CHAPTER 50: THE REAPER OF HELFRI (1)

People could be heard clanging around outside as the party prepared for the fight awaiting them. Everyone has their weapons ready to go against the army outside.

Because that’s what would await them, an army of soldiers that Helfri had hiding for a potential attack. They never knew if someone would actually be brave enough to travel inside so it was always safe to have them on standby.

I’m confident in a lot of things right now, especially my friends who have proven to me that they are strong enough to handle this whole situation. We’ll make it through this together, there won’t be any problems.

"I can see it now, we have quite a lot of enemies outside waiting for us. I hope everyone is ready." Liora warns as she prepares to remove the spell.

No one needed to speak at this time since we all knew what awaited us outside the doors of the building. The swordsman would protect the mages as they did their work in the background.

It wasn’t anything that we needed to communicate since we all had that understanding to begin with. A lot of blood is going to be shed and I don’t know what the outcome will be.

Artemis and Shimada take the front line as the spell is removed, leaving the door open to the outside now. It doesn’t take long for the two of them to rush out there, already starting to clash with the blades of the soldiers outside.

Soldiers running all around them while swinging swords is all that can be heard, along with shouting from the enemies who need help. Clang! Clash! Clang!

It feels like a never ending battle as the two of them fight in front, keeping the enemies from rushing the backline.

I know what my job is here, or at least I know that I’ve got to keep Amelia and Liora safe while they cast whatever spells they can. Amelia is still quite a mystery on what she can cast towards the enemies while Liora seems to have quite a variety of spells.

I remember my fight against her very clearly, she has quite a number of offensive spells that can be used. I got lucky the day we fought since she didn’t get the chance to use all of them.

A bright blue and white beam goes flying past Artemis as it pierces through multiple soldiers at the same time. Blood splatters all across the stone pavement as bodies hit the ground.

They were easily sliced in half by such a powerful spell while others were blown away entirely. Liora was definitely quite a powerful mage from the beginning but Amelia is yet to show her full potential.

In the distance someone can be seen wielding a scythe, wearing dark black armor with an insignia resembling Nyxoria on it across their chest, a mask covering their face with a cloak over their head. It was clear who they were the moment they could be seen by the group.

The reaper of Helfri has finally made an appearance after quite a bit of soldiers died in their absence. I’ll definitely need to use everything in my power to try to fight against this reaper.

"Then let us begin." The girls voice echoes.

The black mist consumed his right eye yet again and hands begin to move at a crazy speed throughout the shadows of the soldiers while racing towards the reaper.

Clang! Clang!!!! Swords continue to clash against one another as Shimada and Artemis fight them off.

Grip! Grip! Grip! The hands take hold of the reaper without any hesitation as it just stands there looking down at them. "Another child of the shadows arrives, I’m very lucky." The Reaper says quietly while looking at the hands.

"Are you ready for something you haven’t done much?" The girl asks.

I’m sure she can read my thoughts so she probably knows that I’m okay with whatever I have to do next. This battle will end in our victory no matter what it takes to achieve it.

Within an instant Artemis disappears into the shadow below him and appears before the reaper as he brings his sword up to slash it.

Clang!!! His blade connects with the reapers scythe as it’s bright orange eyes could be seen glowing from behind its mask. "Hello child of the shadows, I’ll happily indulge in taking your strength when I kill you." The Reaper says with a monotone voice.

Artemis grips the handle of his sword as he starts to push it harder against the scythe. "I won’t let you kill me." Artemis responds with a serious tone to his voice.

I’ve been improving with each fight I have so this isn’t going to be the way I go down by any means. I’ll kill the reaper here before they have a chance to do anything to my friends.

Shimada is definitely going to be just fine since we took out a good majority of the soldiers there.

Bodies painted the streets of Helfri where shimada was still fighting in front of the building as the others provided support with magic. Cynthia would occasionally move up to fight any soldiers that slipped past.

Slicing them down without any hesitation whatsoever, that was the way she was raised after all. "You all good creep?" Cynthia asks while fighting off a few of the soldiers.

"Of course, I’ve got beautiful women to defend!" Shimada shouts before laughing.

Even Artemis could hear Shimada laughing in the distance as the soldiers blades continue to clatter on the ground.

I’m glad that he is enjoying himself back there as we fight for our lives here against a damn army. The reaper is against me now though, everyone else is going to be just fine.

"I’ll definitely have to show you a few new tricks that we can do here to help us in this battle." The girl says with a bit of excitement.

"I’m ready whenever you are." Artemis says while gritting his teeth.