At night in the sky of Sequoia Forest, the thunder rumbled and the wind roared through the trees quickly. The leaves fell followed by the sweep of rainwater which began to wet the trees. In the forest, several people were seen standing alert holding their weapons.
A huge black figure measuring approximately 15 ft long ran fast up the tree. Rouvin became aware, looking straight up while directing his torch towards the trees.
‘Brughh’ came a voice behind Rouvin.
“AARGH!!” shouted one of Rouvin's members who immediately disappeared into the darkness.
The other members were increasingly panicking. One of them shouted,
“Ivar!!!” while chasing him.
“Stay in formation!” Rouvin shouted.
'BRAKKKK' The group members were dragged into the darkness of the forest and could no longer be seen.
"Damn..." muttered Rouvin.
He immediately signaled his members to regroup and form a formation. When they had gathered, Rouvin saw the monster's feet on a tree.
He jumped to attack with his gauntlet.
Dragon Centipede quickly dodged and attacked one of Rouvin's members, followed by another Dragon Centipede's attack from the darkness on one of Rouvin's members.
Rouvin and the remaining members were stunned to see the incident, cold sweat began to come out of his body. They just realized that there was not only one Dragon Centipede in this forest.
From behind appeared the silhouette of a dragon centipede and quickly attacked him. Rouvin, who was late to realize the attack, was immediately hit by it. However, he managed to activate the shadow step spell.
Shadow step is a spell that can make the user invisible up to 60 ft to an unoccupied space you can see that is also in dim light or darkness. Then you have an advantage on the first melee attack you make before the end of the turn.
So, even he gets attacked and critically hit by a dragon centipede. He is still alive and enters the shadow so no one can see him including the dragon centipede.
Realizing Rouvin disappeared and thinking he was left behind, Nolan immediately ran away. Rouvin continued to recover his strength in the shadows. Even when The big centipede approached, he couldn't track Rouvin's condition.
Four hours passed, and the sun began to illuminate Sequoia Forest. Rouvin woke up from his place, his clothes were worn out, he got up and cleaned his clothes. The surroundings are very calm.
Rouvin saw that the surroundings were calm, there was only the sound of cicadas being heard.
“This atmosphere was the same as at night, only there weren't any damn monsters,” Rouvin muttered as he hit his hand against a nearby tree.
Rouvin looked up at the trees.
‘I can’t go back empty-handed. But for now, I have to leave this forest.’ Rouvin muttered.
He walked along the trail he and his group had made to return home.
[Rouvin Stats]
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'Brakkk' The employee placed a wooden box containing food ingredients.
"This is the last package? Are you sure there are no more packages, Jean?" Madam Isabelle asked.
"Nah, this is all we have, now is not the right time to harvest it," Jean answered.
"Okay then, take this." Madame Isabelle said as she handed him a pouch containing gold pieces.
Jean immediately grabbed it and opened the pouch.
"You don't believe me?" teased Madame Isabelle.
Hearing these words, Jean smiled and continued counting.
[Jean Stats]
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With long braided brown hair, Madame Isabelle walked towards the tavern kitchen.
“Bilji! Give the ale to the brown-haired man sitting alone near the fireplace.” Madame Isabelle shouted.
“Yes, madame.” Bilji, who had just sat down after putting down the food box, immediately rushed to get a drink for Aslan, Jean's partner.
Seeing that, Jean immediately chased Bilji.
"Hey! Are you new here?" Jean asked while embracing Bilji.
"Everyone here knows that he doesn't like Ale. Your Madame just wants to get you scolded by that person."
"Mead is his favorite drink. Give him Mead. And you'll get a tip from the man." Jean continued as he let go of his embrace. Bilji innocently follows Jean's words because he hopes to get a tip.
Bilji enthusiastically poured Mead from the barrel at the bar and immediately gave it to the sturdy man who was sitting near the fireplace, Aslan, Jean's partner when delivering the supply of the goods.
"S-sir... This is a drink from Madame Isabelle" said Bilji.
