Ari (Child of the Beastman Goddess)

A moment before a near death experience felt like eternity, but my mind couldn’t grasp what to do. My heart was pounding fast as I saw everything in slow motion.

I can only leave everything to fate as I close my eyes.

“Arie!!!” Ayla screamed as soon as she regained consciousness from my call and pulled her father with her power, then released herself from the chains of restrictions.

She dashed towards me and hugged me. She tried to heal my wounds as she kissed my forehead.

“Ayla!!! Let me kill her and complete your power,” Sephtis howled.

“No!!! She’s the source of my existence!!! You will go over me before you could kill her!” she ticked off as she attacked him with a spear.

He kept evading our attacks and threw us away a few times.

“You don’t need her!!! Your power will be greater once she’s gone,” he growled.

“You’re wrong! She can, but not me!” she retorted furiously.

I placed a restraint on him similar as I did before and placed a multiple layer of restrictions, but his shadows kept blocking our attacks for him.

“You are a fool to believe their words. You are the true heir to the throne!” he grumbled.

“No! I’ve long despised the throne, let alone being your daughter!” she screamed in disagreement.

“Give up, now!” I roared as I shot an arrow towards him.

“You are in the Abyss. You are no match with my shadows,” he sneered as he blocked my arrow despite being restrained.

He suddenly broke free and attacked me while shoving away his daughter.© 2024 Nôv/el/Dram/a.Org.

I ran for my life and dodged all his attacks until I reached the Abyssal Lake where the shadows surrounded me.

Ayla rushed towards me and pulled me away as she shoved a stone in my mouth that I unconsciously swallowed.

“Why…” I asked in confusion.

She grinned and kicked me away at a distance so we could dodge the shadows, but Sephtis got near me and was about to hit me with his claws. It’s hard to dodge, I haven’t regained my balance yet.

I instinctively spread my wings to protect my life, sacrificing my left wing.

“Ah!!!” I shrieked in pain as I felt my wing break and tear to pieces.

Ayla threw a spear on her father’s arm that stabbed through his flesh and bone.

“Argh!!!” he howled as the spear disappeared and left a hole in his arm.

He faltered back in pain as his blood gushed out from his wound.

Ayla looked horrified as her gaze landed on me. She dashed to my direction and tried to heal me, but she couldn’t-we’ve already used up almost all our powers.

“Don’t heal me..,” I mumbled as her father approached us furiously.

I drew a sword and a shield and fought with him head on as Ayla attacked him from the back where the shadows worked at his convenience refraining Ayla to inflict any damage.

I focused my attack on his right hand where he obtained an injury, but he was so tough. My shields shattered at every hit, causing me to draw shields simultaneously.

“Argh! Curse of the Abyss-” he charged, but Ayla managed to pierce her sword through his right shoulder.

“Not now, Father,” she scoffed, causing him to snap and release his power that threw me and Ayla away.

Ayla used the wall to divert her direction and attacked forward to her father with a spear in her hand.

I drew my bow and arrows to aim a shot as he grabbed Ayla’s body with his monstrous hands and pinned her down.

“Such a nuisance!” he growled as he grabbed Ayla’s head and constrained her.

I shot my blazing arrow and aimed it at his neck-it punctured through the shadows shielding him, burning it with its flame as it punctured through his flesh. It managed to burn the right part of his neck before it disappeared, causing him to falter as the gush of blood rushed out from his wound.

“Argh! Such a pest!!!” he howled and let go of Ayla.

He charged with all his might, as he dashed to my direction at a fast phase. I tried to run, but he caught my foot and swung me to the wall and the floor consecutively.

I had to use my power to protect myself from the impact, but it’s hard to keep up.

“No!!! Arie!!!” Ayla screamed as she broke free from her father’s restrictions and drew a sword to slash his back, causing him to loosen his grip on my foot and jolted in pain.

I ran away as fast as I could, panting as I went, not minding the restricting pain all over my body.

I turned around and shot another arrow aiming to his core, despite my sight being blurry while he was still regaining his posture and poured all my remaining energy as I released the arrow.

He managed to dodge though it punctured his left arm, inflicting burns and open wounds on his flesh before it disappeared.

He faltered, but dodged Ayla’s sudden attack as he kicked her on her stomach, throwing her to the wall.

I tried to protect her with my power, but it already ran out as I stumbled down to the ground. My form changed to passive and I could hardly move as I crawled backwards, trembling in disbelief and fright.

“How…” I mumbled as I gasped and breathed heavily with cold sweat from the numbing pain of my injuries.

He walked near Ayla, who has also transformed back to her passive form.

“Hah! What a pain..,” he mumbled as he called the shadow to restrict his unconscious daughter.

He walked near and mumbled, but I couldn’t hear his words as I saw the shadows slowly emerging from the ground. I tried to run, but it caught my feet and arms.

“Hahaha! Right! That’s the face I’ve been looking for. Your horrified and disgusted look..,” he sneered as he walked near.

“Dylan…” I mumbled in fright.

“My dear… My power is yours,” said the voice in my head as the crest on my chest glistened, enabling me to regain some strength allowing me to free myself from Sephtis’ grasp.

I ran towards Ayla and tried to wake her up, but as soon as she opened her eyes. I felt the sensation of Sephtis’ claws piercing my back.

I felt my flesh torn and bones crashed as I briefly blacked out in pain and shut my eyes.

My life flashed before my eyes as my heart pounded fast in fright as I mumbled, “No, I can’t…”