Daryl looked at the monster that was as big as he was. It was an ape like creature with great slabs of stone lining its arms like armor. The back of the creature was covered in moss and flowers. Though, any signs of it being a docile creature were crushed as it grabbed the nearest small monster and started violently bashing it against the ground until it turned into golden motes of light.
The Stone Ape pounded its chest as it roared like stones grinding against one another. Daryl and Cindy had been watching the beast to see if they could get any idea on what it could do in combat. However only small monsters were around and they stood no chance in a confrontation between the two.
Cindy whispered, “Ok dad, I think since we have poison weapons and spells lets stack some poison on it. I hear it also drains stamina as well so lets get it exhausted and take the fight slow. Focus on making sure you don’t get hit as I think this thing will hit pretty hard.”
Cindy’s eyes went far away as she looked at her spell runes. Daryl stretched his neck and back. “Ok Badger, I’ll take the lead and make sure that we stack poison first.” Daryl laced his fingers through the knuckle duster and bounced on the balls of his feet. The ground shook underneath him.
“Ok sounds good, I’ll open up with a poison rain if you can keep it in place while it stacks up.” Cindy stepped into the stony arena that the beast was staying in as Daryl circled clockwise to bring its attention away from Cindy walking counter clockwise.
The Stone Ape stopped and watched Daryl closely. It huffed leaning on its front arms and its heavy stone hands. Great plumes of pollen puffed out of its nose as it focused on Daryl. The beast growled and postured, thrusting its chest up as he stood on its hind legs beating its chest again.
Daryl couldn’t help but be a little afraid. Facing a creature like this in real life was a death sentence. Their sheer power and agility would far outstrip that of any human. Still he bolted forward activating Boroclops Charge and reared back his poison coated fist.
The Stone Ape charged back. Maybe two body lengths away it went to leap into the air and over Daryl before they collided but the sudden magical burst of speed thanks to the boroclops charge slammed into its legs sending it sprawling. Daryl’s fist slamming home into the stomach of the monster as a plume of purple motes flew into the air with the blow.
Cindy’s voice rang out, “Poison, Rain, Channel!” A cloud of purple smoke hung over the ape as Daryl locked arms with the creature and held it in place. The thick purple drops of poison fell from the sky all over the back of the creature as each drop caused a small plume of purple motes.
The monster roared and pushed against Daryl. Their arms shook against one another as strength challenged strength. He pulled his weapon free and started to pummel the stone brow of the ape, each connecting hit sending plumes of poison into the air. Three hits in it broke free with a roar sending Daryl staggering back into one of the many stone pillars. Its free arm backhanded Daryl across the face causing him to stumble.
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Great purple ropes of drool escaped the ape’s mouth as it huffed air. Golden cracks from where Daryl had hit it started to grow with every second as the purple rain stopped. The beast charged at Daryl who prepared himself to dodge and sway through the blows. Hopefully Cindy’s mana was going to recharge quickly enough as more words filled the air. “Fire, Bolt, Rapid Pulse!”
Dozens of fire arrows streaked through the air and started hammering into the Ape’s side. Much to Daryl’s despair the beast whirled to charge at Cindy. He activated his charge once more and slammed into the side of the beast just as it started its path towards the small girl.
A fist like a meteor smashed into Daryl’s face knocking his head sideways as golden cracks shot across his face. You have suffered 50 points of damage! The beast followed up with a kick that shoved Daryl into another pillar as the beast closed the distance between them in a flash.
Daryl had just enough time to duck under the next blow that shattered the pillar behind him. The stone blasting all over the grounds with a yelp from Cindy. A stone had pelted her side and knocked her aiming off target. A bolt of lightning streaked through the sky fizzling out at the end of its length. She looked as the beast locked eyes on her and bolted past her dad towards her.
The Ape leapt up into the air and slammed its fists down into the ground shaking it violently and knocking Cindy off balance robbing her of the ability to dodge as it closed in on her. She looked on with wide eyes as the massive fist of the beast was descending towards her. She had the bit points to withstand the blow but who knew what kind of disorienting hit it would cause. If it kept on her she wouldn't be able to last long.
The Ape roared but just before the fist was going to connect with Cindy the beast was knocked sideways causing the blow to skid across the ground. Taking her queue Cindy called out, “Dash, Self, Channel!” She turned into a blur as she got some distance between her and the combat. The titanic punches traded between the two giants was intense as it shook the earth. Her dad expertly blocked and slid the blows off his torso dissipating the hits. Cracks soon lined his arm and cheek where he was struck though as the damage piled up.
“DAD! I’m gonna charge a large spell. See if you can hold it still!” Cindy stood on top of one of the pillars and held her staff level with the ground. “Fire, Ball, Charge!” A swirling ball of fire starting no bigger than a peanut started forming at the end of her staff as she focused on channeling a large chunk of her mana into the attack. She hadn’t been able to use this spell on her own since she had to focus on dodging so much.
Daryl traded blows with the Stone Ape. The glaring light of the growing fire silhouetted the beast’s body. He stepped into the next blow letting it slide past him as he was in the creature’s guard. Daryl wished he had some sort of skill as the beast trapped his arms in place. The creature reared back and threw Daryl to the ground with a titanic shake of the earth as he took more damage to his hit points.
The Ape reached down, digging its hands into the ground before it began lifting a giant boulder seemingly out of nowhere from the ground. It raised it above its head and just before it was going to be hurled into Daryl a huge fireball crashed into its back causing the boulder to drop from its hands and crash upon its head knocking it silly.
With it being stunned Daryl leapt to his feet and began pounding on the creature as a fresh spout of purple drool started dripping from its mouth as a beam of lightning started raking it along the side of its body as it was assaulted on two fronts. The beast seemed torn between focusing on either of them as the two whittled down its hit points with poison and attacks.
The beast seemed to run out of stamina as it grew sluggish. Great golden cracks spread through its body as it struggled to fight on. As it was slower the two took a more careful approach to fighting the beast staying just out of attack range as their stamina and mana refilled enough for them to take it on even safer. The cracks on Daryl were pretty apparent and though he still had a hundred hit points left that was two serious blows from the Ape.
Then the Ape slumped to the ground defeated. Its body disappeared into motes of light as Cindy and her father recovered. A stream of golden orbs flowing from the body into the two.
Daryl, with his hands on his knees, looked at his daughter who was relatively unharmed beside the cracks from the stone that hit her. “Good job Badger. I think this mob isn’t too hard. I wonder what skills we will get from it.”
Cindy smiled at her dad as she stood with her chest out and proud. “I’ll probably get some stone or nature magic. It’ll be fun. I’m more interested in what skills you get!”
“Let’s find out.”