chapter 1986 baiting the monster Morgan sighed as she saw the water break in a dozen places far in the distance and grotesque tentacles shoot from the depths carried in them were the massive corpses of The Nightmare creatures that dwelt in the forest some of them the very same nightmare creatures whom she and her Saints had wounded but failed to finish off in yesterday's battle the corpses were launched into the air like morbid projectiles tracing low ARS as they trailed torrents of blood behind them one was shot down by Nightingale who had drawn his bow in
the link of an eye another exploded into a cloud of bloody Haze when a pebble tossed casually by Raised by Wolves collided with it midair but the rest landed on the rebble with disgusting squelching noises some crashing into the wall and making it tremble with deafening thunderclaps a series of shock waves rolled across the lake making the water ripple Morgan studied the bloody mess left in the wake of the obliterated corpses with a dubious expression leave it to my brother to find a Common Language with the nightmare creatures the effects of this acular blood offering
were already letting themselves be known the lake boiled and dozens of hideous shapes Rose from its dark depths following the scent of blood following it to the shore it seemed that the prince of nothing had finally found a way to attack the ruined Fortress with both Transcendent and corrupted forces at the same time grimacing Morgan summoned a bow and shouted a command ether Athena let loose as they heated her command she briefly glanced at the bow in her hand this one she had received in her third night nightmare it was a good bow but she
still missed her old one the bow that her father had forged for her it was not the only memory he had given her and Morgan had never cherished the warbo that much she was primarily a swordsman after all still it had been a loyal companion to her for quite some time strangely enough Morgan did not remember what fate befell that memory had it been destroyed in Antarctica or had she simply returned it to the Arsenal of Clan Valor after transcending knowing that an ascended memory would not be worthy of her strength anymore she seemed to
have a vague recollection of bestowing it upon someone interesting and cute one of the promising nights perhaps she couldn't remember what was I thinking about suspecting that she had not gotten enough sleep Morgan summoned an arrow and knocked it on the string below the wall ether and Athena were starting the saint of Knight was standing on the surface of the water not far from the shore bathed in Moonlight above him distant stars shimmered with a silver radiance and as the Waters of the lake suddenly rippled all around him that Radiance suddenly grew brighter Morgan could
not see ether's eyes but if she could she would have witnessed them shining with cold silver light in the next moment the sharp rays of Starlight seemed to solidify raining on the lake like a radiant net the depth dwellers that had risen their hideous heads above the water were cut terribly by the falling strings of light letting out pained whales as their FedEd blood poured into the lake some received only shallow wounds some were hurt quite badly one lake monster had even lost much of its head it was still alive but the other Abominations were
already rushing in its direction soon the water boiled and the wounded Abomination was torn apart by its own Brethren there was no honor among the nightmare creatures Athena was less flashy in her attack but even more devastating looking around she chose a slab of stone the size of a PTV picked it up easily and tossed it in the direction of the attacking Abomination with terrifying Force the giant piece of stone tore through the air with dire speed and fell into the lake like a bomb causing a tall Fountain of foam to shoot into the sky
although it was quite dark Morgan could tell that the foam was not white but Crimson Athena rarely missed so her crude projectile must have obliterated at least one enormous Abomination completely a moment later her own Arrow found its way between the scales of an especially revolting nightmare creature exploding from the back of its misshapen head in a torrent of Gore n Andale was releasing another arrow as well having the advantage of a high vantage point he was even more deadly Morgan was not usually competitive without reason but falling behind her subordinate was a shameful thing
smiling faintly she strained her muscles and Drew the heavy bow again in the next minute or so both the surface and the depths of the lake had turned into a scene of bloody Slaughter with a storm of Starlight raging across it like a beautiful Mirage the nightmare creatures stirred awake by the scent of blood were all powerful the weakest of them of the corrupted rank and yet the Saints defending Bastion were not weak either ether Starlight Athena's barbaric projectiles and the arrows sent flying by Morgan and Kai fused into a devastating barrage mangling the bodies
of the Abominations and reaping their lives sadly it was not as deadly as she would have wanted killing a great Abomination was no easy feat even for Saints after all several of them had to concentrate their attacks on the more powerful dwellers of the depths and waste quite a bit of time to bring a single one down while the rest were free to reduce the distance between them and the shore unopposed which was a cause for concern and throughout all of it even consumed by The Thrill of the battle Morgan was keeping an eye on
the lake and the dark Shore Beyond she could not miss the moment her brother decided to join the battle single quote dot dot dot where are you frowning a little Morgan lowered her bow for a moment and bellowed ether Retreat she was disappointed she had hoped that using their only healer as bait would produce more of a result the nightmare creatures were already dangerously close to where the saint of night was standing on water sparing one look at the approaching Horrors he turned around and dashed back toward the ruins Athena covered his retreat by sending
an especially enormous piece of Rebel barreling through the air it displaced a veritable flood of water causing towering waves to spread in all directions from the point of impact and when the plume of foaming water fell down Morgan finally saw what she had been searching for behind it in the distance a gargantuan fin Rose above the surface of the lake cutting it like a colossal blade tyon was coming or rather her brother was wearing the once fearsome Saint as a suit
