"WOW! I have never been punched that hard before; I think you broke my jaw." He said while holding his jaw.
"But where did you--".
I punched him again, but this time I grabbed him before he flew away.
Thud!
Thud!
I punched his face again and again, until his own mother wouldn't even recognize it.
He raised his hand, trying to punch me back.
But as I caught his fist, I flicked it upwards.
Crack!
After I broke his wrist, I kicked him as hard as I could.
Crack!
I heard something crack as he flew into the distance.
He quickly tried to stand up. His face was completely smashed in, and his wrist was broken.
"I need to notify the others. They have to know!". He said in a panicked voice as he ran away.
"Attack".
My dracanis rushed at him, and they quickly caught up to him.
But he knocked them away with giant rocks emerging from the ground.
'Could I have used the dracanis to block the rocks?'.
'If I had used the dracanis, would the blonde knight have survived?'
There were so many things that I could have done, but in the end, it didn't even matter.
Because the blonde knight was already dead.
The dracanis persisted in attacking him, which stopped his momentum.
Allowing me to come close.
I punched him down on the ground, which created a small crater that formed around him.
I mounted him so he wouldn't be able to move.
Thud!
Thud!
I punched him again and again.
"Wait". He said weakly.
I stopped punching, and a giant rock suddenly emerged from the ground next to us.
As I saw the rock, I punched him in the face again, and the rock fell to the ground.
Thud!
Every punch I did created a loud sound, and a small shockwave.
Thud!
Dark, black blood started to appear in my hands.
"I can give-"
Thud!
"You everything-"
Thud!
"You want-"
Thud!
"Money?"
Thud!
"Women?"
I stopped punching, and as I stood up,
"So it was women that you wanted." His voice quivered as he spoke weakly.
A smile formed on the monster's face as he realized that I had stopped.
"Let me ask you a question. Were you the one who attacked the kingdom with the rocks?".
The smile quickly vanished.
"Yeah, I thought so.".
A giant rock the size of a truck started to emerge from the ground.
The giant rock became imbued with hot flames, which melted the grass even though it was in the air.
"Here is my farewell gift.".
The giant, burning rock landed with explosive speed on the monster in the crater.
It created a massive shockwave that made my hair flutter.
I moved the giant rock, and the sight was very brutal.
He was completely smashed in, and dark blood was everywhere. It was like smashing a fly with a rock.
But at least he was dead.
The dracanis approached me, and I could sense a strange sensation.
"You are hungry?"
The dracanis responded by panting.
"Well, go ahead.".
The dracanis rushed to the crater and ate every piece of the monster.
At the same time, I could feel them growing stronger than before.
'So that's how they work'.
I walked back to the spot where the blonde knight had died.
And finally, I saw a huge rock, and as I moved the rock.
Under it was a corpse with burn injuries and blood everywhere. His arms were completely broken, and most of his bones were shattered.
This was a sight that would normally have made me throw up. But I don't know why I didn't.
'Maybe the real Rylan Ashencroft didn't want me to throw up'.
Or maybe it's because that would be too disrespectful for someone who sacrificed himself to save others.
I slowly crouched and lifted the dead body in a princess carry.
His face was unrecognizable, and his heart was not beating.
But I know that this was the blonde knight who sacrificed himself so the other people could live.
I carried him back to the entrance of the kingdom.
The knights quickly spotted my figure, and they ran over to me.
""What happened to the captain?""
"Unfortunately, he died." I said this as I looked at the ground in shame.
A silence appeared that lasted a few seconds.
And when I looked up, I saw all the knights had watery eyes.
"Another monster wave is coming!". Someone shouted from above the wall.
I gritted my teeth.
These f*ckers.
They were not even giving us a break.
I carefully placed the dead body on the ground.
"I will be back.".
I disappeared from the spot and rushed to the west.
Soon, the monster wave was visible.
A bunch of black-lion-looking monsters were rushing towards us. And at the front of that monster wave were two big lions, as big as a house.
As soon as they noticed me, the two lions stopped.
But the other monsters continued to run towards me.
They had their mouths open, which showed their fangs. Their eyes were filled with killing intent, but strangely enough, I wasn't afraid.
I felt a little empty after the blonde knight died.
It's not like I knew him.
But when he made a small smile and a tear formed in his eyes, I felt guilty. That scene was stuck in my head.
As the monsters were about to attack me,
"Freeze".
Ice formed from my legs, which enveloped all of the monsters and frozen them to statues.
One of the monsters was frozen in the middle of an attack. As it had its mouth wide open with fangs fully visible.
I flicked my finger on the frozen monster, and it shattered to pieces.
I walked past them, and as I saw the two lions about to run away,
"Don't move". I said it with a commanding tone.
They immediately stopped their movement.
I approached the two monsters, who didn't dare to move.
When I was next to them,
"Do you understand my words?"
There was silence for a few seconds.
I furrowed my eyebrows.
"If you don't want to die, then speak.".
Fire and ice spears manifested out of thin air in front of the two monsters.
"Yes," one of the lions said with a high-pitched voice that echoed a little.