The moment Eileen heard the word Vindinor, she was shaken. Her skin color turned like that of a snow, she stood up and walked back and forth across the room. Her face was sweating, she moves in a panicked pace then she leans on the wall.
Crowa: "Mother? What's the matter? You look pale all of a sudden, are you alright?"
Eileen: "Crowa, my son. We are in grave danger, the Vindinor clan, they're - they're here! We've got to get out of here and go to somewhere safe. A place to hide for the meantime far away from those- those monsters! I've got to find your father and tell him!"
Crowa: "I'm coming with you mother. I don't want to stay here! Please allow me to go with you."
Eileen: "It's not safe, Crowa please listen to me. The Vindinor, they are a ruthless clan of assassins. What they do to people is unimaginable, they kill for fun, take lives for no reason at all and leave like nothing happened. I do not know why they are in our village; they would not waste their time in this place if there were no good reason for it. Stay here, I don't want anything to happen to you. I'll get back once I tell your father."
Crowa: "Mother... Ok, I understand. I'll stay put."
Eileen hugs Crowa tight and leaves the house. She glanced back at him and saw tears running down his face. Her heart broke. She cried too. There was nothing she could do, for she knows only what those assassins are capable of. That is why she is rushing to her husband's side to warn him and immediately leave the place.
Meanwhile, at the outskirts of the village, the three assassins make their way to their destination.
Bison: "This is the river that scout was talking about."
The river was raging due to the high tide brought by the moon, they cannot cross is it easily or they'll get swept across
Bison: "We can't cross it now; I'll just throw the two of you on the other side and then I'll jump across. Deal?"
Ivy: "Are you fvcking kidding me Bison? No way in hell I'll let you throw me across the river. I'll get mud all over my dress."
Killer "HAHAHAHA! What a scaredy cat! I'm just going to swing my chain on that tree and swing. See you on the other side then."
Killer proceeded to spin his chain sickle rapidly and then he jumped, he threw it on the branch of a big tree and pulled. Before they knew it, he was on the other side.
Bison: "Now what?"
Ivy: "Relax, I got this. We'll just use my vines to get across."
Bison: "As long as we do not get poisoned by your plants."
Ivy: "One bridge coming right up."
Ivy flattened his palms on the ground and closed her eyes, the grass around her moved and the soil vibrated. Then thick purple vines and stems sprouted from the ground up in front of her. The soil cracked and loosened. The thick vines crept slowly above the river until it reached the edge on the opposite side.
Ivy: "Viola"
Bison: "That's a very convenient power. Let's go."
Killer: "Took you long enough."
Back at the village, Noah enters the chief's hut.
Noah: "Chief, intruders are spotted on the outskirts of the village. We must prepare for the worst. Tell the children and women to stay in their houses or better yet let them leave the village if all else fails."
Chief: "The alpha. I believe that's what they're after. They want to know the location of it. We must not let them get to it at all costs. The Vindinor wants to utilize its power to mass produce weapons."
Noah: "What? Mass produce? Is that even possible?"
Chief: "With that monster's power and ability, it definitely is. Everything is possible if you have a genius inventor in a clan."
Noah: "I'm going to get ready; we can use all the help we can get. I'll gather everyone on the village square.
As Noah exits the hut, he saw Eileen running towards him,
Noah: "Eileen?! What do you think you're doing? Have you lost your mind? You left our son all alone!"
Eileen: "Noah... *pant* *pant* I just came to tell you that the intruders are from the Vindinor clan. Let us leave this place and find a safe area to lie low for a while! You cannot - "
Noah: "And leave the village and throw away my honor as a hunter? Eileen, I've been here since I was a child. I was raised by the chief as if I was his son, trained by him, he took care of me and saved my life. I can't just leave."
Eileen: "But - Noah. You do not know those people. They are different. They'll stop at nothing to get what they want. Please - "
Noah: "Enough. Go back to our house. Crowa needs you."
Eileen: "...yes, ok. Please be careful."
Noah and Eileen go their separate ways. Noah will be stationed on the entrance of the village to anticipate the intruders. Archers and Crossbowmen are all ready to fire from their watch towers. Warriors and spearmen are behind some makeshift wooden barricades. They are all setup for the incoming attack. Eileen goes back to the house and to her surprise Crowa is not there. She looked all over the house, but he is nowhere to be found. Then she goes back outside.
