Claimed And Marked By Her Stepbrother Mates - Chapter 453

Chapter 453: 453-The Snow Monster Glimard
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 meant 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 me.

On the count of three, I jumped in front of the door and launched a fire arrow at the glimard.

The wind howled around me, cold and sharp like a thousand knives. The arrow cut through the icy wind and struck the monster’s arm. The flames hissed against the ice, melting 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 came 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 me that.” I grabbed the alcohol bottle from Gavin, took some arrows, and ran out onto the rooftop. I had to do it. We couldn’t let the glimard rest and heal.

The moment it saw me running, it started shooting ice at me. A few small ones struck me, making me 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 flame 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 moment 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 me. 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 me.

I had run out of arrows. So it was time to run back, but that’s when I saw Emmet come 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, Emmet swung his sword and cut its claws off.

The creature howled. But I also noticed how it didn’t try to hurt Emmet. It was only coming for him as if it wanted to snatch him again. I remembered what I had been told about the glimard.

It only comes when it’s summoned to deliver someone. Could it be that it was sent to take Emmet to someone? Because the only person the glimard didn’t try to kill was him.

“Helanie!” Emmet yelled, reaching me and handing me more arrows.

“You okay?” he asked. “You shouldn’t have come out alone. You know you make it so difficult for me 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 me with the sword made me 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 same time, I noticed the glimard didn’t shoot ice at me because I was standing too close to Emmet. It was definitely protecting him because it was summoned for him.

I was sure Emmet didn’t notice it.

“Look at that, Helanie,” Emmet said again, this time 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 screamed in frustration when my arrow would go straight toward the target, but that damn thing would defend itself.

“That’s it,” Emmet said, giving up—or so I thought. Until I realized what he meant. 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 me. Rudy had come out, shooting arrows at the glimard, which distracted it enough for Emmet 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—Emmet did it.

Emmet raised his sword and stabbed it between the glimard’s eyebrows. The cold wind blew out of the wounded area, knocking Emmet down its body.

“NOOO!” I screamed, running toward the wall when I saw Emmet fall from the crazy height of the rooftop.

The scary part was that the moment he hit the glimard, the snow started disappearing. There were silver bars down there, and if Emmet landed on them, I was afraid he would get seriously injured.

The moment I looked over the wall, Emmet crawled back up, causing our lips to almost meet before I stepped back to let him jump around.