Bound and Broken: An Isekai Adventure Dark Fantasy (Melas Book 1) by V.A. Lewis (autobiographies to read .TXT) 📕

"Mark."

We burst out of the alleyway, and an arrow went straight through a man’s skull. Another gaped in shock as the man fell from the wall, but was silenced by an arrow into his open mouth. A guard on the ground spun around—

But was felled by two arrows to the chest.

"We’re under attack!"

"The thieves? Kill them!"

"Wait, are those children—"

Chaos broke out as the guards both on the walls and by the gates went clambering for their weapons. A man holding a torch was unsheathing his sword, but I pointed a finger at him. At the flames.

A magic circle flashed in the air, and the fire from the torch burst out in a brilliant red plume. It lasted only a second, but still the man recoiled. He dropped to the ground, clutching his burnt arm and screaming in pain. I ignored it and surveyed the battlefield.

I saw Karna loosing arrows and running straight for the walls. A rifler unloaded bolts of energy at him, and he barely dodged the attacks by rolling to the side. He sidestepped more shots, spinning, drawing more arrows and nocking them into his bow. He pulled it back as a magic circle appeared in front of the arrowhead, before he fired the shot at the rifler.

The rifler tried to dodge. But Karna was accurate. The arrow slid in between the crenellations, and exploded on his chest.

I did not see what happened to the rifler since I turned away at the last second, but I assumed it was a bloody sight. Instead, I focused on the other guards at the walls. An archer aiming for Karna. He pulled an arrow out of his quiver—

And ducked as I sent bolts of magical energy and fire flying at him. He took cover behind the battlements from my volley of spells, and even when he was out of sight, I continued casting in a frenzy. It was covering fire— I had to make sure he did not peek out again.

I stopped as a shadow loomed over me, and I barely dodged as a sword swung right past my face. I tried to back up, but was knocked to the ground by a kick.

The guard raised his sword asI raised my hand. I swung the dagger weakly at him, but he easily dodged it. No—

Then, the guard slumped over. An arrow was protruding out of the back of his head. I saw a Goblin holding a bow— not Karna or Sena, but the third one— calling out to me.

"Come on. Let’s go!"

He helped pick me up, and brought me over to the walls. We ran past Sena who was stabbing a spearman to death, before we stopped. I looked up. Karna was already up there. He was alternating between loosing arrows at the guards on the walls and on the ground.

The Goblin standing next to me gestured up there. "You first. I’ll boost you."

Karna was busy. There was no one to catch me if I did not make it, but I did not argue; there was no time for that. I stepped back, and jumped. The Goblin gave me a boost. I reached up for the crenellations, and pulled myself over it.

I stumbled for a bit, but managed to catch myself from falling over. The Goblin landed right after me. Dozens more guards were arriving now. I could see them closing in. Sena saw them too.

He finished off a swordsman, and immediately made a dash for the walls. Arrows and bolts of energy flew over his head, as the guards fired at him from behind. He leapt for the ramparts—

Then he dropped.

A bullet struck him mid air.

He went tumbling down the side of the walls, falling limply onto the ground. Perhaps he could have survived the single shot. But more arrows and bullets rained down on him. He was dead.

"No!" Karna screamed, putting a hand out.

My eyes bulged as I stared down at the boy for a moment. A man on horseback lowered his gun, and pointed at us.

"After those heretics! Don’t let them get away!"

Bolts of energy and arrows whizzed past our heads. I turned around, and saw the other Goblin hopping down the wall. I ran after him and paused at the ledge.

It was a ten foot drop. Enough to injure someone if they did not land properly. But I was small, and according to physics, that meant this would not hurt as much… right?

I jumped anyways. I did my best to tuck into a roll as I landed, and it barely worked.

I felt the air leave my lungs and wheezed as soon as I impacted the ground; the world spun around me for a second, the sun spinning in place as I stared blankly at it.

At least I didn’t break any bones, the inane thought crossed my mind, then it dawned on me. Wait, the sun?

I blinked as I saw the sun barely edge over the horizon. Daybreak had arrived, bringing an end to the night that brought an end to the night— to our cover of dark.

I picked myself up in a hurry, preparing to run for the trees, when I realized that Karna was not with us. "Where—"

I spun around, and saw he was still up on the walls of the city. His eyes were bridled with rage. His hands were a blur, going back and forth from his bow and quiver in a constant rhythmic motion. He was loosing arrow after arrow while dodging the flurry of projectiles being shot back at him.

What is he doing?! I wanted to scream. I cupped my hands around my mouth to call out to him, when an arrow landed on his shoulder. He stumbled, and at that moment, three