THE DARKEST HOPE

Chapter 43 Of Monsters and Men

Chapter 43

Of Monsters and Men

The attack was quick and fierce and it came earlier than expected. The people had little time to react and although they made thorough arrangements in building up the town defense it still felt like they were caught off guard. Fear and confusion hung in the air as men were hurrying around, taking their posts and shooting at the beasts.

"Quickly, support the west side" Jin was yelling as he ran as fast as he could towards the part of the city wall where several vampires had managed to crawl over and drop on the other side. At the same time as his movement he pointed his gun and skillfully shot down one of the monsters. It fell down with a growl. The action attracted the attention of other three who turned their glowing eyes towards the policeman and stormed in his direction. He pointed the gun again and successfully hit another but the other two advanced undisturbed.

"Fuck!" Jin's eyes widened in fear at the sight of the approaching vampires.

Two loud shots from behind over his shoulder took down the vampires and they sprawled in the middle of their storm, the bodies dragging several meters on the ground from their own inertia. Jin glanced back.

"Thanks, Jungkookie!"

The boy just winked in his direction and advanced in a haste towards the wall where more monsters could be seen popping their jagged mouths. Jin ran after him.

The vampires came as a wave of horror. The swarm attacked the city walls with unimaginable rage, driven by madness and clawed hungrily at the thick stone. The desired human flesh so close, they could practically smell the rich blood rushed inside the warm bodies.

But the beasts streaming towards the town clashed against the fierce fire of the machine guns and the angry determination of the city defenders. The men were standing firm, the posts evenly spread along the wall, seeping deadly bullets over the climbers.

Suga was standing at the top of the wall, a gun in each hand, his every shot made another vampire trip and fall lifeless. Jimin, standing next to him was holding a heavy rifle, firing mercilessly at the attackers.

"It seems too easy..." Suga yelled in Jimin's direction. The beasts were falling one after the other into sporadic piles of corpses.

"Not anymore..." Jimin shouted back and pointed ahead.

Suga turned his gaze towards where Jimin was pointing. At first what he saw was only darkness. But then there was something. The darkness was moving.

"What the..." The hunter's jaw dropped with horror.

A huge flock of flying monsters was advancing towards the humans at an unimaginable speed.

"Fliers!" Namjun was yelling. "The fliers are coming, everybody, shoot the flying beast first."

The people aimed their weapons up towards the sky and started firing towards the incoming gargoyles. The sweaty palms were squeezing the heavy metals while the trembling fingers were squeezing frantically the triggers.

Unfortunately this division of attention gave the monsters crawling up the wall the space they needed to recover their strength and start climbing with renewed rage. Many vampires were now crawling over and dropping down inside the town square, so much closer to the desired blood.

"We must stop them! They can't advance inside the city!" Jungkook yelled and climbed hurriedly down after the vampires, followed closely by Namjun and several more men.