Extend the time of his death

Renald IBARA

The battle was raging, despite our superiority in terms of physical strength we were being pushed back by numbers, a hundred or two of these creatures coming out of nowhere would not normally have caused us so much trouble, but at the moment we were weakened by the continuous waves for more than a week.

My ax cut down one abomination and then I redirected it to decapitate another, screams of agony mingling with the low, terrible roar of these monsters.

These abominable creatures were driven by such a thirst for blood that they deprived them of all their instinct for survival.

It was as if they were swearing at each other; that a single small bite would be enough to satisfy them, devoid of any form of intelligence, these beasts only aimed to feast on anything that would have the misfortune to get in their path, not to mention the tastier meat of the half -humans, they will have a feast.

-"Close ranks, don't let a single step pass, we should protect the elves who support us with their healing magic" I shouted.

My cry was muffled by fatigue, I could no longer count how many times my mind tried to waver on the battlefield, each time I bit my lower lips to pull myself together and fought my way through the sea of rodents by swinging my weapon, slicing several animals in the process.

These cursed rats, even if they were human size and had an almost humanoid shape, they were not easy to kill, these rodents were so agile that they could compete with horned rabbits, nevertheless a lot of 'among them fell before our blades.

"We should last another day"

A day seemed like an eternity, we didn't know if the reinforcements would arrive in time, I headed towards the patriarch, his clothes were torn, we could see that he no longer had enough mana to use his "aura" they were simply content to throw his Odashi around.

With each swing of his saber, a life was taken from these vicious creatures.

His hair was gray-black and his long wolf ears which majestically towered over his head, this severe look which made his ruby ​​eyes shine, he marked the battlefield as he pleased, not letting any creature cross the wooden barricade.

- "Renald, you come at the right time, I was just looking for you." he shouted to me as I approached his position.

"Lord Akumu, several of our soldiers have fallen, at this rate we will be exterminated, do you really believe that the Orleth clan will help us?" I asked him a little anxiously.

The lord frowned as if to get angry, holding back, he released a sigh and fixed me with a blank look almost carried away by fatigue.

"Rakahn is my best friend, he would do everything possible to come and help us, just have to wait a little longer" he replied, his tone softening a little.

"But it's been about 3 days since we sent soldiers with our emissaries, shouldn't they be here already, what should we do?" I screamed, horrified by the sight of countless dead people surrounding me.

"And what do you want me to do? Huh? We've already used all our mana, the elves have already cast several spells, I ordered them to conserve their fucking mana to heal us damn? You want that What do I do there?" He screamed in excess of rage, his accustomed eyes imbued with extreme coldness burned with anger.

I felt ashamed, I let myself be carried away by anguish, it was not by his will if he had become head of the Ibara clan, it was without wanting to if he had been born with the strongest amount of mana among us, and for that he had been raised as a recluse from everyone, just to teach him to better control his energy, his whole life had been dedicated to training that he had ended up being the strongest in the clan , and so he had to comply with a commitment he never wanted.

That of being the patriarch.

A loud roar shook the battlefield, everyone turning to look at where the noise was coming from.

And that's when I saw him, one of the fiercest creatures in the cursed forest.

It was a demonic Rat, its ash gray body was covered in the blood of its own "allies", its eyes shone with a purple glow, its long, sharp claws tore through everything in its path.

The creature was more than 3 meters tall and overlooked the battlefield.

My eyes were wide with horror, my muscles refused to respond to me, my body was paralyzed, I wanted to scream but no screams came out.

"Move, move, move, damn it!!"

I struggled with my body to move, but it flatly refused to make even a single movement.

I stood there, holding my weapon tightly while the beast headed towards us or rather towards me?, I didn't know and I didn't want to know anymore.

For I was only waiting for my end, however pitiful it would be,