System: Inherited - Chapter 172

“Please, just kill me. I don’t want to be tormented like this!”, he said as he was hugging her knee. He coughed once more and there were bits of meat that were coming out from his mouth.

The cold look in her eyes faded for a moment, and she knelt to look at the man square in his face. She placed the blade right at his throat and raised her eyebrows, indicating if the man was sure of his decision.

“I am already old. These experiments did make me young, but I have no attachments to this world. Everything that I cared about has been taken away from me. The only purpose I am here today is to die”, he said.

Maxine was a little sad that such a man preferred death over being alive. Even though she was in a rage, her heart was moved and she nodded her head in acknowledgment.

A slash was done and the body slumped to the ground. Rather than having a frown, the man had a smile, as if he was relieved from a very heavy burden. “Thank you”, he mouthed his last words as the life in his eyes faded away.

She stood up and was now looking at the crowd of people that were standing before her. The look in her eyes was menacing, and everyone felt something tremble within them.

“Now, shall we begin?”, she said as she made her move and appeared in front of the man that was the nearest, and she slashed across his shoulder. The same glow was around him, and the man aged very quickly.

He was now an old man with a hunchback, and he was unable to move from the place. His body was too frail, and the leader looked at her with deep fear.

“Everyone, transform and kill her. Do not let her blades touch you!”, he commanded as he transformed into an Eagle and took to the skies. Most of them were aerial creatures, and each of them began to fly as they transformed themselves into something.

The few that were on the ground had transformed, and they were all creatures who had very tough skin to cut through. The people who had died were the people who had very little control over their powers, and these were the people who trained the most and mastered the Beast Powers within them.

Maxine now looked around and saw the predicament she was in. She clicked her tongue in annoyance, as she was not looking forward to such a development. The blades that were pulsing disappeared, and the hilts were joined together.

“I didn’t want to use this, but what gives?”, she muttered as she injected the life force she had sucked away from the people she had cut. The Bow was formed and the same pulsing green was seen.

The leader who was watching this from above saw it and he understood why the blade was pulsing just now. He looked at the bodies of his comrades that were lying around, and he knew that as long as they were kept alive, she would have the power to fight them.

The people that were on the ground saw that she had switched to a long-range weapon, and they saw the chance they were waiting for. If she was aiming at the people that were in the sky, they were sure of beating her down.

They saw her aim for the sky and made their move. There were seven of them around, and each of them came from a different direction to make it hard for her to aim.

“A big mistake. When it comes to a bow, my sister is the best”, said Zephyr as he saw them charge towards her recklessly. Maxine took in a deep breath and she looked at them coming towards her.

She pulled the green string of the bow, and three arrows appeared out of thin air. She closed one of her eyes and aimed at the people that were running towards her.

She let out her breath as she released her grip on the arrows, and it whizzed past the people who were running, grazing their cheeks. They were aimed at the people who were flying in the air, and they dodged it effortlessly.

The people on the ground that were grazed began to slow down their running, and they began to feel exhausted. Their transformation began to go away, and they began to turn into humans again.

The arrows dispersed in the air, and she pulled the bow once more. The leader laughed at her stupidity without noticing his people that were on the ground.

Once more, arrows were launched and they hit the people in the sky. One by one, they began to feel extreme fatigue. Some of them began to descend, as they could not sustain their transformation.

The people that were on the ground had a smile on their faces. They knew that as long as they could heal themselves, they would be able to escape the grasp of Maxine, which was the only weakness she had with her healing prowess.

They waited patiently, while Maxine began to feel a strain in the life force she was receiving. The moment she felt that her head turned towards the people that were on the ground, and she saw them standing on their feet again.

“Self-regeneration, truly a pain in the arse”, she muttered as she looked at them and jumped from her place. The bow didn’t change and she went close to the first person she could reach.

The moment she reached next to him, her hands began to work quickly. She aimed and shot the arrow, one at a time. She was quick to the point that her enemies thought that she had a gun.

The man who was in the skies was noticing everything, and he took a deep breath. He activated his innate trait and began to see the flow of the life force that was around Maxine.

“That is the fastest reload speed I have seen. I am sure no one would be able to take her head-on with a bow and to be able to use it both as a close-range and long-range weapon, I truly admire her skills. But all good things must come to an end, and I am truly sorry about that”, he muttered as he looked at her skills.

Maxine was now jumping around from tree to tree and shooting arrows continuously. The people who had tough skin felt the penetration force of the arrows that were shot and backed away from her.

“That shot, I am sure the arrow is spinning. But why does it look like it is still though? Surely it can’t spin at such a speed, can it?”, thought one of them as his shoulder got pierced. He was not the only one who thought that.

“That is my Penetration Shot. It spins at a speed of nearly 600 rotations per minute. I am sure that much force would be enough to penetrate your skins”, she said with a smirk on her face.

There was sweat on the leader’s face the moment he heard the speed of the rotation. That was a speed that was not achievable by a normal person who uses a bow, or so he thought. The only person that came to his mind was a person from the leaderboard of the Zoos, and he was thinking if they were both on the same level.

Maxine was now smiling wide, and she was running throughout the place, The leader didn’t want to go down without a fight, and he steeled his heart to fight against the obstacle that was blocking him from Freedom.

He looked around at his men, and everyone had the same thoughts as him. The smiles on their faces showed their nervousness, but their eyes said otherwise. The resolve that was written in them was firm and absolute.

“Alright men, it is do or die. FOR FREEDOM!”, he said as he raised his hands above his head. The people around him, and the men on the ground heard his words.

“FOR FREEDOM!”, roared everyone as they began to move together. They were all headed towards one person, and that was Maxine. She scoffed as she looked at their attempt to overwhelm her by sheer numbers.

“I am Maxine Heart, First Daughter of the Heart Kingdom! I shall defend this place, till last breath”, she said out loud as she aimed her arrows at the people who were headed towards her.

She ran away from the place, and the arrows kept raining at them. She increased her speed to the max, and everyone felt the struggle of moving forward. She was extracting Lifeforce at a much faster rate than before, as she knew she had t finish this off quickly.

Zephyr and the others had their hands on their weapons, but a look from her made them shiver. Her eyes were filled with anger and there was a smile on her lips.

“She is enjoying this”, said Jasper as he placed his hand on Zephyr’s shoulder. He calmed down and looked at her face, but he was still ready to attack at any moment.

“Father, We will be back soon.. Just hold on a little longer”, she muttered as she took her shot.