Chapter 52: The Reaper of Helfri (3)
The reaper twirls the scythe around in its arms before charging towards Artemis, free from any other distractions for the time being.
Even with this kind of change happening it won’t mean the loss of this battle, I will prevail through this no matter what. I’ve come a long way in this journey and have gotten stronger with each battle.
Clash!!!! His scythe smashes against Artemis’s blade as stares right into his eyes. "Do you really want to be enslaved forever?" He asks with a bit of curiosity in his voice as the scythe pushes against his sword harder.
I don’t know what made him decide to ask that kind of question but I’m not going to let it distract me from the battle. It was probably some sort of tactic to catch me off guard, just it hit close to home.
No one’s really known much about my family or that we were slaves for Amelia’s family from the beginning. They’ve always treated us right and even now Amelia is by my side in the right ways.
She’s not let me down since we’ve been traveling together... So the least I can do is protect her from the dangers of the world. Preventing people like this from killing the innocent, not that all the noble families are but that doesn’t matter.
Artemis just ignores the reaper and presses his blade harder against the scythe while trying to break through the defense. Feeling his heart beating out his chest as he listens to the sound of the skeletons breaking.
His shadows were easily handling them so he just needed to buy a bit of time just like the reaper did.
I could feel everything around me clear as day, the nice breeze that passes by as I continue to clash with the reaper, the blue skies above us that I swear were covered by dark clouds, and I can even feel the death that lingers in the air.