With the strongest fighters of the beast swarm under submission, the beast ranks were thrown into chaos as tigers and rats attacked the others together with the dwarfs. Urist oversaw the battle-ready to jump in at a moment's notice if things got hairy.
He didn’t want to get too involved in case this was only the first wave of beasts. So he watched the dwarfs slaughter and capture the beasts before them with Valkus leading the front. With brutal efficiency, he slashed through with his battle knife cutting into the ranks of beasts.
Covering his flanks, his hunter team worked to keep up as they made their way to the slime. In the middle of them, Reaver controlled her tigers and creatures to kill or subdue anything that came at them.
It didn’t take long from the group of ten to reach the blue slime jiggling intently. A quick glance revealed that most of the other creatures kept their distance from it.
"I wonder if this slime is the same thing from my memories? But from the aura it's giving off, it seems it won’t be a pushover."
Urist watched on as the hunter team got into range with the slime. When they reached fifteen feet the slime's surface quivered in reaction.
The small slime suddenly expanded to ten feet as tentacles exploded from its surface. The tentacles thickness varied from one another as some were thicker than a dwarfs waist and others thin like sharp swords.
Although surprised, the hunters moved forth fearlessly to subdue the slime. Valkus, the closest to the slime moved fast and hit hard. He smashed apart the incoming tentacle the size of a trunk with the swing of his spear.
Backed by strengthening and the power of his battle knife he splattered the tentacle with ease. He kept on the move, making tentacles explode as he made his way to the other side.
Dismounting from her tiger. Reaver and Acar moved forth with the rest of the hunter team intent on getting closer to subdue the slime.
"Get me closer and I can try branding it with my symbol."
With a snort, ice began to manifest around Acar, "Consider it done, but don't blame me for accidentally killing it."
Gathering ice blue magic power, five lines of symbols appeared on the back of his hand flowing towards his fingertips.
Raising his hand to the sky Acar made a claw gesture and ruthlessly smashed down at the slimes direction.
“Ice Claw!”Five chilly waves of light flew out from his fingertips with the intent to freeze the slime.
The slime, sensing impending danger wiggled its body made five large tentacles and sent them out to meet the impending attack. The two forces clashed sending out bits of frozen slime outwards.
That wasn’t all that happened as Acar smiled coldly watching the magic traveled through the still attached frozen tentacles to the main body. WIth decisiveness, the slime slashed out with another tentacle and cut off the five before the cold energy reached its body.
On the other side, Valkus handled his own side of the battle. Slashing and dodging tentacles that came his way Valkus, despite his size moved swiftly and with ease as more tentacles joined to smash or pierce his body.
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“That. All. Ya. Got?”
Seemingly provoked by Valkus’s slight grin and words the slime shook his body to make more tentacles appear. In a quick motion over a dozen tentacles formed spears and swiftly moved in all directions, intent on filling his body full of holes.
With a snort, Valkus threw his spear just right to sever three. Not wasting movement he withdrew his battle knife. Strength and energy suddenly filled his body like adrenaline, eyes opened wide the world began to slow down to him.
Valkus tracked all the incoming projectiles with a swiftness before heading into the action.
A slice here.
A slash there.
An occasional dodge.
The dwarfs still on the walls watched in amazement at how Valkus seemed to be untouchable as he slaughtered his way towards the slime's main body. With the two forces pincering the slime it seemed distressed as sent more tentacles in hopes to kill its foes.
Unfortunately for the slime thanks to splitting its battle power it wasn’t that effective not able to land any killing blows.
It took the group some time, but Reaver finally entered the taming space she shouted, “Cover me I’ll begin the taming process!”
Magic power gathered and symbols flowed out one after another landing on the slime's body before sinking to its core. Urist watched intently at the new method Reaver was using. He didn’t remember using that last time she tamed the tigers.
‘Maybe because it’s ranged? Guess I’ll have to ask her later. Well, it looks like we’re close to wrapping this battle up. After this slime, the message should appear. If not we’ll pull back to the wall and wait for the second wave.’
The slime, feeling the constricting force around its soul lashes out violently at Reaver and her team. Sending out a club of slime Acar snorted as he made some quick symbols before slashing his hand at the ground before raising it to the sky.
“Ice wall!”
A meter thick wall of ice erupted from the ground to block the log of slime. A loud smack was heard and soon after the sound of cracking appeared. Acar's face paled as he knew what was happening quickly trying to reinforce his ice wall.
Unfortunately, he didn’t have time to cast another as large Acar shards blasted out. Acar thought in slow motion as a large shard headed in his direction, Am I going to die by my own ice spell? Fuck, what an ironic way to go.
As Acar thought about the life he lived and his lingering regrets two shouts sounded out behind him.
“Stone wall!”
“Submit!”
A wall of stone appeared in front of him blocking the ice shower and allowing him to keep his life. Resisting the urge to piss himself Acar sighed and fell on his ass, “Thanks Brick for the save. Didn’t think the slime would be so strong.”
“Anytime bro. Reaver, hows is it?”
“I have control of it so as soon as the others finish up we’ll be don-”
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