Kiera could not move an inch and within just a few seconds her body started to radiate a misty black aura. The woman looked straight at the beast's body, which moved closer to her. James and the officers which stood by his side were unable to keep themselves calm.
"Why is she not fighting back? Has she gone numb or dumb?"
James clenched his fists and became mildly agitated upon seeing that Kiera was unresponsive to the situation. They could not help her because of the risk which was in between them.
The only way to approach her was to go through the end of that narrow crack in the ground. It would have taken too much time, thus they all shouted to Kyro to save her. The returnee on the other hand let the creature feed off her for a few seconds.
'Where is its weak point? I am sure there must be something.'
He waited for the beast to finally show a weak or sensitive point where he could hit. It was the reason why Kyro let that furball to feed off Kiera's fear. Although no doubt it left a heavy feeling in his chest.
The visible misty black radiations oozed by Kiera were getting absorbed in the creature's back. There was one spot where the accumulation was happening. Kyro assumed the certain spot should be the heart of the beast or some kind of energy source.
"Save her, you asshole! What are you waiting for?"
James and his officers kept on shouting to wake Kyro from his negligence. They assumed that he was acting selfishly to sacrifice Kiera in order to save himself from that fear-eating beast.
"Don't be a pussy, save her! If she dies I will make sure you end up losing your limbs, you spineless jerk!"
The chief yelled at Kyro from the other side of the crack as he waved his hand up in the air. He was clearly concerned about Kiera, mainly because she was a dear colleague of his.
Since James and his officers were far away and the beast was not in front of them. Thus it did not cause any frightful emotion within them. The certain positioning saved them from being a victim. Whereas Kyro was not affected by the creature's presence. It appeared he was familiar with similar beasts.
'There it is!'
He exclaimed in joy upon finding the weak spot and accumulated the mana energy in the middle of his chest. Kyro's blood began to gush at an abnormal pace as he attempted to conjure his sword.
Kyro snapped open his eyes when the mana flowed from his chest towards his right hand. And within just a few moments a blue sword appeared which glowed like a lightning bolt. He glanced quizzically at the weapon and raised his eyebrows.
'This is not my sword! This one is a weaker weapon. Why didn't I conjure my own sword?'
His confusion grew once again but perhaps that was not the moment to become concerned about that. He shook his head and prepared himself to attack.
[Ttttt….food….lot of food….tttt….]
The beast was occupied in devouring the fear-food from Kiera, which was draining her mental ability to resist the hallucinations. The woman's wide eyes indicated that she was now at the verge of going mad.
Kyro pushed himself against the ground and lifted himself higher in the air. He pointed out the sword at the back of the beast and pushed the sharp blade into the creature's body. It shrieked, making James and his officers cover their ears once again.
Whereas Kiera fell on the ground completely unconscious. The beast shook a bit while yelling in excruciating pain. It was not long enough when its body burst into a fluidy jelly-like substance. The sword fell on the ground and vanished just as it had appeared.
It was the moment when a blue screen appeared in the corner of Kyro's eyes. The window displayed numerous statistics and some information about him. Kyro had never experienced anything like that, thus the origin of that screen made him curious.
[Name: Kyro]
[Level: 1]
[Class: Returnee]
[Supernatural powers: weaponry materialisation]
There was a whole long list of other detailed stats too. But for now he did not bother to go through all of them. His attention was diverted when James and other officers ran towards the end of the crack while shouting in joy.
'I have to look into this window once again later. Why are my stats so low? No wonder I had trouble leaping higher. Is the earth's mana and atmosphere affecting me gradually?'
He walked towards Kiera and scooped her in his arms while pondering over the whole incident.