The Monster
Monster
The monster would glide through the air as it closed the gap to its target, blade inching closer as Kyrrk readied his counter. The massive flash would fling the beast away in a bright flash of light, the arrows finding their mark as it smashed into a building across from them. Chunks of black material would scatter across the ground, pieces of chitin sizzling as they were separated from the beast and would dissipate. Some turned back into things they were before, pieces of metal, cords of synthetic muscle, a single black singed coin. The figure was framed in the wall before them as it fell to the ground, it's face had a chunk blown away from the armor, revealing a soft skin. A single brown eye was dazed and uncovered as it looked before him. The monster sat stunned for a moment as it gazed at Kyrrk and Allyson. A dazed and confused look crossed his features, and while Kyrrk prepared to unleash a form of light, the blade would respond quite audibly to anyone's mind in the area.
The blade then pulsed as it exerted its control, black tendrils reaching across his face as the skin changed to the coarseness of rock, and the mouth went to a snarl. The monster would not let something so trivial take its thrall from it. A shrieking roar would come from its maw as the helmet reconstructed in front of them, and power surged from the sword. Dark tendrils of the force would seep from the being as it eyed its prey. This was taking too long, and no longer would it waste time playing games with its prey. It would raise the sword in the air and slam it into the ground, burying the blade in stone as the air would run cold. Wind would start to pick up as the beast smelled the air for what it was looking for. The smells of battle, death, suffering, and hope's very essence fading would be cryptic signals for what came next. For those sensitive to the force, they would hear it and see it. For those who weren't an unnatural chill could be felt.
The very air itself would scream.
The beast opened its maw as the winds would pick up rapidly, becoming a storm itself around the beast as it drew what it wanted from around it. An aura of darkness seeping the area around it threatening to devour the brightest lights. But what was truly horrifying was for those who could see it, they could see the very life force of those who'd died around them be pulled to the monster. Screaming souls, life essences, the living force itself was crying out in pain from the unnatural thing devouring it. A funnel of unnatural light would flow from this maelstrom being formed to the beast, and with every life consumed its power would grow substantially. The wind itself wasn't the air being manipulated, but the lives of all who'd been killed in this planetwide slaughter.
Visible tendrils of black energy would now surge from the monster, smashing through walls and coiling around the walls surrounding the archer and lone warrior. A wave of darkness looked close to be surging as the monster now looked down and eyed its light armed prey. And now not even having to look towards the source of its strength, the monster took a single step towards the lone light swordsman. Its power grew with every second, and as it looked upon its next victims a small voice underneath the thousands, perhaps even millions now at this point would barely whisper.
Run. Please. Run away.
HE IS MINE!
The blade then pulsed as it exerted its control, black tendrils reaching across his face as the skin changed to the coarseness of rock, and the mouth went to a snarl. The monster would not let something so trivial take its thrall from it. A shrieking roar would come from its maw as the helmet reconstructed in front of them, and power surged from the sword. Dark tendrils of the force would seep from the being as it eyed its prey. This was taking too long, and no longer would it waste time playing games with its prey. It would raise the sword in the air and slam it into the ground, burying the blade in stone as the air would run cold. Wind would start to pick up as the beast smelled the air for what it was looking for. The smells of battle, death, suffering, and hope's very essence fading would be cryptic signals for what came next. For those sensitive to the force, they would hear it and see it. For those who weren't an unnatural chill could be felt.
The very air itself would scream.
The beast opened its maw as the winds would pick up rapidly, becoming a storm itself around the beast as it drew what it wanted from around it. An aura of darkness seeping the area around it threatening to devour the brightest lights. But what was truly horrifying was for those who could see it, they could see the very life force of those who'd died around them be pulled to the monster. Screaming souls, life essences, the living force itself was crying out in pain from the unnatural thing devouring it. A funnel of unnatural light would flow from this maelstrom being formed to the beast, and with every life consumed its power would grow substantially. The wind itself wasn't the air being manipulated, but the lives of all who'd been killed in this planetwide slaughter.
Visible tendrils of black energy would now surge from the monster, smashing through walls and coiling around the walls surrounding the archer and lone warrior. A wave of darkness looked close to be surging as the monster now looked down and eyed its light armed prey. And now not even having to look towards the source of its strength, the monster took a single step towards the lone light swordsman. Its power grew with every second, and as it looked upon its next victims a small voice underneath the thousands, perhaps even millions now at this point would barely whisper.
Run. Please. Run away.