Chapter 259: It's Time

Chapter 259: It's Time

"Alright, let's do this!" Sera shouted in excitement and pulled back her bow with an arrow already nocked on the string.

"Whoah there lady," a soldier put a hand on her bow. "Wait for the signal first, it's not the time yet. You will get plenty of opportunities to shoot later."

Sera lowered her weapon, puzzled. "What do you mean? The monsters are right there, I can shoot them from this distance, no problem!"

The soldier shook his head in disapproval. "How many arrows do you have? Why risk shooting and missing at this distance when you can just wait until the monsters are closer and distracted?" This chapter is updated by nov(e)(l)biin.com

"Haha," Sera laughed triumphantly and pulled five full quivers out of her Space Pouch. "I thought about it, and I brought more than two hundred arrows! What can you say about this, huh?!" She looked at him expecting him to turn in embarrassment.

And he did, just not for the right reasons.

"Oh, wow Lucky you. I only got fifty here, that's all they gave us" The guy rubbed his nose and pretended not to care. He was a little jealous on the inside though.

"But even if you had a thousand arrows, could you even shoot that many? And if you could, then what? Let's say each arrow takes one life, which it probably won't" the soldier continued.

"What are you getting at?"

"Oh nothing, it's just that there are over half a million Goblinsif my information is up to date."

"Half a million?!" the girls exclaimed at the same time, with Elly being the quietest among them.

The soldier guy grinned at their surprise, but then quickly pretended it was no big deal and simply shrugged. "That's just the Goblins. The bigger monsters won't go down just by a single arrow, and there are hundreds of thousands of them"

"You think I like this? Look at me! I haven't slept in two days because some people can't keep their fingers to themselves! Yesterday I witnessed a girl being violated and we had to execute the man in broad daylight!" The soldiers squeezed the words through gritted teeth, and his fingers balled into a fist.

"Day before that an old man died, stabbed through the heart for a handful of meat! I knew that man for my entire life, he had a food stall, best damn duck in the Kingdom!" Barely keeping himself together the soldier shook while reliving the memory.

His eyes burned with such righteous fury, and his eyes glowed with hate and helplessness, it seemed almost as if he tried to crush the world for being unfair.

"Every day, every fucking day someone dies is robbed, or beaten just for the heck of it. And you know why? Because there are too many people. Too many motherfucking people, and never enough guards! We can barely keep the peace from unraveling into total chaos and anarchy."

He was tired! So tired of clueless people with grand ideals who knew nothing of the world. How could everyone be saved? It was impossible!

"Those people outside, as tragic as it is, are waiting to die! They knew monsters were coming, and guess what? They stayed! They have nowhere to go and nobody to help them. At least they will delay the monsters for a moment and allow us to better protect those that can still be saved"

The soldier's voice became quieter until only a murmur remained, "Just wait for the fucking signal" Then he put his helmet back on and turned quiet. He placed the bow on the ground and sat beside it with his back to the wall and head resting on his knees.

About ten minutes later, the monsters moved. Soon after the screams of people were heard, immediately drowned out by the screeches of the monsters.

Elly curled into a ball as she wept and the other two closed their eyes with grim expressions. They each had their own thoughts Especially Sera, she just realized that war was not as fun as she had imagined. Actually, it wasn't fun at all!

Booooo!

A powerful sound of a horn resounded along the wall, and the soldier lifted his head and stood up.

"It's time."