It was now evening, the suns had almost set in the horizon
As we walked down the stream that flowed down from the river in silence ,I looked at our left which was a jungle of giant trees with dark leaves that completely blocked sunlight to reach beneath them, truly it lived up to it's name ' The dark forest '
" How dangerous is this jungle ?"
I asked as I was genuinely curious
" { How clueless is he? } You don't know? "
Snakeblade seemed surprised, was it common knowledge in this kingdom or something? I didn't know so i replied with a compromise
" Well I do to a certain extent but I don't think as well as you, i just recently got to this kingdom "
Snakeblade :{ I can't tell whether he's lying or not , well it's not something secretive anyway} " I'll keep it short, this forest is cursed by the King of death, it's rich in undead and dark monsters and due to the curse's irregular mana waves, boss level monsters here are three times stronger and monsters are far crazier than normal, of we walk in there, then we die "
" I see "
I kept her words in mind, finding out that undead monsters and beings like the king of death also exist was beneficial in it's own ways
Rustle rustle
Arrck arrck
Both Snakeblade and I abruptly stopped as our ears picked up sounds, sounds that got louder and louder as they approached us from our left, from the forest
Ack ack
The sound I heard was familiar though, it belonged to an animal I was very familiar with back on Earth
"{ Monkeys? }"
SHIING
I unsheathed my sword from my back
Snakeblade:" Spider-monkeys. (looked at Chhan)..can you fight right now Saved? "
Chhan : " I see a perfectly shaped stick there to use as a club, protect yourself { Spider-monkeys huh, I should expect them to have 8 limbs and have web attacks with fast reflex then }
I was honestly nervous about this , fighting something that sounded like a hybrid between a monkey and spider did not sound appealing to me at all ,nah uh
And thankfully Snakeblade heeded my words and picked up the stick as big as a grown man's arm to use as club to fight as well
Snakeblade :(seems to notice my anxiety)
" They are only slightly stronger than a goblin ,just watch out for their webs "
Tsssh
With that she ran on one of the trees and her presence disappeared,she seems to be using some sort of power to do that
Chhan :" {So that's why I couldn't feel her coming at me back then } "
Aaaach aach ach
With that flurry of squels the Spider-monkeys finally came into view, 9 eyes ,with a monkey's head with a jaw capable of seperating in half to shoot it's webs, it has 4 arms and 4 legs and was covered by thick brown firrs and were tall as an ordinary wild monkey but problem was that 8 of these creatures were coming at me with madness in their eyes
Feeling unsure about this as I didn't know if Snakeblade would actually cover me, my sword felt heavy but a little assault of death by these hunger monkeys helped
Aaaach
One jumped at me with it's four limbs, i dodge by sidestepping and brought down my sword at its head but a web shot at my sword from behind but that didn't stop me ,I used my sword as leverage and still kicked the head of the monster infront of my eyes in the head and sended it tumbling before a shadow moved on it and killed it and disappeared again.
Not giving Snakeblade's kill steal a thought i turned around and jumped at the one spider monkey who pulled my sword with it's web and split it in half in an instant, they were slower than I thought .
Aaack aack aack
The remaining 6 jumped at me as i dodge them but failed to keep 2 off of me thanks to having my left leg webbed by one of them
Aack aack aack!!
" Aarrg!! "
Being bitten by them hurted but their melee attacks were much more annoying due to their numerous limbs , I struggleed like a cornerd rat to fend off their assault but they clung on like spiders would
Thuck thuck thick
Hearing the sounds of a club beating the monsters ,I could make out one thing
{ She's keeping the other 4 busy it seems }
With that I completely concentrated on the 2 on my body, as I struggled, a familiar glow returned
{ Finally!!}
The light ,it happened to come out after I killed that boat so i expected it to come out again, and it did indeed
And their prey suddenly glowing like a flash bomb seemed to startled the spider monkeys on my body as they were blinded for a whole second and that was enough for me to cleanly stab one through it's chest, and the other one although it instantly regained it's sight and madness ,I was able to kill thanks to having both hands available for it ,the light did make me stronger as well
Slash
Decalitating it roughly I hurried to Snakeblade who seemed to be fighting the other 4 with her club
***
{ Is that a skill?}
Snakeblade glanced at Saved's body that suddenly glowed to blind the Spider-monkeys on his body ,it seemed to be rare skill in her eyes
{ How convenient }
Tsssh aack ack
Dodging the web attacks that would bind and throw her off balance with nimble and graceful movements and flips like those of a pro gymnasts, Snakeblade closed the distance and brought down her club on one of the Spider-monkeys who came to attack her at close range
⟨Heavy dagger⟩
Her club shone bright red from the dagger technique, the skill mad ethe club 3 times heavier and that was enough to completely shatter the Spider-monkey's skull in one hit
Noticing the movement behind her she ran forward the remaining 3 spider monkeys while using acrobatic movements to dodge their web attacks with grace as the cause of the movements behind her ran next to her side
Snakeblade :" You done? "( while dodging)
Saved :" (sweating and still glowing, infact he seemed to have glowed again) Assist me " (dashed next to the nearest spider monkey)
Tsssh
Saved instantly killed the one nearest with a Horizontal slash attack cutting it in half and then as he was about to be webbed by the remaining 2 from his side , the one on his left got it's head smashed by a glowing red club and the other one managed to web Saved up
Saved : { Shit! }(Panicked for a moment)
Tssssh
{ huh? }
Step
{ This girl!!( frowned)}
Snakeblade : ( her red eyes shone with mana and in a flash as she used Saved's back as a launch pad as jumped over him and threw her club )⟨ Stinger throw ⟩
Tsssh
The flying club launched at high speed tore through the spider monkey who couldn't dodge it due to it's sight being blinded by the setting evening suns and Saved's glow messing with it's sight ,the club however tore through its's skin killing it in a bloody manner instantly
Tk
Landing gracefully after her jump Snakeblade took her club back and then looked at Saved who broke out of the web with force for a moment
{ He's stronger than I thought, but he doesn't have much battle sense yet it seems and then furrowed her brows and asked } " Aren't you gonna turn that off ? You'll draw attention that way ".
Saved :"(felt a bit uncomfortable and tired but recovered at high speed thanks to the mysterious light over his body) It's will go away on it's own, this skill is a bit troublesome you see ,and did you just use me as a launch pad? "(He didn't look pleased )
And Snakeblade simply shrugged
End of chapter