Chapter 198: Attack on Qrila City (1/2)
Qrila City,
”Are you really going to stress over him this long?”, Abby said while putting her hands on her waist, Rosie is sitting in front of her absent-minded.
She snapped out of her daze when she heard Abby yell at her, there's a book in her hand.
Abby then walks towards Rosie and snatches the book, ”Full Moon Calendar, Names and Meaning? Why are you reading these?”
Rosie snatch the book back before she sighs dejectedly,
She then looks through the window where the city is poured by the rain, this kind of weather is the perfect time to relax and doze off.
”Let me be alright, it's hasn't been that long since we part ways”, Rosie said with a sigh.
Abby can only shake her head helplessly, her usual cheerful and loving friend turns into a quiet girl just because of a guy.
But she didn't blame her though, ”I also know that kind of guy”
”What did you say?”, Rosie asks.
Abby shakes her head, ”If you like him so much then you must do anything to get his attention”, she mutters.
Rosie looks at her in confusion,
Abby then realizes what she just said before she laughs, ”Oh nothing, I'm just rambling”
”Did you see the news? Lupis City got raided by Demons and it becomes Demon's territory now”, Abby continues changing the topic.
Rosie heard what Abby said but she decided not to confront her,
”Thankfully, this city has the black hands. Isn't that what you wanted to say?”, Rosie said.
Hearing this, Abby chuckles lightly before she continues, ”The discussion web is booming with the Lupis City incident, and they said we're losing the war”
She's currently cooking midnight food, she's making oatmeal for both of them.
”Losing? So should we start praying?”, Rosie replied nonchalantly.
Rosie's mood is currently not the best, and even though many discussions are made about losing the war she doesn't seem bothered by it.
It's just a rumor anyway,
”I pity those people, If they just join the AoL then they will probably survive”, Abby said.
Rosie looks down for a brief moment before she said softly, ”You know I'm sorry right? For being unable to bring you to Ratmawati City?”
Hearing this, Abby's hand stopped.
”It's okay, there are the Black Hands now so you don't have to worry”, Abby replied casually, but Rosie knows that Abby is still bothered by it.
But suddenly the water inside the bowl beside Abby trembles,
Abby frowns seeing this,
Thump!
She suddenly heard a loud noise from the outside, ”What is that?”, she asks.
Rosie looks outside and saw people running towards the back of the city, many Black Hands also guided the people orderly.
”I think we should go outside”, Rosie said before both of them run outside.
Just when they got outside,
”WHAT IS HAPPENING?!”
”EVERYBODY RUN!!”
”QUICK!! MOVE!! GET TO THE CITY HALL RIGHT NOW!!”
Chaos envelops the city as people run while pushing each other,
Although the black hands tried to calm the people down, none of them listened as they run to the back of the city.
Looking at this, Rosie walks to one of the black hands nearest to her.
”What's happening?”, Rosie asks in confusion.
Chaos befalls the city suddenly, they are just cooking oatmeal a minute ago.
The black hand is a guy, and he's wearing a black pirate mask that covers his mouth, ”Go to the back, we're under attack!”
”Under attack?! By what?”, Abby shouted from the back.
Hearing this, the guy points to the city wall where a couple of creatures is currently crawling on the wall filled with bloodthirst.
They have pale skin, and their features make Rosie's expression turns pale.
Seeing these creatures, Rosie immediately go to Abby and said, ”Go! I will help the Black hand but you need to leave!”
Abby doesn't know what to do as she started to panic,
Her hands started to tremble uncontrollably as she looks the chaos around her, people are pushing and throwing each other to save themselves.
”ABBY!”, Rosie shouted making Abby snap out of her daze.
She then said hurriedly, ”Go to the back of the city, and wait for me there”
Abby finally nodded her head repeatedly as she started to run, she disappear into the middle of the crowd before Rosie turns to her back.
”Let me help”, Rosie said to the guy.
The guy looks at Rosie with a frown, she then added, ”I'm an Awakened”
But just right after she said that,
BOOM!
The front gate exploded as the Vampires manage to break through, the guards on top of the wall are already dead as the wall got breached.
All of the Vampires started preying their eyes on the running humans,
Rosie looks to the gate and saw two Vampires wearing full plate armor that is different from the others, and the aura they emitted terrifies her and the guy beside her.
”Have you asked for backup?!”, the guy beside Rosie said to another black hand.
Then the other black hand replied, ”They will send the green team that is closest to us, the other reinforcement will take longer”
”How long?!”, the guy shouted.
Hearing this, the other guy shakes his head making the guy frowns.
Just from the expression of the other black hand, the guy instantly knows that they probably will not be able to hold out before the reinforcement comes.
Rosie activated her elemental aura as she saw the Vampires are closing in.
The black hands also create a wall that will block the Vampires from reaching the city hall, this will be their main defense against the Vampires.
”Physical Gifted! Stand in front and prepare to defend the city hall!!”
A voice was heard from the side, Rosie looks in the voice direction and finds a woman wearing a black robe with a five-headed crow crest on it.
It seemed the woman is the leader of the Black Hands.
After the signal from the woman, eight Black Hands went to the front as their hands transform into bizarre shapes.
Some of them create a huge shield made of bones, some turn their arms into a creature-like arm, and some even emit energy that felt familiar to Rosie.
The Vampires are already running towards them,
Their eyes are glowing red as they saw blood splattered everywhere, and the Vampires are in a berserk state that thinks nothing besides blood.
Rosie is on the back of the line where other black hands are located, she's just beside the leader.
”Harden your will and prepare for impact!!”, the leader shouted.
The so-called Physical Gifted readies themselves as their eyes tremble, the horde of Vampires running towards them makes their spine tighten.
Rosie is also seeing this with wary eyes, her breathing becomes heavy as they got closer.
Even for a student from an Awakened university like Rosie, the scenery of dozens of Vampires charging towards them still makes her body tremble.
It's a sight that nobody wants to experience, especially if you're a human.
”Activate Formation!!”, the leader commanded again.
Right after her command, the eight Physical Gifted black hands slam their hands to the ground creating a tight shield with each of their own gifts.
BOOM!!
The Vampires crash themselves to the shield made by the Black Hands.