The more the group fought, the more of the mysterious creatures came out. They were incredibly outnumbered and it appeared as if a tiny army surrounded them in the forest with hundreds staring down at them from every angle within the forest. The numbers were so vast that they began to chip away at Zenta's blockade and digging through the earth before them to try and get to the Beast and Bernkastel.
"Oh my, this is getting out of hand... I sense so many around us. Their numbers surpass the hundreds." Zenta said. "We need to end this quickly or we will need to put forth more effort in destroying these things."
As Zenta finished his sentence, all the Breakers were surrounded by what looked like hundreds of enemies. The forest trees hid their true numbers but there was no escape for the Breakers. Even if they decide to fly, the enemy would ambush them in the treetops. As the leader continued to let out battle cries, more and more continued to rush in. The space the Breakers had in order to fight was now getting limited.
As the giant creature took the mess of mini explosions from Avalon's attack followed by Berserk's plasma attack, he stumbled back with no indication of pain on his stone-like face. Yet, the damage on his body proved otherwise. The creature looked down at his growing crack on his abdomen and quickly stared back at Spina, rushing directly towards the blast. There was a large explosion upon the collision and smoke blew debris everywhere. As the smoke started to clear, loud stomping noises were heard. Hidden within the smoke was the monster who dashed to Spina and tackled him with his shoulder. The impact sent Spina flying back. The crack grew larger and larger until he looked as if his entire body would literally crack in two.
It turned its sights to Berserk and Avalon who returned to her side. Angry at the fact that these two managed to do a lot of damage to it, the creature let out a loud roar that echoed for miles across the forest. His body started to morph and bulk up, appearing larger and far more threatening and gross. The number of muscles it added blocked out its neck and forced it to stand on its knuckles. Two large spikes sprouted from the side of its head, making it resemble a bull in both appearance and strength. Without warning, it instantly rushed on all fours towards Avalon and Berserk.
Instinctively, Avalon placed himself in front of Berserk in an attempt to protect her before being impaled in the chest by the monster. He was dragged on the floor before ripped off the horns of the creature before being slammed against the ground repeatedly and violently. He slammed his massive arms on top of the ninja's body, each time a sickening snap was heard over and over until finally, the elf laid motionless on the floor. The way the man pulverized Avalon's now mangled corpse was overkill to say the least. It turned to Berserk and exhaled loudly through its nose as he approached her and lifted one arm above his head.
"For the Red--"
Before it finished speaking, the crack that spread across its body quickly shot up towards its face and snapped its entire body in half vertically just like a piece of chiseled marble. Both halves of the creature turned into puffs of smoke before hitting the ground and left behind the crystalized Coin they all seem to leave behind. As soon as the leader perished all the other creatures stopped attacking almost instantaneously to stare at where their leader was last standing. There was a silence that lasted several seconds before the creatures stared at the Breakers. Suddenly, they all turned away and ran back to the forest in a frenzy, if not fear. With the leader gone, they lost all morale and retreated back to the safety of the forest.
All the Breakers were safe, at least for now. Every crystalized Coin (except the leader) also disappeared with the enemy, stolen, and gone from sight. In less than just a couple of seconds, everything was back to normal, as if nothing was ever there.
"They retreated?" Zenta pointed out as he carefully released Bernkastel. "Looks like you will not have to expend any energy on the enemy, Lady Bernkastel. Same for you, Sir Cross." He kept by Bernkastel's side as he erected his ears above his head. "They are still running away from us. Beating the leader appears to have scared them away. Well, I believe we can rest easy now, ohoho~"
Still, they were incredibly weak... I think Bernkastel's magic would have been overkill. Speaking of which...
Zenta bowed his head humbly to Bernkastel.
"Are you alright, my Lady? Your cries have me worried..."
As Avalon's corpse laid in a bloody mess, it started to melt into water before seeping into the ground and disappearing from sight. In a twist of events, a voice rang out from behind Berserk.
"Man, good thing I wasn't there to get that massive beating, I would've been toast!"
Standing upside down from a tree branch was Avalon who watched his water clone disappear, completely unharmed. He dropped from the tree and walked to where his clone was beaten to death and placed his hands behind his head.
"Yeesh, I'm happy my water clones don't feel any pain but I can't say it didn't hurt to watch myself get pulverized like that." Avalon fixed his scarf before turning to Berserk. "Anywho, we did great, huh Berserk?"
"T-They're gone..?" The child looked at the area the Breakers were fighting in. "Whoa... cool. Hey, we should check up on them. ...And I know you guys were looking for me and my friend. I'll explain everything to you guys if you want."
