THE WITCHES' ATTACK

Taking a walk upon the forest floor so woven with the ancient tree roots came a light filtered by the bouquet of foliage above; softened verdant and freshly aromatic. Breathing in the fresh air in every way that it was possible to expand in lungs, brain, and soul, Ashley was whistling his favorite song, sensing the kinship with the flora.

Being a nature lover, he would always love to take a stroll amidst the forest surrounded by towering gentle giant trees and come across the movement of the animals, mostly small, sometimes not. Walking into the deeper side of the forest, leisurely, hands tucked in his jeans pocket he heard the sound of the gay of water whispering sweet notes in cascading water strings. Lost in the beauty of the shining blue amid the leafy green, he forgot how long had he been wandering in the forest than he usually would. He never came across such a hypnotizing river in the wood to admire the dappled light, to fall in love with the water strings that played. I might have walked into the deeper side than I usually do, thought Ashley.

Suddenly an arrow's head pierced the side where Ashley was standing earlier, missing the shot, and he exclaimed, looking on the opposite side of the river where the arrow came from.

"Looks like someone's too lonely willing to acompany me!"

Sooner more arrows flew towards him, and Ashley dodged them, missing one of them narrowly. "What!!! Are you guys living in the middle age times to use arrows?" he exclaimed and took out two guns from his socks and pulled the trigger of the gun. The gun shot echoed loud enough for the birds to fly away from the nearby trees.

He saw a girl fell off the tree and heard an inhumanly high-pitched shrill from the girl. "Oh! my dear fellow sisters have got me some lovely presents. What is more pleasant than meeting you all on such a beautiful day, don't you think?" Ashley spoke up sarcastically. "Shit witches." he cursed under his breath.

"I see... such a waste in your handsome, young man. How about you be my groom and I'll spare your life?" A beautiful witch came forward, walking towards the opposite of the river bank. The witches who got shot cried out in pain in the process of turning into ash due to the poisonous shot that they got.

"tch... tch... tch... I would not want to cut my sister's strings with you. It's a pain in ass, yuh know." he said as if he truly meant it. He mindlessly shot the witches and turned only to be stabbed by another witch flying in an old broomstick. He endured the pain and grunted. There were only three more witches left who now laughed not so beautifully turning into their real forms and coming forward. Ashley soon pulled the trigger on the witch who stabbed him and she soon turned grey before her body began to disintegrate into thin ashes, vanishing into thin air in no time. He took his dagger out of its sheath that was hanging around his hip and launched the dagger throwing it, the dagger cleanly slit the heads off of the ugly witches' necks.

"Oh my! Sorry ladies, I think you aren't fit for me," he said, wiping off his bloody hands with his clean white handkerchief, he pulled out the arrow off his injured shoulder and winced a little. Blood oozed from the wound. His shirt started to soak with black blood. He took off his shirt and soaked it wet in the river water and dabbed over his wound.

"Looks like they aren't simple arrows." The head of the arrow was made of poison that could freeze the part if it was stabbed at a lowly vampire. Fortunately, Ashley was not an ordinary vampire but he still felt his shoulder blade a little numb.

Walking away from the woods he dialed his phone and turned the speaker on. Soon the call was answered.

"What's up, man?" asked the caller.

Leaving a tired sigh he spoke up, "Can you come over to my home? I need you urgently.

"What's up with the so-called Watson brothers today? Your apartment or the mansion?" he asked playfully.

Ashley gave a curt reply, "Mansion."

"You sound so weak? Are you alright or have you too bought up a girl?" Josh asked, earning a piercing glare from Astrel. He gave grin in return.

"Damn it, Josh. I was attacked by those bitchy witches." He said, clenching his teeth.

"What the hell!!" exclaimed Josh. Ashley felt relieved. Turning on the speaker was a good thing or he thought he'd surely have run an ear check-up too, he thought.

"Anyways, come soon. If Aster is with you, tag him along with you."

"Sure thing," said Josh, and ended the call. Ashley walked back to the mansion in a quick space enduring the pain he felt whenever the wind hit him harshly while he ran shirtless.

Lurking in the forest a beautiful girl angrily got down from the tree to only witness her fellow sisters lying on the floor deadly. The girl's now beautiful skin slowly turned into grey scaly nature, her eyes turned into ugly slits, and her tongue slithered like a snake out of anger.

"I'll surely take avenge for my sisters, you lowly creature," she said, slithering her tongue in and out. Making a promise, she left her sisters' ash fly into thin air and went deeper into the forest where witches like her lived.

Once the call was end, Josh discussed with Astrel and left the Frost estate immediately to reach the Mansion of Astrel, where Ashley was waiting for him. Astrel felt, that leaving Vilian in the Frost mansion was not safe, considering the earlier incidents, so he took her securely into his arms to teleport to his home. Vilian nuzzled more into his chest, feeling the warmth of his in her sleepy state, not knowing what is the name was happening in real.

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Author's thoughts: Hey MLI readers, hope you'll love the recent chapters. I'm trying my best to upload the chapters on time⊂(•‿•⊂ ) All I want is your comments regarding the chapters which will turn out to be a motivation for me to continue writing the book ʕっ•ᴥ•ʔっ

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