"Linda look out !" Laura shouted as she shot out a sharp blade of wind behind her, killing the spider like creature creeping up behind Linda.
Lex (Xen) , Linda and Laura where walking to Rion when they were suddenly attacked by an army of armoured spiders. They where a spider-like species of magical beast half a meter tall, 10 legs with five on each side. They had silver scaled skin which looked like, and was as hard as armour.
'System Inspect'
{
Rank 1 Magical beast (Armoured spider)
Element : None
}
The trio had been attacked by about 100 of these beasts and they where proving troublesome to deal with. Night had also fallen, making Linda and Laura's jobs that much harder. Xen wanted to help but he could not leave Adam's body in fear of it being stolen by one of the spiders.
The beasts themselves where quite weak, however there was strength in numbers and they really had the numbers. Their attack pattern was synchronized to the point where it was like they one mind. Not to mention their armour , it took Linda at least two hits to kill one as she was still in the first rank.
"Linda ! you are not helping come and look after Adam" Xen shouted towards Linda who was struggling to fight against three spiders at the same time. Laura had enough power to completely destroy all the beasts at the same time if she used an attack with a large area of effect. However such a move would would release a lot of 'Force' into the surrounding area, thereby attracting more beasts to their position.
Linda didn't like the way Lex called her but she knew he was right, her power was not helpful at the moment. The best she could do was babysit the dead boy. She quickly ran over to Lex and Adam's position as Lex ran into the horde, not even saying a single word to her. Linda quickly swallowed the lump in her throat and stood over Adam.
As soon as Xen entered the battlefield, the situation changed drastically. With the way he way he fought, Laura thought he may have a secret martial arts teacher or something. Xen didn't even use any of his flames as he weaved through the spider army with surprising precision, every move he did was perfect and very deadly.....for the spiders.
60 spiders had already fallen with Laura and Xen working together.
In a cave directly under where Xen and Laura where slaughtering the spiders. A bigger spider suddenly opened its ten red eyes after feeling the connection with a large number of its underlings suddenly severed.
BOOOM****
All of a sudden, the ground split open to show a spider bigger than the rest. It was a meter tall and looked exactly like the other spiders except for it's size. It didn't take Xen and Laura long to determine that the new spider was the queen.
"Laura leave her to me!" Xen shouted as he ran towards the new enemy. Laura didn't even have the time to contest as Xen was already running in full speed. A group of spiders jumped in his path, probably to try and protect their queen. However Xen didn't even slow down as he swung his sword, one strike cleaving two spiders in half.
{Wow !!!} the real Lex exclaimed inside the mind space. He was also surprised to see the battle prowess of Xen, even more so because it was his body.
{Will I also be this good one day?} he asked with stars in his eyes.
{ Of course! you are my son and with my training you might even surpass me one day} Xen said with a mental laugh. His face didn't change though as he still had his emotionless expression.
{Or..... you could just do all the fighting while i relax in here} Lex said as he stretched his back and sat comfortably on the mental chair.
{I will not be always here Lex, sooner rather than later i will leave you forever} Xen revealed. Lex wanted to ask more questions about that but decided not to as Xen had arrived at the queen's position.
As soon as Xen was within striking distance, he raised his sword before quickly bringing it down towards the queen's head. The rank two beast however shifted its head before Xen's attack could connect. The sword ended up striking the hard armour on the queen's head and bouncing off to the side.
Xen quickly kneed the spider below it's mouth where it's chin is supposed to be. The hit had a lot if power, causing the spider to look up just in time to see Xen's sword closing in on it's now exposed face. The sword was moving too fast and the spider didn't have enough time to dodge or block. It was then flung back a couple of meters as the sword sliced off a good chunk of its face.
Xen followed up by leaping in the air with his weapon aimed at the spider's armoured back. Due to the momentum of Xen's jump, his sword easily penetrated the tough Armour of the beast and after a few seconds of struggling, the queen died.
Xen then turned his back to Linda and Laura before quickly cutting off two of the spider's legs, which promptly disappeared from sight.
{What was that !?} Lex asked as he stood up from his chair in the mind space.
{The inventory skill, i will explain later} Xen said as he wiped off the green blood from his sword.. which he was tempted to taste but decided against.
"Let's go " he said after reaching Laura and Linda's position. He pretended not to see their schocked expressions as he put Adam on his back and continued walking in the direction of the village.
"Laura snapped out of her surprise and quickly ran after 'Lex'. She was definitely surprised by Lex's power and it was not that he was abnormaly strong or something, it was actually his techniques, Lex fought like he was born with that long sword in his hands.
"How did you do that Lex" She inquired wheyshe finally caught up with him
"Do what?" he asked , pretending to not know what Laura was talking about while actually he was asking Lex what the best answer would be.
"Who taught you to fight like that ?"
"I have a mentor who had been teaching me after school, he was a good friend of my father's and we would train together even before my parents where killed " 'Lex' replied without any emotion showing on his face.
Laura was surprised that Lex could just casually talk about his parent's murder. She was about to ask more when she realized that they had already arrived at the village.