Chapter 150: An amazing team-up

Fera’s forcefield cracked. She gritted her teeth as another Gator Beast slammed into it, followed by a wave of Helsik corpse warriors. "I can’t hold them much longer!"

Kanan looked toward the village. The last civilians were being escorted away from the docks by Reda, Alue, and Lopis.

"Everyone’s out. Fera, release it!"

Fera glanced at him. "You sure?"

"Do it!"

The barrier vanished, and the horde flooded through the docks.

Kanan thrust his hand forward and blasted several corpse warriors backward while Reda teleported between them, her knives striking their throats and skulls before she vanished again.

Lopis sent shadows through the ground, piercing the legs of Gator Beasts and dragging them down, while Alue wrapped plants around another corpse and pulled it into the path of a charging beast.

Fera swung her axe into a corpse warrior and immediately raised another forcefield as three Gator Beasts charged her.

"Come on!" One slammed into the barrier. Another crashed into it from the side, and more piled up, causing Fera to grunt. "Okay, that’s a lot!"

A spear suddenly pierced through the head of one of the beasts. Loknya ripped her spear free and spun around, stabbing another corpse warrior through the chest.

Nyalok swung her trident as vines shot from the ground, wrapping around a corpse warrior and pulling it directly toward her. She caught the corpse with the butt of her trident before sending it flying into another enemy.

She summoned a lightning snake and wrapped it around her arm. "Go!"

The snake lunged, biting a corpse warrior and sending lightning through its body.

A massive Gator Beast charged. Nyalok swung her arm, and the snake struck its face, forcing it to stumble.

Nearby, Galrah coated her machete with poison from her lightning frogs. "Get on."

Several frogs jumped onto the blade as she swung. The added weight drove the machete through a Gator Beast’s thick hide. Galrah pulled it free and continued hacking through the corpse warriors.

Eshem was nowhere to be seen. A corpse warrior suddenly dropped to the ground with a harpoon buried in its back.

Eshem pulled the weapon free and disappeared into the village. Another corpse fell. Then another. He was striking from behind, using the chaos to remain unseen.

The corpse warriors fought back with their Helsik abilities. Vines erupted from the ground, water blasted across the docks, and summoned beasts tore through the fighters.

Kanan raised both hands and blasted apart a group of corpses. "Don’t let them into the village!"

Reda teleported beside a corpse warrior and drove a knife into its skull. "I know!" She vanished as a Gator Beast’s jaws snapped shut where her head had been.

Lopis drove both daggers into another beast while Fera trapped its body inside a force field and crushed it.

As Kanan continued to fight, he suddenly felt wind rushing toward him.

"Hey!" Terin flew in and grabbed Kanan’s raised arm that he was about to use for an attack.

"About time you found where the fight was taking place."

"I needed to warm up my body. Besides, you’re gonna love this!" Terin flung Kanan into the air.

Rocketing upward while spinning, Kanan extended his arms and summoned a hundred orbs of spirit energy.

They erupted from around his body, tearing across the battlefield, striking enemy after enemy until one hundred Gator Beasts and corpse warriors were completely decimated.

When Kanan landed, Terin grinned, punching his friend in the arm.

"See, wasn’t that cool? I knew you would come up with something on the fly like that."

"Eh, it was alright." Kanan thought it was really cool.

Terin laughed and immediately flew into the battle.

A massive Gator Beast charged Kanan. A Helsik corpse was riding on its back, vines wrapped around its body as it directed the beast forward.

Kanan raised his hands, but Nyalok swung her trident faster, and vines wrapped around the Gator Beast’s legs.

"Move!" She shouted

Kanan jumped, and the beast broke through the vines and lunged at them.

Nyalok rode her water-spirit tortoise across the water, sliding around the beast before the tortoise spun like a top. A circular blade of water tore across the Gator Beast’s side.

Kanan blasted the corpse from its back; the corpse landed and immediately sent roots toward Nyalok, but Kanan destroyed them with a beam.

Nyalok smiled at him. "You know, Kanan, our children would be powerful."

Kanan stared at her. "What?!"

"You heard me." She thrust her trident into the corpse’s chest.

"Y-Yeah, but this isn’t the time or place to talk about something like that."

"Fine, we’ll talk about this later." Nyalok kicked the corpse away. "If we survive, that is."

Kanan blasted the Gator Beast in the face and wished he wouldn’t have to talk about this conversation later.

As the battle continued, Loknya’s spear tore through corpse warriors. Galrah and her poisonous frogs cut through the beasts. Eshem continued appearing from nowhere, striking enemies with his harpoon before disappearing again. Nyalok swung through the village with her vines while her snake and tortoise tore through anything that came near her.

Eventually, the final Gator Beast collapsed, and the Helsik corpse warriors stopped attacking as well.

The battle was over.

At Loknya’s demand, the Helsik Tribe began summoning fire spirit beasts, which rushed between the bodies and burned the corpses completely.

Kanan stood among the fighters, watching the flames. Then his expression changed, and Nyalok noticed it.

"What is it?" She asked, getting closer to him.

Kanan looked toward the distance, squinting his eyes. "Something’s coming." He sensed it getting closer.

As it came closer, he realized what it was. "Nyalok, move!" He shoved her aside just in time as something massive struck him.

Kanan was launched through the village, smashing through several buildings before finally crashing to the ground.

Everyone turned. A massive Giant stood at the edge of the village.

Kanan slowly pushed himself up. He knew that monster. It was the same kind of Giant he had fought in his village.

"W-What is that?!"

"T-That’s no beast!"

"W-We’re all going to die!"

"What kind of monstrosity is attacking our village?!" Loknya shouted as she and the elders prepared to fight once more.

"Someone go check on Kanan," Nyalok demanded. "Everyone, take that monster down!"