Night of Waterfalls (Venom Series 2)

Chapter 70

This is one of my favorite chapters! Huhu! I enjoyed writing this! You can listen to the music above while reading to feel more the chapter. 

Chapter 70: Greetings

There are moments in our lives when it suddenly feels like time has slowed down—that even in the middle of chaos and when everything around is a mess, the world turns into a blur, and the only thing clear is that path—your goals and dreams that our hands deemed impossible to reach. When I saw her red lotus, illuminated with white light around it, I felt my heart somersault—and it dawned on me that this was one of those moments.

"Rosh, I've found her."

When I finally found her location and realized that it was too far away from me, everything returned to normal as if the clock had suddenly resumed its regular pace—pulling me back to reality and interrupting that fleeting moment of magical daze. My body was tossed in different directions, sharp fangs digging into my skin.

"It's fucking far, Rosh!" sigaw ko na tila maririnig iyon ng prinsipe.

Lalong sumakit hindi lang ang mga pangil sa nakabaon sa katawan ko kundi pati na rin ang ulo ko sa pag-iisip kung paano ako makararating sa posisyon ng bulaklak na iyon na hindi ko na kailangang dumaan pa sa napakaraming halaman na ito na handa akong kagat-kagatin.

Should I fly?

I suddenly remembered the ability of my wand and the powers that it absorbed. Hindi ba't kumuha rin ako ng hibla ng buhok ni Seth? I could fucking fly! Ngunit gaano ako kasigurado na hindi hahaba ang mga halamang ito para abutin ako at muli akong maipit sa ganitong sitwasyon?

It's damn impossible to avoid the series of gigantic plants before I could even reach Astrid. I should surge like my arrows and stop directly at her flower.

"Think . . ." bulong ko sa sarili ko habang nahihilo. I didn't expect that attacking one of these plants would reveal Astrid's location, it was just purely out of my irritation.

"Think, Kezalli . . ." muling bulong ko habang ibinabalya ako.

Until I tapped my tightly balled fist on my palm after realizing what I had to do. Habang marahas na iniwawasiwas ng halaman ang katawan ko ay luminga ako sa paligid para higit na makita ang posisyon ko at layo mula sa lotus ni Astrid.

I was right, I should surge like my arrows. These monstrous flowers could attack me, but those attacks would deflect them if I had the power circulating me, but I couldn't just force this wand to do such a thing, surging while emanating power around it.

"I should stop all this silliness," bulong ko sa isipan ko.

When I summoned my wand again, it didn't transform into metal rings, a sword, or its usual form. Instead, it turned into a spear. I lifted one of my hands, allowing the spear to float above me. The momentary movement of the spear cast a shadow that brushed against my cheeks, while another bead of sweat trickled down my temple.

I allowed the gigantic plant to continue swirling with my body and waited for the perfect moment when it stopped in the ideal position. As I witnessed the sudden glint on the tip of the spear, exactly as I had anticipated, I dropped my hand with precision. Like lightning streaking down from the sky, the spear struck the plant, piercing through it with the force of a bullet, turning it into a half.

Kasabay nang pagkahati ng katawan nito ay ang unti-unting pagbagsak ng katawan ko, ngunit bago pa man ako bumagsak sa tubig ay agad kong tinawag ang armas ko. The spear transformed into a wand with wings at its end. I mounted it, straddling the wand. My legs flapped against the air as I guided the wand to follow my lead. I took the other half of the plant and pulled it quickly toward a certain direction as the other moving plants tailed me, attacking me with their bites. My wand kept dodging, swirling, and diving as the plants continued to follow us. When I finally spotted my desired position, I quickly moved around and wrapped the stem of one of the gigantic plants, tying half of the plant onto it and creating my own bowstring made of these annoying plants.