THE SOLAR DRAGON MOUNTAINS
THE CITY OF LONG YANG
THE VARSESSA AND NISI ACADEMY OF MARTIAL AND MAGICAL ARTS
30 SEPTEMBER/ 10 NEW UNIVERSE ERA
2:45
MAX
I was a little bit disoriented, but apart from that, I was completely unharmed. And that would mostly be attributed to my spirit beast, the Ghost wolf spirit. It was able to catch me with it's jaws and stopped me from crashing into the wall behind me. I was relatively fine as opposed to Mike and Lilian who were in really bad shape but were slowly healing. Which means without a doubt, it was up to me to keep up with what had attacked us until they were battle ready.
I stood up to my feet and started drawing power from my lightening and thunder core. I could hear the wind rustling in my ears as the power of my bloodline affected the entire environment around me. I looked up and was face to face with what had attacked us, or rather who.
It was an Arachne, a half woman half spider, though compared to most Arachne I've seen, she looks pretty messed up. Her hair was in disarray, and OK had really nasty looking fangs extended out from the roof of her mouth. Her supposed to be glossy spider lower half was grey and filled with patches of rot and decay, it was then I looked at her eyes and noticed their grey lifeless glint. This Arachne was dead, rather it seems she's being possessed by either a malevolent spirit, a grieved or lost soul, or she was being controlled by the person or thing who reanimated her. The bottom line was that I was dealing with an undead, and based on the powerful psychic blast we all just experienced, she's not your average run of the mill undead.
I couldn't face her alone, but even with Hades by my side I'm not sure the both of us would be enough to fight her. We needed back up, and thankfully I had just the guy to help with this. I closed my eyes and looked for a spark within my spiritual sea, the same spark that I used when summoning Hades. I slammed my hand on the ground as a spirit summoning circle blossomed and the shrill cry of a bird was heard.
A yellow bird with white lightning stripes allover his body flew out of the circle, he was quite small, just enough to fit into the palm of my hand, but I knew just how powerful he was.
• NAME: ZEUS
• RACE: SPIRIT BEAST/ ELECTRIC BIRD (+)
• RANK: D / LEVEL 7 (18%)
• STR 14/ AGI 17/ PHY 8/ ENE 27/
PASSIVE SKILLS:
• LIGHTENING ROD (RANK II) LEVEL 3
• LIGHTENING MASTERY (RANK II) LEVEL 8
ACTIVE SKILLS:
• STATIC SHOCK (RANK II) LEVEL 4
• ELECTRIC FEATHERS (RANK II) LEVEL 7
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• NAME: HADES
• RACE: SPIRIT BEAST/ GHOST WOLF CUB (+)
• RANK: F / LEVEL 2 (90%)
• STR 15/ AGI 20/ PHY 13/ ENE 16/
PASSIVE SKILLS:
• GHOST FORM (RANK I) LEVEL 4
• ILLUSION MASTERY (RANK I) LEVEL 8
ACTIVE SKILLS:
• HARD BITE (RANK II) LEVEL 9
• SHADOW REND (RANK I) LEVEL 5
• SCARE HOWL (RANK I) LEVEL 7
"Hades use (scare howl) and keep her from using that skill of hers again, Zeus keep your distance and use (electric feathers) to keep her busy. I need five seconds!"
A black horned wolf and a tiny yellow bird shot towards an Arachne that stood at least three meters tall and was quite a bit more powerful than they were. I didn't need them to fight her head on, I just needed enough time to draw enough power and static electricity from the air to fuel my lightening core, so that I could unleash my ultimate skill, it would be terribly unwise to hold back against this undead Arachne.
Hades raised his head and howled, causing the atmosphere to change as my heart skipped a beat and I felt a little jolted. This skill was powerful enough to even affect me, however I completely disregarded the fact that as an undead, things like illusions and mind altering effects won't affect it, which means Hades's attack was completely useless. Zeus on the other hand kept up a barrage of electrified feathers, firing off two at a time and causing small but consistent damage to the Arachne. That was more than enough time for me, it's time to make my move.
