Chapter 26 - Twenty-Five (1/2)

My eyelids were heavy when Leonel woke up. By then I had manage to see some shadows going back and forth from the tall buildings; which was amazing considering the distance between them; as well as some creatures on the ground.

Though nothing was worse than the horde that passed by us by the time Leonel woke.

Those things… were scary, and that statement said something on itself as I have seen some big boss monsters around before. They were… like a dark mist, warped around something black and sticky, having a humanoid figure, with longer limbs that ended up in thin needle talons; but the face was the most disturbing part.

Were their eyes should have been stood a flaming ball of green fiery mist, and their mouths were permanently stuck in a smiling motion, going upper that it should be possible, showing an all thin tusks smile, while their head spasmed around, like a bird movement, changing directions quickly in a sickly nonstop movement.

I brought Leonel closer in a tighter hug, lowering ourselves as much as possible while covering us in Shadow Veil, waiting for them to pass.

Dark Mummy: Nasty hunters, kill and torture their prey for pleasure. Their whole bodies are a weapon, and been made of mist and dark material they are not affected by physical attacks, yet are able to inflict such attacks. Usually walk in packs, have many variations. Once one spots a prey, they alert all others of their presence.

Ha.

Ha-haha.

Good thing to know, hum… While you are in the middle of a group of them! And no physical attacks? How so?!

This is bad.

Really bad.

Just pass us without spotting us, please, please, pretty please…

They were some level 60 in the middle of them you know?

Scary shit I tell ya!

Some of them bump on the glass, others pass the claws on it, making a shrilling sound, and one even jumped up the glass and stood on our cabin.

Leonel was calm in my arms, probably calmer than me since I could see the status and whatnot. Finally, as the last one passes, I let out the breath I was holding.

”Morning kid.” I say, still a little shaken.

”…” He sits up and starts to heal his legs, passing a warm light over them, as his golden eyes pass over the outside. ”We need to go higher.”

I look up as well. The exit should probably be on top of one of those buildings, with a tunnel or structure to go up. Or at least I hope so; if it is a portal or something we would never be able to get out of here.

”Not yet, we should look for water first, then scout the area and look for possible preys too.”

He stands up, brushing the dirt from his clothes off, which were ragged with holes by now, though his tied posture tried hard to make up for all the messy outfit. I stand too, staying by his side waiting for any support he may need, but he only takes a little too stable as he goes to the exit.

I quickly open the door, smelling the remains of those creatures traces, marking them as dangerous beings in the back of my mind, and we go back to walking in this not-so-desert-anymore place.

I keep sniffing, trying to find some source of water and even finding some inside those enormous structures, but I wasn't keen enough to enter yet. We kept walking, passing through many strange metal vehicles, and more than once I catch Leonel looking at me.

On the tenth time I ask: ”What?”

”Why are you helping me?” I shrug.

”I'm not helping you specifically, I was just saved by the elves in the past and I'm helping them in return.”

”But I'm not only an elf. I'm human too.”

I stop at that and look him in the eye, snarling. ”Putting some effort to make me hate you?” Leonel doesn't answer or reacts, and for a moment I felt like I was talking with a statue. ”Don't be silly, I know what you are, and I don't care.”

”Does it mean you don't hate humans?” We go back to walking.

”No, I do.”

”Then why don't you care? I don't understand.”

I shrug again. ”Never said I was consistent.” I said, flaring my nose up and finding a smaller building, probably made to live in, with water inside.

”I just… trying to learn to separate things.” I say, this conversation been more serious that I thought it would end up in.

”How so?” He asked, truly curious.