Nuah's body laid still on the ground for a few moments anf then his body started burning with white flames, then he twitched and convulsed...
It kept burning for a few seconds until the the body suddenly stopped moving, then the burning body stood up !!
What I saw in front of me is a skeleton covered with white flames, his clothes turned pitch-black.
His hand that now from nowhere is somehow holding a rifle!?
'OH SHIT, Həll noO'
The second he moved his hands aiming to shoot at me, I already dodged the upcoming bullet.
The shot hit a tree and destroyed a hole in it, the tree started falling immediately with a creaking sound.
I was already on my feet running to safety, the problem is that dodging bullets while running away is near impossible, thus I always kept a tree between me and him.
I moved from a tree to another, the bullet destroyed one tree after another...
But all he does as he stood his grounds, was aim shoot and reload, he slowly takes a step forward and after a while takes another step forward.
Every shot he aimed always smashed the tree I hid behind.
If this damn thing is really a shroud then I really have no hope...
As I stood behind another tree the flaming shroud did not shoot this time, instead took a few steps forward then he started running.
'Crap!'
I was about to jump out to another tree but then I realized his trick, that is exactly what he wants, the second I jump out I'll be dead.
I waited as he got closer and closer, then I jumped upwards and saw it, the shot inhalated my previous hiding spot like it was nothing, black flames burned the crispy wood.
I stood over a branch looking down, the shroud stared at me as he reloaded the rifle, his white skeleton turned black and the white flames turned ever so slightly red-ish.
Then I jumped to another tree the second he lifted the gun to aim...
The shot burned the skin of the tree like butter, I watched the white flames destroy the tree in awe.
Another shot, another shot then another shot, tree after tree each one fell easily to the devastating destruction of the shroud's rifle.
The rifle was also black with white flames covering it.
My breathing kept getting heavier and heavier, but one thing was un-understandable is why don't I feel fear?
I do feel the desire to preserve my life, I do feel the adrenaline rush and I feel irritatation and sorrow, but none of those feelings are fear.
I am sure in a way my body does feel fear, my mind on the other hand, my mind seems to not register fear at all, yet I feel every emotion close to fear...
Running from one tree to another, the hateful shroud kept following me through the dense forest...
As I jumped from one tree to another I thought of possible ways to deal with the bastard, like taking his rifle or throwing a big rock at him or using the bird's spirit that still resides somewhere in the gem keeping it functioning.
I realized that now I could use the bird spirit to strengthen any part of my body not just my right hand.
In any case grabbing his rifle is just dumb since it's burning with flames, so I'll try rocks.
As I noticed a polished rock quite far away, I took notice of where the shroud is at the moment, then I jumped to another tree.
The tree I jumped to immediately got shot as I was a finger away from reaching it.
Before I give the shroud any time, I jumped to another tree and immediately jumped to another tree.
Then I reached the rock.
I put all the power I had to lift the heavy object then with my powerful feet I jumped to a not so high branch, then stood on it.
The second the shroud shot the lower spot on the tree aiming to shoot my previous hiding spot, he was close enough for me to throw the rock at him.
Straining my muscles I through the rock and it flew for not so far, which I expected.
The rock fell fast on the shroud, and before the shroud could lift his rifle the rock already crushed his skull...
The body fell to the ground... but only for mere seconds because a second later his skull started reforming with it's bright flames surrounding it.
Holding his rifle, the shroud was coming for blood now.
His skull turned to my direction then his rifle was pointed at me, his skull was still slowly reforming so not yet completed.
I was already away from the tree as I jumped to another, I glanced backwards at the tree and saw that his shot wasn't so precise.
... Unfortunately his skull is now completely reformed.
Ignoring that, I saw something in front of me !?
How many times have I saw it ?
A massive locust stood motionless in front of me, indifferent to the destruction that was happening to the trees, and even ignored my presence...
The locust turned it's head towards me in a sudden motion, then disappeared as it flew away.
Another shot hit the tree I was on, and I was already behind another tree.
Then I saw something horrible...
There in the distance of the vast horizon, a cloud of thousands of black flying things... which I bet is locusts was slowly drowning the sky with darkness like a thunder storm.
Those things were moving faster than an explosion, that I bet they'll be here in mere seconds covering the forest whole...