The Slow down effect disappeared instantly along with the lady. Leslie feels full of energy and rage before forming a proper gauntlet made from her crystals. The structure is more smooth than her past crystal gauntlets but only her right arm is able to form this but It doesn't stop her from breaking off the ants mandibles that have been crushing her for the past while. "I'm going to beat this damn ant into the dirt!"
Leslie pulls her arm back before throwing a punch which creates a massive dent in its head. She's not slowing down because she throws a few more punches, Each causing new dents or deepening more into this ant. It tries firing off a spike but that gets blocked by her using the new crystal gauntlet. It falls to the ground from its head being caved in.
Graham felt relief at Leslie's burst of power and defeating her enemy. He catches a spike that was coming out at him. It falls to the ground leaving the skin on his hand's palm pretty bloody from catching such a powerful projectile. He dashes forward towards the ant while it prepares the next spike.
The ant shoots at Graham but he's able to jump over that spike and on top of its head. He uses his starry blade to impale the neck, That same black ooze spills out before it falls down from being paralyzed. It's finished off by him twisting the blade within the neck.
Caelan breaks one of their swords from blocking one of the spikes. It's enough to break the momentum of it but the force from the spike puts them off balance. They're protecting Kolton who's being targeted by this ant. Their last attack drained too much stamina and weakened them.
Leslie and Graham close the distance to that ant. She delivers an uppercut to its head while he jumps up for a shift blow to the monster's neck. The spike flies over Caelan to harmlessly strike a tree branch. Kolton is in serious condition with that spike running through his gut.
Alloy inside her android body comes rushing out of the Ship's Loading door. She nearly loses balance running to Kolton but manages to pick him up. Caelan looks at the android with confusion before she speaks. "I checked the medical bay, It's still functional and I might be able to save him."
It's a tense few seconds as the group rushed to the medical bay with Alloy. Kolton could be dead at any moment. Seeing someone dying is a horrible scene even if you don't know them. The thought of Kolton dying has Caelan clearly stressed about their trainee since those monsters came out of nowhere.
The group waits to hear Kolton's fate while Alloy treats him in the medical bay's operation room. Caelan stands against the wall in front of the door while looking at their broken sword, A thought of those monsters were scary. They look at Graham and Leslie who helped treat their friend. "What were those things?"
"Those things were monsters, That black slop can be recognized anywhere." Leslie hates how they ended up fighting more of those monsters on this planet but something was weird. Why did they come out of the ground? Something awful must be going on underground if they're already down there.
"Yeah... However, It's strange how they're already underground here and we have no idea what's going on with them." Graham is just worried about what's going to happen. This place has people living here unlike the last planet. He's going to exterminate those horrible monsters to prevent more getting hurt.
"Monsters... I see... Those things are completely different from primeval beasts" Caelan had no idea that those monsters were living underground but the random rumblings in the ground must be from them. Something was explained but many more questions popped up in the group's thoughts.
The conversation quiets down after talking about those monsters. Caelan has fought many beasts but those creatures have strange defenses. Something about it seemed off... Those monsters weren't immune to their electrokinesis, So there's clear holes in that weird armor but Graham and Leslie are able to break through with some weird powers.
"I will be honest, None of your powers are normal here." Caelan feels like pointing out their weird nature in their world is important. It's nothing like what their villages use at all and that's kinda weird but interesting to them. "Your powers are unheard of to me."
"What does that mean?" Leslie looks towards Caelan with some confusion, Not normal here? She's curious about what's going on here along with Graham since everything has been crazy on this planet. She's developing some suspicion since seeing their blood matches those Primeval beasts.
"What I mean is that there's only five different elemental powers, Each village has a different main element." Caelan hopes that she understands what this means. There's only five villages on this planet which makes their powers something weird to them. "I was going to tell you this before the monsters appear and What happened"
"That's a pretty weird thing for a superhuman population." Graham understands that superhuman biology are known for a large diversity of powers. The idea of what happened to Kolton gives him a saddened look. "The pain of losing someone is awful, I know that Alloy will make sure he won't die."
A moment after Graham says that, Alloy walks out of the operation room and the three instantly turn towards her while bracing themselves for bad news. She holds a thumbs up and a feeling of relief washes over Caelan. Graham feels glad that he was correct while Leslie seems happy. "He's lucky to have biology that I can understand, It's the best that I could do without being designed for medical services!"
"Oh, thank the great spirit..." Caelan is grateful for Alloy's help and how this group helped out in the fight. It's clear they're some weird travelers but Kolton's condition matters more than whatever they're doing here for now. "How is he outside being alive? Is he really-"
Alloy sets her hand on Caelan's shoulder. The two have a moment of silence, This is a serious moment for them since he's their trainee and they're worried about losing a rookie this early. "Don't worry, He's going to be recovering for awhile and needs rest"
"Caelan, You should rest here and we will head towards your village later." Graham doesn't want Caelan to head back home while tired and he wants to prepare before following them to this village. He motions them to follow and leads them towards the living area of the ship.