Pov Vanessa:
The afternoon of the 4th day of the Monster Wave.
I was healing a few dozen people who had just been brought to me by one of Athena’s friends.
After 4 days of battles, either during the day or during the night, everyone was tired, but luckily the number of monsters remained the same, so far only 8 people have died, which is already a victory considering the thousands of people fighting.
Those who died had either already used the lifesaver bracelet or had their arms ripped off during combat dying before they had a chance for the item to activate. .𝓬ℴ𝓶
Unfortunately, we don’t have time for funeral ceremonies during this Monster Wave, so the best I can do is guard the bodies while we wait for things to calm down.
“How do you feel about fighting alongside these people you were taught to kill before?” (I)
“I don’t know…” (Athena)
“I understand how hard it is to see a new reality so different from what you grew up believing, so just keep seeing it with your own eyes.” (I)
“Now go, in this kind of situation every second counts to save lives.” (I)
“…” (Athena)
I’ve waited until Athena brings in some wounded to see how she is, I see a lot of myself in Athena, I understand what she’s going through, and I also see how she spends her time watching others, I know the reason for this but I don’t have sure if she herself knows why she does it.
What I just talked to her about is to look at her reactions, I want to see if she’s ready to make her decisions without being influenced by momentary things.
Maybe at the end of this Monster Wave is a good time to have a conversation with her.
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In the middle of the night, hundreds of people were brought to me, some were carrying their own limbs, others had big cuts on their bodies and others had their bodies pierced by some kind of blade.
I didn’t have time to think about why and Irina as well as other people with healing abilities rush to join me.
“< Blood Renewal Field >” (I)
“< Barrier of Recovery >” (Irina)
“< Circle of Life >” (Yara)
I use a spell to speed up blood production and prevent sanitation in a large area around me, seeing what I did Irina supplement with a spell that heals continuously using a magic crystal as a power source, and out of nowhere High Priestess Yara of the Temple of Life appears casting its magic that accelerates the natural healing process of those within the designated area.
With these preparations ready I begin to tend to those in the worst condition, I start by saving those on the brink of death, then I help those who have lost their limbs to put them back in place and lastly I treat the less serious cases.
Irina was of great help as he also knows healing spells, but the one who helped the most was High Priestess Yara, everything related to life is the specialty of her religion being deeply studied, healing being one of the main fields of study, she was even quicker than me to reattach people’s limbs.
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When it was almost dawn I had already finished all the treatments, it took me all night because more and more injured people kept showing up.
When I finally finished treating everyone, it was when I asked about what had happened to nearly a thousand people coming to me in a single night covered in injuries, dismembered, or nearly dead.
In the end, it was a Nymph who answered me, as soon as I heard her story I understood everything.
A very rare monster appeared and it wasn’t alone, it was a Shadow Assassin, actually 4 of them.
These monsters have ethereal bodies made of shadows, their upper body has a humanoid silhouette, but their lower body is just a black mist.
They do not have a mouth, they feed on the energy of their victims, and they make shadow constructs like claws or large blades from their arms.
They are immune to physical attacks, plus they are silent and their presence is so faint that they are almost impossible to feel.
These monsters, even the first generation ones, are very intelligent, they hide in the shadows and inconspicuously approach their enemies by hiding in the dark.
The weakest are of the Lower Catastrophe Grade, they are monsters that are normally alone and avoid being in groups, from what Nymph told me about what happened, these 4 Shadow Assassins were acting separately while killing or trying to kill people on our side.
The Nymph who was one of the last to be brought in had lost one of her hands, but soon a new one will grow as she is a Nymph, it will only take a few weeks.
The Nymph told me that Irius killed one of these monsters with a blade of light, érica used her cursed purple fire to kill another one, and Angela who is Athena’s friend killed another one with her light magic.
It seems that Ibuki fought the 4? Shadow Assassin but wasn’t able to kill him, but that doesn’t surprise me as her elemental affinity is shadows.
This monster’s weakness is the light element, but in this case, it seems that the one who killed him was Athena who was already hunting these monsters after all those attacks.
Thanks to these 4 wretched monsters 41 people died, more of them could have died if not for the lifesaving bracelets.
Unfortunately, this also means that these people have already used this miraculous item, so they won’t get another chance if they’re at death’s door.
After I took care of everyone, I looked in the direction of the World Tree, that’s because the barrier that hid the World Tree disappeared and we can finally see the World Tree from where we are at the village gates.
I was speechless looking at this multicolored flame on its branches at the height of the clouds, this sight would be magnificent if it weren’t for the dark spots all over the World Tree’s body.
I know my dad and the others are there, but I myself wanted to be there for him in case he needs healing, which is almost always necessary.