119 Unforeseen Consequences (2/2)
”You have made your last choice poorly.” The giant that was at the back began to steadily march forward, fully displaying the huge axes in his hands. His four hands. Each and every one of those could be compared to the size of a human, even taking by surprise Avirus. Seeing the black army approaching more quickly as the seconds passed, he began to shout his orders.
”Make the two flanks collapsed on them as soon as possible. Full speed ahead. Now go! Let me see if what is dead can die again. ARCHERS ... AIM ... FIRE!” The sky was darkened by so many projectiles, but all could see that many will fail to hit their foes. But with that amount of arrows, it still managed to hit everything multiple times. But instead of hearing some screams or anything like that, what was produced was just the rattle of the metal against metal. Some lucky shots did manage to pierce the armor of the common soldiers, but that didn't slow them down at all.
”FUCK! SHIELD WALL! DROP YOUR BOWS!” The archers hastily dropped everything and went back behind the frontline. It was just a dream to be able to destroy them all in one volley, but to not have a single one of them at least killed is bad. Extremely bad. Dismounting and slapping his horse to make him flee, Avirus stood still facing the incoming giant. ”FOR AVENIO!”
His long shout was soon swallowed by the sea of screams everywhere near him. He stood blankly at his right, where dozens of men that were previously alive were now reduced to dismembered bodies. Their spears had not inflicted any damage whatsoever to those dark armors, while on the other hand, their armors were rendered useless. The heavy iron, that was tempered and forged with great care looked not more resistant than butter.
But what he still couldn't understand was the reason why he was still alive. Replaying the scene in his mind, he saw himself jumping to hack the chest of that giant, only for the latter to deflect the hit with one axe. But instead of counter-attacking, his enemy showed mercy and just bypassed him entirely. Enjoying a scenery he would have preferred to never see, Avirus could only hope now that peace was a real possibility.
Each soldier of the Dark Gods was single-handedly decimating tens and tens of humans. They had spread in such a large area that even the reinforcements were already caught up with them. Looking beyond that, he could see many fleeing in panic, and for once, he was glad they were doing that. Staying here could only mean death for the unfortunate one that was present. ”H..e..l..p” A weak murmur calling for help managed to reach his ears.
Rushing forward, he found the injured soldier. The later had his left arm cut, but besides this, he was relatively fine. A pile of corpses was on, probably the very reason why he was still alive. Looking to his left and to his right, he saw the remnants of his army getting slaughtered. But no enemy was nearby. ”Don't worry, everything is fine, you will survive.” Pushing away the bodies, he found out the injury on the arm was not the only problem. An open wound was present on his chest, near his heart.
Fortunately, the blood didn't seem to be leaking as much as it could. The sword of those black soldiers probably missed the heart by a millimeter, granting the man a chance of survival. Just as he was trying to apply some tissue on the bleeding hole, he heard calm footsteps approaching. ”YOU WILL NOT TAKE ANOTHER LIFE!” Lifting his sword, he blocked the advance of the foe. Maybe he was nothing compared to that giant, but he would make sure that at least one of them died today.
CLANK
The dark helmet flew in the air, revealing a clean skull. What he expected did happen. But if he could remove that helmet, he could also kill that undead. Fighting with rage in his heart, he overwhelmed the skeleton, leaving it no chances to even take another step forward. Just as he was aiming to hack its neck, another one appeared. Then a third, then a fourth. Disarmed, Avirus could only see the one he fought first approaching the dying soldier and pierce his heart, for good this time.
”WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS? WHY ARE YOU NOT KILLING ME?” The once proud General was getting crazy. Even when he was kneeling and grabbing their leggings, the undead did not even bother to look at him. It was like he was invisible. He stayed like that for a few minutes, until the perpetual screaming faded in the air. Raising his head, he saw two large red eyes looking at him. Blood was dripping from the axe that was put on his shoulder, but Avirus did not care about the metal entering his flesh.
”Do you truly want to die?” The large demon was looking at him while asking this question. Letting go of the leg he held, the only remaining human seemed to ponder for a while. ”I ... want ... YOU TO DIE!” Grabbing a random sword on the ground, he stood up and attacked the giant. He did not care about his shoulder that was cut during the assault. He did not flinch under the pain. He only despaired, when he saw that his weapon was blocked by the helmet. The holes giving the giant vision were too small for his sword to use them.
”HEHEHE Good try. Aiming for the head while I was leaning. You have a strong soul, Leilade will appreciate that.” Freeing one of his hand, Ymir picked up the brave human, wondering if he should send him back by the tunnel right now. Since they had first arrived here and the duo of the succubus and the orodil had traversed those mountains, the Envoy of Leilade had begun to dig a tunnel. It was good that it ended before they were attacked, allowing Ymir to capture Archet while everyone was focused on the situation in Massalia.
”So now what, you're going to use your natural charm to make them submit?” The cynical voice of the lich resonated, but strangely, it made the Akûl smile. Not expecting this, Malakov could only stay silent, especially after hearing the answer. ”Of course, after all, what better way to introduce yourself than to butcher thousands of their kin right next to them. And if someone dares to still oppose resistance after what they have seen ...” Ymir smiled ferociously ”... I don't mind eating one of them.” It was only at that moment that he realized that something weird was happening in his hands.