There were about ten of them and they all immediately dashed off towards different directions, leaving the king and their origin.
*****
" Evacuating the people from their houses caused a hell of a disturbance but I should..."
" Iris, I want you to leave here at once." The grand mage said, turning towards his granddaughter.
She stepped back slightly and said, "But elder sister?"
Immediately after she said that she heard the sound of heavy footsteps and turned to her right to see a beast running towards them.
She gasped in shock but just as her gaze met the creature, it was vertically sliced in half and slumped to the ground.
She turned to her sister whom the grand mage had already gone to attend to and saw another beast running straight toward them.
A huge bolt of lightning shot down at the beast from the sky and it was instantly burnt to ashes.
" Iris? Why in the world are you here?"
She turned around with a surprised look on her face and saw a young sliver white-haired man with a piece of white fabric tied around his eyes walking towards them.
He walked past her and stopped right by the grand mage and her sister.
" I'll take Rose and her sister back to the castle and will be back in a few minutes." He said, bending to his knees.
He took the lady from his arms and Iris slowly walked towards the three of them.
As soon as she came close to them, the white-haired man grabbed a hold of her hand and they instantly teleported away.
The three of them appeared inside a room and Rose was immediately laid on a bed before the white-haired man teleported away once again.
He appeared at the exact location where he had met the grand mage and there he saw a man dressed completely in armour, standing next to him.
" That was all of them, sir." He said, turning towards the grand mage.
They both immediately turned around and saw him slowly walking towards both of both of them.
" So what's the situation?" He asked as soon as he was a step away from the both of them.
The knight quickly explained everything that had happened to him and after hearing all he had to say, he dashed towards the distance.
*****
The king stood a small distance away from the beast which immediately dashed straight towards him. Its speed and strength were magnificent and the ground where it was standing on completely shattered the moment it took off.
In the blink of an eye, it was standing right in front of him and flung its hand right at him.
He grabbed the beast's hand and slowed it down while he quickly shifted to the side and slid backward.
The beast immediately turned towards him after that and just as it was about to dash towards him, it was sent flying away.
The king immediately turned to his left and saw the very person he had knocked away a few moments ago walking towards him.
While he was walking towards the king, the sound of roaring thunder was heard and the moment he jumped, a huge bolt of lightning shot down from the sky.
" You should rest up Father, I'll take it from here?"
The king turned around after he heard that and the 🦳 man with a partially obscured face walked towards him.
" Luke?" He asked in surprise.
He simply nodded his head and immediately after that, the king dashed off further into the distance leaving the both of them.
" Well then, I'll be sure to finish this quickly." He said, removing the piece of cloth tied around his face to reveal two bright blue eyes and three rings immediately appeared around each of his pupils.
*****
It wasn't long before the king appeared right where the beast was and just when he arrived, the beast shot multiple spikes at him once again.
He performed the same counter as last time and immediately after that, charged straight towards the menacing creature.
" Using a powerful attack will cause severe damage to the surroundings," he thought, swinging his hand right at the beast's face, " so I'll have to get it away from the capital."
The beast went flying after the impact and tumbled on the ground a few times before getting back on its feet.
Just as it regained its balance, a punch came right below its jaw and just as it went flying, it was grabbed by the hand and sent flying away.
" I managed to get it out of the capital, but I need to get past that fence." He thought, looking up at the fifteen-foot-tall fence that was surrounding the capital.
He immediately dashed straight towards the fence and jumped as high as he could towards it. His feet landed a little close to the top and just as he was about to fall, he grabbed a hold of the top and flipped over it.
They were at the western region of the capital and just as his feet touched the ground, he dashed straight into the distance.
The beast got on its feet once again and ran straight towards the same direction where it had just come from but after a few steps, it was sent flying once again.
It looked up to see the king right above it and managed to move its head away right before his fist came crashing against the ground.
The air from the impact blew the beast away and the ground right from where he had punched and going a few meters further was completely cracked and shattered.
The beast got on its feet once again and shot a black spike at him. The spike came swiftly but right before it could hit him, he expelled innate energy outward and the spike barely scraped his skin after the impact.
Immediately after that, he charged straight toward the creature and punched it hard on the side of its face, sending it flying about thirty meters away.
He got set to run towards it once again but multiple spikes came shooting right at him and he immediately jumped out of the way.
His widened when he began to depict a huge amount of energy coming from the distance and right after that, the beast came charging straight towards him.
In the blink of an eye, it appeared right next to him and swung its fist right at his face but he was able to react on time and blocked the attack with his elbow.
The impact of the attack managed to push him away but not far and the beast got set to land another attack.
In an instant, it appeared right next to him and swung its fist at him again. This time the hit managed to connect and sent him flying.
He got on his feet while still slightly bent over and expelled innate energy outward around his body right before the impact of the beast's fist.
The beast watched as all the spikes on its fist completely shattered the moment they came in contact with his head and shortly after that, a small amount of blood dripped down from the top of his head and straight down his face.
The beast tried to pull back its hand, but he grabbed a hold of it with his right hand and instantly grabbed its shoulder with his other hand before slamming it down on the ground.
He immediately ripped off the beast's hand right from the shoulder and after that jumped up as high as he could.
His eyes began to glow a bright yellow and the veins on his right began pulsing with a bright yellow glow as he came falling head first without his right hand held out.
It wasn't long before he dropped to the ground and just as his fist hit the ground he mumbled, " cataclysmic impact."
*****
In the long troublesome night, a boy was standing atop a stairway while staring at the starry sky with his hands inside his pocket.
" Joel, you should come inside it's mom's almost done with dinner."
He immediately turned around after hearing the familiar voice and saw a girl with long brown hair and big tan eyes.
" I'm not hungry." He replied, turning away.
" Hey come on, don't tell me you're still angry because I didn't allow take your money back from those guys," she said, placing both her hands on his shoulder, " I already told you I'll pay you back myself."
" Maybe I should just go and tell Dad about it." He mumbled, turning his gaze to the floor.
" Hey now, I'll do anything you ask for just don't either of our parents about it okay."
" Well, then I want to be left alone."
She slowly let go of him and the smile on her face immediately went away as she said, "Fine. If that's really what you want."
He pulled back his lips and slowly turned around to see her staring at him with a mischievous smile on her face but her expression immediately changed into one of terror.
" Joel behind you!"
The boy immediately turned his head and caught a glimpse of a dark-skinned creature that was right behind him.