Everyone was ready with their weapons drawn when Deus and Tiana got back to the upper deck. Iilang catapults and nakita nila sa baybayin ng isla. Each one of them releasing fiery rocks.
Tiana replaced Malik and maneuvered the ship expertly, dodging the rocks. Napahawak sila sa gilid bago pa man sila tumilapon sa ere.
""Let's go! Let's go!" sigaw ni Deus. Kasabay ng sigaw niya ay ang pagbulusok nila pababa.
Deus scanned the ship. Hindi niya nakikita si Garren. Mukhang nakumbinsi nga ito ni Malik na manatili na lang dito sa airship.
Nakita niya sina Malik at Gaius na nakasuot din ng garb katulad niya. Sina Tiana, Greg, Keira at Bryce naman ay itim din ang mga suot na long sleeves, pants at boots. May mahabang coat nga lang ang kakambal n'ya na halos umabot sa sahig at nakabukas sa harapan.
"Ready! Here we go!" sigaw ni Tiana at kasunod n'on ay ang paglapag nila sa dagat. It was a violent landing kaya halos tumilapon sila sa iba't ibang direksyon.
The attacks from the beach didn't stop. Hindi na sila ginamitan ng catapults since hindi naman sila gan'on kalayo sa baybayin but the Silent Magicians were using their spells this time.
"Let's go. Mag-iingat kayo!" sigaw ni Deus bago tumalon sa gilid ng airship, into the water. The other vampires did the same habang ang usual na paraan ng pagbaba naman ang ginamit ng mga Converts sa pangunguna nina Gilda at Brado Harnash at ni Arun.
The Silent Magicians were ready for them. Napakarami ng mga ito sa baybayin, casting spells after spells.
And the Converts, they fell one by one. Deus took a glance at the airship and he realized no one was left behind. Lahat ng Converts ay bumaba para lumaban!
And now, they were dying!
Deus shivered. This was a suicide mission for them. They weren't probably trained for combat.
"Ahhh!!!" malakas na sigaw ni Arun. He cast a spell that annihilated about ten Silent Magicians at once.
Deus somehow felt a little relieved. Maybe they were trained for combat. Maybe.
The water that was up to their waist was making their progress slower than expected but they kept moving forward.
"Vampires, sa unahan tayo!" muli niyang sigaw. Alam niya, kahit gaano pa kaingay ang paligid, narinig siya ng kanyang mga kasama.
Deus, Tiana, Gaius, Malik, Keira, Bryce and Greg moved to the frontline to protect the Converts from further damage. Greg used lightning to attack some Silent Magicians while Tiana and Deus created a protective spell to shield them.
Habang nasa likuran ng mga bampira ang Converts, hindi naman tumitigil ang mga ito sa pag-cast ng offensive spells hanggang sa tuluyan na nilang narating ang baybayin. But by this time, hindi lang dumoble ang dami ng Silent Magicians. They were swarming the beach. There were hundreds of them.
"How are they so many?" hindi makapaniwalang sambit ni Greg.
Deus wondered the same thing.
"Teams!" sigaw ni Deus at agad na naghiwa-hiwalay ang mga bampira. Bawat isa sa kanila ay may kanya-kanyang team composed of Converts.
Sa team ni Deus naroon ang mag-asawang Harnash. Their goal, look for Hanaleese's body dahil naroon ang consciousness ni Bleik.
Sa unahan ng team nila ay ang team ni Tiana. They were cleaning the path for Deus' team.
Ang ibang teams naman ang naka-assign sa mga Silent Magicians. Ang team naman ni Gaius, kung saan naroon si Arun, ang in-charge sa paghahanap kay Hanaleese in Bleik's body. They had to take her body back. Meaning, they couldn't hurt Hanaleese.
BINABASA MO ANG
CURSED
FantasyBleik had a wonderful family and friends. Everything was good. The boy she had a crush on had eyes on her too. But on the night of her eighteenth birthday, everything changed. She wasn't worthy to have everything she had. Now, she was alone.
