of strength. No way in hell I am letting go. No way in hell I am wasting this change Leyla gave me.
"You fucker!"