Supreme Monarch

Chapter 68: The Ghost

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Snowflakes fell from the ashed sky and the wind blew them softly in a single direction. The trees in the Darknar forest were covered in a multitude of white snow and only a few birds flew in this extremely cold weather.

The scene that would be a beautiful sight in the minds of others, was not appreciated by two trembling figures standing at the edge of the forest as they stared at a child in front of them with their faces completely drained of color.

They’ve heard the rumors, and both knew full well what seeing someone from the Ghost Legion meant. Not much information was known about Lord Aur’s secret unit, the Ghost Legion, and it was obvious why. When they made a move they never left behind any traces or witnesses. The only reason there was a semblance of their existence was the fact that Lord Aur had no other guards protecting him. Even though he was stronger than most demons, there were still quite a number of people stronger than him and if one of the other Great five thought it necessary to dispose of him, he would need strong guards around him to buy himself time to escape.

They knew what this all meant, lord Aur had sent his personal legion to do something to their boss, and they would be killed just to tie up loose ends. Bam swallow a mouthful of saliva as he clenched his fist, he didn’t want to die like this, treated as garbage to be disposed of.

They were born into the Zorak family even though they were ogres from a now-extinct branch of the ogre family that was most likely eradicated by the Zorak’s. Yet, they never once considered betraying the family. And now, this happened.

The girl simply looked at the two for a moment before shifting her gaze back to the pained Zomatsu. A short blade made of green energy formed on her right hand and she walked towards Zomatsu, a green magic circle appeared on his back and glowed before fading away. She then walked next to him and kicked. A body flew through the skies like rubbish and slammed into a tree with a loud bang.

Zomatsu gasped in more pain as he struggled to breathe, he could barely think yet he knew instinctively why he was being attacked. He placed a hand on his belt and gripped a small box as tightly as he could. The girl noticed his actions and confirmed her secondary objective, she moved like there was no distance between the two, almost gliding through the wind. Her blade moved in a smooth and swift motion towards his heart when a sudden interruption caused her aim to be off and the blade pierced Zomatsu’s abdomen.

Bor was surprised by what just happened. He turned his head to look at Bam who had just launched an attack on the ghost with a dumb expression on his face that seemed to ask, what in the world are you doing? Bam’s expression was almost the same as he because he also had no idea what he was doing. He just couldn’t watch his boss die in front of him without doing anything. What’s more, they were going to die here anyway so why let the ghost do as she pleased.

Bor could understand what his brother was thinking because, it was one thing to be weak and stand no chance, but it was something worst to give up before you’ve tried. The ghost turned her head to face the two and her eyes narrowed, a jolt of electricity went through the brothers and they forced their selves to focus. Bor launched a barrage of spells.

“Lightning!”

“Fire Arrow!”

“Fireball!”

“Wind Cutter!”

“Arcane Beam!”

They spent every single Mana they had and launched as many spells as they could at the girl, not minding how loud they were or if the flashy spells would attract any attention. As a matter of fact, they were hoping it would attract the attention of the people within the castle or even a strong monster that would be a good distraction and an opportunity to make a move, perhaps they would miraculously be able to escape.

However, they had once heard their boss talk about a theory, whatever can go wrong, will go wrong, and everything right now had gone wrong. What they were hoping for was nowhere to be seen as all their spells saturated until they disappeared in front of her.

The dream they had of receiving help before they died came crashing down without even giving them a shred of hope.

The girl raised an arm and the dagger made of light flew out like it had been shot out from a crossbow. None of the brothers had any Mana left to defend themselves so they opted to dodge the attack, however, they were merely Tier 2 mages, how could they be able to match the attack speed of a member of the Ghost Legion. The blade pierced through Bam’s chest cleanly leaving a hole in its place and Bor couldn’t even see it happen.

Bam’s body still tried to move in other to dodge the attack, unaware that he was already dead. He raised an arm to move only to lose his balance as he fell flat on the ground bleeding out from the gaping hole in his chest. Bor finally realized what happened but he didn’t have any time to grieve, as another blade of green energy appeared in the Ghost’s hands, already preparing her second strike.

Bor tried to move but his legs wouldn’t let him, he no longer had any confidence in avoiding the attack. His expression went pale as he felt it was all over and could do nothing but accept his doom when suddenly, he heard a loud thud. Forcing his eyelids up, he saw Zomatsu trembling hands as he struggled to get up but he didn’t see the ghost anywhere.

He was dumbfounded and confused and stared blankly at the spot she once was until he heard the coughing sounds of Zomatsu which snapped him out of his daze and he rushing towards him. He used the light healing scroll on him which alleviated most of the pain, stopping the bleeding from his abdomen and helped him recover some of his cognitive functions.

Bor then looked at the still Bam who laid there with a pained expression that remained frozen on his face. There was no doubt in his mind anymore, his twin brother was dead.

