Vaeludar sighed. He placed an arm around Marina and nudged her tightly close to him. The Siren was caught by surprise by Vaeludar’s tight grip and it made her feel quite happier when she was this close to him.
The hybrid flew out of the window, into the sky, and soared back to the ground. Vaeludar headed for the village’s central street. He saw the crowds running and in a complete panic. People were running into their homes and Vaeludar and Marina were the only people out in the open.
“Ah, did we miss a firework show?” asked Marina.
“There you are,” shouted Flavius’s voice.
Vaeludar saw Flavius, Wonomi, Monico, and Galvin running up to him; the Griffin was flying overhead. His companions were joining up with him with their weapons at the ready.
“What’s going on here?” asked Vaeludar.
“What do you mean?” asked Flavius. “There’s a raiding party coming from the south. What have you been doing all morning?”
“Staying close to the sleeping Siren,” answered Vaeludar. “I didn’t want to leave my future wife hanging on a bed alone.”
“Then don’t dangle when there’s a horn blowing… wait, what? What did you say?”
“I’ll tell you more when this raiding party is annihilated and out the door.”
Vaeludar looked to the south entrance of the village and saw a large dust cloud rising in the air like smoke rising from a burning fire. He flapped his wings and soared into the sky and looked to what was coming. With his hybrid eyes, he saw a horde of Hobgoblins coming to the village. He gasped at this sight. From what he saw, the village had no soldiers defend the villagers.
Vaeludar thought they had lost the Hobgoblins through the mountain border. It seemed the Hobgoblins were right on their trail and a small army of them were coming and they were ready to fight. He and his companions were outnumbered; they would be killed in a heartbeat.
However, with his new profound power, he could wipe them all out before the village could suffer a massacre. Having new power at his side by slipping the gauntlet on in the crumbling cave, Vaeludar would be able to stop the hobgoblins way before they could reach the village. And from the looks, there came at least two hundred of them.
After taking a quick observation, Vaeludar soared back to the ground to rejoin the others on the ground. “Well, remember the Hobgoblins we met back in the mountains? They have managed to follow us here for some reason. And it may have been Lusìvar who had lured them here.”
“Then we must ready for battle!” shouted Flavius.
“No one will need to do that!” shouted Vaeludar.
“Wait? No one? No one!? There is a large horde of hobgoblins. I thought we would lose them on the mountain borders, but they do have a reputation of having strong noses picking up the smells wherever they go. And you’re ordering us not to fight?!”
“Did see what the villagers are now? They don’t have any soldiers here, and they aren’t military trained like you guys. This would end up becoming a massacre before they could kill a Hobgoblin. And we are outnumbered, Flavius. Just leave everything to me.”
“Wait! You’re going off alone?” asked Marina.
Vaeludar nodded.
“If I can fight a giant monster with my own power and help from a now-dead White Knight, I’ll do this on my own. And this would give me a chance to see what new strength I have at my command, my lovely future siren wife.” Vaeludar turned and placed the Crystal Sword in his tail and gave it to Flavius to hold on to. “And hold onto this for me, will you, Flavius?”
“Wait! What do you mean by ‘future Siren wife,’ Vaeludar? Do you mean…?”
Before Vaeludar answered, he made a dash toward the horde of Hobgoblins, leaving behind a cloud of dust rising into the air. His strength of his take off made him jump forward in one step on the ground. The hybrid placed his right hand in front of him and it ignited a marvelous bright, crimson flame. He flapped his wings and began to lift his feet from the ground.
His flying took him off the ground and he aimed for the center front of the Hobgoblin horde. Through his takeoff speed at the blast of one foot jump, Vaeludar plowed through the front ranks of the evil creatures. He buried his feet into the ground and stopped dead center of the horde.
He took out a large amount of Hobgoblins while he was flying through the front ranks. He estimated he took out about fifty of them.
Now he was standing in front of a bunch of them pointing their spears at him. They surrounded him like a pack of wolves cornering their prey. However, they didn’t have the knowledge of Vaeludar’s new strength let alone that his skin that couldn’t be pierced.
But Vaeludar wasn’t planning on being cut by their sharp blades; he couldn’t take his skin being impenetrable for granted.
He knew well enough weapons were forged from different metals. There could be a potential metal that could penetrate through his dragonlike skin, and he wasn’t going to find out. Vaeludar snapped fingers once on both hands and two explosions erupted in front of the little creatures pointing their weapons at the hybrid.
Smoke clouds rose from the two exploding surprises, making Vaeludar himself disappear in the rising clouds. He used this to his advantage and jumped to a different spot. He pounded hard on five more Hobgoblins and whipped his tail four feet outward. He spun his tail in a full complete circle, whipping any hobgoblin in its path.
Then after he was done spinning his tail, what creatures he didn’t whip went dashing toward him. Before Vaeludar could have himself be bombarded, he sent out a bolt of lightning from his hands. This bolting power blazed into the crowd of the small hobgoblins. Heart pounding, Vaeludar sent out a blaze of sapphire lightning to all his surrounding enemies.
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