It was blurry and fuzzy, and as he gained consciousness, he could not even recall the details as a damp hot wind touched his cheeks, a few seconds he heard weak cries for help. He desperately gasped to gain some control over what had happened, as his head was still twisting around like it was hit by a moving boulder, it was meek and not very far from where Ramiel was lying.
smoke and ash were consuming the place where he was laying, the weak voice became noticeable as he regain control and slowly move.
he grab what it seems to be a piece of metal about a 4 foot long that was purged vertically into a rock, it was a battle axe. the sheer force that could repel such an object would be devastating and he was right in the middle of it. he could see soil and burnt wood scattered all over the area.
a massive crater was the only remnant of this catastrophe the ground shook and was desolated by something that wipe out an entire area in a blink of an eye.
he could feel a burning sensation in his body like he was placed inside an oven, his shirt was torn apart and where burnt by all the scorched metal scraps on the ground. Ramiel could see the mask he used before, something powerful was emitting a decaying aroma, as it was rotten from the inside after he climb up the five-foot trench, the area was a battle zone he was situated in the deep part of the forsaken forest, from what he could remember this was his fourth day in that place,
after i few moments of dead silence, he could see the dwarf was desperately trying to save their injured friend, he was about a few meters away from where he was standing. Ramiel could hear the same meek sound that captured his attention. it was a small girl trapped under a burning tree trunk that was 2 feet thick and 18 feet long, so he rushed to save her but before he could touch anything, archer elf called out a threatening scream.
" hurry ...that thing is starting to move again"
Ramiel was clueless as to what was happening now, the only thing that he was aware of at that time was the girl trapped under the tree trunk, a familiar muscular Dwarf and archer elf was defending their comrades even with their wounded body they were able to gather enough strength to move the fallen tree and pull the girl away. as soon as the girl was in their arms all of them ran away from where he was located and scream cast your attack spell again,
"what are you waiting for!"
"Have you forgotten the past few days?"
"Ramiel, please! attack now!"
Ramiel finally regain some recollection of what was happening, the three remaining members of the garden brawler entered the forsaken forest to gather high-grade material for making healing potions, the trio accidentally encounter Ramiel near their location on the second day when he was abandoned by his teacher Trazgallen, to survive for a week, and utilise all his acquired knowledge and fighting skill to live,
a creaking sound echoed look back he could see the very soil moving slowly gathering together like parts of a broken statue, he saw hair-like plant roots netting all the parts like it was recreating themselves into another form. arms and torso were being held together by bits of dirt and torn flesh, and even the moisture and miasma of the soil were being used to lubricate and mould each part into its right look and place.
soon three humanoid fire-breathing salamanders with different features emerge from the blast site, the first one was huge and muscular around ten feet, the second was thin with the same height, and the last was thin around 5 feet tall, and one started to move again.
a growling sound soon came out of its makeshift mouth, its teeth were crooked, and he could smell the mutilated dead bodies that it feasted on, their blood was the very glue that held its body together, it was almost standing upright and it stood, and one of the three began to move out of the ditch with one powerful leap it jumps out and landed five meters from where the garden brawlers were standing,
Ramiel could smell the stench of combined rotten flesh and blood as it came toward him, the smell was unbearable, and holding his breath was the only thing that he can do, the three were petrified to even move a muscle. Ramiel could see a Dwarf running behind carrying the female mage in his arms, and one particular archer was standing next to them and was shooting 1 tier ice arrows toward the thinner-looking black feral who separated from the group.
sadly Ramiel was preoccupied with saving his neck from a seemingly unrealistic life form, he had to evade and defend himself at the same time, without his mother to assist him, he finally understood what his teacher meant by not relying too much upon others to save him in a fight,
In a few moments, he heard multiple shots and felt the cold air brush his skin. As soon as the creature saw this, it turned its head towards the direction where it came from after hitting its back, foolishly enough it was the very elven archer that was waving at him. pointing toward His right side there was a huge boulder that he can use,
"cast skill, dash!"
Ramiels back was facing the creature's angry rampage, as his legs were moving so fast like a rat scamming to get away from a hungry big insanely huge mutated cat. his mind was going blank, the beast's awful stench was left implanted in his mind, it made him rush like crazy,
"cast body enhancement!"
"cast impact barrier!"
"cast metal skin!"
a warm, powerful breeze, he felt himself be lifted like a rag doll and tossed to the ground, and then after another painful punch hit his back, landing on the ground with his face and head first ploughing on the soil toward the wall, His amazement was that he didn't feel anything, as if his body was made of steel, and felt that his body wasn't torn apart by the impact while being pummeled by such force from his attacker,
rocks were crushed when his body ran over them, and shards of crystal that were laying all over the place were broken as they collide directly into his path hitting the boulder. a shrieking sound that was ripping his ear apart, Ramiel was momentarily deaf from the blast a buzzing sound as it lingers inside his head hoping this would make him lose concentration.
then the other black feral came above while the bigger one never stop punching him, Ramiel saw the Dwarf was able to secure the female mage's safety, as they both fought the third black feral with everything that they got, the Dwarf was using his second weapon, a pick axe when he saw Ramiels battle mace, the dwarf ran towards it and grabs and then threw it toward Haella the archer and used it as an arrow, so she can send it toward Ramiel,
"cast body enhancement!"
with all her strength pulled her bow and fire the battle mace, and shoots it, the gust of wind followed its trajectory as his hand forcefully grabs in on his side
"cast ice blast!"
"Gravity!"
"paralyze!"
"poison!:
"Mutilate!"
"chain attack!"
each cast enchantment activated, ice blast made both mutated salamander skin weaken, then gravity and paralyze spell made his enemy stop moving, as he swung the sharp and spiked mace upward and used centrifugal force, the impact distorted pressure inside the gravity field the smaller mutated salamander instantly gets ripped apart in the middle, exposing its organs and core, at the same time he was hitting both beasts with highly coordinated fatal hits,
the moment he hammers his battle mace into the mutated salamander, Ramiel slides his weapon to cut its skin over its body, each hit will pierce and cut its skin and infect them with poison, as the muscular mutated salamander was resisting and tried to swing its arms and used its long claws to kill Ramiel.
at the same time, Krysha was able to cast her binding spell and the dwarf Beor also cast his attack spell,
"poison vine bind!"
" mountain slice!"
poisonous vines emerge from the ground and grab the black feral and stop it from moving. then the dwarf sliced its body in half from its head downward, the moment Healla saw the mutated salamander's core she took out three arrows and at the same time cast ice arrows and shot toward it, shattering its core,
seeing the monster crumble and fall lifelessly made them, happy but at the same time after, seeing Ramiel mutilating two mutated salamanders, made their hair stand in dread, but Healla also saw this and was amazed that he can cast multiple spells without depleting his energy.
they could see his attack stance and minimal movement to defend any possible counter-attack was smooth, like what Haella saw when he was hitting the mutated Basilisk, he was now getting better, this was a few days after they accidentally meet him inside the forsaken forest.