"I'm Graham, Captain of this crew! It's a pleasure to meet you." Graham grins as he sees them slowly drawing two blades and he readies his own Starry blade. Cealan dashes forwards with a burst of green electricity and with a powerful clash lets out a thunderous boom. Some of Graham's Starry Darkness and green electrical sparks fly out from their clash. "This will be fun."
Caelan has this dull face of joy as they clash with Graham. Another few slashes get parried by Graham's reflexes and his eyes tracking their movements but the same could be said for Caelan. They're able to track his movement at the same rate, Almost like a dance between their blades. It's an even match between two super-humans.
Leslie looks at the two fighting with some confusion at their sudden fight but something tells her they're playing? She has a weird feeling about this whole thing and looks towards Alloy when she lands on her shoulder. It's always pleasantly warm like last time, The feeling is a bit comforting. "Don't worry about those two, It's clear when a superhuman is play fighting or actually fighting."
"Alloy, That doesn't actually help me..." Leslie found it very weird that she instinctively knew they weren't fighting seriously. It's unsettling for how much her body changed without her noticing. Her instincts were one of them. "Will this be a common thing? I don't want us to suddenly break into a fight all the time."
"It's not common but happens enough between combat prone Super-humans to consider it a friendly interaction." Alloy has no clue how to comfort Leslie in her new life, The best thing she could do is clear up confusion and physical comfort. She's entertained by these two going at it in a random battle, It's starting to heat up.
Graham was starting to feel the injuries from surviving the ship crashing within his body acting up. He's fighting through it against Cealan since this is his first fun fight on his journey. It's been a pretty even back and forth with this Superhuman, His Starry Darkness has next to nothing the conduction which makes him a perfect counter to Caelan.
A man wearing a similar outfit to Caelan without the cape runs up and looks shocked at those two fighting. He's about to draw his single blade but Leslie walks up to him to stop him by setting her hand on his shoulder. He lets out a sigh from this whole thing. "Lieutenant Caelan, Weren't we here for that Primeval beast?"
"That's already taken care of, Let us have some fun first." Caelan seems pretty casual responding to Kolton, A rookie member of the Guard. The fight took his attention before the beast's body since his commanding officer is suddenly fighting. Graham and Cealan go in for another massive clash against each other's blades.
"What!? Someone else killed it..." Kolton is just shocked at it already being dead. It was his first mission with his superior officer. He looks toward Leslie and Alloy with a very confused face before smiling at the two. It clicks in his head about who defeated this Primeval beast but that sudden clash startles him from how evenly matched those two are.
"Aw... It seems like you have won, You earned my respect for your strength." Caelan suddenly stops fighting and holds up their hand that's bleeding. It shocks Graham since the blood is just like that giant ape. Something is weird about this whole place and That makes Graham interested in what's going on with this planet even more.
"Ah, I didn't mean to hurt your hand like that." Graham's Umbrakinesis must've splashed outwards from their clashing. He didn't really expect to hit someone that fast but He's unsure to ask about their blood, This might be pretty rude. However, The mystery of this planet might not be answered without him asking. "Is your blood supposed to be like that?
"It's a bit watery but what does that-'' Caelan gets interrupted by the ground suddenly rumbling like a massive scale earthquake. They look at the ground before looking towards a part of the ground which is breaking apart. Something is trying to get out of the ground... Cealan feels something they never felt before.
A giant insect-like leg comes out of this crack before fully breaking out. It's a man sized ant but it looks like this thing has some metallic appearance with a blue hue. All four of them tense up from monsters appearing but five more of them break free from the dirt and each one gives off a completely different presence. It's a bit sickening for the group, especially for Caelan and Kolton.
"What the spirits is that thing!?" Kolton's voice is filled with fear from him being a rather low ranking guard. He draws his long sword and goes in for an attack against one of the ants but it suddenly spits out a black spike. He tries to stop it with his sword which shatters on impact which sends him backwards. That Spike was luckily blocked otherwise it could've done serious damage.
"Kolton! Stay back, These things are not like Primeval beasts." Caelan jumps in to blast that Monster ant with their Electrokinesis. It screeches at its insides being in pain as electricity goes through the metal like exoskeleton. It kept standing but that attack stunned it for a while. However, The others didn't stand idle.
The ant monsters start shooting out more of those black spikes. Each one flies at blinding speeds, One nearly hits Kolton but Leslie quickly builds up her crystals to get in the way. She takes the spike for him, This forces... It causes her extra crystals to break apart and crack. The spike was barely stopped by her stopping it. "Fuck, It hits harder than It seems..."
Graham shifty dodges one of them but another one is too close, So he tries deflecting it but the Starry blade chips at the force. These things are strong as that Copper monster at the wasteland. There's so many of them on that level!? This makes the situation much worse.
He takes advantage of that stunned Ant and forms another blade before speeding to the monster. Graham manages to get an easy spot for a neck slash on it which beheads this monster! These monsters follow the same exoskeleton mechanics of insects or similar creatures, That means their joints are softer while the rest of the body is tough. "Exploit their joints as much as possible."
Leslie has built back up her crystals but there's still cracks in her body from that single spike. She's glad that her body has dulled pain from being crystals but pain still affects her. The arm that was hit stings with pain throughout it, The force caused minor cracks all over it. She goes in for a punch which causes the cracks to worsen even after she built it back up while leaving a dent on the monster.
Graham looks shocked when Leslie gets in a terrible bind with that ant monster biting into her. He can't really move with two other ants attacking him with those spike projectiles. Each one gets very close to hitting him and he cannot afford to lose focus on their attacks. "Crap, I can't get over there."
"Ugh, why does my body feel like this..." Leslie mutters to herself as her body feels weak while being crushed in the mandibles of this ant. She doesn't know why her guts feel absolutely horrible but the ant's strength is slowly breaking through her torso. Her arms even feel numb and a bit sluggish.
A monster ant goes after Kolton but Caelan jumps up to stab the ant's neck area. The edge of their blades chips and scraps against its neck. The look of dread fills their faces as they look toward Kolton when it shoots out that black spike. It pierces into his stomach and blue spills out from the wound. He falls to his knees while holding the injury with the spike still in him.
The dread in Caelan's face quickly turns into anger. They unleash a huge surge of their green electrical energy and channels it into the monster which starts frying its insides. The monster ant lets out a gross death screech before falling limp on the ground. They're heavily drained from burning a ton of stamina for that much electricity but that doesn't slow them down from running to Kolton.
This draws the focus of another ant which Graham was fighting. He has been struggling against these two for awhile, Some spikes have nearly hit vital spots or sliced him from them merely grazing his body. He slowly feels more anger bubbling up from this whole situation... Leslie was in massive danger and Cealan's friend was dying from a stomach wound.
The idea of doubt is creeping into his mind that they're unprepared for the world which. Both ants facing Graham and Caelan start growing another spike to shoot at them, His legs are starting to fail him at this point. Leslie is slowly being crushed by the third ant but everything starts to move slower like everything is moving through thick tar. She sees a lady sitting on some chair which appeared out of nowhere.
"Hmm... The rejection of your own nature is clogging the flow of power throughout the body." She's reading a massive book and looks up from it. Her eyes give Leslie an odd familiarity. It's like someone she knows. The Lady stands up from her chair to start walking towards Leslie with a dull smile. She reaches out to Leslie's head which phases into it. "Let me show you how to control it better."