Tales of the Supremes 50 SLINGSHO

"Th...that's the alert sound. Everyone hurry up to the evacuation place," one of the elders in the restaurant shouted.

"It's from north!" Laz fell into dazed. His face was ashen white as if no blood circulated throughout his body. "M..my br..brother. My....m..other!" He staggered backward. It took him a great effort to head out.

"Laz!" Kalipsi called his name.

Looking back, Laz saw the three, composed. "I'm going out first. You three stay here." Laz hurriedly dashed out. 'I need to go there in time. Little brother! Mother! Be safe.' He thought while his tears were threatening to come out.

Oblivious to his knowledge, three young men followed behind.

Arriving at the skirt of the city, Laz could clearly hear a battle ahead. He gritted his teeth as he hurriedly dashed forward.

Having near his distance, a view of the Family's army fighting a hoard of beast was clear to see.

He did not stay longer and head northeast.

Though the beasts were packed on the North side, there were some beasts roaming at his direction.

"Wind slash!" Laz shouted as gusts of wind circling him and form sharp waves assaulted the E beasts that surrounded him.

The E beasts fell dead. As a warrior, E beasts was just so-so to him.

"Not enough!" More beasts had gathered. 'I need to get there.' He swung his sword with all his might not bothering his energy that was slowly depleting. Perspiration was visible to his forehead.

Not expecting D beasts to surround him, Laz did not even have a second thoughts of backing off.

His family was out there. He didn't know if they are safe, so how could Laz give up.

A D beast in front of him opened it's mouth to showcase its fangs. The D beasts look like dogs.

The D beast pounced at him. Laz used his sword to blocked its open mouth ready to eat him.

Laz could feel the other two D beasts nearing him.

'Shit!' Laz tried his to way out, but his sword was stuck to the beast mouth restraining his movements.

Suddenly, powerful earthly energy enveloped the surrounding as the beasts fell dead altogether.

Laz still rooted to his feet. 'What just happened?'

Baffled, he turned around and saw Kalipsi, emitting the same energy, smiling at him. "It's better this way than you alone, right?"

Laz cleared his throat and slowly absorbed the events.

The energy came from him!

"Thank you. I owe you again." Laz was going to say more when Kalipsi interrupted him saying, "No need for pleasantries. Right now, we need to save them first." Kalipsi pointed the northeast direction. Seeing the desperate action of Laz earlier, Kalipsi deduced that someone important to him where in a dire situation.

Before he could do something, Tala already followed suit.

They were observing him, waiting to strike if needed.

Laz nodded. They continue their way ahead.

While they were fighting the beasts, Tala was just following them not having any intention to help. In Laz's view, he didn't bother to anything around, but Tala keeps observing the surrounding if there were bigger anomaly around. Activating her Holy Eagle Eyesight using earthly energy, he can only manage to see a kilometer ahead clearly. Her eyes landed on a small place were a bunch of people running in panic as they were surrounded by beasts already. Blood flows to the warriors as they defended those that were weaker than them.

"Hand over any long range weapon," Tala demanded.

"Laz, hand it over. Hurry!" Kalipsi resounded. He doesn't have any long range weapon, so he decided to look for one in Laz belongings.

"I have a slingshot here." Laz threw the slingshot with crude stones to Tala. 'So, he uses long-range weapons, but it was just a slingshot. Wait...Didn't he bought a bow?'

Tala pulled the string and loaded five stones in it in one go. She loosened the gripped and five stones shot out at a lightning speed to a far distance.

"_" Laz

Laz almost fell unto the ground. 'Why he was shooting to nowhere? The beasts were in front of us.' He was going to cry but no tears. He felt a little depressed seeing Tala's shooting far distance towards the north.

He couldn't even see were the stones landed.

Opposite to what his reaction, Kalipsi, and Uno looked at each other in amazement.

Now, we see another side of Tala. The duo smiled simultaneously.

Instead of minding Tala's business, he kept on slashing the beasts as they move forward.

On the small village, the warriors keep pushing their limits to buy time for their beloved one to escape.

'Hurry up. This way.' One of the bloody warriors shouted.

The beasts keep pouncing at them till the warriors were almost exhausted.

'Everyone, hang out a little bit. The Family's armies are sure will be here at any moment.' Another warrior gave his advise.

The beasts came together. The warriors in defend got a bad premonition about it.

As they thought, the beasts pounced together. They don't have a chance. The beasts were more powerful and they have already depleted their energy. Though they already know the outcome, they didn't give up and keep their stand.

Expecting their deaths, they didn't anticipate something happened that saved their lives.

The beasts fell dead unexpectedly. And another, then another till there are no more beasts alive in the area.

The people found themselves dumbfounded to the anomaly.

One of the warriors gathered his courage and inspect the beast.

He stabbed the beast in front of him to make sure it was dead already.

Noticing no movements, the warrior heaved a sigh of relief.

He began to inspect the beast and notice a hole on its forehead that passed through its backhead.

The warrior tilted his head in confusion.

Feeling exhausted, they finally arrived at the small village.

Laz was baffled to the lying beasts that welcomed their sight. But he had no time to inspect how they died as he rushed towards their home. He saw his mother sleeping soundly while his little brother was hugging their mother in fright. Crying.

A dead beast was lying next to them.

Laz hugged him tight as he said, "It's okay now. Big Brother was here." The little boy halted his sobbing and hugged his big brother. The little boy calmed down. "Big brother, that beast barged in and forcefully destroyed the wall." The little boy explained.

"It's okay now." Laz caressed his hair. Noticing that his little brother had calmed down, he inspected the dead beast and was surprised to what he discovered. The beast has a small hole in its forehead passing through the back of its head.

Killed by one shot.

He then looked at the wall where an stuck stone drenched with blood was there. The opposite wall has a hole that exactly resemble the crude stone.

'What!?' Laz subconsciously looked at Tala in confusion. Tala was just standing beside the door.

"Let's go. There were many beasts that will come for sure." Uno hurriedly fetched the little boy. Laz get a cart and lay his mother there as they went back to the city. Everyone in the village followed them.

Two of the wounded warriors volunteered to take care of the cart so that Laz could fight as they couldn't.

Laz led the way slashing beasts that get in their way while Kalipsi and Uno supporting him. 'This two young men really aren't ordinary. I am already exhausted but these two felt more energized. The other one shot from afar.' Laz thought as he surveyed the three.

Arriving at the barracks where the wounded and saved civilians were, Laz heaved a sigh of relief.

There were Family's armies guarding the barracks.

"Little brother, take care of our mother. I will just help the other," Laz patted his head.

"Be careful big brother." Saz hugged him tight before he let his big brother go.

"I will." Laz waved his hand as he goes further away from the barracks.

The trio looked at each other and nodded in silent.

Though they were just tasked to overlook a selection since they were already there, why not lend their hands?

They followed Laz.

Chapter end