The ghouls moved inhumanly fast
Luckily our hero could keep up with them,
Not a single attack was landing, Thier strikes were being redirect or weaved around by our hero and he's sword
Their long metal like claws striking against the sword left a sharp ringing noise through the air
As he deflected the attack from the pyromancer the attack striker against his hilt, he pushed the ghoul's entire arm aside using his sword, and in a quick flash
He cut off the ghoul's arm.
He heard incantations from behind him he felt heat and immediately sidestepped
The attack perfectly landed,
upon touching the 1-armed ghoul it was turning his smooth white skin to black ash
But our hero didn't even pay attention to it he was so busy blocking the other attacks trying to keep his focus as every strike met by his sword didn't stop the shockwave, it shivered through his bones
But he kept blocking, his sword decaying with every block one after another
But then he saw an opening again a large wide claw attack from one of the two ghouls left
It was now or never if he successfully parries that attack and counters they win
If he fails that attack breaks through his sword and Their line of defense falls to the ghouls
He thought to himself 'Such pressure on me a failure, but the past shall not taint my image forever I can still rebuild it, brick by brick, starting here and now'
He put his sword in front of the attack he thought 'Every training session I had with my master, every duel I had with a friend, every hour I used my sword under the light, it all led to this moment
My talent can fail me, my power can fail me, but my hard work, and the endless work of tireless generations improving upon the technique perfecting it
And my endless nights spent under the stars learning every bit of it engraving it upon my brain, upon my body, upon my hands, and into my sword
That will never fail me'
His posture became more open, his chest went outwards, his muscles lost all tension and became relaxed, his chin was forward his eyes upwards, and lastly his technique flawless
He bent his sword to an angle where the attack slid right off, he kicked the monster with his foot and it was on the ground right in front of him
He was about to slash it dead
But he saw the other ghoul… his claws striking the pyromancer
Going towards her beautiful silky blond hair
In a flash, his sword was between the ghoul and the pyromancer he let his chance Slip away
Or that's what he thought
He kept telling himself 'I was so locked in focused on restoring my ego , I almost let her die , how can I be such a fucking failure'
Worst than that I let this perfect chance waste'
Until he looked behind him
The ghoul was on the ground burning slowly marked by a deafening screech
He looked at the pyromancer's face, she was not smug about it
He instantly knew 'I was so focused on having her back, I forgot that she has mine too'
There was only one ghoul left as his pale white feet pushed against the ground
He leaped away once then twice
They realized, 'Wait, they are retreating?!'
All the ghouls left in the entire camp
Started devouring the bodies as fast as possible, carrying all they couldn't eat
They started to slowly back away turning away from our hero and the pyromancer
He stood tall aiming his sword toward them until he was sure they were all gone
He then hit the ground feeling every muscle in his body ache
He let out a deep breath and a sigh
Then looked to the pyromancer he said "We actually did it"
But she didn't seem to respond
He played on the ground victorious relaxing his whole body
Yet he felt uneasy curiousty got the best of him so his neck moved slowly unlike his moving his neck
But it felt he was moving a mountain
He kept rotating his head till he finally saw the pyromancer
She was just standing there , menacingly
He thought to himself 'why ,why does she seem off did I do something wrong?'
But he realized 'her face ,she's angry!'
He opened his mouth trying to apologize "i-…wa…s jujujus-…." Before he could finish his stuttering
She started heading twords him, almost jogging.
obviously she was trying to run but her legs just kept on dragging behind her
her face was angry but her eyes seemed to be closing so was her mouth
Her body was stiff and unmoving yet she kept going twords him at a fast pace
She raised up her staff to his face screaming "WHY ARE YOU STILL HERE"