As the ice melted and mixed with the goblins' blood, Aria was a little out of breath due to the exhaustion of her mana.
"For a first fight it was pretty impressive too bad you underestimated the strength of that goblin." (Logan)
"It wasn't actually my first fight I had already fought wolves and other small monsters in my home forest." (Aria)
"I see, in any case you did very well, you managed your mana in a smart way. And you went from defense to offense very well. You have the instinct to fight and the intelligence, those are important basics. You just lack the combat experience and levels. " (Logan)
Logan patted her head and she blushed without complaint seeming to even enjoy it, before abruptly stepping away.
"Sorry, we're going to take a little break so you can get your mana back. At least you didn't get hurt, so you don't need healing potions." (Logan)
Aria sat quietly watching Logan cut off the goblins' ears as proof of their subjugation. As he finished retrieving them, Aria's ears perked up picking up sounds from the forest.
"Logan." (Aria)
"I know, it seems like the smell of blood has attracted other monsters." (Logan)
A pack of wolves baited by the smell of blood then emerged from the foliage.
"Aria do you feel ready to fight?" (Logan)
"Yes." (Aria)
"Then let's each take a half." (Logan)
Aria and Logan were back to back and the wolves pounced on them. For Logan, the normal wolves were no longer a danger. He wiped them out without any difficulty in less than a minute. Aria, on the other hand, took a little longer, about 15 minutes. And finally a pack of 40 wolves had been killed in the blink of an eye.
"That wasn't even a warm up, do you feel like you're ready to continue Aria?" (Logan)
"I'm ready, even if I'm tired" (Aria)
"That's the right attitude, in that case, let's continue to venture further into the forest." (Logan)
Nevertheless, they took a short break while skinning the bodies of the wolves. Then they started to go deeper into the forest. And the further they went, the stronger the monsters became.
"Shh !"
Aria was once again facing a high goblin and had just made a deep cut on his stomach. He went crazy with rage, so she took the opportunity to freeze the goblin's feet with thicker ice this time so it wouldn't break. And this time she was facing only one opponent, so it was easier. The goblin finally realized that he couldn't move, but it was already too late for him, his head was already rolling on the ground.
"It's good you learned your lesson." Said Logan who was still watching.
They continued on their way quietly as they advanced, goblins were becoming high goblins. Wolves were becoming silver wolves and new monsters were appearing.
"Analysis." (Logan)
Race: Silver Spider /
"Silver spiders have a very hard shell to pierce. As a result, it takes great strength to hurt them." (Logan)
Aria was facing 15 of these spiders, which took advantage of the trees to move better. But she too was endowed with great agility. She jumped from tree to tree and hit one of them with her sword, which did not cause much damage, while one of the spider's legs pierced her shoulder.
She retreated immediately as blood poured from the hole in her shoulder. So Aria tested something new for the first time. She applied the ice element to her sword, which became covered of ice. You could see smoke coming out of it because of the cold.
"I had already done this when I was little, it was instilled in us. But this exercise was still pretty hard, especially since I haven't practiced in a very long time." (Aria)
So she attacked one of the spiders again. This time the slash did damage the spider's shell. And as a result this time she aimed at the head of the spider, which did not resist. Now confident she threw herself at one of the other spiders, which she succeeded in killing, killing two of them. She then continued on to another spider, but this time her sword did not succeed in piercing the shell.
She could no longer apply the ice element correctly to her sword. The spiders took the opportunity to pounce on her. She quickly protected herself with an ice shield. But one of the spiders, snuck up behind her and shot a silver thread, Aria narrowly dodged it. Unfortunately her sword was grabbed and confiscated by the spiders.
Several more threads sent her way, then finally hited her despite several consecutive dodges. Then she found herself pulled towards the spiders, who had opened their mandibles.
"The threads of these spiders are known for their strength and silver color. There are many variations and evolutions of these spiders. This type is one of the weakest, but their threads are still extremely sticky and strong." (Logan)
As Aria got dangerously close to the spiders, she let out her ice element. The threads finally froze before breaking, freeing her from her bonds, she immediately pulled away. Deprived of her sword, one would have thought that Aria could no longer attack. But she had used a technique since childhood that she mastered better than the sword.
Coldness then escaped from her hands, before she began to cover herself with ice. After a few brief seconds the ice had completely covered her hands and it shattered with a shrill sound, revealing sharp ice claws.
Aria threw herself at lightning speed at the spiders leaping from tree to tree. The spiders sent several threads towards her which she sliced through without any difficulty.
The spiders that had been taking advantage of the environment until then could do nothing, since she was now also using the environment to her advantage. And on top of that their webs had become ineffective.
And one by one the spiders, unable to do anything, were all exterminated. The fight finished, their blood covered the claws and the face of Aria. And opening her claws once again she splashed the blood on the ground to clean them.
Name : Aria
Race : Beast Man / Age : 18 years old
Profession : (Acquisition) /