"-kkgghh- what... actually..." Barry looked at his left arm

Fresh blood came from it. His left arm was gone. Only burn and spark sensation could be felt.

"He got Barry!! cover him up!!" One of them brought Barry to the back

"there's no turning back now....be prepared.. animals.." Chanotte gave them a calm yet fierce looks

-throb-

-throb-

A faint heartbeat could be heard form him. Yet it's really loud for Half-beast's ears, their had more sensitive hearing.

"what's happened..... I thought we already cornered him.." Shanti felt confused

Yana tried to not reveal his presence, but this situation will turn all of their hard work till now become useless.

"RUN!! TAKE ONE METER MINIMUM RANGE FOR FRONT ROW!! THE REST KEEP THROW THAT PROJECTILES!! MOVE NOW!!"

Their savior's voice woke them up. Barry tied his left arm for stopping the bleeding. He started to run to Shanti's direction.

"ck, that human... really need to kill him first"

Chanotte tried to provoke his enemies only for one purpose, to keep them in one place, at his imperial zone area. Because he couldn't see in the dark, he need to take every advantage that he could. Yana's command took all that advantage.

Yana's purpose was to force Chanotte to use his [PERCEPTION], at least that's what Chanotte thought. If his enemies kept their distance, he needed to do that. He didn't want to get hit by endless projectiles attack when he chased them.

"hmmmm, but this is suited all of you really well. Animals should run when see us..human" Chanotte smiled

"Hear our savior's word!! take a distance!!"

-hosh...hosh- Barry tried to calm his breath. He reached Shanti's place and stopped to take a breath.

"-fuuh- please Shanti..."

"I get it. Stay still and focused..."

Shanti directed her hands at Barry's bleeding arm. She cast a spell to heal and stop Barry's bleeding.

[MOTHER'S TEARS]

A green light covered Barry's left arm. Barry's expression showed less pain.

"thank you Shanti...."

"don't bother it. I'm the shaman of Ohre village. It's my duty to do this"

-zruuug- another tree fell to the ground. Shanti looked to the noise source and saw Chanotte marching towards Yana's position.

"It's dangerous!! sir Yana!!" Shanti panicked

"go Shanti! to our savior! my wound already healed. It will be okay for now!"

"got it!" Shanti nodded and left Barry

-throb-

-throb-

"don't let him near our savior!! hold him!!"

Some of the Half-beast moved forward to stop him, and the others kept throwing the projectiles.

-zraaash-

-tliin-

He opened his way to Yana. He slashed his enemies, deflected the projectiles. Strength, agility, reflexes, vision... he got all of them. All of that for one purpose, killed Yana.

Yes, he used [PERCEPTION]. Chanotte decided to cast his doubt aside and focused to kill Yana.

-throb-

-throb-

"-fuuh- just few meters.."

"moved!! he keep getting closer!!"

"KEEP YOUR DISTANCE!! FOCUS ON RANGED ATTACK!!" Yana shouted

Only one meter till Chanotte reached him. Yana didn't move at all. His enemy already in front of him. With golden glowing light, Chanotte's eyes shone in the dark. That's the sign when he used [PERCEPTION].

"die..." He swung his great sword

"kill him Shanti!!" Yana raised his voice

Chanotte didn't get distracted by that. He kept pushing his attack.

-whuuum-

-blaar-

The ground trembled and shattered by his great sword. But his enemy didn't die, Yana dodged his attack.

"-kkgghh- these animals..."

Chanotte must paid a high price to launch that attack. His left arm, the lower part, got stabbed by Shanti. He used that arm to block her attack that was originally aimed to his head.

His full plate armor couldn't protect him from it. That's because Shanti used some enhanced spell to her short knife. It glowed red, and Chanotte's arm got burned by that attack.

[FIRE BLESSINGS II]. It's a spell that could make a weapon blessed by fire element. The weapon would become really hot, like magma's heat, and had burning effect to its target. Shanti was a shaman. She could use several spells because she was blessed by their beast god, RAGNIR.

Chanotte pulled his arm and swung it.

-buugh-

Shanti flew about one meter.

-throb-

-throb-

He dashed foward and kept focused. One minute... that's all he had.

-hyaaaaa-

-buum-

Yana dodged again, but he didn't stop there. He continued to hit him. Every time he swung his great sword, fresh blood flew from his left arm. He didn't bother to heal it... he wanted to maximize his [PERCEPTION] skill.

-whuuum-

He missed it again. He kept trying and didn't stop his attack.

"3....2...1..."

-buum-

The moment he delivered that attack, his vision became limited again. His [PERCEPTION] effect wore off...

The blood from his forehead was blocked his left eye, and lack of light in this forest made it worse for him. The only thing that he could rely now only his imperial zone area, and luckily his enemy was still within its range.

He stepped forward and swung his great sword again..

-whuuum-

-praaak-

His head was stroken form behind. He could feel a blunt impact from it. His enemy stood at his front without taking any injuries.

"attack him.. the moment he moves his wrist, his shoulder and when his great sword touched the ground.." Yana smiled

"only with that command....they did it this good.."

-throb-

-throb-

"hey chief Chanotte Chirvayne... don't you think they are very clever animals?"

"....."

"and very stupid human you are?" Yana lowered his voice

Chanotte's breath started became heavy, his vision started became blurred...

-----( Chapter 16 "Only one goal" )-----