The Earth After Rebirth

Even when he could tell where the creature would land, he was still simply to slow to land any attacks on it. It had yet to attack them, like it was playing with its food before it devoured them whole.

Kiro promised himself to never feel like this a dozen time over. But it seems once in a while, he encounters something that makes him remember hopelessness, and it was a game no less. He took solace in that, that this wasn\'t real, it was just a game.

Out there he wouldn\'t feel like this, even if it came knocking he would refuse it. Out there he had a little power, though out there didn\'t mean anything now, in the face of this man dog.

"Do you reckon this is the king or god of this mountain?" Saanvi asked.

"Please, no more from you." Kiro simply said.

He knew Saanvi speaking didn\'t actualise anything but at that moment, it seemed like her mouth was cursed. He didn\'t want to have to deal with this god, ontop of the monster in front of them.

Saanvi smiled dryly. A vein popped on her temple. With just that single sentence, she understood what Kiro was trying to convey and she didn\'t appreciate it.

The thing continued to taunt them with its speed. Kiro had brought in lightning, he\'d brought in whirlwind, vibrations to stun the thing, absolutely nothing worked.

Isla and Ursa originally attacked with mana arrows, even with their enhanced shooting they missed. Nothing landed, so they defaulted back into regular arrows which made no difference. They didn\'t want to run out of mana, they figured their comrades wouldn\'t do much if the creature decided to taste their comatose bodies.

"If nothing works, then I guess I\'ll go all out."

Everybody looked at him strangely. They had been doing their best up until this point, now they find out Kiro was not even doing his best. It was something they didn\'t want to admit.

Kiro focused on his essence, within him. He could see it, a thin thread split into three. Out of nowhere, he brought Ryu above him and with much strength hit the ground with the other end.

Then, Kiro\'s doubles appeared. Each with Ryu on their hands. Though they\'d seen it before they still gasped in shock, when they did, it was behind a screen, seeing it live was even more amazing.

In a matter of seconds they couldn\'t tell who was the original. The trick was, there was no original or copy. They were all him, they were one thing split into three powerful beings.

The creature in front of them stopped moving for a while. Watching, wary of the new development but when it realised that they all had the same strength it made a very raspy sound. Which they all assumed was laughter.

All Kiro\'s disappeared from where they were. One appeared where the creature was, he\'d obviously dodged to another point but another Kiro was there to welcome him with open arms.

With vibrations, they could almost predict where he\'d go next, so when he once again disappeared. He was met with a bending kick from the third Kiro on the other side.

He flew to the nearby rocks, stopping himself just in time before he crashed into them. He was also on his feet, he touched the spot was kicked at with gentle care, as gentle as claws could do.

"Hahaha haha. Good. Good. This is exciting. It\'s no fun eating meat you didn\'t work hard for. Food always tastes better when it\'s hunted." The creature commented, its voice cold and piercing.

"Oh great. It speaks. What the hell are you guys waiting for? He\'s not invincible, I got him once I can do it again." Kiro bellowed.

This awoken his comrades from a slumber they didn\'t know they were in. Arrows flew, Swords clanked. Nikolai moved with the wind, using the the very thinly layered shadows to move around, hoping to also land a hit. .net

Felix knew this was beyond him so he settled to being a healer this time, which made him angry more than anything. He was stuck with Saanvi under Ishaan\'s barrier.

The people in the triangle formation wouldn\'t get much action unless the creature came to them. They didn\'t have speed to chase it around, so they simply waited for the opportunity they doubted would come.

The only people who went after it hard were the three Kiro\'s and Nikolai. The two people who fought well at close quarters and the people whose speed was more than they could dream of.

The four of them didn\'t just have to catch the creature they also had to dodge the arrows that would miss it and came for them instead.

Kiro wanted to yell at them to aim better but they didn\'t have vibrations, they didn\'t have a skill that could let the predict, so he kept it shut.

The creature was utterly amused, until he wasn\'t anymore. Kiro didn\'t know what else to do, so he pulled the same strategy and seemed to get him every time. Only this time, a few arrows would reach him and soon after Nikolai.

Nikolai was right in front of it when Kiro sense a change in its vibrations, it was clear to him then, while they were using everything in their arsenal, it wasn\'t. Its power quickly rose.

"Nikolai, get out of there." He screamed at the top of his lungs.

The warning would\'ve been enough if they were facing something normal, the words got to him sooner but moving was the difficult part.

The creature swiped its claws, a gash appeared on his chest soon after. It had tore through the armour and through his skin. White and red were visible as he disappeared into another shadow, appearing right next to Kiro then collapsing.