366 Remember To Hide (2/2)

Vyrena could not take her eyes off the creature. Despite the long distance between them, she could sense its aura. It was powerful, very powerful. Just then, an attack from the ground came up at Arantaur.

But the attack did not even scratch the creature. A malicious grin appeared on Arantaur's face before it began laughing maniacally. It's voice boomed across the land. Vyrena could hear it from where she was.

”Foolish creatures. Do you think an attack like that could have any effect on me? Is that all you have?” Arantaur belittled.

With one swift movement, all the nearby tents were crushed beneath him.

Vyrena remembered Pigeon's words.

'2. Do not come into direct contact with the beings, they are too dangerous to confront. Death or torture is guaranteed.'

She looked all around her, trying to figure out how much time and distance there was between Arantaur and their campsite. The creature seemed preoccupied at the moment, so they seemed to be safe for now.

Vyrena flew back to the campsite immediately. As she dived down, ready for a landing, she could smell blood. She cursed beneath her breath, she had not gone off for so long.

There were unknown entities at the campsite.

Vyrena landed on the side of the clearing, she noticed everyone was silent and huddled close together. Some of them had their hands on their mouth. Since it was dark, they could not see her approaching.

Vyrena followed the scent of the blood. At the side, she noticed that El was lying on the ground gritting her teeth in pain.

An unknown creature loomed over her.

It had elongated limbs that sharpened at the end. The creature that loomed over El had one of its appendages, seems to be it's arm, stabbed into El's shoulder blade. The smell of her blood, sweat and fear was in the air.

Vyrena could hear her palpitating heart.

A wave of emotion grip her. Memories of the past flashed past in Vyrena's mind. She was not about to lose someone again. Not like this, not now.

While Vyrena had been away, all was well at first. Then, Sorren noticed there were creatures approaching their location. He quickly informed everyone so they huddled up close together.

When the creatures entered the clearing, it soon became clear that they were blind, they could not see where they were. Using this to their advantage, everyone remained as still as they could. It was difficult to slow down their breathing, but they did what they could.

All the children were huddled together, with Mara's unconscious body. The rest served as the first line of defence. Using his ability to connect with the mushrooms and funghi, he released spores surrounding one of the creatures.

Within a matter of seconds, the creature dropped down onto the ground. It was unconscious. El, armed with a sword, was not so lucky. She noticed one of the creatures were getting too close to the children.

Thinking on her feet, she threw a small pebble to attract the attention of the creature. It immediately caught hold of the sound and dashed forward towards El. Meeting the attack head on with her sword would only produce more sound.

So El did the unthinkable, she tried to wrestle the creature. But as time went on, she could not maintain her stance. That resulted in the creature stabbing her shoulder with one of it's elongated appendages.

She wanted to cry out in pain, but El did everything she could to hold it in.