I brought my hands to my stomach, keeping them apart, but close enough as a tiny ball of flickering yellow lightning came into being. At first it was just as tiny as an egg, but as the seconds passed it slowly grey to the size of a watermelon and then a basket ball. Hades quickly got out of the way while Zeus positions himself close enough where he could absorb the excess lightening from the skill. The Arachne opened her mouth, probably about to use the same pressure attack she used to against us when we came into the mansion. But she was out of luck, and completely out of time.
"THUNDERBOLT!!!"
*BRAAAAKRAAAM! BOOOOM! BAAAANG!*
Using this skill took a whooping 50% of my entire energy, and so far I have already lost 20% to summoning and maintaining both Zeus and Hades's presence in the real world. They were both not yet strong enough to maintain their own presence in the human world. The attack left me drained, but it left a rather nasty hole in the chest of the undead Arachne, four of her eight legs were badly mangled and broken, however she was still getting back to her feet.
I should have aimed for her head, but the (thunderbolt) skill was incredibly hard to form and maintain, much less aim. I've not had as much training as needed with it, especially with how much it cost to use that skill. However I was not done with my moves just yet. Zeus had a passive skill called (Lightening rod) apart from improving the power of every lightening element skill or spell, it also allowed it to absorb the ambient lightening in the air and that from a skill just like the thunderbolt I just used. Right now, a serious amount of lightening energy was running through Zeus's tiny body.
"Zeus! Static shock! Aim for her head!"
(Static shock) was a defensive skill, but it could also be used as an attack skill should Zeus use his body as a medium of attack. It was kind of like a suicide attack, and using it would probably take Zeus out fro the rest of the fight, but right now this was the quickest option we had. Zeus flew straight towards the head of the undead Arachne wings outstretched as he released a shrill cry, his entire body glowing brightly.
*BOOOOOM!*
Zeus flew threw the bead of the Arachne, blowing it apart in a shower of skull fragments, coagulated blood and rotting brain matter. Almost immediately the Arachne's huge body fell to the ground, like a puppet who's strings has been cut.
Zeus flew back towards me with an unsteady gait, completely disoriented from his suicide attack. I took a deep breath, thankful this was over and the fight had ended a lot more easier than I expected, but before I could turn to check on Lilian and Mike, I felt something grab my throat and lift me up. Zeus and Hades were about to help, but a fist made from black sludge, a sludge that had come out of the discarded remains of the Arachne, held them in place. I looked down and noticed that I was being choked by the same black sludge, and for some reason I was unable to muster any sort of energy to fight back.
"youuuu haaaveeee intruuuded on myyyyy domaiiiin! Youuuuu mussssst dieeeeeee!"
A four meter tall black sludge like monster stood in front of me, it had a humanoid top half, but it's lower body was reminiscent of the Arachne, however it hand tentacles instead of legs. And three of those tentacles held me and my spirits captive.
And none of us could muster any sort of energy to fight back, like this monster in front of us was somehow releasing and aura that made us incapable of fighting back. I had to be honest, I was scared, and I could feel the pressure around my neck slowly increasing, and I thought I was done for, until I heard the most annoying voice in the world, but at this very moment that was the voice of my savior.
"I don't really care what you are bud, but the moment we decided to step foot in here, this place stopped being your domain. Now you have zero seconds to put down Maxie or I'm going to pop you so full of holes you'll be used as a fishing net. Oh! Look at that, you're out of time; now die!"
*Ratatatatatatatatatatata*
Fuck! She's crazy! Where the hell did she get a gun from, plus why the hell was she shooting at the thing, I'm still here, she could kill me!
"Damn you Lilian!!!"
"Oh don't be such a baby! I'm a professional!"
*riiiip!*
"Arghhhhh! My elbow!"
"sorrry! My bad! Don't move so much Maxie! You're making killing this thing so hard!"
I had tears running down my eyes, so much 😭 😭 😭 tears. I hate her, I hate her so much 😭 😭 😭