Helanie:
"I think this is dumb," Sydney kept complaining while the others grabbed their weapons.
The ones with swords would go after the glims, and the ones with crossbows and bows would attack the glimard. That ant Sage, Rudy, and I would be on the rooftop.
"Will this be enough?" Gavin ran toward us, putting down the alcohol on the stairs. We were hiding behind the rooftop door.
"Yeah, I hope so," Sage sighed before she started to tighten a piece of cloth and wrap it around her arrow.
We had three people helping us prepare bows. I had my crossbow with .
On the count of three, I jumped in front of the door and launched a fire arrow at the glimard.
The wind howled around , cold and sharp like a thousand knives. The arrow cut through the icy wind and struck the monster’s arm. The flas hissed against the ice, lting part of it. The monster roared, shaking off the fire, but I was already launching another arrow.
"It’s working," I heard Sage say.
I launched another, and it hit the glimard in the neck. It had such a weird high-pitched cry whenever it got hurt. Instead of blood, water flowed from the wounds.
My skin started to turn raw so quickly.
I quickly backed away because now I had to get my arrows ready while Sage stepped up.
As soon as she launched an arrow, the glimard threw sharp ice at her.
"Ahhh!" It ca at such high speed that it struck Sage across her thigh, and blood splattered around.
Rudy’s eyes widened. He threw his arrow down to hold her and stop her from falling. I was also worried about her, as well as my friends outside the hostel, out in the open, distracting the glims.
"Give that." I grabbed the alcohol bottle from Gavin, took so arrows, and ran out onto the rooftop. I had to do it. We couldn’t let the glimard rest and heal.
The mont it saw running, it started shooting ice at . A few small ones struck , making hiss and bite my tongue, but soon I ran behind the small rooftop wall on the side.
I fired again. And again. Each shot hit its mark, sending bursts of fla across the monster’s frozen body. It howled in pain, the storm around it raging even stronger. Snow and ice whirled in every direction, but I held my ground. I couldn’t stop now.
The only thing I noticed in that mont about my body was that in situations like these, I felt outwardly confident and bold. I could barely be scared of that monster.
The snow monster stood tall, its glowing eyes locking onto . Its body was made of ice and swirling snow, its claws long and sharp. It let out a deep, rumbling growl that shook the ground beneath .
I had run out of arrows. So it was ti to run back, but that’s when I saw Emt co out. He must have run all the way from the academy to the rooftop of the hostel. He was coming in with a sword on fire.
The minute the glimard extended its sharp paw to grab him, Emt swung his sword and cut its claws off.
The creature howled. But I also noticed how it didn’t try to hurt Emt. It was only coming for him as if it wanted to snatch him again. I rembered what I had been told about the glimard.
It only cos when it’s summoned to deliver soone. Could it be that it was sent to take Emt to soone? Because the only person the glimard didn’t try to kill was him.
"Helanie!" Emt yelled, reaching and handing more arrows.
"You okay?" he asked. "You shouldn’t have co out alone. You know you make it so difficult for to be at peace. I need to put you in my pocket so nothing happens to you." The fact that he was saying all that while helping with the sword made smile a little.
"After we’re done with this, I’m taking you away and leaving this world," he joked before he jumped out again.
"Look at that," he said, as I pointed at the glimard. I shot an arrow, but at the sa ti, I noticed the glimard didn’t shoot ice at because I was standing too close to Emt. It was definitely protecting him because it was summoned for him.
I was sure Emt didn’t notice it.
"Look at that, Helanie," Emt said again, this ti extending his arm and pointing between the glimard’s eyebrows.
"That part is way brighter than the rest of its body. We need to aim for it," he said.
I nodded and launched an arrow, but I missed because the freaking glimard swung its arm and knocked the arrow away.
"Ugh!" I scread in frustration when my arrow would go straight toward the target, but that damn thing would defend itself.
"That’s it," Emt said, giving up—or so I thought. Until I realized what he ant. He started running toward the glimard.
"No!" I ran after him, but he was faster. He jumped on the wall and then at the glimard, dodging its swinging arms and reaching its chest with a big leap.
I heard everyone yell and scream in shock and terror from under the hostel and behind . Rudy had co out, shooting arrows at the glimard, which distracted it enough for Emt to stay still and light his sword. Even Sage and I were now shooting arrows. It was all happening in a matter of split seconds.
And then—Emt did it.
Emt raised his sword and stabbed it between the glimard’s eyebrows. The cold wind blew out of the wounded area, knocking Emt down its body.
"NOOO!" I scread, running toward the wall when I saw Emt fall from the crazy height of the rooftop.
The scary part was that the mont he hit the glimard, the snow started disappearing. There were silver bars down there, and if Emt landed on them, I was afraid he would get seriously injured.
The mont I looked over the wall, Emt crawled back up, causing our lips to almost et before I stepped back to let him jump around.
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