Aslan, who was thirsty after a long journey, immediately took and drank it.
‘Pfuhhhhstff!’ Aslan immediately spat out the drink and grabbed Biji who was very scared.
"Are you new here? Bring me a drink as usual, if you don't know, ask around." Aslan exclaimed as he lowered and released his grip.
From afar, Jean and Madame Isabelle laughed at this incident.
“You new here? Bring me a drink as usual, if you don't know, ask around you." Aslan shouted as he lowered and released his grip.
He threw the tankard towards the exit, at the same time the door opened and Rouvin entered the Tavern.
[Aslan Stats]
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'Clankkk' The tankard hit Rouvin's body. He, who was already exhausted, seemed to have become angry. He walked towards Aslan.
"Hey, you!"
" I'll mount your head on my wall?!" Rouvin shouted.
Realizing the person shouting behind him was coming towards him, Aslan quickly turned around and hit Rouvin right in the stomach.
Rouvin could not avoid the quick attack.
'bughh'
Aslan's blow made Rouvin cough and let out a little blood from his mouth, Madame and Jean who were not far away immediately ran towards them.
Rouvin knelt in front of Aslan. He wiped the blood stains on his mouth.
"Y..y..you're strong.. I need your help." Rouvin fell and fainted.
Instantly Aslan and Rouvin became the center of attention.
"Bilji, take the man to his room." Asked Madame.
Madame ordered her servant to carry Rouvin to his room.
"Y..yes madame." Bilji put Ale for Aslan on the table and immediately carried Rouvin to his room.
Aslan and Rouvin immediately became the center of attention. Jean approached Aslan.
“Are you ready to apologize for the millionth time today?” Jean asked.
"Aye, my bad," Aslan replied as he drank his Ale.
"Today is not my day."
Not long after, when Aslan and Jean had just sat down in their chairs, Madame Isabelle shouted.
“Jean… this man is awake,”
Responding to that, Jean looked at Aslan.
"He recovered quickly, it seems he is not an ordinary traveler," Jean said.
“I think so.”
They both walked towards the room rented by Rouvin. Aslan entered Rouvin's room. Jean followed behind and stopped next to Madame who was standing in front of Rouvin's room door.
“This person came 3 days ago with several other people. But now he came back alone with a weak body. What do you think happened to him? Who attacked him? I bet 100 gold pieces that he was attacked by a monster,” Madame said.
Hearing that Jean just laughed,
“You only bet when you are 100% sure to win. I am sure that person is not an ordinary explorer. Surely when they are here, they will definitely ask for information about what they are looking for here. That's why you are sure they were attacked by a monster.” Jean explained while walking into Rouvin's room.
In the room, Rouvin had woken up and was kneeling begging Aslan. Realizing Jean had come, Aslan immediately stepped back and sat on a chair.
"If you want to ask for help, ask him, My decision depends on him," Aslan said.
"Tell me, what are you hunting in this area?" Jean immediately asked Rouvin. Then he held out his hand for Rouvin to stand up.
“I'm here to hunt a giant centipede. It's about 15 ft long and It's very fast.” Rouvin explained.
Hearing that, Aslan smiled faintly.
“There is no centipede like that in here, Jean he is sick… I think he was attacked by a necromancer’s illusion.” Aslan said.
“A few weeks ago this monster appeared in my village. At first, there were only two medium-sized, 10 ft long.”
“The centipedes were successfully defeated by the village guards. But, the next night our village was attacked by a larger one, probably its mother, about 15 ft long.”
“No one could fight it. The centipedes moved aggressively, it happened so fast. The village was destroyed by the monster quickly.” Rouvin explained.
“Hmm… how much?” Jean asked.
“There were a lot of centipedes at that time, but only…”
“No…no… I mean the gold.” Jean interrupted.
“I don't care about the number of centipedes, I only care about the gold we will get."
Hearing that, Aslan frowned.
“Hell… no Jean. You are sick too!” Aslan said while he walked out.
“It’s twenty thousand gold,” Rouvin said and took out two gold pouches containing two thousand gold pieces from the chest in his room.
