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23 - Birthday Party II

Late-April. 4031. Lyth Manor

Distance between Lyth mansion and us was not far when my eyes detected mint leaves within grasses. I kneeled down and tore off mint leaves.

“What are those”, Aila asked me. I put few of them to my mouth and began to chew. Aila had bended down too, watching my in amazement. “Try”, I said giving her few mint leaves that were left in my right palm.

“I-t r-f-r-s”, I saw myself not making sense so chumped up and swallowed mint leaves. “It refreshes your breathe and is good for your health”, I said smiling.

Her small hand grabbed mint leaves out of my palm. She used small and delicate fingers to put a mint leaf into her mouth. As she was chewing mint, her delicate nose twitched and face seemed to crumple. “It tastes bitter”, I told her.

The ground shook and I clearly felt small vibrations. I looked down to and touched earth. It felt as if vibrations were coming from Lyth mansion. “Earthquake”, passed my mind. I looked at Aila. She was chewing mint leaves obediently, trying to smile while at it. “Get up, Aila”, I told her and stood up.

Vibrations began to shake ground wildly, so I grabbed Aila and pulled her towards myself. “Wha-, What”, she uttered in disbelief but without listening to her blabbers I used my left hand to grab from her legs and used my right hand to support her spine.

She blushed, her face reddening momentarily. “Put me down!”, she insisted.

“Hurricane”, I said and spell was activated. Winds began to move spirally around us. Few seconds later wild hurricane was moving around us to protect from possible threats.

My body began to slowly float on a straight line. We were drifting on air around a meter or so above the ground. Hurricane was a protective spell that didn’t allow sound or noise attacks to pass through. That was why it was perfect in a situation like this one.

Boom!

An explosion occurred within the mansion, which made a big crack in its wall and sent pieces of cement and bricks towards us. Fortunately all of them were turn to dust by wild winds of hurricane and nothing reached to hurt us.

Nevertheless, sound of explosion dissonated disturbingly even at epicenter of hurricane where we were located. Aila closed her eyes in fear and grabbed from my neck.

A black figure emerged from dust that was covering mansion. It was flying backwards, facing mansion. Many people followed him out even though they were keeping their distance.

Looking closely, whoever it was, he or she was wearing a black robe covering almost all of its body. Moreover s/he had black gloves in its hands not revealing skin at all.

It was still flying backwards at steady pace but was increasing its distance from ground. Many warriors and mages were joining other people who had come outside earlier so I de-activated the spell “Void, Hurricane”.

A sinister voice echoed through the valley that we were standing on. “Today shall be marked as beginning of the end!”, person who was floating still above the ground said.

Hoodie covering his or her head was lifted by that person. Long black hair was hovering backwards in air because of winds. “I am Iris Saphira!”, she shouted. Everyone was taken aback by her words as if remembering something forgotten long time ago.

“O, realm of dead, open your doors to this world for server of Satan to enter. Protector of first hell, prince of war, god in your own right; I want your help to take revenge upon these sinners. I request the honor of your presence. Come forth – Minotaur!”, Iris shouted.

Clouds above us darkned in matter of seconds. Winds began to wildly run through the land. It seemed like a real hurricane was occuring when a lightening bolt went through sky to earth. Boom! Another explosion happened. Pieces of dirt and land were flying on air on all directions.

Air was still dark and rays of sun could not penetrate thick clouds. My vision switched back to location where lightening had hit. A monster’s body could be seen as dust and smoke began to disappear.

Monster was almost 10 meters tall. Its body had a charred and corroded look. Skin of the monster seemed to be made of volcanic rock. There were lines of lava on Minotaur’s skin. Under the waist it had a proper leg armor while upper body was covered in dirty and shredded loincloth.

Most dreadful of all was its head. Instead of brows there were two small horns that swayed to right and left. On his chin in between hair of his beard small horns were engraved. Two big and two small horns were placed on top of its ears. It was a creature from the darkest nightmares.

“Kill them! Kill them all! Massacre!”, Iris shouted and pointed towards people standing in front of broken walls of manor. I saw Farrell and Kyle Cohen within crowd of people.

“What is that you offer?”, Minotaur spoke in a dreadful tone. “My life!”, Iris replied. “That belongs to me already! What is that you offer woman?”, Minotaur’s words followed Iris’s reply. “My soul it is then!”, Iris said.

Minotaur dropped its massive sword and raised right hand towards the sky where Iris Saphira was floating. She descended slowly towards minotaur. “I accept!”, minotaur said. Her soul, as if materialized, came forth through her mouth and began to flow like water into minotaur’s palm.

Aila was scared to death, shivering continuously standing by me. “Who’s that?”, I asked. “Our grandfather killed everyone from Saphira house and emerged as a winner making our family what it is now”, Aila said in fear.

As if waking up from a bad dream, mages began to chant spells and attack minotaur. Lightenings, shockwaves of winds and storm’s of water waves were hitting minotaur but no damage was done to it at all.

Iris’s soul exited her body and it fall down to ground lifeless. Her soul turned into a big-pearl in minotaur’s palm. Minotaur moved its hand and put pearl into his mouth. After swallowing the pearl it said “Massacre it is!”.

P.S: Thanks to Evernest for proofreading last chapter!!!! THANKS BUDDY

P.P.S: Regarding time frame - actually when I don't post time it means that it is same time frame as last chapter.. But from now on I'll add time and location on each chapter not to get lost..

P.P.P.S: Chapters are short, as I'm having problem with finding enough time to write as I don't work for anybody and run my own business which is pretty hard.. Anything else should I focus on while writing?

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