Meeting a Guardian (2)

A Beast.

That is the only way I could describe this being in front of me. I do not call this thing a person. They may have long brown hair, a feminine face, hazel eyes, and the figure of a woman. Her clothing belonged to that of a medieval knight, as she wore a sort of battle dress that clinged close to her body, that had pieces of armor stitched to it, and a pair of heavy armor gauntlets. Both the gauntlets and dress were covered in a white color with bits of golden lining that made her seem holy in a sense.

But that appearance did not calm my nerves down at all, but instead made my instincts kick into overdrive. It roared in my mind like a caged beast about to be pushed into a deep pool. It told me that behind her appearance was a powerful creature ready to suppress me.

She raised her hand up and opened her palm. As she did so a pain sprained in my chest as several shining particles flew out from the gaping hole in my chest and circled around her hand. They danced like little fairies at a festival before coming together and forming a shining golden spear. It was so bright and so pure that it seemed holy.

"So you're the shaper that was harassing that poor family" she said, a strange energy coursing out of her body and rushed at me. When this energy made contact with me my whole body shivered as I collapsed my injured body onto the ground. She clicked her tongue as she pointed the tip of her spear at my fallen figure, "for a shaper that threatened a family with death you sure are weak, so weak that I might spare you if you tell me something."

She glared at me, her eyes piercing my soul as I lowered my four eyes towards the dirt below. I could not look up and meet her eyes. How could I when it feels like I'm looking at the eye of a predator ready to tear my throat at any moment. I know that whatever question she asks me must be to her liking or else I am dead. No, or else I am beyond dead!

She opened her mouth and uttered a sentence that filled my body with dread, "where is the Shaper's home?"

"..."

I quickly dashed away from my spot and further into the forest. Whatever answer I gave her would not spare me. I did not know the layout of these lands to lie to her face nor do I even know where the shaper's home is at! That was a death sentence.

"!!!"

I quickly moved my head to the right as a second later a golden spear flew past my head and stabbed the nearby ground. I quickly looked behind me and saw that woman chasing behind me with eyes filled with determination. 

I tried to run faster, but the pain from my chest stopped me. I clutched the hole as I could feel blood pouring out as if it was a bottle filled with water. By the way, my blood is purple. But that isn't important right now as I quickly ducked as another spear aimed for my head flew past. It must have shaved the backside of my head because I saw a few strands of white hair falling down.

This was terrifying and unfair. It was terrifying because in all my life I never ever met someone this dangerous before. It was so unfair that in my new life I am put in front of the maw of a dangerous being. It was so unfair and terrifying that I could feel myself about to cry.

"GAH!" I cried out as a spear pierced my right leg. I collapsed onto the floor as I looked at my right leg. I could see bits of muscle and bone coming out from it, a fountain of blood pouring out and forming a small puddle.

"This was it" I thought to myself, "this is how I die."

Not even a day into my new life and I am already at the steps of death. I suffered through years of understanding. I tried to cling to any single strand of sanity I had left in my body and for what? To die to a being that is far stronger than I. All because I tried to act tough and was curious as to how humanity survived. It was almost laughable.

The woman stood before as she aimed the tip of her spear at my neck. Its blade drew purple blood as she pressed it against a vein. "You are fast, but not fast enough" she said as she looked into my eyes.

Well, this is the end. I am full of regret right now. But I can't do jack shit, not in this state and inside a body I don't fully understand. In my final moments, all I can do is look at this woman and feel a strange sense of peace...

Not!

"Fuck you" I spat out as I looked at the women in her eyes as I quickly threw a punch at her face. The punch landed on her right cheek as she slid several feet away. She looked at me with shock, but she couldn't comprehend what just happened quickly enough as I descended on her and threw a flurry of crazed punches.

The first barrage of punches landed successfully on her face and chest, but the next flurry all missed as she jumped away from them. She landed several feet away from her original position as she looked at me with anger. She wiped the blood that was leaking from her nose and manifested a golden spear.

She charged at me and slammed her spear downwards. I dodged to the left as I followed it with a punch to her side. Though I was able to dodge and land a punch at her side, my mangled leg almost cost me my life as I was inches away from being turned into mush. 