Aslan kept walking out because he thought it was a strange job, he still couldn't believe there was a centipede that big like Rouvin said.
Seeing Aslan still walking out, Jean immediately reacted.
"O... okay Ruvio... Hmm, I mean Rouvin. I'll talk to my friend first.”
“We'll help you."
Jean took the two pouches and chased Aslan out.
“Hey, you brainless! Why are you walking out?! ”
“Are you scared of centipedes?”
“Scared? Really? I just don’t believe there are huge centipedes like what he said.”
“And you just believed it because of the gold?”
“Yeah, I’m here for the gold,” Jean said and started whispering closer to Aslan.
“Listen, you came to me to learn about earning gold, right?”
“You need to change the way you think.”
“I knew there were no centipedes like that. So it’s gonna be an illusion from necromancers or something else.”
“We just need to find them, it's gonna be easy money damn you, Aslan!” Jean said as he lightly punched Aslan's chest.
“Alright businessman, but can you see the condition?!”
“His village just got destroyed. how can he pay us?” Added Aslan.
“Why are you so pessimistic? The condition? You need to open your eyes.” Jean asked.
“He rents the biggest room in this place and I think he brought all the gold from his villagers.”
“This means he definitely has a lot of gold.” Added Jean.
Hearing that, Aslan realized something and rushed into Rouvin's room.
“Okay Rouvin, forty thousand gold for it! ” Aslan said.
Unlike before, Aslan is now interested in the Rouvin case. Hearing that, Jean slapped his forehead.
“No… no… Twenty gold is enough for us!” Jean interrupts.
He also glared at Aslan
“God damn foolish knight, ten thousand gold or nothing," Jean said while he gave one pouch from Rouvin.
Aslan was silent and wanted to reply to Jean's words, but Rouvin interrupted him.
"So, when are you guys leaving?" Rouvin asked.
"Right now, If you are not strong enough to fight, you can just stay here and wait for our report." Jean continued.
"Both of you? I’m not sure even the three of us can defeat that damn centipede," Rouvin said as he got out of bed.
"You want to join us? Just make sure you don’t cause any trouble," Aslan said.
Rouvin walked to the chest in his room, took 2 potions, and drank them. His body looked fresher. He immediately put all the potions and other equipment into the bag. Witnessing that Aslan and Jean could only stare at each other, they were surprised that Rouvin could immediately feel fresh after drinking the purple potion.
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"I'm ready," said Rouvin as he carried his luggage out of the room.
"Well, it looks like we don't need to buy potions in town because you already have potions in your bag," Jean said.
"Yes, you can use it," Rouvin replied.
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The tower lights near the entrance to the forest are on, indicating that someone is on guard. Virgil stood straight looking up at the tall sequoia tree. Virgil is one of the best young soldiers in the kingdom. At the age of 16, he had already joined his first war for the kingdom. Even so, some people don’t like him because they consider him too honest and have high integrity.
[Virgil Stats]
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Seven years after his first war, he is now assigned to be a forest guard.
'clack!' the sound of small stones being thrown from below.
Virgil looked down to find the person who threw the small stone. A tall figure was seen waving his hand.
"I warn you to stay away from here! There are reports that the intensity of the monsters here is getting higher! For your safety, please stay away!" Virgil shouted.
The tall figure approached and the light of the tower began to be seen.
"It's me! Farramir!" he replied.
Farramir's figure began to be seen and recognized by Virgil. Farramir is a half-elf, he was Virgil's childhood friend. Knowing that the person below was his friend, Virgil went down to open the tower door which he had locked.
[Farramir Stats]
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'Huhh this guy... I moved here and he is still following me.' Virgil muttered as he walked to open the door. They both went back upstairs
"How are things going? Would your commander disband it?" Farramir asked.
"You can see for yourself, that after telling them about your guild's hideout, I was moved shere so that I wouldn't disturb your thieves' guild," Virgil explained.
"After all, your thieves guild has someone to take care of it." he continued.
