Chapter 249 249 Splintering

Chapter 249 249 Splintering

As the hovered in the air- before them, wedged between the heavens and the earth, the grayish tentacled monster lay suspended in space. Its normally violent swirling army of tentacles were curled in place- resting below its bulky head.

Surprise tore Stacy up from the inside.

Head craned forward, she stared askance at the monster. On its face, it big black eyes sat lifelessly. There was not a single movement. A surreal calmness gripped the valley, hills, and the atmosphere above.

crack!

A soft sound- barely audible came streaking through. Stacy, already suspicious, jerked her head forward- searching for any signs of devilry at all.

crack!!

It came again.

And this time, Stacy traced it. She stood on her toes, and reached her head around. It was the crystal orb. On its glossy surface, two bold cracks had appeared- smearing its perfect smooth exterior. She looked up at her master's face, and saw the worrying look in his eyes.

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On the surface, Nexus' looked as calm as the open seas.

But deep down, beneath the dead still eyes, frustration and worry lit him up from the insides. As the roaring silence echoed all around him, his tense shoulders slumped. Both eyes flickered- glancing down at the crystal orb resting in his palms.

The tiny cracks lay on the shiny surface- reflecting in his shimmering eyes;

'Well, that didn't last long. . .I expected it not to last long. . .but damn. . .at least it should have–'

Stacy's voice- urgent, and full of nervousness, interrupted his thoughts;

"Uhm, I don't know what that thing in your hand is, and I certainly don't know how you managed to freeze up that monster. . ."

She drew in a deep breath-

". . .but one thing I do know is- WE NEED TO GET ON THE HELL OUTTA HERE!!"

Towards the end of her sentence, her voice grew shaky- and Nexus felt her body trembling against his back.

Raising his head up, he stole a quick glance at the creature- eyeing its lifeless eyes, its big head frozen in place, and its still tentacles- toying with the idea of hacking its skull open. His lungs heaved, and he sighed again;

"You're not wrong. . ."

His hands dropped- lowering the crystal ball from his chest.

"If I see you again," he declared with a note of finality; "I'm going to kill you. And it won't matter if you're dead already. . .I'll still kill your corpse. . ."

Immediately, the sword responded under his feet. It jerked- plunging them forward with a sharp jolt. Once again, they soared towards the east- picking up speed as the brilliant rising sun lit up their paths.

"Master!" she shrieked behind him; "The mist! It's slowly disappearing!"

"Yeah, well, I'd seriously be worried if it was–"

crack!

Nexus' body tensed again. He twitched his little finger, and the flying sword tore straight forward- blasting surges of wind in their faces- letting their hair flap behind them in consistent flutters.

In silence, they hurtled over the the ring of hills- hurriedly whipping through the air like human sized comets. With the fog gone, they feasted their eyes on the whizzing sight below them. Valleys snaked between hill passes. And the towering hills peeled past them as they hurriedly rushed towards the horiz–

crack!!

Stacy's eyebrows arched up;

"That's not good- is it?" she asked- pressing her fist sized boobs against his back.

Shouting above the wind, he hollered back;

"You have no idea!"

"How bad?"

"Let's just say we need to be as far away as possible before the final crack!"

"We've flown over two dozen hills now. Plus the stretches of valleys in between."

Nexus craned his neck forward and opened his mouth- feeling the wind already forcing his words back in;

"You think we're far enough yet?!"n--Ovelb1n

She shrugged behind him;

"I don't know master! Just because I had its tentacles around me, does not suddenly make me the expert on monsters!!"

Smiling thinly, Nexus answered; "C'mon, you know that's not what I mea–"

crack- crack-

Nexus' blood turned cold, and Stacy's eyes went round in fright.

BOOM!!

Just as the last formation of hills disappeared behind them, just as the glow of the rising sun emerged from behind the hill top, the crystal orb burst into a hundred pieces! The shards of glass tore right into Nexus' open palm- breaking open the yellow skin- sending trickles of blood pouring through.

Almost simultaneously- over the army of hills in the distance behind them, the dreadful roar of the creature erupted with a thundering echo! The reverberations came through- rippling in terrifying waves- cascading through the valleys, and bouncing off the enclosing rocks.

Shivers ran down both their spines.

Goosebumps appeared in formations on both their bodies.

Their minds cackled in fear- conjuring the terrifying image of its thrashing form.

With his heart thudding wildly in his ears, and feeling the limits of his own inner strength approaching, Nexus forced the flying sword forward- whistling and cruising at an altitude of barely thirty feet.

Stacy clung on to him- gripping him tightly for dear life.

In that moment, something- a bug, or a drop of dew, landed on her shoulders with a moist splatter. Thinking it was a tentacle, the girl opened her eyes wide in terror. Her jaws separated, and a loud shriek came exploding in a high note.

The scream went straight into Nexus' ears- forcing his eyes open in confusion. Alarmed, his shoulders snapped as he whirled his neck around- searching for any signs of the monster!

"WHAT THE HELL STACY?!"

He thundered- nearly losing his balance, and forcing their altitude to drop by twenty feet. Behind him, the naked girl's eyes were still shut and her mouth open. Wailing loudly, she cried into his back, drenching his coat with her hot tears.

"M-m-my sh-shoulder," she sobbed; "I thought. . .the monster. . .followed us!"

Nexus, already exhausted, hissed under his breath;

"Damn it!" the sun's reflection bounced off in his eyes as he slowly glided down; "I just escaped getting killed, and you're trying to kill me with a heart attack!!"

"I'm sorrryyyyy. . ." she wailed; "The tentacle. . .I thought. . .I thought. . ."

She went on mumbling the rest of the words- drowning them in the rising and falling tones of her cries.

"Hold on,"

Nexus whispered- reducing their hurling speed with a gentle lowering of his arm;

"We're about to touch down. . ."

On the open field below, a million drops of fresh dew twinkled under the golden rays of the morning sun. The coolness oozed up in gentle blasts, hitting Nexus and Stacy as they slowly touched down on the earth below.

lightsnοvεl With a gracious halt, the sword landed on the thin carpet grass. Nexus sighed as relief coursed through his entire body.

"It's all good . ."

Nexus announced out loud- feeling the awkward tight grip of her arms around his abdomen.

"We're safe now. You can hop off. . ."

Slowly, he felt the tension in her tight grip ease- as her arms dropped. With the release, came a flourishing feeling in his gut. Shit, she had been holding on for so long, she had been basically squeezing in his bladder.

Wincing, Nexus lifted his right foot off the blade and gently landed on the green grass beside him.