Tales of Astora: Legacy

Chapter 67: Price of a curse

Chapter 67: Price of a curse

"Let's begin the ritual! <Thread of the Moirai>"

Just as the monsters have felt the shockwave coming from her, Kennedy has realized that they just lost their pre-emptive strike opportunity. All three of the monsters have become aware of their presences and were now heading toward the Oracle.

"What is she doing???" shouted Jora in confusion.

"...That's why Alastor wanted us to protect her. Whatever she is doing, it will leave her vulnerable to attacks while making her known to the enemies." Kennedy analysed. "We have no choice. Be ready, Jora!"

"Of course, teacher!" addressed the white haired woman.

The first enemies they encountered were the two scouts. In just a few seconds, the two eye balls have closed the gap by diving blindly toward the Oracle woman. It seemed that whatever she was doing, they too could feel the danger it posed and therefore she must be taken care of as quickly as possible. But the two Greymen would not let them pass so easily. Compared to the large Monochrome, these were simply vanguards, the weakest unit of the Monochrome. With their years of experience, defeating the Augur, the eye ball monsters as referred by the Goddess Luna, was a simple task.

Nodding in acknowledgment, each of the duo took on an Augur. The first one shot a purple laser beam, trailing from its position to the praying Oracle. Using her Telekinesis, Jora stood in front of her and formed a kinetic barrier, stopping the laser with her hands. Next, she made a fist and performed an uppercut at her position, causing a stone block to surge from below the Augur, blasting it on air. But that would not be the end. Manipulating the metal poles bars standing in the streets, Jora fired three of them right toward the flying eye ball and pierced it right through its pupil, sticking it on a building.

As for Kennedy, the man held other weapons aside from his Teleportation power. Taking out a long sniper he has been carrying on his back, he was able to use such a heavy weapon without the need of any installation like normal snipers would do. Even the bullet was made by the veteran himself, which would cause an explosion when it was inside the target, more than enough to deal with the low level monsters. But how would he able to fire something from that gun while the Augur was observing his every move?

The moment he fired, the monster would simply dodge to the side with its quick reflex. But Kennedy had a plan. Casually taking a few steps forward, he crouched down and picked up a small pebble on the ground. What could a pebble possibly do in such situation? Something good!

Without warning, Kennedy threw the pebble in the direction of the eye ball. However, he deliberately put too much force into it, making it passing over the Augur. At first, the monster was surprised when he saw something was being thrown at him. But when it realized it was just a pebble and it would only pass right over him, it decided not to move but to keep its sight on Kennedy. That pebble was probably just a distraction anyway to give the man the opportunity to make his shot. And he did.

In just under two seconds, Kennedy fired two shots: one at the monster and a second one to its left side. Did he think that shooting in two directions would do anything? The monster only needed to evade to the right and it would dodge both the shots.

Through the Augur's eye, everything was in slow motion. But as it was moving to the right, something happened: the bullet that was fired at him disappeared in mid-air and instead, a small pebble took its place, falling to the ground. What happened? Where was the bullet? And why would there be a pebble here? But before it could understand what that meant, something has penetrated its body, something small. It was too late.