Rise of The Strongest Monarch-Chapter 56: The Long Road [1]

Amelia looks back at me before putting her knife away. At first I didn’t understand why but then I remember that she is able to use that new power of hers.

Moments pass and the light begins to form throughout her arm, the bow takes shape once again.

I watch as she begins to draw the arrows back.

Ahead of us are at least 5 or 6 of them, around the same amount from our practice run.

Shuffle!

Some of them start to rush out from behind the abandoned cars with their claws scraping along the ground as they come towards us.

Whoosh!!

I watch as each arrow pierces through them, some going through the head while others target the chest. Multiple bodies hit the floor in an instant as the light engulfs the portion of the body that it hit.

It didn’t stop me from looking around for any other lingering zierel but there doesn’t seem to be any other eyes looking towards us for the moment.

"I don’t see anymore," Amelia says while taking a few glances.

"We’ll just have to wait for a moment to see if any others arrive," I reply while holding up my sword.

Bang!!!! Thud!!!!!!

We get an interruption almost instantly as a car gets smashed out of the way in front of us. A bigger zierel comes out from behind it with a more muscular build, like a guy who is in the gym 24/7.

Its mouth isn’t as deformed as the other ones from before, it still has a jaw with razor sharp looking teeth but it isn’t broken like the others.

The claws don’t seem as long either which means this one is definitely more reliant on strength.

"I’ve never seen one like that before," Amelia says with a bit of fear showing in her voice.

"Don’t worry about it. We can kill it," I reply with confidence.

"How are we going to do that?" She questions with a bit of panic.

"Cover me while I rush in, just don’t hit me," I answer with a serious tone.

I turn the sword to face outwards away from me and begin to rush towards the zierel. Feeling some of my speed return from the other day.

As I reach the beefy Zierel I swing my sword instantly as Amelia’s arrows hit its shoulders.

Slash!!!!

My blade cuts across its chest but it doesn’t seem to go that deep due to this bastards absurdly tough skin.

It goes to swing at me and I roll out of the way, feeling the wind from its swing.

As I stand back up I realize that it is already coming at me again, everything feels as if it slowing down around me. Could this be my life flashing before my eyes?

Pierce!!!

A flurry of arrows pierce through its arm before it can reach me and within seconds it completely turns the arm to dust.

I take advantage of the opportunity and start to slash across it repeatedly, slicing deeper with each cut. It felt impossible to cut through originally but it must’ve gotten weakened from Amelia’s arrows.

It starts stumbling backwards as one arrow goes into one of its eyes.

Blood starts to spill out from the sword woundsa and another opportunity presents itself. His vision is now even worse with the light starting to burn all around it.

I take a few steps back before running towards it once again.

Hyup!!!

I jump towards it and force my sword through its throat.

Splurt!!!!

Blood spills out from it before it starts to fall backwards, giving me the opportunity to pull the sword out and kick off of its chest.

Thud.

I land on the ground without an issue while the big Zierel stumbles for a few more moments.

I don’t see it surviving for too much longer at this point. It took a lot damage from Amelia’s light and I cut through its skin multiple times.

It is still definitely one of the toughest ones I fought that wasn’t a hybrid. I don’t know if it would’ve been possible without Amelia here since she is able to use a light bearers power.

When I know how to use this swords power I’ll be able to fight without the extra help.

At least that’s what I think will be possible when I understand it a lot more than I do now, but will I ever be traveling by myself again?

I turn to look towards Amelia, she looks like she is definitely exhausted from the fight.

"We should probably setup a camp for the time being," I suggest loud enough for her to hear.

She just gives me a thumbs up before taking a seat on the ground. The light disappears around her as she looks towards me.

It makes sense that she would be exhausted since she is still adjusting to the power, I’m sure it isn’t an easy thing to use frequently yet.

Amelia still managed to fire off a lot more arrows than the first two times that she tried it at the church.

"I told you she is strong... But she could still pose a threat to you eventually too," Celeste speaks up.

She is on my side. I don’t understand why you think she’d just betray us like that.

Honestly I think she could’ve killed me when we first fought or on the way back to the church. Amelia knew about the infection and still chose to come along.

"You don’t make any sense to me," Celeste responds as her voice fades away.

I walk over to Amelia and take a seat next to her. The area around us is completely quiet with no real feeling of danger anymore.

Usually I can feel the eyes on me so I don’t think they are roaming around us at the moment. I’m sure we will see more of them at some point or another.

"That sword really needs to give you some power already," Amelia says softly.

"I’m working on that part," I reply with my gaze on the sword.