Damon had seen everything, the green arrows heading towards him and jolly stopping his own attack midway to help him.
clinching his teeth and fists,Damon ran towards Jack who was generating more arrows aiming to shoot the roots from around his legs. seeing this Damon felt like it was his chance to strike.
Jolly regained his balance from the small fire ball attack, throwing out six vine spears at once. in return Taylen matched the six spears with six fire spears of his own.
Flea stayed a good distance from the fight as he was preparing some type of attack. He formed more threads as they began to circle,connect and combine together.
Boom! a small explosion was made as all six fire and vine spears collided. The spears made of flames prevailed and continued to move forward. Taylen made a circular motion with his hands as all six flaming spears condensed and combined together while flying through the air.
Jolly eyes widened.
" I don't remember him being this strong. " he thought to himself while stomping the ground three times creating two vine walls.
With the third stomp he attempted to grab a hold of flea with roots shooting out the ground reaching for his legs. Jolly was trying to pay attention to everyone which was slowing him down.
flea sensed the attack and once again evaded while still constructing his attack which started to resemble a ball of yarn the size of a beach ball with the thread like energy pulsating a bright red.
Damon was now a few feet away from Jack preparing a kick to his side when a gut feeling made him look back.
Kimbo was back on his feet and no longer confined by roots. His legs were now covered in white bulky jagged rocks which cut the roots in half, but that's not all.
A rock ball was heading in his direction as well, seeing this, Damon reached behind his back grabbing a hold of the crystalized black shard. before the battle began he slid it behind his back in his belt, planning to keep it safe.
With his current situation he realized he could use it as a weapon.
Just like Jolly trying to fight multiple people that were actually pretty skilled made things more difficult, it was the same for Damon because those precious seconds he took to stop his attack cost him as well.
Jack had released his arrows severing the roots on his legs as well.
Not knowing what else to do, Damon flung the shard towards the ball of rock as hard as he could. upon impact the shard slice through the white spiky ball of rock with ease splitting it in half.
It surged forward casting confusion and disbelief in kimbo and Damon's eyes.
Damon didn't expect it to overpower kimbo's attack, he was just hoping it would slow it down long enough for him to move out of the way.
skoosh! rip
The sound of flesh being deeply punctured was heard as the shard ripped through the abdomen of kimbo and flew straight out his lower back. blood spilled and splattered over the ground upon impact.
Kimbo reacted in time after the initial shock of his attack being demolished by hardening and covering his torso,but the black shard pierced his defenses with ease and was now stuck in a nearby tree.
Kimbo's eyes became moist as he glanced down ever so slowly at the four inch hole in his big belly. blood trickled out his mouth as he looked back up at Damon with his glossy covered brown eyes.
Damon was at a loss for words with a panicked and confused face, that quickly disappeared seconds later, after realizing he was simply fighting for his life and that these four people were here to take it. with those thoughts in hand Damon's resolve hardened even more.
Taylen's previous attack had penetrated both of the vine walls while setting them ablaze.
Jolly was burned once again,but this time it was worse. the condensed flaming spear had managed to brush against his rib cage after bursting through the wall and continued to move forward a short distance beyond the area of battle creating a small explosion several meters away.
"Kimbooooooo" Jack screamed at the sight of his bloody friend falling to his knees, slumped to the side.
Jacked watched the entire scene play out with Damon and Kimbo. He didn't attack Damon right away during their brief exchange because he simply didn't think he needed to.
He saw Kimbo's attack headed for Damon and assumed everything would be fine, even after he watched Damon grab the black shard and throw it. He too was just as shocked as them.
Taylen was seen grinning from ear to ear after seeing his attack damage Jolly,until he heard Jack scream.
"The hell, what, Kim,Kim, Kimbo's down." Taylen thought to himself looking at the scene before him.
"That weak fool, how could he be bested by a powerless imp." Taylen said out loud with an enraged face.
"if I was you I'd worry about myself." a voice said.
pschhh! just as jolly said those words. Taylen felt one of his arms fling backwards .
Arrrrrg! Taylen groaned in pain.
Jolly used the window of opportunity, creating another vine spear as well as finally entangling Taylen's legs with roots. With Jolly being badly injured his aim was off a bit,he tried aiming for Taylen's chest.
A vine spear entered Taylen's left shoulder, while roots sprung up encasing his legs.
Damon turned tail and ran towards the shard that was currently stuck in a tree.
