The air thrums of chaos, guttural growls and battle cries splash an acrid tang of blood as the clash between humans and monsters intensifies beneath the cold moon. Clangs of steel against scales and arrows whistle through the snow as beasts rip with brute force.
Defending the last defence for a city's safety, the relentless drumming of footsteps, cries of agony, and ragged breath weaves the struggles for survival.
"ROOARRRR!!"
The titan of the horde, a four-legged behemoth monster with four horns and impenetrable scales thunders towards the wall of warriors, its ground-shaking advance trampling everything.
"Kegh! T-That beast!"
"It's coming!"
The knights steel their nerves for impact.
*CHINNGG!!!!!*
Sparks of aura fly.
Commander Krist intercepts in time, stopping the force with his sword.
"HARGH!!"
He overturns the battle of strength, pushing the behemoth back with a sweep.
In that instance, an overwhelming javelin of fiery flames bombards from above, obliterating the behemoth into countless fragments. A shower of molten ashes rains upon the landscape and dyes the pristine white into cinders and steam, leaving a smoking crater with remnants of searing heat.
Mina's figure floats in the sky surrounded by a veil of flame and flickering flames dancing beneath her feet. Her intense incandescent energy is an overseer of the battlefield; The beacon of hope.
Her attacks mercilessly incinerate groups of monsters, minimizing casualties.
The atmosphere back in the city is tense. Anxiety spreads like an epidemic. Merchants and store owners close and no one stays out on the streets.
A mother hides her child in her embrace, covering his ears from the loud explosions in their home.
"M-Mom...what's that light?" the boy asks.
"What?" The mother replies and looks out of the window.
"S-Sun? Fire?!"
Citizens praying for good luck back at Lorain could see Mina's glory. Because Loi interfered in the timeline, her fame ascends with unstoppable momentum, capturing much attention to her talent and charisma sooner than expected.
This will become the first chapter of her legend.
A knight clashes his sword with a goblin's club and prepares for a counterattack. To his surprise, the goblin abruptly stops and runs away.
*GRRRRR*
The ground trembles to a crescendo of steps. Every monster in the vicinity starts retreating into the mountains.
"T-They are retreating!"
"We won!"
The joy of victory and minimal casualties overwhelm every poor soul on the battlefield but Mina, being high up, sees something different.
"Huh?" She thinks to herself. "All the monsters I see are approaching...something."
She could see far away. Every monster in The Iron Peak Range is moving as a current towards one singular destination.
*BOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!!*
A thunderous explosion suddenly spews fragments of rocks from the distant mountain, reverberating a blast through the valleys. The knights could feel the ripples of shockwaves rushing past and trembling ground.
The once serene and steadfast mountains are now a scene of destruction.
"Wait...that's the direction..." Mina dives down to the commander.
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A Background Character's Fate
Fantasy"In war, commoners are the victims in victory or defeat." Struck by poverty amidst a long and devastating war, an ordinary mercenary dies among the countless corpses on a snowy battlefield. Yet by a stroke of luck, he regressed to his younger self...
