Reluctant Hero ✔️

Fourteen

'Okay this is harder than the skeleton dudes.'

Haerin grimaced as she held her arm, the force applied when she tried to swing down at the lizard monster's rock-arm still seeming to vibrate through her bones.

'It keeps blocking my attacks... I can't break through that arm.'

"Use your shield... Push against its swing."

'That voice... It's back.'

"Stun it... Then attack."

Haerin swallowed a lump in her throat, readying her shield, 'push against its swing?'

She made her stance firmer as the lizalfos was about to swing, quickly shoving the shield back against its attack

Her parry made the monster stumble back a few steps, the perfect opening for her.

She lunged at the monster, swinging a few times before her eyes widened. She quickly backed up as it spun around, its maced tail inches from hitting Haerin.

'Thanks again, voice in head.'

"Dani?"

'Huh?'

"Dani! Y-yah what's wrong?"

'Huh???'

The cat spoke, her eyes still on the monster, "Hanni what happened?"

"Dani fainted!"

Haerin's eyes widened, completely forgetting about the six foot tall monster in front of her.

"She WHAT??? Hanni what do you mean sh-"

THUD.

Haerin groaned, stars bursting into her vision as the lizalfos slammed its rock-arm into her side, causing her to crash into some furniture.

She heard the bear's voice weakly through her earpiece, "Haerin are you okay? I heard that crash pretty loudly."

"Y-yeah I'm... okay."

She lifted herself back up, trying to concentrate on her battle right in front of her even with her friends' conversation alongside her worry for Danielle bouncing around in her head.

Hyein's voice sounded through the earpiece, "what were you guys doing?"

"Well I was watching you three and Dani went to pick up her harp and then she just- like- fainted!"

A more calmer voice spoke, "Hanni, describe her condition to me."

"Well she's on the bed and she seemed fine up until she touched the harp right? But then she just randomly fell onto the bed and I thought she was just tired but then she wouldn't get back up or speak when I asked her something and I went over to her and her eyes are glazed over but her eyes are still open but she's still breathing thankfully and-"

Minji spoke up again from the pause on her rambling, "Hanni?"

"There's a triforce mark appearing on her hand."

Minji could be heard letting out a sigh of relief, "she's just having a vision, she's okay."

Haerin practically let out all of her tension, parrying the lizalfos again before landing a final blow.

"Vision?"

Haerin could hear running in the earpiece, a dull thud indicating that Minji had killed the monster she was dealing with as well.