Back at the village, Vazir could be seen resting in his chamber.
'They should be back by tomorrow night.' he thought to himself. He couldn't tell why, but he was getting a really ominous feeling.
He felt like something horrible was going to happen, or more like, it already happened.
He didn't want to dwell too much on it; he extinguished the lattern and went to retire on his bedding.
Slowly, he was embraced by darkness and drifted away into the realm of dreams.
He was woken up in the middle of the night; he heard screams, not just any screams, but the screams of women and children.
He immediately was alarmed by this occurrence; he wore his robe and strode towards the door.
1 hour ago
Towards the entrance of the village, two guards could be seen patrolling the area.
"Hey, I'll be back; gotta take a piss." Said one of the guards to his companion.
"Yeah, sure. Don't take that long though." His companion replied.
With a nod, he walked towards the forest.
Five minutes had passed but the guard hadn't returned ; the second guard getting worried decided to go check what was wrong.
As he got closer to the forest his heart started beating loudly. He had heard of what happened to the previous guard; he surely didn't want to meet the same fate.
He reached towards the entrance of the forest, and gulped before forcing himself to enter.
"Hey!! Are you do-." Before he could finish whatever he was saying, a hand stretched from above and pulled him.
His screams died as he was pulled up the tree at such an intense speed.
What followed this was a resounding thud, confirming his death. The beast, which only hunted in the dark forest, finally showed is itself now.
It's greyish skin, bulb like head with a black globe embedded in his face, and large black claws, were exposed.
He made his way towards the entrance of the village; instantly arrived there by teleporting.
He entered the village, which was completely empty. He started with the house on the right first.
He busted the door open and entered; what welcomed him was the sight of a woman and a man making love.
Wasting no time he teleported next to them and delivered a deadly blow.
His hand passed through the man's back - who was on top of the girl- and then peirced the woman's chest.
Both of them died, staring at eachother in confusion and disbelief. The Martial retreated his arm, resulting in the man's limpless body falling on the dead woman.
He then made his way to the house Infront of him; the house left to the village's entrance.
He teleported Infront of the door, and then teleported inside the house without breaking the door.
The room was in complete utter darkness. He saw a baby sleeping in what looked like a basket; the mother of the baby was sleeping right besidea the basket.
The Martial wasted no time and decapitated the mother's head, which went flying at the wall.
Her displaced head made a thud noise as it made contact with wall and then hit the floor.
The baby who was sleeping suddenly woke up and started crying, searching for the warmth of his mother.
The beast looked at the child with it's non-existent eyes, well it didn't have eyes like the humans.
He remembered his master's orders "Spare no one, be it a woman or child. Kill them all."
He raised his claw, and then brought it down on the child.
After finishing the business here, he turned around to finish rest of the houses.
Just as he was about to teleport outside, he heard a horn.
He understood what was happening, his cover was blown. He can't finish the job discretely now.
Not giving a shit about the unexpected development, he teleported outside. Many people already were gathered outside to inquire about what was happening.
"Hey...what is that?.." one of the children said trembling, pointing at the Martial.
Before the child could react, his head was already sent flying.
It took everyone a few seconds to process what just transpired. And when they did, chaos entailed .
People screamed and shouted; everyone started running, in hopes of getting far away from the danger. But to no avail, the Martial kept teleporting and slashing.
With each slash a human fell; a mother tried shielding her 10 year old daughter, but no use. The beast pierced her chest and her daughter's in a single strike.
Back to the present
Vazir woke up from his sleep as a result of what was happening outside; the screams were enough to send shivers down his spine.
He immediately made his way out, to see what was happening. But, he already had an idea regarding it.
There was no saving them now, they were dead.
Haud, the 2nd awakened council man, lived right next to Vazir's chamber.
He was also woken up by this commotion; he made his way to the door to check on what the fuck was happening.
Vazir and Haud got out of their respective chambers and saw eachother.
Their gazes lingered on eachother for sometime, before nodding in agreement.
They knew they had to fight, there was no one coming to help them.
Vazir had an utility type ability, paralysis, and Haud had an attackee type ability, he could shoot a palm size fire ball. After all, it was a trash F-rank ability; what could one truly expect?
The range of his attack had a radius of 15 meters
They made their way to the outskirts of the village where the tragedy was taking place.
That is when they finally saw it, the Hollow. Just looking at it teleporting sent shivers down their spines.
The Hollow locked eyes with Vazir, and instantly disappeared only to appear five feet Infront of him.
Vazir couldn't move, oh...the irony. The man with the ability to paralyze, he himself was paralyzed in the presence of the monster.
"Fucking move!!!" Shouted Haud as he sent a fire ball flying in the direction of the Hollow, standing Infront of Vazir.
The Hollow instantly teleported, leaving Vazir to take the brunt of the attack. Vazir wasn't able to react in time and the fireball hit him on his chest.
Immediately his entire body was engulfed by the fire; he screamed at the top of lungs, but to no avail, the fire didn't calm down.
He fell on the floor as his flesh was being burned by the hot fire. 'I am sorry....Amanda' he closed his eyes, reminiscing about his daughter, who was burned alive under the suspicion of being a wtich.
A 17 year old girl, burned alive just cuz of a fucking speculation.
'Why is fate so cruel?' he asked himself. Being born useless and a failure.
He couldn't save his daughter, not his people, and not his wife; what use was he truly of?
The fire had melted through his flesh and started eating away at his bones. A tear formed under his deformed eyes, the tear evaporated instantly.
Haud watching this scene was left discombibulated; he wasn't able to move or process what he was seeing.
He looked at his trembling hands, he had just killed a human being, someone he considered a friend.
Well, his disoriented state was short lived as a sole made contact with the back of his head, his head exploded instantaneously.
In the middle of the battlefield stood a boy, with raven black hair reaching his shoulders and scarlet red eyes.
Next to him stood the Hollow responsible for all this despair.
"Everything is done here, go to the Southern border and engage in battle. Self-explode yourself if the need arises" Valour said in a voice devoid of emotion.
He stared off into the distance, thinking about the the next phase of his plan.
He was as old as 13 in human years.
Academy starts at 14, so he had adequate time to prepare himself. For now he was heading towards the Capital of the Southern territory.
This is where the 'Belmouth family ' resided; he wanted to inter-mingle in the society, his stay in the human domain was going to be very long.
After dispatching the Hollow to it's demise, Valour went around inspecting the dead bodies. He extracted black smoke from every body.
The smoke travelled up his nostrils and entered his body; next, he passed his hand over every body, turning them into dust.
After doing that, he left the village. Following a trail that lead to the territory's Capital.
.....
The Hollow and Valour had already left the village; the village that once flourished with life was now desolated, life nowhere to be seen.
A baby's crying could be heard from the house near the entrance of the village.
A cry, demanding justice...
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