Aftermath, Massacre and Sacrifice

After the creature ate the trio, it left the premise and stopped hunting for tonight. And after an hour, Hendrix woke up.

"What happened?" Hendrix asked while looking around and realizing it was dark, with only a dim Violet moon in the sky.

"A creature ambushed us, and we all split up to escape it. I'm unsure if we are safe, but our group is the most likely to live." Valentina stated while gritting her teeth and crying. However, she gently rubbed Hendrix's back, trying to comfort him while running.

"The creature could split large trees in two without effort, and its speed is so fast it can't be seen or otherwise sensed. Its screech was deafening and ominous. However, its stealth is impeccable, and we haven't even seen the thing." Natasha continued Valentina's explanation while shivering violently and rapidly breathing as she ran.

"It's like we're living in a horror movie, however, instead of running from people. We're fleeing from an enigmatic and mysterious foe." Allura added while clenching her fists.

"I see. I hope we don't have to face it. Based on your descriptions, if we encounter this monstrosity, we have no chance and are doomed to die." Hendrix concluded while sighing, thinking his curse of Majesty was just as bad as the unforgettable curse and the curse of immortality.

"Indeed, now just rest, and hopefully, we'll survive this ordeal and make it to the Okrian portal before it kills us." Natasha stated.

"I need to tell my family that the Crown Plane is exponentially more vicious than previously thought. With terrors like this roaming around, it's best to abandon all discussion of taking it back. After all, every varmint is suppressed right now for some reason. Making everything ninety-nine percent weaker." Kiannah replied while her expression remained ghastly, realizing the implications of this on her family's tradition.

Everyone stopped and felt a chill through their spines, realizing the horrifying implications if the creature was at only one percent of its strength.

"My goodness. We have to make it to the portal before a week passes, or else, we'll all die without even knowing how." Natasha yelled while panicking and hurriedly looking at Hendrix.

"Hendrix, we need to regroup with the others and escape this purgatory before it becomes a place where humans are but mere bacteria to its native varmints." Valentina stated while hugging him even closer, not wanting him snatched from her.

"Okay, I understand. Let's do so now." Hendrix stated before they headed back to the path and eventually found it with Guide leading him.

"Let's rest for the night. We are unable to run much farther." Allura stated while frowning and narrowing her eyes.

"Okay." Hendrix nodded

Eventually, everyone fell asleep again, and once morning arrived, they got up. However, Hendrix remained asleep due to his different sleep cycle.

"Let's wait for everyone else before hurrying out of here." Natasha stated

"Alright, I agree." Kiannah replied while smiling.

Allura and Valentina agreed as well, but Valentina gave Hendrix to Allura.

"It's your turn to hold Hendrix, Allura." Valentina stated while smiling.

"Alright, I'll hold him. He's very light anyway." Allura responded while gently cradling Hendrix and rubbing his back.

Subsequently, they waited for eight hours, and the remaining classmates all regrouped there. And everyone had traumatized expressions on their faces.

"Where are Nicole, Clark, and Nadia?" Valentina asked while fearing the worst.

"They haven't arrived by now. So I believe they're dead." Hendrix bluntly stated while sighing.

"So you're saying the creature killed them?" Allura asked

Everyone felt a chill down their spine, thinking they may be next if they don't hurry away.

"Let's go and follow the path." Hendrix Instructed.

The group obliged and continued down the path. However, they didn't reach the Okrian portal before nightfall and prepared for the worst by staying awake.

As the sun set, its rays slowly retreated. Darkness covered the landscape, and an eerie silence filled the surroundings.

After about an hour, a faint sound of a twig breaking startled the class. However, nothing came out and ambushed anyone.

{Hendrix, be careful.}

'I'll do my best.' Hendrix thought before surveying his surroundings.

Subsequently, five minutes passed before a faint chuckle sounded, and a silent air current flew through the air and split someone in two vertically.

"James!" A student yelled while tears fell from their eyes.

