War of Phantoms.

Chapter 20

Luckily we had no phantom problem at night, I didn't have enough slumber for the reason that I wanted to be there with my group members during their watch.

It was the day to go deeper into the forbidden area. I noticed hints of excitement and nervousness upon their faces and it made me think of finishing this as soon as possible every time, though I didn't have a fixed idea about Tsillah's place. I assumed it'd be in
the heart of the area, in the center of the graveyard as the map that Finn gave me showed.

I grabbed the map and hardly distinguished the east_ because of the darkness, then ordered my team to move quickly and quietly. The possibility of coming across phantoms was getting higher and higher with each step.

I walked steadily, with them behind me when I heard a noise coming from the other side. I held my arrow fast and moved toward it slowly.

"Athena, don't!" Enus tried to stop me, but it was too late. I was so close to a phantom that hitting it with my arrow was impossible.

The creature screamed and rushed toward me to dig its teeth in my arm. I didn't have time to react or think about reacting, it happened in a blink of an eye and the next thing I saw was Allie getting her sword with the same speed and the creature's head on the ground. What just happened!?

There's no word that can express that unbearable pain. I felt like losing my breath for a second, but managed to get myself together. "Thanks, Allie." I tried to say.

"Uh," she nodded hesitantly. "It's nothing."

"Other phantoms will be here so soon." I said looking at the others. However, they took their positions already.

I did my best to keep myself together. I cut a piece from my hood to cover the wound and stop the bleeding and looked back at the kids, they were holding their weapons with concerned gazes on me. I shouldn't distract them this way.

I took my last breath to rise up, having my weapon in my hands as well and shooting the first creature that appeared.

Once they turned to ash, I told my warriors. "Phantoms are everywhere, we got to separate _two in every spot and three on the east."

"I'm coming with you." Jed said running to stand by my side.

"Alright, guys. We've a great battle now. Xeno and Chan, I need you to be in the north.

Allie, Judith and Enus, east please. Jed and I will attack on south."

The forest was in the west, so it'd be clean.

"Do you think you can carry on in this situation?" Jed asked when we took or places.

I looked at my arm. "It's fine, not a big deal."

Though the messed up situation and the great pain I had, I was really, really satisfied.

Being there holding my bow and arrow and Shooting phantoms, it gave me sense of power and control. The Diana in this parallel world isn't the same as the one in the original, she's someone else.

These kind of thoughts gave me more powers and more energy. I could barely feel any soreness, so I grabbed my bow and hit all phantoms that came across me. Jed was on some tree shooting the flying ones. Truly, this boy's skills were some other level, he was shooting better than me.. More like a robot.

I stepped on the last phantom's skull, turning it to ash. There were more, but I had to check the others. Allie and her group were doing just great, but Chan and Xeno were struggling, Chan almost got her arm eaten up as well, so I shot the phantom that attacked her before reaching her.