Chapter 37: Pests: Part Two
Axel swung his mighty axe and hit one of the flying creatures in the face as it buzzed towards him. He already used his throwing axes, and instead of using his shield, he kept it on his back, swinging his axe around, kept them all at bay. He took on three at a time, diminishing them all in one swipe.
Only one bug got the jump on him earlier, making him fall to the ground, but since then, he was impenetrable. Glancing to his side, he saw Ronan taking on a few as well, and on the other side, he saw Evanna and Ger finish a weird looking creature before they parted.
His shoulders relaxed; he did not realise he was tense until he saw Evanna safe. Axel felt his heart stop when he saw her fall into that hole, and an ugly beast of a centipede came out. He had grown fond of the girl; she was like a little sister to him. But he tended to remind himself that she was a princess, although she never acted like one, yet the air around her commanded respect, proving to people that she was someone of importance. Which did not help when they were on the road. His head snapped back to a beetle that appeared in front of him; he raised his axe and slammed it down on top of it.
Evanna ran in the opposite direction to Ger after helping her with the weird slimy creature that attacked her. Out of the corner of her eye, she could see a few of them making their way towards the horses. How many of these things were there!? Glancing back in front of her, she skidded to a stop where a flying black insect appeared. It swiped its two spiked arms towards her, which she narrowly dodged, rolling to the side.
As she stood up again, her eyes widened; it was nearly on top of her. Before she could raise her swords, it grabbed her, clamping its arms around her; Evanna felt herself being lifted off the floor as its wing’s started buzzing. Her arms were stuck by her side, she looked up to its head to see there were two long, sharp mandibles opening, and it brought its head down towards her. Before it could snap its jaws over her own head, she managed to manoeuvre both swords into its stomach.
It shrieked before releasing her from its iron grip; Evanna landed hard on her bottom, followed by the creature that now lay dead by her side. Standing up quickly, she bounced on the balls of her feet, anticipating the next attack. Her heart was thumping loudly, adrenaline pumped through her veins as she assessed her surroundings.
Evanna suddenly remembered some of the flying creatures making their way to their horses; she started running in that direction again. Her eyes widened as she saw three of them already carrying one of the horses away, her heart clenched at the sight. Glancing back down to what was in front of her, she saw Midknight on his two back hooves as he kicked forwards at another creature. The other horses were behind him. Her stallion always a knight.
She saw red. Anger consumed her as she saw it swipe down towards Midknight again. A mighty battle cry left her lips as she ran even quicker towards them,
"GET AWAY FROM MY HORSE!" She screamed before sinking her swords into the back of the creature.
It fell to the ground, its wings twitching before finally stopping; Midknight huffed at her, telling her she took her sweet time. Pouting, she walked closer and stroked his neck, then sighed in content; he was alive. She brought her forehead to his, apologising for her late appearance, then turned around, ready to defend the horses.
But from the looks of it, the fighting seemed to be nearly over, there were countless bodies on the floor and hardly any creatures left. The ones that were still with them hovered nearby, their wings still making loud buzzing sounds. It looks like they did not expect such a fight from their breakfast.