Chapter 38
As Ramiel stood near the border of the forest clearing, and now facing the desert that was encircling the forsaken land with his mother, she asked his son,
"Why do you always insist on helping others? because I assume that the main reason why other beings, will accept certain tasks if that there is a payment, and it was the only reason why they took on and face the unknown. so why keep doing this son?"
"because it's the right thing to do mom!"
"And honestly mom, I have a simple reason and an excuse to spend more time with you alone,"
"I have been studying with the teacher for 34 days now, and I notice that only spending only 5 hours with you, and that was while you were teaching me how to fight."
"and fighting alongside mother was fun."
Ramiel understood that everything in this world has a certain resemblance to what is happening in the human realm, the weak were left in the hands of the strong,
"I found out that those who are living on that farm town also have loved ones that they cherish so much and will do everything in their power to protect them."
"I love mother, and will always be here to protect and make you smile."
"Oh! Hearing those words from my son puts shame on my warriors' pride. You reminded me what's important, son."
"thank you for pointing this out."
"ok let us proceed with our task, this is the third time we will be travelling in the dunes that is a mile wide,"
" as I recall, mother, was able to cross this area at full running speed within 15 minutes."
" and I was able to finish it in half an hour,"
" but this time I will run beside mother."
Allatou was 5 by 7 feet tall and 132 lbs, age unknown. and Ramiel was growing at a fast rate. height was now four by five feet tall, and around 70 lbs were once again positioning themselves in a running posture, they were both looking at each other while smiling when Allatou stood up and activated two minor skill spells.
"sight!"
"Assessment"
she saw the townspeople trying their best to protect their families and livelihood from the 25-meter-long Basilisk, they were all capable in a certain way, the weakest energy was an average of 5 and the highest was 17, on the other hand, the hired hunters were all on level 25 so facing a single beast that big, will be hard but not life-threatening for those hunters, but something was wrong, the Basilisk behaviour was changing from within like it was...
"oh no!"
"We need to hurry son."
Ramiel and Allatou with their first step were forced downward, the impact was heavy, and the ground that they started from, burst outward as dirt and rock sediment flew upward, as they ran at full speed, leaving only a carved footprint on the ground as dust particles flew behind the path they are running in.
As the Basilisk was now rampaging in the open field, where crops that were supposed to be harvested the following week is now ruined, the hired spearmen and swordsman were constantly attacking, while the elven archer and demi-human spell caster were supporting them, and the two remaining members of the party where ensuring the beast won't enter the town by blocking its path with their shield and battle axe.
it was getting weaker as the accumulated wounds from their attack were showing positive results. the leader of the group was a female elven archer named Haella, her arrows were enchanted with 1 tier fire spell, and she already used a dozen arrows when she saw the straggling movement of the Basilisk, she was almost at her limit because of constantly evading the monsters attack, this scenario can also be seen in her companions movements.
"Spike! Andarr! Don't turn your back on it. keep attacking."
"Krysha! please heal Armond while he can still hold his shield."
"Armond, don't let that snake escape."
"Beor, chop the snake's tail."
" a little more, we are going to kill it."
the elven archer Haella with her last arrow pulled her bow aimed at the creature's forehead and release her last attack, as she scream
"get away from it!"
the arrow flew straight at the creature's forehead and the moment the pointed tip of the arrowhead pierce its tough metal-like skin, an explosion tore open its head like a fruit, but it was still moving and was about to escape going to the opposite side of the town field, Armond dash toward the huge snake and slams his 4-foot heavy shield as its head, as it lost its momentum and rolled on the ground twisting in pain, an axe-wielding dwarf, a half-human and demon and his twin brother, as a spear, sword and an Axe, simultaneously mutilate their target with all of their remaining energy instantly killing it.
blood flowed on the field as the six hunters just sat on the ground and gave out a huge savoury victory roar, Haella was exhausted, Krysha was drinking the last potion to recover her energy, and the rest just sat there with a tired but fulfilled expression on their faces.
the inhabitants of the town saw this while they stand guard at the gate of the town, fulfilling the role being the last defence of their isolated but bountiful land, the moment the beast fell dead, a loud cheer came out from all of their lips, the six weak hunters gather what was remaining in their strength stood up and slowly walk toward the cheering crowd.
each step was hard, they could feel their muscles trembling in agonising pain but they have to endure it as the town leader was also walking toward them with a leather bag, thinking it was the payment for killing the Basilisk.
they were already fifty feet from the dead Basilisk when a pulsating beat was heard and the town mayor's eyes change from happy to dreadful instantly, the mayor just turned around and screams,
"get inside your house and hide now!"
"The Basilisk mutated to a Black Feral !"
"Run away!"
