Mystery Land - Chapter 4 – Abar shows what a mortal can do

This is the fourth chapter of the Fantasy series "Mystery Land". You can read the previous three chapters using these links.

"Mystery Land - Chapter 1 - The Mystery begins"
"Mystery Land - Chapter 2 - Celina's Gift"

"Mystery Land - Chapter 3 - The God's Well"

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Bar decided that he would use the weapon Celina had given to him. He walked to the huge Iron Gate. He pressed the green circle on his weapon. A crystal appeared in front of his eyes. The crystal was glowing brightly with a blue color. He pointed his weapon at the Iron Gate and selected the image of the Gate on the crystal. He pressed the red circle.

 A huge blast echoed in the hills as the huge Iron Gate came crashing down. Abar ran inside wielding his weapon cautiously. The land inside was engulfed in a strange mist. Abar was finding it difficult to see what was ahead of him. His only source of light was the Full Moon in the sky. Abar heard a sound and suddenly stopped running. The sound was like the rumble of the earth during an earthquake. The sound was approaching closer now and Abar could feel the land beneath his feet shaking. Abar pressed the green circle on his weapon and pointed it towards the direction of the sound. He looked at the crystal to see if it could catch any image.

Suddenly the crystal showed an image of a huge monster on the screen. Abar pressed the red circle. A blast of red light escaped his weapon. He heard a huge shriek from the monster. The monster was hit. The blast had perhaps injured it but not killed it. The monster kept shrieking and was now running away from him. Abar thought that the monster’s cries would wake up the entire city. He decided to run after it and hunt it down.

Abar ran at full speed after the monster. The mist had now begun to clear. Abar saw the huge monster running away. He was astonished by the huge girth of the monster. The monster was at least twenty feet tall. He saw that the right hand of the monster was missing. He guessed that it might have been cut when he had shot at it. Abar pointed his weapon at the monster and shot again. This time the red light from the weapon went through the back of the monster. The monster gave a short cry before falling face down to his death.

Abar ran ahead of the fallen monster. He wanted to enter the city before sun dawn. He saw a couple of watchtowers in the distance. He slowed down now and crawled slowly towards the towers. The towers were well lit and they stood on either side of a wooden bridge. Each tower had two guards stationed on it. The guards were armed with the same weapons as him.

Abar knew that it would be impossible for him to take down all four guards at the same time. So he devised a plan to distract the guards. He quickly gathered some dried leaves and twigs and put them close to a bush near the first tower. He quickly took out a small bottle of highly inflammable dark oil from his shirt’s pocket and poured some oil on the leaves. He then quickly crawled to a hiding place near the second tower from where he could still see the place where he had placed the leaves. He took out an arrow from his quiver and poured a few drops of the dark oil on the iron arrow tip. He took the arrow tip and simply scratched it against a stone. The arrow lit up at once. He took a quick aim and fired the arrow at the dried leaves. The arrow went zipping through the air and landed at the perfect spot. The leaves at once lit up and big flames started spreading in that area.

The guards stationed in the first tower saw the flames and at once rushed to douse the fire. Abar waited for the guards to come down. He took out his mystery weapon and quickly took an aim at the guards posted on the second tower. He pressed the red circle and in the next instant, the two guards dropped dead. The weapon was very silent and did not produce any sound. Next, he took an aim at the guards that were dousing the fire. Just as he was about to press the red circle one of the guards turned back and saw him. He shouted and immediately took cover behind a tree. Abar only managed to get one of the guards with his shot.

Abar rushed to take cover under some bushes. The guard who had managed to leap aside now started firing at Abar. But, he too was finding it difficult to identify Abar’s hiding place in the darkness. He stopped firing and waited for Abar to make his next move. Abar sensed the guard’s intentions and decided to play a trick on him. Abar had the ability to throw his sound at a distance so it would appear to his enemies that he was hiding somewhere else. He shouted, “I want to surrender. Please don’t kill me.” As soon as he said the words the guard started firing again. No sooner had he done this that Abar took out two poison-laced arrows from his quiver and fired in the direction of the guard. The arrows found their mark and pierced the heart of the guard. All the four guards lay dead. Abar quickly changed his dress with one of the dead guards and ran to the wooden bridge.

After crossing the bridge, he entered the city. A huge arc of at least a hundred feet in height and fifty feet in width stood at the city’s entrance. Abar entered the arc and saw two huge statues near the arc. He could not make out all the details of the statue. But, they looked like an Angel fighting with an Elf. It was almost morning and Abar wanted to find a place to hide. He quickly disappeared into a narrow alley and thought, “These people may be different than us and may have better weapons than us. But, they can still be killed.”

To be continued.