Isla couldn't feel anything. Her eyes went completely blank and her body lost all feeling. She didn't understand what happened and her mind didn't even try to. Her eyes opened slightly, feeling really tired for some reason.
'It's... cold.' She thought to herself as she tried to move her hand. However, she couldn't for some reason. Her ears were ringing loudly which was very uncomfortable but it didn't concern her yet.
'Did I... Die?' She asked again, knowing she didn't have the answer to that. After all, she herself didn't know what caused her to end up like this. 'What did that monster do?'
Her mind felt like it was frozen and incapable of thinking. As the ringing continued, Isla started hearing muffled sounds far away from her. The sounds were indistinguishable and hard to focus on.
But, they still brought Isla a deep concern. For a second there, she forgot about her team.
'Are they... ok?'
***
"Isla!!" Danny yelled as he rushed toward the girl. But, at that moment, Lykean stood up slowly. The fire around him was now double in size. The temperature of the entire place plummeted sharply as ice spread beneath the monster's feet.
His aura was now so massive and crushing that the players froze in their places. They didn't know what to do at that moment at all. They felt fear unlike anything else before in their lives.
Lykean stared at everyone for a moment, the rage in his eyes could be seen from a mile away. It was safe to say that he didn't like what happened. For these weak players to actually bring him close to his death. That was a hard hit to his pride.
They had pushed him to his limit and now they will have to bear the consequences of their actions. It didn't take him long to decide who was the first to perish. Slowly, Lykean turned around to the person lying down behind him.
Wrapped in an ice sheet, Isla lay there, motionless. Her eyes were wide open but she couldn't see or react. However, her body was still shuddering, indicating that she didn't die yet. But, Lykean didn't seem like he was going to let that stay the same as he slowly lifted his leg in the air.
"No!" The other players' hearts sunk in when they realized what was about to happen.
*Swish*
Heartlessly, Lykean stomped down, intending to crush her to pieces with one hit. However, at that last moment, a silhouette suddenly appeared out of nowhere, swiping Isla and quickly moving away before the monster could stomp it.
"Sorry, my friend. I won't let you do that." Arthur said as he gently put Isla down. "She ain't a bug you can crush." He added in a hostile tone.
Lykean looked up to the side, his eyes flaring up visibly.
"Hey, Emmy. Can you help her? Melt the ice. She's still alive." Arthur said as he looked at Isla's health bar. Even though it was going down rapidly, she still had time before it is completely depleted.
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"Y-Yes!" Emmy snapped out of her daze as she rushed toward her friend. But, when the monster noticed that, he suddenly lifted his hand as he blasted a massive fireball toward Emmy, who had her guard completely down.
"No, no, no." Arthur moved quickly, forming a bloody claw on his left hand. Slashing down, he burst the fireball before it could reach its target. Naturally, that covered his hand in ice, but with a simple move, he broke the ice.
'He's... choking me!' Arthur struggled against the immense pressure being put on his neck. He could feel his bones shake from its sheer strength.
But, that didn't stop him from shoving his sword into the monster's body, spilling blood everywhere around them.
Meanwhile, the monster tries to finish off Arthur before he can finish him.
Down on the ship, everyone watched the fight with horrifying silence. Nobody could truly describe what was happening at that moment. Even Danny was completely stunned by what Arthur was doing in his place.
*BANG*
Arthur punched the monster right in the face, turning his entire arm into ice. His left arm was the only functional one left. The monster panickedly tried to grab him again, only to suddenly hear a whisper in his ear.
"It's over... Lykean... It's all over." Arthur said. That was when Lykean realized something.
The sanguine blade had started eating away from his body. Like a burnt ash, the blade slowly destroyed him.
An incomprehensible howl escaped the monster's throat as he tried to stop the blade. But, by that time, it was all over.
In a few seconds, Lykean completely disappeared, leaving behind nothing but black ashes and a falling boy, going down into the sky beneath.
Arthur's eyes closed as he watched his health reach zero.
[Ding!]
[You have killed Lykean, The Child Of The Azure Flame.]
[Memory Gate has been conquered.]
The last thing he saw was three notifications. He didn't know what happened after wards.
"Arthur!" Emmy yelled as she was about to stop melting the ice off Isla. But, Danny stopped her.
"We can't help him... He's dead." He said as he shook his head lightly.
Seeing him fall down, they couldn't really do much to save him. None of them had the ability to fly and even if they did, seeing from how the fight ended, there was not a chance he was still alive.
"Dammit!" Herculia cursed. "He actually did it! The bastard did it! He's a maniac." He yelled loudly. "Even if he died. We can't really leave Arthur behind.
Wherever he ended, we must come back to him. Ya hear me?"
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