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"I think this is dumb," Sydney kept complaining while the others grabbed their weapons.
The ones with swords would go after the glims, and the ones with crossbows and bows would attack the glimard. That meant Sage, Rudy, and I would be on the rooftop.
"Will this be enough?" Gavin ran toward us, putting down the alcohol on the stairs. We were hiding behind the rooftop door.
"Yeah, I hope so," Sage sighed before she started to tighten a piece of cloth and wrap it around her arrow.
We had three people helping us prepare bows. I had my crossbow with me.
On the count of three, I jumped in front of the door and launched a fire arrow at the glimard.
The wind howled around me, cold and sharp like a thousand knives. The arrow cut through the icy wind and struck the monster’s arm. The flames hissed against the ice, melting part of it. The monster roared, shaking off the fire, but I was already launching another arrow.
"It’s working," I heard Sage say.
I launched another, and it hit the glimard in the neck. It had such a weird high-pitched cry whenever it got hurt. Instead of blood, water flowed from the wounds.
My skin started to turn raw so quickly.
I quickly backed away because now I had to get my arrows ready while Sage stepped up.
As soon as she launched an arrow, the glimard threw sharp ice at her.
"Ahhh!" It came at such high speed that it struck Sage across her thigh, and blood splattered around.
Rudy’s eyes widened. He threw his arrow down to hold her and stop her from falling. I was also worried about her, as well as my friends outside the hostel, out in the open, distracting the glims.
"Give me that." I grabbed the alcohol bottle from Gavin, took some arrows, and ran out onto the rooftop. I had to do it. We couldn’t let the glimard rest and heal.
The moment it saw me running, it started shooting ice at me. A few small ones struck me, making me hiss and bite my tongue, but soon I ran behind the small rooftop wall on the side.
I fired again. And again. Each shot hit its mark, sending bursts of flame across the monster’s frozen body. It howled in pain, the storm around it raging even stronger. Snow and ice whirled in every direction, but I held my ground. I couldn’t stop now.
The only thing I noticed in that moment about my body was that in situations like these, I felt outwardly confident and bold. I could barely be scared of that monster.
The snow monster stood tall, its glowing eyes locking onto me. Its body was made of ice and swirling snow, its claws long and sharp. It let out a deep, rumbling growl that shook the ground beneath me.
I had run out of arrows. So it was time to run back, but that’s when I saw Emmet come out. He must have run all the way from the academy to the rooftop of the hostel. He was coming in with a sword on fire. freёwebnoѵel.com
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