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19 {Raining trees}
Following the trajectory of the thrown tree, dan was amazed by the damage it has caused, a couple of the silver-black ants were squashed into smithereens the moment the tree landed, creating a small cavity in the earth, but the force from the fall and the momentum kept the tree trunk bounce forward and crush a few more ants before it fully stopped.
Anyone that could see the sight of the dismembered ants down bellow would probably vomit on the spot if they didn't have a good resistance to such disgusting sights.
Some ants where completely crushed , others where skewered on the strong and sturdy branches that survived such and impact and stayed intact to the tree trunk while other branches got severed from the truck because of the strong impact and flew around impaling the unlucky ants in the area to the ground.
The unlucky ant's that didn't experience instant death, screeching and screaming in unimaginable pain.
dan imagined that If a giant was here , he could make a campfire and grab the tree trunk that had a couple of ants impaled in the branches and use it to make ant shish kebab for his enjoyment.
After checking the bloody artwork that he has created, dan proceeded to continue and make trees rain from the sky to buy as much time for the rest of the retreating group to climb up the cliff.
the same like last time dan proceeded with a sprint before imbuing the kinetic force and his strength into three more tree trunks, one after another, shooting them in different directions, trying to kill as many ants as possible.
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While climbing, a few of the fleeing members of the group manage to observe a tree trunk flying from the top of the cliff while they where trying to grab a vine and looking up.
Baffled by such a strange phenomenon, they followed the trajectory of the falling tree trunk only to witness the massacre that was happening to the demons of their dreams.
It appeared as if it was raining trees from the sky , striking everything in its path, as if it was mother natures punishment.
While at the same time not knowing whether to feel fear or happiness.
Who wouldn't be happy that the enemy which was trying to kill you died , but wont you feel fear of not knowing who is doing this, whether its an enemy or a friend?
And if they where going to treat you the same?
so some of the climbers that witnessed this , had mixed feelings about who might await them at the top of the cliff.
but they still continued to climb to at least run escape their current predicament.
what comes after will be dealt with later.
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Because of the surprise attack, the pursuing ants got stomped for a few minutes after the first three strikes from the air , but only to increase in momentum from the rage that awoken in them because of their comrades deaths.
Getting out of their stunt states after observing how the tree had damaged the front lines of the ant horde the warriors at the bottom of the cliff got in a tight formation while the rest behind them continued to climb up the vine's.
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The warriors are all tense and tired , but all of them have the spirit of heroes standing their ground with an aura of an immovable mountain to protect their loved ones and those they cared for.
Seeing the ants walk over the hundred meter tall trees and around them while sprinting towards the cliff , the worriers got ready for a fight to the death, to save as many of there brethren as possible.
But yet again they where surprised.
Before the ants sprinted more than four meters another tree fell down on the right side followed by a second on the left and a third further behind the first tree and another after that further behind , more and more every few seconds stopping the stampede of this ant horde, baffling and stunning the weary and tired warriors that where ready to fight to their deaths, giving them enough time to get everyone climbing up the vines and themselves.
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'ahh feels so good to kill so many at the same time, lets continue .'
Following the same action dan continued to launch tree after tree from the cliff, according to his estimates, with every tree he was trowing, the further back he was pushing the ants, but still he made sure to have a quick check every now and then so he could adjust his trajectory so the trees would fall on the area filled with the most number ants.
Some of the trees where effected by strong winds and turned drastically while falling and ended up impaled in the ground , resulting in not much damage, but the view from the top was still very beautiful for dan, looking at all those carcasses filled with treasures.
Looking straight bellow dan could see the last of the group starting to climb while the first of the group where a few meters away from reaching the top, and some also noticed dan staring down .
'great i bought them enough time , but those ants will definitely be able to climb the walls as well,'
seeing that, dan decided to change the position of the trees so that they could be pushed of the cliff by the group after they climb up and kill anything else that is left in the trees path while falling.
when the first of the group made it to the top the could see a hooded humanoid silhouette with spears on his back and a crossbow on his left arm.
without saing anything , dan grabed one of the spiers,
which at first scared the middle aged old looking humanoid , before he pointed with his spear at the tree trunks indicating for them to help buy pushing the trees down the cliff.
middle aged old looking humanoid calmed himself down after understanding what the spear warrior's intentions where, the humanoid shouted in an unknown language down the cliff and proceeded to stand besides a tree trunk waiting for his comrades to climb so that they could punch the tree trunk next to the cliff in preparation to shove them down and kill ants tha tare climbing on the cliff wall after all their kin make it to the top.
taking this chance dan decided to check the stats of the humanoid to confirm his guess.
[Chaotic system]
Name: Rakis gender: male
Age: 45 species: Beast-folk
bloodline: Shadow flame panther state: locked
Tier/Rank: 0 Grade:0 low-stage
Health:78%
Stamina:12%
Mana:2%
[Stats]
Strength: 2
Vitality: 3
Agility: 4
Intelligence: 3
Spirit: 3
[Beast-folk are a species that come into existence after a monster, magical beast, ferocious beast, demonic beast, or other wildlife creature evolve to the point where they can transform into a humanoid form, the other way the beast folk race continue to emerge is by leaving descendants behind, some of the descendants can be born in humanoid form with some of their ancestors features on their body, like tail, ears, eyes looking like animal parts or whatever creature they have evolved from or have the bloodline of, and other time some have the whole appearance of an animal , but with a humanoid form , instead of on all fours. usualy the ones with the same bloodline stick together and create a tribe ]
'Great as i tough , beast-folk, no time to check the rest of their abilities ,need to make sure that the rest survive'
[Ding!]
Skill met requirements to be upgraded!
[Scan: lvl 2/5 (mid-stage)]
'Awesome, this is a great surprise, now ill be able to get more in-depth information from the targets of this skill'
without any change in his expression but great joy inside , dan proceeded to destroy a few more trees while the rest of the group of beast-folk continue to clime up , and they started to rearrange the trees in a way that is easier to push them of the cliff.
down below while the last of the group reached a few steps past the midle point, the first of the ant's stepped on the cliff-wall and started climbing up as if it was the same as walking on strait ground with others of its kind following behind, close to a few thousand left after the bombardment of trees.
the last of the beast-folk that where climbing where all powerful warriors in their own right, so climbing up the cliff for them was not mush of a challenge, they easily and quickly climbed from bottom to the top while helping some of the slow climbers.
the moment the last of the panther beast folk climbed atop the cliff, dan and the rest of the group started pushing the trees off the cliff and killing all the ants in their way.
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