chapter sixteen;
master of the abyss
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FACE to face with the monster gave me a different feeling from when I imagined it. Dread lingered in the air, and the temperature dropped. Its stare when I meet its eyes seemed to be seeping the life out of my body.
It was polar opposite from what I felt when I first saw Willow. When I saw Willow, I felt courageous, like even if it was dangerous, I still ran towards it. But this one, everything was just spelling out despair.
I took a step back—aware that it wasn't an ordinary enemy. Napalunok din ako nang wala sa oras, at bahagyang napatingin sa entrada no'ng kweba. The dragon's egg was still there. We needed to protect it. If not, something that we couldn't turn back would happen.
At mukhang gano'n din ang nasa isip ni Kallisto no'ng senyasan niya si Lincoln at si Stepmother. They both moved warily, and the monster snarled like it was going to attack if they did anything more than change positions.
It was such a sight. Monsters didn't care about being careful or anything strategic. They were savages. They just attack and create massive bloodshed. But, what I was seeing right now was—it being wary.
Those kinds of monsters weren't peculiar for me since they were the kind of monsters that Avalon used against Juno and Azazel in Fatebound. But, they were something new to Kallisto and the others.
Kahit malakas pa ang kabog ng puso ko pinilit ko pa rin mag-isip kung paano ako makakatulong sa sitwasyon na 'to at do'n nahagip ng mga mata ko si Willow. She saw me, and immediately jumped on my shoulder.
"Willow, can you please guard the egg and make sure it'll be safe?" mahinang bulong ko rito. Kallisto glanced at me quickly because he heard what I said to Willow. After all, I was just behind him.
Tumango kaagad si Willow at mabilis na pumasok ulit sa kweba, habang kinuha ni Lincoln at Stepmother 'yong atensyon no'ng monster na nakatitig sa akin kanina dahil pumunta si Willow sa balikat ko.
The two owls that were behind us were oozing with hatred energy. Instead of being afraid for their lives, they wanted revenge. I wanted to applaud their braveness, but it wasn't the time for them to get it.
They might end up like the others from their group.
"Evienne," Kallisto mentioned, and I gulped a little. "Stay back and watch with the owls if there were other monsters or even someone that might see everything." Tumango kaagad ako nang mabilis kahit alam kong hindi niya nakita ang ginawa ko.
"Well handle this." Huling sambit niya at saka siya sumugod sa monster kasama si Stepmother at Lincoln, at ako naman kaagad sinunod ang sinabi niya at hinila si Marlo at Dacher papalayo sa labanan na magaganap.
"Please search the area well. The ones who are behind that mutated monster might be here," seryosong sabi ko sa kanila, pero mukhang hindi nila gusto gawin 'yon dahil gusto nilang maghiganti.
"Safety comes first, your revenge... you'll get it later. Don't you think it's more satisfying to pluck out the root than just the leaves?" makahulugang dagdag ko sa kanila, kaya naman natahimik sila at walang nagawa kung hindi sumunod sa akin.
They nodded and turned into their owl forms to search for anything suspicious around the place. They would be more helpful that way, as I felt like Avalon might arrive in here any minute from now, or if they don't, then it would be more in our favour, but still, it was better being ready.
Dumiretso naman ako sa entrada no'ng kweba at nakita ko sa loob si Willow ro'n na nakayakap ang buntot sa itlog. Habang tila umiilaw 'yong itlog ng kulay lila dahil sa Abyss ni Kallisto.
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