"¡¡!!"

This is a beast!

It's going to attack me directly!

Damn it, because of the bloody bloody area I can't see for sure how it will attack me, therefore, I can't rush to make any attack that might harm me.

What do I do?

Damn, damn beasts, they did this to play with me.

They alter the perception of the combat zone and reduce my ability to move.

"¡¡!!"

I am dumbfounded the instant I have full vision of the beast.

His mouth is open, I can see all his gigantic mouth and all his terrifying sharp teeth. It also has hellish eyes, watching me as if I were a prey that fell into its trap and is about to be devoured.

With its attack, it is aiming directly at my head.

Fuck, I won't be able to attack, I can only defend myself right now. Since, it will take me several seconds to channel any attack. So I'm already going to be dead by the time I can launch the charged attack.

Finally, I decide to put the sword in front of me in a horizontal position.

The beast gets close enough to me to be able to attack. So, I had the right instant to position the sword in front of me and have it bite the sword.

At the moment the beast bites the sword, I can notice how its strength in its teeth is such that it leaves all its sharp teeth marked on the sword.

It is incredible, the strength it possesses, I do not know how the sword can resist the bite.

Luckily, the bite didn't hit my body, because if it had, I think at this moment I wouldn't even be alive.

"Fuck!"

I shout that, while trying to keep my arms stable to counterattack the strength possessed by the beast, however, the momentum and the speed at which the beast was approaching, made me lose my stability in the water. So I am being pushed by the water.

I try to move my arms forward to stop its great speed, but it is impossible. Its strength is much greater than mine, so I can only stay in a defensive position in this situation.

I would like to know where I am at the moment, and where I am heading, but the blood zone does not prevent me from seeing much further than 2 meters away.

Is the blood zone still extending? Because it seems endless.

"No..."

"This can't be happening..."

"It's impossible..."

The sword emits a sound of slowly breaking. And even, the lines of damage begin to be visible along the entire length of the sword.

I started sweating all over my body the moment I heard that sound. Since, if I lose my sword, I will have nothing to defend myself with.

I must attack...

I can't stay like this...

"..."

I'll have to try even if I fail in the process!

"WIND PULSE!"

I closed my eyes and said that without fully channeling my ability.

The point of this, is to have a sufficient distance away from the beast, so that I can launch a ranged attack.

"It worked!"

I said that, as soon as the skill launched a small gust of wind between me and the beast. So I propelled myself backwards and the beast retreated a small distance as well.

"It's now or never!"

"I must do it!"

"Wind cut!"

I raised my sword and again, without channeling the skill too much again, threw a wind blade in the direction of its heart.

The attack must work, because I had no more resources left.

The skill began to head at high speed towards the beast. So it just stood there still, accepting that it would not be able to dodge the skill.

"That's right!"

"I'll finally be able to assassinate it!"

I said that, full of pride.

"What?"

That's when behind the beast another shadow began to appear....

Clearly it's another one of these damn things.

It can't be...

What will it try to do?

As my attack is about to cut the beast's chest, the beast behind it hits it hard on the back and then swims away at once.

"No..."

The beast, after being pushed, instantly began to charge something into its mouth, as if it was about to launch an attack.

However, the attack managed to cut the entire lower part of the beast's body. So that it was left without legs.

"What do I do now...?

I froze as soon as I saw the beast approaching at full speed again, but this time without its legs.

The speed it got, it was thanks to that damn thing that hit it from behind.

My whole body starts to tremble and even if I try to move, my body doesn't react.

The beast as soon as it got close enough to me, it threw directly into my face what it was keeping in its mouth....

"AHHHHHHHHHH!"

I started screaming out of panic and terror as soon as I saw what it threw at me.

It was a pile of blood, along with a skull, clearly belonging to one of our fallen comrades.

The skull hit directly against my face, breaking the air bubble that allows me to keep breathing, while the blood entered my eyes, causing me to completely lose my vision instantly.

"AHHHHHHHHHH!"

I screamed again as soon as the disturbing image of the corpse was captured in my mind, while at the same time thinking that I very possibly know the person behind who is now just a pile of bones.

Then, I tried to open my eyes to try to defend myself, but I could only see in a very blurry way how the beast started to charge his fist to hit me.

I'm thinking of using my sword to avoid the blow, but I'm only going to cause it to break. So I will be left without it.

There is no other option...

I'll have to take the blow with my body and wait until I can resist long enough.

The beast, began to hit me directly in the chest area.

As soon as it struck the first blow, I immediately began to expel all the air I have accumulated, I try to hold it back, but its blows are as if they penetrate my armor.

He keeps on hitting without stopping my chest and stomach at the same time. So based on the sound and the ever increasing pain, that the armor protecting me is close to breaking.

Then, I started coughing up blood. Since, the blows are slowly starting to damage my organs, on the other hand, I start to feel less weight from that area of the armor on my body, meaning that it is starting to come off.

Am I going to die here like this?

Will this be the end of me?

I would have liked to settle my differences with my brother one last time?

And to be able to see his stupid face.

"Kshhh!"

That last sound, finally proved that the armor was already broken.

"Forgive me, brother. I tried..."

"But it's really impossible to fight these things..."

"Go on living for both of us..."

With my last strength I said all that, while blood is pouring out of my mouth and it takes a great physical effort to speak.

I smile for one last time, as tears come out of my eyes.

"Crack!"

Finally, the last blow hit, breaking some bones in my chest.

I am so exhausted from the previous blows that it is impossible to utter one last sound of pain.

Then, I can feel the beast let go of me and drop me to the bottom of the sea.

Little by little I begin to lose consciousness....

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"Was that Froilan's scream?"

I totally freaked out the moment I heard that.

"He must be in danger!"

"We have to help him!"

"Hey you!"

"Help me get out of here!"

I yell that to the boy standing there, but on his face there is only utter concern. Which, on his face is reflected.

He went from being completely sure that his brother was going to win against all those beasts, to now being completely tense after hearing that scream.

The boy keeps ignoring me.

Damn, I have to break free somehow.

"Huh?"

That's when I then started to see how the red zone started to cover me too, but from below.

The beasts that were holding the threads apparently started to expel that too from their mouths with their eyes closed.

I looked back to the boy standing there, but gradually I began to lose sight of him because of the area of blood.

Until finally the last thing I saw of him is how he used his water magic to approach in the direction towards the last time where we saw Froilan.

"Wait!"

"Don't do that!"

"You'll only end up in the same situation!"

I yelled that at him, but it was useless.

"Damn it..."

"I can't let these guys die.."

"I must find a way out of here..."

I said that, as the area of blood finally covered me to the point where the range of vision is quite limited around me.

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