Folon's True Death - Part 2

𝗛𝗶𝗺𝘂𝗿𝗮 𝗦𝗮𝘁ō

I inhaled as hard as I could, trying to stay focused. My eyes look to the side to see two bee lancers flying toward me while the rest rushes toward Folon's demise, seeing it as a bigger threat.

I took a single step and exhaled before running to Folon's demise as well. It fires twenty-nine lasers, half aimed at the bee lancers rushing toward it while the other half was aimed at me.

Dodging to the side, I continue to run as it raises its arms to swat the bee lancers to the ground.

With a powerful slap, almost half of the bee lancers, hit the ground causing their bodies to be crushed on impact. As their blood splattered everywhere, I passed them before suddenly dodging to my left as the bee lancers passed me who then tried to stab me in the back.

The nearest bee lancer tried to hit me but I dodged back before dashing to the left again as a giant fist hit the ground, where I used to be.

The two bee lancers raised their lances and tried to strike however, I passed through them before they could do anything, and before even a second could pass, a large fist crushes their bodies.

I back-stepped then turned my body around as I heard another fist land where I once was, the monster rampages, roaring loudly as thirty lasers shot out of its tail.

As the remaining bodies of the bee lancers fall to the ground, I pass them before dashing forwards and then to the left before jumping inside the mouth, dodging the rampaging fist.

Looking inside, the first thing I noticed is that, the faces inside were already midway from screaming so immediately, I stabbed below me and hugged the handle before covering my left ear with my hand and my right ear using my shoulder.

A scream reverberated throughout the mouth, the force was so strong that it could force me to fly out of its mouth however I hugged the handle of my longsword even tighter as I try to cover my ears a little bit better because the scream was so loud that even slightly opening my ears would cause me to go deaf.

As seconds turned into a minute, the mouth stopped and gasped for air. My head was ringing loudly and I felt dizzy however I raised my longsword till it reached the top of its mouth and slashed the last arm.

There was no scream since they were still gasping for air which took me seconds to realize and as seconds passed, they were already getting ready to scream again but I could fly out, I stabbed his leg and turned, messily amputating it causing his mouth to show his teeth as he bears the pain.

Before it could even scream, I immediately jumped out of the mouth and was greeted with thirty-one lasers and a falling hand that was trying to swat me.

Immediately, I moved to the left and around its body, the lasers tried to follow but they turned way too slowly causing them to crash into the ground with only seven being able to curve properly.

The hand tries to crush me with its palm as I arrive at the right side of its body so I dashed forwards almost stumbling as my dizziness gets worse. The hand that landed caused the lasers to hit the arm instead so I ran to the mouth and before I could enter, I heard a scream which caused me to fall backward as a fist tried to crush me.

I rolled to the side and jumped inside but this time I grabbed the face to avoid getting pushed out then I tilted my head and covered both of my ears using my shoulders.

It screamed as loudly as it can but I held on, it was painful on my head but it stopped sooner than expected so I aimed at Folon's neck and slashed him cleanly.

Seconds passed as the torso falls and those seconds turned into minutes, I thought it was over however a single black line appeared in the middle of his head, the only thing that was still attached to the monster.

The line beckoned me to slash his head in half but before I could complain or even realize it, a scream caused me to violently fly out of my mouth. My tired body couldn't move as fast as it can so I had a nasty landing.

My face hits the ground first and as I stand up, I touched my nose and snapped it back in place then block one of my nostrils and blow out a small amount of blood from my nose.

I tilted my neck and heard a small crunching sound which was painful but soon the pain subsided seconds passed.

I look ahead to me to see the monsters which were kinda blurry again, the only thing I can make out was the arm that has been raised and ready to crush me and multiple lasers approaching me at high speed.

I stumbled at my first step but soon my focus went back and I ran as fast as I could thirty-two lasers curved around and I rolled forwards but I landed on my back.

My vision was slowly getting filled with a hand so I rolled to the left and got up as thirty-three lasers were fired. The monster roars again and in quick succession, it fires two-hundred and fifty-nine lasers which caused the tail to snap.

With half of my vision getting filled with the approaching lasers, I stabbed the ground to my right and blocked its claws. I felt the impact throughout my body but it didn't affect me anymore as I pass through its claws by going in between them then grabbed my longsword as the claw destroys the grass walls.

I inhaled a large amount of air before running as fast as I can, dodging fifty-two lasers as the rest curves around and was now behind me.

I quickly dodge to the side and two lasers burn off a part of my skin as they pass me, the first one to around and reach me was parried by my longsword as I continue to run before my vision blurs and I trip.

I looked up to see the rest of the lasers approaching me so I rolled to my right, barely dodging them with some hitting me as they hit the ground.

I forced myself to go up and run as the remaining lasers followed me, the fist was raised and prepared to crush me. As its fist lands on the ground multiple times, the lasers following me were met with the fist and soon there were no remaining lasers left.

The monster roars for the final time as the arm stops moving and its mouth begins to open as wide as it can. My body was tired of focusing on anything else, so I closed my eyes and relaxed every muscle in my body as I focused on my death perception.

Many cylindrical objects hit my body but I didn't flinch, only moving to parry them when my death perception alerts me. The first one was aimed at my heart, stomach, left eye, and forehead.

When I opened my eyes, it was no longer throwing any cylindrical objects and its hands were barely moving at all.

We were both very tired and I was bleeding out so I forced my body to stumble my way into its mouth. The hand moves and raises its arm and slowly tries to crush me but I manage to dodge by stumbling to the left.

Each step was painful, each time I breathed was painful, and even the slightest activity within my body was painful but I keep pushing as my vision blurs.

I weakly entered its mouth, all faces were breathing heavily so I looked at Folon so I raised my sword and prepared to kill him finally. As my longsword approached his head, his mouth moved but he couldn't because he had no throat but I know what he said.

"Thank you, our dear hero. We believe in you." He said as his mouth turned into a truly happy smile.

When I heard that, my longsword stopped and I spoke to him. "No...you are the reason that I...was able to kill him, so thank you," I said weakly as I raised my sword again.

In response, he spoke with a smile. "Thank you." He said silently yet happily as I slice his head in half.

As his head disconnects from the fleshy tether, a memory comes back to him. "One of us must be connected to it so that he could defeat it." A man with a miserable face said to me, as he grasped a paper charm as if he made a choice. Time was slowly running out so Folon grabbed the charm from him.

"Folon!" He said to him, clearly objecting to his sacrifice.

"My body is weak, meaning I was useless in our town, this is the only way for me to prove my worth and besides one of us has to survive to tell our stories, you're the strongest of us all so you need to survive," Folon said to him as he weakly walked to the monster. I cast a binding spell and walked inside where I activated the charm and connected to the monster, forcefully weakening it.

His friend passes him with tears in his eyes as he walked to the very core of this maze. The last thing he ever saw was something bright blue.

The head falls to the ground and a large yet weak roar resounded as the body starts to deteriorate I was pushed out by the scream of the faces inside the mouth but this time it was soft and kind.

As I roll to the ground, I look at the body of the monster, slowly getting filled by something and was burst and soon its head exploded.

Its remains were still connected, showing its undying will to win and the maze was showered with its blood however the blood does not reach me.

As my gaze blurred and my consciousness slowly slipped, I felt something comforting. I could only smile weakly knowing well that I'd won.

Now, my fate lies with the beings beyond this realm.