Chapter 147 Beginning Of The End

The top of the warehouse opened, just as the engines turned on, my ears were deafened by the noise that reached my ears. Before the jet had actually started to move, Aoif grabbed my attention and had me strapped to a seat when I sat down next to her.

The roar of the engines reached its peak as the tip was pointed upwards, angled so that it would reach the distant mountains.

I looked at Memoria, who was just like me strapped into a carrier that made sure that she would not be knocked around and accidentally impale us.

With that final check of my surroundings I took a final deep breath and braced myself for liftoff.

BOOOM

The sound barrier was broken immediately, the jet had reached its final speed in a matter of seconds judging by the scenery that passed by.

Just two seconds after the jet had started to fly did it slow down as it hovered above the mountains.

I heard as a ladder was climbed down, the soft clangs echoed into the cabin as Rhea appeared.

"That…" I began, "was fast"

"Yeah, the jet is super powerful, that wasn't even a percentage of how fast this could go" with that she started to explain the mechanics behind the construction of this, however much I wanted to just doze off, I didn't, I saw the look in Rhea's eyes as she explained, her hands wildly reaching this way and that as her speech reached its crescendo. Even though I didn't understand much of what she was saying, I still nodded along, committing everything she said to memory. I could tell by the passion, just how much she loved this jet.

…

"You can exit there," Rhea said, her finger pointed to the ladder that we had entered the jet from.

I nodded, my eyes still sleepy from the speech slash lecture that she had given us. However I didn't fall asleep, I didn't want to disrespect Rhea when Darwin was giving her so much attention. It would have been petty of me to sleep while she put her heart into that lecture.

Though now that it was done I looked to my side and grabbed my dagger, as my feet carried me to the exit.

I climbed down the ladder as I followed Darwin. A kick to the exit and it opened, my grip on the ladder tightened as the pressure attempted to stabilize and drag me out.

Though when I looked down I already saw Darwin falling into the camp, his hair kicking in the wind as he fell further and further.

I sighed, my own grip loosening as I dropped down, idly noting how the hatch that we fell out of closed itself.

…

An almost impregnable barrier, it covered the whole of the mountain. Various traps and souls could be seen as they patrolled around the mountain, weapons in hand. Some had bows, some had spears, others were heavily armed, their whole body trapped in a metal cage, a sword at their side. However that was not what I was looking for, to even enter the camp we would need to pierce through the powerful barrier. A smile played on my lips as the wind whipped my hair this way and that, I had seen something interesting. On the side of one of the men in those iron cages they call armor was a soul that connected directly to the barrier. If I could kill that soul or at least cut the connection then the barrier would fall or at least be weakened.

Thinking to myself as I fell it was most likely that there was some sort of power system inside the barrier that supplied most of the energy though killing that connection would weaken it. That now left me with two options, to cut the connection and weaken the barrier, or to attack the barrier directly.

BOOOM

My eyes narrowed, my eyelids attempting to keep the wind out of my face, Darwin while I had been falling had pierced through the barrier.

I tucked my arms to the side, my body falling faster.

…

BANG

My feet fell on the ground, hundreds of elves' eyes turning towards me, above me I felt as Aoif fell towards me.

With a slight grunt I caught her in my arms, placing her to the side as I brandished my spear.

A smile appeared on my face as I held out my hand, taunting them into coming towards me.

CLANG

SLASH

it seemed as though one of them had taken the provocation as soon after his own spear was deflecting, my body going low as I slashed upwards, Memoria ripping him in half.

The ones that followed after weren't stunned in the slightest, in fact it seemed as though they were sneering at the stupidity of their comrade.

With Memoria pointed up I dashed towards them, Aoif following closely behind, her eyes glowing a faint purple as her soul vision activated.

CLANG

My first attack was blocked, an attack coming from my side as another elf counterattacked for the one my spear was locked with.

My hand left the spear, letting Memoria fall to the ground as I fell with her. The slash that was meant for me being directed towards the comrade that he had tried to save.

Blood spilled on my form as I picked up Memoria and cut the legs off of the one that had attacked me.

…

I blocked another attack, my legs crouching down as I jumped over the heads of multiple elf heads, landing on one of their shoulders, my dagger piercing their soul.

Another jump as the elf fell to the ground brought me to Darwin's side, surrounded by hundreds of elves.

I couldn't help but grin, the blood that had spilled upon my body, the scent of death, the fear of death, it all added up into a joyful experience. The cherry on top being that I could share this with Darwin.