Celestial birth
Chapter 10
Moving through the trees Sin and Liam had already gone around and were even a several meters away, jumping off of the tree to the ground Sin landed throwing up a cloud of dust. Landing next to him Liam said "Hey I could have sworn that was a second order beasts, shouldn't we only find first order beasts here it is a green zone" said Liam
"Yes, I guess it is still following me" said Sin. "Huh?, what do you mean it's following you" questioned Liam.
"Oh that thing has been chasing me since yesterday, I only managed to get away because some nice people I met while I was trying to escape kept it busy long enough for me to get away" said Sin in a nonchalant tone.
Stopping Liam asked, "what is that supposed mean" asked Liam, turning around to look at Liam, Sin said "huh, what was that".
"Are you telling me you sacrificed the lives of other people so you could run away" questioned Liam as he stopped to look at Sin.
"No I'm saying I did what I had to in order to survive big difference, well I wouldn't have cared either way" said Sin in a cold tone as he then turned away to keep walking towards the mountain top not caring about the thoughts of the boy behind him.
Looking down Liam clenched his fist as he thought "Why is he so relaxed about it, it's as if he does not care about what he did, for a nine-year-old this kid is scary, in any case there's something different about him so I'll just follow him for now."
A couple of minutes later two figures were moving through the forest when they heard several loud screams of what seemed to be kids. Hearing the screams one of the two figures had come to a stop as it looked to the direction the screams were coming from.
"Hey, I think they might need some help" the figure that had stopped which was Liam shouted to the other one which was Sin.
"So, what does that have to do with me" shouted Sin as he kept on running forward. Running after him Liam said "don't you want to help them, they might die at this rate."
"I don't care, their lives have no value to me so why should I risk my life to save a bunch of strangers" said Sin as he even increased his speed. Gritting his teeth Liam decide to change direction as he started running towards the screams as fast as he could before it was too late.
While running a giant bolder came flying towards Liam. But just before the bolder hit him, a graceful greatsword that was taller and much more heavier then the boy appeared out of thin air and was now held by Liam.
The greatsword had a blue line running through the middle of the the blade, it also had a light blue hilt and a skull shaped pommel.
Swinging the sword like it was nothing the bolder was cut in half. Not slowing his momentum Liam kept on running until he saw what seemed to be a giant rampaging bull that had long sharp horns protruding out of its head.
Along with the bull Liam could see the surroundings which were in a mess, trees had been broken and there were even two dead bodies on the ground, the bodies where mangled which was odd and surprising.
While Liam started wondering what could have done that he saw as the bull turned around and kicked one of the kids that were trying to run away.
The bull had kicked the kid three times the first kick was on the head which broke the kids skull ending his life, not stopping there though bull kept on kicking. The second kick landed on the boy's chest breaking and even collapsing the boy chest, finally the bull kicked for the third and last time as it landed on the stomach which had also sent the kid flying.
"Damn it" said Liam as he charged forward trying to stop the bull from killing another one. Swinging his greatsword at the bull he had hoped to land a direct hit but his hopes were shattered when the bull had kicked the sword out of his hands.
After kicking the sword away the bull had turned to look at Liam who was holding his right hand with his left one, he was in pain and could not help but grit his teeth, the amount of strength the bull had, caught him off guard along with its fast reaction.
Holding back screaming in pain as his hand felt numb Liam turned to look at the bull that was now dragging its back right leg on the ground as it kicked up the sand, shaking its head with smoke coming out of its nose and saliva dripping on the ground from its mouth, the bull give a loud Moo! As it charged towards Liam.
Looking at its charge Liam had prepared himself, and just before the bull reached him, he had jumped as high as he could into the sky which made the bull miss him as it ran straight into a tree that was behind him breaking it as it even fell back.
Turning around to look for its prey the bull was confused when it couldn't locate its opponent. Looking down Liam who was now setting on one of the many trees around could see the bull circling around the area as it searched for him.
"Looks like those kids got away, Phew!" thought Liam as started moving his hand up and down and clenched and unclenched his fist, it seemed to be fine now and he was ready to get back in action as he stood up..
Looking around while standing on a tree Liam was trying to find his sword that had been kicked out of his hand.
Spotting the sword laying on the ground not so far from the bull, Liam's mind when into hyper drive as he started thinking "it's a peak first order, I already lost when it comes to strength and I have a feeling I cannot beat it when it comes to speed as well".
Gulping Liam decided to risk it all as he lugged toward the sword on the ground, flying threw the air as he descended to the ground Liam could see the bull turn to look at him. Bang! A loud sound was heard as Liam had rolled on the ground and picked up the sword, holding the sword in his hand Liam stood up.
"Round two" said Liam out loud as he raised the sword in his hand to then stab it in the ground. Stabbing the greatsword in the ground energy rushed into Liam's body as his eyes glowed with an icy blue color.
The sword was called Crisis the frost greatsword that was made from a fourth order beast, this sword the was the treasure of the Heartstone family and it could only be wielded by those who it choose. After the death of the last head of the Heartstone family the sword picked Liam which had also in turn made him a contestant for the title of family head in the Heartstone family even though he was one of the youngest.
The energy had empowered Liam as now his strength soured and reached the peak of the human realm. Liam was still learning how to properly use the sword and right now he could only access around 20% of the swords full strength.
Pulling the sword out of the ground Liam was done with his preparations and was ready to face the beast which he suspected to be at the peak of the first order, this had meant that they should be equal in terms of strength so the question that remained was who would come out on top.
Shaking its head again and the bull rushed towards Liam with its horns aiming at him. Breathing out Liam had decided to also dash forward towards the beast wanting to engage in a battle for strength.
Clang! The greatsword and the two horns met in the middle causing sparks to fly around. Both of the two seemed to be evenly matched as one couldn't overpower the other.
Circulating the energy to his feet Liam then stomped on the ground which had launched him into the air at the same time causing the ground underneath the bull to crack and crumble as the bull lost its footing.
In the air Liam started to spin as he held the greatsword with both his hands and stretched them out. Still spinning now gravity was now put in effect as he started falling down at a high speed. Bang!
A loud crash was heard and a painful howl followed after as now there was a larger cut that had appeared on the bulls face and even one of its horns was missing.
Liam standing not so far away now was panting already his strength wasn't enough to handle the greatsword but now he was pushing it too much as he had intended to end the battle before it got out of hand.
"It should be over now, even if I don't do anything there's no way it can escape the ice curse". The ice curse was one of the effects that would be placed on an enemy that was cut by Cripceses, their internal organs would start to freeze after which the outside of the body would also freeze trapping the enemy in an ice prison destined to be frozen to death.
The bull rushed forward a little bit frenzied as the attack Liam launched was quite powerful. Still not recovered Liam raised the sword to try to block the beast and although he managed to stop the beast from touching him the same couldn't be said about the force that had tossed him away crashing through several trees until one had stopped him.
Falling onto the ground Liam was hurt and he could tell that the next attack would kill him. He had used to much energy in the first attack and was now left defenseless and laying on the ground.
Stretching his hand toward the sword that was also laying on the ground he had not yet given up hope he still wanted to fight and not die in a place like this. "Not yet, I'm not done yet there's still so much left to do I cant die yet.
Step! Step! Liam heard foot steps which made him look up to see the bull approaching him, at this moment the curse had be working and the bulls movements weren't like before they were now slower and much more shaky it seemed to be in pain and was even struggling to walk.
"Hahaha bastard how does it feel, if I'm going to die you'll be coming with me to hell HAHAHA" Laughed Liam like a mad man....