Walking back to the castle, both Timmy and Quinn were relatively silent the entire way. Quinn was still busy trying to figure out if there was anything he could use these new reputation points for. It didn’t really go into detail about what was a good reputation score to have.
He had a hundred, but did that mean he could really do anything? If he was to ask a favour from one of the vampires he had met earlier, he very much doubted they would do anything to help him. Especially if he started to ask them to rally up and storm the execution platform with him.
With no frame of reference, there wasn’t really much he could do. During their walk, they hadn’t encountered any troubles as they had before, but suddenly, both of them spotted something that seemed to be almost flying in the sky heading straight towards the castle.
"What is that, is it an attack?" Timmy said nervously.
Whatever it was, it was moving at an incredible speed and was heading right for the castle. It was too fast and far for their eyes to catch a clear picture of what it was, but Quinn was worried for the others.
’Have they found out where we are and decided to attack us?’ Quinn thought.
With too much to worry about, both Timmy and Quinn picked up the pace as they headed back to the castle. Not wanting to leave the crate behind, Quinn lifted it above his head with his two arms and started bolting away.
Out in the castle’s garden, the others didn’t care what it looked like, but the single spike on its back was proof that it was a Dalki. How, why, or what it was doing here didn’t matter. For some, the appearance was enough for it to send horrifying memories down their spine.
Logan had already gathered the spiders and started to form a special suit around his body. As for which type, he had chosen to go for defensive measures, creating a more blocky and large type suit. The edges weren’t very smooth, and it looked as if the suit had many points and flat surfaces on it.
It was the first time the others had seen Logan use such a suit. It seemed he really had been preparing for fights against strong enemies. As for Peter, sweat was running down his face, he wanted to run in there and try to help Vorden, but his legs weren’t moving.
"What’s wrong with me...? Am I scared?" Peter said. It was a strange feeling for Peter in his current form because he didn’t really feel much emotions or feelings, he had gotten more numb to them ever since his change. But it was clear he was frightened to his very core, as his legs were shaking.
Even when going up against the king tier beast, something like this had never happened before. He had gone in without hesitation, not caring if he was hit or not.
Logan watching from the corner of his eye, noticed this. Although Logan wasn’t there, he knew of Peter’s past.
’It’s a normal response. Peter was almost killed by a Dalki. According to Quinn, it had created a large hole in his body. It looks like we might be a strong man down in this fight.’ freewebnσvel.cøm
As for Layla, she was the first one to act out of the group. She didn’t let her negative emotions affect her and instead harnessed its powers into the palm of her hand, and the next second she threw out her attack.
"Spirit Chain." The attack was fast, but they were quite a distance away, so if the Dalki noticed the attack, then it would be something that would be easily noticed and avoided. Seeing how the Dalki had come straight from the air and didn’t have any wings. They feared for its great power.
However, the attack had managed to hit the Dalki right in the centre of its stomach, as it remained there unmoving, looking at Vorden. When the attack had made an impact, the chains started to spread around the Dalki and connected onto the floor.
"Quick, attack it now!" Layla shouted.
It was loud enough for Vorden to clearly hear, and it really was the perfect opportunity. Instead, when looking at the Dalki in front of him. Vorden released his grip on the sword behind his back.
The Dalki looked at the weird chains that pinned him down. He lifted his arm, giving it a small tug testing its strength, and then a few seconds later, he gave it a yank breaking the chains completely. He did this with his other arms and legs and walked towards Vorden as if there was no resistance at all.
"How, those chains were even strong enough to hold Quinn back?" Layla said. She took out her bow and arrow and aimed for a perfect shot. And by now Logan was ready to go in as well.
"Wait, stop, stop!" Vorden shouted towards them. "It’s not trying to hurt us."
"Are you crazy?!" Layla replied. "It’s a Dalki. The enemy of mankind and it just appeared right in front of us for no reason. What else do you think it’s here for?"
Although Vorden couldn’t explain it to the others, he felt a strange connection with the Dalki in front of him. He didn’t know what it was and when looking at the Dalki more and more; he noticed that not looked near enough identical to himself. Apart from the long blonde hair, nearly everything was the same.
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