The more he remembered, the more annoyed he became. Because for him, the corrupt nobles deserved to be removed. He clenched his fists tightly
"It seems like my path to getting out of this thieves guild is getting more difficult, huh?" Farramir said.
“Yeah, you need another plan for it.”
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Rouvin saw two people packing things into his wagon. He thought there were still not enough people.
"I think we need more people," Rouvin said.
Hearing this made Aslan a little annoyed.
"You don't believe us?" He said.
"No... Not like that, I’m Just..." Before Rouvin had finished speaking
"Yeah... We understand, wait here." Jean interrupted him and walked straight towards the tavern.
When he walked towards the tavern, there was also someone who was about to enter the tavern. Seeing that figure, Jean immediately ran to stop him.
"What a coincidence Ivan, do you want to just relax drinking another ale or start your adventure?" Jean asked.
"What kind of adventure?" Ivan asked curiously.
"We're hunting monsters, but you know... We need supplies like potions and so on but we're short of money for the supplies, you can give me two thousand gold so we can start the journey, how about it?" Jean said.
"Deal!" Ivan said firmly.
"I like your enthusiasm, young man," Jean said enthusiastically as he embraced Ivan and took him towards the tavern.
Ivan is the youngest son of the Baron Elf family named Syan. For him, gold is not a problem, all he wants is to travel around looking for new things in his life. Ivan is free-spirited, he is not interested in the throne, because living in a kingdom and being guarded makes him boring.
[Ivan Stats]
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Ivan got up into the wagon, but there was something strange when Ivan got into the wagon, the horses in front felt a heavy jump on board the wagon, Aslan who was already sitting in the driver's seat of the wagon was suspicious.
"Damn Jean, what are you carrying? It seems like this horse is a little overweight," he said.
Jean was confused, he felt like he wasn't carrying anything heavy. He looked into the wagon, only Ivan, Rouvin, and their respective supplies.
"Hmm, everything is fine," Jean shouted to Aslan.
Jean got into the wagon. The wagon started to move, and they went on their adventure toward Sequoia Forest.
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Moonlight illuminates the path. Aslan stops the wagon. He dismounted and untied the horse from the wagon’s rope so it could rest. Aslan gathered dry wood nearby to make a campfire. Jean came down carrying several pieces of meat to eat.
"Let's rest here first, the centipedes are active at night, we will ambush them in the morning," said Aslan.
"Okay, I think this will be an easy job," Jean said.
while they were burning the food Ivan and Rouvin came down to join Aslan and Jean.
"We'll rest here, in the morning we'll attack the centipede," Aslan explained.
"Centipedes? We came all the way here just for centipedes?" Ivan asked,
"You didn’t know?" Rouvin interrupted while looking at Jean.
"Ivan and I were just talking about adventure, hearing the word adventure made him enthusiastic," said Jean while laughing.
Hearing that, Ivan was a little upset, he put on a gloomy face.
"Don't be discouraged, what we are hunting now is a 15 ft centipede monster," explained Aslan.
Hearing that Ivan started to cheer up again.
'srrkkk-srkkk' The sound of the bushes indicated that something was passing through the bushes, Aslan heard it.
He became alert and told the others to be quiet.
'srkkk-srrkkk'. Hearing that, Rouvin immediately looked up.
"Up there!" Ivan swiftly cast his fire spell at the top of the tree to see the creature in the tree.
A 10 ft centipede was seen sneaking from tree to tree. Seeing that, Rouvin immediately got ready.
Aslan rushed to take wood from the campfire and immediately threw it towards the trees. Several centipedes were seen running in the trees. Then Jean brought the piece of meat towards the centipede and threw it,
"Ivan, follow that meat with your fire!" Jean said.
Ivan swiftly released his skills and controlled the fire with his hands. The fire followed the centipedes, taking pieces of the deer's leg meat. Several small to medium-sized centipedes were seen there.
"Are you ready?" Aslan asked as he took out his sword.
'Crackkkk' one small centipede 5 ft suddenly died near the campfire.
