Ding! a fraction of information about the systems creator has been received as a reward for your evolution as promised.
hearing this Damon assumed shield had shared all he was going to share for now on the matter. what did come to his mind was about the evolution.
Damon had been wondering why it says evolution when it's a transformation. he had thought evolution was permanent changes of the body and not a transformation. asking shield that same question he thought to himself. shield explained.
"it's simply the evolution of your demonic energy. the more your energy evolves the more demonic it becomes. I didn't know until you got system but you gaining another form was not a part of my calculations and that's because it's monsoons powers that allowed you to transform.
Damon understood what he was saying and left it at that. the squad had now entered the canyon/valley they had to go through and there was little trouble so far. they had seen a few small beasts but they scurried away at the sight of the group.
All beasts that were seen Damon used inspect skill on them trying to learn about the few creatures. as they continued the air around them began to get stale and hard. this put them on guard.
eventually they came to a canyon side that had over thirty six feet wide holes within the canyon walls. using oculus Damon could see in the dark holes without trouble and so could vora. they both informed the rest of the crew of what they could see.
there wasn't any other way for them to go so they had no choice but to move ahead.
it wasn't long until what Damon and vora saw came out.
five foot six legged beasts resembling the body structure of wolves exited the holes. they had no fur but instead a yellow exoskeleton. just like the spider of the man Damon faced but there skin acted as the exoskeleton itself like a scorpion. which meant it was their natural armor.
their tails were similar to a scorpion as well but different in ways. many of them had one spike at the top while others had two,three or four spikes. after gathering information from the inspect skill Damon learned the spikes on their tails determined the beasts strengths and maturity level. all the one spikes were low matured beasts while the more spikes they had the higher their maturity level was.
the beasts crawled out to the bottom of the canyon floor surrounding them. they immediately prepared for a fight as Damon cast Down pour which covered the small valley area they were in with ease.
{ Arachnid pups maturity low/mid/high} ×30
{Ability Tail spin}
{Arachnid pups are dog like beasts with the limbs of a scorpion. their ability tail spin has the power to transform their tails into multiple weapons. they hunt and live in packs of 30 and more lead by a male and female alpha type of their kind. they tend to stay to themselves unless their hunting. they are also a very territorial species with exoskeletons that are very hard and durable depending on their maturity.
There were Arachnid pups all around. some were at the low level and some were mid. most of them Damon had seen so far were at the high level which made him question about fighting them with their high numbers. in fact he had already made a decision, to run.
vora's eyes began glowing while her hands generated purple energy. "wait, everyone stop, he shouted at vora and everyone else who had begun preparing counter attacks if they were attacked.
He then began explaining what the beasts were and most of their levels in which kimbo and glee who were both soul masters looked at him curiously. they didn't know how he could tell what maturity level a beast without a maturity crystal which were crystals that would glow specific colors when faced in front of a beast. every squad leader was showed how they were used and given one before they left.
"I'm telling you guys this is a fight that's going to be a bit of a pain. vora, listen use the maturity crystal and see for yourself. sir hughes gave all the mongrels basic information and lessons when it came to beasts on our planet so you know the dangers of their levels. vora took out a solid black crystal in the shape of an arrow head. she then sat it in her open palm shifting her palm in a circle pointing it at one beast after another.
the black arrowhead lit up yellow while facing many of the beast which represented a high maturity level. it also glowed blue representing mid level and green for low and lowly maturity level.
more Arachnid pups continued coming out of the holes getting closer.
Damon then activated static rain which crackled and shocked the low and lowly matured beasts forcing them to run back and out of his blue pulsing rain. the mid and high level Arachnid pups were able to take on his rain as their skin and exoskeleton were much tougher. it did cause a little discomfort for the mid mature ones but not enough to get them to retreat.
One on the pups tail raised high in the air above its body like a scorpion. the tip of it began twisting and rotating as red light glowed from it and in seconds It sprung forward in a whipping manner towards kimbo side.
kimbo hardened his arms. white chalky rocks covered his arm as he prepared to block the pups tail attack when he noticed two more tails were coming from his other side.
glee the other awakened soul generated two blades crafted from the wind blocking the two attacks from kimbos left side while kimbo blocked the incoming attack from his right. glee attempted to parry the tail and slice it off. his parry was successful but when it came to his wind blades cutting through the tails they were stopped. the two pups retracted and sprung them forward again and this time one of their tails had turn into a spear tipped tail while the other shifted into a blade.
Damon intervened this time using crackle. the lightening whips wrapped around both tails of the pups sending shock waves through their bodies stacking up the voltage with static rain. they growled and whined in discomfort as he yanked them up in the air and slung them with force hitting four other nearby pups.
kimbo had grabbed a hold of the one attacking him. with his rocky bulky arms and hands. he grabbed the tail picking the beast up slinging it over his head and into the ground.he then jumped in the air as the rest of his body became covered in rocks landing on the beast with his weight and added weight.
the pups body cracked all over but didn't completely break. however the static rain was then able to penetrate much deeper. the beast cried in pain while shifting and swinging its tail violently. a wind blade was was seen going through one of the cracks piercing it's flesh.
explosions were heard and seen as purple balls formed a circle around them. pups flew left and right high in the air crashing to the ground. vora used very little of her energy. the balls were just to keep them from completely being overrun by the beasts. they all were conserving as much energy as they could. with all of their efforts they cleared a path before it had gotten too clogged.
"Damn, I feel like we've been doing more running from beasts than fighting and what the hell is with these Arachnid type beasts Damon thought thinking about the man and his spiders and now these scorpion type wolves with six legs and more than two eyes.
activating oculus while they all moved he saw something. a large energy waiting ahead of them. "no not this way turn here. he shouted. vora's senses were sharp and felt the large energy ahead of them and quickly agreed with Damon. the problem was they weren't moving fast enough as more pups continued to come from all directions.
"I think this entire canyon is there fucking den. were literally running desperately and deeper into their lair. Glee shouted while shooting out four wind arrows. instead of cutting through the air they looked to pick up speed and become bigger as it sucked in the air around it.
Damon hated to say it but glee was right. it was a good chance they were running deeper in the wrong direction. it looked as vora mentally agreed with him as well as she gave Damon a certain look as if saying we might not have a choice but to fight our way out by killing all of them.
"all right, take positions and keep a tight circle. vora shouted as she commanded them to stop. all of them made a circle with their backs facing each other backs.
"well fuck, I was trying not to be stupid but it seems we're fucked. might as well do what we can. Damon eyes glowed purple as he could now see far and wide watching multiple energy waves closing in once again.
He then took in a deep breath as he
made two half fists with his arms and elbows up. he then casted recovery mist. he thought that he would need to keep it active because their wasn't any choice. he didn't tell everyone but one thing and that was to stay inside his rain no matter what.
small groups of pups launched in crawling and running at full speed with their tails raised.