Chapter 158: System Addendum #4 (Unrated Version)

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Chapter 158: System Addendum #4 (Unrated Version)

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ADDENDUM NOTE: Timagrin - 1 month after the awakening of the first monolith

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Jovi could hear them moving around outside. A heavy footstep, another, louder, another, louder. It stopped outside the door, blocking the small rays of moonlight that came between the cracks. A low breath rattled the lock as Jovi seized her muscles still with every ounce of will she could summon.

They had appeared at nightfall. Standing in the clearing outside the village gate, first one, then a few, then many. Large figures wearing shadow like thick cloaks. They were mistaken for humans at first.

The village lookout called out to them a few times, but if they ever heard, they showed no sign. Nearly an hour passed, and much of the village had gathered near the wall, peering through the slits with tense questions and vacant answers. The town was far from the main trade roads, rarely seeing visitors of any kind.

Jovi was far in the back of the crowd but found herself running alongside it quickly.

The lock flicked open, but the door held shut with a makeshift wooden bar Jovi had jammed across the handle. A jostle, then another. The wood snapped as the door was ripped from its hinges, and Jovi could see the towering specter of death so clearly as it looked around the shed.

It had no face. A meld of stretched skin and a cavernous opening in the front of its head were its only features. Blood dripped from its soaked fingers into a soft pat pat pat on the shed floor. It peered inside, looking up and down, while Jovi balled herself as tight as she could behind a bag of mulch.

She could feel its breath pulling her closer as it drew in the air within the shed. It inhaled deeply, then turned its hood towards her hiding spot. With a flick of its arm, it snatched the mulch and hurled it outside, causing Jovi to yelp. It grabbed her by the neck just as quick, and Jovi’s vision began to darken as its vice grip crushed her throat.

Then, a blinding flash of light. Jovi felt herself fall to the ground and was able to finally draw a breath, but the blackness of its grip still muddled her senses. She heard yelling, but not like the screams. A sizzling pop, the sound of thunder. Splintering wood. She was lifted off the ground again, but by a warm arm cradling her torso. A woman’s voice said something to her, but she couldn’t understand it.

She felt the wind move quickly as though she were atop a galloping mount, but so much faster. Her vision finally began to clear, and she saw a massive blue-skinned hand clutching her abdomen. She looked up to see an equally blue-skinned head covered in strange glowing tattoos. After a minute of racing impossibly fast away from the village, the giant blue woman came to a stop in a small holler where Jovi recognized several other villagers huddled down and a tall armored man with an enormous glaive standing guard.

The blue woman gently placed her down and said something to the armored man, but Jovi still couldn’t understand. It wasn’t in Timan. The man nodded and continued his vigil, alert for any signs of danger.

Jovi heard her name called from amidst the dark. A wide-eyed man saw her and quickly crawled over to her, then began to cry as he hugged her tightly. Her dad had somehow made it out.

He told her to stay still and trust the Delvers.