"Arrow barrage."
Jack forged 10 arrows at once, his palms and face were sweaty, he had never created more then five at a time, but with what he just witnessed, his anger boiled over to another level.
he had never been a person good at hand to hand combat and solely relied on his archery ability.
"Sorry Taylen,but I'm killing this ant myself." Jack screamed while aiming and releasing the barrage of arrows.
Jolly was down on one knee holding on to his ribcage. his fingers and forearm were charred and blistered,while the skin and part of his flesh on his side had been burned so bad, part of his ribs actually looked like pig ribs that were cooked on a grill too long.
"Daaamon." Jolly yelled seeing the barrage of arrows heading for Damon's back as he ran.
"arrrrrg !
Pain surged throughout his body from yelling and his breathing became heavy and fast as a slight wheezing sound could be heard with every breath he took.
"Fleaaaaa nooooooow." ! Taylen shouted while falling to the ground in pain.
Jolly watched as every second of every motion seemed to slow down.
"not enough time he whispered to himself."
Jolly placed his other hand on the ground while still on his knees. using more than sixty percent of power he had left. A green wave of energy shot across the forest floor like it was alive moving at an unreal speed.
Flea had thrown the red ball of stringy energy in the air, directly in the center of the outlined box he created with strings earlier.
It casted a red light upon the vicinity, the ball turned with great speed slinging all the thread like energy to certain places within the box of outlined string below.
Damon was now at the tree holding on to the crystalized shard as it was still in the tree,when he looked back. The feeling of despair was upon him as the barrage of green arrows were seconds away.
He ran for the dagger thinking he could get to it and block or slice through the arrows, but he was wrong. he didn't take into consideration that he would be too slow, but he knew he had to try.
Ten spiraling green objects were just way faster. It was too late for Damon, even if the shard could help, he couldn't get it out of the tree in time.
Taylen had Just finished snatching out the vine spear from his shoulder and destroying the roots around his legs. He stood back up, just in time to see the show.
"well I guess I've lied to myself long enough." Damon whispered to himself watching the red and green light show that would end him soon.
Pschhh! the sound of meat being skewered reverberated through the air.
A smile once again became plastered on Taylen's face.
"flea, cancel your attack, it seems we've won, as expected." Taylen boastfully said.
Suddenly their was a sound that was unpleasant to many of their ears.
shoo,shoop,shoop,.... the sound of the rest of the arrows not tearing through flesh caused a look of confusion.
As the bright red light of flea's attack disappeared,which was so bright it hindered their vision.
A displeased expression overtook Taylen's and Jack's face.
There were three big roots, and around twelve vines twisted together that encased the back side of the tree attaching itself to the tree like a cocoon. Seven arrows were lodged into the cocoon-like structure and then disappeared.
Taylen slowly turned his head to look at Jolly.
" You." he said rushing towards Jolly with a raised fist surrounded with flames.
Jolly was done, he had used too much of his strength already. he was now laying down on his back gasping for air. His last attempt to fight was to protect Damon once more.
Just as Taylen was about to punch Jolly he stopped and smiled.
"wait this means he's not dead,and I kill him with my own hands."
Jack rushed over to kimbo side and rolled him over.
"Taylen, kimbo's still alive but barely, Give me a spirit fruit now."
Taylen walked over to them slowly looking at kimbo in disgust, not because of his nearly dead state but because he allowed Damon of all people to put him in the position he was in.
"is his life worth saving,this fool was bested by a buffoon." Taylen slightly shouted.
Jack stood up and got into Taylen's face.
"The hell does that matter,he was under your command, we were all supposed to be a team with you leading." Jack shouted back.
Flea stepped in between them, he was a person with very few words and so he just stared at Jack with a faceless expression as if saying make a move if you want and I'll end you.
flea might have been the smallest out of all of them,but his strength and power could match Taylen's. They all were friends,but Jack and Kimbo were closer while flea and Taylen had a great bond with each other.
"it's ok flea." taylen said while going into a small pouch at his side, which was a small dimensional storage
. Taylen eyes glared at Jack in a repulsive manner, but he still handed him a small fruit that resembled a red and purple berry.
Jack took the fruit and squeezed it into kimbo's mouth, one could eat the spirit fruit or drink its juice. either way it would work. kimbo was unconscious and couldn't chew which led to Jack squeezing the juice into his mouth.
kimbo wounds healed slowly,but he would make it.
