25 Chapter 25

Nobody answered Quickstep. The charging group continued its assault. The first to arrive and throw a hit on Quickstep was the leader. He has a spear on his hands which was discharging freezing breezes that made the atmosphere turned to negative degrees.

The hot rays of the sun were negated. What replaced it was the biting cold from that icy spear. The leader thrust his spear towards the unarmed Quickstep.

"Can we just talk, friends?! This is a misunderstanding! Make love! Not hate!" Quickstep shouted to convince the humans before him. He did not lose hope. But his cries fell to deaf ears as the one which greeted him in response was the sharp point of the spear.

Quickstep held his right arm around his chest and his shield materialized to block the incoming spear point. Spear vs Shield. It was a stalemate. The shockwaves of the clash between weapons uprooted the large kauri tree below them. It turned into an ice statue first before it broke into pieces.

"Bouncing balls!" Quickstep was frightened after witnessing the melted tree. Its pieces liquefied and soaked to the ground. A large kauri tree disappeared, just like that. Although Quickstep had destroyed two forests before, this was different.

He hid behind that tree. It sheltered him. It was like his home. Now it was gone. Even traces of its roots were no more.

"Run!" Quickstep thought. It was a natural defense reaction of a panicking individual. He was an ant, more so would be the case for him. He backed away from the spear and the man that held it. Quickstep's wings took him away from that fearful confrontation.

"Seal his escape routes men!" the leader commanded towards his men. True to his words, Quickstep has been led into an enclosure. The leader was only the bait and his soldiers were the real trap. Quickstep had a panic attack. He couldn't count the humans who were chasing him. They were legion, he thought.

"Hahaha! Let me see you catch me now, humans!" Quickstep was about to command the system to change him into Mister Unseen to escape from this whole mess but he paused. He thought about his family and his mission. He was here already. Only an army between him and that murderer.

"Would I give up when I am already this close? No!" Quickstep hardened his resolve to complete his vengeance no matter what. He raised his left hand and the fallen sword reappeared on his grasp.

"You want to fight?! I will give you a fight you will never forget! For justice!" Quickstep roared as he engaged his foes. Spells were flying all over the place. Their target, the lone figure in the middle. One group was supporting the front lines of the team.

They cast long distance spells of ice and fire into Quickstep. The shield could easily block all damage thrown at him. If he would charge towards the back group, the front line soldiers would intercept him. The most troublesome one was the leader.

He was the strongest in the army and it showed in this war. It was a battle of attrition.