SPELLBOUND

Evie bravely gripped her weapon and pulled her hood back. The moment her eyes landed on the figure of the savage beast her body froze up.

This beast was unlike anything she had imagined. It was a far cry from what was the worst possible thing she could have come up with in her imagination!

"F*ck! What kind of savage orc is this?! This one's not normal!!" she heard Levy's yell and Evie could hear the word orc reverberating in her mind. Orc? This was an orc?! How did an orc find its way across their path?

Evie felt nauseous. Now she understood why Leon had been trying to cover her eyes and gave her that warning when she wanted to look. However, she did not regret her decision. This beast they called an orc was not just huge and powerful. It was absolutely disgusting. Its greenish body looked like it was rotting away. There were green and black liquids – or were they flesh? – that were dripping down its large pustule covered body.

Its head was like the head of a bull and its face looked as though it was rotting off too. She saw Samuel slashed at its neck, but his blade barely cut through anything. It was though it only managed to nick its thick skin.

"Shit! Its skin is tough! We must find its vulnerable spot to kill him!" Samuel yelled and all of them except Leon attacked the beast.

Reed and Zolan was sent flying away. Zolan slammed against a tree trunk while Reed fell hard on the ground. Then Luc was slashed by the beasts' sharp and powerful horn.

Evie screamed as she saw blood spraying out of Luc as he fell to the ground.

Then she felt herself being grabbed again. As she looked behind Leon, she saw the beast coming after them as the others ran after it to attack it and tried to stop it. Was the beast targeting her?

She saw Samuel appear behind it and he stabbed at the orc's nape with his sword. The beast roared and his large and strong arm slammed into his back, making Samuel not able to pull the sword from it before he too thudded to the ground.

But the man rose again and the others too. She could only watch them attack the orc over and over again. No… she could not just watch her men continue like this… she must help them!

Suddenly, Leon stopped. And he put her down. He did not say anything but, she saw that Zolan and Elias were already beside her.

Then Leon leapt away and met the approaching beast. Leon's purple eyes quickly bled into a vivid red and his sword slashed at the beast's face. It's dark green blood, splashed disgustingly in an arc over the pristine white snow.

At that moment, the others joined him in a synchronized attack. But no matter how much the vampires slashed at the beast, it could still fight. It did not die.

"I think the only way is to behead it!" Zolan yelled out.

"But how? Its bone is as hard and tough as stone!" Levy yelled back. But they tried that method, nonetheless. Taking turns to slash its head every time there was a chance. They did not know what else to do for now.

While Zolan was trying his best to figure out any possible vulnerable spot, Evie suddenly stepped aside from behind him.

Zolan's eyes widened as he looked at her as she was already pulling her bow and was aiming at the orc-like beast so seriously.

And before Zolan could say anything, Evie let go of her shot. He whipped his head back towards the savage orc and saw her arrow pierce through its eyes. The princess' aim flew true! 

Another ferocious growl echoed. Zolan could only swallow. But the princess was already aiming again.

And in just a matter of seconds, she released another arrow. Zolan thought that she was going to miss this time, as the beast was wailing and was about to cover its eyes. But to his surprise, the arrow pierced deep into its other eye.

The beast roared again, and the vampires took this opportunity to kill it. The beast grabbed at the arrows and pulled it out of its eyes as it ran straight towards her.

Zolan grabbed Evie but the beast suddenly leapt high up into the air, a greenish fluid coming from its eye where the arrow was once buried.

Evie's eyes widened, seeing that it was about to reach them. At that moment, she also saw its eyes close, and it had the same colour as that dark fae.

"F*ck!" she heard Zolan curse out loud and her heart stopped at the sight of it about to reach out its hand at them.

However, right before that fleshy appendage reached them, its head rolled off to the side and greenish fluid spurted out like a fountain. Leon and Samuel landed on the ground at the same moment the beast's head fell. Their blades painted with the disgusting green fluid.

Zolan landed too along with her, and the world seemed to fall into utter silence.

After seeing that the beast was no longer moving, Evie finally released the breath she did not know she was holding in. Is it already over?

She looked around at the men and she took another deep breath seeing that all of them were standing.

Elias suddenly ran towards her and gently used a damp cloth to wipe at her face. It was then that she realized she was splashed with the beast's disgusting blood.

"Are you alright, princess?" he asked, and Evie nodded.

"H-how about everyone else?" she asked, scanning over her men.

They flashed her small smiles and grinned at her while giving her thumbs up. "We're fine princess! Still alive and kicking." Levy joked.

"That was an awesome aim! As expected of you, princess!" Reed added, looking so proud as he looked at Evie with twinkling eyes.

Before Evie could respond, Zolan spoke.

"Alright, we must leave this area now. It's already dark out." He said and everyone became serious again as they quickly made to move towards the safe spot where they had planned to set up camp for the night.