“You… need… to… run,” Zomatsu spoke with difficulty. “I used *cough, cough* A tool that imprisoned her but, in my… Current state… s… She would not be trapped for long…” *cough cough.*

Bor blinked his eyes several times as he couldn’t understand what was going on. Was this the same boss he had been working with all this time or did the Ghost do something to him?

His boss would never suggest a plan that did not include his own safety to him so he figured there had to be something wrong with him. 

Zomatsu noticed that Bor wasn’t moving so he tried to explain. “She’s only here for me so… As long as you run, there is a chance that you might escape. There’s even a chance that the ones in the castle might notice you and come to interfere. I doubt they would appreciate people running around out here.”

Bor understood the reasoning behind his thought process a little, however, he could also clearly hear the uncertainty in his voice, which was a first. Perhaps if he ran towards the castle, the Ghost wouldn’t chase him but there was no way Zomatsu would survive until help arrives in his current state.

Bor looked at his brother again and gritted his teeth, running towards the castle also poses the problem of being shot down by the ones inside it. Either way, he wasn’t the type that left people behind especially now that the family wanted him dead, who else was going to take him in without his boss there. He placed Zomatsu’s arm around him and lifted him. Zomatsu tried to protest but Bor slapped him right across his face. He had no special reason for doing that and he did it only because he had always wanted to slap his boss and this just gave him the perfect excuse.

They were probably going to die anyway, so why not. Zomatsu did not expect the slap and was a bit confused as Bor dragged him up and they started walking towards the exit of the forest. However, they had only taken a few steps when the space around them saturated again. Bor forced all his strength into his feet and shot forth. They bolted with Bor doing all the running and Zomatsu being dragged along.

He tried to create as loud a disturbance as he could while running but soon fell flat on his face like a blade of green energy went through his chest. He was lucky the blade had missed his heart but it was still a critical hit.

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Amra walked out of the void and looked at the two targets rolling on the ground, she had no more time to waste so she opted to end this as fast as possible. If she were to get spotted by other members of the Great Five, she would be creating a big problem for Lord Aur.

She created several light blades and shot them at the two aiming to end it in a single attack.

However, Zomatsu wasn’t having it. He brought out a single gauntlet from his spatial box and wore it, creating a solid wall made of crystals in front of them that blocker all the attacks. He then shattered the wall by placing his gauntlet-wearing arm on it and the shattered shards floating in mid-air, with a flick of his hand, they shot out like bullets at the Ghost girl.

Amra tried to saturate the space around her in order to fade the spell out of existence but, as space saturated a bit, the shards flying at her shattered it, returning the space to normal leaving a faint smile on Zomatsu’s face that was dripping with blood from his eyes and nose. “Die bitch” He cursed knowing fully well that this was not enough to kill her. Amra tilted her head a bit almost adorably, as her figure faded out of existence.

Zomatsu couldn’t help his smile as he raised his arm “Whirlwind.” A tall column of air spinning round and round at a rapid pace appeared around him and Bor as it carried them towards the edge of the forest. He had no intentions of killing someone like her with a single Tier 4 spell so the aim had been to make her disappear willingly, giving them a chance to escape.

However, his hope was smashed when the Whirlwind lost its saturation and faded out of existence, leaving them in mid-air as they dropped down so close to the edge of the forest. He was so close yet so far, he had no idea when the thought of leaving the forest equated to being saved in his mind but now, he knew that was foolish. No one would come rushing out to save him when they were unaware of the situation, especially since they would be leaving the safety of their protective barrier.

He turned his head as he saw the girl walked out of the void and several daggers of light appeared around her. This would be his resting place and in the end, those assholes would have that book, his mother’s momentum. He wouldn’t die so easily though, Zomatsu’s brought out a magic crystal from his storage box and stuffed it into the slot on his gauntlet. 

“Triplet Over Tier Magic – Crystal Dome.”

Three crystal domes appeared around him and Bor, draining the magic crystal dry as it crumbled to the ground and so did Zomatsu’s body. He could no longer even lift a finger. He knew this was nothing but a way to buy time, but he still wanted to hang on to that last shred of hope that help will come.

After a few minutes, he heard the dome around him shatter and he saw the Ghost walking leisurely towards him. Of course, no one would help someone like him, why would they. He struggled to turn his head to look at the unconscious Bor who had been the only one that hadn’t abandoned him till the end.

Amra tsk at the sight, as she raised her hand to launch an attack and Zomatsu closed his eyes and waited for his demise, but it never came, so he reluctantly raised his head to look at her.

His previously emotionless face had something on it, it was an emotion he instantly recognized. “Fear?” He uttered confused as he turned his head to match her gaze and he saw it. Two figures had wrapped out of space and had appeared almost as if space itself had welcomed them in.

It was a young man that couldn’t be much older than him, wearing a black shirt with white pants and a black fur coat, alongside him was a dark elf beauty that clung to his arm tightly with a satisfied and somewhat embarrassed smile on her face.

“Well, this is interesting, two for the price of one. How generous.”