The Wielder's Winter (The Manifests Series #1)

[21] Bowling Break Point

The glowing Scraper roars as it's arms slam the ground, making it shake a bit. It then opens it's mouth, and reveals a glowing, icy bowling ball. It then fires it toward Jihyo at high speed.

"Wh--" Jihyo swings her blade at the incoming projectile and effectively slashes it in half, but she gets dragged back a bit due to the force of the glowing enemy's attack.

The Scraper fires off more bowling balls from it's mouth. Jihyo unleashes her crystalline shield as it barely deflects the icy projectiles.

The Scraper then widens it's mouth and more icy bowling balls pour into it. Soon, it blasts them toward Jihyo all at once.

"Ugh!" Jihyo successfully blocks the icy bombardment with her shield, but the force of the attack sends her flying to a concrete pillar nearby, crushing it.

Jihyo stands and shakes off the debris off her clothes. She's worried about Zeke and the kid. They might get caught in the enemy's deadly line of fire.

She turns to Zeke.

"You guys better retreat to a safer location. This Scraper is deadly..." She exclaimed. "Don't worry. I'll rid of it soon."

Zeke, recognizing the severity of the situation, looks at the kid, still seemingly wincing in pain after getting his leg trapped on ice.

He goes to him, and assesses his injuries.

"What's your name, kiddo?" He asks.

The kid replies. "G-Glendale..."

"Oh, okay, hello, Glendale. Can you walk?" Zeke asks Glendale. "We are moving to a safer place, okay?"

Glendale was trembling in fear, but manages to utter a faint "yes". Zeke nods and immediately assists him up.

Jihyo takes a deep breath and readies her Manifest, and once again, advances towards the Scraper with even more speed. The Scraper fires more of the freezing projectiles.

Her blade shines as she strikes down the bowling balls with grace, slowly but surely making her way toward the head of the glowing Scraper.

One of the balls, however, misses Jihyo and goes straight for Zeke and Glendale.

"Zeke! Watch out!" Jihyo shouts as she kept blocking the other bowling balls.

"Son of a---" Zeke immediately sprints towards Glendale, pushing them both out of the way of the icy projectile. It grazes Zeke's back, however, tearing a part of his hoodie. They hit the ground with a loud thud.

Without any more time to lose, Zeke stands up immadiately and assists Glendale to a counter at the far end of the alley to shield themselves from the enemy's attacks.

Zeke takes a deep breath, trying to relax and recover his strength. He looks at Glendale.

Glendale was still visibly trembling, scared of the monstrosity that just attacked them.

"I... I want my daddy... Daddy, I'm sorry I ran outside... Please come here and protect me..." Glendale said to himself as he hugs his knees and sobs.

Zeke moves closer to the scared kid.

"Hey... It's going to be okay... We'll get you back to your daddy, I promise. Just hang on a little bit longer..." Zeke said as he tried to comfort Glendale. Glendale doesn't reply, but he scoots closer to Zeke, seemingly trying seek shelter in his arms.

"I'm scared... I'm scared... I don't want to be here anymore..." Glendale said.

"Dont worry, I'll protect you. We'll get you to your dad..." Zeke tries to give him comfortable rubs on the back.