Haella eyes grew wide and a shiver ran down her spine as he turns around, what she saw made her fell to the ground and shouted,
"what the hell is that thing!"
spike and Andarr were right beside her, desperately holding to their weapon and prepared for the worst, the mage Krysha started to cast her most powerful hell fire attack spell, and the Dwarf Beor was still assisting Armond because of his broken leg, which he received from constantly blocking the beast, everybody knew that this time luck wasn't on their side, unlike the first two hired task that they easily finish.
the Basilisk stood up with its own legs, it was drooling and the saliva that was falling on the ground was acidic, it was pounding the ground with its hands, and the hunters couldn't understand what was going on
"is that thing, the same Basilisk that we killed right?"
"How? grew its arms and legs, as if it was upgrading its physical structure to have a better body to fight us."
"The enormous 25-meter structure had now been condensed into a six-foot humanoid muscular being."
"Don't worry guys I will end it now."
a huge tier 2 flame attack came out of Krysha's palms, as it hits the Black Feral with a force enough to decimate an entire house in ash in a few seconds, as it was burning the ground they saw that the Black Feral's movement was still the same it was too strong to even feel any pain from her fire. they now fear for the worst, Hella orders her team that they need to escape fast.
Haella flew while in a kneeling position, and just ploughed the ground with her body ten feet from her last position, instantly breaking her arm and her rib, her face was also cut by the sharp rocks on the soil, but with her strong mind and determination she didn't lose consciousness as she was screaming in pain blood was spurting out of the mouth as dripping blood was already covering her face, she rolled around and crawled off the toward a battered wall that big enough to hide her wounded body,
Spike and Andarr were shocked to see the black Feral was the reason their leader flew backwards by receiving a kick that shattered her rib and broke her arm in a flash, and now it was standing right in front of them, the two started attacking the enemy by combining stab and slash from every possible angle,
the monster was faster than them because Spike just fell dead without a head, Andar saw his twins dead and just lost control, a hand stabs Andars stomach and pulled out his organs killing him instantly while the monster devours his flesh. the mage Krysha and the Dwarf Beor was scared out of their mind and ran away leaving, and left the wounded Armond and Haella to fight this foe,
Haella took out a healing potion and poured it on her broken arm, as the bones slowly heals she called out to Armond and ordered him to just leave, her bones are still mending when she decided to come out of the dilapidated wall, this was a mistake as she saw Armond dead body getting eaten and being torn apart, the sound of his bones breaking and flesh being chewed this made her lose control over her bodily fluids because she was too frightened to death,
Haella was born and trained as an archer by her race and has seen her fair share of life-and-death situations, but was able to overcome these obstacles with the help of her team, but this time she was beyond afraid, no words can describe her emotions, it was absolute paralysing fear of dying.
after eating her three comrades at arms, it was still hungry, and she was the next one to fill the hunger, Terror washed over her, raising the fine hairs on the back of her neck. Heart pounding in her ears, she tried to scream, The sudden shock made her muscles tense,
she wanted to run for safety, but her feet would not allow her to do so,
she stood there and just cried and trembling helplessly.
the stench from its mouth was repulsive, as it got closer as she keep her eyes closed and just waited for her gruesome and painful death at the hand of a black feral, a small drop of the monster's saliva hits her cheeks it was so painful she unintentionally opened her eyes and saw a huge mouth with rows of sharp teeth was about to rip her apart, a fast-moving shadow the resembles a battle mace bash the creatures face, the impact was powerful and focus, the Black Feral vanishes in front of Haella's position and just flew upward, and while going up in the air, it screams in pain, but it was still as agile as before, immediately as it reaches the highest point in the air another shadow was seen above it holding a sheathed longsword.
Haella was still standing and was overwhelmed by what was happening, a figure was crouching in front of her, holding a battle mace, like a wild cat ready to pounce, looked at her and said,
"Sorry for coming late!"
then a deep, loud noise was heard, the figure with a body structure of a teenager just ran toward the direction of the Black Feral as it plummet into the ground and explode on contact, chunks of soil, and lithified sediment just covered the crater that it landed on, as the hardest part of the ground was granite so the creature bounce a few inches as blood gush out its mouth,
the figure that was about to get smashed again in the body of the granite that he steps on, the pressure crackled and crunched under his feet continuously hitting the beast without remorse, continuously casting his skill,
"mutilate!" chain attack."
"gravity pummel!"
"paralyze."
"mutilate!"
Everything in the town was shaking with the sounds of him hitting the Black Feral, like a huge animal punching the ground itself. As dust particles surrounded the area, they were becoming so dense that nothing could be seen, the growling sound could still be heard, but it turned into groaning and moaning after a few seconds, and after the vibrations from the impact, nothing could be heard again.
" yes! mother I won!"
"I am so proud of you son, that was excellent."
Haella saw everything and could only say
"by the grace of the great tree, I am still alive!"
and just fainted.