The condition is split into two. Everyone was confused about why the centipede suddenly fell except Ivan. They began to digest what had just happened and began to realize that there had been someone sitting next to Ivan all this time
"Sorry, that was my friend's doing," Ivan said casually.
"Nice to meet you all, Karn is here." A black silhouette following the curve of the armor came into view.
[Karn Stats]
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Karn walked closer to the bonfire which made its shape even clearer. Everyone is shocked to see him. For Rouvin, it was his first time seeing it but for Aslan who was a veteran, it was a complete shock.
Reflexively he looked at Jean
"This guy..."
"Since when were you with us??!" Aslan shouted.
"From the start when I went to the tavern, he has been with us," Ivan explained.
Karn's assassin skills allow it to move unseen.
"The Unseen One," Aslan said.
"It was this creature that destroyed one of my lord's garrisons at that time. Many of my friends died because of it."
"I'm just doing my job," Karn said calmly.
"Now what is your order?" Aslan asked with a face that was starting to fill with resentment.
"Nothing, I'm free now," he said.
"What about Ivan?" Jean asked curiously.
"We're just friends," Karn explained.
'Brakkkk' an 10 ft long centipede fights with Rouvin's gauntlet. A centipedes monster
"Ughh! Do you still want to continue the nostalgia?" Rouvin asked while holding back the centipede's grip.
Jean, who was closest to Rouvin, immediately rushed to attack the centipede's legs.
"Ivan! Protect me!" Jean shouted.
As Jean moves towards Rouvin, he is approached by several 5 ft centipedes. Ivan immediately released his firebolt skill. The small centipede measuring 5 ft long that wanted to attack Jean was burned to a crisp by Ivan's skill.
Seeing the many flames, the small centipede began to run away and disappeared into the darkness. Leaving only one 10 ft centipede that was being held by Rouvin.
Jean, who was approaching, immediately slashed but was not strong enough to cut the centipede's legs. Jean was a little surprised by the shape of the centipede in front of him. Between his legs, there are 4 more legs like dragon legs.
"This is strange," Jean said.
"I told you! This is different from other centipedes." Rouvin explained while holding Forcipules so as not to be exposed to the centipede's poison.
Jean drew his rapier towards the centipede's head.
"Ivan!" Asked Jean to release his skills.
Ivan quickly released his firebolt skill again towards the centipede's head.
Seeing the approaching fire, Rouvin released his grip. The fire from the spell shot into the centipede's head. Making the centipede's head slightly charred.
"Roarrrr!!!" the centipede roared ferociously.
[Dragon Centipede Stats]
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The Centipede aggressively attacked the person closest to it, Rouvin who was closest at that time was hit by its attack. Rouvin's hand was bitten by the centipede. The wound from the bite was not deep but it made Rouvin get poisoned.
“Cracckkkk!!!” Karn's halberd plunged into the centipede's head as it tried to attack Rouvin again. Karn's attack caused the centipede to fall.
Seeing the centipede being cornered, Jean attacked it again. But the centipede managed to dodge and began to move aggressively. Rouvin also attacked with his gauntlet, but missed.
Ivan tried to attack it again with his Firebolt, but the centipede's aggressive movements made it difficult to hit the firebolt, Ivan's attack could only hit its tail, it did not stop the centipede.
Aslan tried to block the centipede's aggressive move, he saw the centipede's movements and began to understand the pattern. He moved towards a tree next to him and began to swing his sword.
‘Slashhhh!!’ Aslan's sword tears through the forcipules centipede.
The centipede that was hit by Aslan's attack fell down again. One of the forcipules had fallen off its head.
Karn who had taken the halberd he threw, activated his rage skill and ran towards the fallen centipede.Followed by Rouvin who was preparing to attack.
Aslan, who was close to the centipede, was only able to see the shape of the centipede clearly.
"This is..."
The centipede that fell suddenly moved to attack Aslan quickly, but Aslan managed to dodge. The centipede ran to change its target to Karn. Aggressively he pounced on Karn.
