[Mana: 04/85]
Jake checked his mana and decided that he would wait for it to replenish before using magic again. But he needed magic to get back to the others first. He broke the sound barrier again and got to them in a couple of seconds.
When he got to them he saw the soldiers standing behind the monarch, backing him up as he spoke to Anna in a loud voice.
"Didn't you see what she's capable of doing?" Tom asked loudly. "She was casting spells with magic. We can't do that. Yet."
"So what? You want to study her so that we can do what she does?" Anna asked back, no longer in her beast form, standing in front of Rheya and the others.
"Anna you should understand where I'm coming from." Tom said. "Your father is a monarch just like me and even he would agree with me."
"Sorry I don't see studying a person for their abilities as a good thing." Anna said. "She's not going anywhere with you."
"I'm afraid I wasn't asking for your opinion." Tom said and his grip around his scythe tightened.
"What the hell's going on?" Jake asked, stepping in the middle of the two.
"Our beloved monarch here wants to take Rheya back with him so they can learn how she casts spells." Kevin said, simplifying the whole thing.
"That's not happening." Jake said, turning to face the monarch.
"Move aside kid. This isn't up for debate." Tom said and was about to push through Jake when Jake put his hand on the monarch's shoulder. The monarch immediately hit Jake's hand away and behind Anna, they all took a fighting stance the moment the soldiers did the same.
"We're all on the same side here and do you think fighting is the solution right now?" Kyle said to the monarch from behind.
Jake knew Kyle was right. If they were to fight against the soldiers now they would be at a huge disadvantage because he wouldn't be able to use his magic without consequences. And the monarch would be a large problem since he apparently couldn't get hurt.
"We can talk this out. There's no need for a fight." Jake said.
"Then move aside." Tom said. "She's coming with me."
A red button on the gadget around the wrist of a soldier started blaring and the soldier pressed it quickly to respond and silence it. All that was heard was static at first with bits of voices being heard randomly. It got clearer for a short while and everyone that was nearby clearly heard screams coming from the other side. From what they heard they could tell that people were panicking and the monarch was suddenly worried.
They had left the haven with a good number of soldiers to protect it from anything and to hold the fort until they were back but now there was chaos everywhere and he was not there to know what had happened.
"HELP!" A voice was heard from the gadget along with more shouts and screams. "THEY'RE HERE!" Another voice shouted out. "EVERYTH..."
The monarch immediately got into action and ordered two of the soldiers to begin drawing the magic circles on the ground so they can get back to the haven.
The magic circles was their magical ability so they were able to draw it quickly and the monarch quickly rushed to it and sunk into it, other soldiers following after him.
"Let's go!" Jake said and rushed to the magic circles as well.
"Ugh! We can't catch a freaking break today. We've been at this for hours." Kevin said as he followed the others and moved towards the magic circle.
"What about Diane's body?" Nikki asked. "We can't just leave it here."
"Fine." Jake said. Despite his mana being really low, he switched to the magical dimensions ability and out Diane's body in the magical dimension before switching back to shapeshifting magic.
Rising out of the magic circles, they appeared right in the middle of what could only be described as carnage. The blood that was on the ground where they had just come from was nothing compared to what they were seeing at the moment.
The sight in front of them was a complete massacre with the bodies of a few dead werts laying around. There was blood all over the place, mostly red blood from the soldiers, and the few buildings that they had managed to construct had also been destroyed.
Any iota of progress they had made in restoring the haven that was once there was now gone and the things responsible were still present, flying around, picking off the remaining soldiers one by one and having fun by killing them with glee.
The monarch gripped his scythe tighter with his right hand and picked up a random sword from the ground with his left hand. He gritted his teeth in anger as his eyes quickly surveyed all the damage that had been done and he locked eyes on the werts that were still around.
Most of them had left and returned to the wert base but some had stayed behind to revel in all the carnage and they had just noticed the people that had arrived.
"More humans!" a four-tailed wert shouted, garnering the attention of the other werts. A large and wide smile formed on the wert's face, revealing the long set of teeth that were lined up in a way that would deal the most damage.
The monarch jumped forward from where he was standing, the scythe in his right hand and a sword in his left hand. He landed right next to a wert and swung the scythe with a lot of force and as fast as he could.
The wert barely avoided the attack, the scythe cutting a large chunk off the scales on its shoulder almost reaching its neck. It was about to fly away to position itself for an attack when the sword the monarch was holding went up to its neck and cut through with little resistance.
The monarch wasted no time and moved to the next one, killing them as fast as he could with the anger he felt rising and him receiving absolutely no damage all through.
The soldiers along with Jake and the others had also began fighting the werts after Tom charged forward. Jake did not use his magic because he needed his mana to replenish but to fight werts that didn't have above four tails, he wouldn't need magic.
Kyle was doing just fine with his poison magic. His magic had evolved and now his poison had a certain kind of variety to it. He had released poison from all ten of his fingers which had turned into a gas some seconds after leaving his fingers. It had created a cover so the werts couldn't see him move as he killed them.
Kevin had possessed a three-tailed wert and was fighting other werts that way while Smith was also fighting werts and taking their health away with his magic, transferring it to himself and the others.
Anna was making quick work of the werts because she had shapeshifted into the six armed beast from before and was killing them easily.
Rheya stood by the side and watched as they all fought the werts individually, her golden eyes noticing how they relied on nothing but their own prowess.
They had gotten stronger the past couple of months and they were determined to prove to the werts that the war would not end unless the humans came out victorious.