Taylen and Flea walked back over to Jolly who had managed to crawl a few feet away from his original position.
"get him out." Taylen said grabbing Jolly by the throat.
" go to,to,hell."
Taylen smiled, while slamming Jolly's head on the ground knocking him out cold.
"your friend said the same thing to me once,funny, I'll be the one sending him to hell,Just as I promised." he said looking at Jolly's unconscious body and walking away.
With Jolly unconscious, his previous attempt to protect Damon was reversed as the roots and vines retracted and faded dispersing the cocoon like structure.
"fuck fuck fuck." Damon said internally as he felt his body falling to the ground. while in the cocoon he didn't have to think about why he wasn't dead, he knew the reason was Jolly.
He couldn't move much because the roots and vine had him somewhat pinned to the tree, but he was able to get the shard out the tree.
Damon was seen falling to the ground looking lifeless with the shard in his hand,but just before he hit the ground he suddenly spun and slung the shard once more as hard as he could.
This caught everyone off guard except Taylen. Damon was injured. three of the arrows had managed to hit its mark.
His shoulder,leg and lower back had a hole the size of a bottle cap. Damon and Taylen eyes met seconds before he threw the shard, but Taylen simply moved to the side as the shard flew by him.
"humph! was that your final attempt." asked Taylen as Damon hit the ground while walking up to him.
Jack dragged kimbo off to the side,he was still unconscious,but his wounds were not fatal thanks to the spirit fruit.
Damon looked around frantically while turning over on his stomach.
seeing this Taylen knew what he was doing.
"looking for your friend." he said snapping his fingers signaling flea.
" flea was seen dragging over Jolly's body with an energy thread around his feet. placing him a few feet away.
"Don't worry he isn't dead yet and I won't kill him, well that's if he doesn't succumb to his wounds, and if he does Taylen said kneeling before Damon.
" Then I'll be doing our Kingdom some good,by getting rid of two pieces of trash instead of one. "
Damon tried moving, but he was weak, he knew if he could only use ki he would be able to push his body past its limits,but in his current state he was practically just human.
"why" Damon asked.
laughter!
hahahaha, hahaha "why you ask Taylen repeats as he starts to laugh like a mad man.
Jack was simply standing to the side with a look of disgust, he had seen a totally different side of Taylen that he didn't like at all.
It wasn't the fact that he was about to kill someone, it was because he was willing to let a friend of his die when he could be helped.
That alone made Jack think about the choices he made and the choices he would make in the future.
"it's simple, because I can." Taylen said while digging his hand into the pouch and throwing a spirit fruit in his mouth.
The spirit fruit was gold in color and had an instant heal rate. There were only two kinds and the gold ones were extremely expensive.
Seeing this, Jack became even more furious, but he held his tongue.
Taylen reached into his dimensional space once more pulling out a seven foot steel rod with a five inch wide arrow head on the end. it's tip was sharp and the weapon was silver and red in color.
"my father made his first human kill with this thing, he allowed me to borrow it for this exact moment." Taylen said grabbing the tip of it.
He then kicked Damon over on his back and heated up the five inch wide arrow head of what looked like a spear by emitting his mana through it. The head of it became so hot part of it turned bright orange.
Damon couldn't believe it, he had finally gained power that could help him change his life and then practically lost it within minutes.
"I kept my word." was the last thing Taylen said as he pulled back the weapon with both hands and thrust it down.
Many things rippled into Damon's mind..... his father,Jolly, the mother he never knew, the fact that he never got a chance to do so many things as he watched his untimely end.
" I guess It was never meant to be." Damon thought.
Pschhhh!
Damon was stabbed right in the chest. an air sucking sound was made by him as it ripped through, while his body jolted slightly.
Watching Damon's life fade was like pure ecstasy for Taylen as he started to laugh and smile.
Taylen's excited,lustful and boasting actions occurred for a couple minutes before they decided to leave the forest.
Jack struggled to pick up kimbo,but he managed while slowly heading out.
They left jolly as he was, not caring if he lived or died.
Damon's body seemed lifeless on the forest floor.
{_________}
Deep beneath a tree cavity thousands of feet underground inside a giant black crystalized dome, the same orb as before started to vibrate and flash intensely releasing another wave of transparent light. it traveled throughout the area swiftly.
instead of falling limbs this time, something completely different occurred as the energy wave reached Damon's Body.
"ki user." a deep beastly and majestic voice spoke.