The creature's frame lay visible in front of everyone as it ate James leisurely, like this was all a game to it. Before, it moved fast and chomped on the upper half of another student's body and ripped them in two with its jaws, and swallowed their upper half.

"No! Stop!" Asher yelled, seeing the carnage this creature inflicted on everyone.

The creature listened to Asher's voice and turned to face him while blood dripped from its teeth.

"S-Stay back!" Asher yelled while he slowly backed away.

The creature smiled and leaped at Asher before cutting him into seven pieces, instantly killing him before greedily eating the pieces.

"No, Asher!" Damascus yelled while his face turned pale, and his eyes widened. And he clenched his face.

Meanwhile, everyone else was in shock by the ferocity of this creature. However, it heard Damascus and turned to him and smirked.

"No, don't kill me too! Please! I have a family I want to see again!" Damascus pleaded while getting on his knees and holding his hands together.

The creature raised its brow and slowly walked towards him before laying its head close to his hand.

"Huh? Are you going to spare me? Thank you! Thank you!" Damascus jumped for joy while petting the creature.

The creature grinned, and while Damascus was distracted, it bisected him horizontally. Afterward, it stomped on his head while smiling.

'I may be able to stop this monstrosity, but I'll have to use my cursed skill. I don't want to, but if I want to avoid the possibility of a terrifying person who can see the past come after me, I'd rather sacrifice myself for these people and never see them again.' Hendrix thought.

{Alright, Hendrix}

Hendrix quickly escaped from Valentina's arms while she was looking at the creature in shock.

"Hendrix, what are you doing?!" Natasha yelled while crying.

Hendrix didn't answer and ran toward the creature without caring about the consequences or his stamina.

"Hey, you creature, come and fight me! I doubt you will do to you toying instead of fighting!" Hendrix yelled in provocation.

The creature snorted and disappeared and clamped its jaws around Hendrix and bit down, trying to kill him.

"Hendrix, no!" Kiannah, Allura, Natasha, and Valentina all yelled in unison.

Hendrix felt agony all around as the creature's jaws crushed him slowly, as it saw the despair the four girls had. And it wanted to cause them more mental anguish.

Hendrix pushed through and willed his mangled flesh to wrap around his spine and cut into the roof of the mouth of the creature.

"Rahhhh!" The creature yelled in agony, trying to spit Hendrix out.

"Everyone escape. I'll sacrifice myself so you can live. Here is my leader's bead. It will lead you to the Okrian portal." Hendrix yelled while covertly throwing it at Natasha, Valentina, and Allura.

"But you're going to die!" Allura yelled while crying as she picked it up.

"Heh, I guess so. Just escape, and I'll take this creature down with me!" Hendrix stated while he willed his flesh to use his spine like a scalpel and cut its flesh, and it began to choke on its blood.

"Rah!" The creature yelled, feeling its life in danger for the first time in eons. And it hurriedly tried to spit Hendrix out again.

"You will die with me!" Hendrix bluntly stated as he continued to butcher the creature's mouth with his spine.

Eventually, everyone left, and the two were fighting for survival. Eventually, Hendrix threw his spine into the creature's throat, impaling it and causing it to finally close its eyes and die from blood loss while falling to the ground.

[You have killed a Stygian Tyrtakia.]

[You have acquired an Amber Coin]

[You can't earn XP until you reach a city in the Crown World, and as compensation for the immense amount you'd typically gain from this, you'll receive another Amber Coin.]

[You received an opportunity]

'How do I harvest varmints biomass in real life?' Hendrix thought while in agony as his broken body lay.

{You're touching some pieces, so you can will one to my realm. Also, there's someone else here too. When you sleep or destroy your body, I'll see you, and we'll deal with them together.}

Hendrix nodded before willing a piece of the creature inside Ackalons realm. Afterward, he willed his flesh to leave the mouth of the creature and light itself on fire.

And his body complied, and once it finished Hendrix's will, it burned to ashes. And only the carcass of the creature remains.