Chapter 2- Rainbow

This day started like any other day in the summer. Every villager woke up to slowly raising sun, that each moment rose temperature, until it reached nearly unacceptable highs.

George was at his farmland early in the morning because he had to clear of stones, for upcoming harvest. As all were working through day they realized that, the weather was becoming more and more humid.

Around lunch it was already so humid that villagers could see rainbow in the sky. Another thing they saw were giant clouds and fog that was going their way slowly. Everyone knew that it will bring big rain with itself.

As the cloud was getting near the village. Villagers started to pack their thing and slowly hiding in their homes, in await for much needed rain.

Even George was packing his things as Maria observed the clouds.

"Papa. And why do the clouds rain ?" Maria asked with child's curiosity.

"Because when farmers are good and behave, gods as a reward send clouds with rain for them to water their plants." Said George packing his last tool into small farm toolshed. Looking at his daughter.

"Then those god people must be really nice !" Exclaimed Maria with smile turning around to her father, sun setting behind her, painting everything red.

George was happy looking at smile of his daughter while sun setting behind her.

Suddenly there was small blemish on Maria's face. It was small drop of blood.

But soon more and more of blood started to appear on her face and all around them. George looked up and saw clouds, instead of water raining, blood.

After just a moment everything around them was red and full of blood.

"MARIA ! GIVE ME YOUR HAND !" Shouted George grabbing Maria by hand and running with her to the house.

Even tough George was farmer he had adventurer parents that told him stories. One of them was rather than story a warning. When blood starts to rain it predicts a Monster Horde incoming. A horde of monsters with such amount that they can level whole nations.

Such horde was incoming on this village and George wanted to evade it at all cost. Grabbing sword from chest he had at home he brought Maria to town square. There he started ringing the bell. When that bell was rung it meant emergency and attention of all villagers.

Soon enough everyone was at the square worrying to end of their nerves as they too knew what this meant.

Before anyone could do anything, a large howl was heard from south. Everyone looked that way but what they saw left them greatly scared. Monster Horde was incoming at the village without sign of stopping. Even though they could move or even run most they could would be few meters at most. The horde was so fast that with each blink it was closer and closer to the village.

When horde intercepted with the villagers there were multiple screams of terror and pain sounding through air. For a moment Maria slipped out of Georges hands and she was immediately lost in the mass of people and monsters.

But George didn't even got time to realize what was going on as he felt his right arm and left leg being thorn of by some passing poster. Laying on the ground spilling blood he felt like another monster took bite from his shoulder and lower back.

Just after few seconds all monsters left going away heading north for more prey to feed on. But what they left behind was disastrous.

Houses broken to ruins, red muddy ground as it absorbed blood, corpses and monsters carcass littered all around. Horde didn't just kill villagers but at the same time dumped dead or dying monsters that couldn't keep up with the rest. Laying on ground face down George looked with pain up and around himself. Near him he saw dead woman possibly from other village, next he saw Mr. White, village's most notorious jokester and constant source of entertainment. All around he saw only corpses and slowly dying people sobbing and lamenting.

But then something in George switched.

Maria. Even when he looked all around he didn't saw her nor her body. As George's fear for Maria started climbing so did the pain from his wounds. As son of adventurers, his body received some mana from his parents, thus making him more sturdy, even at situation like this were normal person would bleed out.

But even adventurer blood couldn't save him from death door. As he slowly started to lose strength he saw that in front of him laid nearly dead wolf monster.

Even though its side was ripped open by spear that was still stuck in it, it still slowly breathed too nearing its death. Its mana core clearly visible to the world.

George slowly observed wolf's meaty blue mana core with sudden idea crossing his mind. They say, that when adventurers ate dead monsters mana core, they would gain strength and heal some wounds from it.

George slowly. Using his left arm creeped to the monster. If he was going to die right here and right now he wouldn't dare leave until he knew that Maria was safe.

When, he finally reached the monster, he buried his head, inside of it. Using only his jaws he ripped and ate wolf's mana core. When he finished he finally passed out from exhaustion and blood loss.