Karn quickly jumped to the side to avoid the centipede's attack,
Rouvin didn't have time to dodge but was still able to hold it. He tried to get rid of the centipede's bite. Blood gushed out of Rouvin's hand.
"Aaarrghhh!" with all his strength he pressed the wound in the forcipules.
"roarrr!" the centipede roared in pain as it released its bite.
Jean quickly attacked, with his rapier he stabbed close to the centipede's head.
Due to Jean's attack, the centipede began to die, Rouvin sat down weakly due to the poison from the dragon centipede, making him weak. He reached into his pocket and immediately drank the purple potion he made.
Aslan attacked from behind, but the centipede's reflexes were fast enough, he managed to dodge it.
Ivan approached and ate three hot chili peppers then spat out his dragon breath. The flames devoured the dying centipede, but it was still moving.
Karn and Aslan could only watch the centipede burn. But Rouvin, who was already full of revenge, ran to attack the centipede with his gauntlet aggressively, causing the centipede to die instantly.
Everyone approaches the centipede’s corpse.
“This isn't a centipede,” Aslan said while he put his swords in.
“Like I said, this is no ordinary centipede.” Rouvin said while carrying the centipede's head.
“It’s more like a dragon than a centipede.” Aslan was shocked to see the centipede's head, which was more similar to a dragon's head.
Karn, who was holding his halberd, suddenly threw it at Jean.
‘SSSHHUUTTT!’ A gust of wind from the halberd passed Jean quickly and hit a small centipede which was preparing to attack Jean from behind.
"CRACKK!!" the centipede's head split into two.
Jean was a little shocked by the speed of Karn's throw, he thought about what if the target was him.
"Next time give me a warning if you want to throw this damn halberd," Jean said
Karn just nodded, and Ivan smiled and patted Karn's back.
They all looked at the creature.
"This creature has six legs resembling a dragon, four in the front and two in the back." Aslan was shocked when he saw the creature in front of him.
“Look at this head, Jean! This shape is like the mythological dragon in your land!”
They continued to examine other body parts from the centipede's corpse.
"The one that attacked my village was bigger than this," Rouvin said.
"It's up to 15 ft long.”
“It looks like the five of us would be overwhelmed against that damn monster."
While everyone was listening to Rouvin's explanation, Jean looked up.
"I think this will be a long journey," he said.
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'Srkkk-srrkkk' the branches on the big sequoia tree moved. Virgil noticed something passing through the trees
He immediately turned off the tower lights. Farramir realized something was coming, he immediately saw it with his ability to see in the dark. He saw lots of centipedes walking into the forest past the tower.
"Virgil, you come inside slowly," Farramir whispered.
Virgil, who knew there was danger, immediately followed Farramir's instructions. When Virgil entered the tower, Farramir realized that above him there was already a centipede that was ready to bite him but Farramir quickly ducked so that he was sneaking, which made the centipede unable to detect his position. Cold sweat broke out as the centipede searched for him.
Farramir tried to calm down and focused on the monster in front of him. He sneaked up to the monster and wanted to stab his dagger. But there was an explosion sound from inside the forest.
The centipede was distracted by the sound of the explosion and jumped to a nearby tree to find the source of the sound.
Farramir exhaled, now he was starting to feel relieved, he actually hesitated to attack the monster. Then he walked to the tower door and knocked.
Knowing it was safe, Virgil immediately came out while holding his bow. He was still wary of the monster's appearance.
"I thought in the forest several druids were fighting the centipedes," Farramir explained.
"Aye, we need to move right now," Virgil replied.
"Two hundred steps to the northeast, it is high enough to see around," Farramir said.
“It should be safe there, but you have to careful, keep your head safe”
He moved quickly towards the north and disappeared into the dark forest. Virgil looked around to make sure there were no more centipedes behind him.
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The bears were fighting the centipedes. The remaining three druids are fighting. These spiritual bears seemed to have run out of strength against the endless centipedes.
"Arianell! Run!!" The Oldest druid ran followed by his spiritual bear protecting him.
"Don't climb the tree!" Cedwyn shouted.
