As I watch the incoming warclub head straight towards my face I feel my body begin to jump towards the side, just barely dodging the projectile. After getting back up I see that the club is stuck in a tree behind where I stood but the blights hand still holds onto its handle as the blight itself stands several meters away from me.
"Little wasp don't you understand yet? You face not just myself but the entirety of the swamp that's at my command. My body is stronger than your pathetic shell, my limbs can flow like the vines themselves above our heads and under our feet. Cease your struggles and become one with our domain or continue your futile efforts and become food for our next generations." The Blights slowly monologues as I feel my eyes roll rom the cliché.
"Holy hell dude just stop talking! I mean what are you, some kind of evil bond villain that's going to spill his big plans before making a stupid mistake and dying in a hilarious way? Can't we just kill each other like civilized savage monsters?" I growl before rushing towards the blights back and throwing my cane forward, the wolf head embedding itself between several vines that make up its spine as it roars in pain(or agitation).
As it reaches backwards to grab the handle of the cane I finally get close enough and swing the dagger in my hand with all my strength, smiling as it slides through the vines of the blight's hand causing the appendage to fall to the ground and quickly start decaying. As I dash backwards and stumble a bit I notice that the blights pale white eyes light up with a silver hue before the vines that make up its body begin pushing down its arm and creating a rounded nub instead of fingers. As it yanks its warclub back it grabs onto the head of the club with its remaining hand before inserting the handle into its new nub as the vines begin latching onto and working through the handle before finally stopping, its new hand having the war club with slowly pulsating spikes instead of fingers as the blight stares hatefully at me.
"Lucky wasp, but if you choose not to accept your death then I have no qualms on bringing it to you." it growls as it charges towards me and swings its arm towards my head. barely dodging the blow I dart under the arm to try and get behind it again before feeling a pressure on my stomach before I fly backwards and crash through one of the few remaining cages in the clearing. As I struggle to get back up I feel my offhand go numb and a quick glance shows me a smooth thin branch that made up part of the cage going through my shoulder.
As I finally shake off the daze and get myself to my feet I see the blight chuckling at me as his freehand hovers in the air like a cobra, the fingertips sharpened to a point as it dances in place. Glancing behind it I see Tugta hack through another cage spiders leg as a smaller one leaps onto its brother and begins biting through the small orb at the top that resembles an eye, fire coming out of the smaller ones mouth as the larger cage finally falls over before a smoky glow encompasses it before it rises back up and starts attacking its brethren. Slab is behind the chaos calmly taking single shots at targets with his crossbow while Jawbone dances around the clearing in delight as acidic drool drips from its jaws.
"At this rate all I have to do is distract it until the cavalry clean up the rest of the adds and finally pile onto this thing." I mumble under my breath as the blight leisurely makes its way towards me while smiling with those rotted wooden teeth, a mocking smile that fills me with a sense of rage.
Before I know it I feel a massive pressure inside my mind before it disappears and is replaced with a lightness as I watch the blight let out a startled grunt as its knocked on its ass. I smile in relief that Psychic Jolt had such a significant effect on the creature before reaching into the bag of holding near my hip and pulling out the sand sprites sword. As the blade emerges a soft glow shines off the edge of the curved blade and a hot blooded melody flows through the air as I swing it once to test its balance. Upon hearing the sound the blights face shows signs of wariness and fear for the first time as it stares at the blade as if it is the actual opponent instead of myself.
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"Cursed life stealer....you may be a wasp before me but that weapon makes you a wolf among sheep. If you leave it in my capable hands I swear upon my masters name you and your comrades may leave with your lives and I will not pursue." The blight says in a softer voice, a clear sound of wariness evident as it takes a step backwards before I put the blade in front of me and prepare to attack.
"Damn I didn't realize this thing was actually that dangerous, should've used it earlier but I actually forgot I had it. But I remember that the description said that it was effective against natural beings so if my guess is right that's you even if you are all evil and nasty. So lets get rid of a mini boss now instead of leaving you to get stronger and maybe come after us later." I say angrily towards the blight as it moves its body into a defensive stance. Before it can try to worm its way out of a fight again I rush forward and can feel my body flow with my new weapon almost like I've trained with it my entire life.
As I dive towards its legs I barely pull of a roll onto my back as the blade slide through the blight's ankle causing it to stumble forward and fall onto its back. I struggle to stand up as I watch the blight thrash around before using its club to forcefully cut of the remainder of its leg, all the while the actual leg that I sliced through is slowly turning into grains of sand from the point of where the sword sliced through and working its way through the rest of the limb.
"Damn no wonder you were scared of this thing. Whelp time to finish you off its been fun and all but you murdered a good man and because of that you completely deserve this." I say with a little anger in my voice as I approach the downed blight as it looks up at me with hate filled eyes. As I swing the blade towards its chest it blocks with its warclub and I watch as the club goes flying through the air while the vines that were wrapped around it turn to sand and begin working up the blight's arm.
"Insect don't feel proud of this moment, you had luck on your side. The master will find you after my defeat and before long you'll either obey him or become a meal for him so count your days, you have few left." The blight growls as the sand finally reaches its throat and burns through it, the blights head falling from its shoulders before as the sand stops spreading due to its life ending. As soon as the blight dies the rest of the blighted plant creatures quickly begin decomposing and turning into piles of sludge or just reverting back to their plant forms, the evil that was woven through them removed before the cages holding Wug, Ogis, and some sort of lamprey man slowly begin to also revert back into weakened vines. after a few minutes I watch all of the fire possessed creatures engulf their forms in flames before dying completely as Tugta's collapsed form is sheltered nearby with both Slab and Jawbone standing in front of her as shields.
"Well boss this has been a fucking nightmare. Wake's gone and his body was absorbed by the swamp before you killed that thing so we can't bring him back. Tugta has mana poisoning I'm pretty sure since she went way beyond her limit of two creatures, and if watching the shamans back home go through it she'll be out of commission for a few days at least. Plus your pretty beat of but hell that was a damn good fight for you, I didn't know you could use a sword that well." Slab says tiredly as I sit next to him before yelping as he yanks the piece of wood out of my shoulder before lifting my arms and wrapping a few thin pieces of leather around the wound.
"It's all thanks to Wake that I can, for now we get Ogis and Wug to wake up and start searching the area for anything useful. I want the blights head as well as his warclub to bring back as trophies and we should check out his vine hut to see what he was hiding. Lets also grab the other guy and bring him with us until he wakes up and once that happens he can choose to head out or stick with us. But for now lets just sit here and take a damn breather." I say decisively before I fall backwards and close my eyes to the sound of Slab cackling in amusement.