"Well, if we want to lure out the beast and fight it head-on, we need bait," Elijah said while looking at Steven.
"No, no no no don't you dare do that to me, Elijah"
"Yes, I can Steven you are going to be the bait to lure the beast out and you will go without your sword. we don't want the beast to suspect anything in case it is an intelligent beast."
"And why the hell would you do that to me, Elijah and what If I get seriously injured in the process huh, what will happen then" Steven said not liking the idea of him being the bait.
It will be fine Steven, your sword will be with me and I will be close by to attack the beast when it is out" Elijah answered.
Steven reluctantly agreed to be the bait for the beast, hoping that Elijah would keep his promise and save him in time.
They both were wished a safe journey by Jacob the village head and went to the stream where the beast usually attacked. Steven knew what he had to do as he walked slowly a little further into the deep forest towards the direction where the beast was rumored to live, feeling his heart pounding in his chest.
This feels even more dangerous than I thought; Steven said as he acted casual, humming a tune and pretending to look for fruits to eat. He hoped the beast would notice his presence so that they could defeat the beast quickly.
He kept looking around where he was hoping the beast would show up sooner than expected. "Oh is that a Cherimoye, wow so amazing I have not eaten this in a long time," Steven said as he sent out a Ki slash towards the branches of the tree so that some of the fruits would fall on the ground.
Steven got into a sitting position and started to eat the fruits almost forgetting that he was a bait to lure the beast out of its hiding place. " What the hell is he doing, as he forgotten that he is the bait to lure out the beast. Well, he is going to be fine he can't lower his guard from just that" Elijah said as he was looking at what Steven was doing not too far away.
Elijah was on top of a tree and then he noticed that something was moving in the ground. He saw a large mound of dirt rising and breaking the surface. It had a lion's body, a scorpion's tail, and a scary-looking face. It had red eyes and sharp teeth. it swings Its tail at Steven who is busy eating his Cherimoye.
Steven noticed the beast and with his quick reaction, he dodged the beast's tail, which was swinging at him with deadly force. He looked for Elijah, hoping to see him coming to his rescue but he didn't have to say as he could see Elijah already dashing towards the beast and had started to attack the beast.
Steven could see that his sword had been thrown at him by Elijah and was already running toward the beast to join the fight and ding. a system notification appeared
[Advanced tier beast detected: Arachnid]
[Defeat the beast]
[Reward: 1000 Exp]
"The system is giving me one thousand exp as a reward, with this I can level up to level five and obtain new skills," Steven said to himself and ran towards the beast.
Steven ran towards the beast at full speed and slashed at the arachnid's legs, hoping to cripple it. The beast let out a screech of pain and anger and retaliated with its fangs. Steven barely dodged the venomous bite but felt a sharp pain in his arm. He looked down and saw a deep wound bleeding profusely. He cursed and backed away, trying to stop the bleeding.
[HP: 80/100]
[You have been poisoned by the arachnid]
[HP would be reduced by five every 30 seconds]
"What the hell is this, and the place where I have been hit, hurts a lot damn it," Steven said as he moved back away from the beast.
Elijah seeing that Steven had been hit by the beast, rushed to his aid. He swung his hook sword and put his Ki energy into it aiming for the arachnid's head, trying to finish it off. The beast sensed the danger and moved its head away, but not fast enough. Elijah's sword cut through one of its eyes, blinding it on one side and then Elijah sent in a lot of Ki slashes at the beast. The beast howled in agony swinging its tail more aggressively.
Elijah's sword lit up red with his Ki energy and went on to attack the beast, causing more damage to it than before. Elijah held his hook sword in one hand and Ki pellets, Elijah said, and then lots of Ki energy were fired out toward the beast.
Steven seeing that the beast was more focused on Elijah, seized the opportunity and attacked the beast from the side, hacking and slashing at its body. Steven had put on his strength in that attack, and the arachnid was losing blood and strength and soon collapsed on the ground, twitching and gasping. Steven and Elijah looked at each other knowing they had won the fight.
Steven had delivered the last blow and then a system notification appeared
[Congratulations you are now in level 5]
[You have defeated the arachnid]
[You have gained 1000 Exp]
[You have obtained a new skill: Poison Resistance lv1]
[ You have obtain new skill]
"The system gave me two new skill. Don't let me be worry about that now"
Steven could see that Elijah was removing the crystal from the beast's body and then placing it in his pocket. he then went on to cut off the beast's head.
"Why are you cutting off the beast's head, it is already dead," Steven asked as he was surprised by what Elijah was doing. "It is to show the villagers that the beast has been killed and they do not need to worry anymore" Elijah answered as he was heading back to the village which Steven followed from behind.
"Let us hurry up so that you can get your wound treated" OK, Steven answered
Time to check my stats to see what has changed.
Back at the training hall, two boys with black hair and brown eyes are about to have a once-in-a-lifetime battle.
"Are you ready for this?" Jake asked as he was performing some stretches, You beat I am, I have been waiting to do this for a long time now; Liam answered
FIGHT.