"Eat"

My instincts spoke to me. I looked at the girl for a bit before I lunged at her. She was shocked by this sudden action and raised her arms up to block. She seemed to have expected me to throw a punch at her.

But it's a shame that wasn't my plan.

"Aaaaah" she screamed out as I dug my teeth into her right shoulder. I bite down harder, causing her to scream bloody murder for several seconds before throwing a punch towards my face. Her punch landed, but I did not budge. She threw several more punches at me and it only made me bite down harder. She screamed once more and manifested a golden spear and swung it at me. 

I backed off, but not before taking a piece of her flesh.

"Eat"

I listened to my instinct as I swallowed her flesh in the most dramatic way possible and made sure she was watching. I licked my blood covered lips and looked at her. I smiled as I savored the taste of her flesh. It was sweet like candy, yet hard like a well cooked steak.

Suddenly I felt something strange happen inside my body. I felt my body become stronger and sturdier. I felt invigorated and alive. I looked at my wounds and saw that they were healing, although slowly. But they were still healing.

Maybe, just maybe I could actually win against her. I grinned as I looked at her face. She held a look of anger and fear. She was angry that I injured her and she was scared because I injured her. I'm guessing not many shapers are capable of that.

But I could not think any more as she pointed her spear tip at my head and spoke, "you dare to not only defy me, but you also dare to destroy the armor made by my best friend! I will not let you live any longer!"

Suddenly several shining particles came forth. They came from her body, the grass, the trees, even the rocks. Any and every object around began to form these shining particles before they hovered in the air behind her. These particles then began to form various kinds of weapons from axes to hammers to swords and even daggers. They hovered behind her in the many and made her appear like a goddess of war.

"... well fuck."

The golden weapons descended upon me as they pierced and tore my body to pieces. The pain was excruciating, but the process was quick. I tried to defend myself by raising my arms up to block the attack, but all it did was slow the process. In a matter of moments my body was turned into nothing but just a broken torso with a head attached to it. My arms and lower half were all torn apart or crushed. It didn't matter since they were all gone.

I coughed out blood as I groaned in pain. The pain I was feeling was excruciating, it was so excruciating that it was actually numbing the fear I was feeling right now. 

"Gah" I groaned out as she placed her boot on my chest as she stabbed my lower right eye. I screamed in pain as she twisted a bit before pulling it out. I gasped in pain as I looked up at her in fear.

"That's for my shoulder" she said as she raised her spear high, "any last words?"

Last words? Do I have any last words? 

"I will kill you!" I shouted at her as I spat on her boot. That spit of mine was mixed with both my saliva and my spilling blood, my attack. It splashed on her boot and a bit of it landed on her white dress. She looked blank for a moment before thrusting her spear into my chest. I gritted my teeth as I looked at her face. She pulled it out before quickly plunging it back in. She pulled it out again and plunged it back in. She pulled out and plunged it back into it. Back and in. 

She repeated this process over and over again. For how long? I don't know. I just kept gritting my teeth as I looked at her. But slowly my consciousness began to fade. The feeling of my body began to disappear. 

I slowly closed my eyes as the woman pulled out her blade and looked down at me before walking away. That was how my first day in this world started and how it became my last day.

***

"Hmm, I believe it was here" a voice said, its voice had the humming of a thousand insects and a thousand voices. The voice wandered around the woods for a bit before stopping when it saw something laying in the ground. It walked towards the body and slowly saw what it truly was. 

A shaper just like it. Though still young and new, it was butchered like a dog and left to rot.

"Though I might eat anything I see, even corpses, I will respect the corpses of the newborns. Especially those killed before they can fly" the voice said as they walked away.

-Bump

It stopped in its tracks as it slowly turned its head towards the corpse. It stood there for several seconds and waited.

-Bump

A beat. But it was not some ordinary beat, but a heartbeat. Though it was faint and slow, it was still there. It was still beating.

The voice grinned as it walked to the injured shaper and picked it from its head, "well I'll be. I guess this generation of shapers might be a bit more dangerous than the last one."

It turned around and walked away. As it walked it looked in the distance and could see a wooden shack. Though this wooden shack was heavily damaged and had monstrous creatures eating something. One of the creatures tossed something behind it and the voice saw that it was a little bow.

The voice smiled as it slowly disappeared into the dark forest.