Cedwyn is the first child of the leader of this druid group and Arianell is his younger sister. This druid group is a nomadic one.
[Cedwyn Stats]
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"Gaenor! Follow Arianell and head to the nearest city. I will detain this damn centipede here." Cedwyn said.
"Stop ordering me! We will fight it together" shouted Arianell.
Gaenor was doubtful about Cedwyn's orders.
"Our parents are dead! Now I'm in charge! Go, hurry! That's an order!" Cedwyn said while blocking the centipedes' attacks.
Even though it was hard for Gaenor to leave his master. But an order is an order. Now, he has to keep his little sister safe from this damn monster.
Gaenor didn't want to look back, his eyes held anger. He was angry because he felt he couldn't do anything for his master. The centipedes started to scatter and didn't focus on Cedwyn and his spiritual bear.
Now four centipedes are chasing Arianell and Gaenor. Seeing this, Gaenor began to transform into a leopard and lifted Arianell onto his body. They also tried to stay away from the four centipedes. Cedwyn, who was starting to be cornered, used what he could to be able to hold back the endless centipedes.
He took out two spiritual boars and one spiritual bear, then he turned into a bear. This was Cedwyn's final attempt.
"ROARRRR!!" These animals rushed at the same time to fight the centipede.
Their claws and fangs collided with the grip of the centipede's dragon legs. The wild boar continues to emit bites containing poison. Cedwyn continued to attack, but the large number of centipedes forced them into a corner.
Gaenor, who was running, was suddenly hit by a centipede measuring 15 ft long from the side.
'brugghh' Arianell fell several meters from Gaenor's body.
Gaenor was immediately devoured by the centipede. His body felt shivering and stiff due to the poison received from the centipede's bite. His vision was blurry and he only saw Arianell get up and be attacked by another centipede.
Suddenly someone attacked the centipede that was attacking Arianell. This person was Farramir, he attacked agilely, with his right hand holding a rapier and his left holding a silver dagger containing poison.
Arianell also fought back. She took out her spiritual bear and threw her sickle at the head of the centipede that was biting Gaenor.
"You've got the wrong target, why did you throw it there?"
“Do you want to save your friend who is dying?” Farramir asked while he stabbing the centipede.
“Of course!” Arianell answered.
Cedwyn's wild boar began to disappear, now he couldn't do anything.
His body began to become paralyzed due to the large number of centipede bites that lodged in his body. The toxins channeled from the centipede's forcipules have begun to react.
A 10 ft centipede appeared before him. Cedwyn, who was panting, raised his head. He turned back into a human. The centipede moved quickly towards Cedwyn.
‘SRRRTTT' an arrow passed through Cedwyn and shocked the centipede.
'STABBB' the arrows above sprang out piercingly hitting the centipedes around Cedwyn.
But it didn't work on the centipede in front of Cedwyn. The centipede looked around then focused on Cedwyn again. Cedwyn looked around looking for who threw the arrow.
'STABBB' Five blazing arrows landed in front of Cedwyn. It created a fire barrier separating them
"Run!!" Virgil shouted from a distance.
Cedwyn caught a glimpse of the figure who saved him and immediately ran. The centipede chases Cedwyn again, but Virgil's fire arrows are enough to detain the centipede. Virgil tried to make a circle with his arrow so that the centipede was stuck in the circle of fire.
“Go south! There's a guard tower! you will be safe there!” Virgil shouted.
The centipede saw Virgil's figure and chased Virgil quickly.
'Damn, he's chasing me.' he muttered.
"Come on! You monster!" Virgil screamed and started running
"See you there!" Virgil shouted again at Cedwyn and disappeared into the darkness.
Seeing that, Cedwyn calmed down a little.
In front of him were several 5 ft centipedes, with his remaining strength, he summoned a spiritual bear and turned himself into a bear again.
"This is the last one!" shouted Cedwyn.
“ROOOAARRRR!!!!” Cedwyn, and his spiritual bear roaring.
Making the centipedes move towards them. Also Cedwyn and his spiritual bear ran against them.