Undead Island by Hideyuki Kikuchi

Author:Hideyuki Kikuchi [Kikuchi, Hideyuki]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Ficion, Fantasy
Published: 2017-01-16T23:49:31+00:00

III

Once again dizziness assailed Meg. It was surprising that she could even speak.

“Garigon . . . Not you, too.”

“That’s right. Don’t think badly of me,” the giant said, and when he grinned, the fangs jutting from his mouth were yellowed. “Just accept that this is where you die and say yourself a little prayer to the sea god or whatever. I can wait that long!”

“You’ve gotta be kidding me. You’re the one who’s gonna die!” the girl screamed, and her harpoon flew.

The longsword made a diagonal swipe that cut the harpoon in two, and then the giant sailed easily into the air.

“Take that!”

The glow shooting out of the tip made Meg forget all else and throw herself on the ground—and less than an inch from her face the earth was split open for over fifteen feet.

“I really suck at this,” said the giant. “I went and missed you!”

When Garigon landed without making a sound, Meg found his smile mocking. He was toying with her. Though an anger great enough to make her tremble was building inside her, there was nothing she could do. He was too far out of her class.

“Okay, now for the finisher. I’ll cut the both of you in two—no, I guess that’d be four, maybe?”

Garigon’s longsword rose. So monstrous was his strength the weapon seemed to be made of wood. The beam of light rose vertically.

“Take that!” the giant roared.

Meg shut her eyes out of reflex. It was her ears that caught the change. She’d heard a cry of pain.

“Gaaaah . . . Geeerf . . .”

On opening, what Meg’s eyes beheld was the gigantic body arched backward with a stark piece of steel sticking from his chest.

“What the—?!”

It was a few seconds later that the girl learned the azure Noble’s sword had pierced Garigon’s heart from behind.

Letting out a roar like a carnivore, Garigon twisted around and swung his sword at the Nobleman behind him. The beam of light vanished in the distance, and the Nobleman who’d ducked it sprang back up and made a horizontal swipe of his blade, at which point Garigon’s head shot up on a geyser of blood like a fountain and landed again some thirty feet away.

Not even glancing at the fallen torso as it twitched, the Noble in azure shook the gore from his blade and turned in Meg’s direction.

Meg held her harpoon at the ready. Only two more remained. She felt helpless, and no fighting spirit rose within her.

An odd sense of calm seemed to flow from the Noble. Returning his sword to its sheath, the Noble turned his gaze to the bushes from which he’d come and tossed his chin in that direction. The gesture meant they should come with him.

Meg just stood there as if rooted, unable to make up her mind, but after the Noble had advanced another thirty feet or more, he turned around and gave another toss of his chin.

“Let’s go,” Meg said to d’Argent.

“Are you sure it’s okay?”

“Well, it looks like he saved us, and I don’t sense any murderous intent.

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