The Horseman

Chapter 05: The Horseman

Third Person's pov

All in a while.

The hordes of monsters are nearly on sight from a town.

Their growls and movements went wilder after smelling the preys from less than a hundred meters away.

The feast was almost at their claws while the villagers just started sensing the danger nearing them.

Not that long, a girl in her fifties, screamed pointing at the dark hordes already at their yards and getting more nearer as seconds passed by, "Monsters! They're coming!"

"No way!"

"Run!"

Just like the previous village. The invaded town went into a serious state of panic by the sight of these devious predators coming their way.

As the crowd vanishes to one side, a little girl was left in an open space trying to grab the rolling ball infront of her.

As soon as the mother of the child noticed it, she cried, "My daughter! No!"

"Don't! Lady! You'll die!"

"It's too late!"

"No! It's my child! Let me go and try to save her!"

The people was shocked in place when they saw that one of the monsters already appeared infront of the poor child. And with it's drooling mouth, it tried to bite the little girl's head off.

"No!" The mother's scream pleaded in desperation.

The child's eyes widened, froze on her feet while facing her untimely death, but inches away before the monster's mouth could reach her, a horseman jumped out from his ride and in a blink, with his great slashing movement he decapitated the monster as another horseman grabs the child and brought her back to her weeping mother.

"The Inner Guards are here!"

"We're safe!"

Deyal jumped down of his horse too along with the other soldiers. "Engage! Don't let anyone come near the town's people!"

"Looks like we're too late! They must have came from the village before here." One of the soldiers exclaimed.

Feldeon cursed. "We're too late to save the village ahead. But we can still save the people here!"

With their battlecries, they faced the monsters without fear despite the doubt of not surviving.

Francial faced the crowd with ease, while still on her horse' back. "Listen up, people! Run away from the town as fast as you can! Move north and don't scatter!"

The towns' people did as they were told.

"Ack!" One of the soldier got bitten by his arm and tried to decapitate the monster but the other one from behind clawed his head off in second.

Those two monsters then got decapitated after Feldeon attacked them within a glimpse as he looked at the three monsters who escaped and are running fast towards the people. "Francial!"

"Leave it to me!" The girl warrior sprints with her horse and intercepted the monsters with fast slashing attacks before one of them could reach the people.

"Argh! Help me!" One of the soldier shouted, while being dragged on the ground.

"Tsk! Useless idiot!" Deyal cursed as he grabbed a dagger from his waist and rotatingly throws the weapon in a flash.

The monster got strucked in the head and drops immediately leaving a wounded soldier and a severed leg. "Ahhgk! It hurts!" He cried, shaking as another monsters ran towards him.

And when one of the monsters tried to grab the wounded man again, Feldeon angrily appeared behind it and decapitated the beast, one after the other while avoiding the monsters' attacks simultaneously.

"I told you don't scatter! Run faster! Go!" Francial on the other hand continued defending the people from the monsters that are still keeping on coming.

"There's still too many!" A soldier shouted.

"Don't falter! Stay on your grounds!" Feldeon screamed as three consecutive monster attacks surrounded him.

But with his great determination, he slashed off the monsters' arms before spinningly cuts their bodies away in half.

Sprinting towards another and did the same, one after the other, while bathing on blood. His movements are getting faster and precise and his swings are not stopping.

"Captain." One of the soldier whispered, witnessing the strength of his superior.

Deyal shouted while also doing the same.

"You dumb-fucking monsters! Keep it coming!" Francial from afar the plains, also keeps slashing the monsters before they could intercept the people.

But the monsters that could slipped through the Feldeon's watch keeps getting on numbers to the point that Francial could not keep protecting the people at once.

Until a horseman with spear sprints out of nowhere passing through the corner of Feldeon's eyes. "Who's that?"

Deyal noticed it too, "Impossible! It's a wall guard from the south!"

Feldeon's eyes widened after he heard that. "A wall guard from the south? How?"

"Tsk! They're getting cocky!" Francial gritted her teeth as three of the monsters finally got passed through her.

Looks like the monsters are getting smarter with their targets too. And that's one of the reasons Francial was much more irritated.

"Shit! They're getting closer! Run faster!" One of the towns' men screamed.

"I can't do this anymore!" Until one of the girl fell on her shaking knees and was left behind by the crowd.

"Shit! I'll never make it!" Francial screamed in her mind while sprinting with her horse.

But then another horseman ran passed her with much more speed, "Wait! What was that?!" She exclaimed.

And before the monsters could devour the girl on the ground, Lowan jumps out of his horse and slashed three monsters out in a single swing.

"Woah." Francial did not expect a master of spear handling like that. And then appeared even more dumbfounded when she noticed Lowan's uniform. "he's a wall guard?! No way he came from the south corner too!"

"There's more!" Lowan whispered and with his gesture, his horse got near him and with a swift movement he got atop the animal again and continued pursuing the monsters before they could reach the people.

This time. Much more faster with the long reach of his spear, he perfectly handled guarding the people away from those numerous monsters.

Until the battle ends.