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| The Grim Reaper a.k.a. a mysterious man with the Crow Scythe |
3.3.19.2. The Reaper and the Crow
Hernan
hears it too up in the air, but his squad can’t help because the pegasus
riders, along with the dragon riders and Airship Aurora are now in intense dogfights with the wyvern riders, hell
imps (winged little devils) and other flying creatures of the underworld.
The
Escudian fencer dives down to take a look, and terror comes to his face.
More undead... and DEMONS! Oh, no... this
multitude... they must be from Bresconnor, coming along with the orcs. But,
wait. If reinforcements come, one of the top Dark Generals must have come too.
Ah, I better go down there and give my comrades a hand...
With that thought, the Flirty Fencer dives
into the city. FWOOSH!! The pure-white winged steed is like cutting the air.
Hernan uses that surprising speed to come near a group of undead and CRRAKKHH!!
With a slash from his sword Albatross Hernan
parts five zombies and skeletons from their heads and limbs, and that’s for
starters.
Hernan goes
up again, and suddenly a winged, big, green demon jumps up and lands an
uppercut on Hernan’s pegasus! BAAMM!!
The pegasus
gets thrown upwards and coughs out silver blood. Hernan leaps up from his
steed, and with a somersault he dives! Without its master, the pegasus just
flies away to safety until it’s needed again.
Still
diving, Hernan aims for the demon. When he gets close, he launches serial
thrusts that fall down like Shears of the
Falling Rain. This skill hits the monster on several spots like puncturing
a balloon with a thousand needles, but the demon is – as always – a tough nut
to crack.
The demon
leaps and does another uppercut in the air! CRASSH!! The evil claw grazes
through Hernan’s shirt, and barely leaves a mark on the legendary mythril
breastplate Eil’thanath. Nevertheless,
Hernan is pushed, but he quickly does a somersault and a serial thrust that is
so melodious and rhytmical, namely Requiem
of the Tides.
This time, Hernan concentrates all thrusts
on one spot: the demon’s head, on and on until at last CHRAATH!! Brain and
blood spray out from the punctured head, and the demon falls lifeless on the
ground with a loud BAAMMMM!!
Hernan
surely doesn’t have time to enjoy the fruit of his experience. He immediately
darts into the enemy. He splits a skeleton in two – CREEAKHH!! – and parts a
zombie from its head – CRUSSH!! – and with a loud ‘EEEYAAARGHH!!’ he goes
unstoppable, chopping several monsters into uselessness.
The fencer
goes on rampaging until he sees a hooded figure with white hair walking among
the crowd. The hooded man’s aura is so dark and dense, far more powerful than
he ever witnessed before. Dark denizens move aside, giving him way.
As he gets
closer, Hernan feels a greater pressure from that person that sparks a bit of
fear in his heart. Never before he gets so intimidated – except, maybe from his
plain but powerful wife. He stops and be on guard.
