Chapter 8: Magic.
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Surrounded by five 1st rank hyenas and a Lead hyena, his eyes were unwavering...
'After fighting in several hundred battles, I have survived all of them...'
'To begin with, I never had a family,
an orphan raised by some oldies who wanted to spend their retired life in peace....
They started this orphanage and took us in from streets,
But those old bastards had different meaning of peace,
strength and power, they trained us to the bones and taught us to survive,
Survival is biggest victory, is what they said.'
'I don't know where I am, neither do I know whose body this is.'
'But if this is what this new place has to offer, if this feeling of rage is what, that can make me feel alive, then this is what peace means for me, the struggle, the blood of my enemy....
This is what I really crave..'
A menacing expression was etched on his face, a smile of craze, his heart racing a horse from excitement, his sword dripping from blood, encircled between drooling hyenas, that are ready to tear him apart.
One of the hyenas was already badly injured by him, desperate to escape but the Lead Hyena didn't allow it to happen.
Instead of being involved in the hunt directly, he used the low ranking hyenas to do his bidding.
[Howling], the Lead hyena roared, and one of the hyenas jumped on him.
"Bring it on..." his eyes busted with bloodlust.
With a swift move he slipped away from the hyenas eyes, and jumped high, his sword pointed towards the hyena, piercing the hyena's head, he landed on the dead body.
Blood splashed on his face, as he remains vigilant, scared the hyenas took few step back.
[THUD], the body falls on the ground.
"We will help." Natalie shouted, several meters away, with a dagger pointed towards the hyenas.
Lily standing right behind her.
A successful attempt to create a diversion, so that he could break-through from that encircling.
Immediately two hyenas turned towards them, drooling, their eyes fixed on new targets, staying closing to eaching other, they raced towards Natalie and Lily.
Determined to fight, Natalie stood their unfazed, the hyenas enclosing fastly.
"Stay... away... from... my... fun.."
He ran just behind them and jumped high, he was right above the hyenas, with great torque he rotated himself mid air,
his sword beheaded both the hyenas even before he landed.
[THUD]
The beheaded head rolled to Natalie's feet as the bodies fell meters away.
'Such movements, turning his direction mid air.." Lily's eyes widened in surprise.
Landing right next to the bodies, "Aaaaaaah..." he cried loudly, his left ankle was sprained.
Natalie saw this and ran towards him, "Let me help.." gently she said.
"Stay back.." he yelled in anger, his eyes red.
"...." Natalie was taken aback by this reaction.
"Haaaah... this fucking fragile body..."
He took a deep breath, tightened his grip on the sword, and stood straight.
"Don't ruin my hunt" his voice cold a mix of anger and excitement.
The two remaining rank 1 hyenas were scared, way too scared to launch a attack, their tails tucked, and shivering in fear, acting meek like a lamb, they wanted to escape.
But the 2nd rank, Lead hyena was standing right behind them, leaving no route of escape.
Limping on his Left, the man took a few steps, bitting his lips, he endured the pain, and ran towards the hyenas.
'This much pain...
haha...
that's right, this is what I need..' his face dripping from blood, shinning blue eyes fixed at the hyenas.
The two 1st rank hyenas walked forward for their last effort, they ran towards him like crazy beasts.
A devilish smile covered his face as he pointed his sword towards one of them, he jumped up high, and so did one of the hyena.
The hyena's jump was way above him.
Missing his target he landed in between the two hyenas.
"This is fun.."
Without accounting what threat the other hyena posses he ran towards the one who was closer to Natalie and Lily.
The other hyena followed him,
"Lily..." Natalie murmured, her face tensed, "Lily, you stay here, I will go and take care of the other one."
Determined to kill, she tightened her grip on the dagger.
"Wait..." Lily, interrupted and walked ahead of Natalie.
"I know what to do.."
'Mother... help me' Lily sat on her kness, her hands touching the ground, her eyes full of determination.
"Tree magic: prison of roots" she yelled, as her hands brought forth a greenish glow.
A tremor shook the land, 'whoa.., whoa..
What now, a earthquake..?', he stopped, looking at Lily, "what the hell is she doing..".
Huge and thick roots of a tree grew out from land, rapidly growing towards the hyena that was following the man.
'How is she doing that.?' His eyes widened in surprise as he witnessed this.
The roots grew rapidly towards the hyena, it tried to escape by running in opposite direction, but the roots caught up to him.
Clutching the limbs of hyena, rendering it immobile, the roots grew rapidly on its body, covering it's body completely.
"aaaaaah..." Lily yelled, her hands trembled as the hyena struggled to escape.
The roots tightened it's grip crushing the hyena in to it.
Panting heavily, Lily retraced her hands back. Natalie supported her by holding her tight.
The roots died loosing their grasp, revealing a gruesome view of a crushed hyena.
"What the fuck did I just saw..?" His eyes widened in surprise, his face full of curiosity.
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