Chapter 3:

Vines

Myriad Variations


[ Moring just after the rise \\ 333 days before the great churning \\ Cogmia ] 
A strong wind prevails, Several splatters paint the ground with red and blue blood alike, A harpy stench of death roams, nothing but mere liquids laying, no bodies seen, no sounds heard. 


As a shield, hot about to melt lays on the ground so with it lays a warrior of sorts, gasping for his final breaths abound. 

The blood soon splatters more flowing throughout the ground, a carping and crunkling hard noises were heard. Soon nothing remained but a puddle tinted in red.

 On the front of a castle nearby a large entity stayed still, it was the last of the protectors which remained. 

"Come! Come on out you coward, this will finish here for the end, no more atrocities such as you should remain." cried the last standing man, bleeding and gasping.A gurgling sound was heard, from the cornering dark moved out a creature nothing alike which was seen before by these people. A loud sharp screech which shook the knight which stood still. 

The knight clutched onto his shield, widened his stance and bracing for impact. The creature dashed, moving forward at an unreasonable speed trying to break the knights stance.


It soon crashed onto the shield, but the stance still remained, soon the knight slowly moved his hand behind taking a flask out of his pocket crushing it with his bear hands, mana flowed as he conjured: "DARKER THAN DARK, INSIDE MY HEART, HEATH TO MY OWE, TEAR THIS CREATURE FROM INSIDE OUT APART! ". 

As the spell finished leaving his mouth, dark wilted green vines arose from his back, engulfing his hand creating a claw sharp full of thorns which he then pushed forward, the creature was hit but staggered and little, as grabbing the time itself but just for a moment the knight made his move, once again thrusting the creature through abdomen then pulling upwards just moments later, felling the creature in two parts alike. 


The knight left his shield behind, running sideways as fast as he could, pulling the arms towards himself, curling the claw into a sphere of pure green, placing just on top of the both parts he slashed as he jumped above for a mere second, firing an array of green venous single pointed discharge of pure dark clover sucking all the knight's mana. 

The blast was misty and meek, soon after landed the knight. Fainted just after the move nobody else was there to behold. But that was not it a few more of such creatures just after started came charging, thinking as an opportunity to slay. 
A spell churn, winding bells were heard a barrier opaque was on the knight the creatures crashed and blasted the barrier. Another spell churn now with a drum was heard a sharp arrow of light came from far afar, thinner not spotted easily pierced one of the few creatures, soon another and many more were seen.

 After a while nothing but bodies and puddles remained. The barrier stood everything now shining bright as it coded as the caster was near. 

Mages and many more knights came running through the sides. 

A caster with bell, rang it again, the barrier was now lifted, knight inside was perfectly preserved still, just exhausted as a little. 

The knights left our knight helping him walk rushing aside. 

Soon again there remained nothing on the ground, everything again felt silent as still. 


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