60 Siquijor (2/2)
The sun was starting to set by the time the troops got back to base. Angry Bakunawa had the spatial gate ready just in case they needed to make a quick run for it.
”Alright, everyone be on your guard.” Luna warned.
”Preparations are ready, Lord Luna, if anything comes out within 20 meters of that rift, we'll be ready for it.” Elder Aran assured.
”Father, Emergency Food is currently scouting from the skies as well. He'll send out a signal if he sees anything we can't.” Maxene had finished her preparations along with Emergency Food as well, they made sure no other factors were in the vicinity to cause any extra complications.
Luna, Sura, and Mabini cleared out any zombies and mutant beasts Emergency Food spotted.
It was finally time. Looking at the sword, it looked like an ordinary brand new Longsword. The only noticeable part of it was it's guard, it's color was gold, and it curved upwards and it had ornate patterns etched onto and on the blade as well.
”Here goes nothing.” Luna grabbed the hilt of the sword and just as he attempted to pull it up a menu popped up in front of him.
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<Agimat of Physical Attack - Sword of Flavio, the Panday> **
When applied claimed by a <Nation>, it provides an additional 10% physical damage to all it's citizens and it's defenses, including Mutant Beasts. It can also take the form of any weapon if the user wishes to do so.
A sword forged by the Blacksmith Flavio from a mysterious meteorite. Originally, the meteorite was only enough to forge a Balaraw(Dagger), but once the dagger was pointed towards the sky, it gathered atmospheric energy which causes it to magically take the form of a sword. The sword, which now contains Flavio's spirit allows it to live on as a blade that will help humanity to cut down evil creatures.
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<Would you like to claim this Agimat? Y/N>
”YES!” Luna commanded. The sword was instantly pulled out, and he could feel the power radiating from it. He wanted to get this done, as it was already starting to get dark.
Moments later, rifts started to appear around them. As all sorts of monsters known to have appeared in the Philippines before, crawled out of them.
”Father! Emergency Food is reporting that rifts are appearing around a 2-mile radius around us!” Maxene reported, as he told Emergency Food to head back to them, for his own safety.
”Retreat! We're getting out of here!” Luna made the call instantly. As they were retreating, he had already issued the command to have the troops on the walls be ready for a tough defense.
Thankfully, they were prepared for the area around them, which gave them enough time to fall back into Angry Bakunawa's inner world. He immediately turned around and rapidly flew back towards the base.
A swarm of Manananggals*** came out of the rifts. These winged monsters were pretty tough to kill. Their upper bodies would separate from their lower body to fly and hunt for prey. According to the legends, the only way to kill them was to find their lower bodies and pour salt on it or burn it, which makes it so they can't reattach themselves. If they're still not back to their lower halves by the next day.
One thing was for sure: If you were going to be on the defensive against these monsters the whole time. You're going to lose that battle of attrition.