Chapter
31 (Useless)
Kkaj shook his head. This can’t be real.
From behind, Roffor screamed. Click.
Had she drawn a pistol?
He forced himself to stand then
slapped himself. “Not real.” His hands trembled, and he looked up to meet the
monster’s narrowed eyes.
The crocobear roared.
“Get back!” Roffor pulled the
trigger. Bang! Her bullet hit the crocobear in the snout, turning its head to
the left. “Kkaj!”
He started. Then he stepped
backwards and stumbled over Saffer’s corpse, nearly falling.
Her lifeless body gripped his heart.
Tears rolled down his cheeks, and he
howled. His blood turned into fire, and it crashed into his brain. Thoughts of
Saffer vanished into a sea of hatred. Was this creature at fault? His face
turned hot, and he gritted his teeth. “This will not do!” He reached into his
Drunkzard vest and pulled out his flask of gin. He took a long drag.
The crocobear’s maw opened, and hot
breath hit Kkaj in the face. Rotten meat and shit. The beast stepped forward.
“Magic isn’t going to work on it.”
Roffor’s voice took on a high-pitch. “Their scales make them immune.”
“I read the report.” I should try to do this from a distance due
to that monster’s claws and armor.
Kkaj released weather energy around his hands and crafted a pair of
spark clouds. “These monsters aren’t immune. Just resistant.”
“That’s basically the same thing.”
Roffor pointed her gun at the beast. Bang!
The sound rattled Kkaj’s mind, but
the rage filtered the memories from his thoughts. He hoisted the spark clouds
into the air and fed more energy into them.
The crocobear snapped towards Kkaj,
but it got a mouthful of lightning instead. The beast howled.
“See?” A sneer crossed Kkaj’s face,
and he unloaded a wave of electricity into the crocobear.
One bolt found a home in the
crocobear’s left eye. Splat. The beast howled.
He clenched his fists. “You see? You
just have to know where to —”
A massive claw caught him in the
side and sent him flying across the ground. The crocobear followed, standing
just above Kkaj. Impossibly fast. The forearm sized teeth gleamed in the
firelight.
“Eat shit!” Kkaj released pure
weather energy into the crocobear’s mouth ripped out its tongue.
It snapped its mouth shut and lifted
one of its claws.
Moonshine.
Kkaj clenched his eyes shut.
Heat baked the side of his face.
His eyes shot open.
A massive ball of fire pushed
against the crocobear’s side, sliding the beast away from Kkaj.
Roffor
is terribly weak with fire. How much did she drink? Kkaj scrambled to his feet
and nodded in appreciation.
Hooves beat against the hard-packed
sand. Did Roffor want to run?
Kkaj turned.
Jekor held her hands out towards
him. To her left, Kkaj’s second cousin rode with an angry scowl on her face.
Why were they here?
After blinking, Kkaj tilted his head
to the left. His mouth worked, but no words formed.
“Watch out, fool!” Jekor’s voice
sprinted off into the night.
Steamy breath pelted the back of
Kkaj’s neck.
Goose bumps crawled along his arms,
and adrenaline filled his muscles. He dove forward as something ripped the
shirt from his back. He crashed into the ground then rolled to his back with
his flask of rum in his hand.
Next: Chapter 32
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