Angel Monarch

After Bea and her team's arrival, the fight at the entrance turned. They pushed the armored dead back and beheaded them.

Some managed to grab swords, like Kim, who, with the help of Astrid, was massacring them. The pair was a truly powerful duo, and with the help of Adam and Lilith, they were spearheading the breakthrough.

Bea was helping them as well, but she had to grab a sword before she could begin the killing.

On the flanks, David's and Melinda's unit was pushing and holding out. The rest of them tried to push until they were fighting near the entrance.

Using her looted weapon, Bea beheaded a soldier, then had to step back, so the other three wouldn't hit her.

She dodged one sword by stepping to the side, then another by bending back, and the third by jumping over them.

Bea landed behind the three soldiers, who were slow to turn around. She cut the sword arm off of one, at the joint where the armor was weakest. She also kicked another at the back of the knee, causing them to fall backward.

The last was already turned around and was attacking. She deflected the dead soldier's sword to the side, then moved a step closer and pushed her blade through its neck. She then pulled to the side, beheading the monster.

With a sigh, she was about to kill the other two, but someone else had taken care of them.

Near to her, Kim and Astrid were fighting at the entrance. They made a perfect pair, each move they made was like a request for the other to act as well.

When Kim bent backward to dodge a strike, Astrid would wait for the enemy to overextend and with one punch, she would send it flying.

When Astrid moved to the side to avoid a blow, Kim would move to the opposite way, and while the zombie was turning, she would behead it.

Now as they approached the small building in the middle of the clearing, only ten more soldiers stood in their way.

Kim made sure to grab another dropped sword, while Astrid just teared down two chest plates to use as shields.

The ten soldiers ran towards them without coordination. Kim and Astrid looked at one another and they grinned.

The first three of the soldiers arrived, and Astrid ran at the knocking them over with her shields. Kim ran behind her and beheaded each before they got up.

Another three attacked, and this time Astrid had to back off. She stepped out of the way of an attack and blocked another.

One soldier left Astrid and tried to kill Kim, but failed miserably. She blocked its strike, moved below the blow with a pirouette, and cut both of the soldier's calf muscles.

The zombies felt no pain, and would continue to attack until they were beheaded, but even they were constricted by basic biology. If a muscle was cut, it couldn't be used anymore. If a bone broke, it stopped supporting that part of the body.

The zombie began to fall over, and while still in motion, Kim cut off its head with her other sword.

She then had to dodge again as two more soldiers attacked her. She blocked their blows with ease, but couldn't find the way to go on the offensive.

Astrid was struggling to hold back four of the soldiers, and she was slowly accumulating cuts. Since her essence was blocked, her armor was missing, which made it really easy for the sword to cut her.

She bashed away a soldier, and it flew for a few meters before hitting the ground with a crunch. The monster got back up, but had to drag one of its broken feet, which slowed it down considerably.

Sadly, this bash costed her another deep cut on her back. She gasped in pain, then jumped to the side, evading another blow.

Two more were approaching rapidly, but using her 'shields', she blocked and even parried them. The problem with these shields was that they provided no offensive opportunity.

She defended against a dozen more attacks, either by blocking or evading, but then a strike got through. It cut along her forearm muscles, immobilizing it.

With a groan of pain and anger, she bashed away two soldiers, leaving herself open to be stabbed.

The sword went through her thigh, exiting on the other side. This she yelped and stepped back, but her leg didn't respond well, and she began to fall.

Kim was still fighting the two soldiers, and even though she redoubled her efforts, there was no way she would reach Astrid in time.

A soldier stepped above Astrid and was about to stab down, but she kicked with her good leg. The zombie fell away and was struggling to stand, since its leg was broken.

The other three were about to attack as well, but before any of them could stab down, reinforcements had arrived.

From behind the three, Bea sprinted. The soldiers turned around to see her make a spinning motion, beheading all three at the same time. They didn't even have time to raise their swords before they fell away, dead.

Bea's face and body were covered with different colored bloods. There was yellow, black, red, and even some blue.

She took a step forward and killed the soldier with the broken leg as well. After that, she sighed with exhaustion.

She turned towards Astrid and looked down on her leg. With a quick step, she moved and grabbed onto the blade's handle. Astrid had no time to react before she pulled.

Her mind got absorbed in pain for a few moments, but eventually it calmed.

Bea helped Astrid to her feet. She could place her wait on the stabbed through leg, which meant the bones weren't broken.

From their right, they heard small footsteps approaching fast, and they spotted Kim. She had killed the other two soldiers finally, and now there was nobody defending the entrance... At least that's what they thought.

The three of them looked at one another, then walked towards the small building's door.

Bea reached for the handle, but in the next moment she jumped to the side as the door exploded into splinters.

From the small building, an immense man stepped out of. He had to crawl to fit through the small doorway, but even then his shoulders broke through the wall they were so wide.

When the man was out, he stood to his full height, which was well above five meters.

He wore nothing but a set of trousers and a face mask that had a smiling face painted on it.

His muscles bulged unnaturally, and his veins glowed green. If the three girls didn't know any better, then they would've thought the man to be a large hairless gorilla.

He looked down at each of the woman, then opened his mouth and roared. The sound was very loud and sent a shiver down each of their spines.

From inside the building behind him, dozens of soldiers ran out and joined the fight. They ignored Bea, Kim and Astrid.

The large man on though, had only eyes for the three of them.

He roared again, then punched the ground so hard that a shower of dirt shot in the air.

He then jumped towards the three of them, but at that point, they were already running in three separate directions. This seemed to confuse the creature, but soon he ran after Kim.

Without saying a word, the three of them had communicated the same information... They couldn't fight this thing.

It wasn't clear if it was a Transcended human, or a Horror, but without their powers, they would never defeat him.

They were left without options, but as it chased after Kim, she got an idiotic idea.

The creature seemed mindless, and she was willing to test out just how dumb it was.

The monster closed in behind her, but just as it was about to catch her, she jumped to the side. She rolled a few times, then began sprinting in a different direction.

The enormous creature was much worse at coordinating. He ran straight into a bunch of soldiers, trampling and killing most.

With a roar of anger, he turned and ran after Kim again. She used this same trick a few more times and eliminated a few dozen soldiers.

Sadly, at that point, the creature was starting to understand what was happening, and the next time she tried it, he stopped before killing the soldiers.

Kim cursed under her breath and switched to Plan B.

She began running again, but this time with a clear destination in mind. Her legs moved faster than she thought possible, but the monster chasing her was much quicker.

She moved around small skirmishes, avoiding anything that could slow her down. The monster just cut through them without care, sending both the zombies and people flying.

Kim hoped they were alright, but had no time to actually think about them.

As she approached the edge of the clearing, the noises of fighting turned quieter, but a new sound took over.Nôv(el)B\\jnn

In front of her, Cass and Damien tried desperately to defeat the two Transcended. When Kim arrived, the four people looked towards her, and behind her an earthshaking roar resounded.