Eileen: "Crowa! Crowa! My son! Where are you? Crowa!"
Crowa: "Mother! I'm here. I was just cutting the tip of some wooden spears to use as weapons. I decided I'm going to fight like father!"
Eileen: "No! It's too dangerous Crowa! We'll stay inside the house and wait until the fight is over. Listen to me, leave this fight to your father and the other warriors of the village."
Crowa: "But Mother! I can-"
"OHWOOOOO"
"OHWOOOOO"
The alarm sounded again. This time signifying that the assassins are here.
"HALT! Go no further. We will not hesitate to fire and attack you if you retaliate. Go back to where you came from!" Shouted by a guard on top of the tower.
The men ready their spears and point it towards the three intruders. Noah is behind the men with weapons, he is clenching his sword on his right hand while his left hand is strapped with a worn-out iron buckler. Equipped with a leather armor and helmet. Some new fighters are noticeably shaken in their boots. This is the first time they will be fighting for the village.
Bison: "Lower your weapons. We have no quarrel with you small folks. We just want to ask questions to your village chief. That is all."
Killer: "Hey Bison, I can kill them all right? Right? I just love watching people get sliced to pieces while others watch as I do it."
Ivy: "Urrrk... I'm going to distance myself to both of you while you do your thing, filthy pigs."
Bison and Killer continues to walk towards the entrance.
"For the final time! This is our last warning. We will put holes through your body if you do not surrender and walk away! Archers ready!" The guard warned them while the archer's bows are pointed at them.
Bison: "Holes? Haha! I'd like to see you try. Come at me!"
Bison then suddenly jumped in front of the barricade and opened his arms wide.
"FIRE!!" The guards let loose a volley of arrows straight to Bison. The men who were on the ground prepare to charge at him and strike him down. Bison is composed and unflinching. He let out a loud roar and proceeded to put his closed fist together. The moment he did that a bright flash of light generated from his hand and then a thick crystal formed from his fist all around his body. The arrows that hit him bounced right off. Sword attacks and spears do nothing. Not even a scratch. The guards were surprised to see something unusual. A man covered in thick crystal from the head all the way to the bottom of his feet. They were confused.
"Wha- What is this?! What are we seeing right now?!"
"Arrows and swords don't affect him! What do we do?!"
Noah is also bewildered. This is the first time he sees something like this. In the back of his head his thinking what manner of attack do we do? If physical attacks do not even scratch him. But he noticed something, the man with a crystal body is not moving. His face is even covered with the crystal. Maybe he cannot move because of the heavy crystal.
Noah: "Men! Do not panic! Let's give this a shot, push the crystal man until he falls over! He is not moving after all!
The men immediately did what Noah said and pushed the crystal man, but he won't budge.
Bison: "Bad idea."
Bison suddenly exploded along with all the men who pushed him. All the small crystal pieces flew off him and hit the nearby men. The explosion did not harm Bison as he was immune to it.
"AHHHH!! AHHHH!!" The guards screamed in excruciating pain. The Crystals penetrated parts of their body. Due to the explosion, some guards have their limbs decapitated. Some of them crawling on the ground and begging for help. Some of them died instantly.
"What in the hell?! What is this?!" The archers above can only watch what's happening below. Most of the terrified archers got back down but some of them remain in the tower.
Ivy: "My turn."
Ivy did the same gesture at the river. But this time she split the ground below the watch towers causing them to collapse killing everyone who was on it.
Killer: "Hey, save some for me! You little bitch!"
The guards who are running heard a faint whirring sound behind them, like a distant jet. Then to their surprise, a sickle with a black chain attached to it flew towards them to the side nearly hitting them.
"Ha! Yes! He missed! This is our chance! Run!"
Before the guard could turn around and see what's in front of him, he was suddenly stabbed in the stomach by the same sickle that he thought did not hit him.
"Wha- What happened? The sickle changed directions. He- He can control it! There's no running away from it! We're hopeless! We're all going to die!" The guards ran and ran but the sickle chased them all over the place. Slicing anyone who was on the way.
Noah saw it all. The power of the three assassins. He froze as he watched his comrades get slaughtered in front of him. He was not thinking straight, his hands were shaking, his legs couldn't move. Get it together Noah! He thought to himself. He does not know whether he would attack or defend his ground.
"Snap out of it!"
He heard a very familiar voice behind him. He couldn't hear clearly because of fear.