68 Ism Sorry (1/2)
Balls of flames volleyed through the air as the sounds of gunshots fired. Old Bones leaped through the air with free reign of his movements hopped around in the empty space and was relentless in his pursuit. Ever so often, a bit of blood would drip and would instantly be recovered by the corpses below. He grinned at the sense of temporary freedom of the moment. It was as if he was back to his younger days, able to freely roam the land and do whatever he pleased.
”Harvest Slash.”
A blade of energy shot from the corner of his vision. Before he could take in what was going on, his hand was cut off.
”Oh farmer! Was that you.”
Tendrils of blood shot out from the wrist and latched on to the hand that was still in the air. Within a moment the hand reattached and healed up as if it was completely brand new. An axe head appeared in front of him aiming to strike him down. Old Bones shifted his rifle and shot a bolt of electricity temporarily paralyzing his foe. Jumping back in the air, he shot a ball of flames in front of him to finish the job. A figure flashed past and before the flames hit, took the axe wielding one away from the blast zone. The flames created a 5 meter scorch mark that was deeply imprinted into the stone pavement. In the background, the corpses who were still intact started to sing a song to boost the morale of their leader.
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When enemies come~When enemies come~All we have is our leader!
With his rifle in hand~None shall stand~In the face of our leader!
When we heed his call~None shall fall~Under the rule of our leader!
O Timeless Emperor~O Timeless Emperor~ We shall be lead to victory
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With the chanting of the song, a strong wave of unity could be felt within the corpses. Every hit Old Bones took, a corpse would jump up and fulfill his duty of nourishing his king.
”It's useless...no matter what we do, He would just heal up!”
With the amount of corpses sitting there waiting to be absorbed, the truth of the matter was that, Old Bones will outlast the three children. With the amount of qi they had, even if every attack landed clean hits, he would still have room to regenerate.
”I know right! So just get over here and stop wasting everybody's time.”
Although they were fighting, Old Bones still made time to give out snarky remarks to get this over and done with. It was clear that he had no hatred to the children. It was simply a matter of compulsion. It was as if a higher being was forcing him to do so.
”You must be wondering... why am I doing this?”
Old Bones fired a few shots at Chilong who out of the three was the least mobile. Chilong split open the bolt of electricity with his axe. He then shot a ball of flame intended to explode on impact.
”It's not like I want to...I just have to.”
”Truth”
Tianfei confirmed his words while grabbing Chilong out of the blast radius.
”Deeper inside, there are many more just like me...Trapped....forced to do his...no...IT'S bidding.”
”Truth”
Old Bones jumped forwards pointing his rifle right on Tianfei's forehead. Tianfei flipped in the air kicking Old Bones in the jaw and using his chest as a platform to flash away.
”I....I don't want to die...I don't want to disappear here.”
Tianfei paused for a moment and stared at old bones. Then her expression turned to pity as she uttered,”Lie”.
The handsome man just sighed as he looked at the girl. He dropped all dramatic pretenses and looked disappointed as he aimed his rifle.